First something nice to say, then let the complaining begin.

The HHR remote really works from a long distance. I can start my car from my office window on the third floor of the building and by the time I get downstairs the car is cooled off. I am really cool in my son's eyes because when we rode the backwards roller coaster at our local amusement park, I was able to make the lights flash and horn blow on our HHr in the parking lot while we were going up the first hill on the coaster.

Well, that was the nice part. Now to the problem...

I bought my HHR last May and have 8k miles on it now. It started leaking in August and today it went back to the dealer for the third time with the mystery leak problem. They have done the A/C fix and also repaired a cowling that goes around the window wipers on the first two tries. The leaks always happen when it rains and the car is parked. It doesn't seem to matter if it is parked flat or on a hill. I have had water in both sides at the same time and in each side separately. The dealer has seen the water becasue the car was wet when I took it in. They dried it out but were not able to replicate the leak by spraying water on the car. It doesn't leak in a car wash or while driving in the rain.

The dealer is to bring in a leak specialist to look at my car. Reading the other posts is really nerve racking as I'm left with the impression this is a problem that is very difficult to resolve.

I was going to buy something that was one-in-a-million that day... I wish it would have been a winning lottery ticket instead of a leaky car!

 

i took my leaky HHR to the dealship last thursday...they had it for a few hours and couldnt find anything...they told me they "water tested" it filled up a few areas of water and a few other things and couldnt find the problem...they told me they were going to do some research and call me back to bring it in....i told them to come check out this website and look for the water problem thread lol....they looked at me funny so i explained...then they got a more serious look because i guess they thought it was just me who had the problem......anyways im taking the car in tomorrow morning and there giving me a malibu to drive around in so they better get it figured it out...dam carpet really stinks

 

The leak expert found and repaired 3 leaks on my HHR. One was under the cowling that is over the windshield wiper motor(second leak in the cowling). One was in my passenger side door speaker which was filling up with water and draining out into the floor of the car. The third was coming in somewhere in the back of the car and the water was travelling all the way to the front. I am now waiting for the next rainstorm to see if this has worked. The dealer has ordered a replacement cowling because it doesn't fit tightly to the windshield, so when I take it back for that, I am going to request them to replace the carpet and floormats due to discoloration.

I am also afraid that in repairing (maybe) the leaks, they have created a new problem. Since I picked the car up from the dealer, my mileage has dropped significantly, down to about 19 or 20 MPG under the same condtiions where I was getting 25 to 26 MPG. The car feels less peppy - almost hesitant on acceleration. I have a 2.4 LT2 model. By plugging holes under the cowling, could the dealer have restricted the airflow to my engine and caused a decrease in performance of my car?

I appreciate your thoughts on this as it will help me know what to tell them when I go back to the dealership for the next round of repairs.

 

How many miles have you driven since they "fixed" the leaks?

 

They could have unpluged something while working on your vechile and didnt reconnect it.

 

I bought my car in February and today it rained all day and sometimes the rain was almost torrential. After reading all these posts i went outside to check it out and lucky me everything was dry inside. Hopefully that will never happend but thanks to everyone that has posted this problem

 

I have gone about 300 miles since I picked the car up from the dealer. It has been my normal mix of highway and city driving. I haven't been stuck in any dead-stop traffic or anything like that. Except when I go on a trip, I always use the same gas station, so the gas is of the same brand and type as always too.

 

Were you driving in it? I think most people that have had the problem saw it after driving in the rain...could be wrong. That would seem to indicate water is being forced somewhere it does not get when the vehicle is sitting parked. Or are most having the problem parked in the rain?

 

My leaks always occur when the car is parked. I haven't had the problem when I was driving. I drove the car from South Carolina to Ohio in rain most of the way, sometimes very heavy, and no leaks.

 

Just found the same problem here this morning ..... seems to have come from behind the glovebox..... water had pretty much just pooled up on the mat...not under it...(i guess thats a good thing) ... taking it to the dealer this morning ...ill let yall know what they try to blame it on in this case...wish me luck lol

PS... We have had this since april and had MANY bad storms (live in Tampa Bay area) ...this is the first sign of anything like this