2006 HUMMER H3 Complaints

DEFECTIVE CYLINDER HEAD FROM GMC - THEY KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BUT WON'T ASSIST WITH COST TO REPAIR, MY H3 AT 50,000 MILES NOW HAS CRACKED CYLINDER HEAD FOR NO APPARENT REASON AND OF COURSE SINCE MY WARRANTY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT I HAVE NO RECOURSE. IS THERE NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS? *JS

VERY VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH GM PRODUCTS AND EXCESSIVE PROBLEM WITH H3 HEATERS. YOU SMELL SOMETHING BURNING IN YOUR VEHICLE THEN YOUR HEATER FAN STARTS FLUCTUATING AND ULTIMATELY STOPS. THERE ARE REPORTS THAT THE DEALERSHIP WILL FIX THE BURNT PLUG, BUT IT WON'T FIX THE PROBLEM, IT'LL BURN UP AGAIN. NOW I HAVE NO HEATER IN JANUARY IN OHIO THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL !!!!!!!!! *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HUMMER H3. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE BRAKING FOR A TRAFFIC STOP, THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO STOP WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE TRACTION WARNING LAMP. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 160,000.

11/02/11 SMELL OF SOMETHING BURNING LOOKED UNDER DASH BLOWER RESISTOR AND PLUG MELTED TOGETHER HAD REPLACED ON 12/11/11 SMELT BURNING PLASTIC AGAIN HAD SAME PROBLEM BLOWER RESISTOR AND PLUG MELTED AGAIN FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IT IS A ON GOING PROBLEM IN THIS VEHICLE GM SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE IN FIXING IT BEFORE THERE ARE MAJOR FIRE DAMAGE OR A DEATH. *TR

AFTER HEAVY RAIN EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF WATER POOL INSIDE VEHICLE. DRAIN PLUGS HAVE BEEN CLEANED OUT MULTIPLE TIMES. ALTHOUGH WATER CONTINUES TO LAY INSIDE THE TRACK OF THE MOON ROOF AS WELL AS DRAIN ONTO THE FLOOR AND SOMETIMES ONTO THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT (DEPENDING ON HOW THE VEHICLE IS PARKED). BASED ON THE FORUMS REGARDING H3'S THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. WHY HASN'T GM DONE ANYTHING TO RESOLVE IT??? *TR

THE BLOWER ON MY 2006 HUMMER H3 STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND WE SMELLED A BURNT PLASTIC SMELL WHEN THE BLOWER STOPPED. THE SMELL EVENTUALLY WENT AWAY, BUT THE BLOWER NEVER WORKED AGAIN. I FOUND THAT THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE FOR NOT JUST HUMMER OWNERS, BUT OTHER GM VEHICLE OWNERS. THE RESISTOR AND PLASTIC CLIP WERE MELTED TOGETHER AND WHEN DISCONNECTED, FIRE DAMAGE WAS EVIDENT. THIS RESISTOR FOR THE AC BLOWER IS LOCATED RIGHT UNDER THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT AND LUCKILY NOTHING FLAMMABLE WAS CLOSE TO THIS WHEN IS BLEW WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. I ALSO HAVE PICTURES OF THE DAMAGE AND SUBSEQUENT DANGER THIS ISSUE POSES. OTHER POSTS OF PEOPLE SEEING THIS ISSUE. HTTP://WWW.HUMMERFORUMS.COM/FORUM/HUMMER-H3-17/AIR-CONDITIONING-PROBLEM-GRRR-16020/PAGE2/#POST264883. *TR

ON OCTOBER 30TH I SMELLED A FAINT SCENT OF SOMETHING BURNING INSIDE MY VEHICLE, BUT COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING. NOVEMBER 1ST WAS OUR FIRST COLD MORNING SO I STARTED MY CAR, AND HAD NO HEAT. THE SYSTEM WASN'T BLOWING, BUT THE HEATER A/C CONTROLS WERE LIT UP. SINCE I AM A MECHANIC, AND HAVE KNOWLEDGE I WENT RIGHT TO THE FUSE BOX IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE FUSES WERE OK. I THEN WENT TO THE BLOWER RESISTOR PACK WHICH IS LOCATED UNDER THE GLOVE BOX. THE ORANGE POWER WIRE IN THE HARNESS WAS BURNT UP PRETTY GOOD, AND THE TERMINAL MOLDED INTO THE HARNESS PACK WAS ALSO BURNED UP PRETTY GOOD. I THEN WENT ONLINE TO GOOGLE THIS PROBLEM TO SEE HOW COMMON IT WAS, AND WAS SURPRISED TO SEE HOW MANY COMPLAINTS THERE ARE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, NOT JUST REGARDING THE HUMMER LINE, BUT WITHIN GM VEHICLES ITSELF. I CALLED THE SERVICE TECH WHERE I HAVE MY WORK DONE, AND HE WAS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS FAILURE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HUMMER H3. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE BECAME HESITANT WHILE ACCELERATING UPHILL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE HEAD GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 104,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HUMMER H3. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH AND ATTEMPTED TO AVOID HITTING A DEER BUT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WENT AIRBORNE AND FLIPPED OVER SIX TIMES, LANDING HEAD FIRST INTO THE PAVEMENT. NONE OF THE AIR BAGS IN THE VEHICLE DEPLOYED. THE DRIVER'S HEAD BECAME LODGED BETWEEN THE RAIL AND THROWN IN VARIOUS DIRECTIONS SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE SNAPPING. THE DRIVER'S HEAD AND FACE WERE CRUSHED AND THE DRIVER WAS KILLED. THE MEDICAL INVESTIGATORS STATED THAT THEY BELIEVED THAT THE DRIVER WAS KILLED AT FIRST IMPACT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED (SOUTH CAROLINA STATE TROOPER REPORT E-111833). THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 51,000.

AS I WAS DRIVING TO MY OFFICE FROM A LUNCH BREAK, MY A/C AND VENTILATION STOPPED WORKING, I TURNED THE ON AND OFF DIAL AND AIR NEVER CAME BACK ON, SHORTLY AFTER THAT A STRONG "BURNED" SMELL CAME FROM THE GLOVE BOX OF MY VEHICLE, I PULLED OVER AND NOTICED A LITTLE BIT OF SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE GLOVE BOX. I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNED AND DISCOVERED IT WAS A BURNED OUT "VENT BLOWER RESISTOR" (AC DELCO PART# 15-80647) I HAVE SINCE REPLACED IT BUT IT STILL NOT WORKING. I HAVE THE BURNED PART IF EVER NEEDED, I MUST SAY I DON'T FEEL AT ALL SAFE WITH A SITUATION LIKE THIS AS IT HAS NEVER HAPPENED TO ME. I DECIDED TO INCLUDE MY COMPLAINT AS I HAVE SEEN MANY PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS ON THIS VEHICLE, A FIRE IS EMINENT AND SHOULD BE PREVENTED.