AM General Hummer

Owners filed 40 complaints across 11 model years of the AM General Hummer. The 2003 drew the most (12).

Model years11
Complaints40
Recalls32
Fires1
Deaths0

Which AM General Hummer years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 AM General Hummer model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every AM General Hummer model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
200312
011Visibility/WiperRoutine
20014
1—1SuspensionRoutine
20002
3—1SteeringRoutine
19992
4——Engine and Engine Cooling › EngineRoutine
19983
2——SteeringRoutine
19972
1——Fuel System, GasolineRoutine
19963
4—1Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank AssemblyRoutine
19957
5——Suspension › Front › Control Arm › Upper Ball JointRoutine
19942
4——Power Train › Automatic TransmissionRoutine
19932
4——Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling System › Radiator AssemblyRoutine
19921
4——Visibility › Defroster/Defogger/Hvac SystemRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.