general problems of the 2006 Chevrolet HHR

The contact owns a 2006 Chevrolet Hhr. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle lost motive power and would not properly accelerate. Additionally, the front passenger’s side door would not open while using the interior door latch. The contact stated while using the cigarette lighter, the vehicle shut off, and smoke filled the cabin of the vehicle. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The local dealer and manufacturer were not contacted. The failure mileage was 92,000.

The contact owns a 2006 Chevrolet Hhr. The contact stated that while parked, the interior drivers side door handle detached from the vehicle. After opening the window, the contact was able to open the door from the exterior. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer for a diagnostic test and the technician stated that the door panel would have to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 70,000.

2006 door handle broke for no reason. Is unable to open from inside. Its a sefety issue if u have to get out in an emergency.

The contact owns a 2006 Chevrolet Hhr. The contact stated that handle detached from the front driver side door when entering the vehicle. The same failure occurred a month prior to the recent failure on the front passenger side door. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and the manufacturer was contacted. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 74,500 and the current mileage was 74,600.

Drivers door is broken, have to roll window down to get out, also, remote is not working, I have to lock/unlock with the horn honking everytime I park. After doing a search online, I found that a lot of other people have had the same problem, and it seems to stem from the fact, that chevy has decided not to be built like a rock, instead, built with plastic. (can you even recycle it?).

Inside door handle on my 2006 Chevrolet Hhr broke off when I opened the door. This creates a safety issue for the driver as the door cannot be opened from the inside without lowering the left front window and opening with the outside handle. If the electrical system is damaged then the window will not open. The driver would then need to crawl over the center console to the right door or the front seat to exit the cars rear door. In a collision or fire the driver may be injured, panicked or confused and not be able to exit the vehicle. The plastic handle should be replaced with a more substantial metal one.

The contact owns a 2006 Chevrolet Hhr. The contact stated that the driver side door handle fractured. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer who stated that the entire driver side door panel needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The current and failure mileage was approximately 63,000.

Driver side internal door handle broke off leaving the door inoperable unless the electric window is opened and the hand put over the door and opened on the outside of the car. This is also a hazard because if the car battery is dead then how do you get out of the car?.

I have a 2006 Hhr. While trying to exit out the passenger side door the door handle broke in my hand so now anyone sitting there has to open the window an reach out and open the door (or someone has to open for them). The other problem I just encountered is that the "door open" message and dinging noise keeps coming up while I am driving. The door is not open! also, the radio won't shut off when you turn the car off and open the door. When pushing the inside lock/unlock button on the driver's side, all the doors lock except the driver's side. It goes down, but comes back up. My mechanic thinks it is a door latch problem. Also the alarm goes off by itself after locking the car with the remote. I was awoken at 3:00 am to the sound of my car going off, this has never happened before! gm needs to do some recalls on these items, as I see a lot of complaints concerning the same items.

The interior door handles on the 2006 Chevrolet Hhr fell off. The only way to fix it is to replace the entire door panel just for the cheap plastic handle for approximately $500. 00. If I was in an accident and the car would not start again, I could not get out of the car through the driver's side because I would not be able to roll down the window to open the door from the outside. Or if the car were on fire, I simply would not be able to escape. This needs to be a recall item as this is a huge safety factor. A bigger safety factor that the latch on the pop up middle console on the chevy Hhr that was recalled back in 2008 (I think). There are blogs all over the internet of people like me who are experiencing the same problem. I am a single working girl who simply cannot afford a $500 interior door panel replacement for a cheap plastic handle because this is not reasonable. I tried to get chevy to replace it and they simply said they would give me a $40 discount. That is ridiculous!!! I bought the car be cause it was economical and not one thing about this replacement sounds economical. This is a safety hazard and could lead to a death.

I own a 2006 chevy Hhr lt. Thanksgiving day I went to move my car out of the driveway and when I tried to get out of the car the interior door handle on the driver door came off in my hand. I have done my research and found this is a common problem with this vehicle. I even walked up to another Hhr I saw on a parking lot and it had the same problem. My safely concern is that I cannot open the door without rolling down my window and reaching outside the car to the exterior handle. If I was in an accident and had a electrical failure I could not exit the car because I could not roll down the window. Everything I have found in my research is that Chevrolet is not recgonizing this as a real problem and from what I have seen/read they have been unwilling to correct the problem when it occurs or help the vehicle owners in any way. I have checked on the repair and found that the door handle itself can not be replaced that you have to buy an entire door panel for over $400 and that is just the part, no labor. How can this be a known problem, and Chevrolet not stand behind their product? the inability to exit my vehicle in the aftermath of an accident greatly concerns me and should concern Chevrolet especially with the multiple complaints I have read online of this issue occurring.

2006 Chevrolet Hhr interior door handle failures. In my instance the plastic handle that is used to open the door on the drivers side broke off. This is a widely complained about issue on the web. If you google "hhr drivers side interior door handle broken" you get 1000's of people discussing this issue. The cost to repair is very high and people are not doing it. Chevy does not sell just the plastic part, they require you to purchase an entire assembly, the cost runs nearly $600 with labor for a plastic part. The issue is that dealerships do not stock this part, they need to order it and it takes time, this is a safety issue as the only way to exit the car is to open the door from the outside, so that requires rolling a window down and opening it from the outside. If you needed to exit the vehicle in a hurry, such as after an accident, you would not be able to do so. This is a great concern. Besides the fact that this is being reported as a problem and chevy is not trying to rectify the situation, or to even provide the part outside of purchasing the entire assembly.

Inside driver side handle broke off, unable to open door from the inside the electronic window must be opened and door opened from the outside.

Driver side inside door handle bfoke off, need to open window and reach outside to open door.

Chevy Hhr 2006 drivers side interior door handle broke off in hand during normal use. Made of cheap plastic. Auto maker states that the only way to repair is to completely remove the door and pay. All of this for a piece of plastic which should cost pennies to replace? I suffer from neck pain and have trouble rolling the window down to reach out and open the door. They have to fix this at their cost. This is obviously no fault of the owners and only due to faulty (plastic) equipment they are using.

As filed by many other owners of a chevy Hhr, something needs to be done about the inside door handles. They are made of cheap plastic and mine broke as well. I can't believe a us company such as gm would make a cheap part that could end up endangering the lives of its customers. If you were to get in an accident or need to exit the car in any emergency situation, this could cost your life. Gm needs to recall these cars and do the right thing. Replace them with a more durable handle as soon as possible. Or will they wait until something happens before they take action?.

My Hhr driver's interior handle broke off a few weeks ago. I feel that gm needs to recall 2006 Hhr cars and replace the door handle. I do not have $400. 00 to give the dealership. A month ago I just paid for key ignition switch to be fixed for $400. 00.

2006 Hhr LS - driver's side door handle broke off with normal opening of the door. Could not get out of the car without putting window down and using the outside handle. If this was an emergency - I would have been stuck in the car. Power steering failure - power steering quits while driving - was going 55 mph. And the power steering just went off. . Pulled to the side with difficulty - shut the car off. Restarted car - and the power steering was working again. Very dangerous situation.

Interior door handle broken. Door must be opened using outside handle. Handle is plastic. Entire interior door panel must be replaced. Part costs $400. 00 plus labor - replacement handle is plastic also. Car is 2006 Chevrolet Hhr with 53,000 miles.

The interior door handle of my 2006 Chevrolet Hhr broke off during normal use. It's made from a cheap plastic. This is a serious safety hazard as a person cannot quickly exit the car if this happens. If my driver's side door just broke, how soon before the other three in the car break off from normal operation. This is a manufacturing defect and should be taken care of from the manufacturer. The dealer wants me to pay $400-$450 to replace a $10 plastic door handle that they poorly designed. This should be a recall from gm to replace these cheap handles before someone does have a serious situation.

2006 chevy Hhr . The drivers side door interior door handle snapped off in my hand when I tried to open the door, smacking into my knuckle and almost causing my hand to fly back into my face. The door must now be opened by rolling down the electric window and opening from the outside handle. Two dealers so far refuse to fix the issue, telling me they don't have parts.

If my battery dies I can not get in the car no matter what. My car is equipped with one lock on the driver side. Because the battery is dead the car will not engage the actuator on the lock even with key entry. I have to call a locksmith to get in the car. If I accidentally locked a baby in the car and the battery was not working I cannot get in the car. Key, remote whatever. I have to call a locksmith. In my case the actuator stopped working. So regardless if I have a key or remote I cannot get in. If this actuator fails on the driverside I cannot get in, but my baby may been the car.

The power steering doesnt work anymore, both of the front inside door handles broke off, water leaking in passenger front coming from the moter area somewhere I called the dealership but no recalls and I have read on numorus forums of other people having the same problem but gm still hasn't issued a recall.

While opening the left front door from the inside the plastic chrome door handle broke off in my hand making it impossible to open the door from the inside. This will impair the ability of the occupants to exit the vehicle in the event of an emergency.

Front passenger door on 2006 Chevrolet Hhr will not open from inside or outside. Front drivers side door does same sporadically. No damage to doors from physical damage, they just stopped working.

The contact owns a 2006 Chevrolet Hhr. The driver-side door can only be opened from the outside. A technician from the dealer stated that they would have to replace the entire door panel at an expense of $600. 00. Based upon the conclusion of the manufacturers research they may offer her a discount on the repairs. The failure mileage was 70,000.

The contact owns a 2006 Chevrolet Hhr. The contact stated that when exiting the vehicle the drivers side door handle broke off. He had to roll the window to open the door. The contact is in the process of taking the vehicle to the dealer for further inspection and notifying the manufacturer. The failure mileage was 34,200 and the current mileage was 34,210.

2006 Chevrolet Hhr - door handle broke not allowing me to exit vehicle.

While opening the left front door from the inside the plastic chrome door handle broke off in my hand making it imposible to open the door from the inside. This will impair the ability of the occupants to exit the vehcile in the event of an emergency.

Interior door handle broken. Door must be opened using outside handle. Handle is plastic. Entire interior door panel must be replaced. Part costs $325. 00 plus labor. Car is 2 1/2 years old with less than 47,000 miles.

The contact owns a 2006 Chevrolet Hhr. The contact stated that the front driver side interior plastic door handle fractured for the second time. The door handle was previously repaired for the same failure. The vehicle was taken back to an authorized dealer but was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 59,000. Updated 4/11/2011 updated 04/25/11.

Door handles in this vehicle are plastic and break. Thisis the 2nd time the same door handle has broken. The cost to replace is appr. $300 - $400. In an accident the driver would not be able to exit the vehicle.

Drivers side door handle broke off when getting out of vehicle. Dealer will not repair unless I pay for the repair. This is a safety hazard because you cannot exit the vehicle unless you let the window down.

The key fob battery holder became detached making it impossible for the lock/unlock/remote start/panic buttons to work. This happened to both key fobs issued to me by gm.

I currently own a 2006 Chevrolet Hhr. On 1-13-11, I had the interior door handle break off in my hand making it impossible to open the door from the inside of the car. This is a huge safety hazard while driving the car. Upon further research on car forums online, I am not the only person that has had this problem.