2006 Chevrolet Hhr

RECEIVED SAFETY RECALL NOTICE IN MAIL 04-05-08. TRIED TO CALL DEALER ON SATURDAY, BUT GET THROUGH. TALKED TO A REP IN THE SERVICE DEPT AT LONDOFF CHEVROLET. PER REP THEY DID NOT HAVE THE PARTS TO FIX THE PROBLEM. HE ADVISED ME TO CALL BACK IN A WEEK. CALLED 04-11-08 AND GOT AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE ROOF-RAIL AIR BAG INSTALLED IN ORDER TO CONFORM TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD 201 FOR MY HHR. I WAS GIVEN AN APPOINTMENT FOR FRIDAY, 04-18-08 AT 10:00AM TO FIND OUT THAT SUPPOSEDLY THEY JUST INSTALLED THE LAST ONE AND DIDN'T HAVE THE PARTS AVAILABLE FOR MY VEHICLE. I SPOKE TO ANOTHER CSR IN THE SERVICE DEPT. HE DIDN'T KNOW HOW THIS HAPPENED BUT STATED THAT ENTERPRISE HAD BROUGHT SOME HHR 'S IN AND THEY HAD FIXED THEM. I AM UPSET THAT THEY WOULD INSTALL THE AIR BAG IN ENTERPRISE CARS AND NOT AT LEAST KEEP THE ONE FOR MY SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT. HOW DANGEROUS IS THIS SAFETY RECALL? *TR THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE BROKE DOWN WITHIN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE HAS LOST POWER STEERING ON TWO OCCASIONS. THE SPEEDOMETER WAS ERRATIC AND THE VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY LUNGE FORWARD WHILE DRIVING.. WHEN THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, THEY STATED IT WAS A WIRING PROBLEM. UPDATED IVOQ 08/12/10 UPDATED IVOQ 08/31/10*JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STARTED THE ENGINE TO WARM UP THE VEHICLE. APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES LATER, SHE ATTEMPTED TO PLACE THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE, BUT THE SHIFTER WOULD NOT MOVE FROM PARK. SHE WAITED APPROXIMATELY TEN MINUTES AND THE FAILURE CONTINUED. APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES LATER, THE GEAR WAS ABLE TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK. THE CONTACT DROVE TO WORK AND WAS UNABLE TO SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, SHE WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION; HOWEVER, THE RADIO WAS STILL ON AND THE CHIME NOISES REMAINED ENGAGED. THE GEARS WERE ALSO ABLE TO BE MOVED WITHOUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AND REMAINS IN HER POSSESSION. THE VIN, ENGINE SIZE, NUMBER OF CYLINDERS, AND TRANSMISSION TYPE WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 36,000.

I AM LEASING A 2006 CHEVY HHR. MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY WHEN WE HIT A POT HOLE AND MY CAR DIED AT 70MPH! MY HUSBAND STEVE PUT THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL AND IT STARTED WITHOUT HESITATION AND WE CARRIED ON. VERY SCARY AS YOU LOSE YOUR POWER IN STEERING, ETC... I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP THAT DAY AND TOOK IT FOR A LOOK OVER. THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND SAID THE CAR SEEMED FINE SO THERE WAS NO MORE THEY COULD DO? ON A RECENT TRIP TO KY WE AGAIN HIT A POT HOLE ON THE EXPRESSWAY AND AGAIN MY CAR DIED. WE WERE ABLE TO RESTART IT AND CARRIED ON. I BELONG TO A WEBSITE THAT IS FOR HHR OWNERS AND I SOON DISCOVERED I WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. SOME PEOPLE HAVE THIS PROBLEM WITHOUT HITTING A POT HOLE OR BUMP OF ANY KIND!! A MAN WHO HAD THIS HAPPEN SAID WHEN HE HIT THE POT HOLE AND HIS CAR DIED HE NOTICED WHEN HE WENT TO RESTART THE CAR THAT HIS KEY HAS SLIPPED TO THE "ACC" POSITION. HE SUGGESTED WE TEST OUR KEYS BY PUTTING THEM IN THE IGNITION AND PLAYING AROUND WITH THEM. I WAS INTERESTED IN TRYING THIS AS THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE! I STARTED MY CAR AND TO MY HORROR DISCOVERED THAT WITH NO PRESSURE I CAN TURN MY CAR OFF. I ONLY HAVE 4 KEYS AND MY REMOTE ON MY KEY RING SO IT IS NOT DUE TO WEIGHT OF MY KEYRING. I CAN GRAB MY HANGING REMOTE, AND OTHER KEYS (I ONLY HELD ONE KEY) AND WITH NO PRESSURE I CAN TURN MY CAR OFF. I AM CALLING MY DEALERSHIP FIRST THING TOMORROW MORNING B/C I WANT A KEY CYLINDER IN PLACE THAT DOES NOT ALLOW FOR MY KEY TO TURN WITH BUMPS IN THE ROAD. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS PROBLEM AND SINCE I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE I AM WONDERING WHY NO LETTERS ARE BEING SENT. THIS IS MOST CERTAINLY A FAILURE ON DESIGN AND OR FAULTY PARTS WHICH IS A LIABILITY IF AND WHEN IT CAUSES DEATH AND OR SERIOUS INJURY. I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU SO THAT THIS MATTER FOR ALL OWNERS WITH THIS ISSUE CAN BE RESOLVED. SINCERELY, STEPHANIE ROGERS *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. WHILE DRIVING THROUGH A CAR WASH, THE ENGINE AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND ALLOWED THE CONTACT TO REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE LOST TOTAL POWER. HE NOTIFIED GENERAL MOTORS AND AAA TO JUMP START THE VEHICLE. THE OWNER'S MANUAL STATED THAT THIS MAY OCCUR IF ONE WERE TO DRIVE THROUGH A PUDDLE OF WATER. IT ALSO STATED THAT THE ENGINE MAY STALL AND CAUSE THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TO COLLECT WATER AND MOISTURE. GENERAL MOTORS STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT, BUT THEY DID NOT KNOW HOW TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER ADVISED HIM TO DRIVE AROUND IN ORDER TO DRY OFF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 20,000. UPDATED 02-06-08. *KB

THREE TIMES PREVIOUSLY AND AGAIN IN THE PAST WEEK FOR THE 4TH TIME MY 2006 CHEVROLET HHR HAS BEEN TAKEN IN TO THE DEALERS SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE SAME PROBLEM-- WHICH I BELIEVE IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM AND WHICH THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT CAN NOT IDENTIFY. MY 2006 HHR HAS THE PROPENSITY TO "TURN ITSELF OFF" WHILE BEING DRIVEN ON ROADS OR HIGHWAYS. THIS TENDS TO OCCUR WHEN CROSSING OVER SMALL POTHOLES, BUMPS OR JOINTS IN THE ROAD. THE FIRST 2 TIMES THAT THE AUTO WAS TAKEN IN TO SERVICE DEPARTMENT THEY SAID NO PROBLEM COULD BE IDENTIFIED. THE THIRD TIME, IN DECEMBER 2006, THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH A "GROUND" WIRE AND THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD FIXED THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER IN THE PAST MONTHS INTERMITTENTLY THE CAR HAS AGAIN HAD EPISODES OF "TURNING ITSELF OFF" AND THESE EPISODES HAVE BEEN INCREASING IN FREQUENCY AND HAVE BECOME EXTREMELY SCARY. ON 11/22/07 WHILE BEING DRIVEN ON DIVIDED SUPERHIGHWAYS AT SPEEDS 55-65 MPH, APPROXIMATELY 10 TIMES AFTER CROSSING OVER JOINTS IN THE ROADWAY OR SMALL POTHOLES OR BUMPS IN THE ROAD THE CAR TOTALLY TURNED ITSELF OFF. THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SEEMED TO FAIL WITH HEADLIGHTS AND DASHBOARD LIGHTS GOING OFF, RADIO GOING OFF, AND ENGINE TURNING OFF COMPLETELY). LUCKILY NO ONE CRASHED INTO THE CAR WHILE IT HAD TURNED ITSELF OFF ON THE BUSY SUPERHIGHWAY-- EVEN THOUGH THE CAR WAS STILL GLIDING FORWARD ON THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT POWER. THE CAR WAS TAKEN 11/23/07 AGAIN (FOR THE 4 THE TIME IN THE PAST 2 YEARS) TO FITZGERALD AUTO MALL IN FREDERICK, MARYLAND TO TRY TO HAVE THEM FIX THE PROBLEM. TODAY THE SERVICE MANAGER REPORTED NO PROBLEM WITH THE CAR COULD BE IDENTIFIED. I BELIEVE THAT THIS VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE SINCE IT UNPREDICTABLY TURNS ITSELF OFF. I BELIEVE THERE IS SOME AS YET UNIDENTIFIED ELECTRICAL SYSTEM PROBLEM THAT IS VERY DANGEROUS IN THIS VEHICLE, AND IT IS JUST A MIRACLE THAT NO ONE HAS BEEN KILLED YET. *TR

I HAVE HAD SEVERAL ISSUES WITH MY HHR SINCE PURCHASED IN SEPTEMBER 2005. FIRST INCIDENT WAS THE LOCK ON THE HATCH BROKE AFTER ONLY OWNING THE CAR FOR A FEW MONTHS. NEXT WAS WITH THE BRAKES. AT FIRST I NOTICED A NOISE WHEN I APPLIED MY BRAKES IT SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING WAS LOOSE. THIS NOSE WOULD COME AND GO. AFTER A FEW MONTHS I STARTED TO NOTICE A SLIGHT VIBRATION IN MY STEERING WHEEL WHEN BRAKING A FEW DAYS LATER THAT VIBRATION TURNED TO VIOLENT SHAKING AND RESISTANCE WHEN BRAKING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHO INFORMED ME THE ROTORS WERE WARPED AND NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THIS WAS ROUGHLY AROUND 13000 MI. THE DEALER DID REPAIR THE ROTORS UNDER WARRANTY AND DIDN'T GIVE ME THE "IT'S NORMAL WEAR & TEAR" MUMBO. NEXT IS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. IT WILL STAY ON FOR A FEW DAYS AND THEN GO OFF. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES ALREADY AND THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE SENSOR EACH TIME. NOW WE ARE UP TO THE 4TH TIME AS IT CAME BACK ON AGAIN YESTERDAY. I HAVE ALSO HAD ISSUES WITH THE RADIO. THE RADIO HAS HAD POWER TO IT AND NO VOLUME. THIS HAPPENED 3-4 TIMES B/4 I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHO HAD TO RESET & REPROGRAM SOMETHING ON THE RADIO. *TR

THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE GAUGE CONSISTENTLY "STICKY" OR READS INACCURATE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE. ONLY AFTER DRIVING AN AVERAGE OF 45MPH FOR AT LEAST 3 OR 4 MINUTES WILL THE GAUGE UPDATE. TYPICAL CITY DRIVING NEVER ALLOWS FOR THE 45MPH AVERAGE AND THUS GAUGE CONTINUALLY STICKS AT THE MORNING COLDER TEMPERATURE. ONLY AFTER 2 HOURS WILL THE GAUGE UPDATE PROPERLY SO IF RUNNING ERRANDS LESS THAN 2 HOURS AND NOT DRIVING FREEWAY THE GAUGE NEVER UPDATES AND STICKS AT THE LOW MORNING TEMPERATURE. *TR