NHTSA Complaint #10287463 — 2006 CHEVROLET HHR

OWNER OF A 2006 CHEVY HHR. FIRST TIME WAS DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY APPROX. 35-40 MPH HIT A POTHOLE IN NORMAL DRIVING CONDITION ON NORMAL ROAD WAY. CAR STALLED LOST ENGINE, BRAKES AND STEERING. STILL UNDER WARRANTY. WENT BACK TO DEALER. SECOND TIME SAME SCENARIO THIS TIME HAD CAR TOWED INTO DEALER. THEY HAD CAR ONE WEEK SAID THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE PROBLEM THEREFORE THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. CONTACTED GM LODGED COMPLAINT NO ACTION ON THEIR PART TO FIX PROBLEM. TWICE TO ORIGINAL DEALER. AFTER SECOND TIME TOLD NOT TO BRING IT BACK THEY WERE NO LONGER DOING WARRANTY REPAIRS THIRD INCIDENT I WAS JUST DRIVING OFF AN APRON LEAVING A PARKING LOT WHEN THE ENGINE STALLED WHILE ENTERING TRAFFIC. CALLED AROUND CAN'T FIND ANOTHER DEALER WILLING TO LOOK AT PROBLEM. I CALLED AND AS SOON AS THEY HEARD THE PROBLEM THEY SAID THEY WOULD HAVE A TECH CALL ME. STILL WAITING. NO PHYSICAL HARM DONE YET. BUT I HAVE TO USE THE CAR AND AM FRIGHTENED THAT MY CHILD, OR MYSELF OR A CAR IN MY PATH IS GOING TO GET HURT. LISTING DATE OF FIRST ASSURANCE. *TR