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2009 Chevrolet HHR electrical system problems

Owners reported electrical system problems in 153 complaints for the 2009 Chevrolet HHR, 22% of the complaints on file. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
153 22% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
55,000 miles 118 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
3 and 5
Injuries and deaths
6 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2009 Chevrolet HHR Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 55,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 8 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 18 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 38 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 22 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 9 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 7 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 5 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 6 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 2 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 3 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 55,000 miles
Based on 118 complaints that include mileage. 54% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles8
20k to 40k miles18
40k to 60k miles38
60k to 80k miles22
80k to 100k miles9
100k to 120k miles7
120k to 140k miles5
140k to 160k miles6
160k to 180k miles2
180k to 200k miles3
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 118 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 55,000 miles, and 54% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 crashes, 5 fires, 6 injuries.

What owners wrote

Started smelling smoke and the whole vehicle shut down with the being stuck on ignition. Couldn't open the doors and smoke was billowing out and fire start coming out of lower middle console. Luckily was able to open door and exit vehicle. Fire then erupted and quickly traveled straight down the center console to the rear of the car. Within minutes the car was totally engulfed in flames and was completely burned to nothing. Suffered several burns and smoke inhalation and the car and every thing in it was destroyed

Reported at 60,000 miles, April 2021 FireInjury

This is a complaint against the chevrolet hhr which seems to be prone to not turning off when the key is in the ignition. No matter how hard I tried or what I tried I could not turn the key to shut the car off. My neighbor had to turn the car off by disconnecting something under the hood. The car had to be towed to the dealer. During my research on the internet there seems to be a lot of people having the same problem.

Reported at 44,243 miles, August 2011

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