GVWR: Class 1C: 4,001 - 5,000 lb (1,814 - 2,268 kg)
Make: CHEVROLET
Manufacturer: GENERAL MOTORS LLC
Manufacturer Id: 984
Model: HHR
Model Year: 2010
Other Restraint System Info: Airbags: Roof Side (All seating rows for vehicles with 3 or fewer seating rows; 1st, 2nd, 3rd row for vehicles with 4 or more seating rows)
2006 HHR LS - DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HANDLE BROKE OFF WITH NORMAL OPENING OF THE DOOR. COULD NOT GET OUT OF THE CAR WITHOUT PUTTING WINDOW DOWN AND USING THE OUTSIDE HANDLE. IF THIS WAS AN EMERGENCY - I WOULD HAVE BEEN STUCK IN THE CAR. *TR POWER STEERING FAILURE - POWER STEERING QUITS WHILE DRIVING - WAS GOING 55 MPH. AND THE POWER STEERING JUST WENT OFF.. PULLED TO THE SIDE WITH DIFFICULTY - SHUT THE CAR OFF. RESTARTED CAR - AND THE POWER STEERING WAS WORKING AGAIN. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
2010
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
WAS AT DOLLAR STORE AND TRIED TO OPEN THE DOOR AS NORMAL AND THE DOOR HANDLE BROKE OFF THE ONLY WAY I COULD GET OUT WAS TO ROLL DOWN THE WINDOW AND OPEN IT FROM THE OUTSIDE THIS HAS TO BE SOME KIND OF DEFECT I'VE NEVER OWNED A CAR WHERE THIS HAS HAPPENED FROM THE WHAT I HAVE SEEN ON THE INTERNET THIS SEEMS LIKE A VERY COMMON THING WITH THE HHR DESIGN. *TR