Hummer H2 Defects

#1 Postby **alicia-w** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 8:58 am

I guess we wont be buying one of these until that's fixed....

That kind of money for a vehicle and the wheels fall off?? What's next?

Government Probes Hummer H2 for Defects

WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal regulators are investigating the Hummer H2 after receiving three reports of wheels falling off the vehicle, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Monday.

Involved in the investigation are Hummer H2s from the 2003 and 2004 model years. General Motors Corp. said there are approximately 59,670 of those on the road

Four drivers reported a fracture in the steering knuckle, which allows the wheels to turn. All said they lost control, including one driver whose H2 veered into oncoming traffic and ended up in a ditch on the other side of the road. In three of the cases, a wheel fell off.

The Hummer H2, which starts at around $50,000, weighs 6,400 pounds and is one of the largest sport utility vehicles on the road.

GM said it is cooperating with the new investigation. NHTSA investigations can lead to vehicle recalls.

On the Net:

General Motors Corp., http://www.gm.com

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, http://www.nhsta.dot.gov

Guest · #2 Postby **Guest** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 9:11 am

Oh rats, guess I'll just have to buy that hybrid after all.

Lindaloo · #3 Postby **Lindaloo** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 10:07 am

Yeah alicia, we live in a perfect world. :roll:

#4 Postby **CaptinCrunch** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 11:40 am

All I can say is "JEEP"!!!

#5 Postby **coriolis** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 12:16 pm

I never had a wheel fall off my bike.

chadtm80 · #6 Postby **chadtm80** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 12:17 pm

I once had a Hampster that fell off of his wheel

#7 Postby **coriolis** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 12:23 pm

Chad!

Does anyone on the Board drive a Hummer?

#8 Postby **alicia-w** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 12:42 pm

we were shopping for one this weekend, but will not get one now.

Persepone · #9 Postby **Persepone** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 12:43 pm

No I don't drive a hummer!

But there are idiots out there who do own these monsters and I've always been somewhat terrified of them when I'm driving on our narrow roads next to these behemoths in a small, light, gas-efficient Saturn...

The danger is not so much to the person in one of these tanks, I think, but to the innocents who have to share the roads with them.

yoda · #10 Postby **yoda** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 12:43 pm

chadtm80 wrote:I once had a Hampster that fell off of his wheel

Chad.....

#11 Postby **CaptinCrunch** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 1:07 pm

chadtm80 wrote:I once had a Hampster that fell off of his wheel

breeze · #12 Postby **breeze** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 9:25 pm

Hummer? What - 10 mpg on gasoline? LMAO!!! And,
someone's worried about wheels falling off??!? :eek:

Skywatch_NC · #13 Postby **Skywatch_NC** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 9:31 pm

*WIDE LOAD* :roflmao:

Eric

depotoo · #14 Postby **depotoo** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 9:50 pm

my first new car out of college was a brand new pinto and the wheel fell off! that goodness i had just turned on to street where i lived! not much traffic. it was quite an experience - one i would not want to repeat in a hummer! :eek:

#15 Postby **coriolis** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 12:06 am

Guess it's safe to jump on the pile:

From the side, the H2 reminds me of an old west stage coach.

#16 Postby **Cookiely** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 3:39 am

Thanks for the info. My brother just bought one about three months ago.

#17 Postby **alicia-w** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 9:39 am

breeze wrote:Hummer? What - 10 mpg on gasoline? LMAO!!! And,
someone's worried about wheels falling off??!?

We know several folks that own them and they get closer to 15mpg, which is no worse (or better) than those huge escalades, suburbans, etc, etc...

Hummer H2 Defects

Hummer H2 Defects

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