I have been hearing a lot of noise out of the front of the car when hit even the smallest bumps in the road. They replaced the Int. Med. Steering shaft once and it has been back three times since. The Service writer told me GM knows there is a problem, but there is no fix for it as of yet. Anyone else having the same problems?

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I have also noticed front end noises. I haven't taken it in yet. I've only had my HHR for a week. My problen is the running lights. They keep going out. I have had the bulb replaced twice. Doe anyone know if this is common on the HHR?

I have also noticed front end noises. I haven't taken it in yet. I've only had my HHR for a week. My problen is the running lights. They keep going out. I have had the bulb replaced twice. Doe anyone know if this is common on the HHR?

Have you checked the fuses? Very common to have to reseat them ASAP.

I have had my HHR LT1 for about 7 months & 6100 miles, past couple of weeks or so, out of the blue started hearing a creaking noise under the front of the car when I would make low speed turns, go over any humps (like at intersections) and speed bumps were the worst. Finally got it to the dealer, and they heard the noise while he was cranking the wheel back and forth. When they called to say the car was done they had replaced the Int. Med. Steering Shaft, also some sort of suspension adjustment (not sure, its not real specific on the receipt) and also deglazed and cleaned the front brakes and adjusted the rear brakes (which I think was strange, I never said anything about the brakes so maybe they saw something there??). I've had it back for 2 days now, with no more creaking or noise from underneath, so hopefully it will stay that way.

Just got mine back from the dealer with the same noise in the front end.They changed the whole steering column,next they changed the bushings on the front stabilizer bar.Changed the car completely,no more rattles and bumps from the front end,they also fixed the creeking in the front end.Should be a service bulletin on this stuff.Check with your dealer it`s worth it.Now all I have is this crazy howling noise (on acceleration)coming from the engine or tranny,or something else???The Canuk!!

Mine was getting noisy and I also had a rattle going through the column into the dash. Brought it to the dealer yesterday. They have ordered a new column for it. I hope this is a one visit fix when the part comes in. They take great care of my HHR, and I love it, but I am sort of wishing I waited for the 2007 model year hoping for less "bugs".

but I am sort of wishing I waited for the 2007 model year hoping for less "bugs".


Seems like all first year or revamped models have issues..I know my 2000 Maxima SE was like a test center for Nissan :lol:


Goose

Parts are in. I'll let you know how things work out after they make repairs on Friday.

Parts are in. I'll let you know how things work out after they make repairs on Friday.

What dealer are you using? Diamond? Do you know anything on Balise? I know they are in Springfield so probably not...



Goose

I go to Herb Connolly in Framingham. They are a great dealership. I wouldn't be caught dead at Diamond. They are just as bad as the old Duddie Ford that was in Westborough (Same owner).

Taking my car in on Friday to have the front end looked at. There is a noise when driving slowly over rougher surfaces. A rattle that seems to come from the top of the left front strut mount. That's my opinion...but I hope they look at the steering column and the torsion bar mounts too.

taking mine into dealer tomorrow for smae issue - rattles like a bag hammers being dragged down the road at low speeds - once non the highway doing 120kmh nothing - no issues ??? will update with the outcome

damn, this sounds the same as my cobalt noise,, that sux, I have taken the balt 7 time now, and have the stearing colum changer, bushings, bumps, struts, everything,, and still it keep making it..

folks - had this noise in the front at low speeds - sounds like the fron end was falling apart driving around town - on the highway was fine - nothing goofy in the steering or control.
dealer replaced both front sway bars (thank god for that extended warranty i bought !!) and all is good - no noise , no rattling , no problems

I had the exact same issue with the front end rattle, the dealer replaced both front sway bars and it was fixed. However, it's been about 6 months since then and the rattle has come back... I question the quality of those GM parts.

There's only one sway bar in the front. Do you mean that the dealer replaced that? Or are you talking aobut sway bar bushings maybe? Or stabilizer links????

I've had this same noise since day one and have had the sway bar bushings replaced as well as the links and its still there.

Ok, my turn. My hhr has develope and vibration noise when i slowing down.I had a bad front strut on the right side,and had that replaced. So i thought that was is it, but no.This is the wierd part, it only gets loud when someone is sitting in the passenger seat. The noise is still coming from the right hand side of the dashboard area. Any idea's ??