My HHR Won't Shift Out Of Park, Help!
#11
Needless to say, it was too much of a disruptive experience already, to have it towed from my Mom's last night, to the dealership, so we've decided to just have the dealership install a new one...though, of course, I'm sure if we had the actual time/patience/towings available, lol, we might find another mechanic/garage that would be able to charge somewhat less (dealership charging the highest amount for labor, than anyone else, has always been my experience!)~ the other question is, how soon would they be able to get the part, and would they also charge for a diagnosis, fee (at least our dealership DID waive that, for us, though this shifter is NOT covered since we don't have an extended warranty?), which then would up the price!
I spoke to our mechanic that we normally go, to, and he said he would have to do another diagnosis, "to see what is going on", which ups the cost, when THEY would look at it (that seems silly if I already know, it's the shifter, lol!), one way or another....I swear they get ya coming and going...lol! Oh well, at least we will have the HHR back this evening....thanks so much y'all for your help!!
#13
Soda's are an HHR shift assemblies worst enemy. Just like the sugar or sugar products are not good for us they also do bad things to the shifters.
I know it doesn't help the pain of paying for the shifter, but they did redesign the replacement shifters to help stop this from happening.
I know it doesn't help the pain of paying for the shifter, but they did redesign the replacement shifters to help stop this from happening.
#14
Soda's are an HHR shift assemblies worst enemy. Just like the sugar or sugar products are not good for us they also do bad things to the shifters.
I know it doesn't help the pain of paying for the shifter, but they did redesign the replacement shifters to help stop this from happening.
I know it doesn't help the pain of paying for the shifter, but they did redesign the replacement shifters to help stop this from happening.
I really believe my Mom or I, at one time or another, spilled a little pop, though it's really hard to try and pinpoint it, and the service dept. technician said it could have even occurred, quite some time ago, and just now shorted it out ~ believe me lesson learned.....will be extremely careful from here on out!! I don't remember having to be this careful with the shifter in our other GM (Olds Alero), but apparently the HHR shifter assembly is much more delicate?
#15
Honestly, in the end I think my Mom or I, more than likely, spilled something, I don't think it was our mechanic at all, he's very careful ~ I will definitely be more careful from now on, ugh!! I wish I knew though, if it's possible that it could have developed from a spill that occurred over time (that's what the mechanic at our service dept. claimed), does anyone know (ie., as opposed to having a very recent spill)?
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