On september 6, 2018 on highway going to work. I got there park my vehicle noticed a strong gas odor. Gentleman in his car smell it as well look saw I had a gas leak from the left rear. Took it to be checked out was informed rusted gas line. I only had the vehicle for 9months and I checked for recalls only reading complaints with the same issues but not being recalled I was told this a fire hazard!!
2009 Chevrolet HHR fuel system complaints
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Fuel lines rusted out causing a fuel leak. Note: date given is date diagnosed by mechanic. Mechanic noted, it's been rusted for a while.
Was getting serviced and was informed that fuel lines were all rusted out and leaking very bad. Is gm doing anything about this???fire hazard
The fuel line from the fuel tank to the engine bends around by the wheel and apparently rubs with everyday driving. Eventually it rubbed a hole in the fuel line. I noticed it after I parked the car and could see fuel dripping in front of the rear wheel. The line from front to back of the car is a single piece and cost something like $700 for the line alone. (stupid) instead of replacing the line I had a rubber fuel line clampped to the line as a temperary fix. After talking to a chevy dealership and a mechanic at tire discounters, I was told by both places that this is a common problem. Both locations said that they get hhr's with this problem often. This needs to be on a recall list. This service was done on january 25, 2017 and the cost for the fix was $232. Thank you for your time.
Rusted fuel line at 127,000 miles with gas leaking. I noticed a strong gas smell from the driver side passenger area when outside of the vehicle when parked. After researching found this to be a known issue. The fuel line is not made out of stainless steel and therefor rusts out in areas of the country that use salt on the roads in winter. Huge safety concern. Spoke with gm and received no compensation for sub-par parts used for fuel line on this vehicle when manufactured.
The fuel lines are rusting and have begun to leak gasoline. Leak occurs while stationary and while driving
Started smelling raw gasoline when driving and stationary... Discovered fuel line leaking/seeping gas on driver side in front of rear tire, above the hot exhaust. Fuel tank straps are also rusted. This is very common in hhr and cobalt - need to recall before someone dies in a car fire! Note: it can be seen in the attached photo - the discoloration of the metal is from it being saturated in gasoline.
The gas line is rusted and leaking. There is a strong odor of gasoline at the rear drivers side tire of my car. It leaves a fuel on my driveway
April of 2017 the fuel lines of my hhr rusted and I had them replaced. November of 2017 plastic fuel line connector that connects fuel line to fuel tank failed . While driving home through the city of lancaster I smelled gas . I pulled into a parking lot to inspect and I observed gas leaking from the tank. Gas leaked out while I was parked at a store. The fire department and hazmat had to be called to clean up spilled gas. I had the car towed to my mechanic . He reported to me that the plastic part (22719582) failed. He has been trying to find a part and he reports to me that the part is unavailable. He thinks many other hhr's are experiencing the same problem. While researching the problem on line I discovered many other hhr's had similar problems with the fuel line.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet hhr. While driving, the fuel line separated and there was an abnormal odor of fuel. The vehicle was towed to a local dealer (graybill bros 1459 beaver valley pike, refton, pa 17568) where it was diagnosed that the fuel line/locking clips failed. The contact was informed that the parts were on backorder. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 90,000.
Gas lines exiting the fuel tank run through a flexible heat shield as they run past the left rear wheel to the bottom of the car (prior to running up to the engine). The fuel lines in the flexible heat shield have significant run and have started to leak fuel. This fuel pools under the car when stationary and sprays onto the exhaust system while in transit. This was not a sudden event, the rust has occurred over time, however is not detectable during routine inspection due to the heat shield. This incident was noticed due to the gas fumes which collected in the car during a start-up. There was no other indication until the fumes were investigated.
I put the transmission into park and attempted to turn off the car and remove the key to go into a store. I could not turn the ignition switch to off or remove the key. I drove the car home and parked. I could still not turn the ignition switch to off or remove the key. Numerous attempts of putting car into reverse, or drive and into park did not solve the problem. The key was trapped in the ignition switch! Called onstar and was forwarded to customer service; tow truck was called. Tow truck delivered car to dealership with engine still running. Problem diagnosed in ignition key cylinder which was replaced.
We recently purchased a 09 chevy hhr and within the first 150 miles we got a check engine light, took it to the dealer and was told the fuel was running lean. He reset the computer and told me to put fuel additive in the tank. I did so and the check engine light is still coming on and the engine is beginning to stall and lose power....what are we to do, car still has a factory warranty, but can't get help...
This a 2009 chevrolet hhr 2.2 liter engine 4cyl. During rush hour in the morning,in city traffic I was getting in to the freeway flow I had to step on the gas pedal on an off, when I notice the car got sluggish and would not respond to the amount of request on my foot, I was lucky and got of the freeway then I noticed the info on the instrumentation panel was warning! "engine power reduced", turned engine off and the car stared working normally, this same thing happened again a week later and then sooner until the car had no power and finally did not start any more I had e diagnostics read out and described "wrong readings on the throttle body" and "wrong gas pedal position," I replaced the throttle body a $400.00 part did not fix it then the gas pedal $90 dlls part, and that fixed it! I' am an electrician for the city,I worked in the electronics mfg 25 years, so I always want to know the source of problems so I disassembled the gas pedal, and found that the carbon on the potentiometer was warn out, so I noticed that the steel sweepers where assembled backwards and they were scraping the carbon away of the little pc board part no.807819 this is inside the gas pedal assy. Part no.gm 20757615 manufactured ii 5 24/08 other info on the pedal (6pv 933 902-02) the enclosure has the hella brand logo.
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