2006 chevrolet hhr. Consumer states several problems with vehicle *tgw the consumer stated his sons vehicle had a severe shimmy in the steering wheel and became progressively worse when the brake was applied. The pads and rotors were replaced twice and the third time the rotors were machined, but the problem continued. There was also a strange noise coming from the front suspension, but the dealer was unable to pinpoint the problem. At 42,000 miles the air condition made a loud screeching noise for 2 minutes, then stopped working. At 68,000 miles, a metal skid plate had fallen from underneath the vehicle. Soon after, the exhaust was very loud. The vehicle was taken to the repair shop and the consumer was informed the catalytic converter had cracked. The vehicle lost power and a cylinder had to be replaced, the check engine light would come on and then go off, the temperature gauge did not work, so the air condition only worked if the check engine light was off. The door locks did not work, the radio worked intermittently, the sun visor would fall down at random times. There were times when the vehicle would not start. The consumer stated even with an alignment, new struts, shocks and good tires, the vehicle continually pulled to the right.
2006 Chevrolet HHR visibility complaints
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Hvac blower motor quit. No means of clearing windshield fogging with blower inoperative. Could smell that something was hot or had burned under the ip.
Put vehicle in park, key would not come out of ignition after turning vehicle off. Still would re-start so found a dealer and dropped off vehicle. Per dealer sheet at pick-up - 19373 shifter rod fell off verified ignition key doesn't come out of ignition cylinder. Noticed shifter button stuck in/depressed. Remove power window switch panel, shifter cover panel. Disconnect shifter cable, remove shifter, found shifter rod fell off. Shifter b/o. ****** r&r shifter, install shifter cable, shifter cover panel, power window switch panel, road test vehicle, check shifter operation, shifter working normally. Turn vehicle off, easily able to remove key out of ignition.
Auto dimmer does not work on rearview mirror. Unable to remove key from chevy hhr 2006 model. It is a shift lever issue. The car is out of warranty so neither of these items are still covered. These are items that should last longer than three years. Chevy is ignoring the issue.
My brakes shimmied/ vibrated badly when my hhr had 14300 miles, ferris chevrolet dealership turned, ground, the rotors to repair the problem on 07/30/07 at the same time the heater/AC fan switch was repaired on 9/28/08 with 28365 miles on my hhr the same problem was repaired at the dealership, the brakes should not shimmy and need repairing every 14000 miles, this need to be corrected with new improved rotors before their is a total brake failure we plan on keeping this car for a long time, who is going to pay to fix this!at the same time the heater/AC fan switch was repaired and the fan motor was replaced, we were told water leaks on the fan, we have had water leak thru the heater vents before.
Dt: the contact stated the vehicle has too many blind spots on all sides of the vehicle. Also for seeing out the front window is difficult to see out of due to the windshield being lower and the seat higher than on other vehicles. Due to this visibility issue the contact feels unsafe driving the vehicle.
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