2009 Chevrolet HHR lighting problems
16 complaints about lighting have been filed for the 2009 Chevrolet HHR, which is 2% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 16 2% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 50,000 miles 15 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When lighting problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 5 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 2 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 3 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 2 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 2 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 15 lighting complaints that report mileage, the median is about 50,000 miles, and 53% were reported before 60,000 miles.
None of the lighting complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.
What owners wrote
Failure of both headlight low beams in new 2009 chevy hhr. First time driving the car at night, I noticed that I had no low beams. Took the car to medved chevy in castle rock, co who confirmed the failure. Service reported "low beams inop; found open in turn signal switch, replaced switch". Copy of service invoice available upon request.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet hhr. While driving 35 MPH, the driver side headlight failed. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the driver side headlight wiring harness and bulb needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 60,000. Updated 05/18/16
Other problems reported for the 2009 Chevrolet HHR
- Electrical system 153 complaints
- Steering 132 complaints
- Air bags 104 complaints
- Fuel system 87 complaints
- Brakes 31 complaints
- Engine 25 complaints
- Stability control 25 complaints
- Body & structure 21 complaints
Lighting problems in other years
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