2006 Chevrolet HHR 4-DR.

The contact owns a 2006 Chevrolet HHR. The contact stated that the power steering warning light was illuminated, and the steering wheel was difficult to maneuver. The contact stated that the failure recurred while driving at various speeds and while idling. The contact stated that the failure occurred at least once every hour. The contact learned that the electronic power steering gear needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 46,973.

While driving in town lost the power steering on a turn making it difficult to steer and control the car. Self explanatory for keeping control of the car. Not sure what the problem is for sure the motor or other components. There was a vehicle safety recall but I was not notified that my vehicle may have been included. Problem still exists. No inspections as no accident occurred. Got a chime when unit failure immediately when it got disabled. No warning or message before or prior to failure.

Fuel line rotting. Dripping gas towards rear of car. When I did my research this is very common with the Chevy cars. Like the HHR cavaliers and cobalts. Using a cheap metal then wrapping it in a heat shield that cause moisture to stay trapped causing the lines to rot.

The contact owns a 2006 Chevrolet HHR. The contact stated while starting the vehicle, the low unknown fluid warning light was illuminated. The contact checked the fluid levels and the fluid levels were at full. After a couple of days the contact restarted the vehicle and the warning light was off. The contact was concerned that there might be an issue with brake fluid not flowing through the brake lines as designed which could cause the brakes to not work properly. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 160,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ODOR OF FUEL WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. THE CONTACT NOTICED A PUDDLE OF FUEL AT THE FRONT OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING FUEL WHERE THE HEAT SHIELD INSULATION RETURN AND BRAKE LINE WERE LOCATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FUEL LINE WAS CORRODED WITH SEVERAL HOLES. THE CONTACT CALLED REEDMAN TOLL AUTO GROUP (1700 LINCOLN HWY #101, LANGHORNE, PA 19047) AND INFORMED THE DEALER OF THE FAILURE AND WAS ADVISED TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 128,586.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED CONTINUOUSLY WHILE IT WAS 27 DEGREE FAHRENHEIT. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THERE WERE MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS DUE TO COLD WEATHER AND THAT THE BRAKE LIGHT MAY REMAIN ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THERE WAS AN UNKNOWN TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN FOR THE ISSUE. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 153,000.

FUEL LINE LEAK NEAR REAR TIRE. FOUND PRESSURE LINE ROTTED INSIDE OF HEAT PROTECTION WRAP.

FUEL VAPOR LINE RUSTING OUT .FROM WHAT I HEAR THIS PROBLEM IS RAMPANT AMONGST THIS MODEL AND COBALTS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE POWER STEERING ASSIST WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF, RESTARTED AND THE VEHICLE OPERATED AS DESIGNED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 40,000. INVALID VIN.

STEERING LIGHT CAME ON CANT TURN WHEEL

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE TEMPERATURE GAUGE INDICATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS OVERHEATING. ADDITIONALLY, THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY AND THE REAR HATCH DOOR WOULD ERRONEOUSLY OPENED AND WOULD NOT REMAIN SECURELY CLOSED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES WERE NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER AND LOCAL DEALER WERE NOT CONTACTED OR NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 220,000.

POWER STEERING KEEPS GOING OUT WHILE DRIVING. IT'S BEEN HAPPENING FOR OVER A YEAR

MY 2006 HHR FUEL LINE BROKE AT THE REAR WHEEL ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE FUEL LINE HAS A BEND AT THIS LOCATION AND THAT IS WHERE THE BREAK OCCURRED. GAS WAS SPRAYING OUT WHEN THE CAR WAS RUNNING. THIS OCCURRED IN 2019. I HAVE SINCE REPLACES THE FUEL LINES WITH NYLON FUEL LINES.

ON 11-01-2015, WHILE DRIVING THE CAR, A FUEL LINE BEGAN TO SPRAY GASOLINE. THE LEAK APPEARED TOWARD THE REAR TIRE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THE LEAK WAS NOTICED BECAUSE THE FUEL CAUGHT FIRE. THE FUEL MUST HAVE BEEN SPRAYED ONTO A HOT PART. THE ON-FIRE FUEL LANDED ON THE PAVEMENT WHERE IT CONTINUED TO BURN UNTIL MANUALLY EXTINGUISHED WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. TURNING OFF THE ENGINE STOPPED THE SPRAYING, BUT FUEL CONTINUED TO DRIP FROM THE AREA FOR SOME TIME. THE REPAIRING MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT THE LINE WAS RUSTED AND HAD A HOLE. HE SAID THAT PART OF THE LINE SITS IN A POCKET WHERE IT STAYS WET AND DIRT/SALT ACCUMULATE. HE FOUND A FUEL VAPOR LINE ALSO WAS HEAVILY RUSTED. THE LINES WERE REPLACED AT A COST OF 588.31. I'M REPORTING THIS NOW BECAUSE OF THE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT OF AN INVESTIGATION OF SOME MODEL YEARS FOR THIS PROBLEM. MY YEAR WAS NOT ON THE LIST, BUT THE LINES RUSTED. THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME TO READ THIS REPORT. PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT ME IF YOU WOULD LIKE ADDITIONAL DETAILS OR IF I MAY CLARIFY ANY ITEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOSS POWER STEERING ASSIST AND BECAME DIFFICULT TO STEER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPLACED SEVERAL FUSES HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. DEERY BROTHERS INC LOCATED AT 200 S. GEAR AVE, WEST BURLINGTON, IA 52655, AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 138,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER, WATER LEAKED INTO THE VEHICLE FROM UNDERNEATH THE DASHBOARD ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. ADDITIONALLY, THE CONTACT BECAME AWARE THAT THE SUNROOF WAS SUPERGLUED TOGETHER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE INSPECTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED.

AIR BAG LIGHT HAS COME ON WHILE DRIVING MOST OF THE TIME NOW AND LIGHTS AND ELECTRICAL HAS GONE HAYWIRE LIGHTS FLASHING AND DOOR LOCKS OPENING ON THEIR OWN.

POWER STEERING STOPS FREQUENTLY MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL CAR.

I BOUGHT A 2006 CHEVY HHR LAST FEBRUARY I QAS DRIVING IT ON THE INTERSTATE AND IT SUDDENLY STARTS BEEPING SAYING POWER STEERING IT DOESNT SAY THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS YEAR BUT I FEEL THEY SHOULD BE BECAUSE IT STARTS OUT DOING IT EVER NOW AGAIN TO EVERYTIME U DRIVE IT. IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS I GOT MY REPLACED WHICH WAS 200 DOLLARS BUT IM GLAD I DONT HAVE TO. GO THROUGH THAT AGAIN

THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON, ON THE INFORMATION OBDI AND I HAVE POWER STEERING. I HEARD IS A RECALLED ON THIS PROBLEM.

IGNITION SWITCH WAS INVOLVED IN RECALL A FEW YEARS BACK AND DEALERSHIP SAY THEY REPLACED IT BUT NOW I'M HAVING PROBLEMS OUT OF SWITCH AGAIN WHEN I TAKE KEY OUT IGNITION AND OPEN DRIVER DOOR THE CHIME COMES ON LIKE KEY IS STILL IN IGNITION SWITCH AND DOOR WILL NOT LOCK WHEN I HIT DOOR LOCK ALL 3 OTHER DOOR LOCK BUT NOT DRIVER DOOR AND ITS DRAINING BATTERY BECAUSE IT'S STILL TELLING KEY IS IN IGNITION WHEN IT'S NOT IF I TURN IT BACK AND FORTH A FEW TIMES SOMETIMES IT WILL LOCK AND THE CHIME WILL STOP

POWER STEERING QUITS WORKING WHILE DRIVING. ONLY DRIVING IN TOWN SINCE THIS STARTED ABOUT A MONTH AGO. TOOK TO MECHANIC WAS TOLD NO POWER FROM STERINGCOLUM TO MOTOR

WHEN DRIVING THE STEERING WHEEL WILL LOCK UP AND I CAN NOT TURN.POWER STEERING WARNING MESSAGE APPEAR IN THE DASH PANEL. THIS OCCURS WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY OR ANYWHERE I'M DRIVING

FUEL LINES LEADING BETWEEN THE FUEL PUMP AND ENGINE HAVE RUSTED SEVERELY AND HAVE CAUSED A PUNCTURE FUEL LINE WHICH LEAKS FUEL.

WHEN DRIVING MY POWER STEERING SHUTS OFF AND THE LIGHT POPS ON HOWEVER WHEN I TURN CAR OFF AND BACK ON IT WORKS AGAIN FOR A FEW MINUTES. I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET AND TURNED AND IT SHUT OFF AND I ALMOST HIT A POLE BECAUSE OF THIS THANK GOD MY 3 YEAR OLD WAS NOT WITH ME THIS TIME

I WAS HEADING OUT TO MY CAR AND TRIED TO REMOTE START MY CAR AND IT DID T WORK AND I TRIED IT TWICE AND THEN GOT IN MY CAR AND NOTICE MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND POWER STEERING CAME ON AFTER I PUT THE CAR IN GEAR AND BEGAN MOVING AND I STOPPED AND WHEN I WENT TO TURN IT WAS HARD TO TURN AND HAD TO USE TO HANDS AND I DID RESEARCH AND THIS A KNOW PROBLEM AND THE REMOTES AND THIS POWER STEERING ISSUE SHOULD BE RECALLED OR IT MAY HURT OR KILL SOMEONE

WHILE DRIVING THE POWER STEERING SHUT DOWN AND DANGEROUSLY WENT INTO MANUAL MODE. UPON STOPPING AND STARTING THE P.S. WORKED FOR 5 MINUTES THEN IT WENT OUT AGAIN. ONLY 151K MILES.

POWER STEERING GOES OUT WHILE DRIVING IF I PULL OVER AND TURN CAR OFF THEN BACK ON POWER STEERING WILL COME BACK ON BUT ONLY FOR A COUPLE MINUTED

RUSTED FUEL LINES LEAK GASOLINE AND VAPORS ARE RELEASED INSIDE CAB.CAR WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY.CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WAS TAKEN TO TIRES PLUS *AS*JB

WHILE DRIVING, ELECTRIC POWER STEERING CUTS OUT INTERMITTENTLY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START AND THE KEY WAS STUCK INSIDE THE IGNITION. THE CONTACT CALLED AAA WHO WAS ABLE TO START THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION CYLINDER NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V171000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

POWER TESTING MOTOR CAN FAIL RANDOMLY AND AT ANY TIME CAUSING THE CAR TO REVERT TO MANUAL STEERING CONTROL AND INCREASING CHANCES OF A CRASH. DEFECTIVE IS THE POWER STEERING MOTOR CONTROLLER AND OR THE TORQUE ANGLE SENSOR! WIFE WAS MID-TURN WHEN POWER STEERING FAILED AND SHE ALMOST RAN INTO A TREE. 16 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING AND VEERED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC WHEN POWER STEERING MOTOR FAILED WHILE SHE WASN'T IN A TURN.

ELECTRIC POWER STEERING MALFUNCTIONING CAUSING POWER STEERING TO SHUT OFF WHILE OPERATING VEHICLE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THIS. ALL MODELS BUT HHR WERE RECALLED FOR THIS ISSUE

THE POWER STEERING FAILS WHILE DRIVING ANYWHERE, WHEN YOU SHUT THE CAR OFF, IT RESETS ITSELF. THIS HAS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES AND NOW MY MECHANIC READ THE CODES AND IT SAID TO REPLACE THE STEERING COLUMN

THE POWER STEERING KEEPS "CLICKING OFF" SEEMS LIKE AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE BUT THERE ARE NO FUSES BLOWN. IF I TURN THE CAR OFF THE POWER STEERING WILL RESET BUT AS SOON AS I TURN IT BACK ON THE POWER STEERING WILL TURN OFF AGAIN. IT QUIT FOR AWHILE BUT NOW ITS BACK IN FULL FORCE. I BASICALLY HAVE NO POWER STEERING NOW.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR EQUIPPED WITH DEXTERO TOURING DTR1 TIRES, SIZE: 216/50/R17 95VXL (NA). THE CONTACT PURCHASED A REPLACEMENT TIRE FROM WALMART AND STATED THAT THE SIDEWALL WAS WORN. AS A RESULT, THE TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING. THE CONTACT DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE FAILURE UNTIL HE RETURNED TO WALMART AND HAD THE TIRE DIAGNOSED. THE TIRE WAS NOT REPLACED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 153,241. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

I HAVE HAD A TERRIBLE TIME WITH THE POWER STEERING ON MY 2006 CHEVY HHR. SOMETIMES IT WORKS, SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T. THERE IS NO APPARENT CAUSE. THESE CHANGES FROM WORKING TO NOT WORKING AND BACK CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME AT ANY SPEED. FORTUNATELY I AM STRONG ENOUGH TO WRESTLE WITH IT AND STEER IT MANUALLY SO FAR. I RECEIVED A NOTICE FROM GM ABOUT IT BUT THE DEALER REFUSED TO HONOR IT. THEY REPLACED THE POWER STEERING MOTOR AND CHARGED ME OVER $300, BUT THAT DIDN'T DO ANY GOOD. ALSO TWICE A MESSAGE APPEARED ABOUT REDUCED ENGINE POWER AND THE ENGINE HAD ALMOST NO POWER TO GET UP HILLS. I WAS CREEPING ALONG AT ABOUT 10 MPH ON A SUPER HIGHWAY. I SHUT OFF THE ENGINE, TURNED IT ON AGAIN AFTER A FEW MINUTES AND THE ENGINE HAD NORMAL POWER AGAIN. ALSO THE DOOR LOCK LIGHT COMES ON FOR NO APPARENT REASON WHEN I'M DRIVING. THE DEALER CLAIMS THAT THE PROBLEMS CAN'T BE DIAGNOSED UNLESS THEY SEE IT ACTING UP. OF COURSE IT DOESN'T DO THESE THINGS WHEN IT IS IN THE SHOP. I AM REALLY DISGUSTED.

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND WARNING SOUND COMES ON AND POWER STEERING GOES ACROSS THE DIGITAL DASH SAYING POWER STEERING THEN POWER STEERING GOES OUT. SOME ONE IS GOING TO BE KILLED UNLESS IT'S RECALLED. HAVE READ SEVERAL COMPLAINTS IF THE SAME THING. I JUST PURCHASED THIS CAR 3 WEEKS AGO. I CARRY 3 KIDS WITH ME

LEAKING FUEL LINE. MANY MANY HHR HAVE THIS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S KILL SYSTEM ACTIVATED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND TOWED TO LEO MARTIN CHEVROLET (217 TX-332, LAKE JACKSON, TX 77566, (979) 230-2500). THE DEALER REPAIRED THE KILL SWITCH SYSTEM, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND THEN TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC PERFORMED DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND THE SECURITY SYSTEM WAS REBOOTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TESTED AND RETURNED TO THE CONTACT. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 128,000.

FUEL LINE RUSTING!!

EVERY COUPLE WEEKS WHILE DRIVING MY CAR, THERE WILL BE A DING SOUND WITH A MESSAGE INDICATING POWER STEERING FAILURE. I HAVE TO PULL OVER AND KEEP TURNING IT ON AND OFF. EVENTUALLY IT SEEMS TO RESET ITSELF AND WORK AGAIN. I CANNOT STEER IT AT ALL WHEN IT FAILS AND IS AT TIMES HARD TO GET OFF THE ROAD IN TIME BEFORE IT LOCKS UP. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS SINCE I HAVE TO DRIVE ON A HIGHWAY TO GET TO WORK.

MY 2006 HHR LOST POWER STEERING. THE LIGHT CAME ON AND IT TOOK ALL I HAD TO STEER IT. EVERYTIME I CUT IT ALL OFF AND CRANK IT BACK UP THE LIGHT WILL GO OFF AND I CAN DRIVE IT FOR ABOUT A MINUTE TO 5 MINUTES USUALLY IN THE LIGHT SAYING POWER STEERING WILL COME ON AND THE STEERING ISSUE WILL OCCUR AGAIN. I LOVE MY HHR AND THIS IS MY FIRST CHEVROLET PRODUCT BUT I REALLY THINK THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL DUE TO THE FACT THAT AFTER MUCH MUCH RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THAT THE HHR AS WELL AS OTHER CHEVROLET VEHICLES HAVE HUNDREDS TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME EXACT COMPLAINT. THE POWER STEERING LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND THEY WOULD LOSE ALL POWER STEERING. THIS SHOULD NOT BE A COST THAT US WHO HAVE PURCHASED AND PUT OUR TRUST OF SAFETY INTO CHEVROLET TO HAVE TO BARE. THIS CAN BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND CAN ACTUALLY LEAD TO VEHICLE FATALITIES DUE TO THE POWER STEERING GOING OUT. CHEVROLET SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIRS OF THE POWER STEERING DUE TO IT BEING A KNOWN FACT BASED ON VERY MUCH RESEARCH AND COMPLAINTS FROM SO MANY OWNERS. THIS FACT SHOWS AND PROVES THAT IT IS THE FAULT OF THE WAY THE CAR WAS DESIGNED OR BUILT OR FAULTY PARTS USED BY CHEVROLET/GM. PLEASE CONSIDER THE DANGER THAT THIS FAULT CAN CAUSE TO OWNERS AND DO A RECALL TO HAVE THESE ISSUES REPAIRED SO THAT IT DOESN'T END UP CAUSING MORE DAMAGE OR TAKING A LIFE BECAUSE SOMEONE LOSES CONTROL OF THERE CHEVROLET DUE TO FAULTY PARTS. THANK YOU, [XXX] FROM HALIFAX VIRGINIA INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT COMES ON WHILE DRIVING AND DIFFICULT TO STEER. RESETS WHEN IGNITION TURNED OFF AND BACK ON, HOWEVER REPEATEDLY HAPPENS EVERY FEW BLOCKS WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND THERE IS A RECALL FOR LATER 2009-2010...WHY NOT FOR ALL YEARS?

THE CHEVY HHR WAS BUILT WITH STEEL FUEL LINES RUNNING FROM THE FUEL PUMP OUTSIDE THE FUEL TANK ACROSS THE FRONT OF THE TANK TO THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WHERE THEY TURN AND RUN JUST ABOVE THE EXHAUST PIPE. TO PREVENT HEAT BUILDUP THE FUEL LINES ARE WRAPPED WITH AN INSULATING TAPE OF SOME SORT. THIS TAPE LOOSENS OVER TIME AND ALLOWS WATER TO ACCUMULATE WITHIN THE WRAPPING OF THE FUEL LINES. THIS CAUSES THE FUEL LINES TO RUST TO THE POINT OF FAILURE WHEREIN THE FUEL THEN LEAKS OUT VERY NEAR OR ONTO THE EXHAUST PIPE. THIS IS A FIRE HAZARD AND COULD RESULT IN THE INJURY OR DEATH OF ANY OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE IN THE EVENT OF A FIRE OR EXPLOSION OF THE FUEL TANK. ALTHOUGH THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THE DESIGN OF THE HHR, CHEVROLET HAS YET TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I WAS TOLD BY MY LOCAL DEALER THAT THE ENTIRE FUEL LINE SYSTEM FROM THE TANK TO THE ENGINE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $1000. I DISCOVERED THIS WHEN I PARKED MY HHR IN THE DRIVEWAY AND SMELLED FUEL. MY VEHICLE IS LEAKING FUEL AND IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. I OWN 2 HHRS, A 2006 LS, AND A 2009 SS, AND AM NOW LOOKING AT A $2000 EXPENSE JUST TO MAKE THEM SAFE TO DRIVE. THIS SHOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CHEVROLET, NOT EVERY OWNER OF A HHR.

ONCE TO TAKE THE KEY OUT THE CAR STILL RUNNING, ONCE YOU START IT THE ALARM STAYS ON FOR 3MIN

A CHIP HAD TO BE REPLACED FOR THE POWER STEERING TO WORK.ALSO THE DRIVER VISOR KEEPS FALLING DOWN AND BLOCKING MY VIEW WHEN DRIVING.

FUEL SYSTEM RUSTED OUT !! FUEL LINES RUSTED CAUSING FUEL LEAKING FILLER TUBE RUSTED OUT FUEL SYSTEM FAILED ON MAJOR HIGHWAY THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND GM REFUSE TO RECALL

ELECTRIC STEERING MOTOR STOPS WORKING AFTER 3 -5 MINUTES OF DRIVING, AND REMAINS INOPERABLE FOR DURATION OF THE DRIVE. WILL RESTART AFTER IGNITION IS CYCLED, THEN WILL REPEAT THIS SCENARIO, THERE IS NO WARNING WHEN THIS WILL OCCUR AND IS VERY HARD TO TURN,MAKING FOR SOME VERY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS

THERE IS A FUEL LINE LEAK IN THE BACK BY THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE LEAKING HAS ALL OVER. RUSTED ALREADY. WAS IN TOWN WITH MY KIDS AND DAD AND HAD IT IDLED FOR AWHILE AND GOT OUT AND SMELLED HAS REALLY BAD. SURE ENOUGH A PUDDLE OF GAS ON THE PAVEMENT. DROVE IT STRAIGHT HOME. EVERYONE WAS SCARED DUE TO THE LEAK. VERY DANGEROUS.

HARD BRAKES

WE WAS GOING DOWN HE ROAD IT JUST SWITCHED OFF I COULDN'T TURN THE STEERING WHEEL AND I HAD TO STAND ON THE BREAKES.I COULD HAVE SERIOUSLY HURT SOMEONE OR MY SELF IF NOT WORSE AND I HIT A CURVE HARD.

GASOLINE GOES FAST, I HAVE TO FILL EVERY 4 DAYS. SOMETIMES ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND GOES AWAY AND SOMETIMES RUNNS SMOOTH AND SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE WANTS TO TURN OFF.

POWER STEERING COMES UP IN MESSSGE CENTER OVER 10 MPH. STEERING IS VERY HARD. WHEN YOU TURN THE MOTOR OFF AND RESTART IT RESETS. OVER 10 MPH POWER STEERING COMES UP AGAIN. BROUGHT IT TO LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND DIAGNOSTIC TEST DONE BUT TEST COMES UP WITH NO PROBLEMS. GM RECALLED ONLY THE 2010 HHR FOR THIS PROBLEM, NOT THE OTHER YEAR MODELS. I PURCHASED MY 2006 HHR NEW IN DECEMBER 2005.

WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN OR ON FREEWAY THE POWER STEERING ALERT WILL COME ON THE DISPLAY READOUT AND THERE IS AN AUTOMATIC LOSS OF THE POWER STEERING. POWER STEERING COMES BACK AFTER THE CAR HAS BEEN TURNED OFF, BUT ONLY FOR A FEW SECONDS THEN REPEATS THE LOSS. IT HAS BEEN DOING THAT EVERY DAY SINCE 12/05/2017.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART. THE CONTACT WAS A CERTIFIED TECHNICIAN AND WENT TO SUNSET CHEVROLET (910 TRAFFIC AVE, SUMNER, WA 98390) WHERE HE RECEIVED MECHANICAL ADVISE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY THE CONTACT, BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

FUEL LINE LEAK BY LEFT REAR TIRE WHICH ALSO IS NEXT TO THE TAILPIPE. I HAVE READ SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. THE LINE SITS IN A POOL OF WATER THAT FORMS ON THE FRAME.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WE HAD A HANDFUL OF TIMES WHERE THE LIGHTS WOULD FLICKER. WE WERE TOLD WE HAD TO REPLACE THE HEADLIGHT/BLINKER SWITCH AS IT WAS FAULTY DUE TO THIS VEHICLE HAVING THE "LIGHTS- AUTO ON/OFF" SWITCH LOCATED ON THIS. WE DID, IT DIDN'T FIX IT. WE WERE TOLD LOOSE HEADLIGHT BULBS. REPLACED, STILL HAPPENS. ONLY NOW, WE HAVE ZERO DIM LIGHTS BUT ONLY HEADLIGHTS IF WE TURN ON HIGHBEAMS (BRIGHTS). STILL, WE GET THE FLICKERING HEADLIGHTS, THIS DOESN'T EFFECT THE BLINKER LIGHTS, YELLOW RUNNING LIGHTS OR SEEM TO EFFECT THE BRAKE LIGHTS. PART OF THE AUTO LIGHTS DEAL IS WHEN IT'S DARK, IT WILL DIM THE DASH LIGHTS SO THEY AREN'T INTRUSIVE TO YOUR DRIVING, BUT IF IT'S BROAD DAYLIGHT, THEY WILL BRIGHTEN SO YOUR ABLE TO SEE THEM. I'LL START THE VEHICLE, AND THE DASH WILL BE COMPLETELY DIM, SO DIM YOU CAN BARELY SEE IT. AFTER DRIVING A GOOD LENGTH OF TIME (AT LEAST 30 MINUTES!) THEY'LL FLASH BETWEEN BRIGHT AND DIM, DAYLIGHT OR DARK THIS HAPPENS. THIS ALSO HAPPENS WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS GO COMPLETELY OUT. THEY CLAIM ALL FUSES ARE FINE AND WORDING HARNESS IS FINE BUT, OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT. I HAVE BEEN READING SOME FORUMS IN THE CHEVYHHR.NET AND I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON WITH THIS ISSUE. THIS HAS CAUSED SOMEONE TO NEARLY HIT ME HEAD ON AS I WAS TRYING TO MOVE OFF THE ROAD DUE TO MY HEADLIGHTS GOING OUT, AND THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO PASS A VEHICLE, AND HAD TO MOVE TO MY LANE TO DO SO! I HAVE CHILDREN, AND AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES END WHEN THE SUN IS GOING DOWN/IT'S DARK OUT SO TO TRAVEL HOME, THE SUN IS OFF THE HORIZON AND IT'S PITCH BLACK OUT. THIS ALSO SEEMS TO CAUSE MY BATTERY TO DRAIN, AND NEED A JUMP DAILY. I WAS TOLD MY BATTERY NEEDED REPLACED, DID THAT STILL NO FIX, TOLD IT WAS MY ALTERNATOR, STILL ISN'T FIXED. THAN I WAS TOLD I MUST BE LEAVING INTERNAL LIGHTS ON WHEN EXITING THE CAR. SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT WITH THIS VEHICLE AND IT IS VERY UNSAFE!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

POWER STEERING CONSTANTLY GOES WHILE DRIVING. THERE WILL BE A DING AND IT WILL JUST CUT OUT... WHY DOESN'T THIS HAVE AN RECALL ON IT????? ITS SERIOUSLY DANGEROUS. TOOK IT TO DEALER IT WILL COST OVER 500 TO FIX. I CAN BARELY DRIVING IT A BLOCK WITHOUT THE POWER STEERING GOING OUT. IT STARTS 4 MINS AFTER DRIVING CAR... PLEASE HELP AND FIX!!! THIS IS DANGEROUS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR FAILED TO OPEN WITHOUT WARNING. THE LOCAL DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 92,210.

BOTH THE FUEL LINE (TANK TO ENGINE COMPARTMENT) AND THE RETURN LINE (PART OF THE EGR SYSTEM) HAVE RUSTED AND ARE LEAKING FUEL. THE RUST ON BOTH LINES EXTENDS FROM JUST IN FRONT OF THE REAR WHEEL (ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE) TO WITHIN ABOUT 6 INCHES OF THE FUEL TANK. THE LINES LEAK WHEN PRESSURIZED, I.E., WHEN FUEL IS PUSHED THROUGH THEM BY THE VEHICLE'S ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP, AND THEY SEEP GASOLINE AFTER THE VEHICLE IS SHUT OFF. THE SMELL OF GASOLINE PERMEATES THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT WHEN STOPPED, AND THE ENGINE IS RUNNING, AS AT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL. THE VEHICLE LEAVES A THIN PUDDLE OF FUEL, ABOUT 6" IN DIAMETER, BENEATH THE CAR WHEN PARKED. THE LEAK IS QUITE NEAR THE EXHAUST SYSTEM, AS WELL. THE VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY 152,800 MILES. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER, HAVING PURCHASED IT FROM ROBINSON CHEVROLET, IN WHEELING, WV ON JULY 1, 2007. I AM VERY RELUCTANT TO DRIVE THE CAR, BECAUSE OF THE FIRE HAZARD THAT IT PRESENTS. FORTUNATELY, MY WIFE AND I HAVE ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT WE CAN SHARE, AT LEAST UNTIL THE FUEL LEAKAGE SITUATION IS RESOLVED ON THE HHR. I DID NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PHOTOGRAPH THE RUSTED LINES WHILE THE CAR WAS ON A LIFT, BUT I DID SHOOT A PHOTO OF THE LINES WITH MY MOBILE PHONE. THE PHOTO IS OF THE AREA JUST FORWARD OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR WHEEL. (SEE UPLOADED PHOTO.) IT'S NOT THE BEST IMAGE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT IT IS THE BEST THAT I COULD DO WITH THE CAR IN MY DRIVEWAY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY FAILED TO EJECT FROM THE IGNITION. IN ADDITION, A WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,900.

POWER STEERING GOES OUT RANDOMLY WHEN DRIVING, INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ALSO MENTIONS SOMETHING ABOUT THE POWER STEERING AS WELL. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES WHILE DRIVING AND CAN BE DANGEROUS FOR ELDERLY FOLKS. YOU HAVE TO STOP AND RESTART YOUR CAR TO GET YOUR POWER STEERING WORKING AGAIN SO IT HAS TO BE AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR EQUIPPED WITH KUMHO SOLUS TA71 TIRES, SIZE: 215/55/R16 97V (NA). WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE SUFFERED A BLOWOUT WITHOUT WARNING. THE TIRE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE PLACE OF PURCHASE, BUT NO ACTION WAS TAKEN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, TOOK BACK THE TIRE, STATED THAT THE TIRE FAILED DUE TO AN IMPACT TO THE TIRE, AND OFFERED A PARTIAL REIMBURSEMENT. THE TIRE WAS NOT REPLACED. THE TIRE WAS A REPLACEMENT TIRE. THE APPROXIMATE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 236,079 AND THE APPROXIMATE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000.

THE SHIFT LEVER SHOWS THE VEHICLE IN PARK BUT THE ACTUAL GEAR IS REVERSE BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT CABLE ADJUSTMENT CLIP HAS BECOME DISLODGED FROM ITS POSITION AND WILL NOT ENGAGE TO THE PROPER GEAR. AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START AND IT WILL ALSO ROLL BACKWARDS WITHOUT ENGAGING THE PARKING BRAKE. IT WAS STATIONARY WHEN I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PARK IT BUT IT THEN ROLLED BACKWARDS DOWN A HILL BECAUSE IT WAS NOT ENGAGING IN PARK AND ALMOST HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE BEFORE I COULD APPLY THE PARKING BRAKE. THIS ISSUE IS THE SAME ISSUE THAT IS PART OF A RECALL 09V073000 FOR MY SPECIFIC VEHICLE; HOWEVER IT DOESN'T INCLUDE MY YEAR OR VIN SO THE DEALERS ARE NOT TRYING TO REPAIR IT FOR ME WITHOUT COST.

POWER STEERING WENT OUT. MESSAGE INDICATED POWER STEERING ON DASH. I PAID DEALER$1000 TO REPLACE STEERING COLUMN.

VEHICLE LOSSES POWER STEERING SHORTLY AFTER STARTING TO DRIVE. CAR IS IN MOTION WHEN THIS HAPPENS. MUCH HARDER TO CONTROL CAUSING A SERIOUS HAZARD TO OPERATION.

WHEN DRIVING A CLICK CAN BE HEARD IN THE FOOTWELL OF THE DRIVERS SEAT. A CHIME AND DIC ALERT OCCURS. THE DIC DISPLAYS POWER STEERING. THE VEHICLES POWER STEERING SYSTEM STOPS WORKING. THIS MAKES THE CAR VERY HARD TO DRIVE AT ANY SPEED. AFTER RESTARTING THE ENGINE THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM WORKS AS NORMAL FOR A PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE IT FAILS AGAIN. THIS ISSUE WAS RECALLED ON LATER MODEL YEAR VEHICLES OF THIS TYPE BUT THE 2006 MODEL WAS EXCLUDED. FURTHER INVESTIGATION DETAILS THAT THE 2006 MODEL AND NEWER CARS SHARE THE SAME POTENTIALLY DEFECTIVE OR DANGEROUS ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING MOTOR.

MY 2006 CHEVROLET HHR'S DISPLAY KEPT FLASHING "CHECK CHARGE SYS" AND "BATTERY SAVER ON." A MECHANIC SAID TO REPLACE THE BATTERY. I DID BEFORE EMBARKING ON A 200-MILE WEEKEND TRIP. ABOUT 30 MILES INTO THE TRIP, BOTH DISPLAYS RETURNED. BUT THE HHR PERFORMED NORMALLY. ABOUT 170 MILES INTO MY TRIP, I STOPPED TO EAT. MY HHR WOULD NOT CRANK. A TEEN OFFERED A JUMP. CAR STARTED, BUT THE GEAR LOCK KEPT IT IN PARK. WITH MODEST PRESSURE, I WAS ABLE TO SHIFT. ABOUT 3 MILES LATER ON A DIVIDED HIGHWAY, I EXPERIENCED DIFFICULT STEERING, DOOR LOCKS WENT UP AND DOWN, THEN SILENCE. EVERYTHING SHUT DOWN. LUCKILY, TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT AND FROM THE RIGHT LANE, I WAS ABLE TO STEER MY HHR OFF THE HIGHWAY. HAD THIS BEEN AT NIGHT, IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, RAIN OR AT A HIGHER SPEED, I BELIEVE MY LIFE OR OTHERS WOULD HAVE BEEN IN DANGER. MY CAR WAS TOWED, AND THIS MECHANIC REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR. CHEVROLET'S DISPLAY SHOULD HAVE WARNED "ALTERNATOR FAILURE." AND MY GEAR LOCK WAS SO FLIMSY, IT FAILED IN PREVENTING ME FROM DRIVING. NOW, I HAVE A GEAR SHIFT WITH NO PROTECTION FROM ACCIDENTAL SHIFTING, AND MY KEY IS STUCK IN THE IGNITION. I DO NOT WISH TO BE A STATISTIC. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME IF FURTHER DETAILS ARE NEEDED.

MY POWER STEERING LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. I SHUT CAR OFF AND CARS POWER STEERING WORKS FINE. I DRIVE IT FOR A BIT AND THE LIGHT COME BACK MAKING IT DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS TO DRIVE.

FUEL LINES ON DRIVERS SIDE NEXT TO REAR WHEEL ARE RUSTING AND LEAKING FUEL OVER A EXHAUST PIPE,WHEN HOT WOULD SURELY CAUSE A FIRE. FROM WHAT I'VE READ A FEW HAVE CAUGHT FIRE.

AFTER START UP THE ELECTRONIC STEERING MOTOR INTERMITTENTLY GOES OUT AND CAN MAKE STEERING VERY DIFFICULT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TURN SIGNAL LIGHT BULBS WERE OUT AND THE EXTERIOR LENS WAS BURNED WITH A HOLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 141,131.

THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING IT,AND YOU HAVE TO PULL OVER AND SWITCH THE CAR OFF,AND WAIT A FEW MINUTES AND RESTART THE CAR.

POWER STEERING FAILED CAUSING DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITION. SUDDEN CHANGE IN ABILITY TO CONTROL VEHICLE. START VEHICLE AND HAS POWER STEERING FOR A FEW MINUTES THEN GOES OUT WHILE DRIVING.

WATER LEAKING IN PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD ONLY WHEN RAIN

THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING WILL GO OUT WHILE DRIVING FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THE LIGHT WILL LIGHT UP ON THE DASH STATING POWER STEERING FAILURE. SOMETIMES WHEN I AM IN A CURVE THE POWER STEERING WILL GO OUT MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE CAR IN A CURVE BECAUSE IT'S NOT EXPECTED. I CAN BE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AND IT WILL JUST GO OUT. I WILL HAVE TO STOP THE CAR AND SHUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTART IT AND IT WILL BE FINE FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND THEN IT WILL GO OUT AGAIN, AND WILL HAVE TO REPEAT THE CYCLE OF STOPPING AND SHUTTING THE CAR OFF OR CONTINUE TO DRIVE WITHOUT A POWER STEERING UNIT, WHICH I HAVE TO DO MOST OF THE TIME SINCE I DRIVE A LOT ON THE INTERSTATE. I HAVE READ THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH THIS SAME CAR HAS EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUES AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY GENERAL MOTORS HAVE NOT RECALLED THESE CARS AND REPLACED THESE DEFECTIVE POWER STEERING UNITS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER AND THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES FRACTURED. THE CONTACT ADVISED HE HAD PREVIOUSLY REPLACED THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE AND PANEL HOWEVER, THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

WHEN LOCAL DEALER PUT IN THE RECALL IGNITION SWITCH THE BLINKER SWITCH WORKS OFF + ON AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM ACTING WEIRD PLUS THE SWITCH IS NOT WORKING AS IT SHOULD EXAMPLE YOU CAN TAKE KEY OUT OF IGNITION SWITCH AS THE IS ON + DRIVING! ALSO GM CUSTOMERS SERVICES SAID THE INSTALLATION WAS A ONE TIME DEAL! I SAW THAT THIS WAS A LIFETIME ITEM TO BE FIXED? SO BOTTOM IINE CAR SWITCH DIDN'T HAVE THAT PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY INSTALLED THE RECALLED SWITCH. SO WHAT OPTIONS DO I HAVE SINCE IT'S THEIR FAULTY PART CAUSING NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS DIDN'T HAVE BEFOREHAND!

POWER STEERING FAILURE

MY 2006 HHR HAS A DEFECT WITH THE DOOR LATCHES. I HAVE ALREADY PAID ONCE TO HAVE IT FIXED, THEN IT BROKE AGAIN. NOW BOTH MY DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LATCHES ARE NOT WORKING. I FEEL THAT IF I GET THEM FIXED THAT THEY WILL BREAK AGAIN. I CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX THEM. IF I WAS TO GET IN AN ACCIDENT OR AN EMERGENCY HAPPENS I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET OUT WITHOUT OPENING THE WINDOWS AND REACHING FOR THE OUTSIDE DOOR, IN WHICH I HAVE SHORT ARMS. I ALREADY HAVE GOT STUCK IN MY CAR ALREADY BECAUSE I WENT INSIDE WITHOUT MY KEY AND COULD NOT ROLL DOWN THE WINDOW TO GET OUT. I HAD TO CALL SOMEONE TO LET ME OUT. THIS IS SO DANGEROUS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. THE FAILURE HAD OCCURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. WHILE DRIVING UP TO 10 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR FLASHED OFF AND ON AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,000.

FUEL LINE RUSTED AND BEGAN LEAKING VERY BADLY. I THOUGHT IT WAS THE EVAP SYSTEM IN THE BEGINNING, BUT TODAY THE GAS SMELL WAS VERY STRONG, TO FIND IN A WALMART PARKING LOT, A PUDDLE OF FUEL BACK BY THE REAR TIRE. THIS SEEMS TO BE COMMON PROBLEM, THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THEM, AND THERE PROBABLY WEONT BE TILL SOMEONE DIES; THE LEAK IS VERY CLOSE TO THE EXHAUST ELBOW, BEFORE THE MUFFLER. I HAVE OWNED SEVEN CARS BEFORE THIS ONE, AND NOT ONE OF THEM EVER DEVELOPED BAD FUEL LINES, AND NEVER LEAKED FUEL. NOT EVEN A GAS TANK LEAK.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE POWER REDUCED WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE ACCELERATION STOPPED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE RADIO AND BRAKES WERE WORKING. THE CONTACT TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE, RESTARTED IT, AND IT RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC OR DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

MY CAR WAS PARKED OUT FRONT OF MY HOME AND ON THE MORNING OF 12/28/2016 AS I WAS LEAVING FOR WORK I NOTICED A STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE INSIDE OF MY VEHICLE. WHEN I GOT TO WORK AND PARKED MY CAR I LOOKED FOR THE CAUSE OF THE ODOR ONLY TO FIND THAT THERE WAS GAS LEAKING FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF THE REAR TIRE BY THE EXHAUST FROM THE GAS LINE. I HAVE NOT PAID TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM FIXED AND AFTER SOME RESEARCH I'VE FOUND OUT THERE ARE A FEW HUNDRED OTHER CASES SIMILAR TO MINE. IF MY VEHICLE CATCHES FIRE I WILL BE SUING GM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A PERIOD OF REDUCED ENGINE POWER WHILE BEING OPERATED 45-50 MPH. THE ENGINE POWER REDUCED WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000. UPDATED 01/26/2017*CT *CN

WHILE TRAVELING A MAJOR INTERSTATE HIGHWAY TO WORK, I BEGAN TO MERGE ONTO THE EXIT RAMP. WHILE DOWNSHIFTING MY MANUAL TRANSMISSION, THE CLUTCH SUDDENLY LOST TENSION AND WENT THROUGH THE FLOOR. I HAD TO COAST DOWN THE EXIT RAMP, COAST ALONG ANOTHER ROAD BEFORE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE. WHEN I LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED, I REALIZED THAT THE CLUTCH HAD COME LOOSE FROM AND BROKEN THROUGH THE FIREWALL. I WAS FORTUNATE NOT TO HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT WHEN THIS HAPPENED.

POWER STEERING FAILS SUDDENLY, MAKING THE CAR IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER. THIS HAS HAPPENED IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND ON THE FREEWAY AT HIGHER SPEED. OTHER HHR'S HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT NOT THE 2006 MODELS. I'VE READ OTHER 2006 OWNERS COMPLAINING OF THIS SAME PROBLEM. I'VE CHECKED THE FUSES AND CANNOT FIND ANY REASON FOR THIS PROBLEM. IF I TURN THE IGNITION OFF, THEN RESTART THE CAR THE STEERING WORKS FINE FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES BEFORE THE STEERING GOES OUT AGAIN. THIS PROBLEM STARTED ABOUT 5 MONTHS AGO, ABOUT MAY 2016. AT FIRST IT OCCURRED RANDOMLY, BUT NOW HAPPENS EVERY TIME I DRIVE IT. SPEED HAS NO BEARING ON THE PROBLEM AS I CAN BE DRIVING 20 MPH OR 70 MPH. I CURRENTLY HAVE 149,580 MILES ON THIS CAR. I'VE HAD THE RECALLED IGNITION REPLACED TWICE AND I'M WONDERING IF THIS PROBLEM IS RELATED AS THE POWER STEERING IS ELECTRIC. I'VE HAD SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS AND FEEL THE CAR IS TOO DANGEROUS TO DRIVE.

POWER STEERING LOSS.HAPPEN ABOUT 6 DIFFERENT TIMES.THIS CAR IS DRIVEN BY A SENIOR 76.AND CAR ONLY HAS 23400 MILES.DOESN"T SEEM RIGHT THAT THAT SHOULD BE HAPPENING WAS BACKING OUT OF A DRIVE WAY LAST TIME AND COULDNT GET IT TO STEER WAS VERY HARD.HAPPENED LAST TIME ON OCT.21,2016

MY AIR BAG SERVICE LIGHT COMES ON AND MY POWER STEERING DONT WORK WHILE THIS AIR BAG SERVICE LIGHT IS ON. MY HEAT DONT WORK EITHER WHILE MY AIR BAG SERVICE LIGHT IS ON. I CAN DRIVE IT FOR AWHILE AND WHEN MY AIR BAG LIGHT GOES OFF MY POWER STEERING STARTS TO WORK AND MY HEAT DOES TOO.

DRIVING AT 70 MPH ON FREEWAY AND SUDDENLY "ENGINE POWER REDUCED" WARNING COMES ON DISPLAY AND I CAN'T ACCELERATE. THE ENGINE CUT OFF. ON THE FREEWAY. THIS IS NOT SAFE (OBVIOUSLY) AND I DON'T SEE MYSELF BUYING ANOTHER CHEVY AGAIN. I HAVE A FAMILY AND THIS PROBLEM COULD KILL US ALL. *TR

POWER STEERING PROBLEM SHUTTING OFF AND ON.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER STEERING ABILITY. THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING MODULE FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 172,000. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED.

CAR STARTED SMELLING GAS INSIDE WHEN DRIVING AND HAVE TO OPEN THE WINDOW TO GET SOME FRESH AIR. A CLICKING NOISE, TOO MUCH NOISE FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION WHEN TURNING OR DRIVING..L TOOK THE CAR FOR OIL CHANGE AND THE DEALER TECH DID NOT WANT TO DRIVE THE CAR STATING THAT IT'S SAFETY ISSUES. THEY SAID THE LOWER CONTROL ARMS HAS BEEN WEAR OUT AND THAT THE "SWAY BAR"IS SHORTER WEARING MY TIRES. IN JUST THIS YEAR L HAVE CHANGE THE 4 TIRES TWICE. DISCOUNT TIRES SAID THEY HAVE NOT SEEN SUCH A THING BEFORE THE WEARING OCCURES IN THE INSIDE PART OF THE TIRES... THE ENTIRE FRONT SUSPENSION IS COLLAPSING. GM NEED TO ISSUES A RECALL FOR THESE ISSUES.... THE DEALER GAVE ME A REPAIR QUOTE OF ALMOST $3000 ...GM NEED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL THESE ISSUES AND OFFER A CREDIT OR REPURCHASED THE CAR BACK... L HAVE CHILDREN THAT L TRANSPORTER BACK AND FORTH TO SCHOOL AND TO HOSPITAL...AND NEED A SAFER CAR...

TAKATA RECALL. POWER STEERING GOES OUT ON MY 2006 HHR WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. CAN PULL OVER AND KILL THE ENGINE AND RESTART THE CAR AND IT WILL WORK FINE AGAIN FOR A FEW MILES THEN THE POWER STEERING MESSAGE WILL COMES ACROSS MESSAGE BOARD AND DING THEN IT GOES OUT AGAIN. IT HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR ABOUT A MONTH NOW AND IT FIRST STARTED WHEN THE HEAT INDEX STARTED TO GET REALLY HIGH. IT STARTED OFF ONLY OCCASIONALLY DOING IT, BUT NOW IT'S MORE FREQUENT. HAVE SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT WITH DEALER TO HAVE SERVICE TECH LOOK AT IT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE TECHNICIAN COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. WHILE DRIVING 80 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY SERVICED FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V632000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 119,985.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE WAS DETACHED FROM THE DOOR FOR THE SECOND TIME. THE CONTACT HAD TO EXIT THE VEHICLE BY PUTTING HER HAND THROUGH THE WINDOW TO OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,000.

FUEL LINE IS LEAKING WHEN FUEL PUMP IS RUNNING. NOT THE ONLY CAR HAVE COBALT THAT WAS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 153,000.

WHILE DRIVING THE STEERING GET HARD AND I AM UNABLE TO MAKE NORMAL TURNS. THIS HAPPENS AT SLOW SPEEDS AND HIGHWAY SPEEDS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. WHILE DRIVING UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V171000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

WAS DRIVING ON A BUSY HIGHWAY, WHILE IT WAS RAINING AND MY WINDSHIELD WIPER ON THE PASSENGER SIDE JERKED AND STOPPED WORKING.

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, AND WAS TAKING A LEFT TURN TO ENTER THE HIGHWAY, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD A DING DING DING FROM THE CAR. MY DASH LIT UP A WARNING THAT SAID POWER STEERING AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. IT BECAME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER, AND I ENDED UP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, IN A FIELD. THANK GOODNESS I DIDNT GET INTO A MAJOR ACCIDENT. AND THANK GOODNES MY 1 AND A HALF YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WASN'T WITH ME AT THE TIME, AND WAS ALREADY SAFE AT HOME!!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE STEERING WHEEL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED CONTINUOUSLY, AND THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE CONTACT HAD TO TURN OFF AND RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

2006 CHEVY HHR IS HAVING ELECTRICAL ISSUES. THE EPS WAS REPLACED AND NOW WHEN I AM DRIVE THE INSRUMENT PANEL NEEDLES MOVE BACK AND FORTH, POWER STEERING AND OTHER INDICATORS LIGHT UP AND CAR CUTS OFF. HAD SEVERAL TUNE-UPS AND THE PROBLEM IS HAPPENING.

MY CAR WAS TAKING LONGER TO START AND I NOTICED A STRONG FUEL SMELL WHILE DRIVING. I STOPPED THE CAR AND DISCOVERED A SMALL BUT RAPIDLY EXPANDING SPOT OF FUEL ON THE GROUND IN FRONT OF THE DRIVER SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL. THERE WAS A NEAR CONSTANT DRIPPING OF GASOLINE AND BY THE NEXT DAY THERE WAS A SPOT THE SIZE OF A DINNER PLATE ON THE DRIVEWAY STAINED WITH GASOLINE. MY MECHANIC EXAMINED THE CAR AND SAID THAT THE FUEL LINE HAD RUSTED THROUGH AND THAT THE VAPOR LINE ALSO SHOWED SIGNS OF SERIOUS RUST. HE ALSO SAID THAT DUE TO THE DESIGN OF THE GUARD AROUND THE FUEL LINE, RAINWATER WOULD POOL AND KEEP THE FUEL LINE SUBMERGED WHICH GREATLY ACCELERATED THE RUSTING PROCESS. DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF FUEL LEAKING THIS COULD HAVE VERY EASILY HAVE TURNED INTO A FIRE, PARTICULARLY ON THE FOURTH OF JULY WITH SO MANY PEOPLE SHOOTING FIREWORKS. MY CAR IS STILL AT THE MECHANIC, HE TELLS ME THE DEALER TOLD HIM THESE FUEL LINES ARE IN HIGH DEMAND AND IT MAY BE A WHILE BEFORE THEY GET THEM IN. WITH AS WIDESPREAD AS THIS PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE, I SUSPECT AN INVESTIGATION AND RECALL MAY BE IN ORDER.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR.WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY SERVICED FOR THE FAILURE TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 118,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. AFTER DRIVING 25 MPH AND PARKING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT SMELLED FUEL AROUND THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE NEAR WHEEL WAS LEAKING FUEL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 175,000. UPDATED 08/30/16*LJ *JS

CAR STATED SMELLING OF GAS INSIDE AND OUT FOR DAYS AND KEPT GETTING STRONGER, NOTICED POOL OF GAS NEAR DRIVERS SIDE REAR TIRE, AFTER EXTENSIVE SEARCH NOTICED GAS LINES COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT AND SMALL WHOLE NEAR EXHAUST SYSTEM, WITHIN 2 INCHES OF THE EXHAUST PIPE SPRAYING GAS ON EXHAUST PIPE. AFTER INTERNET SEARCH FOUND A TON OF THE EXACT SAME COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER HHR OWNERS. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET BURNED OR KILLED BY THESE FAULTY DESIGNED FUEL LINES.

IT STARTED A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, YOU WOULD HEAR A BEEPING SOUND THEN A MESSAGE ON THE DASH, IT WILL SAY "POWER STEERING" THEN THE POWER STEERING WOULD NOT BE WORKING, IT STARTED ONCE A WEEK THEN ONCE A DAY NOW IT HAPPENS EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU DRIVE THE CAR.

FUEL LINES ARE RUSTING TO THE POINT OF NEEDING REPLACING AND THE EVAP LINE IS LEAKING FUMES AT THE MOMENT. I WAS TOLD BY BEST CHEVY DEALERSHIP IN HINGHAM, THAT THE CAUSE OF THIS RUSTING IS BECAUSE FUEL LINES ARE SO CLOSE TO EXHAUST SYSTEM A LEAK IN THE EXHAUST HAS ACCELERATED RATE OF RUSTING FOR THE FUEL LINES AND EVAP LINES. THE DEALERSHIP QUOTE FOR REPLACING JUST THE LINES (NOT EXHAUST REPAIR) AT $1,600. CAR HAS AROUND 150K MILES BUT WAS TOLD THE AMOUNT OF RUST IS BEYOND WHAT IT SHOULD BE FOR A CAR AT THIS AGE/STAGE. I DON'T KNOW IF CHEVY CAN MAKE A BETTER HEAT SHIELD TO KEEP FUEL LINES FROM DETERIORATING FROM HEAT FROM EXHAUST SYSTEM OR WHAT CAN BE DONE ... BUT I HAVE READ THAT MANY, MANY OTHER PEOPLE WITH SAME CAR HAVE THE SAME ISSUE ABOUT RUSTED FUEL LINES. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE CAR AT THIS STAGE FOR FEAR IF THE RUSTED LINE FAILS THEN I WILL HAVE GAS LEAKING DIRECTLY NEAR A HOT EXHAUST WHICH COULD IGNITE THE CAR AND I HAVE LITTLE BABIES THAT I USUALLY HAVE WITH ME AND IT WOULD PUT THEIR LIVES IN DANGER. THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED SOMEHOW. GM NEEDS TO ADMIT IT'S A BAD DESIGN FLAW AND COME UP WITH A FIX OR SOMETHING. SHOULD NOT BE ON THE CONSUMER'S HANDS FOR THAT KIND OF A REPAIR... THANK YOU. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THERE HAD BEEN NO FAILURES WITH THE VEHICLE UNTIL THE MANUFACTURER HAD THE DEALER COMPLETE A MANUFACTURER RECALL REPAIR FOR THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE REPAIR CAUSED SEVERAL FAILURES AND DID NOT PROVIDE A PERMANENT REPAIR SOLUTION. WITHIN WEEKS OF THE DEALER'S REPAIR, THE KEY WAS DIFFICULT TO REMOVE FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH AND THE CONTACT HAD TO CONSTANTLY MANEUVER THE GEAR SHIFT, WHICH HAD ALSO BEEN AN ISSUE. IN ADDITION, THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED TO PROVIDE A READING AND THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER GAUGES FAILED TO FULLY FUNCTION AFTER THE REPAIR. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT THE SOLUTION WOULD BE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 147,000.

INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE HAS BROKEN ON BOTH THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR AND FRONT PASSENGER DOOR. THIS HAPPENED ON 2 SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHILE TRYING TO OPEN THE DOOR TO GET OUT WHILE PARKED. THE DRIVERS SIDE ENTIRE DOOR HAD TO BE REPLACED BY THE DEALERSHIP. THE PASSENGER DOOR HAS NOT BEEN FIXED YET.

IN FEB 2015 I HAD TO HAVE THE HUB REPLACED, I ALSO HAD NEW BREAKS PUT ON. IN FEB 2016 I HAD TO HAVE THE HUB REPLACED AGAIN. WE ARE NOW IN MAY 2016 MY CAR IS DOING THE SAME THING AND I THINK I AM GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE THE HUB REPLACED AGAIN. WHEN I APPLY MY BRAKES THE WHOLE CAR SHAKES AND THE STEERING WHEEL FEELS LIKE IT IS GOING TO COME OFF, THE BRAKES FEEL LIKE THEY ARE GRABBING AND LETTING GO.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING FUEL. IN ADDITION, A FUEL ODOR ENTERED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE MAIN FUEL LINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 131,000.

WE KEEP HEARING A DING, DING, DING, AND THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER READS OUT POWER STEERING AS WE LOSE OUR POWER STEERING AND IT BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN THE WHEELS. THIS KEEPS HAPPENING EVERY SO MANY DAYS AND I HAVE CHANGED THE 60 AMP FUSE. BUT IT SEEMS THAT IF I PULL OVER AND SHUT OFF THE CAR AND RESTART IT THE POWER STEERING WORKS ONCE AGAIN. IT IS VERY FRUSTRATING AND DANGEROUS IN TRAFFIC. I CALLED OUR MECHANIC AND HE SAID HE WILL NOT WORK ON ELECTRONIC STEERING SYSTEMS. THAT DOESN'T GIVE ME MUCH COMFORT AS IT APPEARS I WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THE DEALER AND GUESS IT MIGHT BE A BIG DEAL AND VERY EXPENSIVE. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WE HAVE BEEN VERY HAPPY WITH OUR CAR THESE LAST 10 YEARS.

VEHICLE HAS 111,000 MILES AND TWICE IN THE PAST TWO DAYS THE POWER STEERING ERROR IN THE DIC CAME ON DURING LOW SPEED CORNERING. BOTH TIMES THE POWER STEERING WAS WORKING NORMALLY UNTIL THE TURN AND WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN UNDER MANUAL MODE. A RESET OF THE CAR RESTORED POWER STEERING ALBIT TEMPORARILY.

I TOOK MY 2006 HHR TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS ON A TAIL LIGHT AND FUSES. WHEN I PICKED IT UP IT WAS SITTING IN THE PARKING LOT. I STARTED THE CAR. WENT TO DRIVE AWAY AND I HAD NO POWER STEERING. I WENT IN SIDE AND HAD TO LEAVE MY CAR AGAIN. IT TOOK 2 WEEKS FOR THEM TO WORK ON MY CAR. THE WHOLE STEERING COLUMN HAD TO BE REPLACED TO FIX THE STEERING MODULE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE THE CONTACT AND HER SISTER WERE IN THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FIRE AFFECTED THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND WAS EXTINGUISHED BY PEDESTRIANS. A FIRE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 24,400.

FUEL LINES ARE RUSTED OUT. VEHICLE SMELLS LIKE FUEL AFTER BEING PARKED FOR JUST A SHORT WHILE, SO I CHECKED AND SURE ENOUGH THE FUEL/EVAP LINES ARE RUSTED AND NEED REPLACEMENT. AFTER A LITTLE RESEARCH I SEE THAT NOT ONLY IS THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM ON THESE VEHICLES, BUT THE REPLACEMENT PARTS ARE VERY HARD TO COME BY AS WELL. THIS IS HAZARDOUS AND SHOULD BE RECALLED.

AT 107,000 MILES FOUR OF THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL STUDS FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN AT 25 MPH AND WAS BROUGHT TO A STOP WITHOUT THE WHEEL COMING OFF THE CAR. DUE TO THE DESIGN OF THE OEM HUBCAP IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL WHEN ONE OR MORE LUG NUTS HAVE FAILED. IF THIS FAILURE WOULD HAVE HAPPENED AT HIGH SPEED THE RESULTS WOULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC

TWICE THE POWER STEERING STOPPED AND THE CAR WAS EXTREMELY HARD/IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER. FIRST TIME WAS WHEN PARKING AND AFTER HAVING THE ENGINE OFF FOR AND HOUR I STARTED IT UP AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE, SO DID NOT WORK THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A FLUKE. SECOND TIME WAS GOING AROUND A CURVE ON AN ONRAMP TO AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AND THE STEERING ACTED ALMOST LIKE IT LOCKED, NO CONTROL HIT A LIGHT POLE AND CAR IS DAMAGED EXTENSIVELY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. WHILE STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, THE BUMPER BECAME SLIGHTLY DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT LOOKED AT THE AREA OF THE VEHICLE WHERE THE BUMPER NEEDED TO BE RE-ATTACHED AND NOTICED THAT THE METAL INNER BUMPER WAS SEVERELY RUSTED. WHEN TOUCHING THE INNER BUMPER, IT IMMEDIATELY DISINTEGRATED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE DOOR HANDLES FRACTURED. THE FAILURE HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. THE BATTERY ALSO FAILED AND PREVENTED THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE WINDOWS FROM BEING USED. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED AND THE DOOR HANDLES WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 175,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FUSE BOX CAUGHT FIRE AND CAUSED THE BATTERY TO DRAIN COMPLETELY. BYSTANDERS HELPED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER AND FUNCTIONALITY AND THE IGNITION KEY REMAINED STUCK IN THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER AND REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,400.

WHILE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE, THE POWER STEERING LIGHT FLASHES ON DASH BOARD AND I LOSE ALL THE FUNCTION OF THE POWER STEERING. IT HAS NOW HAPPENED 4 SEPARATE TIMES IN TWO WEEKS, THE LAST WHEN I WAS TURNING A CORNER AND NEARLY HIT A CAR ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BECAUSE I COULD NOT STEER THE VEHICLE. I HAVE A SAFETY RECALL LETTER FROM GENERAL MOTORS STATING THAT I HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET TO FIX AND THEN THEY WOULD DETERMINE IF IT FELL UNDER THERE RECALL. WHEN THE LETTER STATES TO BRING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP SHOULD THE POWER STEERING LIGHT EVER COMES ON THE DASH PANEL, WHICH IT HAS DONE KNOW 4 TIMES WHEN THE POWER STEERING FAILED. I COULD BEEN KILLED IF I HAD BEEN GOING FASTER OR KILLED SOME ONE. THIS IS AN ISSUE WITH THE GM FAULTY MECHANICS. FIRST IT WAS THE IGNITION HAVING TO GIVE MY VEHICLE UP FOR NEARLY 6 WEEKS TO HAVE IT FIXED. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY GENERAL MOTORS AND PAID FOR BY GENERAL MOTORS, NOT THE CONSUMER. WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE, ANOTHER DEATH BECAUSE OF THE MISTAKES. EVEN AFTER THEY NOTIFIED ME THAT IS A SAFETY ISSUE VIA LETTER, BUT I FIRST PAY OUT OF POCKET AND THEN DETERMINE IF THEY WILL REIMBURSE ME FOR IT. THE FIRST TIME I WAS IN DOWNTOWN LA GOING TO WORK AND ONCE AGAIN WHEN I TURNED LEFT WHILE DRIVING, THE SECOND ON THE 405 IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, JUST AS I WAS ACCELERATING AND CHANGING LANES, THE LIGHT FLASHED ON THE DASH BOARD (POWER STEERING) AND I LOST ALL POWER STEERING CAPABILITY. THE THIRD WAS THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 15, 2016. TURNING LEFT AGAIN AND THE FOURTH TIME JUST YESTERDAY AGAIN WHEN I TURNED LEFT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN INTERMITTENTLY BEFORE FAILING COMPLETELY. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BULBS WERE REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHERE IT COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 151,000.

MY CAR WAS INVOLVED IN THE IGNITION RECALL...TOOK IT IN HAD IT ALL FIXED. NOW THAT SAME SWITCH HAS GONE FAULTY AGAIN. THE CAR WILL NOT TURN OVER. ACTS JUST LIKE THE STARTER IS GOING OUT, IT SLOW TO START AND GETS WORSE AND WORSE TILL IT WILL NO LONGER START. I HAVE HAD THE BATTERY REPLACED AND STARTER(DUE TO THAT SEEMED TO BE THE ISSUE. AFTER DIGGING DEEPER INTO THE DIAGNOSTIC CODE I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT SWITCH KEEPS COMING UP AS AN ISSUE.

AFTER ABIDING BY THE RECALL TO CHANGE THE IGNITION SWITCH, THE CAR STARTS FREAKING OUT RANDOMLY. THE DASH LIGHTS START GOING ON AND OFF. LOOSE POWER STEERING, POWER BRAKES AND THE CAR JUST STOPS. YOU CAN BE GOING 70 MILES AN HOUR DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND THE CAR JUST GIVES OUT. THE DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO FIX IT UNLESS I AM WILLING TO PAY ALL THE FEES. I HAD A SECOND DEALERSHIP REPLACE SOME FUSES BUT AFTER 2 DAYS IT STARTED DOING IT AGAIN. AFTER THE FIRST EPISODES, I CALLED AND OPENED A TICKET WITH CHEVROLET, BUT BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP I USED DIDN'T WANT TO MESS WITH THE CAR ANY MORE THEY WERE NOT VERY HELPFUL. NOW I AM DRIVING A DEATH TRAP BECAUSE I CAN'T AFFORD A NEW CAR AND I WON'T LET MY CHILDREN DRIVE OR BE IN THE CAR.

TURN IGNITION SWITCH OFF WHILE CAR OUT OF GEAR CAUSING IT TO ROLL FREELY.

RAW GAS LEADING UNDER THE REAR OF THE CAR IN FRONT OF LEFT REAR WHEEL. TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC. HE IMMEDIATELY TOOK PICTURES AND SAID ALTHOUGH THE CAR WAS OLDER (JUST TURNED 10 WITH 93,000 MILES), IT WAS FAR TOO YOUNG FOR SUCH SEVERE RUSTING. THE RUST GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE GAS TANK. HE GAVE ME THE PICTURES AND SAID TO CONTACT GM. WHICH I DID. AFTER A WEEK OF BANTERING BACK AND FORTH WITH CUSTOMER CARE, MY CASE WAS SENT TO THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE CUSTOMER CARE FOLLOWING AN EMAIL I SENT TO MARY BARRA, CEO OF GM. THEY OFFERED A %15 DISCOUNT ON THE $1000 ESTIMATE OF REPAIR. I REFUSED THAT OFFER. THE DEALERSHIP WILL NOT LET ME DRIVE THE CAR OFF THEIR LOT BECAUSE OF THE SEVERE LEAK. I RECENTLY FOUND THAT ALL THE AREA DEALERSHIPS CARRY A FULL SUPPLY OF THE EXPENSIVE FUEL LINES FOR THE HHR.. I'M TOLD THAT THEY WHEN THEY CARRY SO MANY, IT MEANS THAT THERE IS A HIGH DEMAND FOR REPLACEMENT. MY CERTIFIED MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT DESIGN LOCATION OF THE FUEL LINES IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COLLECTION OF WATER AND SALT. THE FUEL LINES ARE UP AGAINST THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. THIS SEEMS TO BE A DANGEROUS FIRE HAZARD WHEN THE RUSTING LEADS TO GAS LEAKS. PLEASE HELP! THE CAR WAS PARKED AT THE TIME OF THE GAS LEAK WITH A PUDDLE OF GAS COLLECTION ABOUT THE SIZE OF A FRISBEE.

THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE IGNITION ON THE HHR, I HAD THE IGNITION CHANGED BUT ON THE WAY HOME THE LOCKS UNLOCKED AND LOCKED SEVERAL TIMES, THEN THE CRUSE KICKED OFF, THE RADIO STOPPED WORKING, THE LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WENT OFF AND ON, AND THE MOTOR STOPPED. I HAVE CONTACTED GM SEVERAL TIMES BUT THEY SAY THE IGNITION CHANGE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE AND ALSO HAD TO REMOVE THE FUSE FOR THE RADIO, BECAUSE IT WOULD RUN THE BATTERY DOWN. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES WHEN WE HAVE DRIVEN IT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. I FORMER MECHANIC THAT WORKED FOR A GM DEALER SAID THAT THERE IS A ELECTRICAL UNIT THAT THE IGNITION CONTROLLED AND THAT WITH THE PROBLEM WITH THE IGNITION CAUSED THE PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRICAL UNIT. WE DO NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE MUCH BECAUSE IT DOESN'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING IT, NOR WOULD WE SELL IT, BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEMS.

WHILE ON VACATION, THE CAR HAD NOT BEEN STARTED IN 2 WEEKS. THE WEATHER HAD TURNED FROM WARM AND RAINY TO VERY COLD. AFTER GETTING BACK AND STARTING THE CAR, NOTICED A HEAVY FUEL SMELL AND THOUGHT THE EXHAUST WAS BURNING EXTRA RICH DUE TO THE COLD TEMPERATURE. GETTING OUT OF THE CAR TO WALK AROUND TO INSPECT THE EXHAUST NOTICED A STEADY DRIP FORMING A CIRCLE ON THE ASPHALT JUST IN FRONT OF THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THE LOCATION OF THE LEAK SEEMS TO BE WHERE THE FUEL LINE BENDS UP AND INTO THE BODY CHANNEL. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER REPAIR SHOP THE NEXT MORNING WHERE IT HAS BEEN WAITING ON PARTS TO REPLACE THE RUSTED STEEL FUEL LINES BECAUSE THE CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. WAS ADVISED THE HEAT SHIELD TO PROTECT THE FUEL LINE FROM THE NEARBY EXHAUST SYSTEM RETAINS MOISTURE AND LEADS TO THE LINES RUSTING AND PERFORATING. I DID NOT TAKE PICTURES, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THIS AN ISOLATED ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE'S FUEL LINES AFTER CHECKING ONLINE FOR SIMILAR COMPLAINTS.

FUEL LINES RUSTED OUT TO THE POINT OF LEAKING. LEAKING GAS IS ON THE LEFT SIDE IN FRONT OF LEFT REAR WHEEL BY THE ROCKER PANEL.THE STRAPS THAT HOLD UP THE FUEL TANK ARE ALSO RUSTED. MY RESEARCH ON THIS SHOWS THAT THAT THIS IS A PREVALENT PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR. I'VE OWNED CARS FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS AND HAVE NEVER HAD THIS TYPE OF RUST IN THE UNDERCARRIAGE. MY CAR IS A 2006 AND HAS 93,000 MILES ON IT. I HAD NOTICED A GAS SMELL AFTER I PARKED MY CAR. AFTER SEVERAL DAYS, I NOTICED A WET SPOT UNDER THE LEAK. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION AND PICTURES, IT WAS CLEAR THAT THE GAS WAS LEAKING FROM THE FUEL LINES ON THE LEFT REAR OF THE CAR (DRIVER SIDE) IN FRONT OF THE LEFT REAR TIRE. I'VE PROVIDED PICTURES.

GM SAYS DRIVERS WILL INSTANTLY KNOW IF THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM FAILS BECAUSE A CHIME AND DASHBOARD MESSAGE WILL APPEAR. THE CAR CAN BE STEERED WITHOUT POWER ASSIST, BUT IT CAN REQUIRE A LOT MORE MUSCLE TO TURN THE WHEEL, ESPECIALLY AT LOW SPEEDS. BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTY, THE CAR COULD BE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO A CRASH. OUR VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET WHEN SUDDENLY, WE LOST ALL POWER STEERING. OTHER MAKES AND MODELS WITH THE SAME EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN RECALLED ALREADY. WHEN SHUTTING OFF THE VEHICLE AND RESTARTING, THE POWER STEERING IS RESTORED BRIEFLY AND WILL FAIL AGAIN WHILE DRIVING.

THE CHEVY DEALER THAT I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM AND HAVE BEEN TAKING IT TO FOR THE TWO RECALLS WILL NOT DO THEM

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE FAILURE OCCURRED CONSTANTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

I WAS DRIVING TO MY FAMILY'S HOME ON CHRISTMAS, WHEN MY CAR SUDDENLY BEGAN TO SMELL LIKE BURNT RUBBER INSIDE OF THE CAR. IT WAS RAINING ON THAT DAY. SUDDENLY THE CARS AC, OR H VAC DID NOT WORK ANYMORE. UPON GOOGLING THINGS OF WHAT IT COULD BE, I FOUND OUT THAT THE RESISTOR AND BLOWER MOTOR HAD BEEN BURNT DO TO BE ALLOWING WATER TO ENTER THE BLOWER MOTOR PANEL FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE CAR. UPON LOOKING AT MY BLOWER MOTOR AND RESISTOR I FOUND EVIDENT BURN MARKS ON THEM. GM SHOULD INVESTIGATE HOW RAINWATER CAN ENTER THE CARS BLOWER MOTOR CAUSING A BURNING SMELL IN A INHALATION OF FUMES OF BURNING PLASTIC. NOT TO MENTION MY ABILITY NOT TO SEE OUT OF THE WINDOW DUE TO THE DEFROST NOT WORKING. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN!!

WHEN DRIVING MY 2006 CHEVY HHR MY POWER STEERING SHUTS OFF WITHOUT ANY WARNING AND AT ANY TIME. THIS MAKES IT HARDER TO TURN AND IS VERY DANGEROUS.

NOTED STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE NEAR DRIVERS SIDE REAR DOOR AFTER EXITING VEHICLE AFTER DRIVING, BUT NOT AFTER VEHICLE SAT AND DID NOT RUN. DEALER SERVICE SAID GASOLINE LINES HAD CORRODED AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. REPLACEMENT LINES NOT ON HAND AND OVER $1,000 TO FIX. DEFINITE FIRE HAZARD. CAR CURRENTLY NOT BEING USED. RYDELL CHEVROLET (WATERLOO IA) SERVICE INVOICE #438253 - GM CASE #8-1717132969 MILEAGE 136391

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V171000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED AFTER THE ENGINE POWER GREATLY REDUCED AND ENGINE DISABLED WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE DID RESTART; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED EVERY 20 MINUTES ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WOULD RESTART AFTER APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE RECALL REPAIR WAS GUARANTEED FOR ONE YEAR. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 148,000.

THE STEERING WANTS TO LOCK UP AND DON'T RETURN TO THE STRAIGHT POSITION WHEN TURNING ON TO A STREET AS IF IT IS STICKING CLICKING AND POPPING NOISE ALSO IN THE STEERING COLUMN. ALSO BOTH FUEL LINES OVER THE LEFT REAR WHEEL RUSTED OUT AND LEAKED GAS ALL OVER THE GARAGE FLOOR. COSTING TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE DOOR HANDLES FRACTURED. THE FAILURE HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENTIRE DOOR PANEL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 200,000.

POWER STEERING FAILURE LIGHT APPEARS WHILE DRIVING AND THERE IS NO POWER STEERING. MUST SHUT ENGINE OFF UNTIL POWER STEERING COMES BACK. HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES THE LATEST BEING 10/31/15

FUEL LINE HAS RUSTED OUT IN UNDER 10 YEARS OF USE. GAS LEAKING OUT THAT CAN CAUSE AN EXPLOSION IF IGNITED. ENTIRE FUEL LINE IS SUBJECT TO RUST AND CONDENSATION PROBLEMS. IT TOTALLY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

INSIDE FRONT DOOR HANDLES ARE BROKE, ONE HAS BEEN BROKE FOR A WHILE, IF I'M IN THE CAR AND SOMETHING HAPPENS IT BECOMES A DEATH TRAP. I CHECKED ONLINE AND HAVE SEEN THIS IS A COMMON ONGOING PROBLEM WITH HHR'S. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YEAR IT IS, PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT IT AND ONE PERSON TRADED HIS IN BECAUSE HIS WIFE GOT STUCK IN THE CAR. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT GM APPARENTLY HAS BEEN AWARE OF BUT DID NOTHING. I GUESS THEY ARE WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO DIE. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THE VEHICLE IS MOVING OR NOT IT'S THE SAME PROBLEM YOU CAN'T OPEN THE DOOR.

WHENEVER THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING, THERE WAS A STRONG SMELL OF ENGINE EXHAUST COMING INTO THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE A/C VENTS. THE FLEX HOSE COMING FROM THE ENGINE TO THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER HAD DEVELOPED A LARGE CRACK. THE EXHAUST FUMES WERE BEING SUCKED INTO THE VENTILATION SYSTEM AND OUT THROUGH THE A/C VENTS, FILLING THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE WITH EXHAUST FUMES. THE DESIGN OF THE FLEX PIPE IS SERIOUSLY FLAWED AS IF IT'S MADE TO FAIL. IT WAS TOO DANGEROUS TO DRIVE WITH MY KIDS IN THE CAR BECAUSE OF THE THREAT OF THE CARBON MONOXIDE THAT WE WERE BREATHING FROM THIS ISSUE. I BELIEVE THAT THIS MAY ALSO BE THE CAUSE OF SEVERE HEADACHES THAT I HAD BEEN SUFFERING FROM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE POWER STEERING MESSAGE DISPLAYED AND AN AUDIBLE ALARM WAS ACTIVATED BEFORE THE POWER STEERING MALFUNCTIONED AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. AFTER SHUTTING THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTING THE ENGINE, THE VEHICLE OPERATED NORMALLY BEFORE THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 112,000.

7/29/14 STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP -11-28-14 STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP. DECEMBER 22 2014 STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP AGAIN WHILE MY SON WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN,CRASHED,AND HIT AN ELECTRICAL POLE, BUST HIS LIP AND HIT HIS HEAD. STATE FARM INS CO TOTAL THE CAR. JANUARY 2015 GOT A LETTER FROM GM STATED THAT THIS 2006 HHR MAY BE EQUIPPED WITH POWERING STEERING LOSS. JULY 2014 GM SAID THIS LOSS WAS NOT DUE THE LOSS OF MY SON ACCIDENT, CLEARLY IT WAS AND REFUSE TO PAY FOR ANY DAMAGES. I HAVE YET TO HEAR ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WITH THOSE CARS. I WANT MY SON COMPENSATED FOR THIS LOSS. WHAT SHOULD I DO?

SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT HAS TURNED ON WHEN STARTING CAR. ISSUE HAS RECURRED AT LEAST 4 TIMES SINCE AUGUST 5, 2015. MILEAGE WAS 80652. ARE AIR BAGS FUNCTIONING AND IS CAR SAFE TO DRIVE?

CAR IS LESS THAN 10 YEARS OLD AND BOTH OF THE METAL FUEL LINES THAT RUN FROM THE ENGINE TO THE FUEL TANK HAVE RUSTED AND IS LEAKING FUEL NEAR THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR WHEEL. THIS IS ALSO NEAR THE EXHAUST AND COULD POTENTIALLY CATCH FIRE. FOUND THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS COMMON WITH THIS CAR AS THE FUEL LINES WERE RUSTING AT THE BEND POINTS. FORTUNATELY I DISCOVERED THE LEAK WHILE IT WAS PARKED AND THE CAR WAS OFF. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY GM. THE FUEL LINES SHOULD NEVER RUST OUT LIKE THIS. A RECALL OF THESE CARS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM IS IN ORDER TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE AS IT APPEARS TO BE HAPPENING TO MANY HHRS OF THIS MODEL YEAR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF AND A CHIME SOUNDED. THE CONTACT THEN TURNED ON AND POWERED OFF THE VEHICLE AGAIN WHEN THE CHIME SUDDENLY DEACTIVATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED WHENEVER THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO INFORMED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IN 2014, THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V047000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.

OUR 2006 CHEVROLET HHR HAD TOTAL POWER STEERING LOSS AND WASN'T REGAINED UNTIL TURNING OFF THE VEHICLE AND RESTARTING. THE CAR WAS DIAGNOSED AT A LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AND THE ERROR CODE OF C0050 WAS GIVEN, THIS IDENTIFIES THE PROBLEM AS A FAULTY POWER STEERING CONTROL MODULE(PSCM). THE ENTIRE STEERING COLUMN, CONSISTING OF THE PSCM, WAS REPLACED. THIS IS A KNOWN STEERING SYSTEM ISSUE WITH GM AS IT HAS ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED IN 2009-10 HHRS AND VARIOUS OTHER GM MODELS THAT HAVE THE SAME PLATFORM COMPONENTS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND EXCESSIVE FORCE WAS REQUIRED TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE. THE POWER STEERING ASSIST WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000. MA 10/26/2015 *CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V171000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) WAS PERFORMED; HOWEVER, THE REPAIR DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE STALLED SEVERAL TIMES. IN ADDITION, WHEN THE GEAR WAS SHIFTED INTO PARK, THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILED TO TURN TO THE OFF POSITION AND THE KEY DID NOT RELEASE FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE BATTERY WAS DISCONNECTED TO BE ABLE TO SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.

POWER STEERING FAILED DURING HIGH SPEED ON THE FREEWAY (DIC MESSAGE COME ON "POWER STEERING"), YOU CAN STILL STEER WITH A LARGE AMOUNT OF EFFORT. THIS (STEERING) MAY BE A BIG PROBLEM FOR SOME DRIVERS; THUS RENDERING IT UNSAFE AND A POSSIBLE "CAR CRASH OR CULLISION WITH OTHERS."

I HAVE A 2006 CHEVY HHR THE FIRST YEAR I BOUGHT IT I HAD A SMALL ANIMAL RUN IN FRONT OF THE CAR, THE CAR SKID A LONG WAY AND I ENDED UP HAVING TO CHANGE THE TIRE BECAUSE IT MADE A FLAT SPOT ON THE DRIVER SIDE TIRE. I HAVE HAVE BEEN IN ACCIDENTS TWICE IN THE LAST 4 YEARS DUE TO HAVING TO STOP ABRUPTLY ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE BRAKES SKIDDING INSTEAD OF STOPPING, BOTH TIMES MY CAR PULLED TO THE LEFT ACROSS SEVERAL LANE LEAVING ME FACING ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND BEING HIT.

A "CLUNKING" NOISE FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION WHEN TURNING INTO A DRIVEWAY OR DIP IN STREET AT 3 OR 4 MILES PER HOUR. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AND TO AN INDEPENDENT AUTO REPAIR SHOP WHERE I WAS TOLD THE "LOWER CONTROL ARMS REAR BUSHING WAS TORN (RUBBER) AND THEREFORE ALLOWING THE ARM TO MOVE TO WHERE IT CONTACTS THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE. THIS IS DANGEROUS, AND COULD VERY WELL CAUSE THE STEERING TO MALFUNCTION AT A MOST INAPPROPRIATE TIME RESULTING IN A COLLAPSE OF THE FRONT END SUSPENSION. I WOULD LIKE GM TO CORRECT THIS DEFECT IN ENGINEERING, AND IF THEY CANNOT TO REPURCHASE MY VEHICLE SO I CAN PURCHASE A SAFE AND MORE RELIABLE VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND EXCESSIVE FORCE WAS REQUIRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHO STATED THAT AN UNKNOWN PART LOCATED INSIDE THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 151,000.

POWER ASSIST STEERING GOES OUT, HARD TO STEER . THE LIGHT GOES ON FOR THE DASH WARNING.DANGEROUS UNDER SOME SITUTATIONS COULD CAUSE CRASH.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V047000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

RIGHT REAR BRAKE LIGHT LIGHT SOCKET MELTED LOCK-IN AREA TO LENS. BOTH HEADLIGHTS ARE STARTING TO BURN THROUGH LENS ON TURN SIGNAL BULB INSIDE HL.

I PARKED MY VEHICLE AY HOME, AND WHEN I WENT TO GET OUT, THE INSIDE DOOR HANDLE BROKE RIGHT OFF. THE ONLY WAY TO GET OUT WAS TO ROLL DOWN THE ELECTRIC WINDOW AND REACH OUT TO THE OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE. FROM SOME RESEARCH I DID THIS BREAKING OFF IS A COMMON PROBLEM. WHAT I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT IF FOR SOME REASON LIKE AN ACCIDENT I COULDN'T GET THE WINDOW DOWN, I WOULD BE STUCK IN THE VEHICLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE VEHICLE JERKED WHENEVER THE CONTACT SHIFTED GEARS. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHETHER THE VEHICLE WERE IN DRIVE, NEUTRAL, OR REVERSE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V171000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE CONTACT ADHERED TO THE RECALL; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 181,732.

WE NOTICED A GASOLINE SMELL WHEN YOU SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN, BUT SINCE WE WERE HAVING A VERY FRIGID WINTER WE JUST THOUGH IT WAS FROM THE TEMPERATURES. AS IT GOT WARMER WEATHER THE ODOR WAS GETTING WORSE.WE SEEN GAS DRIPPING FROM AROUND THE GAS TANK. OUR SON TOOK IT TODAY TO SEE WHAT WAS MAKING IT DO THIS AND FOUND THAT THE UPPER GAS LINE IS RUSTED AND HAS SEVERAL PIN HOLES IN THAT IS MAKING IT LEAK. AFTER DOING A SEARCH ON THIS I SEEN THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. WE HAVE ALREADY HAD THE IGNITION RECALL, POWER STEERING RECALL AND 2 MORE THAT I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THEY WERE. ANOTHER PROBLEM WE'VE HAD IS THE CLEAR COAT PAINT THAT GM WOULDN'T EVEN LISTEN ABOUT. THE ISSUE IS THAT MY HUSBAND AND I ARE BOTH IN POOR HEALTH AND HAVE TO HAVE THE CAR TO GET TO DR. APPOINTMENTS BUT WE LIVE ON FIXED INCOME. THE GAS LEAK IS A VERY VOLATILE PROBLEM THAT COULD START A FIRE WHILE WE ARE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. I FEEL THAT GM SHOULD DO A RECALL AND FIX THIS PROBLEM BEFORE PEOPLE START BURNING IN THEIR VEHICLES. A CAR THAT HAS LESS THAN 50,000 MILES ON IT SHOULD NOT BE HAVING THESE KIND OF PROBLEMS. THIS IS THE REASON PEOPLE ARE TURNING AWAY FROM AMERICAN MADE AND THAT IS SAD. *TR

THE CAR HAS HAD THE A/C FAN MOTOR REPLACED AT LEAST 4 TIMES, EACH TIME IT WAS DAMAGED BY A WATER LEAK. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED MOTOR ONCE WHILE UNDER WARRANTY BUT STATED THEY COULD NOT FIND/FIX THE LEAK. THIS WAS A LIE BECAUSE IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE BUTYL PATCH, EASILY FOUND IN THE MOST BASIC INTERNET SEARCH. THE DOOR HANDLES ARE MADE OF THE CHEAPEST PLASTIC, DRIVER'S SIDE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE BROKE OFF. THERE IS WATER LEAKING INTO THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE FLOORBOARD WITH NO CAUSE YET FOUND. THE WORST PART OF THIS IS THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NOT COMPLETELY FIXING THE LEAK PROBLEM DURING THE WARRANTY PERIOD, THEN CHARGING ME TO FIX IT AGAIN AFTER THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. NOW I CAN'T EVEN GET THEM TO RETURN MY PHONE CALLS REGARDING THE RECALL REPAIRS THEY ARE REQUIRED TO DO. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. WHILE EXITING THE VEHICLE, THE DRIVER SIDE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE FRACTURED AND PREVENTED THE DRIVER FROM EXITING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN AT 10 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY FORCE TO THE STEERING WHEEL IN ORDER TO TURN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 128,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14E021000 ( ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO PERFORM THE RECALL REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED EACH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

CAR IS LESS THAN 10 YEARS OLD AND BOTH OF THE METAL FUEL LINES THAT RUN FROM THE ENGINE TO THE FUEL TANK HAVE RUSTED AND IS LEAKING FUEL NEAR THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR WHEEL. THIS IS ALSO NEAR THE EXHAUST AND COULD POTENTIALLY CATCH FIRE. FORTUNATELY I DISCOVERED THE LEAK WHILE IT WAS PARKED AND THE CAR WAS OFF. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY GM. THE FUEL LINES SHOULD NEVER RUST OUT LIKE THIS. A RECALL OF THESE CARS WOULD PROBABLY BE IN ORDER TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE AS IT APPEARS TO BE HAPPENING TO MANY OTHER HHRS OF THIS MODEL YEAR. *TR

MY CAR COOLANT WENT FROM 187 TO 216 WHAT CAUSE THIS. *TR

WAS GOING DOWN THE ROAD APP 35 MPH CAR SUDDENLY DIES STOP RESTARTED CAR AND IT DROVE NORMALLY,A FEW DAYS LATER WHILE USING THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH THE DASH LIGHTS AND GAUGES STOP WORKING NOW WE ARE GETTING THE SOUND OF A ELECTRICAL POPPING OR SNAPPING IN THE DASH AND THE DASH LIGHTS WILL STILL INTERMITTENTLY STOP WORKING OR FLASHING. ALL OF THIS AFTER THE RECALL WORK WAS DONE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, IT LUNGED FORWARD AFTER THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY GOING 65 MILES PER HOUR AND THE CAR STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY. I REALIZED THAT THE BRAKES WERE SEIZING UP MAKING IT HARD TO DRIVE AND SHAKE ALMOST OUT OF CONTROL. I FOUND OUT THAT I NEED A 2008 MASTER CYLINDER TO FIX IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V047000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). HOWEVER, THE DEALER FAILED TO REPLACE THE IGNITION SWITCH AS STATED ON THE RECALL NOTIFICATION. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT ONLY THE KEYS WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

FRONT AND REAR BUMPERS ARE PEELING BAD. NO OTHER PART OF CAR IS DOING SO. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14V047000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND 14V171000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM), THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

CAR SPEEDED UP AND DOWN ,CAR STARTED TO SPIN IN CIRCLE,LOST POWER STEERING,LOST CONTROL OF CAR, FLIPPED AND ROLLED OVER 3 TIMES DOWN A 30 YD. CLIFF . NO HEAD AIR BAGS WORKED AT ALL ,ONLY THE STEERING WHEEL AIR BAG WORKED. TOOK OVER 2 HRS. TO BE FOUND BY POLICE. HAD TO USE CELL PHONE SIGNAL TO BE FOUND. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL SHORTED INTERMITTENTLY AND CAUSED ELECTRICAL FAILURES WITHIN THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WAS EXTREMELY TIGHT AND INTERMITTENTLY LOCKED WITHOUT WARNING. UPON USING THE CIGARETTE LIGHTER, SMOKE EMITTED INSIDE THE VEHICLE INDICATING THAT THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL FIRE WITH THE WIRES. THE FIRE EXTINGUISHED WITHOUT HAVING TO CONTACT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED AND DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14V171000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND 14V047000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) BUT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHEN THE RECALL REPAIR WOULD BE PERFORMED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

RECEIVED LETTER FROM CHEVROLET DATED 1-2015 STATING THAT "SOME 2006 HHR'S" MAY HAVE A DEFECT WHICH CAUSES POWER STEERING (PS) TO FAIL AT ANY TIME. CALLED LOCAL DEALER TO HAVE IT REPAIRED BUT MY CAR (VIN) IS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST. THE EXACT SEQUENCE OF PS FAILURE DESCRIBED IN LETTER HAS OCCURRED WITH MY CAR MULTIPLE TIMES BUT THEY, CHEVROLET DEALER, DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT THIS WILL BE FIXED WITHOUT MY PAYING THE BILL AS IT (VIN) IS NOT ON THEIR LIST. MY CAR SHOULD BE ENTERED INTO THE RECALL LIST AS THIS IS A MANUFACTURERS MECHANICAL DEFECT AND NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AND REPAIRED AT GM'S COST. THIS IS THE 3RD LETTER (RECALL) ON THIS CAR; IGNITION CYLINDER, TRANSMISSION LOCK AND NOW POWER STEERING! *TR

JANUARY 14, 2013 THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO OURISMAN CHEVROLET OF BOWIE FOR BLOWER NOT WORKING FOR HEAT OR DEFROST. I WAS TOLD THEIR WAS A SHORT IN THE BLOWER RESISTER. IT WAS REPLACED AND I PAID $225.34 THEN, ON SEPTEMBER 2, 2014 SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED. TOOK BACK TO SAME DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD SAME PROBLEM. HOWEVER, IT WAS AFTER 1 YEAR WARRANTY SO I HAD TO PAY $181.68 TO FIX. ON DECEMBER 10, 2014, HAD TO BRING CAR IN AGAIN FOR SAME PROBLEM. THIS TIME IT WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. I WAS TOLD THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL PART THAT WAS NEEDED TO BE FIXED AND IT WOULD COST $454.43. OURISMAN TOLD ME IF I DID NOT GET THIS PART THE BLOWER MOTOR WOULD EVENTUALLY GO AGAIN AND STOP WORKING. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU CAN FIX A PART THREE TIMES AND NOT HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE TO REPLACE THE "MOTOR" THAT MAKES IT WORK. I ALSO ASKED IF THESE PARTS HAVE BEEN RECALLED. THEY SAID NO. ON THAT SAME DAY, I CALLED GM TO SEE IF THEY COULD ASSIST IN HAVING BOTH PARTS REPAIRED AT NO COST. THEY REFUSED. SO OURISMAN FIXED THE RESISTOR. ON FEBRUARY 3, 2015 (VERY COLD) THE SYSTEM WOULD ONLY WORK ON LOW SPEED. ON FEBRUARY 13, 2015 NO FAN FOR HEAT OR DEFROST. ON FEBRUARY 16, 2015 I CALLED GM TO EXPLAIN MY SITUATION. THEY STATED SINCE THE CAR IS A 2006 THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO AND ITS UP TO THE DISCRETION OF DEALERSHIP. I HAVE NOT CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP YET BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY AND MY HOPE IS NHTSA WILL ASSIST ME WITH THIS ONGOING PROBLEM AND PROVIDE INSIGHT ABOUT THE PARTS IN QUESTION. *TR

OIL COOLER THAT IS MOUNTED ON TOP OF ENGINE STARTED LEAKING. TOOK TO GM DEALER AND AFTER RESEARCH THEY FOUND THAT THE PART WAS ONLY MADE FOR 6 MONTHS AND WAS DISCONTINUED DUE TO THE ISSUE I WAS HAVING. THERE WAS A BY PASS PRODUCED FOR A SHORT PERIOD THAT ENDED UP BEING WORSE THAN THE ORIGINAL PART. AS A RESULT THERE IS NO WAY TO FIX MY CAR EXCEPT CHANGE OUT THE ENGINE WITH A NEWER MODEL. I CALLED GM TO ASK ABOUT IT AND AT THE DEALERS SUGGESTION TO ASK FOR HELP PAYING FOR THE $5,999 ENGINE. GM FLAT OUT REFUSED ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DEFECTIVE PART AND REFUSED ANY ASSISTANCE. HOW CAN AN AMERICAN CAR COMPANY KNOWINGLY MAKE A DEFECTIVE PART AND HAVE MILLIONS OF THEM ON THE ROAD AND NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPLACING THE PART OR MAKING A REPLACEMENT AVAILABLE? THIS ISSUE MAKES THE VEHICLE UN DRIVABLE AS THE AMOUNT OF OIL AND ANTI FREEZE THAT IS LEAKED NOT ONLY CONTAMINATES THE ENVIRONMENT IT ALSO EMPTIES THE OIL FROM THE ENGINE CAUSING FAILURE. *TR

ON THE DATE ABOVE I HAD MY POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT COME ON AND STAYED ON FOR ABOUT 2 HOURS. THE NEXT DAY WHEN I STARTED THE CAR THE LIGHT WAS OUT. WELL THIS WEEK I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM GM STATING THAT IF THE LIGHT COMES ON OR IF YOU HAVE HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE LIGHT COMING ON TO TAKE IT TO YOUR DEALER.THESE ARE THE EXACT WORDS IN THE LETTER: IF THIS CONDITION OCCURS ON YOUR 2006 CHEVROLET HHR, THE CONDITION WILL BE REPAIRED FOR YOU AT NO CHARGE. TODAY TOOK MY CAR IN FOR A ROUTINE SERVICE AND ASK THE DEALER ABOUT THE LETTER AND HE SAID HE WOULD CHECK ON IT. A FEW MINUTES LATER HE TOLD ME THEY HAD A POWER STEERING MOTOR IN STOCK AND IT WOULD TAKE ABOUT 45 MINUTES TO INSTALL IF I HAD THE TIME AND I SAID I COULD WAIT. HE CAME TO THE WAITING ROOM AND SAID I WAS READY TO GO AND THE STEERING MOTOR WAS NOT THE PROBLEM CAUSING THE LIGHT, BUT THE STEERING CONTROL MODULE WHICH IS PART OF THE STEERING COLUMN ASSEMBLY AND NOT COVERED BY THE LETTER. WELL GUESS WHAT, THE STEERING COLUMN ASSEMBLY IS ONLY SOLD WITH A NEW STEERING MOTOR, SO IF I REPLACED THE COLUMN GM GETS $578.59 FOR THE PART PLUS LABOR COST TO INSTALL AND THEY PAY FOR NOTHING TO CURE THE ISSUE. I WAS A MECHANIC ON ROAD TRUCKS AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND KNOW IF YOU HAVE AN ELECTRIC MOTOR IT HAS TO GET IT'S COMMANDS ON HOW TO REACT FROM SOME TYPE OF CONTROL SOURCE ( STEERING CONTROL MODULE) WOULD BE MY GUESS WOULDN'T YOU THINK. NO WHERE IN MY LETTER DOES IT STATE STEERING MOTOR ONLY IS COVERED TO SOLVE THE ISSUE AND NO WHERE ON THE REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST FORM DOES IT SAY THEY WILL ONLY REIMBURSE FOR THE MOTOR. I HAD AN ONLINE CHAT WITH A GM CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAS TOLD ONLY THE MOTOR ACCORDING TO HER WRITTEN INFORMATION. WHEN I REQUESTED A COPY OF WHAT IS COVERED, I WAS TOLD TO ASK THE DEALER FOR A COPY. *TR

WHILE DRIVING IN TRAILER PARK, POWER STEERING FAILED STRUGGLED TO PARK. NEXT DAY PROBLEM SEEMED TO RIGHT ITSELF. SCARY. *TR

I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS FIRST OFF MY DASH LIGHTS WILL FLICKER WHILE DRIVING SOMETIMES THE RADIO AND DASH WON'T WORK AT ALL, BACKS OF MY DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATS HAVE FALLEN OFF, BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOOR HANDLES ARE BROKE THE DRIVERS HANDLE IS COMPLETELY BROKE OFF, ALSO WHEN IT RAINS MY PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD FILLS UP WITH WATER, MY SEATS ARE SO DIRTY LOOKING CAUSE SOMETHING KEEPS BLEEDING THROUGH UPHOLSTERY, IGNITION AND SHIFT LEVER HAD TO BE REPLACED TODAY CAUSE CAR WOULDN'T GO INTO PARK AND KEY WOULDN'T COME OUT!! ALSO THE CAR USED TO SLIDE WHEN ON A CORNER OR ROUGH ROAD!! THIS IS RIDICULOUS!! THE DOOR HANDLES IS A SAFETY HAZARD GOD FOR BID IF I'M IN A WRECK OR MY CAR STARTS ON FIRE I WON'T BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF MY CAR AND I CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE THEM FIXED RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I RECENTLY LOST MY JOB!! *TR

A LADY RAN A RED LIGHT ON SPRINGRIDGE RD JUST SOUTH OF JACKSON MS. WIFE WAS DRIVING ACROSS SPRINGRIDGE RD. THE LADY FAILED TO YIELD AND STRUCK WIFE IN DRIVERS SIDE TOTALING THREE CARS IN THE PROCESS WIFE WAS SEVERELY INJURED (11 DAYS IN HOSPITAL) NO AIRBAG WAS DEPLOYED DURING ACCIDENT. STILL WORKING ON FULL RECOVERY. *TR UPDATED 10/16/2017*JS THE CONSUMER REQUESTED A STATUS UPDATE AND RECALL INFORMATION. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH AND MAKING A RIGHT TURN, THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE CONTACT HAD TO RESTART THE VEHICLE IN ORDER FOR TO RESUME NORMAL FUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUSE BOX NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,966. ...UPDATED 03-11-15 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE PART WAS REPLACED AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO MORE STEERING ISSUE. HOWEVER, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. UPDATED 03/26/15*JB

I WAS DRIVING WITH MY SISTER ON RT 9 IN LAKEWOOD NJ IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. WE HEARD A LOUD POP THAT SOUNDED LIKE A GUN SHOT OR SOMETHING THAT HIT MY ROOF. I DROVE A FEW BLOCKS TO TRY AND FIND A SPOT TO TAKE A LOOK, WHEN I OPENED MY INSIDE SUNROOF SHADE I SAW THAT MY SUNROOF WAS SHATTERED. I CALLED THE LAKEWOOD POLICE AND THEY TOOK A REPORT. I WILL BE GETTING IT FIXED TODAY, I HAVE TO PAY $100.00 DEDUCTIBLE. I'M JUST GLAD WE WERE NOT HURT. I WENT ON LINE AND SAW THAT QUITE A FEW CAR'S OF OTHER MAKES AND MODELS HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM. THAT IS HOW I FOUND YOUR WEBSITE. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE INSIDE DRIVER'S DOOR HANDLE BROKE OFF (PLASTIC OR OTHER NONMETAL MATERIAL ATTACHED TO A METAL HINGE)AT THE METAL HINGE. (CHEAP MATERIALS THAT FATIGUE EASILY) WITH NO EXCESS FORCE OR ABNORMAL PRESSURE BEING APPLIED. I WAS UNABLE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE WITHOUT ENGAGING THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TO ROLL DOWN THE WINDOW AND OPERATE THE OUTSIDE HANDLE. IN AN ACCIDENT, THIS WOULD BE A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD IF THE DRIVER NEEDED TO GET OUT OF THE CAR QUICKLY. *TR

WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD I GOT A MESSAGE SAYING "ENGINE POWER REDUCED" AND THEN "ENGINE DISABLED" AND MY CAR SHUT OFF. I TRIED STARTING IT A FEW TIMES AND IT WOULDN'T EVEN TURN OVER. AFTER A FEW MINUTES IT STARTED BACK UP.

DRIVING AT 70MPH ON THE FREEWAY, BETWEEN TWO SEMI TRUCKS, MY CAR DINGED AT ME AND THE DISPLAY SAID, "ENGINE POWER REDUCED." I DID NOT KNOW WHAT THIS MEANT SO I IMMEDIATELY STARTED TO TRY AND MANEUVER BETWEEN THE TWO TRUCKS AND PULL OVER. SECONDS LATER, THE WARNING BELLS HAPPENED AGAIN AND THE ERROR MESSAGE WAS "ENGINE DISENGAGED." THE CAR TURNED ITSELF OFF! I COASTED OVER TO THE BERM. TO BE HONEST, I WAS SO SCARED, I REALLY DON'T KNOW IF THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES WERE DISABLED TOO BUT WITH NO ENGINE RUNNING, I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW THEY COULD BE. THE YELLOW CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS NOW ON AND I TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO RESTART THE CAR WITH NO SUCCESS, IT JUST ACTED DEAD. THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS SEEMED OPERATIVE. WITH CARS AND TRUCKS ZIPPING BY AT HIGH SPEEDS, I DECIDED TO WAIT IN MY CAR, HOPING AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE WOULD PASS BY. AFTER ABOUT 10 MINUTES, I WAS ABLE TO START THE CAR AGAIN. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED LIT AND THE CAR ACTED NORMALLY NOT EVEN ACTING LIKE IT WAS IN LIMP MODE. I WARILY DROVE MY CAR TO MY MECHANIC. HE SAID THE COMPUTER GAVE HIM LIMITED INFORMATION. HE CLEANED THE THROTTLE BUT WASN'T SURE IT WORKED OR NOT. IMAGINE MY HESITANCY TO DRIVE ON A FREEWAY AGAIN, NOT KNOWING IF IT WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN. A SEARCH OF INTERNET BOARDS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM SHOWED THIS IS DESIGNED BY GM TO HAPPEN AND HAPPENS OFTEN! A DESIGN FEATURE THAT SHUTS OFF THE CAR AT HIGH SPEEDS BECAUSE OF A DIRTY THROTTLE? THIS WAS NOT A FATAL CONDITION OF THE ENGINE THAT WOULD CAUSE IT TO BLOW UP OR SOMETHING BUT MERELY A MAINTENANCE ITEM. JUST SHUTTING OFF THE ENGINE HARDLY SEEMS LIKE AN PROPORTIONATE RESPONSE TO A DIRTY THROTTLE. THE DISCUSSION BOARDS SAY THERE ARE MULTIPLE REASONS THIS HAPPENS, NOT JUST THE THROTTLE CONDITION. PLEASE RESEARCH THIS DESIGN FLAW. THE IDEA OF LETTING MY WIFE DRIVE THIS CAR QUITE FRANKLY SCARES ME AS IT DID ME THAT COLD WINTER DAY. *TR

DRIVING WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON, WEATHER VERY NICE AND ROAD DRY AROUND 7-7:30PM ON FAMILIAR ROAD. CAR HAD BEEN PULLING TO THE RIGHT FOR ABOUT A WEEK. HAD SON CHECK TIRES BEFORE LEAVING NEWARK OH AND HEADING HOME. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE WENT OFF ROAD TOTALED CAR AND I WAS IN HOSPITAL FOR 2 1/2DAYS. HAD BEEN KNOCKED OUT, SEAT BELT RUBBED NECK TO ALMOST BLEEDING, AIR BAG BURNED HOLE IN SLEEVE OF COAT. NO BROKEN BONES BUT VERY SHAKEN UP. I WANT TO KNOW IF THIS WAS CAUSED BY THE STEERING PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN BEEN ON RECALL. HAVE PICTURES OF THE CAR AND THE ROAD TO SHOW HOW THE TIRE MARKS ABRUPTLY TURN TO THE RIGHT.

CONTACT REPORTED THAT DOOR LOCKS WOULD NOT OPERATE WITH KEY FOB NOR WHEN ACTIVATING THE DOOR LOCK SWITCHES ON THE DOOR. TOOK VEHICLE TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS TRYING TO GET THE IGNITION RECALL FIXED WHICH TOOK A TOTAL OF FOUR VISITS. WHILE CAR WAS IN FOR RECALL, ADDRESSED AN UNRELATED ELECTRICAL SOLENOID PROBLEM AND ASKED THE DEALER TO LOOK AT THE DOOR LOCK ISSUE. DEALER NOTIFIED OWNER THAT PASSENGER DOOR AND REAR SEAT LEFT AND RIGHT DOOR LOCK ACTUATORS HAD FAILED (3 OF 4 TOTAL). ASKED DEALER IF THEY HAD SEEN THIS UNUSUAL CONDITION ON ANY OTHER HHR'S AND THEY SAID NO. SHOWED THEM THE 30+ ISSUES LOGGED ON THIS SITE AND THEY ONLY COMMENTED THAT THE HHR WAS NOT THE BEST GM PRODUCT EVER BUILT BUT THERE WAS NO DEALER FIX FOR THIS ISSUE. CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT IT WOULD BE $340 PER DOOR TO FIX AND SERVICE WAS DECLINED (AFTER $80 DIAGNOSTIC CHARGE TO VERIFY THAT DOOR LOCKS DID NOT WORK). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000.

THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPEN I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE WITH MY WIFE AND KID IN THE CAR. THE ROAD CURVED TO THE RIGHT AND AS I WAS GOING AROUND IT, I LOST POWER STEERING. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO USE FORCE AND MAINTAIN CONTROL AROUND THE CORNER. IF MY WIFE WAS DRIVING SHE MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BECAUSE IT TOOK EVERYTHING I HAD TO TURN THE WHEEL AND GET AROUND THE CORNER. SINCE THEN IT HAS HAPPENED ALMOST EVERYDAY, SOMETIMES A FEW TIMES A DAY. WHEN THIS HAPPENS I GET A DASHBOARD MESSAGE THAT SAYS "POWER STEERING". MY WIFE WILL NOT DRIVE THE CAR UNLESS ITS JUST A QUICK TRIP TO THE STORE, AND WE REFUSE TO PUT OUR SON IN THAT CAR. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED YET. *TR

I RECENTLY STARTED GETTING A DASHBOARD MESSAGE SAYING "REDUCED ENGINE POWER" AND THE CAR LOSES POWER AND WILL ONLY GET TO ABOUT 10-15 MPH. I WAS DRIVING AT ROUND 45 MPH WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND THE CAR BEHIND ME ALMOST HIT ME BECAUSE THE CAR SLOWED DOWN TOO FAST WITH NO BREAK LIGHTS UNTIL I HIT THEM. SINCE THEN IT HAPPENS RANDOMLY A FEW TIMES A WEEKS. IT DOESN'T SEEM TO HAPPEN WHILE ON CRUISE CONTROL SO I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO USE IT AS MUCH AS I CAN. I HAVE READ FORUMS AND THIS ISSUE AND IT SEEMS LIKE NO ONE CAN PIN POINT THE EXACT PROBLEM AS IT CAN MEAN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS. I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO TRY OUT ALL THE DIFFERENT FIXES FOR THIS IN HOPES THAT I GET THE RIGHT THING FIXED BEFORE I SPEND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. WITH THE NUMBER OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVING THIS PROBLEM THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL TO AT LEAST HAVE THE CAR CHECKED OUT TO PIN POINT THE PROBLEM FREE OF CHARGE. *TR

GAS LINES LEAKING. *TR

I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN I LOOKED TO CHECK MY SPEED, THE GAUGES AND THE DIC WERE NOT WORKING. WHEN I RETURNED HOME AND TURNED THE CAR ON AND OFF MULTIPLE TIMES THEY STILL DID NOT WORK. SO MY SPEED AND MILEAGE ARE ESTIMATES. UPDATE, IT STARTED WORKING AGAIN, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN OR IF THERE IS A MALFUNCTION STARTING TO HAPPEN. *TR

THIS CAR WAS IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE THE DRIVER SWERVED TO MISS ANIMALS IN ROAD, CROSSED A DITCH, A FRONTAGE ROAD AND HIT TREES TO COME TO A STOP AND THE AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. THE DRIVER'S HEAD HIT THE WINDSHIELD RIGHT ABOVE THE STEERING WHEEL GIVING HIM A HUGE BLACK EYE, LARGE BUMP AND WE ARE WATCHING HIM FOR SIGNS OF CONCUSSION. HIS HEAD DIDN'T GO THROUGH WINDSHIELD BUT MADE A BIG ROUND SPIDERWEB OF IT. SHOULDN'T THE AIRBAGS HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND EXCESSIVE FORCE WAS REQUIRED. THE POWER STEERING WOULD ONLY WORK PROPERLY AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED. ALSO, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BATTERY WAS CONTINUOUSLY DRAINED AND AS A RESULT, IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE HAD NOT OCCURRED UNTIL THE BATTERY HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSIS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER MADE THE CONTACT AWARE THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE AND THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT ON ME. I COULD NOT TURN OR DO ANYTHING THANKFULLY WE DID NOT END UP IN AN ACCIDENT. SO FAR IT HAS NOT DONE IT AGAIN BUT I KNOW IM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE THAT IS DOING THIS. THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

TL - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED INTERMITTENTLY SEVERAL TIMES. THE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FOR VARIOUS SENSORS. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE IN SOME INSTANCES AND ALSO HAD TO TOW THE VEHICLE MORE THAN ONCE DUE TO THE INTERMITTENT FAILURE. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WENT OVER THE TRAIN TRACKS AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 14V047000 (AIR BAGS AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM), 14V171000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE DEALER DID NOT GIVE A SPECIFIC DATE WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO CONTACTED AND COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED DATE FOR WHEN THE CONTACTS VEHICLE WOULD RECEIVE THE RECALL REPAIRS. THE CONTACT WAS CONTINUING TO EXPERIENCE THE INTERMITTENT FAILURE WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH, INSTRUMENT PANEL SENSORS AND THE GAGES INTERMITTENTLY DID NOT WORK. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. DYD

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, FOUR DEER INTERSECTED WITH THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE DEER AND THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE DRIVER AND THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED WHIPLASH, PAINS TO THE BACK AND NECK. BOTH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 12/09/14*LJ UPDATED 5/11/2015 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 7 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND FAILED TO RESPOND. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE JERKED FORWARD AND STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 169,350.

DRIVING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT WITH A WARNING IN THE DASHBOARD. I STOPPED, TURNED OFF THE CAR AND RESTARTED IT AND IT WORKED AGAIN. THE SECOND TIME THIS OCCURED, I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE HAVING TRAVELED FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES WHEN IT WENT OUT. IT HAS INCREASED IN FREQUENCY DAILY TO THE POINT NOW THAT EVERY TIME I GET INTO THE CAR IT GOES OUT WITHIN ABOUT 2 MINUTES. *TR

I HAD THE IGNITION CHANGES AS OF A RECALL. THE ELECTRICAL STARTED TO ACT UP AFTER THAT, THE CRUISE CONTROL WILL KICK OFF, THE DOORS WILL LOCK AND UNLOCK, THE ALARM WILL GO OFF EVEN IF YOU UNLOCK IT WITH THE KEY, THE REMOTE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING, THE RADIO STOPPED WORKING & THEN STARTED AGAIN, AND THE DRIVERS DOOR WILL SHOW LOCKED, BUT DOESN'T. THIS SEEMS TO ALL BE CONTROLLED BY THE IGNITION SWITCH. ITS TO THE POINT I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT BECAUSE IT MAY LEAVE ME STRANDED OR STOP WORKING IN TRAFFIC. BUT THE COMPANY SAYS THAT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE IGNITION. *TR

ON 3/28/14 I WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 6:30AM AND MY CAR JUST TURNED OFF DISPLAYING ENGINE POWER REDUCED. TAKEN TO DEALER AND THEY CLAIMED IT WAS NOTICE AND NOW IT BEEN 4 TIMES THIS HAS HAPPENED. RECENTLY ON 10/11/14 I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AND STOP AT A RED LIGHT WHEN MY CAR BEGAN TO SHAKE AND ON DASH DISPLAY MESSAGE READ ENGINE POWER REDUCE WHICH AT THIS POINT MY CAR CUT OFF AND WOULD NOT START BACK UP.. I WAITED ABOUT 10 MIN AND TURNED IT ON AGAIN.. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN RECURRENT SINCE THEN AND NOW MY CHILD SAFETY LATCHES WHEN PUT ON WILL NOT LET DOORS CLOSE AND WHEN MOVED TO OPEN POSITION THE SAFETY LOCK WILL NOT REPOSITION ITSELF TO THE OPEN POSITION. RECENTLY ON 10/07/14 MY SERVICE AIRBAGS MESSAGE DISPLAYED FOR NO REASON. I HAVE CONTACTED DEALERSHIP AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHY THIS IS HAPPENING BUT WONT TRADE MY CAR FOR ANOTHER AND I HAVE CONTACTED GM AND STILL NO ONE HAS HELPED ME THESE ISSUES. I FEAR FOR MINE AND MY FAMILY LIFE IN THIS CAR. *TR

THE POWER STEERING TURNED OFF ON THE FREEWAY. LOOKED ONLINE AND THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH CHEVROLET HHR'S. ALSO NOTICED THAT GM HAS RECALLED THIS ISSUE IN CANADA BUT NOT THE US. WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THEY HAVEN'T RECALLED IT. THE ESTIMATED COST TO REPAIR APPEARS TO BE $300 TO $500. *TR

MY POWER STEERING HAS STARTED TO GO OUT WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS IT CAN HAPPEN AT ANY MOMENT WITHOUT WARNING. MY VEHICLE IS NOT PART OF THE RECALL AS IT IS ONLY FOR 2009-2010 AND IT SHOULD BE. IF I AM TAKING A TURN AND THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT THE VEHICLE WANTS TO GO STRAIGHT AND IT COULD CAUSE ME TO CRASH. I DON'T FEEL THAT AT ONLY 76,000 MILES ON THE CAR THAT I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY TO REPLACE THEIR FAULTY PRODUCT. ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING FAILED AS THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT A CHIME SOUNDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE CHIME ACTIVATED ALERTING THAT THE POWER STEERING WOULD FAIL. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLIED EXTREME FORCE TO CONTROL THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 113,000.

I WAS JUST BACKING THE CAR OUT AS NORMAL AND THEN THERE WAS A CLICKING AND THE DINGING BELL OF AN ALARM THE POWER STEERING BLINKED ON DASH. IT BECAME HARD TO MANEUVER. I COULD NOT DO ANYTHING. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND IT WAS FINE AND I BACKED OUT BUT WHEN SWITCH TO DRIVE THE SAME THING HAPPENED. LUCKY I WAS JUST STARTING MY DAY AND AT HOME. I SEE THERE IS A RECALL ON MY IGNITION BUT I GOT CONFUSE IS THE POWER STEERING IS ONLY ON THE NEWER HHR? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND WAS UNABLE TO TURN. THE CONTACT RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND IT RESUMED TO NORMAL. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE IGNITION KEY WOULD NOT RELEASE FROM THE IGNITION AND THE RELEASE BUTTON IN THE STEERING COLUMN WAS REQUIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V047000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) HOWEVER, THE REMEDY FAILED TO REPAIR THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 107,000. UPDATED 12/01/14*LJ

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WAS NOT ABLE TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO REPROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER, PROVIDED THE CONTACT WITH A NEW SET OF KEYS, AND REPAIRED THE VEHICLE ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14E021000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE KEY REMAINED STUCK IN THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE ALSO FAILED TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER, AND THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING MOTOR, THE GEAR BOX, AND SHIFTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND EXCESSIVE FORCE WAS REQUIRED TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,703.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE POWER STEERING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE STEERING FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR SHIFT FAILED TO LOCK IN THE PARK POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE GEAR SHIFT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 144,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN AS THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL FAILURES. THE ENGINE FAILED TO START, THE DOORS LOCK FAILED TO LOCK ELECTRONICALLY AND SOMETIMES UNLOCKED WHILE DRIVING. ALSO, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN REPLACED THE COMPUTER CLUSTER MODULE. HOWEVER, THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER FOR FURTHER INSPECTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,500. UPDATED 10/22/2014*LJ THE CONSUMERS WIFE WAS INJURED AS THEY ATTEMPTED TO STEER THE VEHICLE, TO AVOID A CRASH. UPDATED 03//09/16*JB

POWER STEERING HAS RANDOMLY FAILED, AND ALTHOUGH TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTING IT WILL FIX THE PROBLEM TEMPORARILY, IT CONTINUES TO FAIL WITH INCREASING FREQUENCY. *TR

ON SEPT. 11 I WAS DRIVING AT A RATE OF 45 MPH WHEN MY CAR DINGED AND POWER STEERING CAME ACROSS THE DIGITAL SCREEN. I WAS ABLE TO MANUALLY STEER. ONCE THE CAR WAS TURNED OFF AND TURNED BACK ON THE POWER STEERING WAS OKAY FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND THEN IT WENT OUT AGAIN. THE CAR HAD TO BE TURNED OFF AND TURNED BACK ON. OVER THE WEEKEND WHILE AWAITING SERVICE, THE POWER STEERING WAS GOING OUT EVERY 2 TO 3 MILES. THIS MORNING 9/14/14 THE POWER STEERING WAS COMPLETELY OUT AND WOULD NOT COME BACK ON. I MADE IT TO THE DEALER SHIP AND WAS MADE AWARE OF A POWER STEERING RECALL IN WHICH MY CAR DID NOT FALL UNDER. I SEARCHED GM'S WEBSITE ABOUT THIS RECALL AND FOUND THIS NOTATION ON THE WEBSITE: "IN ADDITION, 309,160 NON-TURBOCHARGED CHEVROLET HHRS FROM THE 2006-2008 MODEL YEARS (AND SEVERAL HUNDRED 2009 MODELS) AND 96,324 SATURN IONS FROM THE 2003 MODEL YEAR THAT ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THESE RECALLS WILL BE GIVEN LIFETIME WARRANTIES FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING MOTOR." HTTP://MEDIA.GM.COM/MEDIA/US/EN/GM/VEHICLES.DETAIL.HTML/CONTENT/PAGES/NEWS/US/EN/2014/MAR/0331-POWER-STEERING.HTML I MADE MY DEALER AWARE AND THEY ADVISED ME TO CONTACT GM DIRECTLY. WHEN I DID THIS I WAS TOLD BY 4 SEPARATE REPRESANTIVES AT GM THAT THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS AND WOULD NOT BE HONORING IT, REGARDLESS OF THE INFORMATION BEING ON THEIR WEBSITE. THEY WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO PROVIDE ANY KIND OF PROOF OR TO SPEAK WITH ANYONE ELSE. I FIND THIS DISTURBING FIRST OF ALL THAT THE 2006 CHEVY HHR WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL BECAUSE IT OBVIOUSLY IS AN ISSUE AND SECONDLY THAT GM WOULD PUBLISH THIS INFORMATION AND THEN REFUSE TO HONOR IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE POWER STEERING SEIZED CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO BECOME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER AND THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 213,000. UPDATED 3/31/15*CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. HE DID THE REPAIRS HIMSELF. THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. UPDATED 7/8/2015*JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. AFTER MAKING A RIGHT TURN AT 10 MPH, THE POWER STEERING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED, A WARNING SOUND CHIMED, AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE FAILURE OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ASSIST WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

JUST AFTER I HAD A IGNITION SWITCH INSTALLED FROM A RECALL , I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AT 55 MILES AN HOUR WHEN THE STEERING STOP WORKING AND WAS FORCED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I TURNED OFF THE MOTOR AND RESTATED IT AND THE STEERING STARTED WORKING AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST ONCE A DAY FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS AND I COULD TURN OFF THE SWITCH AND BACK ON AND IT WOULD START WORKING AGAIN. IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW FAST OR SLOW OR IF I'M AT A STOP LIGHT IT HAS STOPPED WORKING. I HAVE TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND TOLD THEM OF THE PROBLEM ALL THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD CALL THE DISTRICT MANAGER TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO. THIS WAS THIS MORNING AND I WILL CALL THEM BACK TOMORROW TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY WILL DO OR NOT DO. THIS IS VERY SCARY AND I WILL NOT LET MY WIFE DRIVE THE CAR FOR THAT REASON. IF I HAD NOT BEEN ON MY TOES WATCHING WHAT I WAS DOING WHILE DRIVING I MIGHT HAVE HAD A ACCIDENT. WHEN IT DOES GO OUT IT IS VERY HARD TO STEER AND IF I WAS IN TRAFFIC AND HAVE TO MAKE A SUDDEN TURN I WOULD NOT BE WRITING THIS MESSAGE TO YOU TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WITH THE CAR. *TR

POWER STEERING GOES OUT INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING. HAVE TO PULL OVER TURN OFF CAR AND RESTART. POWER STEERING MOTOR REPLACED 3/13/13 BY CHEVROLET DEALER. AS OF SEPTEMBER 2014 THE POWER STEERING MOTOR HAS NOT BEEN INCLUDED IN THE SAFETY RECALL FOR 2006 HHR. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14E021000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE PART HAD BEEN UNAVAILABLE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

THE DRIVERS DOOR WILL NOT OPEN. HAVE TO CLIMB OVER THE CONSOLE TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE CAR. *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON. THE POWER STEERING WAS OUT AND I DID DRIVE HOME THAT WAY. I SUBSEQUENTLY LEARNED THAT IF I TURNED OFF THE IGNITION AND STARTED UP AGAIN, IT WOULD START WORKING AGAIN. THE POWER STEERING HAS GONE OUT 5 MORE TIMES SINCE THEN WHEN I WAS DRIVING OR EXITING THE FREEWAY. *TR

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE THE ENGINE SHUT OFF WHILE TRAVELING DOWN 3 LANES OF TRAFFIC.( DEL PRADO EAST ) WAS ABLE TO ROLL DOWN WINDOW HIT FLASHERS AND WARN OTHER DRIVERS OF STALLED ENGINE, STEERING WHEEL AND BRAKES STILL WORKED; BATTERY POWER STILL INTACT WAS ABLE TO COAST INTO A LEFT HAND TURNING LANE WITH REAR END STILL OUT BLOCKING TRAFFIC HORNS BLARING !. TRIED TO START ENGINE 3 X'S IT STILL HAD BATTERY POWER SO WAS ABLE TO PUT CAR IN PARK AND STEP ON BRAKE TO START AS IS REQUIRED. AFTER 3RD TRY THE ENGINE CAME TO LIFE. I CROSSED OVER 3 LANES OF ON COMING TRAFFIC AND IT SHUT OFF AGAIN WAS ABLE TO GET IT STARTED AGAIN AFTER SEVERAL TRIES, PULLED INTO CAPE CORAL HOS PARKING LOT. AND TOOK BACK ROAD TO MY HOME, VEHICLE SHUT OFF AGAIN SAME PROCESS , AFTER 4 TRIES IT STARTED AND WAS ABLE TO GET HOME, TIME WAS 5:43 PM CALLED ROGER DEAN CHEV. SERVICE DEPT CLOSED. 3 TIMES THIS HAPPENED. TOOK TO SERVICE DEPT ON MONDAY 08/25/14 . DIAG INTERNAL FAILURE DTC CODE PO601 ECM, PART REPLACED 1 GTY/ 1259917 / MODULE 3.670 PART $ 670.00 LABOR $ 249.88 . TOLD THIS IS JUST A FAILURE BUT NOT A WORRY ENOUGH TO BE A RECALL, AND LIKE ANY COMPUTER IT CAN CRASH IE NO BIG DEAL ! A HOME COMPUTER DOESN'T CRASH IN TRAFFIC LIKE A CAR DOES. I BEG TO DIFFER IF I HAD NOT BEEN AN EXPERIENCED DRIVER I'M NOT TOO SURE HOW THE OUTCOME WOULD OF BEEN, AND GRATEFUL THAT MY 18 YEAR OLD GRANDCHILD WASN'T BEHIND THE WHEEL, THE OUT COME COULD OF BEEN TRAGIC ! WAS TOLD BY SERVICE DEPT I COULD GET A NEW CAR IF I WAS WORRIED ABOUT DRIVING IT. WHAT THE -------- THAT DOESN'T CHANGE THE FACT THE INTERNAL FAILURE HAPPENED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING AND REQUIRED EXCESSIVE FORCE TO MANEUVER. THE CONTACT MANAGED TO DRIVE HOME, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. IN ADDITION, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL MALFUNCTIONED INTERMITTENTLY. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE AND THE PEDAL BECAME LODGED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED THE FAILURES AFTER IT WAS REPAIRED ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14V171000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND 14E021000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER, BUT THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE VEHICLE FOR FREE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 158,000.

I WAS DRIVING MY CHEVROLET HHR 2006 WITH MY 1 AND 2 YEAR OLD WHEN THE POWER STEERING SHUT OFF COMPLETELY AND MADE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER MY VEHICLE. NOW IT DOESN'T WORK AT ALL. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND EVERY TIME I ATTEMPT TO CONTACT CHEVROLET ABOUT THIS SITUATION, THEY STATE THE STEERING RECALL IS NOT ON MY CAR. I HAVE READ 100'S OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS EXACT SAME ISSUE, WHY ISN'T IT RESOLVED YET? DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE FIRST BEFORE THEY ISSUE A RECALL? *TR

POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE MY 16 YR OLD WAS DRIVING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND EXCESSIVE FORCE WAS REQUIRED INTERMITTENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE PROBLEM RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

SINCE FEBRUARY 2014, THE VEHICLE LOSES POWER STEERING DURING EVERY ACTIVE OPERATION. I HAVE CONTACTED CHEVROLET REGARDING THIS PROBLEM AND WAS INFORMED THAT BASED ON MY VIN, THE RECALL DID NOT APPLY. I SPECIFICALLY IN FORMED THEM THAT THIS WASN'T JUST ABOUT THE RECALL ANNOUNCEMENT, BUT THAT I WAS ACTIVELY EXPERIENCING POWER STEERING FAILURE DURING EVERY OPERATION, BUT I WAS EMPHATICALLY INFORMED BY THE RECALL REPRESENTATIVE THAT THE RECALL DID NOT APPLY TO MY CAR AND THAT IS WAS MERELY COINCIDENTAL THAT MY 2006 HHR IS HAVING POWER STEERING FAILURE AND WAS NOT RELATED IN ANY WAY TO THE RECALL! *TR

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, THE KEY GOT STUCK IN THE IGNITION IN APRIL (WITH NO OTHER PROBLEMS) DRAINED THE BATTERY AND WAS PICKED UP AND TAKEN TO SMICKLAS CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP IN OKC, AND REMAINED THERE ON THE LOT UNTIL WE PICKED UP ON 8/8/14 WAS TOLD WE NEEDED A NEW BATTERY THEY COULD DO FOR AROUND $200 BUT IT WAS NOT PAYDAY YET AND WE ASKED FOR A JUMP WHEN WE GOT THERE. I FEEL WITH IT SITTING THERE SO LONG MAYBE THEY SHOULD HAVE TRY TO CHARGE THE BATTERY AT THE VERY LEAST. WE GOT A FEW MILES DOWN THE EXPRESSWAY AND HAD TO PULL OVER SO WE DIDN'T GET IN A WRECK OR CAUSE ONE DUE TO A TON OF SMOKE COMING OUT THE VENTS AND A TERRIBLE ELECTRICAL SMELL LIKE IT WAS ON FIRE! TURNED OFF THE A/C AND PULLED OVER TO CHECK UNDER THE HOOD TO MAKE SURE THERE WASN'T A FIRE, NOT ONE WE COULD SEE BUT IT SURE SMELLED LIKE IT!! CALLED RAY AT SMICKLAS RIGHT THERE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, ONLY TO BE TOLD IT SOUNDED LIKE THE BLOWER MOTOR ON THE AIR CONDITIONER AND THAT HAPPENS SOMETIMES WHEN CARS SIT FOR THAT LONG. FEELING HELPLESS, WE FINALLY GET HOME TO CHECK THINGS OUT AND FIND THE PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD FULL OF WATER, UNABLE TO SET THE TIME ON THE RADIO AND SOME BUTTONS WON'T WORK OR THE CD PLAYER AND THE NEW REMOTE START WILL NOT WORK. WE GET IT TO OUR MECHANIC THAT REPLACES THE BATTERY AND TOLD US THAT THE OLD ONE WAS VERY HOT!! AND THAT THE BLOWER MOTOR WAS NOT THE PROBLEM, IT DIDN'T EVEN HAVE POWER TO IT, IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM TO DO WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON....I LAUGHED AND TOLD HIM WE JUST HAD THAT DONE! HE SAID THAT THEY MAY HAVE WIRED SOMETHING WRONG, OR THE SWITCH WAS BAD. AND TO THE END THE DAY, WHEN STOPPING FOR DINNER ON THE WAY HOME THE KEY STUCK IN THE NEW IGNITION SWITCH AND I HAD TO SHIFT FROM PARK AND DRIVE A COUPLE TIMES TO GET THE KEY OUT. WHAT DO I NEED TO DO TO GET THIS RESOLVED??? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, *TR

THIS CAR HAS ALREADY BEEN SERVICED DUE TO RECALL ON IGNITION. I SPECIFIED TO THE SERVICE REP (WHEN I DROPPED IT FOR THE RECALL SERVICE) OF WHAT WE HAD EXPERIENCED BEFORE WE PARKED IT: THE FIRST TIME WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH THE THEFT DETERRENT ALARM LIT UP, POWER STARTED TO FAIL, ALL GAUGES MOVED ERRATICALLY UP AND DOWN, DASHBOARD DISPLAY THEN FLASHED *****F, THEN FLASHED "POWER STEERING", AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WE GOT OFF THE ROAD, FOUND A 2 AMP FUSE TO THE IGNITION SWITCH/PASS-KEY BLOWN, REPLACED #8 FUSE FROM SPARE.THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME. WE EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM SEVERAL MORE TIMES BUT NO BLOWN FUSES. AFTER RECALL SERVICE WAS COMPLETED THEY MADE NO NOTE OF ANY OTHER ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS BEING FOUND OR SERVICED THE PROBLEM HAS RESURFACED, AND NEARLY STRANDED US. NO BLOWN FUSES IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OR UNDER DASH. . ON 8/16/2014 THE CAR DECIDED TO SHUT DOWN AT 55MPH. LUCKILY THE POWER STEERING NEVER WENT OUT TOTALLY, AND THE CAR BEHIND US AVOIDED OUR SUDDEN SLOW DOWN. A CERTIFIED MECHANIC (NOT LOCAL CHEVY DEALERSHIP WHERE PURCHASED AND SERVICED FRO 100,000 M) HAVE SUGGESTED THAT I FILE THIS COMPLAINT. *TR

A SUDDEN LOSS IN POWER STEERING OCCURS EVERY TIME I OPERATE MY 2006 CHEVY HHR FOR MORE THAN A FEW MINUTES. AFTER IGNITION, THE POWER STEERING WILL INITIALLY WORK CORRECTLY. AT A RANDOM TIME SOON AFTER DRIVING, THE POWER STEERING WILL INEXPLICABLY FAIL, RESULTING IN A FAILOVER TO MANUAL STEERING. SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE FAILURE, AN ERROR MESSAGE APPEARS IN THE INFORMATION DISPLAY - "POWER STEERING". TO SEE A VIDEO OF WHAT HAPPENS, SEE HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=WFNP159D3PG THAT VIDEO WAS TAKEN BY ANOTHER PERSON, BUT EXACTLY DESCRIBES MY FAILURE. I WENT TO MR. TIRE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO TO HAVE THEM EVALUATE THE PROBLEM. THEY SAID THAT THE DEALER HAS TO FIX THAT PROBLEM. THEY DID SHOW ME THAT GM CANADA ISSUED A RECALL FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM. IT IS TITLED "RECALL - LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST" BULLETIN # 10413. IN CANADA THEY WILL REPLACE PART # 19257876 OR 19257875 MOTOR KIT, P/S ASST FOR NO CHARGE. WHY WON'T THEY REPAIR THIS IN THE USA? IT IS QUITE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE WITH MANUAL STEERING. I HAVE INJURED MY HIP NOW AND CAN'T TURN THE WHEEL ANYMORE. ANYWAY, HERE IS THE OFFICIAL CONDITION: A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. IF THE POWER STEERING ASSIST IS LOST, THE VEHICLE CAN STILL BE STEERED, HOWEVER, WITH GREATER EFFORT (MANUAL STEERING). THE SLOWER THE VEHICLE IS MOVING, THE HIGHER THE STEERING EFFORT. UNLESS A DRIVER COMPENSATES FOR THIS ADDITIONAL STEERING EFFORT, LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST MAY INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH. WHEN THE POWER STEERING ASSIST IS LOST, A CHIME WILL BE HEARD AND THE MESSAGE CENTER WILL DISPLAY A "POWER STEERING" WARNING MESSAGE. TYPICALLY THE NEXT TIME THE VEHICLE IS STARTED, THE POWER STEERING ASSIST WILL RETURN (BRIEFLY) AND THE MESSAGE WILL NO LONGER BE DISPLAYED. *TR

2006 CHEVROLET HHR LS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON IN THE DIC. HAD DIFFICULTY STEERING BACK HOME ON THE HIGHWAY. REPLACED FUSE AND STARTING WORKING AGAIN, BUT A FEW MINUTES OF DRIVING MADE IT TURN BACK ON. TURNED CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON IT WORKED FINE, A FEW MINUTES LATER THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME BACK ON AND THE POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING AGAIN. *TR

THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT ON MY CAR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO. CHEVY IS AWARE OF THIS. THEY HAVE MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS OF THIS SAME NATURE. THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE ISSUE WAS THE POWER STEERING MODULE, WHICH IS THE SAME ISSUE THE HAVE WITH THE COBALT OR VOLT. THEY RECALLED THESE OTHER VEHICLES; AND A FEW MONTHS AGO, THE CHEVY HHR'S WERE RECALLED FOR THIS ISSUE BUT MY PARTICULAR YEAR WAS NOT INCLUDED, FOR SOME REASON. THIS IS NOT FAIR. THE IDENTICAL ISSUE IS HAPPENING WITH ALL YEARS OF THE HHR, BUT THE RECALL DIDN'T REFLECT THIS. I PAID ALMOST $300 TO HAVE THIS ISSUE FIXED, SINCE CHEVY WASN'T DOING ANYTHING TO CORRECT THIS. I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHY THIS YEAR VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. I'VE ASKED THIS EXACT QUESTION TO CHEVY MULTIPLE TIMES, BUT THEY HAVE YET TO PROVIDE AN ANSWER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 187,000.

THE POWER STEERING IS GOING OUT AT LEAST 3 TIMES A DAY WHILE DRIVE. *TR

I WAS GOING TO LEAVE FOR WORK AT 3:25 PM, MARCH 4, 2014. I GOT IN , STARTED THE CAR, PLACED THE CAR IN REVERSE, AND BEGAN TO BACK OUT, WHEN I NOTICED THAT THE WHEEL BECAME REALLY HARD TO STEER, I COULDN'T STEER AT ALL. MY POWER STEERING WAS GONE. I WAS PANICKED, AND HAD TO CALL OUT FROM WORK, I KNEW I WAS LUCKY THAT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN WHEN I LEFT WORK THE NIGHT BEFORE. IT REALLY STRUCK ME THAT THANK GOD IT DIDN'T HAPPEN WHEN I WAS ON THE FREEWAY, OR DRIVING UP THE MOUNTAIN TO RUNNING SPRINGS, TO SPEND THE WEEKEND WITH MY FIANCEE. LUCKY THAT IT HAPPENED IN MY DRIVEWAY. WHEN I INVESTIGATED THE RECENT RECALLS FOR POWER STEERING RECALLS, I NOTICED THAT MY CAR WAS NOT APART OF THAT PARTICULAR RECALL...WHY NOT! I THOUGHT, WHAT WOULD IT HAVE TAKEN, MY DEATH? SO, I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO MY MECHANIC, WHO ALSO THOUGHT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PART OF THE RECALL AS WELL...I HAD TO PAY FOR THE POWER STEERING COLUMN MYSELF, AT $400, AND REMOVE AND REPLACE THE COLUMN AT $150, PLUS TAX OF $48.00, FOR THE GRAND TOTAL OF $598. THIS UNEXPECTED EXPENSE CAUSED A FINANCIAL HARDSHIP THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED HAD GM INCLUDED MY CAR IN THE POWER STEERING RECALL. I'M LUCKY THAT UNLIKE THE OTHERS WHO HAD TO DIE TO INITIATE THIS RECALL, I'M STILL HERE. GM, I WOULD LIKE TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE, WHAT I AM ASKING FOR IS LESS THAN THE LAWSUITS OF THE FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO DIED, ARE ASKING FOR. BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY, HAD I BEEN ONE OF THOSE UNFORTUNATE VICTIMS, MY FAMILY WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE SEEKING DAMAGES AGAINST GM. *TR

ON MY WAY TO WORK I SLOWED DOWN TO CHANGE LANES TO MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN TO A PARKING LOT. ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WAS A MAJOR JOLT AND MY FOOT WAS KNOCKED OFF THE GAS PEDAL. THE LAST THING I REMEMBER WAS LOOKING DOWN AT MY RIGHT FOOT AND SEEING IT UNDER THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THINKING I NEED TO MOVE MY FOOT. I REMEMBER THE EMERGENCY ROOM FOR A MOMENT WHEN I ASKED THEM NOT TO CUT MY CLOTHES. MY NEXT MEMORY IS FOR A MOMENT IN ICU AND THEN I WOKE UP IN A HOSPITAL ROOM A WEEK LATER. ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT, THE CAR CROSSED THE TWO WESTBOUND LANES AND HIT A SIGN AND FENCE, JUMPED THE CURB, AND THEN HIT SHRUBBERY AND SEVERAL HEADSTONES AT A MEMORIAL SALES BUSINESS. POLICE ESTIMATED MY SPEED AT 50 MPH? I THINK THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED WHILE I WAS DRIVING. POSSIBLY THE IGNITION SHUT DOWN CAUSING THE JOLT AND DEPLOYMENT. THE CAR WAS TOTALED AND I WAS DISABLED IN THIS ACCIDENT. I AM UNABLE TO RETURN TO WORK. ACCORDING TO GM I AM NOT ELIGIBLE FOR A SETTLEMENT BECAUSE MY AIRBAG DEPLOYED. WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES THAT MAKE IF THE IGNITION CAUSED THE ACCIDENT? *TR

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT THE SPEED LIMIT WITH A TRACTOR TRAILER BEHIND ME AND THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND SINCE THEN ITS BEEN GOING IN AND OUT ALL THE TIME EVEN AT SLOWER SPEEDS AFTER A EXHAUSTING SEARCH I SEEN A LOT OF COMPLAINTS WITH THE SAME ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL CAR AND I ALSO SEEN THEY DID DO A RECALL FOR THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE 2009 CHEVY HHR THEY NEED TO DO A RECALL WITH THE 2006 CHEVY HHR AS IT IS DOING THE SAME THING AS THE 2009 MY PHONE NUMBER IS [XXX] [XXX] DID GET A DIAGNOSTIC DONE THRU A CHEVY DEALER AND IT CAME BACK AS THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING MOTOR SEEMS LIKE THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE HHR AND CHEVY ISN'T DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT PLEASE GET THIS ISSUE FIXED IM A WORKING PERSON AND THE MONEY FOR THE MOTOR ISN'T EASY TO COME BY LIVING IN NY PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL ME REGARDING THIS ISSUE AND ANYONE CAN GOOGLE THIS PROBLEM AND SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL CAR THIS IS THE RECALL INFORMATION FOR THE 2009 CHEVY HHR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 THIS IS REGARDING THE STEERING IN THE CHEVY HHR 2009 THE SAME PROBLEM IS IN THE 2006 CHEVY HHR PLEASE CALL REGARDING THIS ISSUE AND WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH THIS. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WE WERE ON VACATION AND I WAS TRAVELING ON A ROAD AT THE POSTED SPEED OF 30 MPH. I WAS GOING AROUND A BEND AND IMMEDIATELY MY POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON, THERE WAS A CHIME, IT BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO MANAGE THE BEND I WAS GOING AROUND AND I HIT A LIGHT POLE DAMAGING MY FRONT BUMPER. AT THAT SAME TIME, MY MHP AND RMP NEEDLES BEGAN BOUNCING BACK AND FORTH AND THE CAR WAS "JERKING". I TURNED THE CAR OFF. IT WAS STILL DRIVABLE, BUT WITHIN A FEW SECONDS THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME BACK ON, THE NEEDLES BOUNCED AND CAR JERKED. I CALLED GM TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE POWER STEERING. THEY INFORMED ME THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL GM POWER STEERING RECALLS ON SEVERAL YEARS OF HHR, COBALT AND SATURNS. THEY ALL HAVE VERY SIMILAR POWER STEERING MECHANISMS. HOWEVER, MY YEAR, 2006, WAS NOT ON THAT RECALL. I HAVE RESEARCHED AND FOUND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH 2006 HHR'S COMPLAINING OF THE SAME ISSUES BUT NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY THAT YEAR IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL.

I WAS DRIVING MY WIFES CAR TO THE GM DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE RECALL ON THE IGNITION SWITCH REPAIRED, AS I ENTERED THE CLOVERLEAF EXITING THE INTERSTATE THE POWER STEERING FAILED, I MADE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, LEFT THE CAR RUNNING AND SHOWED THE SERVIVE MANAGER WHAT IT DID, HE FELT OF THE STEERING AND AGREED THE POWER STEERING WAS BAD, HE CHECKED AND SAID IT WAS NOT UNDER A RECALL. AFTER SOME RESEARCH I FOUND THAT THE COBALT HAS A RECALL FOR THE SAME THING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED AND RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

DRIVERS SIDE DOOR HANDLE BROKE OFF. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V047000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PARTS NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACTED STATED WHILE EXITING THE VEHICLE, THE DOOR HANDLE FAILED. AS A RESULT THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON THREE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN A DEALER. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE DOOR HANDLE WAS FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE COULD BE RESTARTED BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING BUT THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 123,000. UPDATED 09/05/14*LJ

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. AFTER THE CONTACT RETURNED TO THE VEHICLE SHORTLY AFTER IT HAD BEEN PARKED, SHE FOUND IT HAD ROLLED AWAY THREE HOUSES DOWNHILL. THE VEHICLE HAD DRIVEN OVER A CURB, SIDESWIPED A TREE, AND CRASHED INTO CINDER BLOCKS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND REPAIRED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS UNKNOWN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000. UPDATED 8/28/14*CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE COVER INTERLOCK WAS REMOVED. THE SHIFTER DID NOT LOCK INTO GEAR. THE LOCK WAS MISSING. THE CONSUMER WAS NOT GIVEN ANY PAPERWORK TO EXPLAIN THE ISSUES. THE CONSUMER WAS ADVISED BY MULTIPLE MECHANICS THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT DRIVE WITH THESE DEFECTS. UPDATED 11/25/2014 *JS

LOST ALL ELECTRONIC POWER AND STEERING AND SHUT OFF WOUND UP IN THE DITCH WHICH STOPPED THE CAR KEY WOULD NOT TURN TO THE OFF POSIPOSITION. *TR

ALL ELECTRONIC SHUT OFF NO BRAKES NO STEERING WOUND UP IN THE DITCH KEY WOULD NOT TURN TO THE OFF POSIPOSITION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED AS THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

AS I BEGAN TO PULL OUT FROM THE PARKING LOT AFTER WORK ONE EVENING, I BEGAN TO HEAR A CHIME LIKE TONE, AT THE SAME TIME A MESSAGE APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD THAT READ "POWER STEERING..." I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE, CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD FOR A POSSIBLE BROKEN POWER STEERING BELT, BUT COULD NOT FIND THE POWER STEERING PUMP .RE STARTED THE ENGINE AND THE POWER STEERING WORKED FINE FOR ABOUT A WEEK. I LATER DISCOVERED THE POWER SYSTEM ASSIST CONSIST OF AN ELECTRIC POWER STEERING MOTOR AND NOT A HYDRAULIC. AS TIME PASSED, THE PROBLEM BECAME MORE FREQUENT. NOW, ONCE THE CAR BEGINS TO MOVE, IT TAKES ONLY A COUPLE OF MINUTES, IF NOT SECONDS, BEFORE I HEAR THE CHIME, THE MESSAGE SHOWS UP, AND HERE I GO AGAIN, STRUGGLING TO STEER WITH ONE HAND AND SHIFTING WITH THE OTHER, AT TIMES THROUGH VERY HEAVY TRAFFIC. MY CAR IS A STANDARD SHIFT. IT HAS BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO CROSS LANES WILE STEERING WITH ONE HAND AT THE SAME TIME YOU ARE ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT GEARS DURING HEAVY AND SLOW TRAFFIC. I AM BEGINNING TO SUFFER SHOULDER AND NECK PAIN WHICH COMPOUNDS THE PROBLEM. I CALLED GM ON THIS ISSUE BUT THE GM REP. SAID MY VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED ON THE POWER STEERING RECALL, ONLY RECALLED FOR IGNITION SWITCH PROBLEM. I BELIEVE THAT IF THE IGNITION SWITCH AND POWER STEERING ARE RECALLS FOR OTHER MODELS, MY 2006 HHR SHOULD ALSO BE RECALLED FOR IGNITION SWITCH AND THE POWER STEERING ISSUES. *TR

THIS STARTED 3 DAYS AGO. THE POWER STEERING SHOWED ON THE DASH AND I HAD NO POWER STEERING. READING THE MANUAL FOR THIS ISSUE A YEAR AGO IT SAID TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND THEN RESTART THE CAR AND THE STEERING WOULD RESET ITSELF. HOWEVER THE ISSUE PROGRESSED AND TODAY WAS GOING OUT EVERY FEW MILES. AND I WAS JUST AT THE CHEVROLET SERVICE FOR ANOTHER RECALL AND ASKED ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND THEY TOLD ME THEY DON'T HAVE THE PARTS AND THAT MY CAR WAS NOT ON THE LIST. THIS IS A BAD SITUATION AND VERY UNSAFE. I BELIEVE THE POWER STEERING WILL BE GONE COMPLETELY IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT IF SOMETHING COULD BE DONE RIGHT AWAY AS THIS IS MY PRIMARY VEHICLE AND I USE IT TO GET BACK AND FORTH TO WORK. THANK YOU. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

I HAVE A 2006 CHEVY HHR AND ON SUNDAY THE POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING. I GOOGLED THE PROBLEM AND FOUND A GM MEDIA RELEASE RELATING TO THE POWER STEERING. (HTTP://MEDIA.GM.COM/MEDIA/US/EN/GM/NEWS.DETAIL.HTML/CONTENT/PAGES/NEWS/US/EN/2014/MAR/0331-POWER-STEERING.HTML) I CHECKED WITH A COUPLE OF LOCAL DEALERSHIPS AND WAS ADVISED THAT MY VIN # WAS NOT LISTED IN THE RECALL. IN THE MEDIA RELEASE IT CLEARLY STATES THAT "IN ADDITION, 309,160 NON-TURBOCHARGED CHEVROLET HHRS FROM THE 2006-2008 MODEL YEARS (AND SEVERAL HUNDRED 2009 MODELS) AND 96,324 SATURN IONS FROM THE 2003 MODEL YEAR THAT ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THESE RECALLS WILL BE GIVEN LIFETIME WARRANTIES FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING MOTOR." EVEN THOUGH MY HHR IS A NON-TURBO 2006 MODEL, AND MY POWER STEERING IS NON-OPERABLE (HAS BEEN REPAIRED BY CASH PAYMENT BY ME) AS DESCRIBED IN THE MEDIA RELEASE, FOR WHATEVER REASON I'M NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW VIN #'S ARE SELECTED FOR A RECALL, BUT I FEEL SINCE MY VEHICLE APPARENTLY FALLS UNDER THE PERIMETERS OF THE RECALL WHY IS IT NOT INCLUDED. ANY ASSISTANCE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED AS I AM ON A LOW FIXED INCOME. REGARDS *TR

LETTER FROM SENATOR RUBIO ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT REGARDING ISSUES WITH HIS 2006 CHEVROLET HHR; HE IS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE LOST BILLING TIME AND REPAIRS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECALL OF THE HHR CHEVROLET; ATTN: JASON TEAMAN. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HE ENCOUNTERED MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE, EVER SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED. MANY OF THE PROBLEMS WERE RELATED TO THE FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH, WHERE THE KEY WOULD NOT COME OUT OF THE IGNITION, WHEN THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF, OR THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AT ALL. THERE WERE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE RADIO, WHERE IT WOULD TURN ON BY ITSELF. ALSO, THE LIGHTS AND WINDOWS DID NOT WORK. *JB UPDATED 04/13/15.*JB

DRIVING DOWN THE I-80 AT 75 MILES PER HOUR. WENT TO PULL OUT TO PASS A SEMI TRUCK, ALARM WENT OFF, POWER STEERING SHOWED ON DRIVERS INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. AS I TRIED TO MOVE BACK INTO SLOWER LANE I NOTICED I HAD NO POWER STEERING. AT FIRST EXIT I PULLED OFF . TURN CAR OFF. AFTER A SHIRT BREAK RESTARTED CAR TO TRY TO MAKE IT 20 MILES TO HOME THINKING POWER STEERING WAS COMPLETELY GONE. TO MY SURPRISE IT WAS WORKING AGAIN. DROVE ABOUT 5 MILES OUT AGAIN SO I JUST KEEP GOING TO HOME. CALLED GM CUSTOMER SERVICE THEY STATED I AM NOT PART OF THE RECALL ISSUED ON HHR'S BUT I KNOW THERE IS A SERVICE BULLETIN ON THIS ISSUE. *TR

AT A RED LIGHT AND WAS REAR ENDED WHICH CAUSE ME TO IT THE REAR END OF THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. *TR

JUST EXITED THE FREEWAY AND DRIVING ALONG SUDDENLY THE CAR JUST SHUT DOWN. IT TOOK 20 MINUTES TO GET THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THERE WAS A LOSS OF POWER STEERING WITHOUT WARNING. IN ADDITION, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND OPERATED AS NORMAL. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TAKING A USED CAR FOR A TEST DRIVE ,DOWNSHIFTING TO STOP AT A LIGHT TO TAKE A RIGHT TURN HEARD AN ALARM THEN THE POWER STEERING ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH. I TOLD THE SALESMAN THAT IT WAS HARD STEERING AND THE LIGHT WAS ON , HE TOLD ME THAT IT WAS JUST LOW ON FLUID. I GOT HOME AND DID SOME CHECKING TO FIND THAT IT'S ELECTRIC POWER STEERING. IS THERE A PROBLEM WITH THE MOTOR OR WHAT? I PUT DOWN A $2000.00 DEPOSIT WHICH THEY SAY IS NON REFUNDABLE. ARE THEY LIABLE TO FIX IT BEFORE I LEAVE THE LOT OR DO I WAIT FOR A RECALL? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 20-60 MPH, THE POWER STEERING BECAME EXTREMELY ROUGH AND THE STEERING SENSOR ILLUMINATED. THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED AND BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,000.

WHEN I WAS DRIVING, I HEARD ALERT FROM MY CAR. THEN I SAW "POWER STEERING" ON THE SCREEN. AFTER THAT, I COULDN'T TURN MY POWER STEERING ANYMORE. I ONLY COULD DRIVE STRAIGHT AHEAD. IT WAS DANGEROUS, I FELT LUCKY THAT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN ON HIGHWAYS. MY BABY AND MY WIFE WERE IN THE CAR WITH ME AT THAT MOMENT. I ONLY SAW GM RECALL 2009 AND 2010 HHR, BUT NOT 2006. I HOPE GM WILL RECALL FOR 2006 HHR. *TR

I WAS TAKING MY CHILDREN TO THE DENTIST, SO I WAS GOING TO GO OVER THE MOUNTAIN. I HAD JUST WENT THROUGH A VERY CURVY ROAD AND WAS ON A STRAIGHT PART WHEN THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. I PULLED OVER TO SEE IF I WAS LEAKING POWER STEERING FLUID NOT REALIZING UNTIL LATER IT IS ELECTRONIC. I TURNED THE CAR OF AND BACK ON. IT WAS RESET. I DROVE OVER THE NEXT PART OF THE MOUNTAIN SLOWLY LIKE 25 TO 30 MPH. I MADE IT OVER THE MOUNTAIN ON TO THE MAIN HIGHWAY. IT WENT OUT AGAIN. I DID THE SAME THING PULLED OVER TURN THE CAR OFF AND ON AGAIN. I DID NOT GET TO DRIVE BUT A COUPLE OF MILES AND IT WENT OUT AGAIN. I MADE IT TO A COUNTRY STORE AND PARKED THE CAR. I CALLED MY PARENTS TO SEE IF THEY COULD COME GET US/ TOW THE CAR. THEY CALLED THE DEALERSHIP WHO ADVISED THEM THAT I DRIVE THE CAR BACK TO THEM. SINCE I COULD NOT AFFORD TO PAY TO HAVE IT TOWED, I DROVE TO THE DEALERSHIP. IT WENT OUT AGAIN ON THE TRIP HOME 2 MORE TIMES. I MADE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TAKING THE LONG WAY BACK NOT OVER THE MOUNTAIN. THEY COULD NOT FIND OUT IF MY CAR WAS ON A RECALL LIST FOR THE POWER STEERING. SINCE I AM ON THE LIST FOR IGNITION PROBLEM, I AM REFUSING TO DRIVE THE CAR UNTIL IT IS FIXED. MY CHILDREN AND MYSELF MAY HAVE BEEN KILLED OR INJURED IF THE POWER STEERING HAD WENT OUT AS I WAS DRIVING OVER THE MOUNTAIN. WHERE I LIVE THE ROADS ARE CURVY ESPECIALLY THE MOUNTAIN I WENT OVER! I REALLY THINK THE STEERING ISSUE NEEDS TO BE ON RECALL BEFORE PEOPLE ARE SERIOUSLY HURT. THE YOUNG GENERATION HAVE NO EXPERIENCE DRIVING WITHOUT POWER STEERING AND I THANK THE GOOD LORD I KNEW HOW TO DRIVE TRACTORS WITHOUT POWER STEERING. *TR

THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH MY 2006 HHR.I REPLACED SOLENOIDS AND IT STOPPED FOR A FEW YEARS .I AM SICK OF IT I CALLED CHEVY YEARS AGO AND THEY WANTED ME TO PAY TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT WITH NO GUARANTEES, I ALREADY PAID A MECHANIC HUNDREDS AND HAD A READOUT FOR THEM. I ALMOST CRASHED INTO A SEMI TRUCK EXITING HWY ONE MORNING TAKING MY DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL ANOTHER EXCITING HWY ALSO I HAVE A LIST 2013/2014 NOW I WAS DRIVING LOCAL AND IN THE MIDDLE OF TURNING POWER STEERING WENT OUT YET AGAIN. I WAS RELAXED NOT READY FOR IT...IT HAS BEEN GOING ON OFF AND ON FOR YEARS. I REPLACED FUSE AS TOLD AND I THOUGHT IT FIXED THE PROBLEM FOR A FEW WEEKS NOTHING .I COULD PUT DOWN AT LEAST 10 DATES WHEN I HAVE HAD CLOSE CALLS WITH THIS PROBLEM... I HAVE READ 1000'S OF COMPLAINTS ON POWER STEERING PROBLEMS & SHIFTER WITH 2006 HHR ON DIFFERENT SITES. WHY HAS NOTHING BEEN DONE? AMAZING A BIG COMPANY CAN GET AWAY WITH THIS .THEY WAIT UNTIL A PERSON LOSES THEIR LIFE BEFORE THEY DO ANYTHING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHOOK EXCESSIVELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER WHEEL HUB ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, SIX MONTHS AFTER THE REPAIR WAS PERFORMED THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 118,000.

2006 CHEVROLET HHR. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO IGNITION SWITCH REPLACEMENT RECALL ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE RECALL. THE CONSUMER RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE IN MAY 2014. THE CONSUMER STATED THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED. HOWEVER, FROM TIME-TO TIME, THE KEY GETS STUCK IN THE IGNITION. THE CONSUMER RECEIVED ANOTHER RECALL NOTICE, REGARDING AN ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTER MAY NOT PROPERLY TRANSMIT AN ELECTRICAL SIGNAL THAT ALLOWS THE IGNITION KEY TO BE TURNED COUNTER CLOCKWISE PAST THE ACCESSORY MODE TO THE LOCK POSITION AFTER THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SHIFTED INTO PARK. ALSO, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. UPDATED 03/11/15. *JB

2006 CHEVROLET HHR. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO IGNITION SWITCH RECALL ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE SOMETIMES SHUT OFF, WHEN A BUMP WAS HIT IN THE ROAD. THAT WAS ABOUT 3-4 YEARS AGO. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE, TO REMEDY THE RECALL.

I WAS DRIVING MY 2006 CHEVY HHR TO THE STORE AND AS I WAS PULLING IN THE DASH READ POWER STEERING AND MY POWER STEERING WENT OUT. I STOP THE CAR IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE STORE AND WENT IN. I CAME BACK OUT AND STARTED AND HAD NO PROBLEM. I DID NOT DRIVE MY CAR THE NEXT DAY. SO MONDAY I WAS HEADED FOR WORK AND WAS GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND MY POWER STEERING DID THE SAME THING. AND ALMOST CAUSED A WRECK. I PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY AND TOOK IT NICE AND SLOW TO WORK AND HAD MY CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE RECALLS FIXED. I GOT MY CAR BACK TODAY (TUESDAY JULY 8, 2014) AND WAS NOT THREE BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND POWER STEERING DID IT AGAIN. I STARTED LOOKING AROUND ON THE INTERNET AND SEE WHERE THERE IS A RECALL FOR 2009-2011 CHEVY HHR THAT ARE DOING THE SAME THING AS MY CAR. HOWEVER I DID SEE THAT MORE 2006 CHEVY HHRS ARE DOING THE SAME THING AND WOULD LIKE FOR TO YOU LOOK INTO THE FACT THAT THIS COULD BE A RECALL ALSO. I TRULY BELIEVE IT IS. *JS

GAS LINE IS VERY RUSTED AND HAS A GAS LEAK AT THE FIRST RETAINER CLIP BY THE FUEL TANK. LEAKS A LOT OF GAS. THIS LINE SHOULD NOT RUST THE WAY IT DID, VERY RUSTY AT EVERY BEND IN FUEL LINE. *JS

THE POWER STEERING GOES IN AND OUT WHILE DRIVING THE SAME ISSUE AS THE OTHER POWER STEERING RECALLS DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS MODEL YEAR WAS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO BE DRIVING AND THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT IS ELECTRICAL. PLEASE CONSIDER PUTTING THIS ON THE RECALL LIST AS WELL, SEVERAL OTHER CHEVY HHR OWNERS ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES.THANK YOU VERY MUCH. *JS

MAKING TURN INTO PARKING LOT HEAR A DING AND NOT STEERING, AFTER SHUT OFF CAR AND MOTOR COOLS THE STEERING WORKS HAPPEN AGAIN A FEW TIMES SOMETIMES GOING STRAIGHT SOMETIMES MAKING TURNS, CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. *TR

2006 CHEVROLET HHR. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO IGNITION KEY REPAIRS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED AFTER THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED, HE WAS UNABLE TO GET THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION WITHOUT PUSHING A BUTTON ON THE STEERING COLUMN. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE NEW SWITCH THAT WAS INSTALLED WAS ALSO DEFECTIVE. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY COULD NOT BE REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR CONTINUOUSLY FOR A MONTH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO STATED THE SHIFTER MECHANISM MUST BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME HARD TO TURN. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR INTERMITTENTLY FOR A PERIOD OF TWO MONTHS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY FAILED TO RELEASE FROM THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V355000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE DEALER STATED THAT THE RECALL REPAIR WOULD NOT HAVE CAUSED THE TYPE OF FAILURE THE CONTACT WAS EXPERIENCING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AGAIN AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,189. UPDATED 08/19/14*LJ UPDATED 08/23/2017*CT

POWER STEERING IS SHUTTING OFF WHILE THE CAR IS BEING DRIVEN. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON ALL ROAD TYPES AND SPEEDS WITH THE LAST INCIDENT ACCRUING WHILE MY 19 YEAR OLD CHILD WAS DRIVING THE CAR IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF ACTUALLY MAKING A TURN. I AM TOLD BY THE LOCAL CHEVROLET REPAIR SHOP THAT THE POWER ASSIST MOTOR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS THE MECHANISM THAT HAS BEEN RECALLED IN THE CHEVY COBALT. WHY HAS THE 06 HHR NOT BEEN ADDED TO THE RECALL? *TR

I TOOK MY CAR TO GET THE IGNITION RECALL REPAIRED PICKED IT UP WITH A VERY SERIOUS FUEL LINE LEAK ABOVE DRIVERS SIDE REAR WHEEL, THAT WAS NOT LEAKING WHEN I TOOK IT IN LIKE THAT AND WAS TOLD IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL. I AM VERY ANGRY AND UPSET TO FIND THIS TO BE COMMON IN AN 8 YEAR OLD VEHICLE, THAT I NOW HAVE NO TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE ITS TOO DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. *TR

THE CAR WILL STALLED WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 25-40 MPH AND MORE FREQUENTLY WHEN SLOWING DOWN, JUST BEFORE THE CAR COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP, IT IS FAR WORST NOW. I ONLY DRIVE THE CAR WHEN IT'S ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY AND ONLY WITHIN CITY LIMIT. I JUST NEED GM TO FIX THE PROBLEM AT NO EXTRA COST TO ME. I HAVE SUFFERED ENOUGH ALREADY. *TR

WE WERE ON VACATION AT FT. MYERS, FL, ON THE HIGHWAY, GOING 70 MPH AND THE DING-DING-DING SOUND WENT OFF AND WE LOST POWER STEERING. IF I WOULD HAVE BEEN DRIVING I WOULD HAVE CRASHED AS I HAVE WEAK ARMS FROM A NECK INJURY. MY HUSBAND WAS ABLE TO STEER IT WITHOUT THE POWER STEERING AS HE IS STRONG. THE STEERING WOULD COME BACK ON THEN GO BACK OFF ERRATICALLY. WE GOT THE CAR BACK HOME TO MISSISSIPPI AND PUT IT IN A GARAGE ON MONDAY, 23 JUNE 2014 AT 9:30. I MISSED WORK TO DO THAT AND AM PRESENTLY STILL WAITING ON TURAN FOLEY TO GET THE POWER STEERING UNIT TO MY MECHANIC WHO ORDERED IT TUESDAY 24 JUNE 2014. TODAY IS 27 JUNE 2014. THIS WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. WE HAD BEEN NOTIFIED THAT OUR IGNITION SWITCH MUST BE REPLACED AND HAVE BEEN WAITING 3 MONTHS ON THE PART. I CALLED TURAN FOLEY AND SPOKE WITH THE PARTS LADY ABOUT THE POWER STEERING TO SEE IF I COULD GET A CAR IN THE WAITING TIME. SHE SAID NO AS THE 2006 POWER STEERING FOR HHR'S HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED. I INQUIRED ABOUT THE IGNITION SWITCH I'VE BEEN WAITING 3 MONTHS FOR AND SHE LOOKED IN HER RECORDS AND SAID SHE'D NOTIFIED US BY LETTER AND PHONE 3 JUNE 2014 THE PART WAS IN. SHE DID NOT SEND US A LETTER OR NOTIFY ME OR MY HUSBAND BY PHONE. THERE IS NO RECORD WHATSOEVER THAT WE WERE NOTIFIED. WE WOULD HAVE FIXED IT BEFORE VACATION AS WE'VE BEEN VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS. GM HAS SOME VERY DANGEROUS PARTS OF THE CAR MALFUNCTIONING-IN MY CASE MY POWER STEERING AND POSSIBLE IGNITION SWITCH DEFECTS. I WILL HAVE TO PAY MY MECHANIC $310.00 FOR THE POWER STEERING. I AM VERY UNHAPPY WITH THE GM PRODUCT, MY HHR 2006 MODEL. GM HAS DONE A GREAT DISSERVICE TO THEIR LOYAL CUSTOMERS. I USED TO BE ONE. *TR

POWER STEERING MOTOR KICKED OUT CAUSED LOSS OF POWER STEERING. THE LOSS OF POWER STEERING CAUSES ISSUES WHILE DRIVING MAKING THE CAR VERY DIFFICULT TO DRIVE. *TR

POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING WHILE MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN. *TR

POWER STEERING GOES IN AND OUT. STOP THE CAR AND RESTART THE ENGINE AND IT RESETS AND STEERING WORKS. POWER STEERING QUITS AT INOPPORTUNE TIMES. THIS COULD RESULT IN A MAJOR ACCIDENT. GM IS RECALLING CARS WITH SIMILAR POWER STEERING ISSUES BUT NOT THE HHR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT A OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FOR RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 14V047000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIRS WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS 14V047000 (AIR BAGS , ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND 14V171000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE REPAIR. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE AN EXPECTED DATE FOR THE REMEDY PARTS TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DELAY. THERE WERE NO FAILURES.

WHEN NOTIFIED REGARDING THE RECALL OF THE VEHICLE IN APRIL, I CONTACTED THE LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER IN UPLAND CALIFORNIA AND ORDERED THE NECESSARY PARTS TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. I WAS TOLD THAT THE PARTS WOULD IN THE DEALERSHIP WITHIN TWO MONTHS. CALLING THE DEALER IN MAY, I WAS TOLD THAT THE PARTS HAD NOT COME IN YET. YESTERDAY THE CAR WOULD NOT START DUE TO THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE MOUNTAIN VIEW CHEVROLET IN UPLAND, WHERE I WAS INFORMED THAT THEY HAD NO RECORD OF THE PARTS BEING ORDERED, AND THAT IT WOULD TAKE TWO MONTHS TO GET THE PARTS. I CALLED CHEVROLET CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THAT RECALL PARTS COULD NOT BE EXPEDITED. IT MEANS I HAVE TO WAIT TWO MORE MONTHS TO DRIVE THE CAR AGAIN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V171000, (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT CONTINUOUSLY REMAINED ILLUMINATED AFTER THE RECALL REPAIR WAS PERFORMED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 175,620.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH OVER RAILROAD TRACKS, A NOISE EMITTED OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE ALSO RECURRED WHEN ENCOUNTERING A BUMP OR POTHOLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHERE THE STABILIZER LINK, SWAY BAR AND BUSHINGS, AND FRONT STRUTS WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000. UPDATED 8/19/14*CN UPDATED 08/23/2017*CT

AIR BAG LIGHT COME ON IN THE PASSAGE SET WHEN KNOW ONE IN THE SET.THE STEERING MADE FUNNY POPPING NOISE. AN ALL THE DOOR HANDLE BROKE WHERE YOU COULD NOT GET OUT OF THE AUTO. AND THE CAR SHOW ON CAR FAX THAT IT IS A BUY BACK AUTO. BUT GM SAY IT NOT. AND ONE OF THE HANDLE IS BREAKING ON THE DRIVER SIDE. AND I CAN NOT SALE IT BECAUSE IT SHOW AS A BUY BACK.TDMV SAY IT WAS AND THEN THEY CHANGE THERE MIND. I FILL LIKE SOMEONE AT GM PAY THEM OFF . I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME BUT I STILL HAVE THE CAR. AND I AM STILL LOOKING FOR HELP.I WILL KEEP A COPY FOR MY RECORD. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH ON A HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTICES FOR NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER 14V047000 (AIR BAGS , ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND 14V171000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) BUT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE DETACHED AND SHE WAS UNABLE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,000.

2006 CHEVROLET HHR. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO IGNITION SWITCH RECALL AND POWER STEERING AND OTHER VEHICLE PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED TWO DAYS AFTER GETTING THE VEHICLE BACK FROM THE DEALER, THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE FLAT-BEDDED BACK TO THE DEALER, BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T START. IT WAS DETERMINED THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, THE RIGHT PASSENGER OUTSIDE MIRROR FELL OFF, THE RIGHT PASSENGER WIPER ARM BROKE, THE ROTORS WERE REPLACED TWICE IN TWO YEARS, AND THE REAR SHOCKS WERE REPLACED.*JB

THE POWER STEERING CHIMES AND THEN THE DASHBOARD DISPLAYS POWER STEERING. THE WHEEL IS BECOMING HARDER TO TURN ESPECIALLY IN CURVES AND MAKING TURNS. ON THE HIGHWAY THE WHOLE STEERING WHEEL ALMOST GETS SO TIGHT YOU CAN'T GET INTO ANOTHER LANE. ON THE STREET I CAN START THE CAR AND IT WILL RESET IF I LET IT SIT BUT THEN IT WILL JUST CHIME AGAIN AND GO RIGHT BACK OUT. THIS IS SO FRUSTRATING BECAUSE I CONTACTED GM CUSTOMER SERVICE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND THE HOLD TIME IS CRAZY 3-4 HRS LISTENING TO MUSIC AND THEN BEING TOLD THAT THERE IS NO RECALL ON MY CAR AT THIS TIME BUT THERE IS A LIFETIME WARRANTY WHICH THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP WON'T HONOR OR EVEN LOOK AT THE CAR UNTIL THEY SEE IT ON CHEVY WEBSITE EVEN THOUGH SEVERAL REPS HAVE SENT EMAIL NOTICES TO THE GM LOCAL HEAD MGR. THEY SAID WE WILL LOOK AT THIS AS A CASE BY CASE. THIS IS VERY VERY UNSAFE. IT'S NOT LIKE GM IS NOT AWARE OF THIS ISSUE, THEN BEING TOLD THAT THE PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE AND THE RECALL NOTICES HAVE NOT BEEN SENT OUT YET, AND THEN BEING TOLD AFTER THEY FIXED THE IGNITION SWITCH PROBLEM IN MY CAR AND THIS WAS TAKING PLACE AT THE SAME TIME THAT THEY COULD NOT LOOK OR DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS. GM IS AWARE OF THIS! I'M SCARED THAT I AM GOING TO BE DRIVING AND LOSE COMPLETE CONTROL DO I HAVE TO DIE BEFORE GM WILL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS. NOT LIKE THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF THIS ISSUE BECAUSE THEY ARE AND IT SHOULD BE FIXED! GETTING THE RUN AROUND IS SO FRUSTRATING WHEN THEY HAD MY CAR FIXING THE IGNITION SWITCH THAT WAS ON RECALL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACTWAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH AND FELL ASLEEP BEHIND THE WHEEL. HE ABRUPTLY ATTEMPTED TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND THE VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES AND RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TO BE FURTHER INSPECTED BY AN INSURANCE ADJUSTER AND AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. WHILE STARTING THE IGNITION, THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE POWER STEERING ALSO FAILED. THREE DAYS LATER, THE ENGINE STALLED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE NUMEROUS TIMES. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V171000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART FOR THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000. .... UPDATED 08/05/14 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING THE POWER STEERING WENT ON AND OFF REPEATEDLY WHILE DRIVING. THREE DAYS LATER THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE STARTER WAS REPLACED WHICH RESOLVED THE ISSUE.THE VEHICLE HAD A RECALL FOR THE IGNITION NOT STEERING LOSS. UPDATED 08/11/2014 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED TO RESPOND. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000. UPDATED 8/12/14*CN

2006 CHEVROLET HHR. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO IGNITION SWITCH RECALL NOTICE. *SMD THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, IF HE CAN TAKE THE VEHICLE, TO A PARTICULAR DEALER. *JB

STEERING POWER LOST WHILE YOU TURN AND POWER STEERING COMES ON. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AND IN TRAFFIC LOST POWER STEERING. HAD TO PULL OVER, SHUT OFF CAR AND RESTART T. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES AND IS TO THE POINT WE CAN NOT DRIVE THE CAR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IT WAS TAKING TOO LONG FOR THE VEHICLE TO BE REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS 14V171000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND 14V047000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE DEALER STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. UPDATED 08/14/14*LJ

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE EXTERIOR DOOR LATCH FRACTURED ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 08V444000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.

HAD THE NEW KEY IGNITION SYSTEM PUT IN A WEEK AGO AND GOT TWO NEW KEYS.UNDER RECALL NOTICE . WAS SHOPPING SHUT CAR OFF AND CAR WOULD NOT START AGAIN CALL FOR SERVICE AND WAS TOLD CAR WOULD NOT DETECT NEW KEYS NOW, CAR BACK AT DEALERS. TO FIND OUT WHY IT FAILED AFTER ONLY A WEEK, DEALER SAID DIDN'T KNOW WHY NEW SYSTEM FAILED. HAS TO TALK TO GM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE POWER STEERING MOTOR FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 134,562 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE 136,958.

2006 CHEVROLET HHR. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO WAITING FOR PARTS TO COMPLETE IGNITION SWITCH RECALL NOTICE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED SHE HAS BEEN WAITING OVER A MONTH. *JB

THERE IS A CHIME AND THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT. NOW YOU CAN RESTART THE CAR CUTTING IT OFF AND THEN IT WILL COME BACK IN. BUT WHEN TURNING AND ITS A STOP LIGHT ITS HARD VERY HARD TO TURN. YOU LOSE CONTROL WHEN TURNING. YOU CAN'T STOP ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN IT GOES OUT AND RESTART. GM WON'T RECALL 2006 HHR IN US BUT IN CANADA. REALLY THAT IS ODD! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 14E021000 (IGNITION SWITCH). THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE THE PART NEEDED TO PERFORM THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DELAY. THERE WERE NO FAILURES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 65, THE CONTACT WAS CUT OFF BY ANOTHER VEHICLE WHICH CAUSED THE CONTACT TO LOSE CONTROL AND CRASH INTO AN EMBANKMENT. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 14V047000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) BUT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 154,798.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THERE WAS A LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND THE STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. UPON RESTARTING, THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO OPERATE NORMALLY. THE MALFUNCTION RECURRED WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PART FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 14V047000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 139,000.

TL - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IMMEDIATELY AFTER TURNING THE VEHICLE ON, THE POWER STEERING WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THE POWER STEERING STOP WORKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 79,441. PM

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROX. 35 MPH AND IN THE MIDDLE OF A 108 DEGREE TURN (ON-RAMP TO THE INTER-STATE), THE POWER STEERING WARNING LAMP CAME ON AND THE POWER STEERING QUIT WORKING. IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE ON TO THE INTER-STATE AND OFF THE ROAD SAFELY. AFTER SHUTTING THE IGNITION OFF AND RESTARTING THE CAR THE POWER STEERING WAS WORKING NORMALLY AGAIN FOR APPROX. 30 MINUTES, THEN QUIT WORKING AGAIN. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES IN 1 DAY. I HAD SEEN A REPORT ON 5/29/14, THAT 2009 AND 2010 HHR ARE BEING RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT MINE IS NOT. IT SEEMS THAT MY 2006 HHR SHOULD ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL. I AM STILL AWAITING THE NEW IGNITION PARTS TO COME INTO MY DEALER TO SATISFY THE IGNITION RECALL. I AM BEGINNING TO FEEL VERY UNSAFE WHILE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. *TR

THE VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING CONTROL. A CHIME SOUNDED AND A MESSAGE APPEARED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE POWER STEERING CUTS OUT REGULARLY SINCE, EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN. I HAVE CONTACTED GM NUMEROUS TIMES, THEY INSIST THAT MY VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECENT POWER STEERING RECALLS EVEN THOUGH IT USES THE SAME EXACT POWER STEERING MOTOR AS THE VEHICLES THAT ARE INCLUDED (MY LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER HAS VERIFIED THIS AND HAS CONTACTED GM ON MY BEHALF TOO). I AM FRUSTRATED AND ANGRY THAT GM IS STILL NEGLECTING TO ADDRESS THIS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE POWER STEERING WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY HARD TO MANEUVER. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT AFTER TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTING IT THE POWER STEERING WOULD RESUME NORMAL FUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 107,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 107,083.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS MERGED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE THE SPECIFIC PART THAT WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000.

THE POWER STEERING FAILURE LIGHT CAME ON AS WELL AS OTHER LIGHTS AND THE RADIO STOP WORKING,DEALER SAID POWER STEERING MODULE WAS NO GOOD BUT COULD NOT FIND OUT WHY DASH LIGHTS COME ON AND WHY RADIO STOPS WORKING WHEN WE SEEM TO HIT A BUMP.IT COST ME OVER 1700.00 DOLLARS TO REPAIR AND THEY SAID NOTHING WAS UNDER WARRANTY OR A RECALL. I SEE THE COBALT WAS RECALL FOR THE SAME PROBLEM WHY NOT THE HHR SAME UNIT. *TR

MY DRIVER AND PASSENGER INSIDE DOOR HANDLES BROKE OFF AND I HAVE TO ROLL DOWN MY WINDOWS TO EXIT AND IF MY CAR IS INVOLVED IN A EMERGENCY I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO EXIT QUICKLY AND I'VE DONE SOME CHECKING ON LINE AND DISCOVERED ITS A ON GOING PROBLEMS WITH THEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN AND THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 180,000. DR

THERE APPEARS TO BE A LARGE AMOUNT OF COBALT AND HHR OWNERS WITH COMPLAINTS ABOUT SUSPENSION CLUNKING NOISES. RESEARCH SHOWS THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE STABILIZER BAR PARTS AND ALSO THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT. THESE PROBLEMS OCCUR AT MANY INTERVALS OF MILEAGE RANGING FROM 10,000 MILES AND UP. GM HAS SINCE SUED THE MANUFACTURER OF THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT FOR THOSE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY EQUALING $30MIL. I AM UNLUCKY AS MY VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY (3YR/36000 MILES) AND COULD NOT GET ANY OF MY SUSPENSION AND STEERING PROBLEMS FIXED BY A KNOWN ISSUE FROM GM. THEY HAVE STATED THAT THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT IS NOT A SAFETY CONCERN. NOW, IF A PART THAT IS VITAL IN CONNECTING THE STEERING COLUMN TO THE RACK AND PINION SYSTEM IS NOT A SAFETY CONCERN, THEN I BELIEVE GM EXECUTIVES ARE MORE CONCERNED WITH COST OF DOING THE RIGHT THING THAN SAFETY OF THEIR CUSTOMERS. THESE ARE PARTS THAT KEEP A VEHICLE FROM FLIPPING OVER DURING SHARP TURNS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND THAT KEEP THE CAR TRAVELING IN THE DIRECTION THE OPERATOR DETERMINES USING THE STEERING WHEEL. AFTER REPLACING THE PARTS TO CORRECT MY ISSUES, THE PROBLEM HAS RE-OCCURRED. THE PARTS WERE NOT CHANGED SO EVEN AFTER "FIXING" IT, IT WOULD EVENTUALLY RETURN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 14V047000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE DEALER DID NOT GIVE A SPECIFIC DATE WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM AND COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED DATE FOR WHEN THE CONTACTS VEHICLE WOULD RECEIVE THE RECALL REPAIRS. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES BECAME FRACTURED AND WERE NOT REPLACED. IN ADDITION, NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 14V171000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) WAS REFERENCED HOWEVER, THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO HAVE THE VEHICLE SERVICED UNDER THE RECALL BECAUSE THE PART WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DELAY. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING FAILURE MADE IT EXTREMELY ROUGH TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY FORCE TO THE STEERING WHEEL IN ORDER TO MAKE A COMPLETE RIGHT OR LEFT TURN. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V073000 (STEERING). THE VEHICLE WAS TO BE INSPECTED, DIAGNOSED AND REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000. ....UPDATED 07/23/14 *BF

I EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEMS MENTIONED WITH MY HHR, THE POWER STEERING SOUND WOULD RING AND IMMEDIATELY THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. THIS HAPPENED OVER A PERIOD OF 4-5 MONTHS ALONG WITH NUMEROUS OTHER PROBLEMS SUCH AS THE FRONT END MAKING A POPPING SOUND FROM THE DAY I GOT IT. KNOWING THERE WAS NO USE IN CONTACTING CHEVROLET, I TRADED IT IN LAST SUMMER, HOLDING MY BREATH THAT THE DEALER WOULDN'T CHECK IT OUT TOO CLOSELY. I HAD TO TAKE ABOUT $2,000 LESS THAN THE BOOK BUT WAS THRILLED WITH WHAT I GOT FOR IT ANYWAY ($5,000). I'M HAPPY "NOT" TO OWN THIS CAR ANYMORE, BUT FEEL THERE IS A SERIOUS ISSUE WITH THE POWER STEERING ASIDE FROM THE IGNITION PROBLEM THAT'S ALL OVER THE NEWS. SOMEONE/THING NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS BEFORE OTHER DRIVERS ARE HARMED. LIKE WE ALL KNOW THE HHR IS MERELY A COBALT WITH A DIFFERENT BODY. THE HHR HAS BEEN KICKED ASIDE SOMEWHAT IN RELATION TO THE COBALT PROBLEMS. ALL OWNERS OF HHR'S, BEWARE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING SUDDENLY FAILED CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO BECOME DIFFICULT TO TURN. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY DECELERATE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURES OCCURRED AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED FOR NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V171000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000.

2006 CHEVROLET HHR. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO IGNITION SWITCH RECALL NOTICE AND REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST FORM. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED SHE AND HER HUSBAND WERE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, IN WHICH ANOTHER MOTORIST HIT THEM AND TOTALED THE VEHICLE. *JB

2006 CHEVROLET HHR. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO IGNITION SWITCH AND LOCK CYLINDER ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE, TO RECTIFY THE RECALL. *JB

I WAS DRIVING AND THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AND NO POWER STEERING THIS CONDITION CONTINUED UNTIL I STOPPED THE CAR AND RESTARTED IT.... I HAVE A RECALL FOR THE IGNITION AND NOW I AM AFRAID FOR MY WIFE TO DRIVE IT!! THIS IS AS DANGEROUS A CONDITION AS THE IGNITION WHICH HAS HAPPENED REPEATEDLY!! *TR

THIS IS MY 2ND COMPLAINT ABOUT POWER STEERING ON MY 2006 HHR AFTER COMPLAINING THE FIRST TIME AND NO GUARANTEED HELP FINANCIALLY AND TOLD TO PAY 200 DOLLARS TO HAVE MY VEHICLE INSPECTED AT A GM DEALERS .I REPLACED 2 SOLENOIDS AND HAD NO PROBLEM FOR ABOUT 1 1/2 YEARS. MY POWER STEERING GOES OUT WHILE DRIVING WITH NO WARNING. THE PROBLEM IS BACK THIS IS THE 3RD TIME THIS MONTH .BUT TODAY FRIGHTENED ME WHILE DRIVING MY DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL I WAS DRIVING 70 MPH WENT TO EXIT HWY AND BOOM NO POWER STEERING THEN INDICATOR(TURN SIGNAL) WAS OUT BECAUSE OF POWER STEERING LIGHT STARTED FLASHING AFTER THE FACT .THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS MORNING TRAFFIC WITH SEMI TRUCKS ZIPPING AROUND ME .I HAVE GONE DOWN THIS ROAD WITH YOU ON THIS MATTER BEFORE .IT IS A OBVIOUS PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL OF CAR. I HAVE READ 1000 + COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM ON EVERY SITE I HAVE LOOKED AT TO FIND A FIX. WHY WAIT UNTIL A LIFE IS LOST BEFORE YOU HANDLE IT. ALSO YOU HAVE A FAULTY PART IN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTER THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF A SMALL PLASTIC PIN THAT FALLS OUT AND STICKS AND YOU CAN NOT SHIFT IT INTO GEAR. I BOUGHT THE NEW SHIFTER THAT IS MADE MUCH BETTER AND I NEED TO HAVE IT INSTALLED. I WILL TRY TO STAY WITH THE ONE PROBLEM POWER STEERING . I FIND IT SHOCKING THAT YOU HAVE THIS MANY COMPLAINTS ON SEVERAL SITES AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE LOOKING AGAIN AFTER 2 YEARS. ITS NOT THE IGNITION KEY THAT WORRIES ME AS MUCH AS POWER STEERING. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AND FIXED. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBERS: 14V047000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND 14V171000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) BUT WAS ADVISED BY THE DEALER THAT THE PARTS NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE REPAIR WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO CONTACTED AND COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED DATE FOR WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD RECEIVE THE RECALL REPAIRS. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

2006 CHEVROLET HHR. CONSUMER REQUESTS VEHICLE RECALL INFORMATION UPDATES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HIS SON, ALONG WITH THREE OF HIS FRIENDS WERE KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT. THE CAUSE WAS NOT IDENTIFIED, SINCE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON JULY 27, 2008. *JB

2006 CHEVROLET HHR. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE POWER STEERING AND STARTER FAILURE. CONSUMER SEEKS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. *SMD

I WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON A 4 LANE RTE WITH A CENTER LANE FOR TURNING. I WAS DRIVING THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT AND THEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. ONE MINUTE I WAS DRIVING, THE NEXT I WAS CRASHING INTO A TELEPHONE POLE. THE CAR WENT LEFT OF THE CENTER LANE AND THE TWO NORTHBOUND LANES AND INTO THE TELEPHONE POLE. IT HAPPENED SO FAST. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES THAT CAME FORWARD. I DON'T RECALL HEARING ANY HORNS BLARING OR BRAKES SQUEALING. I HAD NO SENSE OF WARNING THAT I WAS GOING TO CRASH. ( I HAVE BEEN IN OR SEEN CRASHES BEFORE AND THERE IS USUALLY A SENSE OF " OH NO THIS IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN"). MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. MY HEAD SPIDERWEBBED THE WINDSHIELD. I HAD TINY CUTS IN MY SCALP AND SLIVERS OF GLASS IN MY HAIR. MY LEFT SHOULDER HIT SOMETHING (MAYBE THE STEERING WHEEL)? MY LEFT THIGH HAD A BRUISE FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. THE BRUISE WAS 12" X 4 OR 5 " THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH OF THE BRUISE.. THERE IS A LARGE HEMATOMA ABOVE WHERE THE BRUISE HAD BEEN. THIS HEMATOMA IS MEASURES APPROX 7 " AND ROUND. IT IS PAINFUL AND PROTRUDES 3". MY RIGHT KNEE WAS BANGED UP AND IS STILL PAINFUL AND THERE WAS BRUISING AND A SMALLER HEMATOMA ABOUT THE SIZE OF A GOLFBALL. BOTH HEMATOMAS REMAIN. THE CRASH WAS ON 3/28/2014. MY NECK STARTED HURTING IMMEDIATELY AND STILL REMAINS PAINFUL. THE CAR HAS FRONT END DAMAGE AND SOME ON THE LEFT AND SOME ON THE RIGHT. I BELIEVE MY INJURIES WERE DIRECTLY CAUSED BY FAILURE OF AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 CHEVY HHR THAT I BOUGHT USED IN NOVEMBER 2012 WITH 92,000 MILES. OVER A 6 MONTH PERIOD WITH THE FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENING IN OCTOBER 2013 AT 108,000 MILES, I HAVE HAD 3 SEPARATE INCIDENTS WHERE THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT. I HAVEN'T HAD IT HAPPEN ON THE ROAD, BUT IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME EITHER WHEN I'M IN A PARKING LOT OR PULLING OUT OR IN MY DRIVEWAY. THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT I HAD OF THIS WAS YESTERDAY (MAY 5, 2014) AT 115,000 MILES. THE ISSUE SEEMS TO BE CAUSED FROM TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL FAST OR YOU STEER FROM FAR RIGHT TO FAR LEFT (OR VICE VERSA) AS THE ISSUE ALWAYS OCCURS MID TURN. WHILE I'M FORTUNATE THAT THIS HAPPENED AT LOW SPEEDS, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THIS DUE TO I LIVE IN A MOUNTAINOUS AREA. ALSO, I NOTICED THAT THERE IS A RECALL ON 2006 CHEVY COBALTS AND SATURN IONS AND AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, I FOUND THAT THE COBALT AND HHR SHARE MANY OF THE SAME PARTS, INCLUDING THE STEERING MECHANISM. ALSO, THE 2009 AND NEWER HHR'S HAVE A STEERING RECALL FOR THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE POWER STEERING GOING OUT WITH NO WARNING. I DO BELIEVE THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN AND SOME SORT OF ACTION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN ABOUT THIS. *TR

SOMETHING IS VERY WRONG HERE! OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS I HAVE HAD THE POWER STEERING FAIL ON THREE INSTANCES! THE LAST ONE, JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO OCCURRED WHILE PULLING OUT OF PARALLEL PARKING SPACE AT ABOUT 10 MPH. ALMOST HIT THE CAR 2 SPACES IN FRONT OF ME! WHY WAS THERE A RECALL BACK IN 2010 FOR THE COBALTS WITH THE SAME PS MOTOR AND NOT THE HHR? NOW THE CURRENT RECALL DOES NOT INCLUDE THE EARLIER HHRS? GM HAS TRIED TO HIDE THESE AND OTHER ISSUES. I BELIEVE NHTSA WAS INEFFECTIVE AND COMPLACENT DUE TO GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP STATUS AND TRYING TO PROTECT THEIR INVESTMENT. IF THE REAL TRUTH WERE KNOWN, HEAD WOULD ROLL AND PEOPLE IMPRISONED! *TR

THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT WHILE DRIVING, MULTIPLE..I HAD TO TURN IT OFF THEN BACK ON...ONE TIME I WAS DRIVING IN THE MIDDLE OF A TURN THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND THE VEHICLE HIT A CURB. I PAID OUT OFF POCKET TO GET THE STEERING FIXED. *TR

I WAS EXITING OFF THE HIGHWAY AND CAME TO A STOP AT THE FIRST INTERSECTION. AS I TURNED THE CORNER, I HEARD A "PING" AND THEN THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. THE WORDS "POWER STEERING" APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD. THE POWER STEERING HAS NOT BEEN WORKING PROPERLY SINCE. *TR

SPOUSE MADE TURN AT STOP SIGN AND STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT ALMOST RUNNING INTO CURB. CHIME SOUNDED AND DASH LIGHT CAME ON. MANAGED TO GET TO CHEVROLET GARAGE AND VERIFICATION OF STEERING PROBLEM. STEERING MOTOR REPLACED AT A COST OF $300+. NOT ON RECALL LIST DESPITE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS. GM COVERS SOME OF THESE BUT NOT THIS MODEL????? *TR

TL-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HE DROVE AT APPROXIMATELY 65 TO 70 MPH THE STEERING FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE STEERING WHEEL WITH FORCE. THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED SEVERAL TIMES. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL MECHANIC WHOM PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC WHICH LOCATED THE FAILURE AT THE IGNITION COIL AND MODULE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED THE IGNITION COIL AND MODULE WAS REPLACE. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 14V047000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 96,000. LI

THERE IS AGM RECALL FOR THE PS ON CHEVY HHR'S BUT ONLY FOR THE 2009-2010 MODEL YEARS. I HAVE A 2006 HHR AND AM HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH MY STEERING WITH THE STEERING LIGHT COMING ON ALL THE TIME. NOW I HAVE REPLACED THE POWER STEERING MOTOR AS GM RECOMMENDED AND THJE STEERING LIGHT STILL COMES ON EVERYDAY 3 4 OR 5 TIMES AND I LOOSE POWER STEERING WHILE IT IS ON. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND I FEEL THAT THE 2006 MODEL YEAR SHOULD BE PART OF THAT RECALL. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 14V047000 (AIR BAGS , ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND 14V171000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM), HOWEVER THE NEEDED PART WAS CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE REPAIR. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE AN EXPECTED DATE FOR THE REMEDY PART TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY SEIZED IN THE IGNITION AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT TO PARK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE IGNITION SWITCH CYLINDER WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH THE BATTERY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 132,441.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE BECAME DIFFICULT TO STEER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

FUEL LEAK IN FRONT OF DRIVERS SIDE REAR WHEEL. THIS IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE IN AN 8 YEAR OLD VEHICLE. THE FUEL LINE CORRODED AND LEAKED HEAVILY, COST ME $254.22 TO REPLACE THIS FAULTY GAS LINE. I AM OBVIOUSLY NOT THE ONLY PERSON THIS HAS HAPPENED TO. I HAVE ALSO HAD ALL THE OTHER TYPICAL PROBLEMS SUCH AS THE KEY WILL NOT RELEASE FROM IGNITION, BAD ROTORS, LOOSE FRONT END BUSHINGS AND EXCESSIVE FRONT END VIBRATION OVER TYPICAL STREET CRACKS. BROKEN DRIVERS SIDE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE, CRACKED WINDSHIELD...... *TR UPDATED 10/22/2014 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING ASSIST SUDDENLY MALFUNCTIONED AND CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL TO BECOME DIFFICULT TO TURN. A WARNING BELL SOUNDED AS THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND ONCE RESTARTED, THE VEHICLE WOULD OPERATE NORMALLY FOR A SHORT PERIOD BEFORE THE FAILURE WOULD RECUR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND NO SOLUTION WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,000.

EXCESSIVE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, AND ON CITY STREETS SIGNAL LIGHT STAY ON WHEN TURNING INTO ANOTHER STREET THAT YOUR HAVE TO MANUALLY TURN OFF SIGNAL LIGHTS( THIS HAS BEING A PROBLEM SINCE I PURCHASE, DOCUMENTED BY LOCAL CHEVY DEALER) . I BELIEVE THIS CARS HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THEIR ENTIRE STEERING COLUMN NOT JUST THEIR IGNITION SWITCH. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEARS WERE ABLE TO BE CHANGED WITHOUT USING THE BUTTON. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,144.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE RECEIVED A NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 14V171000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. MAY BE A MONTH OR MORE. I'M DRIVING A CAR THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE A DEATH TRAP. I HOLD GM ACCOUNTABLE FOR ANY DEFECT TO MY AUTOMOBILE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY HARD TO MANEUVER. THE CONTACT TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED IT AND IT RESUMED NORMAL FUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 180,000. UPDATED 06/17/14 MA UPDATED 8/23/2017*CN

GOOD DAY. I'LL KEEP THIS BRIEF. TO BE CLEAR, I WENT TO THE DEALER (AUTONATION USA) WITH THE RECALL ISSUE SHORTLY AFTER IT OCCURRED THE FIRST TIME, AND A COUPLE OF OTHER TIMES AFTER THAT. I WAS TOLD THAT I WAS TOO SHORT, FAT, AND MY KNEE WAS KNOCKING THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION. MY KEY NEVER FELL OUT OF THE IGNITION, BUT THE CAR DID SHUT OFF, LOSING CONTROL OF ALL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS WHILE AT 70+ MPH. SECONDLY, I HAVE GONE IN TO THE DEALER FOR MY TRANSMISSION AS WELL. THE CAR BEGAN TO SLIGHTLY JERK AT AROUND 60K MILES. I WAS TOLD THEY DIDN'T NOTICE ANYTHING, HOWEVER, THEY NEVER CHECKED THE TRANSMISSION, AND I WAS TOLD THEY COULD DO NOTHING. WHEN THE MATTER GOT REALLY BAD, THE MILEAGE WAS OVER 100K, AND OUT OF WARRANTY. I HAVE BROUGHT IT TO THEIR ATTENTION THAT I ATTEMPTED TO CLEAR THIS UP PRIOR, AND WAS TOLD THEY WOULD HAVE TO TREAT IT AS A NEW ISSUE. I'LL MAKE IT EASY. WHEN I HAVE HAD THE IGNITION ISSUES NEARLY KILL MY FAMILY AND MYSELF ON MORE THAN 30 OCCURRENCES, THE DEALER FIXING A SMALL, INEXPENSIVE ITEM, BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED, DOES LITTLE TO QUELL THE ANGER I HAVE REGARDING THE VARIOUS OTHER ISSUES I HAVE REGARDING WARRANTY MAINTENANCE THEY COULD HAVE COMPLETED WHILE UNDER WARRANTY, AND INSTEAD CHOSE TO BELITTLE ME AND NOW WISH TO CHARGE ME OBSCENE AMOUNTS OF MONEY TO REPAIR. GM SHOULD OFFER TO COMPLETE THE MAINTENANCE AT NO COST CONSIDERING I HAVE GONE TO THEM PRIOR TO THE CLOSE OF THE WARRANTY AND WAS RIDICULED AND FURTHER, MADE TO HAVE MY FAMILY'S LIFE IN DANGER 30-40 TIMES SO THEY COULD SAVE SOME MONEY. FURTHER, I UNDERSTAND IT IS NOT LEGALLY REQUIRED FOR THEM TO DO ANYTHING, HOWEVER, DOING THE RIGHT THING GOES A LONG WAY. I HAVE SPOKEN TO GM ABOUT THE ISSUES A COUPLE OF TIMES NOW ONLY JUST SIMPLY BE TOLD THEY WERE SORRY AND I SHOULD HAVE THE SITUATION DIAGNOSED (NEEDLESSLY). THIS IS THE FIRST I'VE HEARD OF THIS WEBSITE SO I'M TRYING NOW. THANKS. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE DASH BOARD MADE A TONE, IT SAID "POWER STEERING" ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND I LOST ALL POWER STEERING. IT WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN THE CAR AND AFTER GETTING IT STOPPED, I TURNED THE IGNITION OFF, SITTING THERE FOR A FEW MINUTES I RESTARTED THE CAR AND THEIR WAS NO ISSUES UNTIL I BACKED OUT, THEN IT DID IT AGAIN. I ENDED UP SITTING THEIR FOR A WHILE LONGER (APROX 15 MINUTES) AND RESTARTED THE CAR AGAIN, BACKED OUT OF THE PARKING PLACE AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE OFF WITH NO PROBLEM'S. SINCE THEN I HAVE NOT HAD ANOTHER INCIDENT WITH THE POWER STEERING. I NOTIFIED CHEVROLET THE NEXT DAY AND THEY SAID MY CAR WASN'T IN THE RECALL SO, THEY WERE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING TO FIX IT. *TR