2005 Hummer H2 Sut

Routine

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

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Electrical System › Instrument Cluster/Panel2
000
Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor1
000
Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer1
000
Visibility/Wiper1
000
Visibility1
000
Steering1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic1
000
Service Brakes1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling System1
000
Engine1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Service Brakes
Filed Mar 7, 2017136,000 milesVA

WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH THE VEHICLE STARTED MAKING A LOUD NOISE (SIMILAR TO THE SOUND A DIRT BIKE ENGINE MAKES). THE SOUND BECAME LOLUDER WHEN I PRESSED THE BRAKES. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE HYDROBOOSTER FAILED RESULTING IN A STEERING FLUID LEAKAGE.

Steering
Filed Jun 18, 201548,000 milesCA

POWER STEERING FUEL LEAKAGE TAK GAUGE FAILURE

Visibility/Wiper
Filed Mar 5, 201586,000 milesCT

DRIVING THRU A HEAVY RAIN STORM AT 50 MPH IN THE LEFT LANE OF A THREE LANE HIGHWAY AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING AT ABOUT A 1/4 OF THE WAY UP...PULLED OVER AS SOON AS I COULD ...DID NOT PANIC... COULD NOT RESET WIPERS...HAD TO DRIVE HOME OFF THE HIGHWAY FOR 30 MILES WITH NO WIPERS...THANK GOD FOR RAIN-X ON MY WINDSHIELD...GOOGLED H2 RECALLS AND FOUND # 08243 FROM GM ON 9/9/2008 FOR THE EXACT SAME ISSUE...CALLED GM AND WAS TOLD THAT MY VIN NUMBER WAS NOT PART OF THAT RECALL EVEN IF IT WAS THE SAME ISSUE??? SORRY, NOTHING THEY CAN DO...WTF THANKFULLY THERE WAS NO CRASH BUT IT COULD HAD BEEN A MAYOR CRASH... *TR

Engine
Filed Nov 16, 201490,000 milesTN

MY VEHICLE'S WARRANTY WHICH I PURCHASED SEPARATELY HAD JUST EXPIRED BUT I STILL WENT BACK TO DEALER AS THE NOISE I HAD REPORTED TO THEM UNDER WARRANTY WAS NOW MORE APPARENT. TURNS OUT IT WAS DUE TO BROKEN OFF EXHAUST HEADER BOLTS.NOW I AM OUT OF WARRANTY, DEALERSHIP WILL NOT FIX. I HAVE 1 BROKEN ON DRIVERS SIDE AND 3 ON PASSENGER SIDE. NOW MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON SHOWING AN OXYGEN SENSOR FAILURE OR CATALYTIC CONVERTER. AFTER RESEARCHING THE INTERNET THIS PROBLEM IS AFFECTING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED !! *TR

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer
Filed Nov 28, 201180,000 milesOH

FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND WASHER OPERATE ON THERE OWN. *KB

Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling System
Filed Jul 26, 2011MD

TRANSMISSION COOLER DEFECT ALLOWS GLYCOL TO ENTER TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION OVERHEAT CONDITION OCCURS FILLING THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE WITH A TOXIC GAS. HOT TRANSMISSIONS CAN ALSO CATCH ON FIRE. THIS IS A KNOWN CONDITION; GM ISSUED AN ALERT TO DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENTS BUT NO RECALL HAS OCCURRED. *TR

Electrical System › Instrument Cluster/Panel
Filed Sep 6, 201050,000 milesVA

SPEEDOMETER SLOWLY STOPS WORKING. SPEED READING WILL DECREASE TO ZERO WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS & AROUND TOWN. AT FIRST HAPPENED PERIODICALLY NOW HAPPENING MORE OFTEN. *TR

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor
Filed Aug 18, 201057,000 milesTX

WHILE DRIVING MY 2005 H2 HUMMER IN A RAIN STORM THE WINDSHIELD WASHER MOTOR CAME ON AND STARTED SPRAYING WATER AND WOULD NOT STOP UNTIL THE MOTOR QUIT WORKING. THANK GOD I DID NOT WRECK. AFTER CHECKING OTHER SITES AND COMPLAINTS THIS LOOKS LIKE A DEFECT NOT ONLY IN 2003 MODELS BUT 2005 MODELS AS WELL. *TR

Service Brakes, Hydraulic
Filed Jan 18, 2010134,000 milesMI

BRAKE PEDAL WAS PUSHED IN TO SHIFT FROM PARK TO DRIVE. WITH BRAKE PEDAL STILL FIRMLY DEPRESSED, AS SOON AS VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED INTO GEAR VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL FORWARD. BRAKE PEDAL FELT VERY HARD AND WHINING NOISE WAS COMING FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT. VEHICLE SLOWLY STOPPED AFTER DRIVER'S FULL BODY WEIGHT WAS PUT ON PEDAL. THERE WAS NOTHING UNDER THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE BRAKE FLUID LEVEL WAS CHECKED AND FOUND TO BE APPROPRIATE. VEHICLE WAS LEFT TO RUN FOR A BIT AND WAS TESTED AT LOW SPEEDS. PROBLEM WENT AWAY AS MYSTERIOUSLY AS IT ARRIVED. *TR

Visibility
Filed May 14, 200972,000 milesPA

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HUMMER H2 SUT. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED WIPER FLUID RELEASING ON ITS OWN. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE WIPER MOTOR CONTROL MODULE WAS RETAINING MOISTURE AND CAUSED THE MOTOR TO FAIL. THE DEALER ESTIMATED THE REPAIR COST AT $500 BECAUSE THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 08V456000 (VISIBILITY: WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER: MOTOR). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 76,000.

Electrical System › Instrument Cluster/Panel
Filed Feb 27, 200948,000 milesMN

SPEEDOMETER STARTED JUMPING AND STICKING AT 70 MPH MOST COMMON TURN VEHICLE ON OFF ,TRIED RESETTING IT IS AT COMPLETE FAILURE. SOME TIMES IT WILL READ 100 AND JUST STAY THERE VEH. HAS 48,956 MILES ON IT. THANK YOU! *TR

Electrical System
Filed Jan 15, 200950,000 milesMI

SPEEDOMETER FAILED AROUND 50,000 MILES. *TR

12 of 12 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2005
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20080100Routine
20063000Routine
2005 — this page12000Routine
20035000Routine

Compare every H2 Sut year →

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.