10.0
really awful- Crashes / Fires:
- 5 / 0
- Injuries / Deaths:
- 2 / 0
- Average Mileage:
- 52,289 miles
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While working on my car and cleaning I discovered I am driving a bomb. The battery is located in the spare tire compartment directly over the gas tank a rear end collision would set off an immediate fire or exlplosion from an electrical short, spark, or battery explosion, should the gas tank or any connections to be broken.
- Coffeyville, KS, USA
The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet HHR. The contact stated that the key fails to release from the ignition unless a button under the steering wheel is touched. The contact also hears a strange noise underneath the front driver's side of the vehicle. The noise is heard each morning, when driving over bumps, and after the vehicle has been parked for days. The VIN was unknown. The current and failure mileages were 50,000.
- Tuckerton, NJ, USA
The Chevy HHR should be recalled I will right to my congressman, new paper my senator and everyone else until you recall the Chevy HHR for cutting off for no apparent reason while driving, I almost got into an accident while driving and my car shut off when passing over a bump, or driving in front of a truck and it just shutting off, it has shut off approx 28 times and still going strong and no one wants to do anything not even GM and other GM owners have the same problem corroded plugs, faulty remote controls key fob battery low, gear shift had to be change, does some have to die for help or be mauled in a accident. When are you going to do something. GM don't car the dealer says I was sold a demo car but it was a rental car. They lie, white Chevrolet in roanoke rapids nc they need to buy the car back and reimburse me for the headaches and inconvenience.
- Roanoke Rapids, NC, USA
Car still has paper tags, had 3K miles and it just stopped working the traction control light came on, engine would not idle and ran rough. We took it to the dealer who said a crank sensor went out, it took four days to get the part in and they have replaced it. We will see ho it goes!
- Haslet, TX, USA
- Portland, OR, USA