I found a couple of "• Reduced Engine Power Active, electronic throttle control" on a GM site, you may want to ask your service dept about this.

 

Same here. And I'm at over 15 months.

 

It has not happened to us, but now I worry.
Is this a something in all car computers now, that they would cripple the car's power to save some part of the car and perhaps place one in mortal danger unexpectedly? I know all mortal danger is unexpected when you are driving and things move so quickly, but to have the car itself compromise your safety in a highway situation, seems untenable.

Maybe I'm just overreacting and the situation is really no different than having a high speed blowout or somesuch.
But to have a code come up and do this without letting on as to why is even stranger and potential;ly more perilous since , well, you do not know what caused it while you would know what a blow out is all about.

 

It's not advise, it's an opinion. You don't like it, skip my comment (similar to advise you have given other members) and go on.

 

When I first got my HHR I did check the fuses under the hood and they all seemed to be seated just fine. I never ever checked the ones on the passenger side inside. I have had 12 enjoyable months of ownership with no mechanical or electrical issues whatsoever. All I have had done were the rotors ground down, a TSB radio re-flash for reception which may not have even been needed and the armrest TSB fix.

 

I think the problem with conversing by keypad is the there`s no way to know what`s advice and what`s opinion, so sometimes opinions seem like advice.
But having an opinion that you would wait for a incident prior to attempting to prevent it, is what I was referring to, of course another thread about this a year from now (from you) will be a fresh discussion...

 

I did write about my problems with "reduced engine power" on other threads.
I have a 07 1LT, 2.2. I kept getting the above message, took car in three times and they made changes, but it still happened. Finally they found out I had corroded wires behind the kick-plate on the drivers side. Of course, they don't tell me if this will continue to happen, car is only 3 months old.

 

So maybe it`s not the fuses, but IMHO, check them anyway.

 

Wonder if there might be some kind of material you could safely make a pad out of, to put under the fuse box lid that puts just a bit of pressure on the fuses. Something that would keep them from working loose, or at least some of them!

 

I don`t think they`re working themselves loose, I don`t think they were ever seated right from the factory.
If you put something in or around your fuses, you may compromise the design, ie; let moisture gather, create a heat source, impede air flow (if any), who the heck knows what could be affected.