NHTSA complaint: 2006 HUMMER H3 — POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HUMMER H3. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED THE CONTACT NOTICED THE HVAC UNIT FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND THE TECHNICIANS STATED THE HVAC BLOWER MOTOR OVER HEATED AND MELTED THE RESISTOR. THE TECHNICIANS STATED THE BLOWER MOTOR, RELAY AND THE WIRING HARNESS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. WHILE DRIVING THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE MIRROR ALSO BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND WHEN DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL THE VEHICLE WOULD DECELERATE. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE ARM BRACKET THAT HOLDS THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE DOOR MIRROR WAS BROKEN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE ELECTRIC PEDAL WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HVAC UNIT AND THE DRIVERS SIDE MIRROR WERE NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation