2003 AM General Hummer

Routine

Owners filed 12 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the visibility/wiper. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Visibility/Wiper3
010
Service Brakes2
100
Vehicle Speed Control1
000
Suspension › Front › Control Arm › Lower Ball Joint1
000
Structure1
001
Service Brakes, Hydraulic1
000
Electrical System › Ignition › Switch1
000
Electrical System1
000
Child Seat1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Service BrakesCrash
Filed Sep 6, 2016125,000 milesOH

MULTIPLE BRAKE LINE FAULURES DUE TO RUST WHICH ALSO NECESSITATED ABS VALVE BODY REPLACEMENT. COMPLETE BRAKE LINE REPLACEMENT.

Visibility/Wiper
Filed Mar 3, 201598,000 milesIN

I WAS DRIVING WITH MY FAMILY TO A RESTAURANT ONE EVENING AND WENT TO TURN THE WIPERS ON TO CLEAN MY WINDSHIELD IN FRONT AND THE BACK ONES BUT WHEN I TRIED TO TURN THEM OFF THEY WOULD NOT TURN OFF HAD TO PULL OFF THE ROAD TO PULL THE FUSE. AFTER COUPLE OF MONTHS IT STOP DOING IT SO I INSTALLED THE FUSE BACK. NEXT INCIDENT HAPPEN WHEN MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE TRUCK TO WORK AND THE EXACT THING HAPPEN TO HER. YOU COULD HERE A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD EVEN WHEN THE TRUCK WAS TURNED OFF. *TR

Electrical System
Filed Jan 24, 2014125,000 milesVA

SPEEDOMETER, OIL TEMP GUAGE, AND ALTERNATOR GAUGE STOPPED WORKING. *TR

Visibility/WiperFire
Filed Jan 24, 2014125,000 milesVA

WHILE I WAS DRIVING, MY HUMMER H2 2003 WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR MALFUNCTIONED AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. THIS CAUSED A FIRE IN MY ENGINE WELL. *TR

Visibility/Wiper
Filed May 6, 201357,000 milesNC

WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED DURING A RAIN SHOWER, WHILE IN TRAFFIC. I IMMEDIATELY HAD TO PULL OFF THE ROAD AS I HAD PROBLEMS SEEING ONCOMING TRAFFIC.. THEN THE WIPERS STARTED TO MOVE ERRATICALLY AND THEN STARTED OPERATING AS FAST AS THEY COULD, WITH NO CONTROL BY THE WINDSHIELD WIPER KNOB. AFTER THE RAIN STOPPED THE WIPERS WOULD NOT TURN OFF. I HAD TO REMOVE THE FUSE TO STOP THEM. WHEN I GOT HOME, I REPLACED THE FUSE BUT THE WIPERS WOULD NOT OPERATE THEN. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP. THEY TOLD ME I HAD WIPER MOTOR PROBLEMS AND THAT A RECALL HAD BEEN INSTITUTED FOR THE SAME PROBLEM BY HUMMER BUT MY VIN WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE RECALL. I BELIEVE MY PROBLEM IS AN EXTENSION OF THE RECALL. *TR

Service Brakes
Filed Jan 17, 2013158,000 milesDC

I WAS DRIVING ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET IN WASHINGTON, D.C. IN MY 2003 HUMMER H2 WHEN I NOTICED AFTER A BRIEFLY TRYING TO BRAKE FOR A PEDESTRIAN THAT MY BRAKE PEDAL WAS NOT AS TIGHT AS USUAL. I CONTINUED TO DRIVE BELIEVING SINCE NO WARNING LIGHTS THEN THERE'S NO ISSUE. I CAME TO ANOTHER STOP AND REALIZED THEIR IS SOMETHING WRONG MY BRAKE PEDAL WAS VERY LOOSE AND ALMOST TO THE FLOOR WITH MINIMAL STOPPING ABILITY LUCKY I WAS NOW AT MY HOME I COASTED TO MY HOME BY NOW THE BRAKES HAVE BLOWN COMPLETELY I HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE TRUCK. THANK GOD I SURVIVED. UPON INSPECTION OF MY REAR BRAKE HOSES IT SEEMS THE LEFT BLEW COMPLETELY CAUSING THE SERIOUS ISSUE. THE WARNING LIGHT NEVER CAME ON. IF I WAS GOING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED THEIR WOULD HAVE BEEN NO QUESTION 2 OR MORE FATALITIES. *TR

Suspension › Front › Control Arm › Lower Ball Joint
Filed Nov 9, 2004FL

WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH THE BALL JOINTS AND AXLE SHEARED OFF. THIS CAUSED CONSUMER'S VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO ANOTHER PARKED VEHICLE.*AK

Child Seat
Filed Oct 6, 2004GA

CHILD SAFETY SEAT FAILURE, AFTER LOCKING THE BLACK LOCK CHILD IS ABLE TO LOOSE IT WITHOUT MASHING THE RED BUTTON. *BF *SC

Service Brakes, Hydraulic
Filed Jun 4, 200430,000 milesNJ

THE CONSEQUENCES INDICATED IN THE BRAKE VALVE RECALL 04V045000 OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING. DEALERSHIP INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND INDICATED THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG AND THE VIN NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *AK THE CONSUMERS HUSBAND EXPERIENCED BRAKE AND STEERING FAILURE. HE WAS UNABLE TO STEER THE TRUCK AND FOUND IT NECESSARY TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE AS THE BRAKES WOULD NOT WORK. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO RUN WHILE THE BRAKE AND STEERING FAILURE OCCURRED. *SC *JB

Structure1 injured
Filed Dec 10, 2003CO

THE TUBULAR SIDE STEP THAT WAS LOCATED BENEATH BOTH FRONT DOORS AND WAS USED TO GET UP INTO BIG TRUCKS, WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IN RAIN OR SNOW. BLACK ICE FORMED ON IT AND THE CONSUMER SLIPPED AND FELL BACKWARDS ONTO THE GROUND AND SUSTAINED A BACK INJURY. *AK *SC *JB

Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Nov 19, 2002CA

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING THROUGH A PARKING LOT THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SURGED TO THE LEFT AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE AND CONSUMER HIT A CONCRETE BASE. THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL SHEARED OFF. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

Electrical System › Ignition › Switch
Filed Nov 14, 2002NV

CONSUMER STATES WHEN SHIFTING HARD THE SWITCH BROKE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STAY ON THE ON POSITION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. MR

12 of 12 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2003
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
2003 — this page12010Routine
20014100Routine
20002300Routine
19992400Routine
19983200Routine
19972100Routine
19963400Routine
19957500Routine
19942400Routine
19932400Routine
19921400Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.