Why do the door panels rust?
10-21-2011, 07:42 AM
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I'm not the normal cat buyer. I don't trade cars every few years, I plan on keeping the hhr for 8-10 years. I am also from NC so rust is a new beast to me.
I bought a 73 jeep that had been keep in the woods for 10 years it had some rust but a wire brush and some fresh paint all gone no problem. My dad still drives it 4-5 times a week. My point is all rust is not equal, rusting frame thru on the Toyota you listed is major. The hhr is not but if I can slow down the rust on my car I will do what I can. Some of the ones I have seen the paint is chipping already and the rust is 1" wide and down half the door. If its that bad after 3 years it will be real bad in another 3.
Also if I know the common "problems" with a car I can maybe get a better deal from the used car lot.
I bought a 73 jeep that had been keep in the woods for 10 years it had some rust but a wire brush and some fresh paint all gone no problem. My dad still drives it 4-5 times a week. My point is all rust is not equal, rusting frame thru on the Toyota you listed is major. The hhr is not but if I can slow down the rust on my car I will do what I can. Some of the ones I have seen the paint is chipping already and the rust is 1" wide and down half the door. If its that bad after 3 years it will be real bad in another 3.
Also if I know the common "problems" with a car I can maybe get a better deal from the used car lot.
10-21-2011, 09:13 AM
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Anywhere there is a seam on a car there will always be a possibility of rust if the weld is not sealed correctly. I had this issue on a couple of late nineties Chryslers and even my Honda CRV was starting to rust on a couple of the door seam welds. If you live where there is a lot of moisture or salt, it's going to happen eventually. It is really just cosmetic damage and lets be honest folks, the HHR is an economy car, not a collector or performance car. It was built to a price point and some issues have to be low priorities. If you truly want to fix the rust on your doors, you have to grind all rust down to bare metal, re-seal, re-paint. Unless you are a professional body repairer with the equipment and materials, you are talking hundreds to over a thousand dollars to do that to all of the doors. You will never get that investment back as HHR values are pretty low already.
10-21-2011, 04:10 PM
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@warhawk77, if a person purchases a Chevrolet HHR and it still falls in the Corrosion parameters and it is found to be a manufacturer's defect, it should be covered.
A visit to the dealership for diagnosis plus discussing this with the warranty specialist will verify how a specific situation falls into this warranty.
Michelle, Chevrolet Customer Service
A visit to the dealership for diagnosis plus discussing this with the warranty specialist will verify how a specific situation falls into this warranty.
Michelle, Chevrolet Customer Service
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