Certain honeywell fram racing brand hp4 and hp8 oil filters that were manufactured from may 25, 2006, through september 14, 2007, and sold for use as replacement equipment for vehicles list above. The affected filters are marked with a date code a61451...
1992-2003 · 11 model years
AM General Hummer Problems by year
Owners have filed 40 complaints about the AM General Hummer across 11 model years, and it has 11 recalls. The 1995 has the most complaints once its age is allowed for (7), while 1997 has far fewer than a typical year. The most reported problem area is the visibility & wipers, followed by the steering.
- Complaints
- 40
- Recalls
- 11
- Crashes
- 4
- Fires
- 1
- Injuries
- 6
- Deaths
- 0
Hummer complaints by model year
Highlighted: the year with the most complaints for its age. Older vehicles have had more time to collect complaints - the Safety Index grade allows for that.
Most common Hummer problems
AM General Hummer recalls 11
Certain replacement fuel filters, fram brand name p/n g3727, with date codes x52911 through x60801 sequentially or x600141 and a mexico country or origin marking on the fuel filter housing manufactured from october 18, 2005, through march 21, 2006, sold for...
Vehicle description: sport utility vehicles. The turn signal switch plastic cancellation pin can wear prematurely causing the signals to fail to cancel after completing a turn.
Vehicle description: a potential chafing condition occurs between the flexible brake lines which connect the master cylinder to the abs modulator. This condition can lead to one or both of the brake lines developing a brake fluid leak.
Vehicle description: sport utility vehicles. The nuts used to attach the master cylinder to the hydroboost bolts were of the metric type rather than the required english type.
Covers1999 AM General Hummer
Vehicle description: buses equipped with isringhausen seats in the driver position. Two welds located on the back rest adjustment side of the seat frame did not meet the manufacturer's specifications.
Covers1996 AM General Hummer
The coating used to protect the accelerator pedal shaft is incompatible with the bronze bushing through which the shaft passes. Over time, and in the presence of a corrosive environment (water, road salt), the shaft can corrode inside the bushing increasing...
Under high ambient temperatures (greater than 95 degrees fahrenheit) and the fuel tank level between 1/4 and 1/2 full, the fuel tank internal pressure can increase causing the tank to expand. Tank expansion causes an interference between the fuel tank...
Covers1995 AM General Hummer
Water can accumulate in the cruise control cable and if the outside temperature is below freezing and the cruise control is engaged, the water can freeze causing the cable to bind and not release as intended when the brake pedal is applied or the system is...
The oil pressure switch which controls the power to the electric fuel pump can fail. Failure is due to a missing rubber seal between the switch and the wiring harness. The missing seal allows contaminants to enter the switch causing it to fail in the open or...
The passenger compartment is separated from the engine compartment by an insulated engine cover. The insulation inside this cover can rub against the fuel return hose resulting in a fuel leak. Additionally, a wiring harness can also wear through causing...
Latest Hummer complaints
Multiple brake line faulures due to rust which also necessitated abs valve body replacement. Complete brake line replacement.
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
Speedometer, oil temp guage, and alternator gauge stopped working. *Tr
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
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...
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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
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...
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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
Questions about the AM General Hummer
Which AM General Hummer years have the most problems?
Which AM General Hummer years have the fewest complaints?
What are the most common AM General Hummer problems?
Across every model year, owners report problems with the visibility & wipers (7), steering (6), transmission & drivetrain (6) most often.
How many recalls does the AM General Hummer have?
NHTSA lists 11 recalls across all AM General Hummer model years. Each year's page lists the recalls for that year; check your own vehicle by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls to see whether the repair has been done.
Source: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) complaints and recalls, checked daily. Complaints are owners' own reports and are not verified. How we use the data