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The power steering went out making it unable to control the vehicle my 18 year old son was driving and could not steer or control the vehicle causing him to wreck and dented the car up and busted the oil pan locking the motor up just by luck he was not injured we had to have it towed home and it has sat here cause I can't afford a new motor I am very upset with this whole ordeal I've been out a lot of money and have no vehicle now plus my son was very traumatized over the whole matter I truly loved this car now it's just wasting away and I'm out a lot of moneynot to mention had problems with the windows rolling up and down and the stereo just quit working and the batteries I put in it kept going dead I'm truly upset over this
Leaking of water from wiper crowl to fan motor of heater and has burnt resister to heater blower motor. Leak of water was quite a bit on floor board. Afraid it will cause electrical malfunction. Leak of water has happened during vehicle was parked or in motion.
" takata recall " my drivers side driver door ( on my 2007 Chevy HHR )does not open from the inside or the outside. I locked it came back to open it, it would unlock but not open. I now have to crawl over the passenger side. I have researched and this is a very common problem in these vehicles.
Power sterring is going out just like it did in my colbolt. Both are 2007. Wiper power drive went out replaced that on our own. When did the ignition switch, the dealership refused to reset the remote controls, said recall was for switch only.
- Detroit, MI, USA
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Everytime it rains there is standing water on the passenger floorboard. All windows are up and no leakage of windshield. Also put plastic over windshield and was the same inside.
While driving my power steering failed I currently do not have power steering still. The back latch will not open as well. I cannot access the trunk where my battery is because the latch will not open.
On 3 different occasions it has rained while my car sat overnight and water has seeped in the passenger side compartment from behind the glove box, I have had this addressed 3 times and repaired 3 times and found out that it is a small flap that covers a hole on the firewall that fails or falls off making it so that water enters the vehicle. This is not a isolated incident other HHR owners say they have the same problem.
Inside door handle broken cant open door, electric mirror switch fell into door, back indoor panel falling off, leak through passenger door behind front passenger. These are ongoing issues with other HHR owners and need to be addressed. The door latch is made of very cheap plastic. You can verify with all youtube videos.
After putting the gear shift in park, the key gets stuck in the ignition. This happened to me four times in one day. Had to finally pop a piece off under the steering wheel and get down on the ground and stick my finger up in there and find the end piece of a white plastic cylinder and push it to release my key.
Second time this has happened within a week. Both times at a stop. First time stop sign, second time stop light. As soon as I reached the stop light I loose power steering. Each time I turned on my hazard lights, put the vehicle in park and restarted it. The power steering returns.
Ignition switch was replaced under recall in Nov 2014. On date of failure it was not possible to turn the key, but it could be removed and reinserted. Because the ignition key couldn't be turned, the steering wheel was locked and the transmission was locked in park. Vehicle had to be towed to chev dealer that advises they will replace it under warranty.
I have been calling the Chevrolet dealership in an attempt to schedule my recalls since July 2014. I was initially told the parts would be ordered and asked if there was anything else I could schedule as they do not like to schedule recalls due to it takes away money from service. I scheduled a repair and heard nothing else. I have been calling for months and leaving messages with no return calls, or they would tell me they were going to check on this and call me back never to be heard from again. I finally had to get ugly with them and finally they have scheduled some of the recalls to be fixed next week. Seems like this should be grounds for a lawsuit as the safety of my family was so easily passed over during all these months.
I was driving home from work and at a red light I was turning right once it had turned green but my steering wheel had gotten really rough to turn. It continued to do this at every complete stop. It made it very unsafe to drive and turn. I have searched the web and it has been happening to many models of the same vehicle however my year of car is not placed on the recall,
I went to get out of my car and the door handle on drivers side snapped off. Until I can get this fixed I believe this is a safety issue such as what if my car caught on fire and I was not able to open my door and many other such things could happen. I have checked and found that this is an ongoing problem with this model of car and Chevy has not done any recalls and I was told by a Chevy service department that I would have to replace the entire door panel to correct the problem, which is very costly, $441 for parts and labor.
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- Buffalo, KY, USA