Poor handling
#1
Poor handling
I recently picked up an '06 with 142k on the clock. Overall it seems to run and drive very well, but occasionally when I hit a bump, the car literally feels like it comes loose from the road and bounces sideways. Feels like it is mostly in the rear, just wondering if this is a common problem, would new rear shocks help? Control arms? (seem okay to me, no clunking, etc)
Thanks
Thanks
#2
Needs shock, springs may be broken.
If the car feels like it keeps moving after you stop definitely LCA. The way to check them is to park the car then try to turn the front tires by hand; if they move and the body does not they are bad.
If the car feels like it keeps moving after you stop definitely LCA. The way to check them is to park the car then try to turn the front tires by hand; if they move and the body does not they are bad.
#3
HHR’s handle pretty well but the rears suspension ain’t perfect. It’s like one big sway bar; when you hit a bump, the wheel on the opposite side is affected too. For it to work at its best, tire pressure shouldn’t be excessive, and shocks need to be good and well-matched to the springs. Too soft is probably worse than too firm. Even then, slight “stepping out” when hitting a bump in a hard corner is part of life. You get used to it if it isn’t excessive.
Some owners swear by adding a bolt-on sway bar to the rear, but while that can balance out an understeering car on smooth flat, it can make stepping out on bumpy corners worse.
Some owners swear by adding a bolt-on sway bar to the rear, but while that can balance out an understeering car on smooth flat, it can make stepping out on bumpy corners worse.
#4
Thanks, I think the front is fine, I did replace the end links and sway bar bushings on it already. When I did this, I checked the play with the front wheels and most of the suspension up there, it all seems pretty solid now. I'll take a look at the back and see how everything looks. I was looking at a rear sway bar too after reading so many possitives, but what you said makes sense, so I'll hold off for now.
I have driven many cars that had this "problem" but most weren't this bad. A couple times it was bad enough to give me the butterflies from feeling like I was completely sideways. I am fine with it in general, but living in a cold climate, I don't want it to happen with a couple inches of snow on the ground.
I have driven many cars that had this "problem" but most weren't this bad. A couple times it was bad enough to give me the butterflies from feeling like I was completely sideways. I am fine with it in general, but living in a cold climate, I don't want it to happen with a couple inches of snow on the ground.
#9
They are on back order
https://www.turbotechracing.com/prod...idproduct=5148
you can send Aaron a PM
https://www.chevyhhr.net/forums/supp...swaybar-64351/
https://www.turbotechracing.com/prod...idproduct=5148
you can send Aaron a PM
https://www.chevyhhr.net/forums/supp...swaybar-64351/