2006 CHEVROLET HHR — SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC

IN FEBRUARY 2007 I WAS IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT WHILE I WAS DRIVING A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. I WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 95 SOUTHBOUND NEAR WILMINGTON, DELAWARE. SOMEONE ENTERING THE HIGHWAY FROM AND ON RAMP PULLED DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ME WHILE I WAS DRIVING. WHEN I HIT THE BRAKES ON THE HHR, THE CAR PULLED SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT. THE MORE I BRAKED, THE MORE THE CAR PULLED TO THE RIGHT. I LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR AND I ENDED UP DRIVING ACROSS TWO LANE PERPENDICULAR TO THE TRAFFIC AND I HIT A VAN HEAD ON. NO ONE WAS INJURED BUT MY HHR WAS TOTALED. I FEEL THAT THE BRAKES ON THE HHR WERE DEFECTIVE AND THE WAY THEY PULLED TO ONE SIDE INSTEAD OF STOPPING STRAIGHT CAUSED ME TO CRASH. I REPORTED THIS TO CHEVROLET AFTER THE CRASH BUT NOTHING WAS DONE AS FAR A A RECALL OR ANYTHING. IN FACT, I READ ABOUT A SIMILAR PROBLEM WHEN THE 2006 HHR WAS RECEIVED ON EDMONDS.COM. THE AUTHOR OF THE REVIEW EXPRESSED THAT HE THOUGHT THAT THE HHR'S BRAKING WAS DANGEROUS. *TR