RE: HEAD/Valve Problems POLE
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Exactly how many have had HEAD/Valve Problems
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| Less than 2000 miles |
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| Between 2000 and 5000 miles |
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| Between 5000 and 7000 miles |
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| Between 7000 and 10,000 miles |
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| Between 10,000 and 15,000 miles |
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| Between 15,000 and 20,000 miles |
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| Between 20,000 and 25,000 miles |
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| Between 25,000 and 30,000 miles |
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| Between 30,000 and 35,000 miles |
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| Between 35,000 and 40,000 miles |
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| Betweem 40,000 and 50,000 miles |
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Total Votes : 67
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(last vote on : 3/30/2008 12:40:48 PM)
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RE: HEAD/Valve Problems POLE - 2/20/2007 8:59:32 AM
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LawWyfe
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What's up the unusual amount of twits on here lately jerkin us off? Might it be the amount of snow days due to inclement weather recently? 
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RE: HEAD/Valve Problems POLE - 2/20/2007 11:09:58 AM
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jbiancolli
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Add another one to the list. New Head on order - told about 2 weeks to get in. 15,600 miles
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RE: HEAD/Valve Problems POLE - 2/20/2007 11:40:24 AM
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jbiancolli
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February '06
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RE: HEAD/Valve Problems POLE - 2/23/2007 6:24:32 PM
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Jeep
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I was told to drive my H3, it won't hurt anything, until the head comes in. I will not drive my H3 anymore until it is fixed. I dusted off my Jeep to drive until the head comes in. They said it was on backorder, I expected to hear somehting like a month. I was told it will be a week to get in. Thats kinda weird, backordered but only a week? Anyway, I feel like a homeless person on the road in this Jeep. At least I can leave big oil spots on peoples driveways. Why didn't they make H3s in 1991. BTW date is 05/06 not 02/06
< Message edited by Jeep -- 2/23/2007 6:25:49 PM >
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RE: HEAD/Valve Problems POLE - 2/26/2007 2:44:20 PM
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sjr21805
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I finally got a call from my dealership a couple hours ago and they got the part in for my truck along with 20 some others BUT, here's the catch they can't do anything with it till next Wed. the 7th. I asked if I could have it towed in this week since it is not running like it should and I don't feel safe driving it they said I could but they can't give me a loaner until Tuesday evening AND can only have it for 24 hours. What kind of BS is that? So not only did they tell me it would be in "next week" it has now been 34 days and have gone through double the gas as before the problem and have been driving it less, who knows what else is/could be wrong since I have had to drive it some, now they say I can only have a loaner for 24 hours. Dosent' matter to them that I have to drive 45 minutes just to get to them. Plus I've had a loaner from them for a week and half once then another for a week when they had no idea what was wrong with it.
I'm sorry to ramble on I didn't realize how mad I was till I sat down to type that they got my part in. I guess I should be happy about that and that I won't have to keep driving my husbands jeep
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RE: HEAD/Valve Problems POLE - 3/12/2007 8:04:58 AM
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Fordham Law
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Hello all! I had the engine head replaced on my 06 H3 a few weeks ago. Thank you for the information posted. GM is supposed to contact me today regarding an extended warranty. I see there are 46 people on this forum who have the same HEAD problem.
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RE: HEAD/Valve Problems POLE - 3/13/2007 12:50:04 PM
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Fordham Law
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GM never called me back. I will give them a few more days. I only drive my H3 about 8 miles a day. It has only been on the highway maybe two times in six months. It is upsetting to have part of the engine replaced at 7,000 miles. I wish I had more time to research this HEAD\VAVLE problem. School and work take all my time. It is going to be some time before I investigate this. I do know something is wrong here. Excuse my ranting (2 hours sleep, 6 cups coffee)
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RE: HEAD/Valve Problems POLE - 3/13/2007 1:54:56 PM
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LawWyfe
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quote:
ORIGINAL: Fordham Law
GM never called me back. I will give them a few more days. I only drive my H3 about 8 miles a day. It has only been on the highway maybe two times in six months. It is upsetting to have part of the engine replaced at 7,000 miles. I wish I had more time to research this HEAD\VAVLE problem. School and work take all my time. It is going to be some time before I investigate this. I do know something is wrong here. Excuse my ranting (2 hours sleep, 6 cups coffee)
Sure, it is upsetting (period) - mine was replaced at 6000 miles as were quite a few others! Unfortunately, this is a situation where YOU have to take control and be persistant with calls until you get some satisfaction. GM will NOT ring your phone off the wall NOR knock your door down to offer you anything. I am now at 4 months of constant calls back and forth and arguing with them over this and I am still waiting for it to be resolved. Good luck.
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RE: HEAD/Valve Problems POLE - 3/16/2007 9:47:28 AM
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midnight94r
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per dennis' request i'll try to shed some light on the subject that may or may not have been covered already(haven't got a chance to read all of both the threads pertaining to the topic)
vehicles involved in this are- all 04-05 chevy colorado, all 04-05 gmc canyon, with 3.5L vin-6 rpo L52
2006 chevy colorado, 2006 gmc canyon, wtih 3.5L vin-6 rpo L52 and last 6 of vin less then 287698
2006 HUMMER H3 with 3.5L vin-6 rpo L52 and LAST 6 OF VIN LESS THAN 287591
Basically if you have an 06 H3 with the last six numbers under what i specified your problems could be due to a bad cylinder head.
The conditions for it are, your SES,(service engine soon) light will come on with the dtc code of p0300 for a cylinder misfire.its a single cylinder fault that only happens at idle, sometimes you can feel it, sometimes you can't. VEHICLES BUILT BEFORE THE VIN BREAKPOINT MIGHT BE AFFECTED BY WHATS CALLED NON UNIFORM INTAKE VALVE SEAT WEAR. THIS PREVENTS THE INTAKE VALVE FROM FULLY SEATING THUS CREATING A POOR COMBUSTION.
VEHICLES BUILT AFTER THE VIN BREAKPOINT ARE EQUIPPED WITH HARDENED VALVE SEATS TO PREVENT THIS, IF YOUR H3 HAS ISSUES AND DOES NOT FALL UNDER THE VIN CRITERIA THEN YOUR PROBLEMS LIE ELSWHERE. UNLESS IT CAN BE VERIFIED BY YOUR DEALER WITH A CYLINDER LEAKDOWN TEST THAT THERE IS STILL A LEAK. I'm not saying that its not possible for there to still be a problem because its after all, still a mechanical part. and parts can and will break.
Other then that, i will say that our dealership sells probably 20 H3's a month and we've been selling Hummer's since the H2's release. We have to date only had one vehicle that we found with a bad cylinder head. GM declares this as a rare occurance.They kinda suck to do, i myself am not a fan of the I5's. with proper engineering the 4.2L I6 from the trailblazer/envoy could have easily fit. a little more engineering during the prototype faze could have netted the H3 with a 4.8L genIII vortec v8.
I'm surprised that there isn't a sticky on front/rear diffs or t-case's. maybe its a midwest thing but we've seen ten times the amount of those going bad vs. any engine problems.
hope this helps out.
Dustin
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RE: HEAD/Valve Problems POLE - 3/16/2007 10:24:53 AM
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LawWyfe
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Thanks for the info Midnight. I will have to disagree with one thing...as far as GM stating the head replacement is "rare" - look at the numbers on here of people that have had them (sure I realize there are many who have not as well as the fact that many do not fall into that "faulty vin range" so they will not suffer the problem hopefully.) Also, I have several acquaintances locally who have H3's that fall into the "vin range" who have had or are still waiting to have the replacement done. I know one person who is now going on 2 months waiting to get hers fixed.
As for the mechanics who have to do them - I feel sorry for them as I hear it's a long involved repair and for the pay....
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RE: HEAD/Valve Problems POLE - 3/16/2007 11:00:03 AM
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midnight94r
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I understand where your coming from, but remember that there's over 200 thousand vehicles under that vin range though, thats a lot compared to the actual number that are being repaired under it. and in my own personal opinion i think they had a couple bad batches in there that were probably shipped to the same reigon. which would account for some places having a lot of occurances. and some places, like ours, that have very few.
the reason for the long wait is a few things, and i know excuses dont' justify what you as a customer have to go through, believe me; mechanics relate closer to the customers then we do to the corporation.
excuse a) gm didn't plan on having this problem thus they didn't have an abundant supply of complete cylinder head assemblies laying around
excuse b) because of this, when we do come across a faulty head and because they are not a common stock item, we have to open a spac case(im not a parts guy but i believe it stands for special parts aquisation claim(i know i butchered the spelling) so that we can aquire a head in a timely matter(or try to)
excuse c) after all this is general motors we are talking about, i would rather work on a gm vehicle any day of the week before i touched a dodge or a ford. but that doesn't mean that they do not have their faults. we have been fixing the exact same problems on cadillacs northstar v-8's for over 10 production years and they still haven't figured it out.all i can say is be patient and stay persistant in your calls to corporate hq to get them to make things right. just dont' take it out on your dealership, we only do as we are told, if we don't there will be somebody else occupying our bay by the end of the week. job security is non existant in the automotive field.
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when you hear about the extended warranty..there is another thread going right now just below about this subject.