So I was changing out a rear turn signal bulb this morning and managed to drop the thing inside the housing cavity.
I have relatively small hands and still cannot manage to find it.
I opened up the spare tire compartment hoping to access the cavity that way but did not see a way in (although I did not remove the spare tire).
1) Where did the light bulb go?
2) And will it hurt anything if I cannot find it?

 

try jerking the car forward so the bulb moves further back..thats wat i did lol but it may be gone so no worries, just get a new bulb, just lost in between the sheet metal

 

There are two places it can fall into and they are separate. Look in there, find both places and check them both. I have just been through all that. I dropped several items and retrieved all of them.

Boydie

 

I like your Chevrolet script on the hood and in the rear of your HHR. Mind if I copy you?

Boydie

 

Feel free- it's not as if I would ever know

 

As to where the bulb went, check out post #2 in this thread.

https://www.chevyhhr.net/forums/general-hhr-4/pic-rear-interior-panels-removed-34703/

Can it hurt anything, nope, but it can rattle about back there. The last time I dropped one, my wife's flexible yardstick with a wad of double sided tape on the end came to the rescue. It was like fishing, but not nearly as fun.

 

I also dropped one didnt even try to find it as I always haveseveral spare bulbs.

 

Cool, thanks!

 

OK, I'll say it. Another instance of a black hole found in an HHR.
Wait til you drop the serpentine belt tensioner bolt into the frame at 2:00 A.M. Sunday morning.