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Anyone with over 50k + miles @ no valve problems - 11/20/2006 3:20:58 AM

skeeet

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Wondering if anyone has say 50,000 or more miles and never had a valve or head problem. Trying to gauge if this is a problem we will all have once the mileage is up there.

And why would the Colorado/Canyon trucks with the same engine not have this problem ?

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RE: Anyone with over 50k + miles @ no valve problems - 11/20/2006 7:33:45 AM

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I have over 20k, early model without out any problems. Well not really, rear window washer switch went bad, jack recall that the dealer hasn't fix in 2 months. No engine problems though, I'm with you on this, just waiting for a problem. I had planned to buy it after the lease was up but now I'm not too sure.
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RE: Anyone with over 50k + miles @ no valve problems - 11/20/2006 10:20:27 AM

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7500 miles here..

But looking back to day 1, when the first H3's hit the dealer's lots back last May 05...think about how damn many of these beasties are still rolling down the road almost problem free, leastways with no engine problems and I venture to say that they have well over 30,000 miles on them by a vast majority..The reason most folks don't hear about all the good ones is just that, they have nothing to complain about and remain to be a silent majority...and most folks don't do internet forums either.

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RE: Anyone with over 50k + miles @ no valve problems - 11/20/2006 12:30:44 PM

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The reason most folks don't hear about all the good ones is just that, they have nothing to complain about and remain to be a silent majority...and most folks don't do internet forums either.

How true. There are how many H3s out there now? Fifty or sixty thousand? A thousand new owners a week? And how many registered H3 forum members...hundreds maybe?? Just one disgruntled owner in the H3 forums can make a low incidence problem sound like a plague. Its the same on any auto forum. Still, negative reports on the H3 are rare.

8,500 trouble-free miles (including trail use) here.

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RE: Anyone with over 50k + miles @ no valve problems - 11/20/2006 1:57:02 PM

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and you are specualting that the tens of thousands of h3 owners that ARE NOT on internet forums are having no problems with theirs. Who's to say that there aren't 25,000 h3's rolling around out there that ARE having problems? You can't, and neither can I.

Fact is there is a problem, a big enough one that GM has redesigned the part affected, big enough one that almost any dealership you call has seen the problem and repaired a few before. I know Dennis' dealership has never heard of the problem but I can tell you for a fact that EVERY dealership I called locally in NJ, PA has heard of and repaired the problem on multiple trucks.

Seriously I don't understand how any h3 owner can sit at their computer and downplay the problem, and can actually be foolish enough to believe that it's not a problem but rather a few disgruntled owners causing a stink....get a clue guys!!! I have talked to an engineer at GM and they are aware of the problem, so it's not a made up issue, as a hummer tech posted, GM even has a vin# range for the trucks that could be affected.
Keep believeing that it a rare problem blown out of porportion....till you get the code and engine light....then you'll be reading all these "disgruntled" threads trying to get info that you can use.

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RE: Anyone with over 50k + miles @ no valve problems - 11/20/2006 2:08:16 PM

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You're right Mike and I don't get me wrong, I'm not down playing this problem in the least...I believe also it is a valid and high priorty issue with these I5s and GM...I just think there is fewer with the problem than there is not...I'm just crunching the numbers and the precentage is low for having the valve issue vs the number of units out there...If you are the unfortunate one to have it, then it really does seem to be a major issue, and that I can understand too.

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RE: Anyone with over 50k + miles @ no valve problems - 11/20/2006 2:17:56 PM

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I agree that the percent of affected units out there MAY be low.
but in reality..... when compared to the entire population, the percentage of people in the world with cancer is also low...doesn't make it any less of an epidemic.

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RE: Anyone with over 50k + miles @ no valve problems - 11/20/2006 2:37:55 PM

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Maybe it is bad Karma for wanting to kill all those imports.

Perhaps you should make a list like Earl....

I have not had a bit of trouble out of mine..nothing (knock wood)

regularly get 15 or 16 in the city and 18 or 19 on the road

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RE: Anyone with over 50k + miles @ no valve problems - 11/20/2006 3:02:25 PM

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except for my crappy MPG I haven't had any trouble out of mine either, just one check engine light that came out of the blue...that I just found out was an engine misfire code which is the first symptom of the valve issue.

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RE: Anyone with over 50k + miles @ no valve problems - 11/20/2006 3:05:12 PM

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We are looking at a some bad parts that got into the production line. Heads with soft valve guides. What we need to know is what VINs and build dates are affected. Miles is only a nice to know thing and may have no bearing on if a problem may surface.

Percentages are only percentages. You can't tell from a small sampling of forum members what is actually hapening. The only ones that do know are GM, and they arnt saying yet.

I can bet that they have traced down the supplier and know very close where the affected trucks fall in the production line. I sure want to know.

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RE: Anyone with over 50k + miles @ no valve problems - 11/20/2006 3:32:05 PM

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We are looking at a some bad parts that got into the production line. Heads with soft valve guides. What we need to know is what VINs and build dates are affected. Miles is only a nice to know thing and may have no bearing on if a problem may surface.

Percentages are only percentages. You can't tell from a small sampling of forum members what is actually hapening. The only ones that do know are GM, and they arnt saying yet.

I can bet that they have traced down the supplier and know very close where the affected trucks fall in the production line. I sure want to know.

Steve (H3X442) POSTED THIS ON THE OTHER THREAD;

I would like to add on this cylinder head issue. I am a shop forman at a Cadillac Hummer dealer and we have ony replaced the head on 2 trucks so far. We have sold a lot of 06 H3's with only 2 being effected so far. The PI lists trucks with a vin number before 68287591 (last eight of vin) might be effected. I hope this helps a little on this subject. Steve

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RE: Anyone with over 50k + miles @ no valve problems - 11/20/2006 4:17:38 PM

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and you are specualting that the tens of thousands of h3 owners that ARE NOT on internet forums are having no problems with theirs. Who's to say that there aren't 25,000 h3's rolling around out there that ARE having problems? You can't, and neither can I.

Sure I can. If the head problem wasn't rare, these forums would be overwhelmed with rightfully pissed-off H3 (and Colorado) owners and Hummer employees. I've been watching the reliable H3 forums since I bought mine in Oct 05, and have only seen a handful of posts from people with this problem. I'm not downplaying your problem, but there's no evidence that this is anything but a limited run of bad parts, not an engine design problem on all early H3s as some of the affected owners seem to think. Spend time on any automotive forum and there will always be serious problems reported by a few, especially on first model year vehicles.

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RE: Anyone with over 50k + miles @ no valve problems - 11/20/2006 4:49:42 PM

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actually I'm guessing you don't read the forum all that much, because as stated by a hummer tech there has been a PI issued from GM stating that all h3's with the last 8 of the vin before 68287591 could be affected....still think GM would put out such a PI for something that is "rare"? Now a PI from GM with a specific VIN number run IS EVIDENCE that this has/will effect many h3's on the road today....check your VIN...Bet your one of the ones that may run into problems.

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RE: Anyone with over 50k + miles @ no valve problems - 11/20/2006 6:37:39 PM

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actually I'm guessing you don't read the forum all that much, because as stated by a hummer tech there has been a PI issued from GM stating that all h3's with the last 8 of the vin before 68287591 could be affected....still think GM would put out such a PI for something that is "rare"? Now a PI from GM with a specific VIN number run IS EVIDENCE that this has/will effect many h3's on the road today....check your VIN...Bet your one of the ones that may run into problems.

GM absolutely would put out an order; to go on the record with monitoring and corrective action as a defense against potential class action suits for problems not acted on. If the problem had a significant occurance probability, owners of all potentially affected vehicles would be notified to take it to the dealer for inspection, if not to schedule head replacement. After the BMW paint case, car makers know better than to play games on warranty issues. Too many lawyers ready to pounce. Trolling for victims to enroll in class actions is also pretty common on auto forums. Not even GM is that dumb (I hope). I don't know what "the last 8 of the VIN" means; eight digits covers 100 million VINs.

Don't get me wrong, I niether defending GM or downplaying the problem for those affected. If I do have cylinder head problems I will be pissed. But you and others seem to be making a case that GM is doing something devious or stonewalling, and I see little basis for that.

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RE: Anyone with over 50k + miles @ no valve problems - 11/20/2006 7:08:57 PM

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But you and others seem to be making a case that GM is doing something devious or stonewalling, and I see little basis for that.

Im with you Sedona, I have yet to see a case where GM looks shady in this situation. They have made attempts to fix problems and they have honored their warranty..which is why there is a warranty...to cover situations like that. They stand by what they make to the point that if it fails, they will do what they can to fix it. Now some have failed and they have done what they can to fix it. Now if there was a problem and Hummer was saying there was not at all or they were forcing customers to pay for massive parts and labor, then I would say its time to bring in the lawyers but from what I have seen, they have done just as promised when you agreed to buy.
Now yes, its easy for us who have not had a problem to say things like this but again, the meaning of a warranty is not that it will never ever break. It means that if it does, it will be fixed and to me thats what it looks like GM is doing.

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