The brake system on our 2007 chevrolet hhr violently shakes the whole car when trying to brake at higher speeds especially going down hill. The brakes are no where near needing replaced yet and the chevy dealer we bought it from claims they know about the problem but cannot do anything about it without charging us for a repair??? I do not need new brakes I just need the ones on it to work properly. A search of the internet and this site demonstrates a design or parts problem since many owners have the exact same problem. I would invite anyone to contact me to take a ride in the car to see how unbelievably scary it is to be behind the wheel coming down a hill and trying to get it stopped. Some one needs to look into this before someone get seriously hurt when the brakes fail. I have owned this car since new and after the way the dealership treated this and our concerns this will be the last chevy in our driveway.
2007 Chevrolet HHR brakes complaints
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When brakes are applied, the steering wheel and front end shakes. The vehicle has been put in the shop 4 times. I believe this falls under the lemon-law. The vehicle is still under warranty. I want the vehicle replaced or fixed. The car is unsafe, for my family. I have twins that are 3 years old!! Something needs to be replaced or fixed. It has been back to the dealer 4 times and its not fixed!!!!! Howard h. Herold
Steering wheel on my 2007 chevy hhr would shake every time I applied the brakes. The car only has 9,200 miles on it. Brought it back to the dealer. Service manager said that he has seen this problem with a number of hhr's. He shaved the rotors. Rotors should not be an issue when the car only has 9,000 miles on it. I believe the rotors are defective. Service manager told me he thinks the problem is that the steel they used is too soft. A recall is in order. Please investigate. This is not an isolated problem. An investigation must take place and an audit of how many hhr's have this same problem.
Brake rotor problem. Warped at 25,113 miles and started problem again at 50,000.
The chevy hhr plugs are corroded and the brakes are defective. The car stalls when hitting over a bump in the road or not while drive at a high speed. No warning light. Stalls 17 times.
Lousy brakes. While driving in hot weather, applying brakes sets off violent shaking and pulsation in steering wheel and brake pedal. This was not caused by over usage. Occurred at first application. Air temp was approximately 95 deg. Brakes work fine in cold weather. Stopped at local chevrolet dealer and asked if there were any recalls of service bulletins concerning this problem. Service manager said the brakes were made as cheaply as possible especially the rotors.
Vehicle was bought new in november 2007, and has had a couple issues. When new, the vehicle seemed to not track straight, or was at least 'twitchy' on the road. With less than 6000 miles, the vehicle developed a noticeable 'clunk' in the front end. Took to the dealer, and they found a "damaged sway bar bushing", decided that it was defective from the factory, and replaced under warranty. This seemed to fix that issue, as well as made the car less 'twitchy' to drive. With just under 10,000 miles, the vehicle has developed a sensation of having a warped rotor when braking. Rotors turned by dealer and the problem has gone away for now, but tech at dealership says this seems to be a common occurrence for hhr's.
At 2000 miles brakes vibrating dealership turns rotors and sanded brakes, same thing and same solution at 6000 miles at 11,000 miles and now at 16,700 mile I am taking it back for brake problems again. Chevy hhr 2007.
My hhr has been in the shop 4 times since I purchased it in may of last year because of shaking when I brake. The rotors were filed down and this last time in january 08 they said they replaced a part that should keep the problem from occurring again. Now, about 7k miles since the last time, the problem is back. The dealership tried to tell me it was the way I drive, but I have been driving more than 24 years and have had dozens of cars and have never had this happen. It is quite obviously a problem with the car (especially after reading numerous complaints on various web sites). I am going to attempt to have them replace my car with another model, but suspect I will take a huge hit.
At 9,700 miles,my car would shake bad when brakes were applied, dealer turned the rotors, helped for awhile. At 24,000 miles the same thing started, rotors were turned for a second time. I believe they should be replaced, the problem will more than likely happen again. Thank you.
Brake fuild light came on after starting the car. Called onstar to run a dianosic , they said that it had an ABS problem.
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