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The GM guy drives my car w/ me in it - he hears the clunky noise and tells me its the tie rod but says it is not covered. He says my rotors need turned, not covered, then he also tells me even if they are turned they will warp again. He was driving my car and he got right on the highway - of course hardly any braking until he goes off highway only to get back on and straight back to the dealer shop. I said " drive it in the stop and go traffic " It bothered me as I saw it was a deliberate move to avoid really seeing how bad the car is.... but what ever. I got the thermostat fixed & i really feel like I should not have been charged for the AC diagnotics because that is clearly the reason for the AC not working because since the thermostat has been replaced the air is working fine - just fine ! They had my car for 2 full days and fixed the thermostat.They said they were going to fix the recalls but did not fix them. I appreciate your advice. I will get some rotors and shoes or whatever they are called at advance auto parts. I went down there and a parts man that works there has an HHR - has the same breaking problems too. He said soft shoes fixed his problems. I swear it is not my breaking, it is not my driving. I can assure you without even knowing the others with the rotor problem it is not how there driving. I have drivin the way I drive with every car i have had. Even when i was a teenager, and im sure i wasnt the best driver, I have never had this problem with any car. i had tires put on a company truck and i asked the tire/brake guys about it and he said the parts they ( GM ) are JUNK. I know he is right. I also have a 1980 Z28 Camaro with drilled/slotted rotors but thats a whole different class - They sure do not make them like they used to.
just admitted your rotors suck. Incredible arrogance from you and GM. I've worked in an auto plant for 22 years--and your brakes are no good. Way to go GM!
I can't believe that GM hasn't done something about the pulsating brakes of their HHRs by now! Hopefully they will come up with a remedy before someone gets killed.
The whole car is CLEARLY A DEFAULT IN THE MANUFACTURING AND DESIGN !!
The GM service guy says to me when I declined to have my "service your air bag light " for 200+ dollars --- " Isnt your life worth more then 200 bucks "
I said yes it is & I will sue you if it doesnt go off -- He says " you cant, you declined to have it fixed "
I have no words that I can post on here for the way I feel.
Why don't you get with the rest of the competition and recall the junkers? :mad:
I took my car to the dianogstics - cost me 96.00 -
A WEEK later the engine light comes back on - AC quits working all at the same time again.
Then another problem ( shocking ) the key gets stuck in the ignition and wont turn back. It wont do anything - its like the whole car is locked up.
I call GM service where I just had my car a week earlier - I speak with the guy who " helped " me. I told him they did not fix the the problem. The engine light is back on -- blah blah blah --
I said I am NOT paying for another diagnostic !! I am pissed at this point.
I have MS , i am in severe pain & im on my way back from doctor in the 100 degree weather, afarid cuz the engine light is on, im sick and very hot. I couldnt wait another second to call this fool. I put my windows up ( surprised that worked ) call the guy, talk loudly that it is not fixed, nothing is fixed. I ask why didnt they even fix the recalls ? No answer from service man.
He tells me i can bring it again but i would have to pay for another diagnostic.
Now how is this fair ????????
Also, how can they not fix the air bag thing when it is listed in a service bulletin ?
Im so confused how they can be such complete jerks. :mad:
I just cant take it.
Have you ever heard of a period?
:confuse: That's got to be the LONGEST sentence I've ever read.......It's hard to make sense of it.
Can you tell me where you bought the power steering motor. Thanks!
My car has been checked and rechecked by a dealer that says there is nothing wrong with my brakes. And now that it is turning cold it has gotten worse. It sounds horrendous. I swear it is waking the neighbors when I hit the brakes as I pull up to my home. And now it also is shuttering. Last year I must have taken it in 4 to 6 times for the brakes only to be told they are fine. And sometimes the noise improved for a while. Well the noise is back any suggestions. Does the shuttering mean that that it is the rotors? I don't have the funds to keep going to the dealer to have them do nothing but charge me for looking at my brake shoes. My car has less than 30,000 miles on it and this seems wrong.
Maybe I should just trade it in for a FORD.
Don't even listen to anything else. Just do it.
The stock rotors are cheaply made and are warped.
Every time it happened the dealer had to machine them because they were warped, afterwards everything was fine and then the same thing happened until the dealer couldn't machine the rotors because they were to thin. Had to change them (the originals) and then...no more problems with "warped" rotors. Go Figure!
Don't spend to much money letting mechanics say that everything's normal...change your rotors once and for all.
i have a 07 LT2,
its been to the dealer under warranty 8 times sense i purchased it new.
one time under 5000 miles? no start with the remote start with check engine light on. dealer fix? replace gas cap.
two times were under 5000 miles? for brake issues. dealer fix? to turn front rotors.
after 5000 miles? i was told sorry about your luck sucker, you bought it you fix it.
under ten thousand miles? front sway bar links needed to be replaced. (bad clunking fix)
under 15,000 miles? no start again, another gas cap.
under 25,000 miles? gear selector busted, couldnt get the key out of the ignition. dead battery.
32,000 miles? left front hub and bearing shot, warranty replacement.
under 34,000 miles? no start with remote start again, (Fix?)all 4 injectors needed to be replaced, ecm reprogramming and left lower control arm bushings. how did they see these from the engine compartment?
under 35,000 miles? needs right front hub and bearing replaced, will be going back to the dealer soon.
under 35,000 miles contacted lawyer? you bet, im tired of playing with these people (GM). was told i have a claim
my girl just had to have this piece of crap because it was sooooo cute.
i`ll NEVER buy another chevy as long as i shall live. you can take that to the bank.
so lets see, sold a paid for conversion van for down payment for this junk.
after a year and a half of payments, lost job and sold a paid for s70 volvo to keep this piece of crap.
yep im a dumb sucker for sure, why? because i still have this piece of crap HHR.
OH,
did i mention the driver side front door is rusting out where the outer and inner skin was welded? yep clear as day.
did i mention the bowtie is all but gone on the rear gate? yep
did i mention im on my 5th set of brake that i bought out of my pocket? yep. 4 new sets of rotor, first set turned once, 2 new rear drums, needs a new set now.
replaced both rear wheel cylinders twice, and rear shoes twice.
pulled the main 30a abs/traction fuse, still have vibration from the rotors in the steering wheel, but way less now with the abs off.
vibration so bad at any speed, but over 45mph it will rip the steering wheel out of your hands.
with all the vibrations, im sure the outer tie-rod ends needs replaced now as well.
waiting on drilled rotors and metallic pads to arrive. will try these without the abs/traction during break-in, then will replace fuse.
if i still get the abs vib, dealer will see me again.
ONLY +
i actually get 31mpg in town with the 2.4L motor. still doesnt out way all the bad this car offers.
The best G.M. product (because it's my 8th one) that I ever owned.
Planning to go (north/south) again next summer and (east/west) in summer 2013.
Yours must have come out from the "lemon" departement and mine surely from the "creampuff" departement.
i told my girl after the third visit to the dealers for repairs, to just let them keep it. i could see the way this was going to end.
But NO she just had to have this car, as i said in my previous post. it will be my LAST GM purchase.
the car actually drives out good, its the stopping and suspension issues that have me at my wits end.
Just waiting for the attorney to ring my phone as i type, i can not keep throwing money at this car.
my girl is 5`4", the car fits her perfectly. im 5`11" and its not comfortable enough for me to ride in it that long.
after a hour, im so sore i can hardly stand. no way i could trek across the country in it.
I was realy disapointed when I heard that the 2011 models were the last of the HHR's. I intended to trade mine in 2015 for another one because they're so good, economical and reliable.
I am looking very closely to the new arrival the "Chevrolet Sonic" as probably being my futur purchase. It not a new name for the Aveo like people think, it's completely a new car and much better than the Aveo.
My car went from bad to worse. Yesterday the dealer said you have plenty of brake pad it is fine. And since I didn't buy it from them it wasn't their problem. I drove home, they failed, and i had a small fender bender. I called GM they called the dealer. Dealer agreed it was the rotors and they would fix it on MONDAY but as long as i didn't try to go to far i should be able to drive it around town (like to work).
After work today the break light and traction lights come on, on the way home from work. The right hubcap is covered in something brown. The brakes go to the floor. Bottom line it was TOWED to the shop. I really hate this car. If i wasn't so upside down in it I would trade in a heart beat.
The upside is GM agrees the bill is on them b/c i have had it in their dealer shops 5 times for same complaint over the course of 18 months and 30,000 miles.
Hopefully they will be able to fix it tomorrow. I don't know what caused the extensive problems today but I suspect the warped rotor broke the brake pad which broke the brake fluid hose. I will update tomorrow.
New drilled front rotors and pads installed, and new rear drums and shoes.
i left the abs/traction main fuse out. so far its better, but i only have a little use on them today.
I`ll report back in a week, this should be plenty of time for them to show issues if there will be any.
after a weeks use, i`ll put the abs/traction fuse back in. if the vibrations comes back, off to the dealer i go.
Oh,
i need to bleed the brakes tomorrow, for some reason the brake peddle is almost to the floor now.
i had to pull the rear drums once already to clean out the brake dust. i was getting a bad noise and grabbing out of the right rear, but after cleaning the dust out the noise grabbing went away.
looks like so far i wont need the electric vacuum pump.
right front hub is getting worse, so i`ll be taking it back to the dealer soon.
ordering a g-force performance chip in a week or two, going to see if i can squeeze a few more miles per-gallon out of the 2.4L. if the chip saves me 4 gallons per-week, thats 20 bucks left in my pocket.
anyway, the chevy hhr is still a piece of crap. GM knows it as well, thats why they stopped production in 2011.
The HHR started in 2005 and G.M. will end it's production in 2011.
I've owned 8 vehicules, all G.M. products (cars/trucks/vans/S.U.V's) in my 37 years of driving in all kinds of weather and for your infomation...the HHR is the best one of them all and I was disapointed when I heard about it's last year of production being the 2011 model because I was planning on trading my 2010 HHR 2LT for a 2015 HHR.
Do you think that I would trade my HHR for another HHR if it was a "piece of crap" like you mention?.
My job consists of being on the road across the United States and Canada (nothing to do with G.M. by the way) and since 2005 I saw a lot of happy HHR owners with incredible mileage on their vehicles, (that's why I decided to buy one).
Some days I could see 20...30 or more HHR's passing by.
Must be because lots of people out there like to buy "crap" as their family car?
I now have the same rattle and shake front end issues yet again. There definitely should be a recall.
I'm sorry you've encountered so many difficulties with your HHR. How is everything going on the most recent repairs (rotors, transmission line, and so on)? If you should need anything, please let us know!
Best,
Sarah
GM Customer Service
Rear wheels are making a slight squeaking when I start off at slow speeds until I drive faster. Then it seems to stop until I park and start again.
Just adding to the complaints. Any advice/suggestions? GM please recall before someone gets killed. :sick: