Instead of chrome, it's plastic. When starting it, the steering wheel is really tough, what should I do? Just came off in my hand. This part goes from the top of the shifter to the bottom of the gear selector and holds the control pin in position, which in turn, activates the micro switch to release the keys. Complaint Number: 10331097 Incident Date: November 4, 2009 Date Added to File: May 18, 2010 Description of the Complaint: 2006 chevy hhr - automatic transmission does not lock into position, can freely slip transmission shifter from park, reverse, neutral, drive and lower gears with little pressure and without depressing the shifter locking latch. It makes you up-to-date and more knowledge. Then total failure came when no amount of pushing the gear selector hard into park would allow the key to be removed.
That means this transmission is packed with electronics. It happened twice and I took it to the dealer and they replaced the shifter. Hi everyone, I would like to know if anybody has had the problem I'm having now. Problem, Doors would not lock when shifted into gear, harsh shifting transmission. This is a safety problem because you have to leave your car with the key in it when the failure occurs.
Read owners book found little doorway to open with button to bypass parking switch. Service tech said shifter needed to be replaced and that he had seen this happen before. You need to reset the oil life counter. You can do it at the comfort of your garage. It was mainly used behind the 3 — 3. But is rampant on the internet, and my personal dealer said they have had to fix a lot of hhr's and cobalt gearshifts. So even if the sensor is on the motor, and not on the transmission, it could still be causing a problem.
How can I solve this? Some owners have had to replace fuse boxes or even the battery after just a few months of standard use. We had to phone hundreds of dealers until a dealer in Texas would ship the parts. The recall began on April 18, 2014. I had ask for chevrolet to refund the cost of the part only no labor but chevrolet says they can't help since the part is now gone. They told me to take defective part to the dealer and they would contact the dealer to analyze the part for reason of failure. You just need to replace it and your steering will be like a new one. Dealers will replace the torque sensor assembly.
While driving 45 mph, the top section of the knob on the gear shifter suddenly detached. Parts are not currently available. Recent issue not fixed yet. Complaint Number: 10245345 Incident Date: October 12, 2008 Date Added to File: October 14, 2008 Description of the Complaint: Transmission would not lock when put in park and could not get key out of ignition. I personally installed this and it fixed the problem. Summary This defect can affect the safe operation of the airbag system.
Complaint Number: 10261986 Incident Date: March 3, 2009 Date Added to File: March 16, 2009 Description of the Complaint: Key in the ignition is sometimes getting stuck, one has to position the automatic gear selector out of park and back into park to get the key to release properly. Now button on gearshift stays in and even with key out of ignition if you bump the gearshift it falls out of park. Fluid and filter change didn't help. Note: Until the recall repairs have been performed, it is very important that customers remove all items from their key rings, leaving only the vehicle key. General Motors' number for this recall is 14113 for the ignition lock cylinder and key replacement, and 14133 for only key replacements. The newer retainment part can't cost more than 15 dollars, narrow piece of plastic ~ the size of a pencil with a small hole in it. The control pin then becomes loose, thus resulting in the control pin either moving out of it's intended position and jamming the gear selector, or falling out completely and allowing the gear selector to move in any gear at any time, weather the car is running or shut off.
It is a shift lever issue. TransmissionFilter selectedTransmissionList, transmissionTemplate ; } listingsSearchManager. Complaint Number: 10315625 Incident Date: February 26, 2010 Date Added to File: March 2, 2010 Description of the Complaint: Shifter refuses to go fully into park resulting in inability to remove key from steering column. Anecdotal evidence indicates this problem occurs across hhr and cobalt platforms. The car does not overheat and the cooling fans are working. My son is in love with his like new 6yo car. The recall began on April 18, 2014.
Complaint Number: 10396814 Incident Date: April 19, 2011 Date Added to File: April 19, 2011 Description of the Complaint: Power steering failure while driving my vehicle with children. The Check on the dashboard turned on and, since then, I've started noticing an accelerating deficiency. A rear-view camera is optional. I removed the gear shift cover and reached in and found a micro switch that when tripped allowed me to remove key. Complaint Number: 10347275 Incident Date: August 2, 2010 Date Added to File: August 4, 2010 Description of the Complaint: The button on the shift lever on the automatic transmission of my 2006 chevy hhr sticks in the in position allowing the transmission to be shifted into any gear including park and reverse as I am driving.