NHTSA Complaint #10958339 — 2006 CHEVROLET HHR

THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING WILL GO OUT WHILE DRIVING FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THE LIGHT WILL LIGHT UP ON THE DASH STATING POWER STEERING FAILURE. SOMETIMES WHEN I AM IN A CURVE THE POWER STEERING WILL GO OUT MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE CAR IN A CURVE BECAUSE IT'S NOT EXPECTED. I CAN BE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AND IT WILL JUST GO OUT. I WILL HAVE TO STOP THE CAR AND SHUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTART IT AND IT WILL BE FINE FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND THEN IT WILL GO OUT AGAIN, AND WILL HAVE TO REPEAT THE CYCLE OF STOPPING AND SHUTTING THE CAR OFF OR CONTINUE TO DRIVE WITHOUT A POWER STEERING UNIT, WHICH I HAVE TO DO MOST OF THE TIME SINCE I DRIVE A LOT ON THE INTERSTATE. I HAVE READ THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH THIS SAME CAR HAS EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUES AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY GENERAL MOTORS HAVE NOT RECALLED THESE CARS AND REPLACED THESE DEFECTIVE POWER STEERING UNITS.