Steering complaints and recalls from NHTSA
Summary
The 2008 Chevrolet HHR has 297 NHTSA steering complaints and 0 steering-related recalls.
297
Complaints
0
Recalls
7
Injuries Reported
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 9, 2026
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 2023 | STEERING | While driving steering motor just stops working causing hard steering and not steer properly. You tr... |
| Jul 15, 2022 | STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | Needless to say, General Motors has dealt with their share of recalls lately and while much of the G... |
| Jun 24, 2022 | STEERING | Power steering dashboard light came on. Difficult to steer vehicle. Losing power steering is dangero... |
| Jan 5, 2022 | STEERING,SUSPENSION,SERVICE BRAKES | Steering gets very stiff and sometimes locks up when turning left or right in a curve at highway spe... |
| Jul 15, 2021 | STEERING,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | My power steering unexpectedly has gone out. When it first happened I was on the freeway in the rain... |
| May 15, 2021 | STEERING | Power steering went out completely causing me to swerve on the highway to side of road. The steering... |
| Jan 12, 2021 | STEERING | While driving down the interstate the power steering light flashed and locked the power steering to ... |
| Nov 20, 2020 | STEERING | POWER STEERING WARNING |
| Jun 9, 2020 | STEERING | I'VE HAD MY CAR RECALLED FOR IGNITION SWITCH, THEN ANOTHER RECALL FOR THE POWER STEERING MODULE AND ... |
| Jan 1, 2020 | STEERING,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | POWER STEERING WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING, SERVICE ESC CODE CAME ON. CAR HAS DONE THIS NUMEROUS TIMES OV... |
| Dec 20, 2019 | STEERING | ELECTRIC POWER STEERING FIRST STARTED TO FAIL ABOUT 12/20/19. IT WOULD NOT ALLOW ASSISTED STEERING U... |
| Dec 12, 2019 | STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT AS WE WERE DEALING WITH A STARTER ISSUE. IT INDICATED ONLY ONCE ON THE D... |
| Jun 20, 2019 | STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | THE POWER STEERING IS SUDDENLY INOPERATIVE. NO POWER STEERING. IT JUST CAME ON THE WARNING LIGHTS ... |
| May 17, 2019 | STEERING,POWER TRAIN | WHILE DRIVING ON THE MAJOR ROADWAY IN 5:00 TRAFFIC AFTER WORK AND WHILE STOPPED TO GO FORWARD IN TH... |
| Mar 26, 2019 | STEERING | I AM HAVING POWER STEERING PROBLEMS. I CAN BE DRIVING DOWN THE ROADWAY AT ANY SPEED BETWEEN 20-80MP... |
| Feb 12, 2019 | STEERING | STEERING WHEEL DOES NOT RESPOND IMMEDIATELY WHEN TURNING AT A SLOW SPEED. WITHIN THE PAST 8 MONTHS,... |
| Feb 3, 2019 | STEERING,STRUCTURE | MY STEERING FEELS THREATENING WITH LOUD SOUND UNDER DASH WHEN TURNING, AND CAR STEERING IS TOO LOOSE... |
| Dec 31, 2018 | STEERING | POWER STEERING WENT OUT |
| Dec 30, 2018 | STEERING | I WAS SITTING IN TRAFFIC TRYING TO MERGE AND THE POWER STEERING LIGHT FLASHED ON THE DASH AND I LOST... |
| Aug 18, 2018 | STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS I NOTICED MY POWER STEERING, CRUISE CONTROL BEING CUT OFF AND JERKING WITH M... |