Chevrolet HHR Complaints (2008)

616 consumer complaints on file.

#10553709November 25, 2013
STEERING
I WAS STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN WHEN THE POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING WITH OUT NOTICE THANKFULLY I WAS NOT MOVING AND DID NOT HAVE FAR TO GO (40FT) TO PULL INTO THE BUISNESS PARKING LOT IT WAS STRUGGLE FOR ME TO GET THE CAR IN THERE. THIS IS A SAFTEY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED BEFORE SOMEONE OR A FAMILY IS KILLED . ANYONE WITH WEAK MUSCLES OR ARTIFICAL LIMBS WHO IS TRAVELING ON A ROAD OR THE HIGHWAY MAY NOT BE AS LUCKY AS I WAS AND COULD SUFFER VERY SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH . I CONTACTED MY LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER KEVIN (SERVICE WRITER) AND ALSO SPOKE WITH HAROLD (10YRS WITH CHEVROLET IN DETROIT) WHO SAID MY VIN# DOES NOT FALL UNDER ANY TYPE OF RECALL OR ASSITANCE TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BE INJURED OR KILLED BEFORE CHEVROLET DECIDES TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE ???? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10553616November 24, 2013
STEERING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHILE OPERATING, MY VEHICLES POWER STEERING SHUTS OFF AND MY "POWER STEERING" ALERT APPEARS ON THE DASH. IF THE CAR IS SHUT OFF, AND TURNED BACK ON IT WORKS PROPERLY; AND THEN SHUTS OFF AGAIN RANDOMLY. THIS HAPPENS NEARLY EVERY TIME I DRIVE IT, SOMETIMES SEVERAL TIMES. THERE IS NOTHING CONSISTENT WITH DRIVING CONDITIONS, SPEED, DURATION OF DRIVING WHEN IT OCCURS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10553293November 22, 2013
STEERING
POWER STEERING STOPS WORKING. IT BEGAN ABOUT A MONTH AGO, SCARED ME A LOT. AT FIRST IT WOULD HAPPEN AFTER I DROVE IT A BIT BUT NOW IT HAPPENS AFTER ABOUT 30 SECONDS. I WORRY ABOUT NEEDING TO STEER TO AVOID SOMEONE AT SLOW SPEEDS. I LIVE IN A CROWDED COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE, DOGS, BIKES, SKATEBOARDERS AND CHILDREN ARE ALWAYS JUST WALKING OUT ONTO THE ROAD. ALSO, I DRIVE INTO FARMER'S MARKETS AND SWAP MEETS WHERE PEOPLE ARE ALL MILLING ABOUT AND LOTS OF MANEUVERING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO AVOID ACCIDENTS. NO POWER STEERING MAKES THIS VERY HARD TO DO. I CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX AS I M BARELY MAKING ENOUGH MONEY TO CONTINUE WITH MY SMALL BUSINESS. CALLED CHEVROLET AND THEY TELL ME THIS IS NOT A RECALL ISSUE. THEY WILL CHARGE ME $125 JUST TO LOOK AT IT. AND I HAVE TO GIVE UP USING THE CAR. THIS IS CRAZY THAT NO RECALL HAS BEEN DONE CONSIDERING ALL THE COMPLAINTS AND FACTS OF THIS ISSUE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10552957November 19, 2013
STEERING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MY BATTERY WENT OUT ON ME. THEN I HAD IT REPLACED AND THEN THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. I NOTICED THAT THEY WAS A RECALL ON IT. ALSO THAT THIS HAS HAPPEN TO SO MANY OTHER FOLKS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10551568November 8, 2013
STEERING
THE POWER STEERING FAILED IN MY CAR OUT OF THE BLUE WHILE I WAS PULLING OUT OF THE PARKING LOT OF A RESTAURANT. IT HAS HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY 6 TIMES SINCE THEN. ONCE I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND LET IT SIT FOR AWHILE IT GOES OFF. THE ISSUE WITH THE POWER STEERING RANDOMLY FAILING IS VERY DANGEROUS. IF I WAS IN MID TURN THE ISSUE COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. A RECALL WAS DONE ON THE CHEVY COBALT FOR THE SAME ISSUE AND BOTH CARS USE THE SAME PARTS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10551066November 6, 2013
STEERING, STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
POWER STEERING ASSIST IS LOST AND IT REQUIRES GREATER DRIVER EFFORT AT LOW VEHICLE SPEEDS THAT INCREASES THE RISK OF A CRASH. THIS IS THE SAME PART THAT WAS RECALLED IN THE 2008 CHEVROLET COBALT UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V073000 THE SAME PROBLEM IS HAPPENING TO THE CHEVROLET HHR IT ALL OVER THE INTERNET. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10548710October 21, 2013
STEERING
I PULLED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. THE STEERING GOT VERY TIGHT AND THE CAR DINGED WITH THE MESSAGE CHECK POWER STEERING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10548724October 21, 2013
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
THE LOCK WILL NOT UNLOCK WHEN I USE THE KEY. IT IS AS THOUGH THE LOCK IS JAMMED. BOTH KEYLESS ENTRIES HAVE STOPPED WORKING. I KEEP ONSTAR ACTIVATED SO I CAN GET INTO MY CAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10548719October 21, 2013
VISIBILITY/WIPER
THE DRIVER SIDE VISOR FALLS WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE TO STUFF THE CONNECTOR WITH PAPER. I HAVE EVEN REPLACED THE PART THINKING IT WAS FAULTY.. IT WASN'T THE CONNECTOR TAB. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10548140October 16, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES, SUSPENSION:FRONT:HUB
I PURCHASED THIS CAR IN DECEMBER OF 2010, AS A CERTIFIED USED CAR. IT HAD 13435 MILES AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE. AFTER SIX MONTHS, 17000 MILES, SERVICE LIGHTS BEGAN TO LIGHT UP---I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER. AFTER TAKING IT HOME ALL SEEMED TO BE OPERATING NORMALLY WHEN IN AUGUST, 17100 MILES, I BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE A SHUTTERING WHEN BRAKING AND A CLUNKING NOISE WHILE DRIVING. DEALER REPAIRED, HARNESS AND HUB BEARING AND I PURCHASE TWO NEW FRONT TIRES. WITHIN ABOUT A YEAR CAR BEGAN TO SHIMMY AGAIN WHEN BRAKING. AT 25000 MILE , DEALER STATED NOW BRAKES ARE BAD, WARPED AND ROTORS NEED WORK. WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF TAKING CAR HOME, SHIMMYING BEGAN TO START AGAIN. I HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ON LINE WITH REGARD TO THE BRAKES, BUT GM DENIES ANY KNOWLEDGE OF PROBLEMS. HMMMMMMMM! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10547991October 15, 2013
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH THE POWER STEERING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 183,689.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10546036September 28, 2013
STEERING
THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING WILL GO OUT, BELL RINGS AND DASH SAYS "POWER STEERING". I CAN PULL OVER AND RESTART ENGINE AND IT WILL WORK FOR A WHILE. THIS HAPPENS A LOT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10544966September 23, 2013
STEERING
WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND POWER STEERING WENT OUT. AFTER I STOPPED THE CAR, TURNED IT OFF AND BACK ON, POWER STEERING RESUMED, ALTHOUGH ONLY FOR A FEW MINUTES. I HAD TO KEEP TURNING THE CAR OFF AND ON IN ORDER FOR THE POWER STEERING TO RE-ENGAGE. AFTER A FEW MONTHS OF THIS, THE POWER STEERING IS NOW COMPLETELY NOT WORKING! IT COMES ON FOR ABOUT 1 MINUTE WHEN I START THE CAR AND THEN TURNS OFF COMPLETELY AFTER THAT MINUTE. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE MY CAR THIS COMING WINTER IN THE SNOW. I DO NOT WANT TO SHELL OUT A BUNCH OF $$$ AND THEN HAVE THEM RECALL THE CAR. I KNOW OTHER CHEVY MODELS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM HAVE BEEN RECALLED. WHY HAS THE HHR NOT BEEN INCLUDED IN THESE RECALLS? NO POWER STEERING POSES A GREAT RISK OF GETTING IN AN ACCIDENT. I AM A VERY FRUSTRATED CHEVY OWNER! PLEASE RECALL THIS CAR!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10544990September 23, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MY KEY WON'T TURN THE IGNITION ON AT ALL TAKE YOU 5 MINS JUST TO GET IT TO WORK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10543630September 14, 2013
STEERING
ON MINE A MESSAGE LIGHTS UP ON THE DASH 'POWER STEERING". WHEN I CUT OFF THE CAR IT, I CAN STEER AND I START DRIVING, HITTING THE SPEED OF 7 MILES MPH IT CUTS BACK ON AND OFF I HAVE A FAMILY SMALL KIDS AND I DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANYTHING GO WRONG WITH MY CAR BECAUSE I CANT AFFORD ANOTHER ONE, SO PLEASE LOOK UNTO IT BECAUSE OTHER HHR OWNERS BEEN HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10543401September 13, 2013
STEERING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS UPWARDS OF 45 MPH, THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AND I LOST POWER STEERING. I ALMOST GOT INTO A CRASH AND WAS UNABLE TO SAFELY STEER THE VEHICLE. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF THE STEERING WAS RETURNED. AND THEN IT WOULD GO OUT AGAIN UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AGAIN. UPON SEARCHING THE INTERNET I SAW THAT 1.3 MILLION VEHICLES WERE RECALLED FOR THE EXACT SAME ISSUE BUT THE CHEVY HHR WAS NOT ONE OF THEM. IT SEEMS TO BE A HAZARDOUS ISSUE ACCORDING TO CHEVY'S RECALL, AND THE HAVE RECEIVED MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS FROM HHR OWNERS AND HAVEN'T RECALLED THIS PART ON THE HHR.*TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10541869September 4, 2013
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH AND MAKING A TURN, THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING PUMP MODULE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NOT A RECALL RELATED TO THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,595. UPDATED 10/17/13*LJ
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10537676August 28, 2013
STEERING, STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
WHILE EXITING THE INTERSTATE YESTERDAY, A "POWER STEERING" WARNING APPEARED ON THE DASH. I HAD TO MAKE A TURN IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS HAPPENED AND WAS NEARLY UNABLE TO TURN MY CAR. I PULLED OFF AT THE NEAREST PARKING LOT TO FIND THAT THIS VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE POWER STEERING FLUID AND IS ALL ELECTRIC. I HAD SOMEONE DISCONNECT THE BATTERY TO "RESET" MY CAR AND HAD STEERING BACK. BASED ON THE COMPLAINTS I HAVE THOUROUGLY READ OVER, I KNOW THAT IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE IT GOES OUT AGAIN. I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS ISSUE CONTINUES TO BE IGNORED AND NOT RECALLED DUE TO THE FACT THE COBALT AND ION HAVE BOTH BEEN RECALLED FOR THE SAME ISSUE AND THE HHR HAS THE SAME POWER STEERING PARTS AS THE COBALT. WHEN SOMONE LOSES THEIR LIFE BECAUSE OF A POWER STEERING PROBLEM WILL SOMEONE LISTEN AND ACT ON IT THEN???!!! I HAVE TWO CHILDREN AND I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE THEM ANYWHERE NOW. THIS IS MY ONLY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION AND DON'T HAVE THE EXTRA $800 OR MORE SITTING AROUND TO REPAIR A PROBLEM THAT IS CHEVROLET'S FAULT. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10536119August 19, 2013
STEERING
I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM A LONG TRIP, ABOUT 100 MILES FROM HOME AND MY POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AND MY STEERING BECAME VERY HARD TO TURN. IF THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT IN THE ROAD I WOULD HAVE HAD A HARD TIME AVOIDING IT. I WENT TO THE GAS STATION AND WHEN I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON THE POWER STEERING SEEMED TO FIX ITSELF. WELL I TOOK OFF DOWN THE ROAD AGAIN AND THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME BACK ON AGAIN WITH SAME SCENARIO MENTIONED ABOVE. NOW MY POWER STEERING LIGHT COMES ON SOMETIMES TWICE A DAY EVERYDAY. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER FINALLY TODAY. THE DEALER CALLED ME AND SAID, "GOOD NEWS THIS PART IS COVERED." I SAID GREAT! THEN HE CALLED BACK 30 MINUTES LATER WITH BAD NEWS, HE SAID THAT THE PART WAS COVERED IN CANADA ONLY! WHAT, NOT IN FLORIDA! THIS DOES NOT EVEN MAKE SENSE. LETS JUST SAY AFTER THAT PHONE CALL HE CHARGED ME FOR THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING MOTOR AT COST. MY TOTAL COST WAS $163.45 (PART #19257875). IF I COULD HAVE DONE IT MYSELF I WOULD HAVE. I JUST SAW THIS PART ON EBAY FOR $82.85 OR BETTER YET, IF IT WAS A RECALL IT COULD HAVE BEEN FREE. AFTER HIS EARLIER PHONE CALL THERE WAS NO WAY I WAS GOING TO LET HIM CHARGE ME ANYTHING MORE. BUT, WHY AGAIN IS THIS PART NOT ON THE RECALL LIST FOR CHEVY HHRS. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. I GUESS WHEN SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS AND SOMEBODY GETS SUED MAYBE THERE WILL BE A RECALL. SAD BUT TRUE. PLEASE RECALL! THANKS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10535241August 13, 2013
STEERING
AS LEAVING WORK AND DRIVING OUT OF THE PARKING LOT MY CAR STIFFENED UP ON THE SLIGHT CURVE, BUT AS I DROVE AND STARTED TO ACCELERATE THE "POWER STEERING" ALERT TURNED ON. I WENT TO MAKE MY FIRST RIGHT TURN AND THE CAR WAS EXTREMELY HARD TO TURN. I PULLED OVER, TO LOOK UP THE NEAREST AUTOZONE AND THANK GOODNESS THERE WAS ONE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM WHERE I WAS AT. I HEADED THERE AND THE LADY HOOKED IT UP TO THE MACHINE TO SEE IF THE CAR WAS SPITTING OUT A CODE - NOPE. WE LOOKED IN THE MANUAL AND SEEN THAT THE ALERT MEANT THE CAR NEEDED TO BE SERVICED IMMEDIATELY. WITH SO MANY COMPLAINTS I'M WONDERING WHY THIS ISSUE HASN'T PROMPTED A RECALL. WHAT DOES IT TAKE - DEATH RELATED TO POWER STEERING? YOU HEAR ABOUT PRECAUTION RECALLS TO AVOID ISSUES, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE AN ISSUE THERE IS NO JUSTICE. NO WONDER THESE VEHICLES WERE DISCONTINUED. SHAME ON CHEVY/GM - THIS IS NO ISOLATED INCIDENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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