2.8

hardly worth mentioning
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
50,633 miles

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problem #3

May 102016

HHR

  • 79,000 miles
Vehicle while being taken through an automated car wash with me inside sitting behind the steering wheel, with the transmission in the neutral position, and both of my hands resting on my knee caps, with engine running the vehicle goes into reverse by itself.. the backup light are also turned on when this action occurs. This same action have happened three times at random during my last nine visits to the same automated car wash. None of the vehicles moving forward behind my vehicle have been damaged when this action occurs.

- Mira Loma, CA, USA

problem #2

Oct 132011

HHR

  • 70,000 miles
The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet HHR. The contact stated that while driving, she heard a loud rubbing sound near the front of the vehicle. The contact mentioned that while inflating the tires she ended up putting 60 pounds of pressure due to the tire pressure monitoring system malfunctioning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnose that the wheel bearing needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 70,000. The VIN was unavailable.

- Juliette, GA, USA

problem #1

Jul 012009

HHR

  • 2,900 miles
I own a 2009 HHR ss. The truck was taken into service department a the dealership because of excessive noise from the front end of the truck. It was determined that three wheel stud bolts were sheared off the front driver side wheel. This could have caused a fatal accident of the truck had been driven at speed of a highway. To date there has been to because found other than a possible factory defect in the wheel stud bolts.

- Jacksonville, FL, USA