2009 Chevrolet HHR: adaptive cruise control problems

Filed Sep 6, 2018 · Acceleration, Airbags · 191,000 miles · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet hhr. While driving 60 MPH with the cruise control activated, the contact depressed the accelerator pedal, but the vehicle failed to accelerate and remained in first gear. In addition, the air bag, traction control, and check engine indicators illuminated. The vehicle was serviced per manufacturer recall number: 08016. The vehicle was taken to an unknown dealer where it was diagnosed that there was an air bag failure. The vehicle was repaired, but the contact stated that the vehicle experienced the same symptoms. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 191,000.

Filed Dec 7, 2016 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · 48,000 miles · NJ

Approx : march 2016 - - 48000 miles, my cruise control system stopped functioning completely ,when turned on. Indicator light still works, researching I've found a simple burnt out brake light bulb may be the cause for this defective unrelated failure. Either way I'm not seeing any error messages or warnings alerting me to what problems I might really have so that they can be addressed. If there isn't a recall yet , maybe an investigation is in order. Tia, l-t-g

Filed Nov 25, 2015 · Brakes, Driver assistance · WI

My 2009 hhr has what is referred to as the may 15, 2014 gm tail light malfunction. The malfunction is caused from faulty wiring and causes the brake lights illuminate without touching the brake pedal and they remain on while driving. This malfunction also disables safety features like electronic stability control ' which tries to correct for skids ' and panic braking assist, which is designed to make sure the vehicle's full braking power is being used in an emergency. It also disables the cruise control and the traction control. In 2014 g.m. Said it knew of hundreds of complaints and 13 accidents associated with the problem. I have had several near accidents and several issues of road rage from other drivers since my hhr began the malfunctioning in february 2014 which is when I first contacted gm to get it fixed. Since then I have filed complaints with the federal safety agency, the federal trade commission, the state of wisconsin consumer protection agency and gm but have not yet had anyone step up and fix the problem. Since the malfunction causes the bcm to lose memory with the brake positioning sensor I did take the vehicle to a certified gm dealership and had them re-learn the memory between the two. This solved the problem temporarily and lasted about two months. I cannot afford to have this done every two month as a solution. Gm needs to be ordered to fix the issues correctly before someone is fatally injured.

Filed Jun 26, 2015 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · WI

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet hhr. While driving at 50 MPH, the cruise control failed to activate and the brake lights remained illuminated. The electronic stability control indicator illuminated prior to the failures. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The VIN and failure mileage were unknown. Ma 08/11/15 the consumer stated the vehicle was repaired but, the failure recurred 14 days later. The consumer was advised of a may 2014 recall that included the same malfunctions. The consumer wanted to be reimbursed for all associated attempted repairs for the brake lights. Updated 05/10/2017*js updated 11/01/2017

Filed Jun 23, 2013 · Driver assistance, Steering · 22,200 miles · WA

Called the chevy dealer, told me that it was friday and to call first thing monday morning. As I continued on freeway I realized that the ride was rougher, something was very wrong. To steer was harder, trip odometer both were not working, cruise control would not engage,speedometer was not working,transmission not shifting easily,pulled into chevy dealer, found the service manager. Asked him to check the car, hours on sign stated that someone would available until 5:30. It was currently 4:50 pm. He assured me that is was safe to drive care: pulled out of dealership, transmission would not shift at all. Engine light came on turned around, went back. He was just leaving to go home it was 5:10 at this time. When he saw me he got out of his car, came over, I told him the increased changes and why I turned around:I had my 80 year old aunt with me I live 14 miles outside of town it was friday afternoon I did not want to make matters worse by driving this car say an accident or doing more damage to the repairs needed. He put it on the analysis scope he said he had mixed messages. One was it said power steering but with the wrong code. After that there was nothing that showed up. He again assured me that we would be fine! I pulled out of the dealership, drove 2 miles, then was coasting! Had no transmission. Pulled over to side of road, turned off the engine sat for a few minutes, restarted continued down the highway with my flashers on. It would not shift higher than second gear.we limped to a friends house parked the car, they gave us a ride home. What would have happened if I had continued down that road. Please help.

Filed Sep 8, 2012 · Steering · 47,500 miles · MI

While leaving work my electric power steering cut out. I restarted the vehicle and the power steering would reset itself but would go out within a minute or two of driving down the road. I spent about 3hrs attempting to narrow down when this would occur, however it was always at random speeds, turn radius', in cruise control or not, while accelerating or when braking. Continued shutting vehicle down to reset the system so as to continue to troubleshoot. Always failed shortly after restarting and hitting the road. As this can be very dangerous, there certainly needs to be a recall for the power steering to be repaired.