2006 HUMMER H3 — Complaint #753658
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NHTSA Complaint about STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS filed January 21, 2010
NHTSA complaint #753658 (ODI reference 10301773) concerns a 2006 HUMMER H3 and was filed on January 21, 2010. The owner reports the failure occurred on January 10, 2010. The vehicle had 60,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to California based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as structure:body:hood:hinge and attachments, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same HUMMER H3 cohort independently describe similar structure:body:hood:hinge and attachments failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2006 HUMMER H3 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 H3 HUMMER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GRILL VENT COVER FELL OFF OF THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND NOTICED THAT THE ADHESIVE GLUE DID NOT HOLD THE COVER IN PLACE. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER THE WARRANTY AND THAT THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT COVER THE COST. THE CONTACT IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY RISK. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 753658 |
| ODI Number | 10301773 |
| Date Filed | January 21, 2010 |
| Failure Date | January 10, 2010 |
| VIN | 5GTDN136968 |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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