With the amount of dirt and crud inside that throttle body, I’ll bet the air cleaner elbow hasn’t been connected properly to the TB. … For a good while.

 

No scan tool?

 

Betcha the throttle body got damaged.

 

TBI definitely needs cleaning. Basics; inspection of vacuum lines, hose and electrical connections, good grounds, battery full cca

and of course the famous fuse box tight!
Have a good week everybody

 

Thanks guys I have thought throttle body too.

I believe the brake pedal could be due to the main hose under throttle body I didn’t get a chance to look much. Currently doing 2 jobs.

One question is though why does the problem go away when I unplug the MAF? I unplug MAF & car revs up to 3k rpm & idles there, if I leave the car running for 3 minutes with MAF unplugged think it will idle down? I was afraid & turned it off after doing so. I suppose with it idling at 3k than it’s outside of its 900 RPM idle issue and is just working correctly due to idle so high.

My dad drove it home for me so I would think if it just had to relearn the TB than it would had done so during his drive home, so guess it is probably toast. The AC line did hit the TB motor & sensor so perhaps that hard hit locked the motor on TB.

 

Easy enough to replace the throttle body.

 

Has anyone had any luck with GM buying back their HHR after an accident?

I say this due to the brakes not working & air bag not deploying. They admitted in a message that the airbag connection can become corroded & lose connection. They advised about a satisfaction program & fixing this however they haven’t notified anyone or announced it? At least not for my VIN. I noticed the point of impact was directly by the airbag sensor & they still failed to deploy. They want to come out and pull data from the car.

 

I’m in Canada and haven’t had my HHR involved in a front end collision. But if you pass then you’ll never know! It’s worth a shot, they might surprise you.

 

Just based on your pictures the impact doesn’t appear to be hard enough to deploy the SRS system. (Airbags)
You should be thankful they didn’t deploy. It’ gets a little pricey when you have to replace airbags, SRS crash modules and other stuff related to air bag deployment. Added on to body damage it adds up.
Not sure what you mean by your brakes not working. That’s not a known HHR problem.