2011 Chevrolet HHR: fire, smoke or burning smell

Filed Jun 17, 2023 · Fuel system · PA · fire

I left vehicle running on my concrete driveway while I ran in the house to get my father for an errand. When I came outside and went to get into the vehicle I noticed a fire in the front of the rear wheel on the driver's side kind of dripping flames from the vehicle on to the concrete. Luckily I reacted quickly enough to release the parking brake. [Car is a manual transmisson]. The car drifted forward [driveway has small downhill pitch]and I turned the motor off. Then I [luckily] ran over to a hose and brought it to the vehicle to extinguish the fire.

Filed Mar 8, 2020 · Fuel system · 117,890 miles · CT

My 2011 chevy hhr like many others I've learned from checking online is leaking gas near the rear passenger side door. This is a design flaw and is very dangerous . Why is there not a recall on this are you waiting for one of these cars to burst in flames and someone to be killed before gm is made responsible to fix the defect . I don't have hundreds of dollars to repair this .and even when gm is held responsible they do as little as possible and they don't really address the problem. I also have a 2004 chevy impala and there is a recall on that for the ignition , by the time they notified me my ignition switch had malfunctioned and they won't fix that . There fix is to alter the key so there isn't so much pressure on the switch. That does me no good since the car is sitting in my hard and it is dead because the switch malfunctioned and I can't afford to get it fixed.. When they sell a car they make a lot of money kn it but they don't stand behind their product . And no one makes them do so. But as soon as someone is killed then they do damage control and you hear all this bull, we didn't know ,we didn't think it was that bad , and we are not responsible . I know this rant will do no good but I couldn't sleep at night if I knew I was the one responsible for things like this . Thanks

Filed Nov 23, 2017 · 80,000 miles · FL

Both front inside door handles broke off on separate occasions. The only way out was to lower the window and open from the outside. The situation could be an extreme hazard should the vehicle be on fire or under water. What if in a cold climate the window was froze? What if the vehicle was in an accident and wouldn't start therefore the window wouldn't work. What if a elderly person or a child was in the passenger seat and was unable to lower the window and open from the outside? Internet research shows numerous other incidents of the same problem. The potential for life and death is likely, not to mention nearly $600 for repairs. Vehicles are equipped with door handles for a purpose.

Filed Aug 26, 2014 · 78,000 miles · TN · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 chevrolet hhr. The contact stated that a hour after parking, the vehicle caught on fire. The contact was not present when the failure occurred. The fire department extinguished the fire. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 78,000. The VIN was unavailable.

Filed Nov 19, 2012 · Seats · 36,000 miles · MD · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 chevrolet hhr. The contact stated that the heated seat warmer for the front driver's seat caught on fire. The contact stated that the vehicle was powered off at the time of the failure. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer, but they were unable to provide a specific cause for the failure. The failure and current mileages were 36,000.