HUMMER Complaints

I OWN A 2004 HUMMER2 AND THE WIPER MOTOR MODULE STARTED TO SMOKE. AT FIRST MY WIPERS WOULD RUN WITHOUT ME EVEN TURNING THEM ON THEN THEY WOULDN"T WORK AT ALL. THEN ON FEB. 19TH,2004 AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD , THE WIPER MOTOR STARTED TO SMOKE. I HAD TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF A MAIN STREET TO STOP AND PULL THE FUSE. AFTER TALKING TO A HUMMER DEALERSHIP I FOUND OUT THAT THEY HAVE A RECALL ON THIS PART, BUT ONLY IN THE 2003 MODEL. THE PROBLEM IS THAT MOISTURE GETS INTO THE WIPER MOTOR AND BURNS UP THE CIRCUIT BOARD AND CAUSES IT TO SMOKE AND THEN THE WIPERS WON"T WORK AT ALL. I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO BUY THE NEW PART AND THE PART GUY NEW EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS. I DIDN'T HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING. I STILL HAVE THE OLD PART. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN MORE SERIOUS!! *TR

I HAVE A H3 2007 HUMMER, AND I AM HAVING TROUBLE SHIFTING, SO, I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER FOUR TIMES AND THEY SAID THAT IS A NORMAL CONDITION. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 HUMMER H3 WITH A LITTLE OVER 15,000 MILES ON IT. THERE IS AN ISSUE OF "BAD CYLINDER HEADS" IN THESE 3.5L I5 ENGINES AND GM HAS NOT STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE FOR A RECALL. ANOTHER CYLINDER HEAD HAS BEEN ORDERED FOR MY VEHICLE AND WILL BE FIXED UNDER WARRANTY. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN MY WARRANTY RUNS OUT A YEAR FROM NOW. I AM NOT CRAZY ABOUT A DEALER TEARING DOWN MY ENGINE AT THIS POINT. IT HAS NOT BEEN BROKEN IN YET. I THINK THE WHOLE ENGINE SHOULD BE REPLACED. I FEEL GM KNEW OF THIS ALL ALONG AND BUILT THESE SUV'S ANYWAY WITH THE HOPES THAT THE MOTORS WILL LAST UNTIL THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HUMMER H3. THE VEHICLE HAS BRIDGESTONE TIRES, DUELER A/T RH-S, SIZE P265/65/R18. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT WITHOUT WARNING. THE RISK OF A CRASH SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED, BUT THE CONTACT STILL HAS POSSESSION OF THE OTHER THREE TIRES. THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 5,800.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HUMMER H3. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE ABS INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. SECONDS LATER, THE ABS ACTIVATED WITHOUT THE BRAKE PEDAL BEING DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND CRASHED INTO A WALL. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE RECREATED. A REPORT WAS FILED WITH THE MANUFACTURER. AN INVESTIGATOR EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND CONCLUDED THAT THE BATTERY WAS LOOSE WHICH PULLED AND SHAVED THE ABS WIRE. AUBURN POLICE REPORT NUMBER 0818569 WAS FILED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 25,000.

THE AREA IN WHICH I RESIDE HAS BEEN IN EXTREME COLD TEMPERATURES FOR THREE DAYS, 28 BELOW ZERO IN THE MORNING THE DAYTIME HIGH 4 BELOW ZERO. THE VEHICLE HAS ANTI LOCK BRAKES. THIS MORNING 1/16/09 I APPLIED THE BRAKES TO STOP IN TRAFFIC AT @ 25 MILES PER HOUR THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP IN THREE CAR LENGTHS AND MY VEHICLE COLLIDED INTO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. NO INJURIES OCCURRED . THE DAMAGE WAS MOSTLY TO THE VEHICLE THAT WAS STOPPED I FRONT OF ME. AT THIS TIME THE GM DEALER WANTS THE VEHICLE TO BE LOOKED AT AFTER IT HAS SAT OUT IN THE COLD ALL NIGHT. *TR

ON NOVEMBER 2, 2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 9:30 PM, I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE AT THE LOCAL WAL-MART AND AS I TURNED RIGHT TO GET INTO THE SPACE I HEARD A LOUD BANG PROCEEDED WITH MY HUMMER H3 ABRUPTLY STOPPING. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HAD ACTUALLY HAPPENED AT THAT EXACT TIME AS I WAS MORE CONCERNED WITH THE SAFETY OF MY 11 YR OLD BROTHER. I CALLED ON STAR EMERGENCY SERVICES AND TOLD THEM I COULD NOT MOVE MY CAR AND WAS NOT FULLY AWARE OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED. THE WAL-MART SECURITY GUARD THAT WITNESSED THE ENTIRE INCIDENT, RUSHED TO THE VEHICLE TO CHECK IF WE WERE ALRIGHT AND ASKED IF I HAD REALIZED WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO MY CAR. I TOLD HIM NO AND WITH THE ON STAR REP STILL ON THE PHONE I GOT DOWN AND TO MY SURPRISE SAW THE STEERING COLUMN OF MY HUMMER HAD SNAPPED IN HALF. I WAS IN TOTAL DISBELIEF AND COULDN'T HELP BUT THINK HOW MY BROTHER AND I COULD HAVE FLIPPED OVER ON THE FREEWAY IF THIS INCIDENT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED ONE THE WAY TO WAL-MART. AFTER DESCRIBING TO ON STAR WHAT HAD HAPPENED, THE REPRESENTATIVE ASKED IF I COULD MOVE MY CAR OR IF IT WAS DRIVABLE, I TOLD HIM I WAS PRETTY MUCH STUCK WHERE I WAS AND COULDN'T EVEN MOVE OUT OF THE WAY OF THE TRAFFIC. I WAITED ALONG WITH THE SECURITY GUARD FOR A TOW TRUCK TO ARRIVE AND WAS THE TOW TRUCK GOT THERE I WROTE DOWN ALL THE INFORMATION I NEEDED FROM THE SECURITY GUARD AND WAS TOLD BY THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER THAT MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT BE TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP UNTIL THE FOLLOWING MORNING. THE NEXT MORNING I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND WAS TOLD THAT I HAD TO CONTACT GM BECAUSE MY BROTHER HAD BEEN HURT AT THE SCENE. I CONTACTED GM AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD SEND AN INDEPENDENT INSPECTOR TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE VEHICLE. AFTER WAITING FOR ALMOST 3 WEEKS I WAS TOLD BY THE GM REP, JORGE ABURTO THAT THE REPORT STATED THAT NO OUTSIDE FACTOR TO HAVE CAUSED WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO THE VEHICLE. ONCE GM GAVE THE OK TO START THE REPAIR ON THE H3 I WAS TOLD THEY HAD STOPPED BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP IS NOW ACCUSING ME OF HITTING THE H3. *TR

THIS IS THE FIRST WINTER THIS VEHICLE HAS SEEN. ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS HAVE EITHER NOT WORKED OR STOPPED MIDCYCLE. THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS AT HOME. I HAVE AUTOSTART SO I STARTED MY CARD TO WARM THE VEHICLE AND THAW THE WINDSHIELD. APPROX. TWO HOURS LATER I WAS ABLE TO TURN ON MY WIPERS. THE SAME THING HAPPENED ON A SECOND OCCASION. ON DECEMBER 31,2008 DURING A STORM THAT CAUSED WHITE OUT CONDITIONS, MY WIPERS STOPPED LESS THAN 5 MINUTES INTO MY DRIVE HOME. THE DESIGN OF THE WIPERS CAUSES THE ARM THAT MOVES THE WIPER ITSELF TO FREEZE SOLID AND CANNOT BE UNFROZEN UNTIL YOU GET THE VEHICLE INTO A WARM ENVIRONMENT, UNLESS YOU'RE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE AN ICE PICK OR BOILING WATER WITH YOU! THE VEHICLE HAS A SERIOUS DESIGN PROBLEM WITH THE WIPERS AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED. *TR

MY 2007 HUMMER H3 WAS T-BONED BY A POLICE CRUISER (MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS I BELIEVE) THAT WAS DOING 40+ MPH. NEITHER MY SIDE AIRBAGS NOR THE FRONT AIRBAGS OF THE CRUISER DEPLOYED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE WASHER MOTOR WENT ON AND JUST KEPT RUNNING. IT WOULD NOT SHUT OFF. I HAD TO DISCONNECT THE FUSES. AFTER SEARCHING I FOUND OUT THERE WAS AN INITIAL RECALL IN 2003 ON A FEW THOUSAND 2003 H2 WASHER/WIPER MOTORS WHICH APPARENTLY MY VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. NOW I SEE A MORE RECENT RECALL NHTSA 08V456000 STATING 13,000 VEHICLES INCLUDED AND MY DEALER STILL SAYS THERE IS NO RECALL. I SEE ON MANY FORUMS CUSTOMERS STATING THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND DEALERS SAYING THEIR VIN IS NOT INCLUDED. SOME SAY THEIR MOTORS CAUSED FIRES IN THEIR ENGINES AND NOW IM CONCERNED WITH DRIVING. *TR