While driving power steering becomes intermittent. Goes out then returns while driving or after being turned off. Chevrolet has replaced eps unit 3 times over the last 2 years. Again the eps is intermittent, now we are being told it is a short. I read that the recall for the eps includes a torque sensor with defective or faulty contacts, gm has no knowledge of this. Chevrolet says the vehicle has a short and it not a safety recall issue. 74,471 miles on vehicle
2007 Chevrolet HHR steering complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet hhr. While driving at low speeds, the vehicle experienced a loss of power steering. The power steering warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the steering column assembly was defective and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 116,750.
Loss of power steering while driving on city street. If I turn off and restart the power steering returns at this time. This is a very dangerous issue that could cause a major accident. Is there a solution?
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet hhr. The contact stated that the eps warning light randomly flashed and the steering wheel became extremely tight and locked several times. The contact had to restart the vehicle, but the failure continued. The VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v153000 (steering). The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was not available.
I purchased the car 5/13/14. Since that date the car has been "repaired" 16 times, beginning on 5/27/14 for ongoing suspension problems and steering wheel/electrical issues. Suspension issues included the sway bar, stabalizer bar and bushings, defective stablink and frozed strut bearing. Replaced front struts. Steering wheel issues included, replacing of steering wheel complete due to bad wiring, wiring, wiring harness, sir coil replaced, sir coil causing interferance, replaced entire column, ignition switch replacement. The car is unsafe on any road in motion. Entire 14 pages of service records available.
Power steering fails indiscriminately when in motion; returns when vehicle is turned off and restarted.
Vehicle has roughly 93,000 miles. Last week while the vehicle was in operation, the power steering suddenly cut out. This was accompanied by a warning indication on the dash display. When the vehicle is turned off and then turned on, the power steering resumes. However, after a few miles, the power steering fails again. This occured on both city driving and at freeway speeds. I tried changing out the fuse, but that did not correct the problem. This is a dangerous condition when it fails out of nowhere. Easy to lose control of the vehicle. I noticed that a recall was announced for the 2009 and 2010 hhr, but not other years. Why not?
Loss of power steering. Once I turn off and restart the power steering returns. This issue could cause an accident. What is the solution?
I have a problem with my headlights mainly on the driver side I have to use my high beams in order to see something and that's when I'm in motion or not. Then now my steering I don't know what's wrong with it but I can start my car up and I can drive and all the sudden my steering wheel gets hard to where I can't turn it, it's hard to turn. My electrical in my vehicle it is very bad my radio keeps popping on and off. I have to hit my headlights to keep thm on and it keeps going on and off and I'm guessing this due to my electrical.
As I was driving my speedometer started jumping and my power steering light came on. Pulled my car over turned it off would not start back up .. Sat there for awhile turned back on and driving again the power steering came on . L replaced my power steering fuse last month because of that.
While driving my power steering failed I currently do not have power steering still. The back latch will not open as well. I cannot access the trunk where my battery is because the latch will not open.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet hhr. While driving approximately 60 MPH and attempting to switch lanes, the power steering warning indicator illuminated and the steering ability seized. The failure occurred on a daily basis for approximately one week. The vehicle was at the dealer for diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was informed of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 108,000.
Power steering fails indiscriminately when in motion; returns when vehicle is turned off and restarted.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet hhr. While driving 65 MPH, the power steering warning light illuminated and the steering became very difficult to maneuver. The failure persisted intermittently. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 93,600. Updated 05/18/16*lj the consumer stated the vehicle was finally repaired. Updated 06/22/16.
Power steering continue to go out while driving and I have to use my own power to drive.
While driving on a city road the power steering went out so that it became very hard to steer the vehicle. There was a smell of an odd type also noticed. An indicator light on the dash board also came on at that time indicating power steering problem.
Takata recall - when in motion, on a city street or a highway, driving straight, going into a turn or just turning at any time my power steering light comes on and the power steering goes out. This makes it very difficult to operate my chevey 2007 hhr safely. I have researched this and find on youtube there are a lot of hhr owners with this same problem. Please advise.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet hhr. The contact stated that while driving at 25 MPH, the steering wheel seized. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 108,000.
Car will lose power steering suddenly with a message displayed on the information center "power steering". Does not matter speed or length of time car has been driven. At this point, the power steering returns to normal when you turn the car off and then restart the car. Recall from gm has only 2009-2011 hhr, but many other older hhr 2006-2008 have exact same issues according to hhr forums. Chevy even sent us a notice in january 2015 stating the potential of the power steering failure, but offered no date for a recall to fix. The hhr has 75,000 miles and dealer was notified, but was rude about even looking the car up for recall information or helping us. This car has only seen a chevy dealership for any service related issues.
I was driving down the road and heard a warning chime and the dic showed power steering. I pulled over, turned car off and back on it was fine. Was looking to se what it would cost to replace and see all these people having same trouble. It's very dangerous and should be looked at by chevrolet if it's that big of a problem!!
Cars power steering goes out while driving and comes back when I turn it off and back on again.
Power steering stops working. When I restart the car power steering will resume to work. It may hrs or days before it stops again. This only happened will driving. Stereo some times flashes and unable to turn stations. Some times my inter-lights will flash and not work afterwards. Both of these issues happens whenever.
Power steering suddenly goes out resulting in total loss of power steering. This happened while driving on a city street,
Power steering went out while driving on the highway. Chime sounded, "power steering" appeared in the dic. When I turned off the car and turned it back on, the power steering was fine. According to all the research I did to try and diagnose the problem, it seems that this is typical of a defective power steering motor and is common to this model which has yet to be recalled.
On nov 7, 2015, my family returned to our car after eating, when my husband started the car he commented on how hard it was to steer, then the warning light for power steering came on. He turned the car off and back on and the steering was fine. There are numerous reports of this happening..why is nothing being done??? This is a serious safety issue. I have to use this car daily to travel back and forth from work and according to the other reports the power steering goes out at any time. There is no way I could control this car at freeway speeds without power steering.
I paid 947 dollars to fix the power steering module when it went out on oct 8, 2015. I took car to get fixed at sisbarro in las cruces, nm. Like I said I paid 947 dollars to get it fixed. Now today I stopped to say hello to one of my neighbors and when I started to drive again and the power steering went out today october the 31, 2015. It's good thing my wife was not driving the car she could have been hurt or hurt someone else. So again I took the car back to sisbarro in las cruces, nm. I'm just wondering what kind of excuse they are going to give me this time and probably charge me another 947 dollar again.
Vehicle keeps blowing power steering fuse. Did not occur until after I have ignition recall work preformed. I am smelling in the cabin like hot wiring smell.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet hhr. While driving at various speeds, the steering wheel became difficult to steer. The vehicle was restarted and resumed normal operation. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 85,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet hhr. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 40 MPH, the steering wheel seized and the vehicle failed to accelerate. In addition, an unknown warning indicator illuminated. The failure occurred on multiple occasions. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of failure. The failure mileage was 100,000. The VIN was not available.
I was driving last week and I suddenly lost all power steering. I had to pull over (as I was on a side street) and put on my 4 way flashers shut off my car and then start it. When I started my car I suddenly had my power steering back. Just a couple of days ago I was once again driving on a busy road near the intersection of the highway) and the same thing happened. I'm wondering if there is some time of defect with the power steering. Ever since I had the ignition switch recall fixed, I've been having problems.
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