AM GENERAL Complaints

FUEL PUMP FAILED AND DEFECTIVE....REPLACED...SMELL OF RAW GAS STILL EXISTS. EGR VALVE DEFECTIVE....THIS SHOULD NOT BE FAILING LIKE THIS...THIS TRUCK HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED. *NM

I HAVE A HUMMER H1 (1998). ON MY WAY TO THE AIRPORT IN TRAFFIC, MY #8 ENGINE CYLINDER WALL CRACKED CAUSING ME TO LOSE ALL MY COOLENT FOR BOTH THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION. IF I HAD NOT NOTICED IT AS QUICKLY HAS I HAD, I WOULD HAVE COME TO A SCREECHING HALT IN THE FREEWAY TRAFFIC AS MY ENGINE MELTED DOWN. FURTHERMORE, I USE MY HUMMER FOR OFF-ROADING AND HAD IT HAPPENED WHILE I WAS OFF-ROAD IN THE UTAH DESERT, INJURY OR DEATH WOULD HAVE BEEN QUITE LIKELY (SINCE I AM OFTEN 20-40 MILES OFF THE HIGHWAY AND IT GETS TO BE 110 DEGREES F EASILY). I HAVE CHECKED AROUND AND APPROXIMATELY 10% OF THE VEHICLES FROM 1997, 1998, AND PART OF 1999 AND 2000 HAVE HAD THE #8 CYLINDAR CRACK. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER USED TO TAKE CARE OF THIS BUT ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO STOPPED COVERING THIS UNDER WARRANTEE OR EVEN GOOD-WILL. A TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE CAN BE A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN IF THE TRAFFIC IS HEAVY OR IF THE OCCUPENTS ARE NOT NEAR A TOWN. (OFTEN WHEN I DRIVE THROUGH NEVADA ON SOME VERY LONELY HIGHWAYS, I AM 3 HOURS FROM THE CLOSEST TOWN AND THE HEAT IS IMMENESE). WHEN I AM OFF-ROAD THIS IS EVEN WORSE AND I MAY BE A DAY OR TWO HIKE FROM THE NEAREST (LONELY) HIGHWAY IN 110 DEGREE HEAT. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS AS IT IS A VERY FREQUENT PROBLEM FOR THE AFFECTED YEARS. THANK YOU.

I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH ALL OF MY POWER WINDOWS THE BACK ONES WILL NOT ROLL UP ONCE THEY HAVE BEEN ROLLED DOWN AND WHEN YOU PUSH THEM UP THEY JUST FALL DOWN AND WON'T STAY UP. THEN WITH MY FRONT WINDOW ON THE DRIVERS SIDE I ROLLED IT DOWN AND WHEN I WENT TO ROLL IT BACK UP I HEARD A LOUD POP AND THEN IT FELL AND WOULDN'T ROLL BACK UP IF I PULL IT UP IT WON'T STAY I HAVE HAD IT FIXED 2 TIMES AND IT IS DOING IT AGAIN THEY SAID IT WAS SOMETHING WITH THE RESIVOIR IN THE POWER MOTOR. I THINK THAT THIS IS A BIG SECURITY ISSUE BECAUSE MY WINDOW WON'T STAY UP AND IT HAS PINCHED MY DAUGHTERS FINGERS WHEN IT FELL A COUPLE OF TIMES.

I HAVE HAD TWO 2001 AMG HUMMER H1 VEHICLES WITH THE ELECTROCHROMATIC REAR VIEW MIRRORS PRODUCED BY MAGNA DONNELEY EXHIBITING A OVAL GHOASTING IN THE VIEWING AREA AND A SUBSIQUENT FAILURE OF THE ANTI GLARE SYSTEM. THE MIRROR IS USELESS FOR PROPER AND SAFE VIEWING WHEN THIS HAPPENS. A CHECK OF THE HUMMER GROUP WEB SITES REVEALED MANY PEOPLE SIMILARLY SITUATED. THIS IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT OF A FEDERALLY REQUIRED SAFETY SYSTEM AND MUST BE ADDRESSED BEFORE A FATALITY IS CAUSED BY MANUFACTURER PROBLEM NEGLECT. REMEMBER THESE VEHICLES COST OVER $100,000.00 AND SHOULD BE SAFE. I CALLED AMG AND TALKED TO MR. GIEFING. HE STATED HE WAS UNAWARE OF THIS FAILURE MODE. I HAD A MIRROR REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY LAST YEAR - HOW COULD THE FIELD SERVICE MANAGER NOT KNOW OF THE PROBLEM. ANNUAL PRODUCTION OF THESE VEHICLES IS ONLY 400 PER YEAR. SO DO WE NEGLECT SAFETY DUE TO LOW PRODUCTION NUMBERS. A PROPERLY WORKING REAR VIEW MIRROR IS REQUIRED IN ALL VEHICLES BY LAW - IT SHOULD NOT HAVE A MANUFACTURER DEFECT.

PURCHASED A VEHICLE FROM BOUCHER CHEVY., INC 4-18-05, ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE HOME APPROX 4 BLOCK FROM DEALER, WHEELS BANGING VIA FRONT AS IF TO FALL OFF. PHONE DEALER UPON ARRIVAL HOME AND INFORMED OF SAME. RETURNED AUTO NEXT AM, DEALER REFUSED TO PAY OR REPAIR IN FULL OVER $ 1500.00 FRONT END WORK TO SAME, OFFERED DISCOUNT ON REPAIRS. LEMON LAW? HELP.......... *JB

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT STEERING PROBLEMS. WHILE DRIVING THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING AND IT HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK THE VEHICLE SHOOT SO VIOLENTLY IT CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT BY RUNNING OFF THE ROAD. *TT

THE U.S. ARMY HAS RECENTLY MADE IT MANDATORY FOR ALL SOLDIERS DRIVING IN HUMMV'S (AND OTHER TACTICAL VEHICLES) TO WEAR THE KEVLAR HELMETS, EVEN ON PUBLIC HIGHWAYS. MOST OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE NO HEADREST. REQUIRING SOLDIERS TO ADD THE WEIGHT OF THE HELMET (3.1 TO 4.2 POUNDS) TO THEIR CRANIUM WILL SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE THE PROBABILITY OF NECK INJURIES IN ANY VEHICLE ACCIDENT. *NM

CAR STALLED ON LEFT TURN. CAR BACKED UP AND DARTED OUT INTO TRAFFIC RUNNING INTO MY FRIEND AND I ON THE BACK OF HIS MOTORCYCLE. THE ACCIDENT KILLED TWO AND SEVERELY INJURED ME. THE 1984 CHEVROLET CITATION HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE FLOATER INTAKE VALVE CAUSING IT TO STALL ON A LEFT. INVESTIGATORS MISSED THIS DETAIL. I AM IN CONSTANT PAIN AND I AM HAVING TROUBLE USING THIS WEB SITE. I HAVE SUFFERED BRAIN DAMAGE BESIDES THE BROKEN AND CRUSHED BONES THAT THE ACCIDENT LEFT ME WITH. *NM

1998 HUMMER DEVELOPED PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT STEERING ASSEMBLY.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR THE FRONT STEERING ASSEMBLY BEGAN OSCILLATING WILDLY AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. *NM

ON SEVERAL OCCASSIONS MY 2000 CHEVROLET BLAZER WILL DIE WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THIS WILL OCCUR WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH OR WHILE STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL BREMERTON CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AND THEY ADVISED THEY COULD NOT DETECT ANY PROBLEMS??*AK