Decided to take the hhr on one last road trip.. Huge mistake
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Joined: 03-14-2009
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From: Youngsville, North Carolina
No wonder these idiots are going bankrupt.
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From: Quebec City
I've been kind of following this and is it just me or are these people intent on treating the symptoms rather than the problem? This car has overheated EIGHT TIMES! It's definitely not something that's been "repaired" so far. Why didn't these fools just pull the engine and replace the whole thing, send the engine to Detroit and let those guys figure out what the problem is?
I'll bet there is something loose inside the water jackets that gets lodged somewhere and blocks the flow of coolant. If coolant flows through the system the way it should the engine stays within operating temp, if not it overheats.
And why do they keep patching this POS up and handing it back to you? They should give you a loaner until you get your new car.
This is every new car buyer's nightmare. You should write a book... or at least an article on your experience.
I'll bet there is something loose inside the water jackets that gets lodged somewhere and blocks the flow of coolant. If coolant flows through the system the way it should the engine stays within operating temp, if not it overheats.
And why do they keep patching this POS up and handing it back to you? They should give you a loaner until you get your new car.
This is every new car buyer's nightmare. You should write a book... or at least an article on your experience.
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Joined: 08-04-2008
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From: houston (katy)
Picked up my hhr saterday, boy I was impressed. The new motor was installed, what a huge difference... smooth idle, smooth pickup, fell in love with it all over again. Poped the hood.... can u say shinny clean....... boy the new motor sure looks good sitting under there.
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From: houston (katy)
nope.... no rebuild... new off of the assembly line, the last engine was slated for a 09 cobalt, which is why I had so many problems with it running rich, cobalt engines uses different injectors, this new engine was slated for a 2010 hhr... the radiator was replaced in corpus 1 week prior, the service tech even informed me that the GM rep with 3 master techs came to the dealer to check it out. He told me that when the rep insructed the master tech to take the head off it was done in 15 minutes... completly off... seems impressive but I have never had to remove a head off of a HHR so I'm not to sure.
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From: Quebec City
nope.... no rebuild... new off of the assembly line, the last engine was slated for a 09 cobalt, which is why I had so many problems with it running rich, cobalt engines uses different injectors, this new engine was slated for a 2010 hhr... the radiator was replaced in corpus 1 week prior, the service tech even informed me that the GM rep with 3 master techs came to the dealer to check it out. He told me that when the rep insructed the master tech to take the head off it was done in 15 minutes... completly off... seems impressive but I have never had to remove a head off of a HHR so I'm not to sure.
Dunno why they waited so long.
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Joined: 10-09-2008
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From: Illinois
i wish i could have gotten such outstanding results! im fighting GM about air bag issues ~_~ i can deal with overheating... having explosive charges aimed at my face that are having a fit, i cant deal with
SWEET looking ride btw :) HHR's look sexy in black
SWEET looking ride btw :) HHR's look sexy in black
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Joined: 03-14-2009
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From: Youngsville, North Carolina
Airbags are not explosive charges, they are inflatable life saving devices. If you don't like the idea of airbags perhaps a windshield wrapped around your face would suit you better.