2007 Hummer H3

I WAS SITTING IN THE LINE AT MY SON'S SCHOOL, BEEN SITTING THERE 2 - 3 MINUTES, AND I SMELLED COOLANT. LOOKED AT MY GAUGE AND IT WAS RIDING JUST BELOW MID-POINT....NORMAL. GOT MY SON AND STARTED HOME. SITTING AT THE RED LIGHT, I SMELLED COOLANT AGAIN. THIS TIME I KNEW IT WAS MY CAR. WE WENT TO A SERVICE STATION AND ASK IF SOMEONE COULD CHECK TO SEE IF WE HAD A LEAK. THEY PULLED MY H3 INTO THE BACK AND HOOKED UP A PRESSURE "TOOL" TO THE RADIATOR AND LOW AND BEHOLD, BUT A HAIRLINE CRACK ON THE UPPER DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE RADIATOR. THE MECHANIC LAUGHED AND SAID I WAS THE 2ND ONE THIS WEEK AND THE 6TH ONE SINCE THEY OPENED 6 MONTHS AGO. HE SAID THAT H3S WERE KNOWN TO HAVE RADIATOR ISSUES BECAUSE THE RADIATORS WERE PLASTIC! SERIOUSLY...PLASTIC! I WAS GIVEN A QUOTE OF $1,100 TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR WITH ANOTHER PLASTIC ONE AND THAT WOULD GIVE ME A 2 YEAR OR 24,000 MILE WARRANTY. I BROUGHT THE TRUCK BACK TO MY HOUSE SO MY HUSBAND COULD LOOK AT IT. I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM WITH HUMMERS AND YET GM HAS NOT DONE A RECALL. I FOUND A NUMBER FOR HUMMER CUSTOMER SERVICE AND CALLED THEM. WHEN I TOLD THE MAN THAT ANSWERED I HAD COOLANT LEAKING, HE SAID "OH, GIVE ME YOUR ZIP CODE AND I WILL FIND A LOCAL DEALERSHIP THAT CAN REPLACE THE RADIATOR." NO QUESTIONS...HE KNEW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS ALREADY. HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO "INVEST" IN A DIAGNOSTIC AND IF THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED IT WAS A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT, THAT HUMMER MIGHT "PARTICIPATE" IN THE REPAIR COSTS. I WOULD THINK WITH THIS BEING SUCH A COMMON PROBLEM, A RECALL WOULD BE IN ORDER AND POSSIBLY A REPLACEMENT RADIATOR THAT ISN'T PLASTIC! *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE EXPRESS WAY WHEN I NOTICED MY ENGINE REV REAL HIGH. I LOOKED AT THE RPM'S AND IT WAS ALMOST RED LINED. I LET OFF THE GAS IMEDIATLY AND CAME TO A SLOW CRAWL AND FOUND THAT IT WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF SECOND GEAR. PULLED IT OFF THE ROAD AND SHUT IT OFF TO GET OUT TO FIND THAT THERE WAS TRANSMISSION FLUID AND RADIATOR COOLANT POURING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. HAD IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC TO FIND OUT THAT THE RADIATOR WAS BAD WHICH CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION AND COOLANT TO MIX BETWEEN THE TWO. THIS CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO BE DESTROYED ALONG WITH THE RADIATOR. FOR THIS VEHICAL BEING THIS LOW ON MILES THIS SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPEND. GM HAS MADE A FAULTY RADIATOR AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HUMMER H3. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING AND RESTARTED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED FOUR TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE OR DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

EVER SINCE I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE HAS STALLED AT BETWEEN 25MPH AND 0. I WORK FOR THE US CENSUS BUREAU, PERMANENT WORKER AND I TRAVEL THROUGH ALL TYPES OF WEATHER CONDITIONS IN A DAY, FROM 9,000 FT MOUNTAINS COVERED IN SNOW TO DESERT GRAVEL ROADS, MESAS, CLIFFS. OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS THE VEHICLE HAS SHUT OFF WHILE TRAVERSING MOUNTAIN ROADS COVERED IN SNOW WITH NO GUARD RAILS, AND THREE TIMES, WHEN THE ENGINE SHUT OFF, I LOST STEERING AND CAME WITHIN INCHES OF GOING OFF THE SIDE (CLIFFS) OF THESE ROADS, NOT TO MENTION IN TOWN, WHEN MY ENGINE SHUTS OFF AS I DRIVE, I HAVE COME CLOSE TO HITTING OTHER VEHICLES OR POLES AS I LOSE POWER STEERING ON A TURN.. I HAVE TO DRIVE ABOUT 90 MILES ONE WAY TO GET IT SERVICED, WHILE UNDER WARRANTY, I HAD IT "REPAIRED" ABOUT FIVE TIMES, NO SUCCESS, ONCE WARRANTY EXPIRED, GM DEALERS 90 MILES AWAY WERE STILL WILLING TO INSPECT VEHICLE SINCE PROBLEMS STARTED WHILE UNDER FULL GM WARRANTY, BUT NOW, THEY REFUSE TO GIVE ME A RENTAL AND TELL ME THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. MY LOCAL GM DEALER (ALAMOGORDO) REFUSES TO INSPECT VEHICLE AND THUS I AM REQUIRED TO MAKE A 180 MILE ROUND TRIP, BUT NOW, EVEN DEALER TELLS ME THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE ISSUE IS AND THEY CANNOT REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM IN THE SHOP. I TOOK ABOUT 6 VIDEOS WITH MY DROID AFTER THE PROBLEM HAPPENS, BECAUSE THE PROBLEM LINGERS FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES, THEN IT STOPS AND THE VEHICLE WORKS FINE. THE VIDEOS HOW THE RPM'S GOING UP AND DOWN, UP AND DOWN, UNTIL THE CAR SHUTS OFF, I RESTART IT, THEN IT SHUTS OFF AGAIN, OVER AND OVER AGAIN. PROBLEMS USUALLY APPEAR IN THE AM, AS I DRIVE OFF FOR THE FIRST TIME, BEFORE IT IS DRIVEN A GOOD DISTANCE, BUT CAN AND HAS HAPPENED AT ANY MOMENT. VERY DANGEROUS AND I DO NOT FEEL SAFE EACH MORNING AS I LEAVE MY MOUNTAIN HOME, ESPECIALLY IN COLD SNOW WEATHER. *TR