The I hate my HHR Rant Thread
Senior Member
Joined: 11-14-2007
Posts: 1,240
From: Planet Earth
It's interesting that some cars are fine and others fell off the transport. I truly feel your pain. I had a Dodge once that lived in the shop...bought it new too. Had a Plymouth Voyager Van (bought new) that that thought the dealership service shop was it's home.
So far, knock on wood, my HHR has been good to me. 38,510 miles and still going strong...but...time will tell...I hope it will last to 180,000 miles, that's my goal.
Best of luck to you on your next car. I will tell you this...my wife drives a Honda...I've had many Hondas and...I have never had ONE issue with Honda...not one. I've owned four Accords, two vans and a CR-V. Something to consider. But for me, I still LOVE my HHR. I will have to buy another one in 2011 since that is the last production year.
So far, knock on wood, my HHR has been good to me. 38,510 miles and still going strong...but...time will tell...I hope it will last to 180,000 miles, that's my goal.
Best of luck to you on your next car. I will tell you this...my wife drives a Honda...I've had many Hondas and...I have never had ONE issue with Honda...not one. I've owned four Accords, two vans and a CR-V. Something to consider. But for me, I still LOVE my HHR. I will have to buy another one in 2011 since that is the last production year.
Senior Member
Joined: 06-29-2008
Posts: 839
From: Crystal Lake
I guess that there's good and bad in everything. Imagine if we judged people because of a few bad ones? (unfortunately some do).
Why is the answer always to give our money to a Japanese corporation when all of the rest of us paid our tax dollars to bail our GM? If I was pissed off at GM to the extent that I had to defect, I'd for one would be looking at Chrysler.
I guess the abandoning of the American community is part of being the "me" generation. It's discouraging.
Why is the answer always to give our money to a Japanese corporation when all of the rest of us paid our tax dollars to bail our GM? If I was pissed off at GM to the extent that I had to defect, I'd for one would be looking at Chrysler.
I guess the abandoning of the American community is part of being the "me" generation. It's discouraging.
Thing that cracks me up, is people ***** that there is NO jobs in American anymore yet we still keep supporting China/Japan with everything from Car's to basic everyday things. Maybe just Maybe if things were different maybe American's would still have job's. Maybe i think like this because i live in a Area of IL that has the highest unemployment rate 19.5% due to Chrysler's failure or maybe Chrysler and the American public's Failure. On POS car doesn't mean every other model will have the same issue's. Also take in mind the HHR was part of the Old GM.
I also doubt highly the New Malibu is a "rattle trap" considering all the outstanding awards it has gotten since its launch.
Me personally will continue to support American Car's cause dammit your parents and mind build this Country and i'll be damned if i let it all go to China/Japan.. Yea we all know Nissan/Toyota etc. all have factories here and we all know the profits don't stay here. just my .02
Founding Member
Joined: 11-23-2007
Posts: 8,210
From: Texas
I owned my first GM vehicle in 1977. It was a 1974 Buick Regal. Since that time I have owned 15 GM vehicles with only one that I would consider close to a lemon. That was a 1985 Buick Riviera T-Type. Loved the car but it kept laying down on my wife (alternator, ecm, ignition coil, turbo) so I sold it.
Not sure of the reasoning behind someone having a problem with 1 particular model (ie HHR), and because of that never buying that make of vehicle again (ie GM or Chevrolet). What do problems with an HHR have to do with say a Malibu or an Equinox?
When my Riviera became a problem, the solution was simple to me, get rid of it and get something else.
Senior Member
Joined: 08-26-2007
Posts: 130
From: Schaumburg, IL
I usually defend my purchases to the bitter end and have always waved the GM flag. The steering clunk that many of us have becomes a deal breaker. If any of you don't have that problem or don't acknowledge it as a true annoyance, you're lucky or very tolerant. No more said from me about this subject. I'll live with the noise and turn up the stereo some more. At trade in time I'll get to say that that noise you hear is supposed to be there, ask any Chevy technician!
