Battery Problems of Chevrolet HHR

The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Hhr. The contact stated that after a long drive, the vehicle started to have a very strange smell and the contact felt sick. The contact took the vehicle to a private mechanic where it was found that the battery and battery tube was leaking and the fluid had breached the interior of the vehicle. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure and current mileages were 38,000.

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Tl- the contact owns a 2010 Chevrolet Hhr. The contact stated that while parked she was unable to remove the key from the ignition because it was stuck in the on position. The contact mentioned that in order to temporarily remedy the failure she had to remove the fuel fuse and disconnect the battery. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostics. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure who did not offer any assistance. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 54,000. Pmb.

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The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Hhr. The contact stated that the key was stuck in the ignition, which prevented him from shutting the vehicle off. The contact stated that in order to shut off the vehicle, he had to pull a fuse and disconnect the battery. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were 67,000.

The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Hhr. The contact stated that the key would not remove from the ignition and the vehicle would not shut off. The contact had to pull fuses and disconnect the battery in order to shut the vehicle off. The vehicle had not been inspected to determine the cause of failure. The VIN was not available. The failure and current mileages were 51,000.

The contact owns a owns a 2009 Chevrolet Hhr. The contact stated that the key would not release from the ignition, therefore the engine could not be shut off. The contact had to disconnect the battery wires and the fuel pump fuse to shut the engine off. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and the dealer stated that the failure was located at the ignition lock cylinder. The dealer replaced the ignition lock cylinder. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The VIN information was not available. The failure and the current mileages were 60,000.

The contact owns a 2010 Chevrolet Hhr. The contact stated that he was unable to turn the ignition off. The contact also stated that in order to turn off the ignition he had to disconnect the battery. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not available. The failure and current mileages were 46,000.

The contact owns a 2010 Chevrolet Hhr. The contact stated that the vehicle was parked, but he was unable to shut off the ignition or remove the key. The contact removed the fuel fuses and disconnected the battery to shut the vehicle off. The vehicle was not taken to have the failure diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure and current mileages were 39,000.

My 2010 Hhr has experienced an ignition issue as well. I cannot get the key to turn back to the off position. I got home from work at midnight, put the car in park and when I tried to shut the car off it would not turn back. The only option I had was to pull the ecm fuse and disconnect the battery (or let it run out of gas). The gear shifter will allow me to shift between all gears but it won't turn off. All the electrical stay on, I have only owned this car for 3 months.

My 2010 chevy Hhr has experienced an ignition issue. The key, when the car is set to park, will not disengage. It remains on, with the only option being to let the car run out of gas/the battery to drain. The key will turn (as if to start the car), and the gear can be shifted from park to reverse, neutral, etc. , but will not turn off. All systems stay on, potentially burning out electrical components or causing permanent engine damage. The only way to safely address the immediate issue is to disengage the fuses under the steering wheel, which many consumers may be unable to do.

The contact owns a 2010 Chevrolet Hhr. The contact stated the keys became stuck in the ignition in the on position and he was unable to turn the vehicle off. The battery had to be disconnected in order to turn the vehicle off. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who stated there were no related recalls or warranties. The vehicle will be repaired at the owners expense. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 45,000.

The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Hhr. The contact stated that the ignition would not shut off. The battery and fuel pump fuse had to be disconnected in order to shut the vehicle down. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who performed a diagnostic that located the failure at the ignition lock and cylinder. The ignition lock cylinder was replaced. The manufacturer advised the contact that the failure was not recalled and the warranty did not cover the ignition failure. The failure mileage was 71,426 and the current mileage was 71,726.

The contact owns a 2010 Chevrolet Hhr. The contact stated that the vehicle would not turn off and he was unable to remove the key from the ignition. The contact mentioned that he had to disconnect the battery in order to stop the engine. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 44,000.

The key will not turn to the off position, can not turn off vehicle, have to disconnect fuel pump power and then disconnect the vehicle battery. Mfg knows of this problem and will not do anything with out charging large amount of money. I have been a mechanic for many years and have not seen this problem ever. I want to see a recall to correct this very dangerous condition.

The contact owns a 2010 Chevrolet Hhr. The contact stated the key was stuck in the ignition and she was unable to turn the vehicle off. The battery and a fuse had to be disconnected and the key could not be removed from the ignition. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who stated they had to replace the cylinder which would cost $240. There were no recalls related to the failure. The manufacturer was not notified. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 50,000.

The contact owns a 2010 Chevrolet Hhr. The contact stated that the key would not remove from the ignition. In order to stop the engine from running, the battery was disconnected and the fuel pump fuse was disengaged. The dealer and manufacturer were not notified. The vehicle was not taken to have the failure diagnosed or repaired either. The failure and current mileages were 57,000. The VIN was unavailable.

I have a 2009 chev Hhr and on Jun. 16, 2011 I pulled into a shopping center and tried to turn off my car and I could "not" turn it off with ignation key,it was locked into the run mode. Lucky for me there was a dealer open and I drove the car to them. The only way the dealer could stop car was to disconnect battery,on a Hhr the battery was in the back of car and it took them quite some time to do this operation. I made the right decision to go to the dealer,but what if I was a little old lady"the outcome might have been a different one". After the problem was fixed,both myself and the service manger at the dealership looked at the defective ignition cylinder and noticed there was a change made in the new cylinder. That leads me to believe that gm knows there is a problem. Gm sent a bulletin(not a recall??)to there dealers stating that "some customers may comment that ignition key is difficult to remove or that the key sticks or binds in the ignition cylinder",that is so wrong the key locks in the run mode and will not turn off car's ignition. After all the problems Toyota has had with there gas petal ect and personal injury's,you would think gm would be on top of this "saety problem" and at least send out a "recall not a service bulletin" to protect it's customers from getting hurt or worse. I would like NHTSA to step up to the plate and confront gm about a recall on this "very unsafe condition" thank you.

The keys are stuck in the ignition of the car. We have tried to used the release button under the steering column to no avail. The car remains running. We have to unhook the battery and take out a fuse to get the car shut off. We have two small children and this is our only car. The dealership wanted to charge us to fix this, when clearly it is the fault of Chevrolet. Our keys have been stuck since satuday, may 21, 2011. Today is Monday, may 23, 2011 and the keys are still in the car.

Unable to turn engine off and remove the key. The key is stuck in the running position and will not move. Had to remove fuel pump fuse and disconnect battery to turn off engine and lights. This has happened twice, had to have it towed and pay for repair the first time and waiting for tow truck to come get it the second time in less than a year, which I'm sure I'll have to pay for again.

The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Hhr. The contact stated that the key would not move when she attempted to turn the vehicle off. The contact mentioned that in order to turn the vehicle off she had to disconnected the battery and the fuse that was connected to the fuel pump. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who was currently working on a diagnosis. The manufacturer was not contacted. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 40,000.

2007 Chevrolet Hhr the shifter will not lock into gear and key is stuck in ignition. This is a major safety hazard as seeing while you are driving you can go into any gear at anytime if it is accidentally bumped which can cause a major accident. I had to unhook the battery to turn everything off since the key will not come out of ignition.

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The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Hhr. The contact attempted to shut the vehicle off but the ignition would not respond. The contact had to disconnect the battery. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where it was being repaired at the time of the complaint. The current and failure mileages were approximately 43,000. The VIN was unavailable.

Could not remove key from ignition with gear selector in park. This condition was remedied by pushing the gear selector hard into park for a while. Then total failure came when no amount of pushing the gear selector hard into park would allow the key to be removed. I removed the gear shift cover and reached in and found a micro switch that when tripped allowed me to remove key. I called local dealer and Chevrolet factory toll free line and they did not say this was a known defect. I purchased replacement part # 25864102. I personally installed this and it fixed the problem. There is a steel pin in the gear selector plastic shift rod. The plastic is week and allowed the pin to drift approx 1/2" to left which would not allow the key removal micro switch to be tripped as it should be to allow the key to be removed from the ignition lock cylinder. I called Chevrolet back (tel # 1-866-790-5600) and they set up case # 71-781779261. They told me to take defective part to the dealer and they would contact the dealer to analyze the part for reason of failure. I took the part to the dealer service manager12/4/09. I called Chevrolet several weeks later and they said the dealer threw the part away since Chevrolet did not contact them promptly. I had ask for Chevrolet to refund the cost of the part only (no labor) but Chevrolet says they can't help since the part is now gone. . Read more...

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While working on my car and cleaning I discovered I am driving a bomb. The battery is located in the spare tire compartment directly over the gas tank a rear end collision would set off an immediate fire or exlplosion from an electrical short, spark, or battery explosion, should the gas tank or any connections to be broken.

The chevy Hhr should be recalled I will right to my congressman, new paper my senator and everyone else until you recall the chevy Hhr for cutting off for no apparent reason while driving, I almost got into an accident while driving and my car shut off when passing over a bump, or driving in front of a truck and it just shutting off, it has shut off approx 28 times and still going strong and no one wants to do anything not even gm and other gm owners have the same problem corroded plugs, faulty remote controls key fob battery low, gear shift had to be change, does some have to die for help or be mauled in a accident. When are you going to do something. Gm don't car the dealer says I was sold a demo car but it was a rental car. They lie, white Chevrolet in roanoke rapids nc they need to buy the car back and reimburse me for the headaches and inconvenience.

The contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Hhr. The contact's vehicle caught fire while parked at his residence. The fire department stated that the fire originated from the battery compartment, located directly above the fuel system. A fire report was filed. The manufacturer was notified and the contact is waiting for an investigator to inspect the vehicle. He has pictures of the vehicle in its current condition. The current and failure mileages were 3,000.

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