2006 Chevrolet Hhr

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH IN RAINY CONDITIONS, THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE ALSO PULLED EXCESSIVELY TOWARDS THE LEFT. THE ABS WAS NOT OPERATING NORMALLY AND LOCKED UP. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON A SEPARATE OCCASION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE ROTORS OVERHEATED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,900 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 11,260.

BOUGHT CHEVY HHR W/ @23,000 MILES AT @32,000 EXPERIENCED SEVERE FRONT END SHAKING WHILE BRAKING. DEALER ACKNOWLEDGE ISSUE AS WARRANTY REPAIR AND SURFACED ROTORS. CAR EXHIBITED SAME ISSUE AT @45,000 MILES. IT IS OBVIOUS BY REVIEWING THESE FEW SOURCES (THERE MANY MORE) THAT CHEVY IS DENYING THE USE OF INFERIOR ROTORS. HTTP://WWW.CHEVYHHR.NET/FORUMS/ARCHIVE/INDEX.PHP?T-2768.HTML HTTP://TOWNHALL-TALK.EDMUNDS.COM/DIRECT/VIEW/.F113FCD HTTP://BLOGS.CARS.COM/KICKINGTIRES/2008/02/RECALL-ALERT--1.HTML NTSB COMPLAINT 10229961 NTSB COMPLAINT 10229818 NTSB COMPLAINT 10223434 NTSB COMPLAINT 10222711. *TR

WITHIN THE FIRST 2,000 MILES OF DELIVERY THIS CAR DEVELOPED A SHIMMY IN THE FRONT END OF THE CAR. THIS OCCURRED WHEN DECELERATING AND COASTING AND WHEN ONE APPLIED THE BRAKE AS WELL. THERE WAS ALSO A HESITATION IN THE CAR AT THE SAME TIME AND THIS MAY HAVE BEEN RELATED, BUT THAT PROBLEM EVENTUALLY DISAPPEARED. I DID HAVE THE TIRES REBALANCED BUT THIS DID NOT CHANGE THE VIBRATION PROBLEM AND I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER MANY TIMES TO TRY TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. EVERY TIME THE SERVICE AREA CONCENTRATED ON BRAKES. THEY RE-GROUND THE ROTORS, REPLACED BRAKE PADS, CALIPERS AND SOMETIMES THIS DID IMPROVE THE SITUATION FOR PERHAPS 30 DAYS BUT WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THE SAME PROBLEM WOULD REDEVELOP. THEY COMPLAINED THAT THE TIRES SHOULD BE REBALANCED AGAIN...I DID THAT AT THE DEALERSHIP SO THE SERVICE PEOPLE COULD NOT OFF-LOAD THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE WORK. NO HELP. AT THE MOST RECENT SERVICE REPLACED THE BRAKES AGAIN, NOT OUT OF CONCERN FOR THE REPETITIVE PROBLEM, BUT JUST CHARGED ME THE NORMAL SERVICING AS A WEAR ITEM. WHEN I GOT THE CAR BACK, AGAIN, THE SHIMMY PROBLEM WAS GONE...ALMOST. THERE IS STILL EVIDENCE OF A MINOR SHIMMY IN THE FRONT END AND THIS IS HOW IT ALWAYS DEVELOPS. I WENT BACK TO THE DEALER AND NOTED THAT WE WERE TAKING THE CAR ON VACATION BUT THAT I WANTED TO DOCUMENT THE PROBLEM AGAIN IN THE EVENT WE HAD TO HAVE SERVICE IN A REMOTE LOCATION. THE DEALER AGAIN SERVICED THE BRAKES AND I LEFT ON VACATION TO SAN DIEGO. THE PROBLEM AGAIN APPEARED AND WE DECIDED TO NOT DRIVE THIS CAR BACK CROSS-COUNTRY AND IT REMAINS IN SAN DIEGO AND NO USE TO ME WHATEVER. MY SPOUSE WILL NOT ENTER THE CAR BECAUSE SHE FEARS THE FRONT-END WILL COLLAPSE. I AGREE WITH HER. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE VIBRATES EXCESSIVELY WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER ON FOUR OCCASIONS AND HAD THE BRAKE ROTORS REPAIRED. SECONDLY, THE AIR CONDITIONING PUMP FAILED AND CAUSED NUMEROUS FAILURES ON VARIOUS COMPONENTS. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT HE HAD TO HAVE MAJOR REPAIRS MADE TO THE VEHICLE, INCLUDING REPLACEMENT OF THE BRAKE ROTORS, CALIPERS, PADS, IGNITION CYLINDER, SHIFTER, BATTERY, AND THE AIR COMPRESSOR. THE REPAIR COSTS WOULD EXCEED $2,000. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CONTACT HAS COPIES OF THE VEHICLE'S REPAIR HISTORY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 500 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 59,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. AT LESS THAN 25,000 MILES, THE BRAKES WOULD OCCASIONALLY ROLL WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ROTORS DID NOT NEED TO BE REPLACED AT THAT TIME, BUT ADVISED THE CONTACT TO KEEP AN EYE OUT. CURRENTLY, THE FAILURE HAS WORSENED AND THE CONTACT HAS SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT TO SEE THE DEALER. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS, WHICH INDICATE HOW MANY MILES THE VEHICLE HAS OR HOW MUCH OIL IS REMAINING, ILLUMINATE ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. OCCASIONALLY, WHEN THE KEY IS TURNED IN THE IGNITION, THE ENGINE TURNS OVER BUT THE VEHICLE DOES NOT START. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 30,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH OVER A HOLE OR DIP IN THE ROAD, THE ENTIRE VEHICLE STALLED AND SHUT OFF. THE WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR. THE STALLING OCCURRED AT LEAST THREE TIMES WITHIN ONE WEEK. THE VEHICLE CANNOT BE RESTARTED ONCE IT SHUT OFF. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE DEALER DOES NOT KNOW THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE OR THE REMEDY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,000. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS HAVING SEVERAL ISSUES WITH THE CAM SENSOR, WHEELS, A BROKEN HUB BEARING, BENT ROTORS AND AN ISSUE WITH REMOVING THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION, DUE TO THE SHIFT CABLE NOT STAYING SECURED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE INSIDE DRIVER DOOR HANDLE WOULD NOT OPEN THE DOOR, THE PASSENGER SIDE BACK WOULD NOT STAY SECURED. UPDATED 06/25/08

IN FEBRUARY 2007 I WAS IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT WHILE I WAS DRIVING A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. I WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 95 SOUTHBOUND NEAR WILMINGTON, DELAWARE. SOMEONE ENTERING THE HIGHWAY FROM AND ON RAMP PULLED DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ME WHILE I WAS DRIVING. WHEN I HIT THE BRAKES ON THE HHR, THE CAR PULLED SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT. THE MORE I BRAKED, THE MORE THE CAR PULLED TO THE RIGHT. I LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR AND I ENDED UP DRIVING ACROSS TWO LANE PERPENDICULAR TO THE TRAFFIC AND I HIT A VAN HEAD ON. NO ONE WAS INJURED BUT MY HHR WAS TOTALED. I FEEL THAT THE BRAKES ON THE HHR WERE DEFECTIVE AND THE WAY THEY PULLED TO ONE SIDE INSTEAD OF STOPPING STRAIGHT CAUSED ME TO CRASH. I REPORTED THIS TO CHEVROLET AFTER THE CRASH BUT NOTHING WAS DONE AS FAR A A RECALL OR ANYTHING. IN FACT, I READ ABOUT A SIMILAR PROBLEM WHEN THE 2006 HHR WAS RECEIVED ON EDMONDS.COM. THE AUTHOR OF THE REVIEW EXPRESSED THAT HE THOUGHT THAT THE HHR'S BRAKING WAS DANGEROUS. *TR