I samelessly copied this from another forum. I'm only providing it here because, if it is absolutely true, it shows an enormous amout of stupidity on someones part. And, because of the monumentous complaints on the same issue, here.

My father-in-law has a 2006 HHR and he found the passenger floor soaked after a good rainfall. So, off to the dealer it goes and they did some TSB involving the HVAC to firewall seal. A few months go by, another heavy rainful, more water. I get called in to have a look.

After dropping the glove compartment and pulling the moldy HVAC filter, I peer up inside the opening. I see what appears to be a picture ad of a Canyon pickup up through the hole into the cowl area. So I pull the wiper blades and plastic cowl cover to discover the collapsed remains of a piece of a cardboard ad. Somebody at the factory laid down a 3/4" bead of urethane around the perimeter of the large hole below the passenger side windshield (directly above the HVAC opening). Then they glued down a piece of cardboard (as in the same as a cereal box) instead of something like 6ml plastic or whatever WATERPROOF sheeting they're supposed to use. The collapsed cardboard directed the water runoff into the passenger compartment. Unbelievable! I have to believe the dealer did the repair from the inside of the vehicle and didn't spot this gaff by the factory.

Amazing huh...

 

This person should be fired!!!

 

Aww come on man...that's a little extreme don't you think? Pedro was just having a bad day at the factory.He had one too many tequilas the night before and had el hangover grande.

 

 

ymerej_mortsdnil

ummm yep i think you just summed it up....
or should it be ftw/ (JK ing)

 

Quality is "Job Uno"!!

 

WTF ! lol

 

Well this certainly doesn't instill confidence in a potential buyer..
I never read so many BS problems for one vehicle.. (& I belong to a few other chevy sites too)...........They talk more about how many miles do you got now ?
Losing a bit of interest, I must say...

 

I find this story a bit hard to believe. I'd be more likely to think it was done at the dealership, but that's almost just as hard to believe (why would a Chevy dealer have an ad for a GMC product? There aren't that many combination Chevy/GMC dealerships out there).

Things like this might have happened 15+ years ago in GM factories, but not anymore. There is way too much verification and way too many quality checkpoints for things like that to get by (and yes, that's just as true for the Mexican plants as the US ones).

 

Yes, a VERY odd story.

I'd love to see pics of it myself, as wouldn't you think the materials to build the car properly would be closer at hand than advertising material for a GMC Canyon???

While I hesitate to call BS on anyone (who knows - strange things DO happen!), but with GM being hyper-sensitive to quality issues these days I really doubt that this could happen.

I mean, unless there was a broken part involved, wouldn't EVERY HHR have a huge hole that allows water into the cabin. Is that what GM does with their old brochures? Uses them as waterproofing membranes? I wonder what the part number is...

Back to being serious - I really hope that this story is false and that it drifts off into the abyss.