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2005 Hummer H2 Engine problems

Owners have filed 6 complaints about the 2005 Hummer H2's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 7% of all its complaints, most recently on July 29, 2025. They describe 0 crashes, 0 fires and 1 injury. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.

Complaints
6
Recalls
0
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries
1
Deaths
0

Engine complaints

Transmission & drivetrainElectrical systemEngine & cooling1 injury

The contact owns a 2005 Hummer H2. The contact stated that while parking in the mountains, the vehicle was in the park position, and it unexpectedly rolled and stopped at a boulder. There were no warning lights illuminated. The door hit the driver and knocked him to the ground, and he sustained an injury to his head, but medical attention was not provided. Another person on an ATV provided a jump start, but the vehicle failed to restart. The contact walked several miles to get assistance. The contact was able to...

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view YouTube and replace the part. The contact stated that the transmission shifter cable had failed. There was a hole in the shaft connected to the transmission to the C clip. The local dealer was contacted, but the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 111,400.

Filed Incident Power train · Electrical system · EngineNHTSA 11676916
Electrical systemEngine & coolingVisibility & wipers

The computer in the h2 hummer malfunction. Wipers will not turn off. 4 Wheel drive will not engage. Engine light comes on. Everything the computer controls is failing.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Engine · Visibility / wiperNHTSA 11316038
Engine & cooling

Check engine light keeps coming on and light blinks than stays on until I take it in for service. The shop can't figure out why it is doing this had it shop about 7-8 times for service. Also code states can cause a possible fire

Filed Incident Unknown or other · EngineNHTSA 11287186
Engine & cooling

Vehicle has 133,000 miles. It has now experienced an exhaust manifold gasket leak due to broken bolts. This is causing noise from the engine area, and is unsafe due to the leak of hot gases being released from the engine at the points of failure (broken bolts). This may be an epa concern as well, and could also lead to failure of catalytic converter. Repair estimate is $1,300. An online search yields hundreds of other results with same failure and complaint on all gm v8 engines for years 1999-2007. This affects the 4.8L, 5.3L, and 6.0L models. This is a design failure and the affected vehicles with these engines should be recalled.

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 11112122
Engine & cooling

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

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 10655274
Engine & coolingTransmission & drivetrain

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

Filed Incident Engine and engine cooling · Power trainNHTSA 10415223

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