2003 Hummer H1

Routine

Owners filed 4 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the exterior lighting › headlights. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Tires1
100
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip › Abs Warning Light1
000
Exterior Lighting › Headlights1
000
Electrical System › Ignition1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
TiresCrash
Filed Apr 14, 2010107,000 milesKY

I HAD TAKEN MY 2003 H2 HUMMER TO HAVE THE FRONT END ALIGNED AND 2 NEW TIRES PLACED ON THE FRONT . I COMPLAINED TO THE TIRE DEALERSHIP THE MOMENT I HAD DRIVEN MY VEHICLE MAYBE 10 MILES OF IT NOT DRIVING RIGHT . I TOOK MY VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES WITH COMPLAINTS OF IT NOT DRIVING RIGHT. THINKING MAYBE THEY DID NOT TIGHTENED SOMETHING BACK UP WHEN THEY DID THE ALIGNMENT . I HAD ONLY DRIVEN MY VEHICLE APPROX. 5 TIMES (4 TIMES TO THE DEALERSHIP WITH COMPLAINTS)AND THE 5TH TIME I DROVE IT . I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT IN WHEN THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE RIGHT I LOST ALL CONTROL AND MY VEHICLE WAS TOTALED . IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT NITTO GRAPPER HAS RECALLED TIRES AND THIS WAS THE BRAND OF TIRES THAT WAS PUT ON MY VEHICLE . THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE WAS FLAT AFTER THE CRASH AN THIS IS ONE OF THE REASON THE TIRES ARE BEING RECALLED . I BELIEVE IT WAS EITHER THE TIRES OR THE ALIGNMENT NOT PROPERLY BEING DONE THAT CAUSED MY CRASH . *TR

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip › Abs Warning Light
Filed Aug 4, 2004100 milesCA

ABS BRAKE FAULT LIGHT REPEATEDLY COMES ON. VEHICLE RETURNED TO DEALER (CERRITOS HUMMER) SEVEN (7) TIMES FOR REPAIR AND FAULT CONTINUES. *AK

Electrical System › Ignition
Filed Dec 17, 2003CA

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR ANALYSIS, BUT MECHANIC COULD NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Exterior Lighting › Headlights
Filed Nov 5, 2003IL

THE BRIGHTNESS OF HEAD LAMPS ON BOTH SPORTS UTILITY VEHICLES AND MANY FOREIGN AUTOS IS A CONTINUOUS HAZARD. EVEN WHEN I'VE MOVED THE REAR VIEW MIRROR TO NIGHT SHADE, THE OUTSIDE MIRRORS BLIND ME. LARGE VEHICLES AWASH THE INTERIOR OF MY CAR AS IF I WERE SITTING IN FRONT OF A LANDING AIRPLANE. I REALIZE BY THE TIME ANYTHING IS DONE ABOUT THIS, I'LL BE DEAD BUT THOUGHT I THROW MY COMPLAINT IN HERE, ESPECIALLY ABOUT HUMMERS. *LA

4 of 4 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2003
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20060100Routine
2003 — this page4000Routine
20021000Routine
19991000Routine

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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.