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The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet HHR. The contact while driving at an undisclosed speed, noticed a strong fuel odor. The contact stated that upon parking and exiting the vehicle, there was fire underneath the rear driver's side, where the fuel tank was located. The contact was able to extinguish the fire with a fire extinguisher. There was no injury sustained. The contact then noticed a trail of fuel on the floor. The contact became aware that fuel had leaked while driving. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic, where it was diagnosed that the fuel line was corroded and needed to be replaced due to a wrong design. The contact stated that the fuel line was designed over the muffler, which caused water intrusion and corrosion. The vehicle was then towed to the dealer, where the fuel line was replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, but no assistance was provided. The failure mileage was approximately 28,000.
The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet HHR. The contact stated while starting the vehicle, the rear of the vehicle started burning. The contact was able to stop the fire and the contact noticed that the gasoline was leaking onto the ground under the vehicle. No one was injured and no police report was filed. The vehicle was diagnosed by an independent mechanic and the mechanic stated that the fitting to the gasoline trunk was damaged causing the gasoline to leak. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was contacted, and the manufacturer did not provide any assistance. The failure mileage was 28,000
The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet HHR. The contact stated while the vehicle was parked, he noticed fuel leaking from the rear driver's side of the vehicle. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or independent mechanic for diagnosis or repairs. A Chevrolet dealer was contacted and confirmed that the VIN was not included in a recall. The contact stated that he was able to look under the vehicle and found that the fuel line was corroded. The contact was relating the failure to an unknown recall for a fuel line that was issued for similar Chevrolet HHR vehicle. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 52,000.
The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet HHR. The contact stated upon parking and exiting the vehicle, she smelled a strong gasoline odor on the driver's side of the vehicle. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact stated that the failure persisted. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the fuel line needed to be replaced. However, the parts were not available. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact referenced NHTSA Action Number: PE20011. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 111,800.
The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet HHR. The contact stated that while attempting to start the vehicle, the vehicle would not immediately start. The contact later noticed a fuel odor inside the vehicle. The contact discovered a fuel leak coming from the rear driver-??s side of the vehicle. The cause of the failure was not determined. The local dealer was notified of the failure. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 125,000.
- Yonkers, NY, USA
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The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet HHR. The contact stated that when she started the vehicle, a fuel odor was detected. The contact later saw gas leaking from near the rear driver's side tire onto her driveway. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The dealer and manufacturer were not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 115,000.
The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet HHR. The contact stated that an abnormal smell of fuel emitted from the vehicle. The contact looked underneath the vehicle and noticed that the fuel line was rusted and leaking fuel onto the front driver's side and by the rear wheel. The dealer was not made aware of the failure. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 75,000.
The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet HHR. The contact stated that the vehicle leaked fuel underneath the vehicle, in front of the rear passenger tire. The contact called matthews-hargreaves Chevrolet (2000 twelve mile rd, royal oak, mi 48067) and was informed that the vehicle was not subjected to a recall. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The contact stated that there was a repair kit online for sale however, the manufacturer stated that if the vehicle was repaired using the repair kit, the warranty would be voided. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 210,000.
I put the transmission into park and attempted to turn off the car and remove the key to go into a store. I could not turn the ignition switch to off or remove the key. I drove the car home and parked. I could still not turn the ignition switch to off or remove the key. Numerous attempts of putting car into reverse, or drive and into park did not solve the problem. The key was trapped in the ignition switch! called onstar and was forwarded to customer service; tow truck was called. Tow truck delivered car to dealership with engine still running. Problem diagnosed in ignition key cylinder which was replaced.
This a 2009 Chevrolet HHR 2.2 liter engine 4cyl. During rush hour in the morning, in city traffic I was getting in to the freeway flow I had to step on the gas pedal on an off, when I notice the car got sluggish and would not respond to the amount of request on my foot, I was lucky and got of the freeway then I noticed the info on the instrumentation panel was warning! "engine power reduced", turned engine off and the car stared working normally, this same thing happened again a week later and then sooner until the car had no power and finally did not start any more I had E diagnostics read out and described "wrong readings on the throttle body" and "wrong gas pedal position, " I replaced the throttle body a $400 part did not fix it then the gas pedal $90 dlls part, and that fixed it! I' am an electrician for the city, I worked in the electronics mfg 25 years, so I always want to know the source of problems so I disassembled the gas pedal, and found that the carbon on the potentiometer was warn out, so I noticed that the steel sweepers where assembled backwards and they were scraping the carbon away of the little pc board part no.807819 this is inside the gas pedal assy. Part no.GM 20757615 manufactured II 5 24/08 other info on the pedal (6pv 933 902-02) the enclosure has the hella brand logo.
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- Berkley, MI, USA