Chevrolet HHR Complaints (2008)

616 consumer complaints on file.

#10896039August 15, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DOOR LATCH FAILURE WHILE MERGING ONTO FREEWAY. DOOR FLEW OPEN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10894777August 10, 2016
SUSPENSION
ROUGH RIDE, HITS BUMPS HARD, MAKES NOISE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10892844August 3, 2016
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REBUILT WITH LESS THAN 100K MILES ON IT. THIS IS THE SAME TRANSMISSION THAT IS IN THE COLBALT, HHR, AND MALIBU. MY TRANSMISSION SHOP HAS A COLBALT AND MALIBU IN THE BAY WITH MY CAR, 10K LESS MILES THAN MINE, WITH THE SAME ISSUE. THE TRANSMISSION STARTS BY OVER REVING WHEN SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND AND 2ND TO 3RD. THERE IS NO CEL PRESENT. THEN THE CAR GETS A DRAG LIKE YOU ARE DRIVING A BRICK. TOOK CAR TO EAGLE TRANSMISSION (AFTER CHEVY HOUSE SAID FLUSH AND FILTER WOULD FIX THE ISSUE) AND NOW I HAVE TO PAY FOR A REBUILT TRANSMISSION. CHEVY REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER, ANY REVIEW OF ANY BOARD WILL SHOW THIS IS A HUGE ONGOING PROBLEM. MY MILAGE IS 98778
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10891894July 31, 2016
STEERING
I WAS DRIVING AND MY VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN A YEAR THIS HAS HAPPENED. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE MOTOR THE FIRST TIME AND NOW THEY ARE REFUSING TO REPLACE THE STEERING COLUMN WHEN THE RECALL LETTER CLEARLY STATES IF ALL COMPONENTS NEED TO BE REPLACED INCLUDING THE STEERING COLUMN THAN THEY SHALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10887355July 21, 2016
STEERING
I KEEP HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MY POWER STEERING GOING OUT AND IT'S GETTING MORE FREQUENT AS OF LATE. I DID SEE THAT RECALLS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR MODEL YEARS SURROUNDING MINE AND THE SAME YEAR IN OTHER VEHICLES MADE BY CHEVY. I ALSO SEE THAT I AM NOT ALONE AS OTHERS ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE. I THINK CHEVY NEEDS TO LOOK AT THIS VEHICLE AGAIN AND CONSIDER DOING THE RIGHT THING AND RECALL THE 2008 CHEVY HHR POWER STEERING MOTOR AS WELL. THIS IS A DANGEROUS PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO ADDRESSED BECAUSE I HAVE HAD IT GO OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF A TURN AND NARROWLY MISSED A TREE TRYING TO TURN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10884874July 14, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
I STARTED SMELLING GAS INSIDE/OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE AFTER SHUTTING IT OFF. WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE THE EXHAUST SOUNDS ROUGH. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AND FOUND THAT THE GAS LINES NEAR THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE ARE RUSTED AND HAVE ALSO DAMAGED MY EXHAUST MANIFOLD WHICH IS ALSO CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SPUTTER WHEN ACCELERATING. BECAUSE THE PROBLEMS ARE DUE TO GM'S POOR JOB OF DESIGNING THIS UNSAFE VEHICLE THIS ISSUE SHOULD NOT BE THE VEHICLE OWNERS RESPONSIBILITY, IT SHOULD BE RECALLED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10884496July 13, 2016
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET HHR. WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS, THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE OPERATED PROPERLY AFTER 20 MINUTES. THE FAILURE OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 30 TIMES SPORADICALLY IN ONE MONTH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 78,567.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10884190July 12, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THERE ARE SEVERAL BLIND SPOTS IN THIS CAR MAKEING IT DIFFICULT TO SEE CARS ON THE SIDE OF YOU I HAVE BEEN ALMOST HIT 14 TIMES IN ONE DAY I ALMOST HIT A PEDESTRIAN ON CROSS WALK TO THE RIGHT SIDE THIS CAR IS SO DANGEROUS TO ME AND OTHERS THIS CAR NEEDS TO BE PULLED OF THE THE ROAD CAR WAS IN MOTION EACH TIME AND ON HIGHWAY AS WELL AS TOWN ROADS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10883083July 6, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY, ENGINE
OUR CAR HAD ENGINE TROUBLES WHERE IT KEPT SHIFTING BACK INTO NEUTRAL WHILE WE WERE TRYING TO DRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY AND THEN ON SIDE STREETS ON THE WAY HOME. WHILE DRIVING IT TO GET REPAIRED, THERE WAS A LOUD POPPING NOISE AND THE ENGINE BURST INTO FLAMES. THE FLAMES CONSUMED A LARGE PORTION OF THE CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10881499June 29, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I AM ORIGINAL OWNER BOUGHT IN 2008. I HAVE 38080 MILES ON MY CAR AND HAVE TO REPLACE THE GAS TANK. AFTER FILLING MY TANK, I SMELLED GASOLINE FOR SEVERAL DAYS, WHEN MY GRANDSON WENT UNDERNEATH AND FELT THE TOP OF THE TANK AND FOUND IT LEAKING, FROM THE TOP CONNECTION. I AM HAVING IT REPLACED, @ SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS AND FEEL THIS IS A VERY UNUSUAL FOR AN 8 YEAR OLD CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10881496June 29, 2016
AIR BAGS, STEERING
I HAD BEEN CALLING GM ABOUT THIS ISSUE, MY DAUGHTER LOVED THIS CAR IT WAS GIVEN TO HER FOR HER BIRTHDAY, OUT OF THE BLUE HER CAR LOST STEERING ON HIGHWAY, IT WAS EARLY AFTERNOON WHEN ALL WERE GETTING OFF FROM WORK WHILE TRYING TO GET OVER WITHOUT STEERING SHE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE THE CAR WAS TOWED HOME AND HAS BEEN SITTING THERE WAITING ON GM TO GET THIS STEERING FIXED MY CHILD COULD HAVE LOST HER LIFE CALL ME [XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10881512June 29, 2016
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET HHR. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED NECK AND BACK INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10875938June 22, 2016
STEERING
INTERMITTENT POWER STEERING FAILURES CAUSED BY OVERHEATING OR WORN ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ASSIST MOTOR. POWER STEERING WOULD FAIL WHEN MID-TURN, AT NON-HIGHWAY SPEEDS, CAUSING STEERING TO REQUIRE MUCH MORE EFFORT TO WORK. VERY HIGH RISK FOR MID TURN COLLISIONS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10875034June 18, 2016
STEERING
A WOMAN LOST CONTROL OF HER HHR, CRASHED AND DIED, VERY LIKELY PROVOKED BY THE ELECTRICAL ASSITED STEERING CONTROLLER FAILURE, FOLLOW LINK BELOW: HTTP://WWW.LATARDE.COM.MX/PIERDEELCONTROLYSEMATAMUJERENCARRETERA-227237.HTML
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
1
#10874132June 14, 2016
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET HHR. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE CONTACT HAD TO EXERT GREATER FORCE TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE POWER STEERING WAS LOSING POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10864533May 12, 2016
STEERING
WHEN I FIRST START MY CAR I CAN STEER AND THEN A POP NOISE HAPPENS AND POWER STEERING LIGHT COMES ON AND FUSE360 BLOWS AND I HAVE NO POWER STEERING. IT IS WHEN STOPPED AND STEERING DOESNT MATTER WHICH..
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10861460April 26, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET HHR. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V047000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE UNKNOWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10853841April 6, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS STIFF AND TOOK EXCESSIVE FORCE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE NO FAILURES WERE FOUND. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10852934April 1, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
WHENEVER I AM DRIVING, THE STEERING WHEEL WILL SUDDENLY LOCK UP FOR SEEMINGLY NO REASON. I CAN BE GO ANYWHERE FROM 35 MPH TO 70 MPH. IT'S CAUSED ME TO NEARLY GET INTO MULTIPLE WRECKS. I'M FORCED TO PULL OVER, TURN OFF THE CAR, AND TURN IT BACK ON AND THEN THE WHEEL IS PERFECTLY FINE AFTER. IT HAPPENS IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING. I'M SCARED TO KEEP DRIVING THIS CAR BUT IT'S MY ONLY WAY TO WORK EVERY DAY. I HAVE NO CHOICE. MY CAR DEALERSHIP HAS SAID MANY HHR'S HAVE BEEN RECALLED IN THE PAST DUE TO POWER STEERING ISSUES. PLEASE HELP ME KNOW IF MY CAR NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AND WHAT I NEED TO DO TO KEEP SAFE. THIS HAPPENS NEARLY EVERY DAY I DRIVE IT, I'VE ONLY OWNED THE CAR FOR ABOUT A MONTH NOW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10851677March 25, 2016
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), STEERING, WHEELS
WHEN I BUHGT THIS VEHICLE IT WAS THE LEFT SIDE SHOCKED SOLVER WAS LOSS UNSCREWED LOCKY ME I FOUND THE BEFORE ANYTHING HAPPENED IN THE HWY THEN I FOUND UNTHER THE VEHICLE A BIG BUMP LIKE THIS CAR WAS IN A CRASH ACCIDENT I EXPLAINS THE DEALER SALES MAN AND HE TOLL ME TO HE DON'T KNOW A BOUGHT IT THEN ONE WHEEL WAS MORE BIG THAN THE OTHER WHEELS SO I BOUGHT ANOTHER TIRE I THEN START SEARCH THE INFORMATION ON THIS CAR WITH NO SUCCESS EVEN CAR MAX IS NO RECORD OF THE VEHICLE I THE CONTINUED DRIVING THE CAR AND I FIND OUT THIS CAR WAS A CAR CRASH VEHICLE BECAUSE I NOTICE DRIVER SIDE WAS PANEL FIX AND FOR MORE TO KNOW THIS CAR IS UNSAFELY TO DRIVE WHEN YOU GO MORE THAT 50" MILES IN A RAIN THE CAR EASY DERAIL AND LOCKY I BE HAVE NOT VEHICLE IN MY SIDE IT HAPPEN TO ME THREE TIME I CALL THE DEALERSHIP AND ASK TO CHANGE ME THIS VEHICLE IS TO DANGER TO DRIVE AND THERE RESPOND WAS SALE THE CAR AND BUY ME ANOTHER ONE THAT TELL ME THE UNRESPONSIVE THEY ARE NO CARE IF ANOTHER FAMILY BUY THE CAR AND THEN THEY CAN HAVE A ACCIDENT AND EVEN KILL THEM SALFE I TOLL HIM I CAN NOT SALE A VEHICLE THAT IS UNSAFE TO ANY ONE SO THAT'S WAY I REPORTED TO YOU GUYS TO PUT A STOP TO THIS DEALER BECAUSE I NOTICE THEY HAVE A BIG JUNK YARD IN THE BACK OF THE DEALERSHIP AND THAT TELL ME THAT THEY FIX JUNK CARS AND RESALES WITH UNSAFETY ESUE AND THEY NEED TO BE INSPECTED TO SEE THEY NOT RISK FAMILY'S OUT THERE AND I WANT MY MONEY BACK AND MY EXPENCESS I PUT TO THIS JUNK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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