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#1551 of 1602 Power Steering Issue by lsmith62790

Mar 12, 2012 (11:34 am)

I've had my 2010 HHR for a little over a month. I do NOT know why there isn't a recall on the power steering for these vehicles because from what I've gathered from other people, it's not just me having this issue. It was perfect until last weekend. I heard a chime and my dash lit up with "power steering" and I realized I had lost all power steering on the car. I pulled over and shut it off. Upon restarting it, everything was fine. Sometimes it'll go a day without messing up, other times it seems like right after I start driving again from shutting it off, it'll go right back out. I called the GM headquarters and the gentleman informed me, as I suspected, there was no recall for this. Let me just say this issue is VERY DANGEROUS. I've been in the middle of a sharp turn when it has went out. The only thing I keep getting told is to take it to my local Chevy dealer but that is my issue...I should not have to pay(or atleast dont think I should have to) seeing as how I just purchased this not even 2 months ago. I guess my question is has anyone else had this problem and did you find out what was going on? I'm almost ready to take it back to the dealer but it's about a 2 hour drive so that's why I haven't yet. Any input or help would be very much appreciated.

#1552 of 1602 Re: Power Steering Issue [lsmith62790] by laserblue

Mar 13, 2012 (4:21 am)

Replying to: lsmith62790 (Mar 12, 2012 11:34 am)
Mine is a 2010 also (2LT) with 20,000 miles on it.
  Never had any problems what so ever with mine and I should add that it's my best in all my 8 vehicules that I owned during my 37 years of driving (7 of them where G.M. products).
  I read in your post that you are at a 2 hr drive of the dealer?
  You know that you can bring your car at any G.M. dealer for a warranty repair, doesn't need to be the dealer where you bought it.
  Good luck!

#1553 of 1602 Re: Power Steering Issue [laserblue] by lsmith62790

Mar 13, 2012 (5:55 am)

Replying to: laserblue (Mar 13, 2012 4:21 am)
I purchased mine used from the dealer on January 28. There were 39 some thousand miles on it. Hadn't had a problem until last weekend when the power steering started going out and now its an everyday problem. And yes, I have a local chevy dealer I could take it to but they want way too much just to look at it. Maybe I just expect too much outta people but I think if I've only had it this long and for the price I'm paying for it every two weeks, this shouldnt be on me. I tried taking it to just a local garage and nobody seems to know anything about hhr's around here.

#1554 of 1602 Re: Power Steering Issue [lsmith62790] by laserblue

Mar 14, 2012 (4:10 am)

Replying to: lsmith62790 (Mar 13, 2012 5:55 am)
You bought it only 8 weeks ago... use cars must have a warranty of some kind?
   If I remember I think it's 90 days or 6 months warranty on a used car depending on its mileage...check it out.
   If so, bring it to your nearest G.M. dealer.

#1555 of 1602 Recall lettre by laserblue

May 04, 2012 (10:52 am)

My 2010 LT2 HHR will have 2 yrs next sunday. Today I received a recal note, this is what it'a all about...
   "We have learned that your 2010 model HHR may develop a binding condition between the ignition lock cylinder and the housing. If this occurs, it may be difficult to turn the ignition key and/or remove it from the ignition. If the vehicle is running, the driver may not be able to turn it off"".
    I have till May 31, 2014 to call any G.M. dealer to schedule an appointment to have them replace the "Ignition Lock Cylinder" (no charge).
   The problem is...everything seems to be in perfect working condition.
   Should I call to get it replaced even though it seems to be o.k.?

#1556 of 1602 ( Ignition Lock Cylinder ) Recall by laserblue

May 06, 2012 (5:03 pm)

I own a 2010 HHR LT2.
    Today I received a recal note, this is what it'a all about...
 
   "We have learned that your 2010 model HHR may develop a binding condition between the ignition lock cylinder and the housing. If this occurs, it may be difficult to turn the ignition key and/or remove it from the ignition. If the vehicle is running, the driver may not be able to turn it off"".
 
    I have till May 31, 2014 to call any G.M. dealer to schedule an appointment to have them replace the "Ignition Lock Cylinder" (no charge).
   The problem is...everything seems to be in perfect working condition.
 
   Should I call to get it replaced even though it seems to be o.k.?

#1557 of 1602 Re: ( Ignition Lock Cylinder ) Recall [laserblue] by ray80

May 07, 2012 (4:54 am)

Replying to: laserblue (May 06, 2012 5:03 pm)
I would consider it a tough call. If the nature of the problem gives you an early warning (sometimes sticky, but gets over it) then it could wait. If its something that suddenly crops up and leaves you stranded at a bad time its better to get it fixed on your schedule.
 
A Pontiac Grand Am I owned had a recall that involved ignition problem when it took a long time to start (something would overheat). Mine never took a long time to start, so I didn't have the recall done (had it for about 9 years and 247,000 miles before I gave it to SIL that drove it another year without a problem)

#1558 of 1602 I finished renting a HHR recently. by carthell

May 09, 2012 (10:53 pm)

The car rental clerk asks, "How do you like it?"
 
"It's fine. It certainly has changed my opinion about how I think about this car."
 
The clerk then tells me that that the car is fine to drive, but not to own. Hmm.
 
I liked it! Previously, I didn't consider the HHR as a contender for purchase because it was classified as a SUV, a class of vehicles I don't have a high opinion about (gas mileage, cramped interiors, massive blind spots, battleship-like wobbly ride).
 
The car has a fairy quiet passenger cabin. I don't need to turn up the radio to drown out the engine noise when cruising or accelerating, which I've been doing with my current car since it was new. It mutes pavement perturbations better than my current vehicle.
 
Blind spots. The view out of the rear view mirror is tiny. There's not much side glass to see out of because the pillars are huge. The side view mirrors are oversized, which compensates for that. After driving the car for a while, I had no trouble judging who was beside me.
 
Electrically-assisted steering. I believe that the HHR is the first vehicle I've driven where I devoted more attention to mentally tracking where the front wheels are going during low speed maneuvers, like parking. Otherwise, it seems to be fine.
 
Fuel economy: it pretty much beats most everything I've driven in my life so far (~30mpg mixed, as opposed to 22-25 for my current ride, ~20 mpg for the rental P.T. Cruisers and Compass I've had, and ~26 mpg for a 2001 Sentra, my first car).
 
Cargo capacity: interesting packaging. My car beats it on cubes, but the HHR's set-up appears to carry as much, if not more, with the back seats up. Unfortunately I could not use the full capacity of the car because one of the rear headrests stayed put.
 
The HHR is gone, and I'm somewhat disheartened that GM (for now, anyway) doesn't want to consider a wagon that isn't built on stilts, or affordable to a ham-'n'-egger (substituting oatmeal and fruit sometimes) like me.

#1559 of 1602 Re: Recall lettre [laserblue] by marlab

May 11, 2012 (12:23 pm)

Replying to: laserblue (May 04, 2012 10:52 am)
YES>>>ABSOLUTELY......HAVE IT FIXED NOW!!!!
I just had this happen at a most in-oppportune time !!
It totally ruined an expensive outing. We had paid for Front Row Concert tickets, arrived at the venue, parked the car and THE CAR WOULD NOT TURN OFF !!! THE IGNITION WAS LOCKED.....This ahs happened to MANY THOUSANDS OF HHR OWNERS!! Everything is just fine and then all of a sudden you can't turn you vehicle off.
We had to drive back home, missed the concert, and then had to have the car towed. It cost NOTHING to have it fixed under the recall. But thousands have had to complain to make the recall happen and many had already spent hundreds of dollars to fix the problem prior to the recall.
DO IT NOW!!!

#1560 of 1602 Confused by laserblue

Jun 30, 2012 (3:06 am)

I'm no mechanic, help wanted please.
  Yesterday, I went to my GM dealer to get a annual check up done on my 2010 HHR.
They noticed that my brake pedal was low and told me that my rear brakes should me "cleaned and serviced" (without changing the brakes) and that would remedy the brake pedal being "low". When I went to get the HHR...no change in the brake pedal feeling.
  Now, the service technicien's story had changed by telling me that sometimes the "cleaning and servicing" of the rear brakes has an effect on the brake pedal and sometimes it doesn't.
  It's maybe psychologic but the brake pedal seems to be even "lower" than before the touched it.

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