Chevrolet HHR Complaints

3,575 consumer complaints on file.

#10568767March 12, 2014
ENGINE
KEY BINDS IN IGNITION, ENGINE WILL SOMETIMES CONTINUE TO RUN AFTER KEY IS REMOVED FROM IGNITION, SOMETIMES KEY BINDS AND UNABLE TO START CAR, DEALER STATES UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THIS ISSUE AND WILL NOT REPAIR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10568777March 12, 2014
STEERING
VEHICLE PULLS TO THE LEFT SINCE THE DAY I BOUGHT IT, FROM A DEALER WHO SAID THEY WOULD FIX IT. THEY TRIED TWICE AND SAID EVERYTHING WAS UP TO SPECS. THEY SAID THEY CALL IT A DRIFT. WELL IT WANTS TO DRIFT ME INTO THE OPPOSITE LANE. AS OF 3-12-14 STILL NOT FIXED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10568533March 11, 2014
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO GUIDE THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOULDER, RESTART THE ENGINE AND RESUME NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED THE SAME FAILURE THAT WAS LISTED IN THE RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 14V047000(AIR BAGS , ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 116,284. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10568082March 10, 2014
STEERING
WHILE DRIVING, SUDDENLY THE WARNING ALARM DINGED AND POWER STEERING APPEARED ON THE NOTIFICATION WINDOW. POWER STEERING WAS SUDDENLY NOT THERE, JUST AS I WAS ENTERING A CONSTRUCTION ZONE WITH LANE REALIGNMENT. I PULLED OVER, TURNED OFF THE CAR AND LET IT SIT FOR A MINUTE. WHEN I RESTARTED IT, THE POWER STEERING WORKED. IT STAYED FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES BEFORE THE ERROR RETURNED. THIS PATTERN REPEATED THROUGHOUT THE DAY, REGARDLESS OF SPEED OR AMOUNT OF TURNS. A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH TO PREPARE ME FOR A CALL TO THE MECHANIC ON MONDAY SHOWED THIS SEEMS TO BE A NOT-UNCOMMON ISSUE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10568276March 10, 2014
POWER TRAIN, STEERING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
GEAR SHIFTER PIN BROKE & NOW WON'T LOCK IN GEAR. THE KEY CANNOT BE REMOVED EXCEPT BY REMOVING A CAP ON THE STEERING COLUMN & PRESSING A RELEASE BUTTON. DEFECTIVE GEAR SHIFTER PIN. ------------------------------------- I WENT HOME & TRIED TO TAKE MY KEY OUT BUT IT WOULD NOT RELEASE SO SINCE THE CAR WOULD NOT TURN COMPLETELY OFF THE BATTERY DIED. I FOUND OUT ON THE INTERNET THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. I FOUND OUT HOW TO REMOVE THE PLUG ON THE STEERING COLUMN TO PRESS THE RELEASE TO TAKE OUT THE KEY. THE GEAR SHIFTER WILL NOT LOCK SO IT IS EASY FOR IT TO SLIP INTO NEUTRAL OR OUT OF PARK & ROLL AWAY. I DON'T HAVE THE $500 THEY SAID IT WILL TAKE TO FIX IT SO I HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT. I ALWAYS HAVE TO MAKE SURE TO LOCK MY EMERGENCY BRAKE & HAVE TO HIT THE RELEASE TO TAKE MY KEY OUT. THIS IS DANGEROUS & SO WRONG OF GM NOT TO RECALL THIS WHEN SO MANY HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS THEIR DEFECT & NOT THE CUSTOMERS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10567790March 7, 2014
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN ATTEMPTING THE MAKE A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN OR CHANGE LANES THE POWER STEERING WOULD INTERMITTENTLY FAIL WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,000 MILES. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 59,000. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10567720March 6, 2014
POWER TRAIN, STEERING
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, NO NOISE OR INDICATION OF A PROBLEM THEN POWER STEERING INDICATOR CAME ON. NO POWER STEERING. PULLED OVER, TURNED OFF THE CAR AND CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD. EVERYTHING WAS INTACT. GOT BACK IN, STEERING WAS WORKING AGAIN. MAYBE 2 MINUTES DOWN THE ROAD AND GOT THE POWER STEERING WARNING AGAIN. POWER STEERING WAS GONE AGAIN. 4 YEAR OLD CAR SHOULD NOT HAVE THIS ISSUE-WOULD LIKE TO SEE RECALL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10567547March 6, 2014
STEERING
DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY, THE ON BOARD COMPUTER DINGS AND A MESSAGE APPEARS ON THE DASH THAT MY POWER STEERING IS OUT. IT DOESN'T LOCK IT UP BUT IT BECOMES EXTREMELY HARD TO STEER. I STOPPED AT A AUTO PARTS STORE TO GET POWER STEERING FLUID ONLY TO FIND OUT THERE IS NOT FLUID, IT USES AN ELECTRIC MOTOR. STARTING THE CAR MUST RESET THE ELECTRONICS, IT WORKED FINE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. IT IS NOW HAPPENING QUITE FREQUENTLY AND I FEEL IT A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. IN CHECKING ON THE INTERNET, IT IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE CAR. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT CHEVROLET RECALLED THE COBALT FOR THE SAME ISSUE, BUT NOT THE HHR, EVEN THOUGH BOTH ARE BASICALLY THE SAME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10567563March 6, 2014
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
DROVE 1 MILE. TURNED ENGINE OFF FOR 15 MIN. WHEN RESTARTED CAR IT STARTED SHAKING, WARNING MESSAGE ON DASH READ ENGINE POWER REDUCED. UNABLE TO DRIVE MORE THAN 30 MPH,WITH CAR STILL SHAKING DROVE 1 MILE TO MY LOCAL MECHANIC, WHEN MECHANIC RESTARTED CAR AND CONDUCTED DX TEST AND RESET CODE THE PROBLEM RESOLVED, NO FURTHER INCIDENTS AFTER MILES OF TEST DRIVING. HESITANT TO DRIVE CAR ANY LONG DISTANCE FOR FEAR IT MAY HAPPEN AGAIN AND CURIOUS IF OTHER HHR DRIVERS HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM OR IF THERE WAS A SILENT RECALL.. WOULD LIKE ADVICE AS TO HOW TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE, PREVENT A RECURRENCE WITHOUT EXPENSIVE DEALER COSTS AND FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. PLEASE ADVISE. THANK YOU *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10567431March 5, 2014
STEERING, AIR BAGS
I TOOK MY 2006 HHR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD MY CAR WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. MY CAR HAS EXHIBITED THE SAME PROBLEMS AS THOSE DESCRIBED, BUT I WAS TOLD THE DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT LOOK AT MY VEHICLE. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY MY HHR IS NOT PART OF THE RECALL WHILE OTHERS ARE. I DID NOT SEE WHERE THERE WAS A DISTINCTION BETWEEN SOME 2006 HHR AND OTHERS. THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT IN MY VEHICLE ON A REGULAR BASIS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10567433March 5, 2014
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, A WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED WITH THE LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT OFF HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED AFTER RESTARTING. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWENTY TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO INDICATED THAT THERE WAS A MALFUNCTION WITH THE POWER STEERING MOTOR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10567298March 4, 2014
STEERING
AS I AM DRIVING THE POWER STEERING INDICATOR WARNING COMES ON AND THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT. ONCE I STOP THE CAR AND RESTART IT THE POWER STEERING IS FINE. THIS CAN HAPPEN AFTER DRIVING FOR A WHILE OR AFTER DRIVING FOR 5 MINUTES. ONE DAY IT HAPPENED 4 TIMES WITHIN 15 MINUTES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10566931March 4, 2014
STEERING
I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AND STOPPED AT A DRIVE THRU COFFEE SHOP. AFTER RECEIVING MY ORDER AND DROVE OFF, I LOST MY POWER STEERING. MY POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AND I CONTINUED DRIVING HOME. THANKFULLY, I ONLY LIVE A COUPLE OF MILES AWAY, THOUGH DRIVING HOME WAS DIFFICULT. WHILE TURNING ON ONE STREET, I ALMOST HIT A CAR, AS IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT MAKING A TURN. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY HAVE TO REPLACE THE POWER STEERING MOTOR WHICH WILL COST ME 312.00 DOLLARS. I AM UPSET THAT THE MANUFACTURER WILL NOT ADMIT TO THE FAULTY MOTOR, AS I HAVE READ MANY COMPLAINTS DEALING WITH THE SAME ISSUE. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS, I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IF NOT ADDRESSED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10567056March 4, 2014
STEERING
DRIVING GETTING ONTO ON RAMP TO INTERSTATE. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN WITH NO POWER STEERING AROUND THE TURN. AND OF COURSE THERE WAS TWO MORE RAMPS TO GO AROUND. TURNED OFF THE CAR TO GET GAS AND THE POWER STEERING CAME BACK AND THE POWER STEERING LIGHT WENT OFF. HAVE BEEN READING THE OTHER POSTS AND I GUESS I'M NOT ALONE. I JUST HOPE THAT THIS IS COVERED UNDER A RECALL SO IT CAN BE FIXED RIGHT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10566817March 3, 2014
STEERING
DRIVING THRU TRAFFIC IN DALLAS, POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON, CAR BECAME VERY HARD TO STEER. THIS IS HAPPENING QUITE OFTEN NOW. I CAN PULL OVER AND TURN VEHICLE OFF AND RESETS, I CALLED DEALERSHIP SAID TO CHECK ALL MY SENSORS. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND I'M STARTING TO NOT EVEN WANT TO DRIVE MY CAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10566885March 3, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
SITTING STILL UNDER CARPORT (CAR NOT MOVING). TURNED ON IGNITION TO CHECK GAS AMOUNT AND THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH DID NOT COME ON. I MOVED IT OUT FROM CARPORT AND THEY CAME ON. FEW HOURS LATER THE LIGHTS WOULD NOT COME ON AGAIN. THE ONLY KEYS ON KEY RING ARE 1 HOUSE KEY, 1 CAR DOOR KEY AND THE KEY FOB. THIS CAR WAS NOT MOVING WHEN THIS HAPPENED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10566720March 2, 2014
STEERING
I WAS DRIVING MY 2008 CHEVROLET HHR AND EXITING OFF OF I95 IN JACKSONVILLE FL WHEN ALL OF A SUNNED MY POWER STEERING (ELECTRIC STEERING) WHET OUT, AS IT QUIR OPERATING THERE WAS A WARNING LIGHT THAT CAME ON IN MY INSTRUMENT PANEL THAT READ "POWER STEERING", I PULLED OVER AND SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND CONSULTED MY OWNERS MANUAL AND COULD FIND NOTHING THERE TO HELP WITH WHAT MAY BE THE CAUSE. I STARTED THE VEHICLE BACK UP AND WAS GOING TO TRY AND JUST GET IT TO MY HOUSE WHICH WAS ONLY 5-6 MILES AWAY AND WHEN I STARTED THE VEHICLE BACK UP THE POWER STEERING WAS OPERATING NORMAL AGAIN SO I THOUGHT MAYBE A FLUKE, AS I CONTINUED TO DRIVE HOME ALL SEEMED FINE UNTIL I WAS MAKING A TURN AND IT WENT OUT AGAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF MY TURN NEARLY CAUSING ME TO RUN IN TO ANOTHER VEHICLE. I PULLED OVER AGAIN AND WAITED FOR TRAFFIC TO CLEAR AND STARTED IT UP AGAIN AND THE STEERING WAS AGAIN OPERATING NORMAL. THE CHEVROLET COBALT HAS THE SAME ELECTRIC STEERING MOTOR AS THE HHR AND HAD A RECALL AS I UNDERSTAND ACCORDING TO THE INTERNET BUT THERE HAS NOT BEEN ONE ISSUED FOR THE HHR YET ALTHOUGH IT IS DOING THE SAME THING AS THE COBALT DID. THE STEERING ON THIS VEHICLE IS DANGEROUS AT BEST AS YOU HAVE NO IDEA AS TO WHEN YOU WILL LOOSE POWER STEERING AND RUN THE RISK OF RUNNING IN TO SOME ONE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10566602March 1, 2014
AIR BAGS
I WAS INVOLVED IN A MULTIPLE CAR ACCIDENT WHERE A DRIVER HIT MYSELF AND SEVERAL OTHER DRIVERS IN ICY CONDITIONS. THE AIRBAGS IN MY CAR DID NOT DEPLOY, LEAVING ME WITH MULTIPLE BRUISES AND SORENESS EVEN WEEKS AFTER THE ACCIDENT. I ALSO SUSTAINED A NECK STRAIN DURING THE ACCIDENT, AND INJURED MY KNEE. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10566630March 1, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
THE INSIDE DOOR HANDLE HAS BROKEN OFF COMPLETELY THERE IS NO WAY TO GET OUT OF THE CAR UNLESS YOU ROLL DOWN THE WINDOW AND THEY ARE ELECTRIC? NOW THE PASSENGER SIDE STILL HAS THE HANDLE BUT IT DOES NOT WORK EITHER? THEY ARE CHEAPLY MADE BUT SHOULD LAST LONGER THAN 5-6 YEARS. SO AFTER CALLING CHEVROLET AND SEEING IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS OR SERVICE BULLETINS FOR THIS ISSUE I WAS TOLD TO TAKE MY CAR TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP AND HAVE THEM CHECK IT OUT. SO I DID AND THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD COST 497.00 PER DOOR BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE BOTH INSIDE DOOR PANELS. IT IS NOT A SAFETY HAZARD AND THERE ARE NO BULLETINS TO FIX THIS? WHAT HAPPENS IF I GET IN AN ACCIDENT AND MY WINDOWS DON'T GO DOWN BECAUSE THEY ARE ELECTRIC? THIS TO ME IS A SAFETY HAZARD! I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF MY CAR! I CALL IT MY KIDNAPPING CAR BECAUSE YOU CAN GET IN BUT YOU CAN'T GET OUT UNLESS YOU ROLL DOWN THE WINDOW AND USE THE OUTSIDE HANDLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10566550February 28, 2014
STEERING
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON. I WENT TO PULL INTO A PARKING LOT AND THE CAR HIT A CURB BECAUSE THE POWER STEERING SHUT OFF. I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND TURNED IT BACK ON AND THE POWER STEERING WORKED AGAIN. STARTED DRIVING HOME AND WITH IN 5 MILES IT HAPPENED AGAIN. DROVE IT DIRECT TO THE MECHANIC. THEY SAID IT WAS THE POWER STEERING MOTOR. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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