2007 Chevrolet Hhr

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, A CHIME SOUNDED INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR. THERE WAS ALSO A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST. THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF AND AFTER RESTARTING, THE POWER STEERING OPERATED NORMALLY FOR ONLY A FEW MOMENTS. THE FAILURE RECURRED WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS NOT A RECALL RELATED TO THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 49,550.

WHEN I START MY CAR, IT SEEMS TO DRIVE OK, BUT WITHIN SECONDS, SOMETIMES MINUTES, I HEAR A "CLICK" FROM UNDER THE STEERING COLUMN, AND SUDDENLY MY STEERING WHEEL GOES "HARD". AT FIRST IT SEEMED TO ONLY DO IT OCCASIONALLY, BUT NOW ALMOST EVERY TIME I GET IN THE CAR, THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT. I HAVE ALMOST GOTTEN INTO ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THIS HAPPENING. CALLED THE LOCAL DEALER AND THEY SAY THERE ARE NO RECALLS ON THIS MODEL, BUT HAVE HEARD THAT SOME SIMILAR GM CARS ARE RECALLED FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE VEHICLE CHIMES AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL READS "POWER STEERING", THE VEHICLE LOSES POWER STEERING AND THE STEERING WHEEL GETS VERY HARD TO TURN. IT IS VERY UNNERVING WHEN THIS HAPPENS. THE PROBLEM IS SPORADIC AND IT HAS BEEN STARTING TO HAPPEN MORE OFTEN. WHEN IT OCCURS I WILL PULL OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SHUT THE CAR OFF AND IT WILL NORMALLY WORK FINE FOR A DAY OR TWO, BUT THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS IT GOES RIGHT BACK OUT AND IT WON'T WORK. I REALLY WANT TO HAVE THIS ISSUE REPAIRED BUT I JUST STARTED A NEW JOB AND I REALLY CAN'T AFFORD IT JUST YET, I THINK GM SHOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER A RECALL BECAUSE THIS COULD BE A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM FOR SOMEONE WHO IS NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO STEER THE VEHICLE WHEN THIS OCCURS. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 CHEVY HHR AND FEW MONTHS AGO MY TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COME ON AND ENGINE LIGHT. THEN SHORTLY AFTER MY POWER STEERING WENT OUT. THE POWER STEERING HAS BEEN GOING OUT PERIODICALLY...LAST TIME WAS ON A EXIT RAMP ON THE CURVE. I ALMOST PUT IT IN THE DITCH. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE COBALT HAD RECALLS ON THESE ITEMS BUT NOT THE HHR. WHICH MAKES NO SENSE BECAUSE OF THE SAME CHASSIS AND ALL. I TOOK IT TO ED SCHIDMT CHEVY IN PERRYSBURG OHIO AND THEY SAID I NEED A STEERING COLUMN (BECAUSE POWER STEERING MODULE IS IN COLUMN), POWER STEERING MOTOR, CAMSHAFT VALVE ACTUATORS, LEFT LOWER CONTROL ARM, AND FRONT STRUTS. I HAVE READ A LOT OF INTERNET FORUMS AND THERE HAS BEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ON SAME ISSUES. CHEVY SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THIS. DEALERSHIP WANTS $2300+ FOR THE REPAIRS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS A CHIME SOUNDED INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE WITH AN IMMEDIATE LOSS OF POWER STEERING. THE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED DURING THE SAME TIME OF THE MALFUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. UPON RESTARTING, THE VEHICLE IT OPERATED NORMALLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED SPORADIC AND OVER A PERIOD OF TIME BECAME A CONSTANT OCCURRENCE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

I WAS DRIVING HOME AND GOT INTO THE TURNING LANE TO TURN ACROSS TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC. MY SPEED WAS ABOUT 25 MPH AND I HEARD A "DING" AND LOOKED AT THE INFORMATION PANEL ON MY DASH. IT SAID "POWER STEERING". I WASN'T AWARE AT THE TIME, BUT ONCE I TRIED TO TURN (ONCE TRAFFIC CLEARED) I REALIZED I HAD LOST POWER STEERING. I WAS ONLY 2 MILES FROM MY HOUSE, SO I CONTINUED HOME---MANHANDLING THE STEERING WHEEL THROUGH EACH TURN UNTIL I ARRIVED IN MY DRIVEWAY. IT HAS HAPPENED THREE MORE TIMES SINCE THEN, AND I CONTINUE TO DRIVE UNTIL I GET TO A RED TRAFFIC SIGNAL, TURN THE CAR OFF, AND RESTART IT. LUCKILY, (SO FAR), IT HAS RESET ITSELF AND THE POWER STEERING WORKS AGAIN. I AM CONCERNED AS TO WHY THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL ON THIS, AS THERE ARE TONS OF ISSUES ON THIS MAKE, MODEL, AND YEAR. I HAVE A 1 1/2 YR. OLD SON AND ALL I CAN THINK OF IS HOW FORTUNATE I HAVE BEEN THAT EACH TIME THIS HAS OCCURRED, HE HASN'T BEEN IN THE VEHICLE WITH ME. COME ON, CHEVROLET, PLEASE FIX THIS ISSUE! WE ALSO OWN A CHEVY TRAILBLAZER AND LOVE OUR CHEVY PRODUCTS, BUT I AM CONCERNED NOW AS TO WHETHER I WILL BUY ANOTHER ONE WHEN IT'S TIME.

THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT WITHOUT WARNING. IT STARTED ON A THURSDAY AND WE CHANGED OUT THE RELAY AND THAT SEEMED TO WORK. TWO DAYS LATER, IT WENT OUT AGAIN. IT WAS OVER HEATING THE RELAY. THIS ISSUE WITH POWER STEERING CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT OR KILL SOMEONE. I GOOGLE PROBLEMS WITH HHR AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF ISSUE. WE, HHR OWNERS, NEED SOME ASSISTANCE. MY FAMILY HAS BEEN BUYING GM VEHICLE, AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER. *JS

I BOUGHT MY CAR A WEEK AGO. DROVE IT HOME WITH NO INCIDENT. THEN DROVE IT WAS ON THE HIGHWAY TO TAKE MY ELDERLY MOTHER TO AN AIRPORT 40 MILES AWAY. AFTER SEEING HER OFF, I WENT TO GET MY NEW CAR WASHED. THEN GOT BACK ONTO THE I-5 AND DROVE ABOUT 3 MILES, WHEN I HEARD A TONE AND THE DASH BOARD UNDER THE SPEEDOMETER LIT UP, STATING I HAD LOST POWER STEERING. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE LANE OF SIX LANES, GOING 60 MILES AN HOURS IN A BRAND NEW TO ME CAR I WAS NOT USED TO DRIVING, IN CONGESTED COMMUTER TRAFFIC. I AM NOT STRONG. I WAS SCARED OUT OF MY MIND. LUCKILY I WAS ON A STRAIGHT AWAY. I PUT ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS AND PEOPLE EVENTUALLY LET ME OVER. I TOOK THE NEXT OFF RAMP AND MANAGED MY WAY HOME ON FRONTAGE ROADS AND SIDE STREETS, WHICH OF COURSE TOOK FOREVER. ARRIVING HOME I TURNED THE IGNITION OFF AND CRIED WITH RELIEF AND FRUSTRATION. THEN I TURNED THE IGNITION BACK ON TO SEE WHAT THE MESSAGE ON THE DASH WAS AGAIN AND IT WAS GONE. I'M TERRIFIED TO DRIVE THIS CAR AGAIN. AND EVERYTHING THING I'VE READ ONLINE SINCE, SAID THAT IF THE SHOP DOESN'T SEE THE MESSAGE OR DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, THEY CAN'T FIX IT, EQUALLING MONEY WASTED. THIS PROBLEM IS NOT NEW, HIGHLY DANGEROUS AND RECALLED IN AT LEAST ONE OF CHEVROLET'S OTHER CARS AND RECALLED ON THE HHR IN CANADA. WHY NOT HERE??? AREN'T AMERICANS AS VALUABLE AS CANADIANS??? PLEASE MAKE THIS A RECALL AND CONTACT ME WHEN YOU DO. I HAVE A CAR I CAN'T DRIVE WITHOUT FEAR AND CAN'T SELL IN GOOD CONSCIENCE. I AM OLDER, IN POOR HEALTH AND WITHOUT MUCH MONEY, I FEEL THAT I HAVE BEEN CHEATED. NO ONE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO SELL UNSAFE CARS ANY WHERE!!! I ALSO FEEL THIS PROBLEM IS WHY CHEVROLET IS DISCONTINUING THE HHR, AND LEAVING US OUT IN THE COLD WITH THEIR MISTAKE. DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE FOR A RECALL??? I FEEL IT WAS CLOSE IN MY CASE!!! *I WILL BEGRUDGINGLY BE TAKING IT TO A DEALER FOR REPAIR. WHAT ELSE CAN I DO? *TR