2010 Chevrolet Hhr

ARRIVED HOME FROM GROCERY SHOPPING AND I PARKED MY VEHICLE. I TRIED TO TURN THE IGNITION OFF AND THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN. I PULLED THE POWER CABLE OFF THE FUSE BOX UNDER THE HOOD TO SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF. I LIVE IN A TOWNHOUSE SUB-DIVISION AND DID NOT WANT TO LEAVE THE KEY IN THE IGNITION SO I REMOVED THE IGNITION CYLINDER. I CALLED THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR AND THEY TOWED IT TO THEIR SHOP. THE LOOKED AT THE VEHICLE AND TOLD ME IT WAS UNDER OEM WARRANTY AND THEY HAD IT TOWED TO A CHEVROLET DEALER TO HAVE IT FIXED. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY WOULD FIX THE IGNITION SWITCH UNDER WARRANTY BUT THE HOUSING WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED AT A COST TO ME. THEY REPLACED THE PARTS AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE DEALERSHIP CALLED THE NEXT DAY AND SAID THE ECM (ENGINE CONTROL MODULE) WOULD NOT HOLD ITS PROGRAMMING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT MY COST. TOTAL REPAIR $1275.00. *TR

POWER STEERING QUIT WORKING GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, PULLED OVER SHUT THE CAR OFF, RESTARTED WORKED FINE FOR ABOUT 2 DAY, THEN WENT OUT AGAIN, NOW IT GOES OFF ALL THE TIME. THIS MAKES IT HARD TO STEER,COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. DEALER SAID HAVE TO PUT ON COMPUTER AND FIND OUT WHAT WAS DOING IT, ALL CHARGES TO ME.I HAVE LOOKED ONLINE AND WAS TOLD THAT SAME STEERING IS IN OTHER CHEVROLET VEHICLES THAT WERE RECALLED, NOT THE HHR. *TR

RETURNING HOME FROM DINNER WITH MY HUSBAND, HE PUT THE CAR IN PARK, AND THE IGNITION SWITCH WOULD NOT TURN OFF, THOUGH HE REPEATEDLY TRIED. WITH THE ENGINE STILL RUNNING, WE HAD NO RECOURSE BUT FOR HIM TO TAKE IT TO A CHEVROLET DEALER 30 MILES AWAY, WHERE THEY SAID THEY WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE IGNITION SWITCH, AND REPROGRAM THE COMPUTER AND KEY FOBS. THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT WITH THE HHR. WHY HAS THERE NOT BEEN A RECALL? THEY HAVE EVEN MANUFACTURED A REPLACEMENT PART FOR THIS, SO THEY KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM. IT WILL COST US OVER 300.00 TO GET THIS REPLACED, AND I DON'T FEEL IT IS OUR FAULT THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED, TO US, AND THE MANY OTHER HHR OWNERS WHO ARE WONDERING WHERE IS THE RECALL?? OUR CAR IS A 2010 MODEL, SO IT IS NOT THAT OLD. *TR

ON APPROXIMATELY MARCH 26 2012 AT NIGHT ON A TRIP FROM PHOENIX AZ TO RENO NV MY VEHICLE LOW BEAM HEADLAMPS WENT OUT, I DROVE FROM KINGMAN AZ TO INDIAN SPRINGS NV WITH JUST MY HIGHBEAMS AFTER STOPPING IN INDIAN SPRINGS AND TRYING EVERY KNOB AND SWITCH IN THE VEHICLE THE FRONT LOW BEAMS CAME ON. THEN IN THE MONTH OF APRIL THE LOW BEAMS WENT OUT ALL TOGETHER AND AFTER BEING IN THE SHOP FOR 2 DAYS IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A RELAY PROBLEM AND REPAIR WAS MADE AND I HAD LOW BEAMS AGAIN, BUT NOW THE HORN DOESN'T FUNCTION AND AFTER BEING PULLED OVER BY THE POLICE I WAS ADVISED THAT MY TAILLIGHTS ARE OUT. BOTH PROBLEMS POSSIBLY RELATED TO A FUSE OR RELAY PROBLEM BUT I HAVEN'T HAD IT IN THE SHOP YET. NOW WHEN I PURCHASED THE VEH IN SEPTEMBER OF 2011 I NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUTTER TO A STOP WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, SOMETIMES VIOLENTLY. HAD A BRAKE JOB DONE IN MARCH AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE FRONT ROTORS WERE WARPED. HAD THEM REPAIRED AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE UNTIL APPROXIMATELY JUNE 1ST WHEN THE SHUTTERING/VIBRATING STARTED UP AGAIN AND THE SOMETIMES VIOLENTLY AT THAT. I AM REALLY CONCERNED WHEN I APPLY THE BRAKES THAT SOMETHING MAY BREAK LOSE WHEN I APPLY THE BRAKES. I'VE READ ON THE INTERNET MANY COMPLAINTS FROM CHEVROLET HHR (DIFFERENT YEAR MODELS) OWNERS OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS AND THAT AFTER HAVING THE BRAKES WORKED ON THAT THE VIBRATING/SHUTTERING COMES BACK WITHIN 3 MONTHS. THANK YOU. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WHILE DRIVING OR PARKED I SEE THE SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT COME ON. IT HAS BEEN GOING ON AND OFF. I HAVEN'T READ WHERE ANYONE ELSE HAS BEEN HAVING THIS ISSUE YET. BUT I HAVE HAD THE IGNITION STUCK IN THE ON POSITION. I HAD TO UNPLUG THE BATTERY UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING. WHEN I COULD GO TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY FIXED THE CAR IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT. BUT NOW I AM GETTING THIS SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT, WHEN IT DOES COME ON I CAN'T SEE THE MILEAGE NOR THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE. I WANT TO KNOW CAN THIS BE FIXED? *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE IGNITION FAILED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO TURN THE ENGINE OFF OR REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE BATTERY AND THE ENGINE POWER RELAY HAD TO BE DISCONNECTED IN ORDER TO POWER THE VEHICLE OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER HERE THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING DIAGNOSIS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 45,000.

I DRIVE A 2010 CHEVY HHR. I NOTICED NOT TO LONG AFTER I PURCHASED IT NEW THE DOOR(DRIVERS SIDE PASSENGER) WOULD NOT OPEN FROM OUTSIDE OR EVEN INSIDE WHEN I WOULD CRAWL INSIDE AND TRY TO GET IT OPEN. IT WOULD ONLY DO IT ON OCCASION. NOW IT HAS CEASED TO HAPPEN AT ALL IN THE PAST 6 MONTHS. ON MAY 25TH OF THIS YEAR THE PASSENGER SIDE DID THE SAME THING. MY MOTHER AND I WERE TRAVELING TO MY DAUGHTERS GRADUATION AND IT COMPLETELY LOCKED HER INSIDE. SHE COULD NOT GET THE DOOR OPENED AT ALL EVEN THOUGH I HIT THE UNLOCK BUTTON AND SHE TRIED MANY TIMES TO DO THE SAME THING ON HER SIDE. THE ACTUAL DOOR LOCK WAS IN THE UP POSITION SHOWING THAT THE DOOR APPEARED TO BE IN THE UNLOCK POSITION BUT WHEN SHE WENT FOR THE HANDLE IT WAS STILL LOCKED. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES ON THIS DAY. IT EVEN SET MY ALARM SYSTEM ON MY CAR OFF BECAUSE AFTER IT REFUSED TO UNLOCK IT EVENTUALLY DID AND THEN REFUSED TO LOCK BACK. I GO AROUND AFTER GETTING OUT OF THE VEHICLE MAKING SURE ALL MY DOORS WERE SECURED AND IT WAS NOT LOCKED EVEN THOUGH THE LATCH WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION AND APPEARED TO BE SECURED. IS THIS A COMPUTER PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES? I HAVE READ ABOUT PROBLEMS WITH THE OLDER MODEL HHR'S HAVING THIS PROBLEM BUT NOT ON A NEWER ONE OF THE YEAR I HAVE. WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS CAN SOMEONE ACCESS MY COMPUTER BOARD IN MY VEHICLE AND SET THOSE LOCKS TO MESS UP? IT WAS ALMOST LIKE SOMEONE WAS MAYBE WANTING IN MY VEHICLE AND WHAT A BETTER WAY TO DO IT THAN TO MESS WITH THE LOCKING SYSTEM. I WOULD HAVE NEVER KNOWN MY VEHICLE WAS UNLOCKED HAD I NOT WENT OVER AND PHYSICALLY CHECKED IT THAT DAY BECAUSE LIKE I SAID IT APPEARED TO BE LOCKED. THE LOCK ACTUALLY WENT DOWN WHEN I HIT MY KEY FOB TO LOCK MY DOORS THAT DAY. WEIRD THING IS...IT HASN'T DONE IT SINCE THEN....HOW DOES A VEHICLE FIX ITSELF? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED AND THE STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED BEFORE THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS TIMES AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE FAILURE. A DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED WHICH WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE A FAILURE CODE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE APPROXIMATE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 42,000.