Owner-reported complaints naming the other system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports whose component NHTSA recorded as unknown, or that do not map to one of the categories above. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2008 Chevrolet Hhr submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 13 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
IF MY BATTERY RUNS DOWN THE TPMS SYSTEM LOSES PROGRAMMING AND HAS TO BE TAKEN TO A DEALER TO BE REFLASHED COSTING OVER $100. IF SOMEONE DRIVING THE CAR DOES NOT NOTICE A LOW TIRE IT COULD LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT.
THE CAR COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING, NO NOISE NO WARNING, COULD NOT STEER, BRAKE, ROLL WINDOWS DOWN. THIS HAPPENED LAST YEAR. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP. SAID IT WAS MY ALTERNATOR AND CHARGE ME AN EXTREME HIGH CHARGE TO REPLACE. VERY SCAREDY WHEN HAPPENED, FOR AUTO TO CUT OFF LIKE THAT. LUCKILY I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 30MPR AN NOT ON AN INTERSTATE. BOUGHT 2ND HAND. HAVE NOT BEEN HAPPY WITH SINCE. WHEN BOUGHT DID NOT RECEIVE KEY FAN OF, AN THE DRIVERS DOOR, WILL LOCK ON ITS OWN, WHICH LEFT ME BAFFLED HOW TO GET INTO IT WITH NO OTHER KEY HOLES ON ANY OTHER DOORS OR ESPECIALLY THE BACKEND. I FEEL THIS IS VERY TROUBLESOME FOR ANYONE, AND A BAD DESIGN FEATURE. THE AIRBAG IS QUESTIONABLE, AND NOW THE WATER PUMP HAS WENT OUT, AND THEY SAY THE MANIFOLD HAS TO COME OFF TO GET TO AND WANT TO CHARGE 750.00 AT A CAR REPAIR TO FIX, BUT WILL CHECK FIRST TO SEE IF THAT'S FOR SURE WHERE LEAKING. THEN ONE TIRE HAS THE THING THAT TELLS IF MY AIRS OKAY IN THE TIRE ON MY DASHBOARD. IT STAYS ON CAUSE IT FELL OFF IN THE TIRE. THE WHOLE DARN THING IS A NIGHTMARE TO ME, THAT I'M STUCK WITH. FROM THE MOTOR AN EXPENSE IT IS TO HAVE WORKED ON TO THE POOR EXPENSIVE DESIGN THAT GOT ON THE MARKET. IT'S A NIGHTMARE.
DRIVING ON A CITY STREET AROUND 40 MILES PER HOUR WHEN ALARM SOUNDS AND I HAVE NO POWER STEERING. VERY HARD TO TURN DROVE HOME AND IT DID IT AGAIN TODAY....ALSO TIRE SENSORS ALARM STATING TIRES ARE DEFLATED...WHEN THEY ARE FINE..
WHEN I BUHGT THIS VEHICLE IT WAS THE LEFT SIDE SHOCKED SOLVER WAS LOSS UNSCREWED LOCKY ME I FOUND THE BEFORE ANYTHING HAPPENED IN THE HWY THEN I FOUND UNTHER THE VEHICLE A BIG BUMP LIKE THIS CAR WAS IN A CRASH ACCIDENT I EXPLAINS THE DEALER SALES MAN AND HE TOLL ME TO HE DON'T KNOW A BOUGHT IT THEN ONE WHEEL WAS MORE BIG THAN THE OTHER WHEELS SO I BOUGHT ANOTHER TIRE I THEN START SEARCH THE INFORMATION ON THIS CAR WITH NO SUCCESS EVEN CAR MAX IS NO RECORD OF THE VEHICLE I THE CONTINUED DRIVING THE CAR AND I FIND OUT THIS CAR WAS A CAR CRASH VEHICLE BECAUSE I NOTICE DRIVER SIDE WAS PANEL FIX AND FOR MORE TO KNOW THIS CAR IS UNSAFELY TO DRIVE WHEN YOU GO MORE THAT 50" MILES IN A RAIN THE CAR EASY DERAIL AND LOCKY I BE HAVE NOT VEHICLE IN MY SIDE IT HAPPEN TO ME THREE TIME I CALL THE DEALERSHIP AND ASK TO CHANGE ME THIS VEHICLE IS TO DANGER TO DRIVE AND THERE RESPOND WAS SALE THE CAR AND BUY ME ANOTHER ONE THAT TELL ME THE UNRESPONSIVE THEY ARE NO CARE IF ANOTHER FAMILY BUY THE CAR AND THEN THEY CAN HAVE A ACCIDENT AND EVEN KILL THEM SALFE I TOLL HIM I CAN NOT SALE A VEHICLE THAT IS UNSAFE TO ANY ONE SO THAT'S WAY I REPORTED TO YOU GUYS TO PUT A STOP TO THIS DEALER BECAUSE I NOTICE THEY HAVE A BIG JUNK YARD IN THE BACK OF THE DEALERSHIP AND THAT TELL ME THAT THEY FIX JUNK CARS AND RESALES WITH UNSAFETY ESUE AND THEY NEED TO BE INSPECTED TO SEE THEY NOT RISK FAMILY'S OUT THERE AND I WANT MY MONEY BACK AND MY EXPENCESS I PUT TO THIS JUNK.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MECHANICAL SYSTEM FAILED AND THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAD TO BE USED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.
WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT THE CAR WAS NOT ABLE TO TEST ON HWY CONDITION BUT IT CAME WITH EXTENDED BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY THE FIRST TIME GOT ON FREEWAY SHAKE HORRIBLE WHILE BRAKING. TWO MONTHS PAST HAD ROTORS TURNED NEW BRAKES PUT ON BY GOOD YEAR SHOP FIRST TIME ON FREEWAY STILL SHAKES HORRIBLE. WITH NE ROTORS AND PADS WILL STILL SHAKE THIS HAS BEEN FULLY INSPECTED TWICE AND NO PROBLEMS. IT JUST SEEMS TO ME THAT ARE TO MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE NOT TO HAVE A TSB OR RECALL ITS NOT FAIR TO THE CONSUMER AND ITS SEEMS DANGEROUS TO HAVE A SHAKING CAR WHILE SLOWING DOWN AT 50 MPH 40 MPH. CURRENT MILES 50K. *JS
MY POWER STEERING WENT OUT ON MY 2008 HHR WHILE I WAS MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN, I HAD TO JERK THE STEERING WHEEL BACK TO AVOID GOING INTO THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM EVER SINCE WITH THE STEERING GOING OUT AND HAVING TO WRESTLE WITH IT. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE CHEVROLET DEALER SHIP TO COMPLAIN IN CAPE CORAL, FL. AND THEY TOLD ME IT WOULD COST ME TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I FIND THAT THIS IS A SEVERE SAFETY ISSUE AND A GENERAL MOTORS CO. DEFECT THAT I SHOULD NOT BEHELD RESPONSIBLE FOR TO PAY. PLEASE CHECK INTO THIS PROBLEM AND SEE IF THERE IS ANYMORE COMPLAINTS ON THIS STEERING PROBLEM. *TR
OUR 2008 CHEVY HHR JUST STARTS TO SHAKE ON THE HIGHWAY ONCE IT HITS 60 MPH TO ABOUT 64 MPH, THEN IT GOES AWAY. THE SHAKING IS REALLY BAD IT MAKES THE WHOLE CAR SHAKE AND MY HANDS BEGAN TO SHAKE PRETTY HARD ON THE STEERING WHEEL. WE'VE REPLACED ALL THE TIRES WITH BRAND NEW GOODYEAR EAGLE GT AND THEM BALANCED AND WHEEL ALIGNMENT WAS DONE. BUT THE CAR STILL SHAKES AT THAT SPEED. *TR
WHEN BRAKING TO COME TO A STOP THE BRAKES/WHEELS SHUTTER AND SHAKE VIOLENTLY. *JS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET HHR SS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL FOUR RIMS ON THE VEHICLE ARE CRACKING NEXT TO THE VALVE STEM. THE CONTACT CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE CONTACT HAD NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,000.
I PURCHASED A 2008 CHEVROLET HHR IN 2009 WITH 40,000 MILES ON IT. I NOTICED BRAKING/SHAKING PROBLEM. DEALER FIXED IT THE DAY AFTER I BOUGHT IT. UNDER 500 MILES LATER, BRAKING/SHAKING STARTS AGAIN. DIFFERENT DEALER TURNS ROTORS TWO MORE TIMES. PADS ARE WEARING EVENLY, SO THE DEALER MECHANIC ADVISED ME TO PURCHASE AFTER-MARKET ROTORS AS THE OEM DO NOT APPEAR TO RESIST WARPING VERY WELL. WHEN THE DEALER'S MECHANIC RECOMMENDS PUTTING ON A NON-DEALER PART, THERE HAS GOT TO BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE ENGINEERING OF THE CAR OR THE INTEGRITY OF THE METAL IN THE ROTORS. THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ON PEOPLE TURNING AND RE-TURNING THESE ROTORS ALL OVER THE WEB, ULTIMATELY LEADING THEM TO REPLACE WITH NON-GM PARTS. *KB
WE OWN A 2008 HHR AND IT HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT TROUBLE . FIRST WHEN WE PURCHASED THE CAR IN DEC 2008 IT HAD 23,000 MILES ON IT. TWO MONTHS AFTER WE GOT THE CAR WE HAD TO REPLACE BOTH FRONT ROTORS ON IT AND AFTER FIGHTING WITH GM THEY AGREED TO PAY FOR THE ROTORS. AT THIS TIME THEY TOLD US THAT THE CAR NEEDED NEW TIRES AND A FRONT END ALIGNMENT AT 26,000 MILES . THEN JUST TWO MONTHS AGO AT 61,000 MILES IT HAD A RUMBLING NOISE IN THE FRONT END ,THE DRIVETRAIN WAS STILL UNDER WARRENTY.THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THE RIGHT SIDE AXLE BEARING WAS BAD AND THEY REPLACED IT,AND ALSO AT THIS TIME THEY TOLD US THAT THE LOWER BALL JOINT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST TO US OF OVER $400.00 . JUST LAST WEEK THE RUMBLING NOISE RETURNED , I RETURNED THE CAR TO THE DEALER AGAIN AND THEY TOLD US THAT THIS THE LEFT AXLE BEARING WAS BAD, WARRANTY ALSO COVERED THIS REPAIR. ALSO THEY SAID THAT THE CAR NEEDED THE FRONT ROTORS TURNED AND NEW BRAKE PADS ON IT .MY WIFE HIT A POTHOLE ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO AND BENT THE WHEEL . COST TO REPLACE THE WHEEL WAS $150.00 . WHEN I ROTATED THE TIRES AS PER GMS ADVICE I NOTICED THAT THE RIGHT FRONT STRUT WAS LEAKING ,AND AS WELL AS THE LEFT REAR SHOCK ABSORBER. THE ONLY THING I LIKE ABOUT THIS CAR WAS ITS LOOKS. SO NEXT WEEK WE ARE GOING TO BUY A FORD FOCUS.. ITS NO WONDER GM HAD TO HAVE THE GOVERNMENT BAIL THEM OUT... *TR
MY MOTHER EXPERIENCED SHAKING AND PULLING TO THE SIDE WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES. I TOLD HER TO TAKE IT TO CHEVY FOR REPAIRS. THEY PUT NEW ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS ON THE CAR AT MY EXPENSE. I AM A MECHANIC AND IT IS NOT NORMAL FOR THE FRICTION PAD TO BE MISSING ON THE BRAKES, THAT IS A PART FAILURE NOT WEAR AND TEAR. I HAVE THE PARTS TAKEN OFF MY CAR IN SEPTEMBER WHEN THE REPAIR OCCURRED, THAT PROVES MY STATEMENT. TWO MONTHS LATER THIS SAME PROBLEM IS OCCURRING AGAIN. I CONTACTED CHEVY AND THEY SAID IT WAS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. I FEEL THE NEW ROTORS ARE WARPED. ALSO I HAVE COMPLAINED TO CHEVY SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE WHEN THE CAR IS FIRST STARTED THE BRAKES ARE HARD. IF A SMALL CHILD WALKS OUT THERE COULD BE A FATALITY DUE TO THIS FAILURE. I AM IN THE MILITARY AND LIVE ON POST WITH MANY YOUNG CHILDREN AND THE SIDEWALK GOES BY MY HOUSE. I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT THE BRAKES BEING HARD UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE MADE BY OTHER OWNERS OF THE CHEVY HHR'S. *TR
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