Other Fuel System Tank Assembly problems of the 2006 Chevrolet HHR

Fuel line rusted and began leaking very badly. I thought it was the evap system in the beginning, but today the gas smell was very strong, to find in a walmart parking lot, a puddle of fuel back by the rear tire. This seems to be common problem, there should be a recall on them, and there probably weont be till someone dies; the leak is very close to the exhaust elbow, before the muffler. I have owned seven cars before this one, and not one of them ever developed bad fuel lines, and never leaked fuel. Not even a gas tank leak.

Raw gas leading under the rear of the car in front of left rear wheel. Took it to a mechanic. He immediately took pictures and said although the car was older (just turned 10 with 93,000 miles), it was far too young for such severe rusting. The rust goes all the way back to the gas tank. He gave me the pictures and said to contact gm. Which I did. After a week of bantering back and forth with customer care, my case was sent to the executive office customer care following an email I sent to mary barra, ceo of gm. They offered a %15 discount on the $1000 estimate of repair. I refused that offer. The dealership will not let me drive the car off their lot because of the severe leak. I recently found that all the area dealerships carry a full supply of the expensive fuel lines for the Hhr. . I'm told that they when they carry so many, it means that there is a high demand for replacement. My certified mechanic told me that design location of the fuel lines is responsible for the collection of water and salt. The fuel lines are up against the exhaust system. This seems to be a dangerous fire hazard when the rusting leads to gas leaks. Please help! the car was parked at the time of the gas leak with a puddle of gas collection about the size of a frisbee.

Car is less than 10 years old and both of the metal fuel lines that run from the engine to the fuel tank have rusted and is leaking fuel near the drivers side rear wheel. This is also near the exhaust and could potentially catch fire. Found that this problem was common with this car as the fuel lines were rusting at the bend points. Fortunately I discovered the leak while it was parked and the car was off. This is a safety hazard and needs to be addressed by gm. The fuel lines should never rust out like this. A recall of these cars to fix this problem is in order to resolve this issue as it appears to be happening to many Hhrs of this model year.

We noticed a gasoline smell when you shut the engine down, but since we were having a very frigid winter we just though it was from the temperatures. As it got warmer weather the odor was getting worse. We seen gas dripping from around the gas tank. Our son took it today to see what was making it do this and found that the upper gas line is rusted and has several pin holes in that is making it leak. After doing a search on this I seen that this is a common problem with this vehicle. We have already had the ignition recall, power steering recall and 2 more that I can't remember what they were. Another problem we've had is the clear coat paint that gm wouldn't even listen about. The issue is that my husband and I are both in poor health and have to have the car to get to dr. Appointments but we live on fixed income. The gas leak is a very volatile problem that could start a fire while we are driving down the road. I feel that gm should do a recall and fix this problem before people start burning in their vehicles. A car that has less than 50,000 miles on it should not be having these kind of problems. This is the reason people are turning away from american made and that is sad.

Car is less than 10 years old and both of the metal fuel lines that run from the engine to the fuel tank have rusted and is leaking fuel near the drivers side rear wheel. This is also near the exhaust and could potentially catch fire. Fortunately I discovered the leak while it was parked and the car was off. This is a safety hazard and needs to be addressed by gm. The fuel lines should never rust out like this. A recall of these cars would probably be in order to resolve this issue as it appears to be happening to many other Hhrs of this model year.

Gas line is very rusted and has a gas leak at the first retainer clip by the fuel tank. Leaks a lot of gas. This line should not rust the way it did, very rusty at every bend in fuel line.