Headlight Switch problems of the 2009 Chevrolet HHR

Visiting my daughter. Started to go home. The head lamps would not come on. After 10 or 15 minutes of turning switches, turning motor off and on, nothing worked. So here am I stuck miles away from home and the head lights wont come on. In furstration I slapped the left driver side head light,it came on. So I walked to the other side and gave it a slap,and it came on. We drove the thirty miles home worrying if they would go out again. Got home ok. Now we have to hit both headlights to get them on. The warranty is out and do you know you have to remove the whole front bumper assembly to even get to the head lights. Why would gm allow such design is be on reason. Good luck Hhr owners my wife has already experinced the lock ignition syndrome, when the key wont come out. Why doesnt the NHTSA help us Hhr owners.

Failure of both headlight low beams in new 2009 chevy Hhr. First time driving the car at night, I noticed that I had no low beams. Took the car to medved chevy in castle rock, CO who confirmed the failure. Service reported "low beams inop; found open in turn signal switch, replaced switch". Copy of service invoice available upon request.