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Old Jul 11, 2011 | 12:30 PM
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HHR Shop Manual

Been searching for a HHR shop manual (Chilton, Haynes, etc.) but no joy.

Searched online, no joy.

What gives? Any ideas?
Old Jul 11, 2011 | 12:34 PM
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http://www.helminc.com

You will find them to be very pricey.
Old Jul 11, 2011 | 12:35 PM
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Search on here.....If you find the correct thread, it will have an electronic version and how to download.

Otherwise......the dealer or direct from Helms (very expensive).

Here this may help !!!

https://www.chevyhhr.net/forums/show...63&postcount=2
Old Jul 11, 2011 | 12:53 PM
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I would not own any car without buying the factorymanual, Helms about 40 lbs, paid $188.00 more info than you will ever use but priceless for info when you need it,
Old Jul 11, 2011 | 01:01 PM
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Sweet. $200 for what essentially equates to a photo copied stack of papers in a plastic binder spine. Total bull****.
Old Jul 11, 2011 | 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Snoopy
Search on here.....If you find the correct thread, it will have an electronic version and how to download.

Otherwise......the dealer or direct from Helms (very expensive).

Here this may help !!!

https://www.chevyhhr.net/forums/show...63&postcount=2
What he said.


They won't release a Chiltons or Haynes until the HHR is no longer being produced.

Everyone else says "oh no they're not going to make anymore next year". I don't say that.
Old Jul 11, 2011 | 03:34 PM
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AS soon as I took delivery of my 2010 SS, I ordered the manual set from Helm. The first time you use it to save a trip to the dealer for something, it pays for itself. I got my passenger side mirror busted by a bass drummers hammer during Mardi Gras as a parade went by. I used the manual and follwed the stepped procedure to replace the mirror. That repair only cost me $24 for the mirror part. I always buy the manuals. It is a three volume set and overall about 9" thick. If you are going to do as much as you can yourself, go for it and don't look back!
Old Jul 15, 2011 | 08:13 PM
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I have bought the paper shop manual for almost every car I have own over the years (decades). For my HHR I bought the electronic version for about a tenth of the cost on EBAY ($18.99). It has everything I need and used in the paper books (diagnostics, diagrams, prcedures, etc). But is alot easier to find what I need with the search feature. Then I can simply print it out. Unless you are rebuilding something major like an engine or a tranny, get the disk and save your money for a good code scanner.
Old Jul 16, 2011 | 12:59 AM
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But getting greasy fingerprints on the disc won't be the same.....

I think the disc is a good alternative also..
Old Jul 16, 2011 | 09:48 PM
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But getting greasy fingerprints on the disc won't be the same.....

I think the disc is a good alternative also..
You do have a point, paper manuals do save on shop towels. Maybe we could print the procedure we need from the disk on a shop towel and kill two birds with one stone.



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