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2007 Hummer H3

Owner reports · Recalls · Investigations

More warning signs than most H3 years

Owner complaints for the 2007 Hummer H3 are substantially higher than the model-year median of 91.

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When problems were reported

Mileage at the reported incident

192 reports with mileage · 45 unknown

NHTSA’s mileage field refers to the reported incident, not necessarily the filing date. This shows report counts, not the likelihood of a failure.

What to inspect

Issues worth paying extra attention to based on owner reports.

  • Electrical System. Review the 76 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
  • Engine. Review the 44 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
  • Visibility/wiper. Review the 24 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →

NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.

12 crash reports18 fire reports13 injury reports

Electronic Stability Control (esc) complaints

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Mileage unknown · Feb 9, 2019
Electrical SystemElectronic Stability Control (esc)

HELLO,MY NAME IS [XXX],AND WE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES AS MANY SEEM TO BE HAVING AS WE JUST SEEN ON GOOGLE AND MORE,GOT IN THE HUMMER THIS MORNING STARTED UP FINE,STOPPED AT GAS STATION FOR A DRINK ON WAY TO WORK,WENT BACK TO CAR AND IT WOULD NOT START,AFTER SEVERAL TRIES IT FINALLY DID,MAKING ME LATE FOR WORK. HAVE HAD THE 2…

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HELLO,MY NAME IS [XXX],AND WE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES AS MANY SEEM TO BE HAVING AS WE JUST SEEN ON GOOGLE AND MORE,GOT IN THE HUMMER THIS MORNING STARTED UP FINE,STOPPED AT GAS STATION FOR A DRINK ON WAY TO WORK,WENT BACK TO CAR AND IT WOULD NOT START,AFTER SEVERAL TRIES IT FINALLY DID,MAKING ME LATE FOR WORK. HAVE HAD THE 2007 HUMMER H3 FOR MAYBE 4 DAYS!!! AND ALREADY HAVING ISSUES? INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

NHTSA ODI #11175820

180,000 miles · Jun 20, 2018
Electronic Stability Control (esc)EngineVehicle Speed Control

VEHICLE INSTRUMENT PANEL WARNING SHOWS: SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL REDUCED POWER STABILITY SYSTEM FAILED VEHICLE MISFIRES WHEN THIS HAPPENS SOMETIMES VEHICLE SHUTS OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WHEN TRYING TO RESTART IT DOES NOT RESTART SOMETIMES AFTER THIS

NHTSA ODI #11102891

70,000 miles · Sep 25, 2017
Electrical SystemElectronic Stability Control (esc)Steering

STEERING WHEEL PLAY SMALL AMOUNT , SEEMED TO START WANDERING ON ROAD, FOUND STEERING U JOINT SHOT AT LOWER SHAFT, DEALER REPLACED AND ALSO FOUND LIKE A SMALL KNOCK SOUND IN UPPER STEER SHAFT, THAT NEEDED REPLACED ALSO.ELECTRIAL BAD, OWNED HUMMER IN 2009, HAVE REPLACED LEFT DOOR CONTROL FOR DOOR LOCKS AND WINDOWS, CHARGING SYSTEM…

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STEERING WHEEL PLAY SMALL AMOUNT , SEEMED TO START WANDERING ON ROAD, FOUND STEERING U JOINT SHOT AT LOWER SHAFT, DEALER REPLACED AND ALSO FOUND LIKE A SMALL KNOCK SOUND IN UPPER STEER SHAFT, THAT NEEDED REPLACED ALSO.ELECTRIAL BAD, OWNED HUMMER IN 2009, HAVE REPLACED LEFT DOOR CONTROL FOR DOOR LOCKS AND WINDOWS, CHARGING SYSTEM MODULE, BCM, HEATER FAN WIRING, TOP REAR STOP LIGHT, ( NOT REPLACED COST TO MUCH ) LEFT STEER WHEEL BEARING ( NEVER BEEN OFF ROAD ) RADIATOR, THERMOSTAT,WARPED REAR ROTORS, JUST BCM REPLACED FRIDAY AND NOW SUNDAY WENT TO DRIVE AND STABILITY TRACK AND ABS LIGHTS ON , SHUT ENGINE OFF, RE-STARTED AND WARNINGS WERE GONE, THESE H NEEDS CHECKED , A FRIEND OF MINE JUST BOUGHT ONE 2006 AND HAD TO REPLACE ECM AND COMPLETE ENGINE WIRING HARNESS. ?

NHTSA ODI #11025371

22,000 miles · Feb 22, 2017
Electronic Stability Control (esc)EngineUnknown Or OtherCrash

EVERYTHING FROM: ELECTRICAL, AIR CONDITION, STABILITRACK SYSTEM, WHICH COST ME OVER $600.00 STILL NOT WORKING PROPERLY. LEAKINGSUN ROOF CENSORS, I WAS MADE TO PAY FOR THAT STILL DONT WORK. I PAID OVER $8,000.00, OR MORE. WHEN EVER I BROUGHT MY VECHICLE IN, I WAS FORCED TO FOR SOMETHING ELSE, MY VECHILE ONLY HAD ABOUT 22,000.00…

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EVERYTHING FROM: ELECTRICAL, AIR CONDITION, STABILITRACK SYSTEM, WHICH COST ME OVER $600.00 STILL NOT WORKING PROPERLY. LEAKINGSUN ROOF CENSORS, I WAS MADE TO PAY FOR THAT STILL DONT WORK. I PAID OVER $8,000.00, OR MORE. WHEN EVER I BROUGHT MY VECHICLE IN, I WAS FORCED TO FOR SOMETHING ELSE, MY VECHILE ONLY HAD ABOUT 22,000.00 MILES. I WAS TAKING IT TO GMC/VERA CADILLAC 300 PEMBROKE PINES, FL 33025, PH:(954)362-9465, SERVICE MANAGER MR.GUSTAVO, EDWIN MONTOYA. I HAVE OVER 50 PAGES DOCUMENTS ABOUT FAKE REPAIRS, MY VECHICLE IS WROST OFF NOW THAN BEFORE. IT ALSO HAS SAFTY ISSUES, MOLD/MEDW, AC OVERHEATING, AIRBAG NOT WORKING, ETC. I AM AFRAID FOR MY SAFTY.

NHTSA ODI #10956371

78,000 miles · Dec 26, 2016
Electronic Stability Control (esc)Power TrainStructure

RADIATOR LEAKING, HOOD VENT COMING UP, A/C CONTROL PANEL LIGHTS ARE NO LONGER WORKING

NHTSA ODI #10937448

110,488 miles · Apr 6, 2016
Electronic Stability Control (esc)Engine

BOUGHT 2007 HUMMER H3 AT THE END OF FEBRUARY AS IS IN CHICAGO AT NET MOTOR CARS ADDISON ILLINOIS FOR 14000 AND DROVE IT HOME 150 MILES AWAY AND WAS TOLD BY DEALER TO TAKE IT IN TO GM DEALER AND HAVE MY ABS SYSTEM FLASHED BY THEM AND ALL WARNING LIGHTS WILL GO AWAY GM POAGES HAD MY CAR FOR TWO WEEKS COST 560 DOLLARS TO REPAIR THE…

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BOUGHT 2007 HUMMER H3 AT THE END OF FEBRUARY AS IS IN CHICAGO AT NET MOTOR CARS ADDISON ILLINOIS FOR 14000 AND DROVE IT HOME 150 MILES AWAY AND WAS TOLD BY DEALER TO TAKE IT IN TO GM DEALER AND HAVE MY ABS SYSTEM FLASHED BY THEM AND ALL WARNING LIGHTS WILL GO AWAY GM POAGES HAD MY CAR FOR TWO WEEKS COST 560 DOLLARS TO REPAIR THEN A DAY LATER CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON TOOK IT TO A SHOP AND THEY SAID IF GM HAD IT CHECKING FOR CODES THEY SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE WIRE IF THEY HAD IT ON MACHINE LOOKING FOR CODES BECAUSE THAT WIRE HAD TO BE IN PLACE TO READ THE CODES SO HE TOLD ME TO TAKE IT BACK TO THEM TO REPAIR IT FOR FREE. I TOLD HIM NO FOR HIM TO GO AHEAD AND FIX IT FOR A HUNDRED BECAUSE IF I TAKE IT BACK TO GM POAGE WHAT OTHER TRICK DO THEY HAVE UP THERE SLEVE IF THEY FIX IT. SO HE DID AND IT SHOWED MULTIPLE MISFIRES AND A STEADY MISFIRE ON CYLINDER 5 TOLD THEM TO FIX IT COSTING 1929.90 CAR HAS BEEN IN TWO DIFFERENT SHOPS TWO WEEKS AT THE GM DEALER POAGE AUTO MALL IN DECATUR ILLINOIS VERY DISAPPOINTED ON THERE BEHAVIOR OF BEING SHADY IF THEY HAD IT HOOKED UP FOR TWO WEEKS ON A CODE READER WHY DIDN'T THEY SEE MISFIRES. WILL NEVER DO BUSINESS WITH THEM EVER THEY LOST A 2000 DOLLAR JOB AND MY FUTURE SERVICES LIKE CHANGING OIL ECT. THIS IS BAD BUSINESS. GETTING MY CAR THIS WEEK FROM SOUTH SHORES AUDO WHICH WILL HAVE MY BUSINESS IN THE FUTURE. GM OR AT LEAST DECATUR POAGES AUTO MALL SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED BY TRYING TO SCREW OVER A WOMAN AND WHO ELSE THEY CAN THEY PULLED WIRE SO I WOULD BRING BACK TO GET RADIO REPLACED AS I WAS BECAUSE I ONLY HAD SO MUCH MONEY TO REPLACE I THINK WHEN I WAS GOING TO BRING BACK IN FOR A REFURBISHED TRADE IN RADIO THEY WERE GOING TO INSTALL IT THEN HOOK WIRE BACK UP AND SURPRISE ME WITH THE MISFIRES AND A PROBABLY 3000 DOLLAR JOB. ALSO SOUTH SHORES AUTO TOLD ME NOTHING WRONG WITH RADIO

NHTSA ODI #10853892

Mileage unknown · Mar 14, 2016
Electronic Stability Control (esc)EnginePower Train

FIRST THE ENTIRE COMPUTER SYSTEM STOPPED WORKING. HAD TO REPLACE THR PCM. THEN MY BLOWER STARTED THROWING HOT AIR WHEN ON COLD. HAD TO INSTALL SEPARATE TO RESOLVE THAT ISSUE. HAD TO RE-BUILD THE TRANSMISSION TWICE DUE TO LEAK OF COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THIS TRUCK HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE SO FAR.

NHTSA ODI #10849661

Mileage unknown · Jan 18, 2016
Electrical SystemElectronic Stability Control (esc)Fuel/propulsion System

AFTER READING ALL IF THESE COMPLAINTS I DECIDED TO WRITE MINE. PROBABLY ABOUT A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO THE FIRST THING THAT STARTED WAS MY TPM SENSOR WOULD COME ON AND THEN GO OFF I TOOK IT TO THE TIRE STORE AND THEY SAID THIS COULD BE GOING BAD OK WELL THEN IT STOPPED , NEXT I GOT INTO MY VEHICLE FROM GROCERY SHOPPING AND MY CA…

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AFTER READING ALL IF THESE COMPLAINTS I DECIDED TO WRITE MINE. PROBABLY ABOUT A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO THE FIRST THING THAT STARTED WAS MY TPM SENSOR WOULD COME ON AND THEN GO OFF I TOOK IT TO THE TIRE STORE AND THEY SAID THIS COULD BE GOING BAD OK WELL THEN IT STOPPED , NEXT I GOT INTO MY VEHICLE FROM GROCERY SHOPPING AND MY CAR WOULD NOT START IN THE HOT SUMMER IN MY VEHICLE ( THANK GOD MY 2 YOUNG KIDS WEREN'T WITH ME) AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS IT FINALLY STARTED, THIS HAPPENS A LOT MORE THEN ONCE UNTIL ONE DAY WHEN IT WAS FREEZING COLD OUTSIDE IN WONDERFUL WYOMING MY KEY WOULD NOT COME OUT OF THE IGNITION, I HAD TO UNPLUG MY BATTERY UNTIL I COULD TAKE IT TO THE SHOP ! THEN AFTER I GET MY CAR BACK A FEW DAYS LATER MY BLOWER TO MY HEATER QUIT WORKING FOR A FEW MINUTES AND THEN I SMELLED A BURNING SMELL, I CALLED THE REPAIR SHOP AGAIN TO TAKE IT BACK AND THERE WAS A CHARRED WIRE AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE WHAT WAS BEING RECALLED.( I RECEIVED THE 1ST LETTER ABOUT 6 MONTHS LATER) , WHICH I STILL HAVEN'T RECEIVED A 2ND LETTER! NOW I'M STARTING TO HAVE A ISSUE OF MY CAR DYING WHEN I'M SLOWING DOWN TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN OR TO TURN!!! I HAPPENED TO GET ON HER AND READ ALL THE COMPLAINTS AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE!!! I HAVE 2 SMALL CHILDREN AND THIS IS ABSOLUTELY DISTURBING, I AM REALLY REGRETTING NOT GETTING RID OF THIS VEHICLE LAST YEAR!! I BEG THAT YOU ALL PLEASE LOOK INTO THESE, BEFORE SOMEONE DIES OR ANYTHING ELSE!! ( IT SHOULDN'T EVEN GET TO THAT POINT). I HAD ABOUT 70,000 MILES WHEN THIS ALL STARTED AND NOE I HAVE 84,999. MY MPH WAS 0-30 !!!

NHTSA ODI #10820747

134,000 miles · Nov 15, 2015
Electrical SystemElectronic Stability Control (esc)Unknown Or Other

WENT OUT TO START HUMMER WOULD NOT START IT TURNS OVER BUT WILL NOT START WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND IT STARTED UP WITH NO ISSUE SO DECIDED TO GO AHEAD ABOUT MY DAY DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND THE TRUCK CUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREE WAY I WAS TERRIFIED WAS CLOSE TO AN EXIT GOT OFF AND RESTARTED THE CAR NO ISSUES THIS HAS HAPPE…

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WENT OUT TO START HUMMER WOULD NOT START IT TURNS OVER BUT WILL NOT START WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND IT STARTED UP WITH NO ISSUE SO DECIDED TO GO AHEAD ABOUT MY DAY DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND THE TRUCK CUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREE WAY I WAS TERRIFIED WAS CLOSE TO AN EXIT GOT OFF AND RESTARTED THE CAR NO ISSUES THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MANY TIMES AND IS DANGEROUS I HAVE CHILDREN AND THIS NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO DO NOT KNOW IF IT IS THE IGNITION OR THE ALARM SYSTEM SENDING THE WRONG SIGNAL PLEASE HELP I'M TO THE POINT OF GOING TO FIND A NEW VEHICLE BECAUSE I D NOT FEEL THE HUMMER IS SAFE PLEASE HELP BEFORE SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS PLEASE

NHTSA ODI #10790446

90,000 miles · Oct 18, 2015
Electrical SystemElectronic Stability Control (esc)

I'VE HAD ELECTRICAL CONCERNING THE FACTORY AND AFTER MARKET ALARM SYSTEM THAT THE DEALER INFLUENCED ME TO BUY. I'VE HAD SOME SORT OF SHORT CAUSING TO HAVE IT TOWED TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES, I NEVER GOT A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OR REASONING FOR THE PROBLEM. NOW MY AIR CONDITION BLOWER STOPPED WORKING AND I WAS NOT INFORMED OF T…

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I'VE HAD ELECTRICAL CONCERNING THE FACTORY AND AFTER MARKET ALARM SYSTEM THAT THE DEALER INFLUENCED ME TO BUY. I'VE HAD SOME SORT OF SHORT CAUSING TO HAVE IT TOWED TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES, I NEVER GOT A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OR REASONING FOR THE PROBLEM. NOW MY AIR CONDITION BLOWER STOPPED WORKING AND I WAS NOT INFORMED OF THE RECALL FOR MY CAR FROM THE MANUFACTURER OR THE DEALER. AFTER CONTACTING DEALER THAT I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WASN'T A FIX FOR THE PROBLEM

NHTSA ODI #10783114

Official recalls

2

15V421000 · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System:fan/motor

Jul 1, 2015

General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2006-2010 Hummer H3 vehicles manufactured February 5, 2005, to May 24, 2010, and 2009-2010 Hummer H3T vehicles manufactured May 21, 2008, to May 24, 2010. In the affected vehicles, the connector module that controls the blower motor speed for the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system may overheat.

Consequence & remedy

Consequence: If the blower motor connector module overheats, it can increase the risk of a fire.

Remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace part of the blower motor connector and harness, free of charge. The recall began February 26, 2016. Owners may contact Hummer customer service at 1-800-732-5493. GM's number for this recall is 15042.

10V179000 · Structure:body:hood

Apr 30, 2010

GM IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2006 THROUGH 2010 HUMMER H3 VEHICLES. SOME OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE A CONDITION IN WHICH THE INTEGRAL CLIP-TABS ON THE LOUVER ON THE HOOD MAY FRACTURE, CAUSING THE HOOD LOUVER RATTLE AGAINST THE HOOD AND BECOME LOOSE. IF THIS INDICATOR IS UNNOTICED, ADDITIONAL CLIPS COULD FRACTURE AND THE HOOD LOUVER COULD DETACH FROM THE VEHICLE.

Consequence & remedy

Consequence: IF THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVING WHEN THIS OCCURS, IT COULD STRIKE A FOLLOWING VEHICLE AND CAUSE INJURY AND/OR PROPERTY DAMAGE.

Remedy: DEALERS WILL APPLY AN ADHESIVE TO THE HOOD LOUVER TO SECURE IT TO THE HOOD. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 12, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT HUMMER AT 800-732-5493 OR AT THE OWNER CENTER AT WWW.GMOWNERCENTER.COM.

Model-level recall history does not show whether a particular VIN is affected or has received a repair. Check a VIN with NHTSA ↗

NHTSA investigations

0

No exact-year investigations in this snapshot.