HUMMER Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HUMMER H3. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V421000 (VISIBILITY); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

I OWN A 2008 HUMMER H3 AND FOR THE PAST 4 1/2 YEARS I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH ISSUES RELATED TO ENGINE NOT STARTING WHEN YOU FIRST GET IN. IF YOU WAIT EXACTLY 10 MINUTES, IT STARTS JUST FINE. I HAVE HAD DEALERSHIPS AND REPAIR SHOPS LOOK AT THE VEHICLE AND NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS CAUSING THIS INTERMITANT PROBLEM. THE COMPANY THAT INSTALLED MY ALARM SYSTEM THOUGHT IT COULD BE THE IGNITION AND/OR THE PASSLOCK. APPARENTLY, THE PASSLOCK IS WHAT THINKS YOUR CAR IS BEING STOLEN AND SHUTS IT DOWN FOR 10 MINUTES. HOWEVER, THEY ARE EACH $600 AND NO GUARANTEE THAT EITHER IS THE PROBLEM AND THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY. AFTER READING SOME HUMMER FORUM THIS APPEARS TO BE A GLOBAL PROBLEM WITH ALL HUMMERS FROM 2006 TO 2010 AND GM REFUSES TO ADMIT THEY HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND WILL NOT SUBMIT A RECALL FOR THE FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH.

3-4 MONTHS AGO MY A/C UNIT STARTED MAKING A LOUD NOISE WITH A BURNING SMELL WHEN I WOULD PUT MY A/C SWITCH ON LEVEL 3 OR 4. IT WOULD SOUND LIKE IF MY A/C UNIT WAS GOING TO BLOW UP. THE NEXT DAY I RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER FROM THE HUMMER COMPANY DESCRIVING THE SAME SYMPTOMS MY H3 A/C UNIT IS HAVING.I CALLED THE HUMMER COMPANY AND ASKED THEM HOW LONG IS GOING TO TAKE FOR THEM TO FIX THIS PROBLEM THEY STATED IN A VERY RUDE MANNER THAT THEY WILL FIX IT WHEN EVER THEY GET THE PART. THIS IS THE WORST EXPERIENCE EVER I . I ASKED THEM IF IT CAN TAKE MORE THAN A YEAR AND THEY RESPONDED WE DO NOT KNOW. I GOT VERY UPSET BECAUSE ITS NOT FAIR THAT I SPEND A LOT OF MY MONEY TO BUY MY H3 AND IF ITS A RECALL WHY THEY DONT HELP ME TO FIX MY PROBLEM, I EXPLAIN TO THEM THAT THE WEATHER IN TEXAS IS VERY HOT AND I BEEN WITHOUT A/C SINCE AND THEY DONT CARE. THIS IS NOT FAIR PLEASE HELP ME OUT. I DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT TO DO ANYMORE, PLEASE ADVISE. HELP!!!!!!!!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HUMMER H3. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE AIR CONDITIONER BLOWER SEIZED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 139,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HUMMER H3. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V421000 (VISIBILITY) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

OUR 2007 H3 HAD CRACKED RADIATOR WITH HOSE LEAKING COOLANT CAUSING THE OVERHEATING. WE HAVE NEVER DRIVEN THE VEHICLE OFF-ROADING AND NO WARNING LIGHT WAS DISPLAYED FOR THIS ISSUE. INSTEAD, WE BROUGHT IT IN FOR A DIFFERENT ISSUE WITH THE FUEL LINE AND DISCOVERED THE CRACKED RADIATOR, WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED A BIGGER PROBLEM IF IT HAD GONE UNDISCOVERED FOR LONGER PERIOD OF TIME.

I RECENTLY STARTING HEARING A CLUNK OR RATTLE IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION. I TOOK IT TO ONE SHOP WHO SUGGESTED I REPLACE THE SHOCKS SO I DID. AFTER I LEFT THE SHOP, I NOTICED THE EXACT SAME ISSUE WAS STILL THERE SO I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER SHOP. THEY STATED THAT I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE UPPER CONTROL ARM BUSHING SO I DID. UNFORTUNATELY, NEITHER FIX SOLVED THE ISSUE SO I TOOK IT TO YET ANOTHER SHOP, KEN GRAFF IN RIVERDALE, UTAH WHO INFORMED ME TODAY THAT THE ISSUE IS A FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM, THAT IS DOCUMENTED ON THE GM WEBSITE . THE DOCUMENT NUMBER IS 2367563 DATED 11/10/2009. THE ENGINEERS KNEW THAT THIS WAS AN ISSUE BUT THEIR CONCLUSION WAS THAT THE CONDITION WAS CAUSED BY AN EXTERNAL IMPACT EVENT THAT EXCEEDED THE LIMITS OF THE FRAME DESIGN, WHICH IS A LINE OF BS. I HAVE NEVER TAKEN MY HUMMER 3 OFF ROAD AT ANY TIME AND IT DOES NOT EVEN HAVE A SCRATCH ON THE PAINT JOB AND IT NOW HAS 92,000 MILES ON IT. IT IS COMMON SENSE TO JUST PROVIDE THE BUSHINGS TO THE CUSTOMERS INSTEAD OF MAKING A CUSTOMER PAY OUT THE A-- BECAUSE OF A LACK OF COMMON SENSE. I DID CONTACT GM WHO INFORMED ME THAT THEY HAVE CONCLUDED IT WAS CAUSED BY EXCEEDED THE LIMITS OF THE FRAME DESIGN. A FEW THINGS HERE I FIND HARD TO BELIEVE FROM THE ENGINEERS, THAT THEY RECOMMENDED THAT THE FRAME NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THAT IT WAS CAUSED BY A EXTERNAL IMPACT WHICH I FIND STRANGE CONCERNING THEY WERE PUSHING THIS AS A OFF-ROAD VEHICLE. IF THEY KNEW ABOUT THIS ISSUE WHY DID THEY NOT RECOMMEND A RECALL INSTEAD OF BLAMING THE CUSTOMER? THEY DID NOT RECOMMEND TO GM TO CREATE JUST THE BUSHINGS INSTEAD OF REPLACING THE WHOLE FRAME ( $9000 PER KEN GRAFF) MY CONCLUSION IS THEY KNEW OF THE ISSUE AND WERE COVERING THEIR OWN ASS, IF I WERE TO PLACE JUST THE BUSHINGS AND IF THEY WERE AVAILABLE MY COST WOULD BE LESS THEN $500, I CAN ACCEPT THAT BUT EXCEEDED THE LIMITS OF THE FRAME DESIGN HELL NO.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HUMMER H3. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V421000 (VISIBILITY); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO PROVIDE THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

INTERMITTENTLY WILL CRANK BUT WILL NOT START. HOWEVER, IT WILL START AFTER A 10 MINUTE (NO LESS) WAITING PERIOD. THIS HAPPENS AT VARIOUS TIMES OF DAY, VARIOUS OUTSIDE TEMPERATURES, AND WITH FIRST MORNING STARTS OR AFTER DRIVING AND SHUTTING DOWN FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME. THIS IS EXTREMELY INCONVENIENT, TO SAY THE LEAST, WHEN IT OCCURS WHILE ON TIME RESTRAINTS OR DURING AN EMERGENCY SITUATION (I.E. 10 MINUTES IS TOO LONG TO WAIT WHEN TRYING TO GET TO A HOSPITAL WHERE A LOVED ONE/FAMILY MEMBER IS CLINGING TO LIFE)

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HUMMER H3. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONING AND HEATING SYSTEM WOULD INDEPENDENTLY SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BLOWER MOTOR AND THE WIRE HARNESS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, MONTHS LATER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS INFORMED THAT THE AC COULD NOT BE CHARGED AND THE RADIATOR THE AC ALTERNATOR AND THE BATTERY NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER A MONTH LATER THEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO OVER HEAT AND FAIL TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHO, STATED THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A BURNING ODOR EMITTING FROM THE AC VENTILATION SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN AGAIN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THE WIRE HARNESS WAS MELTED AS A RESULT THE BLOWER MOTOR AND WIRE HARNESS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V421000 (VISIBILITY). THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT YET DETERMINE A SOLUTION FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,851.