2006 Chevrolet Hhr

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE GEAR MECHANISM FAILED. HE HAS ATTEMPTED TO PLACE THE GEAR POSITION INDICATOR IN THE PARK POSITION AND THE ENGINE WILL NOT SHUT OFF. THIS FAILURE CAN CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO SHIFT OUT OF GEAR ON ITS ON WITH OR WITHOUT THE DRIVER PRESENT. THE DEALER STATED THAT IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 39000.****

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE FAILED. THE WINDOW WAS ROLLED DOWN AND THE DOOR HAD TO BE OPENED FROM THE OUTSIDE. THE DEALER STATED THAT IN ORDER TO REPLACE THE HANDLE, THE CONTACT WOULD NEED TO PURCHASE A NEW INTERIOR DOOR FRAME. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS UNKNOWN. THERE WERE NO PRIOR FAILURES WITH THE DOOR OR HANDLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 36,485. UPDATED 01/17/08 *BF UPDATED 01/17/08 *TR

**VEHICLE HAS A VIBRATION AT SPEEDS OVER 35 MPH, HAS BEEN INTO FOUR DIFFERENT CHEVY DEALERS NUMEROUS TIMES THEY CAN NOT FIND THE PROBLEM(THEY HAVE ROTATED TIRES MANY TIMES,BALANCED TIRES MANY TIMES,CHANGED TIRES AND REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES)..PROBLEM STILL NOT SOLVED. ** BRAKES PULSATE SOMETIMES AND SMELL LIKE THEY ARE BURNING (THEY HAVE CLEANED AND ADJUSTED BRAKES AT LEAST 6 TIMES,PLUS THEY HAVE CUT ROTORS TWICE (THEY SAID THEY ARE WARPED, THEY ALSO CUT THE REAR DRUMS)..PROBLEM STILL NOT SOLVED. ** VEHICLE HAS A KLUNKING NOISE WHEN YOU HIT A BUMP (THEY HAVE REPLACED STEERING COLUMN, THE NEXT TIME THEY REPLACED STABLIZER PINS)..PROBLEM STILL NOT SOLVED. ** OTHER PROBLEMS THAT MOST HAVE BEEN SOLVED INCLUDE :* : *: *: *CLOTHES HANGER REPLACED TWICE**REAR WIPER REPLACED NEVER WORKED PROPERLY**LEAK IN THE FIRE WALL PUDDLES IN CAR**WEATHER STRIPPING WAS DEFECTIVE PUDDLES" INSIDE" DOORS CAUSING SEVERE WET SEATBELTS**KEY STUCK IN IGNITION REPLACED IGNITION**TRANSMISION JUMPING, GEAR SHIFT REPLACED**LOCKS NOT WORKING HAD TO UPDATE COMPUTER CODES** *TR

WE HAVE A CHEVY HHR '06. HAD IT FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND THE CAR STARTED TO SHAKE WHEN I PUT ON THE BRAKES. MY WIFE THEN BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THE ROTORS WERE WARPED...INSTEAD OF PUTTING NEW ROTORS ON THEY RESURFACED THE EXISTING ONES...PROBABLY CHEAPER TO WARRANTY. WE'LL, 2-3 MONTHS LATER THE CAR IS SHAKING AGAIN AND NOW THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY. THIS IS A WELL DOCUMENTED PROBLEM FOR THIS MAKE&MODEL. GM NEEDS TO HAVE AN IMMEDIATE RECALL FOR THE 2006 CHEVY HHR SO THEY CAN FIX THE ROTOR PROBLEM. ME AND MY FAMILY WOULD FEEL SAFER ON THE ROAD. *TR

THIS COMPLAINT IS ABOUT A 2006 CHEVY HHR I HAVE HAD THE SINCE NEW AND HAVE HAD THE RADIO REPLACED THREE TIMES (INCLUDING THE ONE THAT CAME WITH THE CAR) THE LAST TIME GM TRIED TO CHARGE ME FOR A NEW RADIO. I FEEL THEY KNOW THEY HAVE PROBLEMS WITH IT AND WE (THE CONSUMER) SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BUY ANOTHER ONE FROM GM ON DEC 3, 2007 I WAS DRIVING ON EXPRESSWAY I69 IN MICHIGAN WITH THE RADIO OFF. AS I WAS DRIVING THE RADIO SUDDENLY MADE A LOUD POP (OR WHAT I CALL AN EXPLOSION NOISE) THE NOISE IS SO LOUD IT CAN HURT YOUR EARS. THE NOISE STARTLED ME SO MUCH I HIT THE BRAKE AND THE CAR BEHIND ME ALMOST REAR-ENDED ME. SINCE GM KNOWS THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS, TELLS ME THERE ARE PLENTY OTHERS OUT THERE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I DOUBT GM WILL FIX THIS PROBLEM WHICH COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT OR DEATH UNTIL THE GOVERNMENT MAKES THEM . THANK YOU *TR

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

A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE HAS BEEN NOTICEABLE UNDER THE FRONT OF THE CAR FOR 3 TO 4 WEEKS PREVIOUS. IN ROUTE TO BILLINGS, MT. WE HEARD A THUD AND CAR BECAME HARD TO STEER, HIT THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN AND STOP. WHEN STOPPED THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL COMPLETELY LOCKED UP. WE DISCOVERED THE REAR BLOT ON THE BRAKE CALIPER ON THE WHEEL HAD FALLEN OUT. WE WERE ABLE TO PULL OF THE ROAD AS THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC, HOWEVER ONCE THE CAR WAS STOPPED I COULD NOT GO FORWARD DUE TO THE BRAKE CALIPER BEING LOCKED INTO THE RIGHT WHEEL. HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE GMC DEALERSHIP IN POWELL, WY WHERE THEY REPLACED THE BOLT AND REPAIRED THE CAR UNDER WARRANTY. *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

I'VE HAD CHRONIC PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT BRAKES, ROTORS, ALIGNMENT AND TIRES ON THE FRONT END OF MY 06 CHEVY HHR. THE VEHICLE BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AT 2000 MILES AND 12000 MILES AND EACH TIME THEY HAD TO TURN THE ROTORS AND IT SEEMED TO TEMPORARILY RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. NOW I'M AT 29000 MILES, THE PROBLEM HAS STARTED AGAIN. THE DEALERSHIP SAYS THE ROTORS AND FRONT BRAKE PADS HAVE TO BE REPLACED. I'VE OWNED MANY NEW VEHICLES IN MY LIFE SINCE MY FATHER IS RETIRED FROM GENERAL MOTORS, AND I'VE NEVER EVER HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKES OR HAVE THE ROTORS TURNED FOR THAT MATTER. THE DEALERSHIP HAS TRIED TELLING ME THAT THE PROBLEM IS A RESULT OF MY DRIVING HABITS AND FAILURE TO SERVICE THE CALIPERS. I'VE HAD THE CAR IN THE DEALERSHIP REPEATEDLY FOR THIS AND OTHER CHRONIC PROBLEMS AND THEY'VE NEVER MENTION THAT THE CALIPERS NEED ANY SERVICING. ADDITIONALLY, I'M 40 YEARS OLD AND THE CAR IS DRIVEN ABOUT 3/4 OF A MILE BACK AND FORTH TO WORK AND NOT MUCH MORE. TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, SINCE MY LAST TIRE ROTATION THE LEFT FRONT TIRE HAS BECOME ALMOST COMPLETELY BALD. THIS IS BIZARRE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN VIGILANT ABOUT ROTATING MY TIRES EVERY 6000 MILES AS RECOMMENDED. THE DEALERSHIP HAS AGREED TO REPLACE THE ROTORS AT THEIR COST, BUT THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE COVERED AND REPAIRED 100% AT GMS EXPENSE. IT'S A RESULT OF POOR DESIGN. THEY NEED TO ADMIT THAT THERE IS A HUGE PROBLEM AND PAY FOR THE NECESSARY REPAIRS. *JB