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now, 400 miles later on the new engine, the transmission went out. can't go into gear. I love my car, but this is frustrating.
But it's frustrating to me that we bought this brand-new car and had sooooo many problems with it. It does not qualify under the lemon law here in Maryland since it has over 15,000 miles now. But we don't feel safe driving it anymore. We SHOULD be able to take this NEW car traveling and still return with it!!!!
Anyone else experience problems like this?
I'll be writing them a letter. Insurance paid $407 of the $607 to fix it and now the radiator is not covered by the 36 month / 3 year warranty. We down to 12 months on this baby.
Disconnect the MAF sensor, PCV hose, and both ducts.
Pull the entire system form the top of engine.
flip the system over and place on soft non-abrasive surface.
remove the screws the hold the housing together and lift off housing.
inspect/replace filter
follow instructions in reverse to re-install
Remember, Subarus, Toyotas and Hondas are built in the US as is certain BMWs, so an import really isnt an import any more....and see where the final assembly point is for the HHR, parts may have been manufacturer out of country, but I bet you will find the final assembly point to be US....
still love driving HHR though...but enjoy loaners....anyone else had that interlock go bad...could have sworn I read same complaint from someone else...
Car was fine all weekend with no indicators of any trouble. I drive to work this morning, nothing out of the ordinary. I leave the office this afternoon and get about 200 yards out of the parking lot when i hear this god awful screech come from under the hood (kind of like the loose or wet belt squeak sound, but very loud. The car would not accelerate at all, but then would seem to catch and sort of lurch forward a bit. I coasted to a stop, started the car and continues about another 500 yards when the screech came back, this time worse than before, however, the power remained on and nothing went haywire, i just died and I coasted to a stop. After this it would not turn over at all. I could hear the starter engage but it would fire, just "wha wha wha wha" after a few attempts it started to display the symptoms of a dead battery, so I turned of the power and called roadside assistance. Car was towed to the dealer where I await to find out whats up.
I am the owner of a '07 HHR w/5,000m. My wife and I purchased new off Chevy lot w/15m. We both independently noticed a faint scuffing coming from the left side of front end within the 1st 200m. We notified dealer & dropped off to have mud flaps inst. & noise checked. Dealer could not hear/feel noise (they drove car +50m) they said they thought they rain could have masked noise. We took car back and noticed noise right away. The scuffing/pulsing seems to emanate from the front drivers side and is most noticeable around 35MPH. The problem could be brake related ie. rotor warp but, it does not seem to be effected by application of brake(it does not get worse or pull to side). The noise sounds much more like a bad wheel bearing to me. The car tracks straight on hwy and does not pull w/braking. We took car back @ 3000m for oil change (Synthetic) and complained about noise again. The service people drove car and checked the brakes, wheels & tires. Problem seemed a little better & MPG improved slightly to 28mpg hwy. The mpg is the second issue and may be related. The engine is 2.3L w/auto trans, we use regular 87 octane (gas here is E10). The car has never broken 29mpg and averages 23/24. I have filled the car reset the DIC pulled directly on the hwy & driven trips anywhere from 50 to 100 miles @ 60 & 65 MPH with & w/o cruise control and never break 26.5 mph. We have two Volvo 240's an '87 & '93 both w/ 2.3L 4 cyl Auto trans & over 175,000m, both get 26 or better average MPG & as high as 33mpg Hwy. Anybody with similar experience or constructive suggestions?
I am dropping the HHR off at the I.G. Burton Chevrolet Service Dept. (very reputable they replaced my 2005 Suburbans trans. @ plus 36,200 miles for $250.00 w/100,000 wtd on new unit) again Thurs. to be checked out and will post new findings.
I hope this can be resolved because we really like the car it's super quiet and fun to drive, the only disappointments are; visibility (we test drove, knew & bought anyway), mileage I really expected to get 30mpg hwy (our 2005 Suburban has gets 20+), and this noise which I have the nagging feeling is the tip of a serious problem w/front axle, bearing or transmission.
What does the TSB address (sorry, I don't know enough about cars to know what a radiator guard fixes).
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