2006 Hummer H3

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HUMMER H3. WHILE IDLING AT A STOP LIGHT, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AUTOMATICALLY EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE SPED FORWARD. THE CONTACT HAD TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL WITH BOTH FEET TO PREVENT CRASHING INTO THE PRECEDING VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE THEN WENT INTO LIMP MODE AND WOULD NOT EXCEED 20 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY. THE DEALER STATED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON FAILURE WITH THESE VEHICLES CAUSED BY A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. GENERAL MOTORS ACKNOWLEDGED THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THEY WERE REPLACING THE UNIT WITH A DIFFERENT PART THAT THEY BELIEVED WOULD ELIMINATE THE FAILURE. THE REPLACEMENT WOULD BE AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY HAVE NOT CONSIDERED ISSUING A RECALL BECAUSE THEY ARE REPAIRING THE DEFECT AS IT OCCURS. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 20,800.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HUMMER H3. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE CONTACT DECELERATED TO 5 MPH AS HE APPROACHED A TURN. HIS GRANDDAUGHTER WAS ABLE TO OPEN THE REAR DOOR DUE TO THE VEHICLE NOT BEING EQUIPPED WITH CHILD LOCKS. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT CHILD DOOR LOCKS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 17,920. UPDATED 02-04-08. *KB

THERE WAS A LEFT REAR WHEEL SPEED SENSOR THAT FAILED. THE SENSOR SENT DATA TO THE COMPUTER THAT THE WHEEL WAS SPINNING WHEN IT WASN'T. WITH NO WARNING, THE COMPUTER APPLIED THE BRAKES ABRUPTLY AND FIRMLY. WE WERE IN CITY TRAFFIC AND SPEED WAS SLOW. MY ONLY SAFETY CONCERN AT THIS TIME WAS THAT WE WOULD BE REAR-ENDED AS WE PROBABLY HAD NO BRAKE LIGHT OPERATION AS THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS NOT USED. AFTER THIS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES IN 3-5 MINUTES, WE THEN GOT DASH ERROR CODES AND LIGHTS THAT THE ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEMS HAD FAILED. THE PROBLEM THEN WENT AWAY AS I ASSUME THE COMPUTER TURNED OFF THESE SYSTEMS SINCE THEY HAD FAILED. WE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN TOWING A SMALL U-HAUL TRAILER AND COULD ONLY IMAGINE WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED IF THIS OCCURRED AT INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SPEEDS WITH A TRAILER IN TOW, AND EVEN MORE SCARY IF THE ROAD WOULD ALSO HAVE BEEN WET. WHEN WE GOT TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR, THE WARNINGS HAD RESET, AND I ASSUME THE SYSTEMS WERE ACTIVE AGAIN. LUCKILY AN ERROR CODE WAS STORED. THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED UNDER WARRANTY AND THE SERVICE RECEIVED WAS SATISFACTORY, BUT I THINK THERE IS A DESIGN FLAW IN A SYSTEM THAT WOULD ALLOW THE COMPUTER TO APPLY THE BRAKES WITH NO WARNING AND FOR NO APPARENT REASON. AT THAT TIME, THERE IS NOTHING I AS A DRIVER COULD DO CONCERNING THE BRAKES. IT SEEMS THERE SHOULD BE A REDUNDANT SYSTEM WHERE THERE MUST BE TWO FEEDBACKS THAT AGREE BEFORE THE SYSTEM APPLIES THE BRAKES, AND IF THE TWO FEEDBACKS DO NOT AGREE THEN THE SYSTEM IS DISABLED AND AN ERROR MESSAGE IS GIVEN. THIS CERTAINLY SEEMS TO ME TO BE A MAJOR SAFETY FLAW. THE BAD PART WAS FIXED, BUT I AM NOT SURE I TRUST THE SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS ONLY ONE FAILURE. NO DAMAGE WAS DONE. HOWEVER, UNDER DIFFERENT HIGHWAY CONDITIONS THE SITUATION COULD HAVE BEEN DEADLY. *TR

PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES AND STEERING ON VEHICLE. IN SHOP FOR 3 MONTHS. PICKED UP FROM REPAIR AND LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE 1 MILE FROM DEALERSHIP WITH COMPLETE LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. DEALER AND TECH CAME AND PICKED UP VEHICLE AND CAN NOT DETERMINE THE REASON. ONGOING PROBLEM FOR MANY MONTHS VEHICLE IS DANGEROUS AND I AM NOW SCARED TO DRIVE. DEALER HAS VEHICLE. *JB