2003 Hummer H2 Sut

Routine

Owners filed 5 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the visibility. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Visibility2
000
Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor1
000
Visibility › Rear Window Wiper/Washer1
000
Fuel/Propulsion System1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Fuel/Propulsion System
Filed Sep 7, 2012127,000 milesOH

STARTED SMELLING STRONG FUEL SMELLS SO TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER. DEALER CALLED AND ASKED ME TO STOP BACK BECAUSE WHEN THEY DROPPED FUEL TANK THEY DISCOVERED FUEL LINES RUNNING FROM GAS TANK WERE SO BADLY CORRODED THROUGH THAT WERE SPRAYING PIN-STREAMS OF RAW GAS ALL OVER THE UNDERSIDE OF MY VEHICLE. SAID IT WAS A MIRACLE I DID NOT EXPLODE OR CATCH FIRE. MECHANIC THEN ASKED ME TO ALSO LOOK AT EVERY BRAKE LINE ON THE TRUCK WHICH WERE ALSO SO BADLY CORRODED AND DETERIORATING THAT HE SAID THEY WERE A REAL DANGER AS WELL AND ALL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ASAP AT HUGE EXPENSE. MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN CAREFULLY MAINTAINED, ALWAYS CLEANED AND SERVICED AND SOUTHERN OHIO (WHERE I LIVE) IS NOT AN ESPECIALLY HOSTILE OR CORROSIVE ENVIRONMENT. I PURCHASED THIS TRUCK NEW AND IT HAS BEEN DRIVEN ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY IN THIS FAIRLY BENIGN ENVIRONMENT. THIS SEEMS SUSPICIOUS AND IS TOTALLY UNEXPECTED. *TR

Visibility
Filed Apr 25, 201274,000 milesTX

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HUMMER H2. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ACTIVATED ON THERE OWN. THE CONTACT'S HUSBAND HAD TO REMOVE THE FUSES TO STOP THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSIS. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT MADE AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMP AT NOTIFYING THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 74,400.

Visibility
Filed Apr 2, 2012PA

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HUMMER H2. THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT AND REAR WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED INTERMITTINGLY. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 08V456000 (VISIBILITY: WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER MOTOR). THE CONTACT WAS LATER ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 57,000.

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor
Filed Dec 30, 2010125,900 milesCA

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HUMMER H2. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR MODULE BECAME WET AND FAILED TO FUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE WIPER MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA RECALL 08V456000, VISIBILITY, WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER MOTOR ALTHOUGH IT WAS EXPERIENCING THE SAME FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 125,900. UPDATED 03/16/11 *BF UPDATED 12/7/11 *CN

Visibility › Rear Window Wiper/Washer
Filed Dec 29, 200834,000 milesNY

WHILE DRIVING THE WASHER MOTOR WENT ON AND JUST KEPT RUNNING. IT WOULD NOT SHUT OFF. I HAD TO DISCONNECT THE FUSES. AFTER SEARCHING I FOUND OUT THERE WAS AN INITIAL RECALL IN 2003 ON A FEW THOUSAND 2003 H2 WASHER/WIPER MOTORS WHICH APPARENTLY MY VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. NOW I SEE A MORE RECENT RECALL NHTSA 08V456000 STATING 13,000 VEHICLES INCLUDED AND MY DEALER STILL SAYS THERE IS NO RECALL. I SEE ON MANY FORUMS CUSTOMERS STATING THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND DEALERS SAYING THEIR VIN IS NOT INCLUDED. SOME SAY THEIR MOTORS CAUSED FIRES IN THEIR ENGINES AND NOW IM CONCERNED WITH DRIVING. *TR

5 of 5 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2005
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20080100Routine
20063000Routine
200512000Routine
2003 — this page5000Routine

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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.