Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING | |||
| 03/02/2009 | 30000 | 1 | |
| The headlights on the 2009 chevrolet hhr burn out prematurely. i have replaced both the drivers and passenger headlamp bulbs multiple times since purchasing the vehicle new. i have to replace the bulbs approx. every 10000 15000 miles. my fear is that both bulbs will burn out at the same time causing an accident due to no lights. these light bulbs appear to have a much greater failure rate than most vehicles i have owned. *tr | |||
| 03/02/2009 | 30000 | ||
| The headlights on the 2009 chevrolet hhr burn out prematurely. i have replaced both the drivers and passenger headlamp bulbs multiple times since purchasing the vehicle new. i have to replace the bulbs approx.every 10000 15000 miles. my fear is that both bulbs will burn out at the same time causing an accident due to no lights. these light bulbs appear to have a much greater failure rate than most vehicles i have owned. | |||
| 07/01/2010 | 25000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet hhr. the contact stated that the turn signal lights were inoperable and would not illuminate when engaged. the vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnosis and the contact was informed that the vehicle was operating as normal. the contact also stated that the air bag warning light illuminated and he was told by the dealer that the air bags would not function in the event of a crash until they were repaired. the vehicle was repaired however, the failure recurred one year later. the vehicle was not further repaired. the vin was unavailable. the failure mileage was 25,000 and the current mileage was 48,000. kmj | |||
| 07/28/2010 | 25104 | ||
| 7/10 - center console lights inop. dealer replaced internially shorted relay. warranty 11/10 - engine would not crank/service airbag & power steering msg on dic. dealer towed in, replaced starter and found loss of comm w/ bcm due to internal short. dealer replaced bcm. warranty 12/10 - engine turns over wont start. dealer towed in, found power train relay open. replaced relay. warranty 4/11 - service airbag light. dealer found open circuit at passenger front airbag. reconnector connector added dielectrical grease. stabilitrack light does not come on (ever). was told system is okay, some models dont have warning lights. (go figure, will not return to that dealer) warranty 2/12 - service airbag light. comes on and goes out 3 - 4 times during first 15 minutes of driving first trip of the day. happens 90% of the time. if i can find a dealer i can trust i will have them check this and the stabilitrack problem. mileage is now 63000. | |||
| 09/01/2011 | 50000 | ||
| Visiting my daughter. started to go home. the head lamps would not come on. after 10 or 15 minutes of turning switches, turning motor off and on, nothing worked. so here am i stuck miles away from home and the head lights wont come on. in furstration i slapped the left driver side head light,it came on. so i walked to the other side and gave it a slap,and it came on. we drove the thirty miles home worrying if they would go out again. got home ok. now we have to hit both headlights to get them on.the warranty is out and do you know you have to remove the whole front bumper assembly to even get to the head lights. why would gm allow such design is be on reason. good luck hhr owners my wife has already experinced the lock ignition syndrome, when the key wont come out. why doesnt the nhtsa help us hhr owners | |||
| 09/24/2009 | 2852 | 1 | |
| Failure of both headlight low beams in new 2009 chevy hhr. first time driving the car at night, i noticed that i had no low beams. took the car to medved chevy in castle rock, co who confirmed the failure. service reported low beams inop; found open in turn signal switch, replaced switch. copy of service invoice available upon request. *tr | |||