2010 Chevrolet Hhr

POWER STEERING STOPS WORKING AT ALL SPEEDS AND CONDITIONS. DASH LIGHTS UP SAYING POWER STEERING AND FROM THAT POINT ON UNTIL VEHICLE IS RESTARTED THERE IS NO POWER STEERING. IT HAS HAPPEN MANY TIMES OVER THE LAST WEEK DEALER STATES THAT THE POWER STEERING MOTOR IS BAD AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $265. THERE ARE 1000S OF COMPLAINTS OF THIS HAPPENING WHY IS NOTHING BEING DONE. CANADIAN HHR HAS A RECALL ON THIS BUT NOT US HHR. ITS NOT THE MONEY ITS THE SAFETY OF THE MOTORING PUBLIC THAT IS QUESTION HERE.IF NOT FOR THE FACT I HAVE DRIVEN A CAR NOT EQUIPPED WITH POWER STEERING BEFORE IT COULD HAVE BEEN REALLY BAD WHEN IT TURNED OFF IN A TURN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY BECAME LODGED IN THE IGNITION SWITCH AND THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE POWERED OFF. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT IN ORDER TO TURN OFF THE VEHICLE, HE HAD TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 60,000. *TR

2010 HHR 2LT (MANUAL TRANS / FLEX FUEL) BOUGHT NEW. PROBLEM BEGAN SUMMER 2012 @ 10,200 MI. CLICKING & THUD METAL NOISES HEARD & FELT (JERKY & RESONANCE OF METAL STRIKING) COMING FROM LOW DOWN IN BOTH FRONT SECTIONS. INITIALLY OCCURRED ERRATICALLY DURING DRIVING, THEN CONSISTENTLY. OCCURRED: REVERSING; AND ACCELERATING FROM 1ST GEAR INTO 2ND, 3RD, 4TH; DOWNSHIFTING FROM 4TH TO LOWER; AND DURING SLOW STOPS SHIFTING FROM 3RD, 2ND, OR 1ST INTO NEUTRAL. ON 9/14/12 AT 11,242 MI., DEALER FOUND "TOO MUCH CLEARANCE BETWEEN HUB & CV SHAFT" AND AN EXISTING SERVICE BULLETIN #09-04--95-001. REPLACED BOTH WHEEL DRIVE SHAFT WASHERS. (NOTE: NOISE & FEELING HAS ERRATICALLY RETURNED. HOWEVER, DEALER DID NOT HEAR IT DURING 3/4/13 TEST DRIVE AT 13,313 MILES. BUT I HEARD IT ON THE WAY HOME A COUPLE OF TIMES. AND LAST YEAR, IT WAS ERRATIC BEFORE BECOMING CONSISTENT....). *TR

ON 3/7/13 MY SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON THE NEXT DAY MY DOOR HANDLE BROKE OFF AND I CALLED GM AND THEY STATED THEY HAD BEEN NO RECALLS FOR THESE PROBLEMS. AFTER LOOKING ONLINE I SAW THAT PEOPLE WERE HAVING ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS WITH THESE ISSUES AND THEY ARE BOTH BIG SAFETY ISSUES. I FEEL LIKE GM IS NOT WANTING TO TAKE CARE OF THESE ISSUES. THE AIR BAG COULD DEPLOY AT ANY TIME AND THE IF I WAS IN A WRECK OR AUTO WAS ON FIRE I'D HAVE NO WAY OF GETTING OUT THE VEHICLE WITH THE DOOR HANDLE BROKE OFF. THEY JUST TOLD ME IT WAS UP TO ME OR I'D HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THEY WAS ENOUGH COMPLAINTS. THAT DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT NOW I'M HAVING TO LEAVE THE CAR SITTING CAUSE OF THESE SAFETY ISSUES SINCE I'M ON A LIMITED INCOME AND GM SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE SAFETY ISSUES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH *TR

AT LOW SPEEDS IN A SHARP TURN AND/OR ON BUMPY ROADS AND SOMETIMES DURING BREAKING AT HIGH SPEED, I NOTICE A RATTLE IN THE STEERING COLUMN. I TOLD THE DEALER THAT I THOUGHT MY FRONT ROTORS MAY BE WORN BUT THEY CHECKED OUT OK. I THINK ITS THE ELECTRIC STEERING COLUMN BOX WITH A WORN NYLON BUSHING THE SAME AS THE G6 STEERING PROBLEMS. BECAUSE MY MILEAGE WENT OVER 36000 AND THIS PROBLEM WAS NOT INITIALLY DIAGNOSED AS A STEERING PROBLEM AND NOT BEING A POWER TRAIN PROBLEM, CHEVY INDICATED THAT ITS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE. MY PARENTS HAVE AN 07 HHR THAT IS HAVING OVERHEATING ISSUES IN THEIR POWER-STEERING, ALONG WITH THE BACK LASHING IN THE COLUMN CAUSED BY, I THINK, THE NYLON BUSHING GOING BAD. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE PLASTIC INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE FAILED AND THE CONTACT COULD NOT EXIT THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE ENTIRE DOOR PANEL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 20,766. *TR

WATER STARTED COMING IN VEHICLE FROM HOOD RELEASE LEVER ON DRIVER SIDE KICK PANEL WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER, REPAIRED. HOWEVER DURING THE NEXT SEVERE RAIN STORM APPROXIMATELY 5 MONTH LATER IT AGAIN FAILED AND LEAKED AGAIN. DEALER STATED IT WAS REPAIRED THE SECOND TIME, HOWEVER AGAIN 4 MONTHS LATER DURING A SEVERE RAIN STORM IT AGAIN FAILED AND LEAKED. IT WAS NOT REPAIRED THE THIRD TIME, DEALER STATING THAT IT WAS NOT LEAKING, AND NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR. DEALER REFUSES TO HONOR WASHINGTON LEMON LAW. DEALER INITIATED A TRADE FOR THE VEHICLE, HOWEVER ONLY WANT TO GIVE 1/2 WHAT PAID FOR THE VEHICLE 11 MONTHS EARLIER. HAVE FOUND MULTIPLE REFERENCES THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE BUT NO RECALL DONE ON VEHICLE, ONLY STOPPED MANUFACTURING IT. *TR

HAVING ALOT OF NOISE FROM FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF CAR, SOUNDS IF SOMETHING IS LOOSE, SOUND IS AT LOW SPEEDS, HAVE HEARD CHEVY IS HAVING ALOT OF PROBLEMS WITH LOOSE STEERING COLUMNS AND HAS POSTED A TSB 04-03-08-006E, TO DEALERS. I BELIEVE SO MANY OWNERS ARE HAVING THE PROBLEM WITH THIS THAT CHEVY SHOULD HAVE TO RECALL AND FIX ALL CARS WITH PROBLEM. *TR

I WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT AT ABOUT 5 MPH THEN I THOUGHT MY ENGINE STALLED BECAUSE I COULDN'T TURN THE WHEEL. IT TURNS OUT THE ENGINE WAS ON, AND POWER STEERING APPEARED ON THE DISPLAY. I PULLED OVER TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG. AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF, THEN ON, THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY (I THINK FOR ONLY A TEMPORARY PERIOD). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FUEL FUMES WERE EMITTED INTO THE VEHICLE. ALSO, THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT SHE NOTICED FUEL HAD LEAKED ON THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE HESITATED WHEN STARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 55,000.