2006 HUMMER H3 Complaints

THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED A CRACKED RADIATOR, WHICH IS A KNOW HUMMER H3 ISSUE. THEY HAVE ASKED FOR $850+ TO FIX WHAT IS A KNOWN DESIGN FLAW. HTTP://WWW.HUMMERFORUMS.COM/FORUM/HUMMER-H3-17/READ-IF-YOUR-H3-RADIATOR-HAS-CRACKED-LEAKED-21184/. *TR

I WENT IN TO DEALER FOR WHAT I CALLED A FLUTTERING PERIODIC IDLE. THEY TOOK A LOOK $200.00 LATER TOLD ME I HAD MISFIRE IN #2 AND #5 AND NEEDED NEW HEAD. YOU CAN IMAGINE MY COMMENTS AND HE SAID IT IS COMMON HE JUST DID ONE LAST WEEK ON THE SAME YEAR AND TYPE H3! WELL I WAS IN TOUCH WITH GM - THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY BUT LOW MILEAGE. THEY DID COVER A PORTION AND I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REST. WELL I PICK UP WEEK LATER. WAS TOLD IT WAS TEST DRIVEN AND RUNS GREAT. I TOLD THEM IT RAN GREAT BEFORE JUST THE FLUTTERING IDLE WHEN I STOPPED AT A LIGHT. THEY SAID YOU ARE ALL SET.. MANY BAD WORDS ESCAPED MY MOUTH WHEN I DROVE HOME AND IT WAS NOT FIXED. THE VEHICLE STILL DROVE THE SAME WAY IT DID BEFORE AND THE FLUTTER WAS STILL THERE,. SO NOW I HAVE TO BRING IT BACK AGAIN AND I MADE THE TECH GET IN THE VEHICLE SO HE KNEW WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT AND HE SAID WELL IT WAS BROUGHT IN FOR A MISFIRE. UHHH NO IT WAS NOT. WHY HAS GM NOT DONE ANY TYPE OF RECALL ON THIS IF IT IS KNOWN PROBLEM. FEEL LIKE THEY DON'T CARE SINCE THE VEHICLE IS NOT MADE ANYMORE WHAT DOES IT MATTER TO THEM. I COULD CONTINUE BUT AM LIMITED TO CHARACTERS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HUMMER H3. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, A BURNING ODOR WAS SMELLED AND SMOKE EMITTED FROM THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT. THE CONTACT MANEUVERED THE VEHICLE TO A SAFE LOCATION AND EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN AFTER THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

WE HAVE BATTLING THE PROBLEM OF THE SUNROOF LEAKING ON OUR HUMMER. THERE IS DRAIN TUBES IN THE CORNERS OF THE SUNROOF THIS WATER IS SUPPOSED TO GO DO THESE TUBES THEN ON THE GROUND. HOW EVER THIS IS NOT THE CASE. IN MOST CASES THE WATER LEAKS DOWN THE PILLARS IN THE TRUCKS DASH COMPARTMENT AND SOAKS THE CARPET ON BOTH SIDES AND THE HEAD LINER. WE HAVE HAD IT TO THE DEALERSHIP ON SEVERAL ACCESSIONS AND THEY JUST SAY THEY WERE STOP UP BUT THEY JUST LEAK THE NEXT DAY LIKE NOTHING HAS EVEN BEEN DONE. THEY CHARGE 300 DOLLARS TO DO THIS. I HAVE THE TECHNICIAN TELL ME THAT NOTHING HE HAS DONE WILL FIX THIS OFF THE RECORD..WHEN THE WATER IS POURING IN THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO THE ONSTAR GOES OFF AND YOUR LIGHTS ON THE INSIDE GO DIM WE HAVE HAD THE CPU SHORT OUT DUE TO WATER THE BLOWER CONTROLLER BOTH FRONT SPEAKERS AND BEHIND THE DASH ALL THE METAL PARTS ARE COVERED IN RUST. WHEN THE ELECTRICAL PARTS SHORTED OUT THE WIRES WERE BURNT AND WE WERE DRIVING WHEN THIS HAPPENED ON ONE OCCASION AND HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED. WE HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING TAKEN IT THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT HELP. THE TRUCK IS ALWAYS DAMP INSIDE. THEN OF COURSE THE SMELL OF THE CARPETS. I EVEN HAVE CONTACTED GM AND JUST SAID TAKE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY ARE GONNA CHARGE THE SAME THING. I AM SCARED FOR MY WIFE AND FAMILY TO DRIVE THIS TRUCK. WE WILL NOT EVEN LEAVE IN THE GARAGE DUE THE RISK OF FIRE. IF YOU GOOGLE THIS PROBLEM THERE IS OVER 60K TOPICS ON THIS AND FORUM AFTER FORUM ABOUT IT. AND EVERY IS SAYING THIS. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW AND GM IS NOT GOING TO STAND BEHIND THIS. I THINK SOMETHING SHOULD DONE ABOUT THIS BEFORE SOMETHING VERY BAD HAPPENS TO SOMEONE IN THESE TRUCKS. I JUST WANT IT FIXED NOTHING ELSE. *TR

I HAVE OWNED THIS TRUCK SINCE 2009, AND IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE SUNROOF DRAIN TUBES CLOGGING. WHEN MY VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY, AND WAS GOING IN FOR IT'S SCHEDULED PMIS I WOULD HAVE THEM BLOW THE DRAIN TUBES OUT WITH AIR, BUT THE CLOGGING IS NOW BECOMING MORE FREQUENT, AND THE WATER IF NOT REMOVED CAN CAUSE HAVOC WITH THE CLOTH, ELECTRICAL & FLOORING. LAST WEEK I HAD A MILDEW SMELL BECAUSE OF ALL THE RAIN WE HAVE HAD, AND THE WATER BUILT UP IN THE SUNROOF DRAIN AREA. THESE TUBES ARE A DESIGN FLAW, AND THIS SHOULD ALSO BE A RECALL, AS THE WATER WILL BE THE MAIN CAUSE FOR PROBLEMS IN THIS SITUATION. *TR

RADIATOR RUBS IN THE MIDDLE ON THE FRAME CAUSING STRESS TO THE TOP, CRACKLING CRACKS . .CAUSING LEAKAGE!! *TR

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON AND OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSTIC AS CYLINDER #1 MISFIRE. COMPRESSION TEST FAILED DUE TO CYLINDER LEAKAGE. THE MAIN PROBLEM WAS TO AT THE TIME OF MANUFACTURING THE ENGINE SOFT METALS WERE USED WITH THE HEADS. I WAS TOLD I NEED TO REPLACE CYLINDER HEAD AND RELATED PARTS. CONTACTED GM HUMMER DIVISION INFORMED THEM OF MY PROBLEM WITH MY 3.5L, 5 CYLINDER ENGINE AND ASK THEM FOR ASSISTANCE SINCE THEY DID A SPECIAL EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THE 2006 COLORADO AND CANYONS WITH THE SAME ENGINE PROBLEMS. THEY REFUSED TO HELP. *TR

WAS DRIVING WITH 50 MPH AND TRAFFIC STOPPED SO I HAD TO PRESS THE BRAKES A LITTLE HARDER. AT THAT POINT BOTH REAR LEAF SPRINGS FAILED, DAMAGING DRIVE SHAFT AND PULLING DRIVESHAFT FROM THE TRANSFER CASE. REPAIRS FOR ALL THIS WERE $2700. *TR......UPDATED 09-03-14 *BF UPDATED 09/8/2014 *JS

MY VEHICLE HAS A CRACKED RADIATOR AND ACCORDING TO OTHER HUMMER OWNERS THIS IS A COMMON DEFECT THAT HAPPENS TO THESE VEHICLES. *TR

THIS WILL BE THE THIRD BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR THAT I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE. THIS TIME I AM REPLACING THE HARNESS BECAUSE IT BURNED UP SO BADLY ON TWO TERMINALS. GM HAS YET TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS PROBLEM... I PAID $26 FOR THE RESISTOR, AND IT'S GOING TO BE $30 FOR THE HARNESS, AND I SAVE A TON ON THE LABOR BECAUSE I AM A MECHANIC, BUT THIS IS A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD. THERE IS AN AIR FLOW IN THIS AREA, AND CAN FAN OR START FLAMES IN THIS AREA IF IT OCCURS WHILE DRIVING. VERY DANGEROUS! THIS IS MY SECOND REPORT. *TR