2009 Chevrolet HHR: fire, smoke or burning smell

Filed Aug 20, 2021 · Electrical · 145,853 miles · LA · fire

The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet HHR. The contact stated that after parking, a popping noise was present coming from inside the cabin of the vehicle. The contact discovered flames coming from the interior roof dome lights. The contact used water to extinguish the flames. The cause of the failure was not determined. The local dealer was notified of the failure. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 145,853.

Filed Apr 5, 2021 · Electrical, Engine · 60,000 miles · FL · fire · 1 injury

Started smelling smoke and the whole vehicle shut down with the being stuck on ignition. Couldn't open the doors and smoke was billowing out and fire start coming out of lower middle console. Luckily was able to open door and exit vehicle. Fire then erupted and quickly traveled straight down the center console to the rear of the car. Within minutes the car was totally engulfed in flames and was completely burned to nothing. Suffered several burns and smoke inhalation and the car and every thing in it was destroyed

Filed Jul 27, 2015 · Electrical · 196,000 miles · KY · fire

Tl* the contact owned a 2009 chevrolet hhr. The contact stated that the front driver side electronic control panel failed to work and the front and rear windows failed to go up and down when used electronically. The contact indicated that the failure was worse during rainy weather. As the failure progressed, the vent controls failed to work for heating and air conditioning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who was not able to remedy the failure. The parts were not available to schedule the recall repair for the federal safety agency campaign numbers: 14v047000 (air bags, electrical system), 14v153000 (steering), and 14v171000 (electrical system). While entering the road from a parking complex, the air conditioning control was turned on and smoke emitted into the interior of the vehicle near the dashboard. Extensive smoke was coming through the vents. The contact was able to coast the vehicle over to the side of the road. The vehicle erupted into flames and the front windshield melted downward. The fire department extinguished the flames. The vehicle was destroyed due to the failure and towed to a yard. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and provided no remedy. The approximate failure mileage was 196,000.

Filed Oct 24, 2011 · Steering · 60,000 miles · MO

2009 chevy hhr lt which is having the same problems that caused a recall on the chevy cobalt,the pontiac g6 ,g5 .the chevy malibu. My power steering system fails in the middle of a turn , the LED read out says power steering and then it completely goes out , I have to either turn the vehicle off and re start it or remove the fuse that is in the electrical fuse box and put it back in,this only corrects the problem temporarily ,(this is so dangerous ,as I might be in the middle of a curve on wet/icy roads and have the steering go out on me) there are numerous threads on line in reference to this issue with the hhr and gm has not done a recall for it in this model, this vehicle has the same steering components as the ones that have been recalled, one of the hazards possible is a fire. I feel this issue should be addressed in all of gm's vehicles with the same faulty parts not just the ones listed, they know these parts are in these cars and have chosen to ignore all complaints to repair the issue , the parts cost the public between $150.00 and $200.00 not including the hour of labor to fix the issue , why should the consumer be required to foot the bill for something that is clearly gm's fault, I have grand children that are in my car at any given time and I should not have to worry about my car catching on fire or the steering going out while I am in a turn on a wet or icy road !

Filed Oct 22, 2011 · Electrical, Steering · 56,740 miles · OH

I have a 2009 chevy hhr ,which is having the same problems that caused a recall on the chevy cobalt,the pontiac g6 ,g5 .the chevy malibu. My power steering system fails in the middle of a turn , the LED read out says power steering and then it completely goes out , I have to either turn the vehicle off and re start it or remove the fuse that is in the electrical fuse box and put it back in,this only corrects the problem temporarily ,(this is so dangerous ,as I might be in the middle of a curve on wet/icy roads and have the steering go out on me) there are numerous threads on line in reference to this issue with the hhr and gm has not done a recall for it in this model, this vehicle has the same steering components as the ones that have been recalled, one of the hazards possible is a fire. I feel this issue should be addressed in all of gm's vehicles with the same faulty parts not just the ones listed, they know these parts are in these cars and have chosen to ignore all complaints to repair the issue , the parts cost the public between $150.00 and $200.00 not including the hour of labor to fix the issue , why should the consumer be required to foot the bill for something that is clearly gm's fault, I have grand children that are in my car at any given time and I should not have to worry about my car catching on fire or the steering going out while I am in a turn on a wet or icy road !