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Car stalls at any speed. Sometimes starts right back up and other times will not for a while. My car died as I was getting on the freeway ramp in a construction zone at 45 mph and climbing. Suddenly died and I had to star it back up. Traffic was heavy and I almost got into a serious accident. Died 7 times in less than 15 miles. No warning lights. Oil good, fuel good, it just dies without notice.
When I place my car into park "P" all the doors unlock. When I press my remote fob (keyless entry/alarm) only the driver side door unlocks. Cbs reported on a new trend called gas station sliders, they are targeting lady's pocketbooks. www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57597704-504083/sliders-slipping-into-cars-stealing-pursues-while-women-pump-gas-says-NY-report/ >> I recommend General Motors "GM" come out with a computer memory flash that would allow the same control over my door locks, when I put it in park "P", as I get when I press my remote once. One door open, instead of all four.
I have a 2010 Chevy HHR and apparently an electrical issue. It started with my inside lights on my dashboard randomly blinking. Then one headlamp went out, the next day after replacing the headlamp, my inside middle dome light went out. Today my window would not roll back up. This is all within 3 weeks span. Gotta be an electrical issue, right" what is my next step? no recall"
On June 29, 2013, I put my key into the ignition, the key wouldn't go all the way into the ignition. The recalled ignition had been replaced at GMC Buick, hilltop. When I called GMC Buick, hilltop richmond ca, on June 29, 2013, and spoke to [xxx] at GMC Buick, hilltop richmond ca, she stated it was probably a different problem but to bring the car in to get it checked out. When I arrived at GMC Buick, I was then told it would be $ $150 up front to just check out the car. I scheduled a service appointment with bay city Chevrolet in oakland ca on 7/8/13. It was determined by bay city Chevrolet, " cust recall N120045- ignition was removed, no grease was applied during recall; bay city applied correct lock cylinder grease. I was charged $ $45. This recalled ignition that was replaced June 6, 2012, by hilltop Buick whom failed to put grease in the replaced ignition resulting in possible damage to the replaced recall ignition. I was also charged $ $45. Hilltop Buick GMC was negligent in not putting grease in the replaced ignition. This recalled ignition had been on my Chevy HHR from 6/4/12 to 7/8/13, without grease in the lock cylinder of this recalled ignition. I want the recalled ignition replaced and reimbursed my $45 by hilltopbuick or GMC. Information redacted pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
- San Pablo, CA, USA
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We arrived at home and when to turn the ignition off and it would not turn off. We had to remove the fuel fuse and disconnect the battery in order for it to turn it off. The key is still in the ignition switch.
I was at the shopping center and went to cut the car off and the vehicle wouldn't cut off. The key would not come out of the ignition. The key would only turn forward, but not backward to the cut off position. I took it to a local mechanic because it was about 8 pm, the dealership was closed. They said they couldn't do any, I needed to take it to the dealer. They had seen this happened before with this vehicle.
While going around a bend in the road at approx 35/40mph, the power steering in my 2010 Chevy HHR went out. There was a ding and then it was very difficult to turn the wheel. I almost hit a Jeep that was turning into a subdivision opposite of us because I could not turn the wheel to get in the passing area. This resulted in me going off of the road. I pulled onto the next side road I saw. Checked for any issues and restarted. I regained power steering and was able to be on my way. In approx. Another mile or so it went out again. It did so intermittently all the way to the dealer. The dealer was of no help basically saying it was an operator error. There was a steering recall that I had taken care of earlier in the year and my mechanic said that it looks like it was replaced with equally defective parts. My mechanic also said that it's not a "wear part" and nothing that I did could have caused it to do that. It is a short on the motor/computer for the power steering.
The contact owns a 2010 Chevrolet HHR. The contact stated that the key became lodged in the ignition switch and the vehicle could not be powered off. The contact mentioned that in order to turn off the vehicle, 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 failure and current mileage was 60,000.
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.
Same issues as others. Key will not turn to off position, will not release from ignition. Issue is noted all over the internet. They have acknowledged and issued a service bulletin for 2009 model year, but not for any other model years. Why not for other years when obviously it is the same issue with the same part, over several of their models?
Air bag connector went bad when the car was 2 yrs old. Some unknown electrical problem has caused a 5 yr battery to be dead after 2 yrs of normal usage. Dealer says air bag connector is not covered under warranty and that the battery is dead.
Arrived home from grocery shopping and I parked my vehicle. I tried to turn the ignition off and the key would not turn. I pulled the power cable off the fuse box under the hood to shut the vehicle off. I live in a townhouse sub-division and did not want to leave the key in the ignition so I removed the ignition cylinder. I called the dealer where I bought the car and they towed it to their shop. The looked at the vehicle and told me it was under oem warranty and they had it towed to a Chevrolet dealer to have it fixed. The dealership said they would fix the ignition switch under warranty but the housing would have to be replaced at a cost to me. They replaced the parts and the vehicle would not start. The dealership called the next day and said the ECM (engine control module) would not hold its programming and needed to be replaced at my cost. Total repair $1275.
Returning home from dinner with my husband, he put the car in park, and the ignition switch would not turn off, though he repeatedly tried. With the engine still running, we had no recourse but for him to take it to a Chevrolet dealer 30 miles away, where they said they would have to replace the ignition switch, and reprogram the computer and key fobs. This is a known defect with the HHR. Why has there not been a recall" they have even manufactured a replacement part for this, so they know there is a problem. It will cost us over $300 to get this replaced, and I don't feel it is our fault that this has happened, to us, and the many other HHR owners who are wondering where is the recall?" our car is a 2010 model, so it is not that old.
On approximately March 26 2012 at night on a trip from phoenix AZ to reno nv my vehicle low beam headlamps went out, I drove from kingman AZ to indian springs nv with just my highbeams after stopping in indian springs and trying every knob and switch in the vehicle the front low beams came on. Then in the month of April the low beams went out all together and after being in the shop for 2 days it was diagnosed with a relay problem and repair was made and I had low beams again, but now the horn doesn't function and after being pulled over by the police I was advised that my taillights are out. Both problems possibly related to a fuse or relay problem but I haven't had it in the shop yet. Now when I purchased the veh in September of 2011 I noticed that the vehicle would shutter to a stop when applying the brakes, sometimes violently. Had a brake job done in March and was advised that the front rotors were warped. Had them repaired and everything was fine until approximately June 1st when the shuttering/vibrating started up again and the sometimes violently at that. I am really concerned when I apply the brakes that something may break lose when I apply the brakes. I've read on the internet many complaints from Chevrolet HHR (different year models) owners of the same complaints and that after having the brakes worked on that the vibrating/shuttering comes back within 3 months. Thank you. [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
The contact owns a 2010 Chevrolet HHR. The contact stated that the ignition failed. The contact was unable to turn the engine off or remove the key from the ignition switch. The battery and the engine power relay had to be disconnected in order to power the vehicle off. The vehicle was towed to the dealer here the contact was awaiting diagnosis. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not available. The approximate failure and the current mileage was 45,000.
I returned from the grocery store and my key couldn't switch off the ignition or be withdrawn. The car was running while I did some research and tried out the plunger release that worked for others. I discovered that the plunger to release the lock is working properly, so it must be the ignition lock itself that is defective. I found the fuse block and located the fuel pump fuse and pulled it to stall the engine. The ignition is still on, but since it's 9pm, I'll have to wait until tomorrow before I can get it checked.
The contact owns a 2010 Chevrolet HHR. The contact notistated that the key could not be turned while inside the ignition and the vehicle could not be shut off. The contact had to disconect the fuel pump fuse from the fuel box in order to shut the vehicle off. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the ignition switch was replaced. The current and the failure mileages were 34,000.
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.
Turned ignition key to shut vehicle off engine continued to run. Removed the fuse than later took to the dealer who replaced the ignition switch all covered under the warranty.
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- Conroe, TX, USA