I got to turn around with my dealer, they stepped up to the plate today. So I have an update on my issue. I sent another email through the chevrolet web site and got a call from my dealer. Took my HHR there after work. Mine will be the second one with the issue here in northern Wisconsin and MN for this dealer. He is talking to the district rep tomarrow. He is pretty sure I will get the doors repaired and runningboards for free. He will let me know Thursday. They are ordering runningboards for the 2 other HHRs on their lot. Maybe the other HHR belonging to one of the sales managers wifes helped?
So everyone the service manager told me there is going to be a notice coming out very soon from GM and what the repair direction and how it will be handled.

This dealer is in Cloquet MN. I will give a go to this dealer after the work is done.

Everyone with the issue, keep pluging the repairs are in the works.

 

STG... For you down in Florida and not driving that much you should look at the invisable vinyl kits for that location, I seen the kits for around $37.00. There was a post on one of the hhr boards on the web site. I will look and find it again.

 

I received a call from the Service Manager today. I will be going in tomorrow to have everything reviewed. I'll keep my fingers and my legs crossed.

 

Good luck

 

It appears they are slowly coming around on this issue. WA.'s dealers have been a bit more helpful From the people I've talked to up here.

 

Update

The service manager was as always, a great guy. Took my HHR to their body shop and evaluated. It will be up for discussion this afternoon at a management meeting. He hopes to get Chevy on board as he has checked this site and others and knows how big the problem is getting. They have advised their salespeople to push a little harder on the running boards to prevent further problems. It's not the total solution, but the dealer is trying to be proactive. And it continues.......

(Tom - I had to keep shrinking my photo to get it to upload. How did you get yours in the frame and keep the size?)

 

Mine came back from the dealer today with the new runningboards. They did a good job and assured me that if GM eventually agrees to reimburse customers for them that I will get my money back. I wound up paying $318 (inc. tx) for the boards and paint. They left the vinyl stone gards on, which is fine with me. I paid less than the $445 they would have cost as an option when I bought it so I can't complain about the compromise by the local dealer.

 

Keep pluging GeeMac, I am rubbing my GeeMac gets a refund bottle..

Firewatcher. I compress mine down with my photo editing program to the web page size, then load them to photobucket.com

 

I didn't hesitate to have the R/B installed when they came in last week because I was taking my car through the Rocky Mountains and the roads can be really bad.
They and the mudflap combination worked great and I am satisfied.

Now I had to have the door protectors repainted at the dealership, not for free but still they tried to make a deal.

It is encouraging to here from so many owners getting their R/B's installed for free.

I will be contacting GM right away to force the issue and expect a reimbursement, of some if not all of the expenses.

 

Well Mike, there are times when even I say "you told me so." Yep I am getting the Boards (adding flaps on my nickel) so all will be good with me. Now all of you that have not contacted your dealer or checked your rear fenders, Get out and look before yours gets bad and "get er dooed".. slang for get er dun....
Good luck.

"Gee" did you get your "Bucks" as in The Deer Slayer"

Tom