Chevrolet HHR Complaints (2008)

616 consumer complaints on file.

#10984774May 10, 2017
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET HHR. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT ENGAGE WHEN PROMPTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000. UPDATED 06/29/17*LJ UPDATED 09/21/2017*JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10983622May 5, 2017
STEERING
STEERING WILL LOCK UP AND LOSS OF POWER STEERING WILL OCCUR. THIS HAS HAPPEN WHILE CAR IS IN MOTION OR PARKED AND ENGINE TURNED ON. WHEN IN MOTION WILL PULL OVER AND STOP ENGINE WAIT A WHILE AND POWER STEERING RETURNS, WHEN IN PARKED WILL TURN ON ENGINE IF POWER STEERING IS ABSENT WILL TURN OFF ENGINE WAIT AWHILE AND POWER STEERING WILL RETURN, THIS HAS HAPPEN FREQUENTLY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10983557May 4, 2017
STEERING
SO I PURCHASED A 2008 CHEVROLET HHR AND HAVE CONSTANTLY HAD TROUBLE WITH IT! HERE GOES THE LAST ONE! THE ESC MESSAGE SHOWED UP IN THE DIC WITH A MESSAGE ABOUT THE POWER STEERING! I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP THAT I PURCHASED IT FROM. WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS MY STEERING ANGLE POSITION SENSOR AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE STEERING COLUMN. I HAVE SEEN THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES! CHEVROLET SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS AND IT SHOULD BE RECALLED BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY THAT I'M PAYING $1400 TO REPLACE THIS! I PURCHASED THE BEST EXTENDED WARRANTY AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS NOT COVERED UNDER THEM THERFORE IT WOULD BE OUT OF POCKET! THE CAR IS EXTREMELY HARD TO STEER WHILE IN THIS STAGE. SO UNTIL A RECALL IS MADE ABOUT THIS I WOULD TOTALLY LET EVERY ONE I KNOW TO NEVER PURCHASE THESE VEHICLES! I WILL NEVER EVER PURCHASE ANOTHER CAR FROM THAT DEALER!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10981458April 30, 2017
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
STARTING SMELLING FUEL ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO AND NOW IT'S REALLY STRONG. LOOKS LIKE THE LINE IS RUSTING OUT NEAR REAR TIRE. I WOULD THINK THAT IS VERY UNUSUAL FOR A VEHICLE THAT IS ONLY 9 YEARS OLD. AFTER RESEARCHING ONLINE I AM FINDING A LOT OF HHR OWNERS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL IN MY OPINION AND IS DANGEROUS I WOULD THINK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10978494April 14, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY REPAIRS TO MY RECALL WAS NOT DONE CORRECTLY BACK WHEN I HAD LIVED IN NEW YORK AT AN ALBANY, NEW YORK NAMED DEPAULA CHEVROLET AND TWO OF THE RECALLS I HAD CALLED DEPAULA CHEVROLET ABOUT AND I HAD TOLD THEM THAT IT WAS DOING THAT PROBLEM AND THEY HAD REFUSED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM ABOUT I NOW PRESENTLY RESIDE IN ATHENS, GA AS OF TODAY AND SO FORWARD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10969925April 1, 2017
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
STARTED GETTING A GAS SMELL IN THE GARAGE WHEN COMMING BACK HOME. TODAY I NOTICED THAT IT WAS DRIPPING GAS FROM UNDER THE DRIVER SIDE PASSENGER SEAT. FIRE HAZARD. THIS CAR IS ONLY 8 YEARS OLD, HAVE NEVER HAD ANOTHER CAR THAT HAD A FUEL LINE LEAK. LEAKING RAW FUEL TO THE GROUND WHEN RUNNING LUCKILY I SAW IT AND WILL NOT DRIVE THE CAR TILL I GET IT FIXED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10967949March 23, 2017
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
I NOTICED STRONG GAS SMELL WHILE CAR IS RUNNING, EXHAUST MAKING FUNNY SOUND. FUEL LINE LEAKING ON DRIVERS SIDE REAR, RIGHT NEXT TO EXHAUST PIPE. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN VERY SERIOUS INJURY IF CAR HAD EXPLODED OR CAUGHT FIRE!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10960243March 12, 2017
STEERING
LOSS OF POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. RECEIVE A 3 CHIME WARNING AND POWER STEERING WARNING APPEARS ON DASH BOARD AS POWER STEERING IS LOST. HAPPENED WHILE TURNING ON LOCAL STREETS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10959699March 8, 2017
AIR BAGS, SERVICE BRAKES, ENGINE
I AM UNABLE TO GET GM OR MY LOCAL CHEVY DEALERSHIP TO COMPLETE THE TWO OUTSTANDING SAFETY RECALLS IN A TIMELY MANOR. I'VE BEEN EXTREMELY PATIENT BUT THEY REFUSE TO ACCOMMODATE MY SIMPLE NEEDS. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CHEVY OF SOUTH ANCHORAGE (DEALERSHIP) SINCE 4/8/2015 ATTEMPTING TO SCHEDULE THE WORK FOR THE WEEKEND OR GET A LOANER CAR. THEY WERE UNABLE TO ACCOMMODATE MY NEEDS (A CAR WHILE MINE IS BEING REPAIRED OR A LOANER CAR). I CONTACTED CHEVROLET CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER ON 12/1/2016 AFTER REPEATEDLY BEING IGNORED OR LIED TO BY THE DEALERSHIP. FOR THE PAST THREE MONTH I'VE BEEN GETTING ABSOLUTELY NO HELP FROM CHEVROLET IN GETTING A APPOINTMENT FOR THE WEEKEND OR A LOANER CAR. I FEEL VERY UNSAFE DRIVING THE CAR BUT HAVE NO ALTERNATIVE. THIS HAS CONTINUED TO CAUSE ME SERIOUS EMOTIONAL DISTRESS. I HAVE 57 EMAILS BETWEEN MYSELF AND CHEVROLET CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER OR THE DEALERSHIP ATTEMPTING TO GET THIS RESOLVED ON TOP OF THE COUNTLESS PHONE CALLS, VOICEMAILS, AND NUMEROUS VISITS TO THE DEALERSHIP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10954044February 11, 2017
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING TURNS OFF ON A CONSTANT BASIS WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND ALL POWER STEERING IS LOST !
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10939701January 4, 2017
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
WHILE DRIVING MY CAR ON THE CITY STREETS THE DOORS SUDDENLY UNLOCK THE LIGHTS FLICKER OFF AND BACK ON AND THE CAR JERKS AND THEN THE CAR DOES THE SAME THING AND LOCKS THE DOORS AGAIN AND THEN UNLOCKS THE DOORS AGAIN WITH THE HEADLIGHTS GOING OUT AGAIN AND BACK ON AGAIN JUST AS QUICKLY. IT DOES THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN WHILE DRIVING TO WORK OR TO RUN TO THE STORE OR WHERE EVER. I TOOK IT TO THE CHEVROLET DEALER AND THEY CANNOT TELL ME WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. NO CODES ARE SHOWING WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. I HAVE HAD IT TO THREE DIFFERENT GARAGES AND NO ONE CAN SEEM TO TELL ME WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. THE LAST DEALER TOLD ME THAT I WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE THE CAR THERE AND EVERY TIME THEY GOT INTO THE CAR TO DRIVE IT TO SEE IF IT WOULD DO IT AGAIN FOR THEM IT WOULD COST ME RIGHT AROUND $130.00 EACH TIME. I CAN'T AFFORD THAT. I ASKED THEM IF IT COULD BE THE IGNITION AND THEY SAID NO. I DID HAVE THE RECALL DONE ON THE IGNITION SWITCH BUT AFTER READING MANY OF THESE COMPLAINTS IT MAKES ME THINK THAT MAYBE IT HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. HELP *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10937295December 23, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WED. DEC.21 CAR FLOODED WHEN RAINED. TOOK TO DEALER WAS TOLD OVER $4000 TO FIX. REWIRING, CARPETS RIPPED OUT AND REPLACED NEED TO BE DONE. CHECKED ONLINE. SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL. NO RECALLS.COULD NOT AFFORD SO PICKED CAR UP. IF THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT AFFECTS WIRING (POTENTIAL FIRE) DOES IT NOT ALSO AFFECT BRAKES,STEERING,ETC.IS THIS NOT A HAZARD?CAR HAS LESS THAN 36,000 MLS ON IT. SEEMS TO ME TO BE A DEFECT IN MANUFACTURING AS MINE IS NOT THE ONLY CAR THAT HAS THIS ISSUE. SHOULDN'T MANUFACTURER BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS PROBLEM. A CUSTOMER SHOULD NOT HAVE TO DRIVE WITH THEIR FEET SITTING IN TWO INCHES OF WATER WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN. SHOULD THEY?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10934981December 13, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN, STEERING
TAKATA RECALL, DON'T KNOW IS THE AIRBAGS ARE IN MY VEHICLES. GOT A AIRBAG RECALL LETTER. HAVE CALLED DEALER TWO TIMES WROTE DOWN DATES. DEALER SAID PARTS WEREN'T IN THEY WOULD CALL US WHEN PARTS ARE IN THEY ALSO TOLD US VEHICLE IS SAFE TO DRIVE. VEHICLE . IF ITS A SAFETY RECALL AND PEOPLE ARE GETTING HURT AND KILLED HOW IS IT SAFE TO DRIVE? I HAVE A NUMBER OF RECALL LETTER ON MY HHR. HOW MANY ARE TO MANY ? IF YOU READ ALL RECALLS THE VEHICLE IS A ROLLING DEATH TRAP. YOU NEED TO KNOW I WROTE CHEVROLET A LETTER 05-31-2015 TO ASK THEM IF MY VEHICLES WERE IN THE AIRBAG RECALL CHEVROLET DID NOT WRITE BACK THEY CALLED I RECORDED THE CONVERSATION. THE CHEVROLET PERSON I SPOKE WITH TOLD ME THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON MY VEHICLES .I DIDN'T BUILD THE VEHICLE SO WHY AM I GETTING PUNISHED FOR THERE MISTAKES.SOME OF THE RECALL LETTER FROM GM RECALLS THEY WANT FIX UNLESS YOUR HAVING TROUBLE. IF THEY SEND YOU A RECALL LETTER WHY WANT THEY FIX IT RIGHT THEN. ON ONE RECALL I HAD FIXED IT TOOK THEN 2 YEARS TO FIGURER OUT THEY HAD NOT FINISHED THE REPAIR. DO YOU CALL THAT SAFE? CHEVROLET HAS MADE A VEHICLE THAT'S LOADED WITH PROBLEMS. I FEEL THAT I AM DUE A FULL REFUND. CHEVROLET (GM) MISLEAD PEOPLE ON THIS VEHICLE. I HAVE A NUMBER OF RECALL LETTERS I'M SENDING YOU. I ALSO HAVE A RECORDED AIRBAG RECALL PHONE CALL. THE AIRBAG RECALL IS ON MY 2009 CHEVROLET TRUCK. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10929813December 4, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE NEW...IT IS NOW 8 YEARS OLD...170,000 MILES ...IT IS DRIVEN IN THE NORTHERN IL AREA MCHENRY COUNTY ...I PUT ABOUT 80 MILES PER DAY ON THE UNIT...FOR THE PAST 4 MONTHS MY FUEL MILEAGE HAS DROPPED FROM 26 MPG TO 22MPG...SO I TUNED UP THE UNIT AND THE MPG REMAINED THE SAME...ON 11-16-2016, I WAS DRIVING DOWN ROUTE 12 HEADED HOME ,MY RIGHT REAR TIRE SENSOR CAME ON SO I PULLED INTO A BEST BUY PARKING LOT TO CHECK THE TIRE, IT MIGHT BE GOING FLAT. AS I WAS DOWN ON THE GROUND LOOKING FOR A NAIL IN THE TIRE , I SAW A WET SPOT ON THE PAVEMENT IN FRONT OF THE LEFT REAR TIRE... I WENT THERE TO CHECK OUT WHAT THAT MIGHT BE AND IT WAS FRESH GASOLINE...THEN LOOKING UNDER THE VEHICLE I SAW A PULSATING FLOW OF GAS COMING FROM THE STEEL FUEL LINE MOUNTED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE FLOOR AT A PLASTIC RETAINER HOLDING 2 FUEL LINES COMING FROM THE FUEL TANK HEADED TO THE ENGINE ALONG WITH 2 BRAKE LINES...I DROVE THE HHR HOME AND INSPECTED THE FUEL LINE CAREFULLY... IT WAS RUSTED COMPLETELY THRU INSIDE THE PLASTIC LINE RETAINER...THE RETAINER SEEMS TO BE THE PROBLEM...IT CATCHES AND HOLDS ROAD SALT INSIDE THE RETAINER...IT TOOK 8 YEARS TO RUST COMPLETELY THRU THE FUEL LINE...A GREAT FIRE HAZARD...I'M VERY LUCKY THAT MY TIRE SENSOR MADE ME LOOK UNDER THE HHR AND SEE GASOLINE LEAKING... I CALLED GM CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY WILL NOT EXCEPT RESPONSIBLY FOR RUSTED FUEL LINES... ITS NOT UNDER WARRANTY...I TOLD THEM THAT IT TOOK 8 YEARS TO RUST...THEY SAID THAT IT HAS 170,000... IT PAST ITS LIFE SPAN...IT'S 8 YEARS OLD...WHAT DO I EXPECT...I TOLD THEM THAT I EXPECT FUEL LINES TO LAST FOR EVER... IT'S THE 21 CENTURY...INTERESTING THE 2 METAL BRAKE LINES IN THE SAME RETAINER ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION...THEY SEEM TO BE POWDER COATED, SO WHY NOT THE FUEL LINES. 2 THINGS THAT WE NEED, IS TO STOP THE VEHICLE, AND NO GASOLINE LEAKING ON THE PAVEMENT ...I HAVE PICTURES OF THE FUEL LINE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10928963December 1, 2016
STEERING
THE VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING ASSIST WHILE DRIVING. THERE WAS A CHIME AND AN INDICATOR LIGHT. POWER ASSIST RETURNED AFTER THE CAR WAS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10927127November 21, 2016
STEERING
POWER STEERING WAS LOST ON THE EXIT RAMP OF THE HIGHWAY. DIDN'T USE THE CAR FOR THE REST OF THE DAY, THE NEXT MORNING DROVE FOR 15 MINUTES AND NO LOSS OF POWER STEERING... UNTIL A COUPLE DAYS LATER. LIST POWER STEERING WHILE IN THE MIDDLE OF DOWNTOWN TRAFFIC. HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY MORE REGULAR, NOW HAPPENING AT LEAST ONCE A DAY OR SEVERAL. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUES AS YOU TURN A CORNER OR TRY TO LANE CHANGE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU HAVE TO YANK THE WHEEL! YOU HAVE OTHER CHEVERLOT MODELS RECALLED FOR THIS, THE 2008 HHR NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS. NOT SAFE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10925254November 9, 2016
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET HHR. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, AN ERROR MESSAGE DISPLAYED ACROSS THE MESSAGE BOARD. IN ADDITION, THE AIR BAG MODULE FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE AIR BAGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT WANT TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE FOR FREE. THERE WERE NO RECALLS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 143,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10910058September 27, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FUEL LINES IN FRONT OF DRIVERS SIDE REAR WHEEL COMPLETELY CORRODED THRU. PARTIALLY DUE TO HEAT SHROUD, RUBBER COVERED WITH FOIL, INSTALLED DUE TO LOSE PROXIMITY TO EXHAUST PIPE. RETURN LINE STARTED LEAKING,PRESSURE LINE BROKE IN HALF DURING REMOVAL. CHEVY DISAVOWS ALL RESPONSIBILITY ALTHOUGH THE REST OF THE LINES ARE NOT RUSTED. HEAT SHROUD CONTAINED ROAD SALT, SAND AND GRAVEL WHEN REMOVED. CORROSION WAS EXFOLIATE IN NATURE. ON LINE RESEARCH SHOWS AT LEAST ONE INSTANCE OF A HHR CATCHING FIRE DUE TO THIS. PROBLEM WAS DISCOVERED AFTER SMELLING FUEL AND DISCOVERING FUEL LEAKING UNDER VEHICLE. AUTHOR OF REPORT HAS BEEN WORKING ON CARS FOR 45 YEARS AND HAS HELD AN A&P CERTIFICATE FOR OVER 40 YRS. HAVE NEVER SEEN 8 YEAR OLD FUEL LINES IN THIS CONDITION. BLACK COATED BRAKE LINES RUNNING NEXT TO FUEL LINES WERE COMPLETELY UNAFFECTED. AS PREVIOUSLY STATED THERE ARE MANY TEXTS ONLINE CONCERNING THIS ISSUE, ALL RECEIVED THE SAME LACK OF CONCERN FROM GM, INCLUDING THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10907143September 16, 2016
STEERING
THE MILEAGE IS 84475. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS, OUR POWER STEERING HAS BEEN RANDOMLY SHUTTING OFF WHILE WE ARE DRIVING ON CITY STREETS AND ON COUNTRY LANES. IT STARTED A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. IF YOU PULL OVER AND SHUT THE CAR COMPLETELY OFF AND BACK ON, THE POWER STEERING MAY COME BACK FOR FOR THE REST OF THE TRIP OR IT MAY JUST KEEP SHUTTING OFF. WHEN I GOOGLED THE PROBLEM, I QUICKLY FOUND MULTIPLE LINKS DOCUMENTING OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM. I FOUND THE FOLLOWING VIDEO ON YOUTUBE OF ANOTHER HHR DRIVER SHOWING THE PROBLEM. HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=CZF1BFRSHUA PLEASE MAKE THIS A RECALL ITEM. IT IS DANGEROUS WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHER SPEEDS ON COUNTRY ROADS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10905694September 12, 2016
STEERING
WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 55 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY THE DIC DISPLAYS A WARNING "POWER STEERING" AND THE CAR BECAME VERY HARD TO STEER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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