Power Steering Fluid Problems of Chevrolet HHR

Husband driving to gas station in our community and power steering went out. . . . He managed to drive it to our mechanics shop about 4 miles from our house. . . . He turned the car off and restarted it and the power steering was working again. . . . He explained what happened to our mechanic and he was advised it was a sealed pump and it was not power steering fluid leak. . . . I can only imagine what could have happened if we had been on one of the 3 major hi ways that we travel once a week to get into st. Louis. We always research these types of problems on the internet and found numerous complaints for this same issue. . . The cobalt and Hhr are literally the same car why was the cobalt recalled for this major and dangerous problem but the Hhr is not. . . . . Never will I ever purchase another chevy. . . . . Sticking with the foreign manufacturers from now on since chevy fails to see that this is a problem.

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I was taking my children to the dentist, so I was going to go over the mountain. I had just went through a very curvy road and was on a straight part when the power steering went out. I pulled over to see if I was leaking power steering fluid not realizing until later it is electronic. I turned the car of and back on. It was reset. I drove over the next part of the mountain slowly like 25 to 30 mhp. I made it over the mountain on to the main highway. It went out again. I did the same thing pulled over turn the car off and on again. I did not get to drive but a couple of miles and it went out again. I made it to a country store and parked the car. I called my parents to see if they could come get us/ tow the car. They called the dealership who advised them that I drive the car back to them. Since I could not afford to pay to have it towed, I drove to the dealership. It went out again on the trip home 2 more times. I made it to the dealership taking the long way back not over the mountain. They could not find out if my car was on a recall list for the power steering. Since I am on the list for ignition problem, I am refusing to drive the car until it is fixed. My children and myself may have been killed or injured if the power steering had went out as I was driving over the mountain. Where I live the roads are curvy especially the mountain I went over! I really think the steering issue needs to be on recall before people are seriously hurt. The young generation have no experience driving without power steering and I thank the good lord I knew how to drive tractors without power steering.

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I continue to have a dumbie light come on my message center on my dash saying power steering. I just moved to CT from lousiana. I thought because the weather was getting cold. I checked the fluid and it was not frozen or empty. I just had taken it to the dealer for a oil change and vehicle check and all fluids were where they should be. No leaks. I did a search on the net and found 1000's of complaints of this same issue. Any new thoughts on what to do?.

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