Body problems of the 2006 Chevrolet HHR - part 2

The contact owns a 2006 Chevrolet Hhr. The contact stated that he attempted to exit the vehicle but the door handle fractured. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection and they stated that the door handle assembly needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 89,000.

The contact owns a 2006 Chevrolet Hhr. While parked, the contact attempted to open the front driver's side when the interior door handle fractured. The contact was able to open the door by using the exterior door handle after opening the window. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing where the technicians advised the contact that the door panel would have to be replaced. The failure recurred after the repair. The vehicle was repaired a second time. The approximate failure mileage was 39,800.

A lady ran a red light on springridge rd just south of jackson ms. Wife was driving across springridge rd. The lady failed to yield and struck wife in drivers side totaling three cars in the process wife was severely injured (11 days in hospital) no airbag was deployed during accident. Still working on full recovery.

The car has several safety issues. The main concern is that both of the front doors had the handles break off. You cannot open the doors from the inside. You must roll down the window and open from the outside. If the vehicle were involved in an accident or caught on fire and there was no power to the vehicle you are literally trapped inside. I have brought this to the attention of Chevrolet but they have failed to do anything. I feel like the vehicle is a rolling death trap. The other concern is that the power steering went out on the vehicle. Chevrolet does not make it a recall yet you can be driving along and all of a sudden your power steering goes out. The part is the same as the Chevrolet cobalt and Chevrolet did a recall on that vehicle for the very same power steering part.

The contact owns a 2006 Chevrolet Hhr. While the vehicle was parked the contact attempted to open the front drivers side door and the door handle fractured and fell off of the vehicle from the interior. The vehicle was taken to an independent repair shop where the entire door panel was replaced because the parts for the door handle were not sold separately. Approximately 18 months later the failure recurred. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 35,000 and the current mileage was 95,000. The VIN was unavailable.

Air bag light come on in the passage set when know one in the set. The steering made funny popping noise. An all the door handle broke where you could not get out of the auto. And the car show on car fax that it is a buy back auto. But gm say it not. And one of the handle is broking on the driver side. And I can not sale it because it show as a buy back. Tdmv say it was and then they change there mind. I fill like someone at gm pay them off . I know this has been a long time but I still have the car. And I am still looking for help. I will keep a copy for my record.

We have had several problems with our Hhr since we bought in in August of 2007. The first problem occurred just after purchasing it, when we were driving it out on a highway for a first time outing with it, when I noticed the front wheels seemed to be floating back and forth. I slowed down and immediately took it home. We contacted our local dealer, and had the car brought in to be checked out. We were told the front bushings were bad & needed replacing. The dealer replaced the bushings. (under warranty) in September of 2007, we had to replace our cars remote control, even though it was only 1 years old. Our dealer replaced it but we had to pay $81. 82 out of our pocket. October 2007, I brought our can into our dealer because it had a rough ride and groaning sounds. The dealer looked at it and said the sound was coming from the steering column. They replaced our steering column under warranty. December of 2007 my wife, mother & I went to a christmas light parade in our town; when we got home I turned off the ignition & when I attempted to remove the key, it would not come out. That Monday I called our local dealer & they had us bring in the car on 12/3/07. They reported that there was no power to the inter lock2 and a fuse had brown. They found that a wire harness was pinched under the column cover & repaired the harness (under warranty) January 29,2008 I brought our 2006 Hhr into our dealer again complaining about squeaking and popping noise with clunking in left front. They said they heard noise from stabilizer links pivot joint at link tires miss-matched. They replaced both stabilizers links under warranty. Continued on next report.

Tl- the contact owns a 2006 Chevrolet Hhr. The contact was exciting the vehicle when the interior driver's side door handle detached. The contact also stated that on a separate occasion while driving 40 mph, the air bag warning light illuminated. In addition, the front end of the vehicle would shake abnormally when the brakes were depressed. The vehicle was taken to a private mechanic who confirmed that inside door assembly failed and needed to be replaced along with both side front rotors. The manufacturer was contacted and confirmed to the contact that the VIN did not qualify for repairs under NHTSA campaign id number: 08v046000 (air bags). The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 46,000 and the current mileage was 89,000. Kmj.

The car has had the a/c fan motor replaced at least 4 times, each time it was damaged by a water leak. The dealership replaced motor once while under warranty but stated they could not find/fix the leak. This was a lie because it is a common problem with the butyl patch, easily found in the most basic internet search. The door handles are made of the cheapest plastic, driver's side interior door handle broke off. There is water leaking into the rear driver's side floorboard with no cause yet found. The worst part of this is the Chevrolet dealership where I purchased the vehicle not completely fixing the leak problem during the warranty period, then charging me to fix it again after the warranty had expired. Now I can't even get them to return my phone calls regarding the recall repairs they are required to do.

Everytime it rains the passenger side floor board gets wet. I have replace my carpet once and tried to find the leak to no avail.