2007 Chevrolet HHR body complaints

Filed Nov 20, 2007 · Body · 4,000 miles · OR

Tl*the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet hhr. The door ajar alarm only chimes when the doors are completely opened. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but they could not correct the failure. The dealer spoke with the manufacturer and they stated that the alarm was designed to operate in that manner and would be unable to assist. The contact also spoke with the manufacturer and was issued case number 71-576283710. The current mileage was 6,960 and failure mileage was 4,000.

Filed Jul 19, 2007 · Body · 12,600 miles · NV · crash · 3 injuries

We were driving west on I-40 in az. A 2 ton truck with a long flat trailer blew it's front drivers tire. The tire came into our lane my husband swerved to miss it then the truck came into our lane forcing us off the road my husband couldn't gain control of the chevy hhr again. It sent us into a rollover we rolled 2-3 times. The driver's side of the car all collapsed around my husband the roof forced his neck down. The roof ended up down to the steering wheel. My husband suffered a crack in his 3rd c-spine & a broken thumb & lacerated fingers when the car ended up landing on his hand which had gone just above his head. I had to unbuckle my husband to get him into a position so he could breath. 2-failure of the roof to protect the driver the roof encroached into the drivers space causing major bodily harm. 3-car was scrapped. No need at this point to replace or repair.

Filed Jul 11, 2007 · Body · MI

Poor design of the front bumper. The hole on the bottom was too big, allowing debris to hit the air conditioner (A/C) condenser and radiator. This was what happened to me but the funny thing wa s that I wasn't even driving the car. I turned it on and got the air conditioner going, which was cold at first. The car sat for a week while I was on vacation, so I found it hard to believe they won't cover it as a equipment failure. Instead they claimed something flew through it. Chevrolet didn't put a grill in it from the factory, which would have solved the problem. Warranty won't cover it because it was considered a road hazard, and wanted me to claim it on my insurance which I thought was insurance fraud. I thought they wanted to pass the buck to someone else rather than recall all the vehicles to put a grill on it to protect it from the elements. I own a 2007 hhr with 6000 miles on it. I didn't have air conditioning because they won't warranty it, and I didn't have $800 to fix it. The gm representative came to look at the vehicle while my wife was at the dealership so she got to talk to him about it. He said well it was no different than a rock hitting the windshield. I thought this was the lazy way out, saying they didn't want to protect vital parts of the car, (radiator,condenser,etc. By putting a simple piece of mesh or grill in place. This shouldn't be our job to make sure it wa s protected. Also, the representative stated well,if we get a lot of complaints about it then maybe the designer will recall it and fix it. I could not wait for them to get off the lazy boy and fix a flaw they overlooked in the first place. I love everything about the car, but chevrolet had to get their head out of their own butts and realize these were the reasons why they were losing jobs, and stocks were falling, car sales were down, and competition wa s getting stronger. They should be more than happy to fix the problem. Then I might go back to buying chevrolet cars.