Bad Power Steering Motor?
 

My power steering went out. I took it to the Chevy Service Center and had them look at it. They told me it was the power steering motor. I decided to do it myself. I bought a new motor from them. They told me Chevy no longer makes brand new ones and I would have to get a refurbished one. It was simple to put on and the power steering seems to be working. The problem I am having now is a whining, or squeaking noise that the car makes every time I turn the wheel. This can be both while driving and sitting in park turning the wheel. Do you think they gave me a bad Power Steering Motor? It hasn't kicked off yet and seems to be working. Is it possible I put something back together wrong? I need help. I cannot stand the noise. Thanks.

The power steering motor is covered by an extended warranty - go back to the dealer and have them make it right and refund your money for the motor.

(suspecting a troll on this one, so closing the thread).

reopened after pm from member. My previous comments still hold: The original power steering motor is covered by an extended warranty - go back to the dealer and have them make it right and refund your money for the motor.

And I suspect the part about "refurbished" motors being the only ones available is BS on the dealers part.

Thank you for reopening. I will definitely take it back on Monday. Hopefully it works without the whining when I get a new one.

best of luck with it. Give 'em h-e-double hockey sticks!!! :)

http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/owners/..._ids=14V153000

Download this document and show it to them and save the url for them so they don't say "oh, you read it on the internet, did you?"

hey thanks Donbrew!! I missed that

I just got a recall on my power steering motor on both our 09 and 10. Ask the dealer if this applies to you.

ksuemalee, you should be receiving a Recall notice in the mail on that power steering motor. I have such a notice from GM dated June 2014, #14115.

the 06/07's are covered by an EXTENDED WARRANTY - they are not recalled.

THAT's WHAT I was trying to say. Do the links work?

HERE IS THE RELEVANT PART. WRITE THE NUMBER DOWN.

. Note: GM bulletin number 14119 will be implemented for model year 2006-2008 and early production of 2009 Chevrolet HHR (non-turbo) and model year 2003 Saturn ION to provide EPS Motor replacement for the life of the vehicle.

Once again wrong info :skull1: - not ALL HHR's are on the recall list - some like hers have been given an EXTENDED WARRANTY.

Buenas noches, mi pontiac g5 presento dureza en la direccion electroasistida fui a la agencia y es mucho dinero lo que cobrar por arreglarlo, asi que compre la pieza por aparte y la instale pero al momento de conectar el modulo de direccion y hacer la programacion de la misma, esta sigue dura, checaron las lineas de energia y encontramos que al conectar dicho modulo manda a tierra el voltaje, se le han echo varias pruebas y el problema no se corrige, podrian apoyarme

Good evening, my pontiac g5 presented hardness in the electro-assisted direction I went to the agency and it's a lot of money to charge for fixing it, so I bought the piece separately and installed it but when I plugged in the address module and did the programming the same, it is still hard, they checked the power lines and we found that by connecting this module it sends the voltage to ground, several tests have been done and the problem is not corrected, you could support me

Google translation was not very good, hopefully someone will understand what you are asking.

To begin with you have a Pontiac G5 not a Chevy HHR.

I don't know what we can do for you.

Mine just croaked as well.
 

Whopper, I have a AA5, LE5 powered 2LT car that just hit 150K.

it's a really early 2008 (prod date 10/07) and was just at the bodyshop for a minor very collision Front end bumper cover repair. "It came back with a DOA EPS" and my 3 questions are

A: Is my car an "Extended Warranty" style car vs an official NHTSA "RECALL" like the 2006 and 2007's, G5's , Malibu Maxx's and so on....

B: What does "Extended Warranty" mean or cover i.e. EPS motor, torque sensor, Underhood Fuse block, ETC...

C: Before I take my clown car and put it into the "GM Warranty Circus" what should I check when it stops snowing? Interior fuse #19 2amp, Exterior Fuse 60 Amp, Data coming out of the DLC are the 3 I know to look at. Anything else?

If it came back from the body shop broken I would be sure to check the 60 A fuse under hood. I would put $.02 bet that somebody "jump started" the car and being idiots hooked it up wrong.