Um, Ford halted production on F-150s in 2009 for a few weeks and Dodge had a full production shutdown on EVERY vehicle last summer.

GM dumped Camaro and Firebird in 2002 because the sales weren't worth redesigning the F-body. The resurrection was a side project that wound up getting greenlighted by Lutz after the people went wild over the concept. Ford used the same lame chassis for the 'stang for 25 years and put the new one on another existing chassis. The Mustang is their halo car, GM has the Corvette. No comparison, and I have had both.

 

You should have read the content label that's been placed next to the window sticker. It's plain as day that the car is assembled in Mexico from mostly US and Canadian parts. Engine from NY or TN, transmission from ON. Body stampings from OH. Suspension components from MI. The only things truly "foreign" are the computer chips and stereo from greater Asia, brake discs from China, and spot welds, seats, and glass from Mexico.

 

A Weird fact , My car is on a 36000 mile warranty hold threw gm customer service, Great, Cool it's an open warranty untill they fix the front end squaks and headlinner ticks. Funny thing today the gm person says well they are working with you , They replaced one of the panels in your headliner. W T F no it's a 1 piece headliner , nothing was replaced, Latter in the hour long conversation, well they did replace the rear wiper assembly,. WTF, no they did not ,. nothing in my invoices mention a headliner panel , Or a rear wiper assembly replacment. Still waiting sine last monday when my second new front strut came in for them to call me to set up an appointment, Meanwhile 1100 miles with 1 new strut, And one defective leaking strut. OH ya , I can't wait to buy my second GM car. NNNNNNNNNot !!!!!!!!!!!! Oh and my GM rep said SHE never heard of an HHR SS , Ya this will end up with a guy buying a ford , Or jap car , It's really to bad. But hey , Lets give all these strugling co. some of or tax money so that they can stay in biz. UNBE_U_KI_GLEAV_BLE. IMO But still , I love this car, Every time i start it i smile , It's not till the first bump in the road that the smile disinigrates, Which is about a min. later.

 

For every bad experience there are going to be more good experiences in vehicle ownership. This is the case with EVERY manufacturer except one (See Yugo). If this wasn't true GM, Ford, Honda, and Toyota would not be around today.

Everyone who has posted in this thread can either continue to flame the HHR or continue to shower it with praise, but each individuals opinion of the HHR will not be changed by what is posted either way so what's the point?

I really don't see anything that has been achieved by this thread unless you want to count people getting to blow some steam off. Hopefully posting about bad experiences has lowered some stress levels.

The bets are out as to how long before this one gets locked.

 

Just one mans opinon, based on his 1st expierence with chevy. No bad words for you chevy mgr, you know i'm 1 of your biggest fans. It's just hard to swallow when your service manager says it's a rattle trap , there's nothing we can do.

And as you can see ,I love my SS and it may be more diferant than any SS out there. I love it. I just want a headliner that is'nt as loud as the stereo, and a front suspension that dos'nt sound like i swaped it with a 600,000 mile
F150
And this is one i can't see being locked , i'm just telling my story.

 

All in all I am not very happy with my HHR so far. Bought it a year ago this month wih 6000 miles, it now has 27,000 miles on it and it's been back to the dealer three times for warrantee work. One time it left me stranded and had to be towed. Plus I had to put on new rotors and brakes at $200. Too bad chevy makes such crap because I like the size and mpg. But I have three Chevys I guess I am just a gluten for punishment.

 

I've had mine since March of '06, and have had no issues with it, except for "stuck" key in the ignition which was fixed under warrenty. I have over 56K miles, original brakes still work fine and I get an average of over 30 mpg with the 2.4L, automatic.

 

There are bulletins about the brake pulsation.The front pads should have been free per one of them(as long as your car was in warranty,age wise.
And no,you won't find many,if any,others who think their HHR is junk.We're here because we like the car and want to help each other enjoy their cars.

 

As a guy who grew up in a family that had British and Italian cars, and still does. These things are alright.

 

We don't need multiple "I hate my HHR threads". Threads merged.

Changed the Title of this thread and all future threads concerning the need to rant on HHRs will be moved here.