I think as with any car, there are good ones, and some that are not so good, even of the same year, and off the same assembly line. My own experience with my 2007, has been pretty positive. Its not perfect, but for a low cost economy car, which it is, It has for me, been a good value. The only major problems, a failing instrument cluster, changed under warrantee, and the catalytic converter and flex pipe failed, also replaced under the 8/80 emissions warrantee. Mine is a five speed, and gets towed behind our motorhome, has been ideal for us. Perfect, no, but IMO a good value. Sorry you have had such a poor experience with yours.

 

Hmmmm...

Sun roof goes the full length of the car. I'll need to check mine. It stops about the rear of the front seat.

 

Here's my repair list:
2 water pumps
3 batteries
1 wiper motor
1 stereo head unit
2 blown heater hoses
2 thermostats
1 rear end speed sensor
3 sets front brake pads
1 set of rotors
2 valve cover gaskets
1 pittman arm
4 stereo speakers died
2 transmission solenoids
1 cataylitic convertor
2 lower ball joints
2 upper ball joints(pending)
and a few other thing I can't recall
OH WAIT. Those are on my Dodge truck with 160K miles.
The point is, all cars eventually need repairs. Some will have more repairs than others.
Fwiw. My Dodge , owned since new, has been a good truck for the last 15 years even with the repairs I've done.

 

Ha Ha Ha. Believe me you dont want to see the list of repairs for my Ultimate Driving Machine read(BMW) its enough to make you cry.

I have had to fix a few things on my SS, and a few things on my Panel, but if he would have accepted my offer monday, I would own 3 now....on purpose..

You should have joined a long time ago, you will find some insight for some of the problems you listed here...

 

Welcome to the site, I have 145,000 mlies on my 2007 band had some issues, mostly wear and tear items and I will keep it in good running condition as I love the little HHR best car and Chevy I have owned over the last 43 years and 85 personal cars and 14 fun rides and 10 drag cars, well a lot of cars and trucks in the period

 

I've owned 50+ cars in my life but I wouldn't make the same claim. The HHR is what it is or in my case, was what it was. It served it's purpose for us and gave us relatively little problem in the almost 7 years we owned it. But, as far as best car overall or best Chevy I've ever owned?? The HHR wouldn't even crack the top 10.....

 

They're not all perfect by any means, and even though Rule #267 about making "Blanket Statements" usually bites me in the butt.

I think it's safe to say we've all had something break/fail/wear out on our HHR's at least once, and that holds true of any make or model.

Even a Rolls or a Bentley will occasionally leave their owner stranded by the side of the road. I've heard it's especially galling if they're out of Grey Poupon too.

 

No car ever built that didn't have a lemon.

Boydie




[QUOTE=nate'sHHR;725780]When I first bought it, it was fun and funky. [QUOTE]

 

My 09, LT is 5 years old. I just replaced the battery this week. I have always replaced batteries at 5 years. That is all I have needed to do.

 

That Dodge is a piece of junk!

You really had me going with the pittman arm, no idler arm also that's odd.