Check Engine Light On problems of the 2006 Chevrolet HHR

Driving at 70mph on the freeway, between two semi trucks, my car dinged at me and the display said, "engine power reduced. " I did not know what this meant so I immediately started to try and maneuver between the two trucks and pull over. Seconds later, the warning bells happened again and the error message was "engine disengaged. " the car turned itself off! I coasted over to the berm. To be honest, I was so scared, I really don't know if the power steering and brakes were disabled too but with no engine running, I can't imagine how they could be. The yellow check engine light was now on and I tried several times to restart the car with no success, it just acted dead. The electrical systems seemed operative. With cars and trucks zipping by at high speeds, I decided to wait in my car, hoping an emergency vehicle would pass by. After about 10 minutes, I was able to start the car again. The check engine light remained lit and the car acted normally not even acting like it was in limp mode. I warily drove my car to my mechanic. He said the computer gave him limited information. He cleaned the throttle but wasn't sure it worked or not. Imagine my hesitancy to drive on a freeway again, not knowing if it would happen again. A search of internet boards about this problem showed this is designed by gm to happen and happens often! a design feature that shuts off the car at high speeds because of a dirty throttle? this was not a fatal condition of the engine that would cause it to blow up or something but merely a maintenance item. Just shutting off the engine hardly seems like an proportionate response to a dirty throttle. The discussion boards say there are multiple reasons this happens, not just the throttle condition. Please research this design flaw. The idea of letting my wife drive this car quite frankly scares me as it did me that cold winter day.

The contact owns a 2006 Chevrolet Hhr. The contact stated that while driving 40 mph, the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection where they stated that the number three cylinder had misfired. As a result, the exhaust valve and the exhaust head needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 56,000.

After traveling back and forth from one county to another (approx 130 miles roundtrip) as I exited the fwy the car was driving normal except for I was on empty at this point. I came to a complete stop when light turned green I began to accelerate. Upon acceleration at approx. 10-15mph the car made a hard jerking motion as though it was having a hard time shifting gears however my 06 Hhr is an automatic. At this point I also noticed that the check engine light had now illuminated on the instrument panel. I took the car straight home and did not attempt to drive again for 3-4 days. Then one day I drove it approx 15 miles all was good. I went shopping upon leaving the car still appeared to be normal. Then while on the fwy approx 70mph I noticed the check engine light on again as well as the t/c light (traction control) the car continued to drive "normal" but once I came to a stop on the offramp and began to accelerate the jerking motion happened again. I've noticed that on a few occasions this happens once the gas is on empty. I also noticed on one occasion that once I had put a little over half a tank of gas in as well as a bottle of fuel injector cleaner that the indicator lights shut off as well as the jerking had disappears. We have had the transmission flushed and still the problem persists. Aside from that when you try to remote start the engine once the check engine light has come on the remote start no longer works. You hear the electrical all come on but that's it. Then all of a sudden the other night I attempt to exit my car and the driver door handle snapped right off. My husband contacted the local dealership requesting price for the part and was told $300+. I just found the piece for $63. 00 online. . . Unbelievable! but the handle broke so easily. I didn't pull hard. If I had the door would've at least popped open a lil. But it didn't budge.

The contact owns a 2006 Chevrolet Hhr. The contact stated that the check engine warning light illuminated intermittently while driving approximately 60 mph and the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was taken to a private mechanic and he was unable to duplicate the failure. The dealer was contacted but the vehicle was not repaired. The current mileage was 98,000 and the failure mileage was 97,000. The VIN was unavailable.

My '06 chevy Hhr was running fine for 4 years and then 3 weeks ago the engine light came on and my car stopped and started coasting while I was in the middle of driving it. After that incident, it happened intermittently every other day and now we can't drive it a few miles without it shutting down several times. It always starts right back up but it is extremely dangerous b/c it happened while my husband is driving on the freeway. We are at the point where we don't drive it outside of the neighborhood and we're going to see about getting a new vehicle. I saw online where people were having the same problem. I am going to the dealer next week to have it checked by them but I don't think I should have to pay for this if it is a defect in the vehicle.

In April 2007 my check engine light came on. I brought it to the dealer to have it checked out and they advised me it was a bad sensor and changed it. This happened several more time over the next few months every time the sensor was changed. Problem persisted again in Jan 08 car is back at the dealer again 5th time for check engine light this time I was advised when doing the diagnostic check they got a code for a miss. The mechanics could not figure out what was causing this code to come up. The dealer contacted chevy's technical help dept and did a thorough diagnostic check to find out that the miss was caused by one of the heads going bad. . . . . . The car had roughly 15,000 miles on it and the motor had to be pulled and repaired. My car ran great for a while after it was repaired. Now 3 months later and 19,300 miles on the car it started sputtering and the check engine light is back on again! I have never had so many issues with any of the 4 other chevy's I have had. I feel this car is a lemon and a danger to drive.

While driving on the freeway the check engine light came on and the speed was reduced to 20. My six month old son was in the car. The dash read, engine power reduced.

I have a 2006 chevy Hhr, I love it but, it has issues 1st I bought it used 15,000 miles. Since then I have had 1. The rear logo replaced 4 times, then, 2. The key get stuck when I turn off the car so I used the plunger and 3. The gear shift moves when the car is off or on. Now, 4. The key won't turn to start the car I have to jiggle it till it works. 5. My power steering goes out randomly, while driving it so I can't turn the 6. -,7. -, and 8. 3 recalls, then, 9. The wheels shakes at 60 mph, I have 10. And 11. Replaced both front door handles with in 2 weeks 12. I hear a loud crackling or static sound from my speakers and the radio is off. Oh and 13. My check engine light won't go off plus 14. Every time I have to change the battery I have to get my remote reprogrammed for the auto start. . . It came with the car. What is going on? there are 14 issues some safety and some cosmetic but, clearly an issue I am only making my voice heard because I just started researching my car. I am a single mother I can't afford to fix the major ignition or gear shift, transmission and electrical car shaking these have been reported in a lot of Hhrs. Please help.