AM GENERAL Complaints

MY CONCERN IS WITH THE RENTAL FLEET OF LARGE RV (RECREATIONAL VEHICLES). THEY ARE LOADED WITH GAS, PROPANE TANKS, GIVE LITTLE OR NO DRIVING INSTRUCTIONS AND DO NOT HAVE TO SUBMIT TO STATE SAFETY INSPECTIONS! I HAVE A DETAILED CASE OF RENTING A DEFECTIVE AND DANGEROUS VEHICLE AND GETTING ABUSED BY THE RENTAL COMPANY (THE LARGEST ONE IN THE US). I EVENTUALLY FILED ARBITRATION WITH THE AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION AS REQUIRED PER THEIR RENTAL CONTRACT. THEY IGNORED THE AAA FORCING THE AAA TO SIMPLY CLOSE THE CASE AS THEY HAVE NO MORE AUTHORITY THAN TO DENY THE USE OF THEIR NAME IN FUTURE CONTRACTS. THEY REGISTER THEIR TRUCKS IN CALIFORNIA WHICH HAPPENS TO HAVE A VERY LOOSE LAW REQUIRING THAT THE VEHICLE ONLY PASS ONE INSPECTION WHEN FIRST PUT ON THE ROAD. THEN THEY FLOAT THESE VEHICLES ALL OVER THE US AND NEVER HAVE TO GET AN INSPECTION AGAIN! HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE RENT THEM, ABUSE THEM AND THEY NEVER EVEN HAVE TO GET THEIR BRAKES CHECKED! THIS SHOULD BE ILLEGAL. I HAVE ALLL OF THE DETIALS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. PLEASE WARN DRIVERS THAT IF THEY SEE A BIG RV COMMING UP IN THEIR REAR VIEW MIRROR, GET OUT OF ITS WAY!

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING THROUGH A PARKING LOT THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SURGED TO THE LEFT AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE AND CONSUMER HIT A CONCRETE BASE. THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL SHEARED OFF. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

CONSUMER STATES WHEN SHIFTING HARD THE SWITCH BROKE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STAY ON THE ON POSITION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. MR

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE STARTED LURCHING, THEN TRANSMISSION FAILED, CAUSED BY A DEFECT IN THE COOLING LOOP LOCATED IN THE TRANSFER CASE, A VOLUNTARY CONSUMER SATISFACTORY CAMPAIGN ANG-R0101-WAS ISSUED PERTAINING TO THIS DEFFECT BUT VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN #.*AK *YD

BRAKES FELL OFF WHILE BACKING UP. BRAKE LINE WAS INBEDDED INTO AIR INSULATION LINE, CAUSING RUST/CORROSION. *AK *YD

EXTREME HUMMER HAS EXPERIENCED 10 WHEEL HUB SEPARATIONS IN LAST 10 YRS AS WELL AS FAILURE STEERING BOX BOLTS.*AK

HUMMER ARE PLANNING TO LAUNCH 3 NEW LINES OF SUVS WITH SERIOUR SAFETY PROBLEMS FOR OTHER DRIVERS, THESE VEHICLE CAN RIDE OF 22' OBJECTS. PLEASE CHECK FOR SAFETY.

ALL OF THE BALL JOINTS ON THIS VEHICLE ARE DEFECTIVE; THEY WORE OUT COMPLETELY IN LESS THAN 18,500 MILES OF USE. THIS CAN CAUSE THE WHEELS TO FALL OFF, A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION, ACCORDING TO AN INSPECTOR AT AN OFFICIAL MASSACHUSETTS VEHICLE INSPECTION STATION. THE MANUFACTURER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE BALL JOINTS ARE DEFECTIVE BUT WILL NOT REPLACE THEM AFTER THE 3 YEAR WARRANTY PERIOD, EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE HAS ONLY 18,500 MILES ON IT. ACCORDING TO THE MANUFACTURER, THIS PROBLEM AFFECTS MANY HUMMERS BUILT IN 1995.

AUX FUEL TANK LEAKS DIESEL WHEN FULL / PARKED ON ANGLE. FIRE HAZARD - BIO HAZARD

STRESS FRACTURES IN THE TRANSFER CASE ALUMINUM INTERCOOLER LOOP OF THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION COOLING CIRCUIT CAUSED DESTRUCTION OF THE TRANSMISSION DUE TO LACK OF TRANSMISSION OIL. THIS SAME DEFECT HAS BEEN NOTED IN AT LEAST THREE AM GENERAL HUMMERS, AND A SUDDEN LOSS OF ATF FLUID MAY RESULT IN A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION AT SPEED, POSSIBLY CAUSING A CRASH. THE TRANSFER CASE INTERCOOLER LOOP IS INSIDE THE TRANSFER CASE OF THE HUMMER. TRANSMISSION FLUID FROM THE 4L80E AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION CIRCULATES THROUGH THIS ALUMINUM FINNED COOLING LOOP AND TRANSFERS HEAT TO AND FROM THE TRANSFER CASE FLUID, WHICH IS PHYSICALLY ISOLATED FROM THE TRANSMISSION FLUID BY THE INTERCOOLER LOOP, TO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID, WHICH IS THEN CIRCULATED THROUGH THE TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER AT THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND RETURNED TO THE TRANSMISSION. DUE TO IMPROPER DESIGN, THE INTERCOOLER LOOP MOVES AND VIBRATES INSIDE THE TRANSFER CASE AND OVER TIME DEVELOPS STRESS FRACTURES NEAR THE INPUT NIPPLE. THIS CAUSES ATF TO BE PUMPED FROM THE TRANSMISSION INTO THE TRANSFER CASE, AND FROM THERE INTO THE HUMMER VENT SYSTEM WHICH CONNECTS THE GEARED HUBS, DIFFERENTIALS AND AIR CLEANER. THERE IS USUALLY NO EXTERNAL INDICATION OF FLUID LOSS, AND EVENTUALLY, DEPENDING ON THE SEVERITY OF THE CRACKS, LOW ATF LEVELS CAUSE THE TRANSMISSION TO BE DESTROYED, POSSIBLY CATASTROPHICALLY, AND POSSIBLY AT HIGH SPEEDS, WHICH MAY POSE A SEVERE SAFETY HAZARD. IN MY CASE, I NOTICED A CLOUD OF WHITE SMOKE BEHIND MY VEHICLE AS I DROVE AT 75 MPH DOWN I-25 OUTSIDE DENVER. I WAS ABLE TO STOP BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION SEIZED, BUT THE ONLY REASON I NOTICED THE PROBLEM WAS BECAUSE A PLASTIC VENT LINE SOFTENED AND RUPTURED, SPILLING ATF ONTO THE EXHAUST PIPE...WHICH CREATED A SIGNIFICANT FIRE HAZARD. MY TRANSMISSION WAS DAMAGED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AS A RESULT, AND THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS TRACED TO THE DEFECTIVE INTERCOOLER LOOP IN THE TRANSFER CASE. THIS INTERCOOLER LOOP FAILURE HAS BEEN EX