FaultScore

Worst years for a Chevrolet HHR

Owners have filed 4,753 complaints about the Chevrolet HHR with NHTSA across model years 2006 to 2011. More of them are about the steering than anything else.

Avoid

2006 Chevrolet HHR

1,367 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly steering.

Cleanest on record

2010 Chevrolet HHR

682 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Chevrolet HHR year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2011 B 288 20 3 56,977 Fuel & Propulsion
2010 B 682 32 1 63,000 Steering
2009 C 689 31 10 60,000 Electrical System
2008 C 784 37 7 74,000 Steering
2007 C 943 71 6 72,798 Steering
2006 D 1,367 74 11 69,000 Steering

What breaks on a Chevrolet HHR

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Steering 1,591 33.5%

Worst in 2006

Electrical System 763 16.1%

Worst in 2006

Worst in 2009

Airbags 332 7.0%

Worst in 2009

Body & Structure 264 5.6%

Worst in 2006

Brakes 245 5.2%

Worst in 2006

Engine & Cooling 210 4.4%

Worst in 2006

Worst in 2006

Worst in 2006

Worst in 2010

Worst in 2006

Suspension 97 2.0%

Worst in 2006

Lights 68 1.4%

Worst in 2006

Worst in 2008

Exactly what failed on a Chevrolet HHR

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Body 112 24.7%
Door 98 21.6%
Latch 59 13.0%
Ignition 55 12.1%
Automatic Transmission 37 8.2%
Electric Power Assist System 31 6.8%
Switch 17 3.8%
Front 16 3.5%
Rotor 15 3.3%
Hoses, Lines/Piping, AND Fittings 13 2.9%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Chevrolet HHR, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Sep 2005 peak 223 Aug 2026

Chevrolet HHR problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Chevrolet HHR

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.