Tl* the contact owns a 2011 chevrolet hhr. The contact stated that the interior driver side door failed to open. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 31,000. The VIN was unavailable.
2011 Chevrolet HHR body complaints
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While exiting the parking lot, pulling onto the street, my driver side door swung open and I nearly fell out of the car had it not been for my seat belt.the\at was 3 months ago. It happened again today while I was driving and pulling out of a store parking lot onto the main road, my door flew open on me again, it scared the living daylights out of me.
My husband and I purchased a vehicle from a chevy dealership and within a couple of months the driver side door stopped opening from the inside. Therefore we have to open the door from the outside to get out or crawl to the passenger door to get out. This is a safety hazard for anyone who gets in a car accident, or anyone having a car issue. I have talked to many people I know who have the same car and they have the same problem. I would get it fixed but we don't have the money. My husband would fix it but then it would void my warranty. Also had my car brought for ignition recall got it fixed and told them about my air bag light coming on and off. This is also a major problem and needs to get fixed, I have 3 children and they wont tell me which one is faulty if any. As well no money to fix it. $100 deductible every time to just check is not very reasonable.
I grabbed the door handle to open my chevy 2011 hhr driver's side door to exit my vehicle and the handle completely broke off!!! I have never had this kind of thing happen before and am not sure why a car manufacturer would be allowed to make one of the most integral parts of a vehicle out of cheap material. To add insult to injury, the dealership is hinting that I may have to bear the responsibility of paying something to fix this issue by bringing the car in to see if the issue is covered by an extended warranty or covered at all. This issue should be a recall no brainer, I should not have to cover the cost to fix this in any way. Also to my surprise, this appears to be a common complaint amongst chevy 2006-2011 hhr owners where they have been told by the dealerships that it would cost them between 300 & 400 dollars to "replace the entire door panel" or they have been told by gm that a "diagnostic" has to be done that might cost them out of pocket money. Both scenarios are absolutely insane. I am not sure why this has not been made a recall issue, thereby forcing gm to fix this problem at no cost to the consumer???? It is a manufacturing issue as well as safety issue. If something happens and I need to exit the vehicle quickly, I will not be able to do it. Also, I live in chicago and as everyone knows it is coming upon the winter season and if last year was any indication, we could be in for another brutal winter where below zero temperatures have a freezing effect on power windows, which is my current method of exiting the vehicle. I purchased this car in mar. Of 2014 and this is not something I would have known to even consider to think about because I thought this is the kind of thing that your agency should be on top of. Please help!!!
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 chevrolet hhr. The contact stated that the front driver's side door was unable to open from the inside. The contact mentioned that the window had to be opened in order to open the door from the outside. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 50,000.
Tl- the contact owns a 2011 chevrolet hhr. The contact stated that the front driver side door could not be unlocked or opened from the inside. The contact indicated that the driver had to exit the vehicle using the passenger side door. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified and no solution was offered. The failure mileage was 36,000. Jft
Went to open door to get out of car and the handle came off in my hand.
When I bought this car the back doors where a little hard to open I chalked it down to it still being not broke in well I've had this car for a year now and the back handles do not work at all from the inside sometimes one will work this is a big safety issue if there is a accident who ever is sitting in the back cannot open the doors I really think chevy needs to fix this issue before they get sued only hope no one gets killed / hurt over the back doors being opened I've had it checked 2 times they said its just because of lack of use that's bs considering its been well used for the year I've had it and now the check engine light is coming on great.
Went to pull interior door handle on driver side and it came off in my hand. Used same amount of force to open as I have every other previous time.
Both rear door latches have been giving problems. Lh door latch sticks and now rh rear door latch will not latch. Have a bungy cord between doors to keep shut. Safety issue!!! No recalls.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 chevrolet hhr. The contact stated that the driver's side interior door handle fractured and separated from the door panel. The contact had to open the driver's side window and reach out to open the door using the exterior door handle. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 39,000 and the current mileage was 40,298. The consumer stated when he exited the vehicle, the inside driver's door handle snapped off and broke. Updated 01/07/13
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