[Adam in CO]

Originally Posted by Captain of the Titanic

After putting 24K on the H2 (plus 11K from the original owner), I have some thougts on the H2.

1. Mud:
It is a b*tch in the mud. It likes to get stuck. I think that because of the excessive weight, it sinks and/or slides into the mud. I have gotten the beast stuck 4 times in the mud. My feelings are that my previous Tahoe (highly modified and lifted) would have gotten through the situations with ease. I am thinking about putting a 6" lift on it to get the bottom up. I think that with a little height, I would have been okay in 3 out of the 4 situations.

MT tires are defintely the solution. Never got stuck in the mud where a good strap or winch didn't solve it, anyway.

2. NOISE NOISE NOISE:
My H2 makes more noise that 10 rats in a cardboard box. Everything seems to rattle and squeek. This has come on in the last 500 miles. I am going to have to take it in to the dealership and hope for the best. The windshield buzzes (always has), which I have read is easily fixable; the passenger door rattles and squeeks, and the passenger door speaker seems to have come loose and started squeeking (blown?).

It is a damn rattlebox, that's for sure.

3. Alignment:
I seem to need an alignment way too often. I have successfully eaten one of my tires due to alignment issues after going offroading (light-level). I had a alignment only 1000ish miles before this. The tire went in 250 miles.

No idea how many alignments the off road users have had. Maybe hundreds between us. Better steering linkage will mimimize that.

4. Leather:
The leather does not seem to be holding up that well. Clearly by 100K miles I will need a reupholstery.

No problems there and I've had to remove the driver seat cover completely to weld up the seat frame after it broke. Leather returned to normal position, eventually and still looks good, considering.

5. Freewheeling:
Why, oh why, can't I completely shut off the traction control.

Why can't you?

Okay, I got it all off my chest. Are these common problems, or am I the only one sinking my H2 regularly? I have read some people have had some of the difficulties as well.

That rattle problem is common. 4 Wheeler magazine even wrote about it.

I still love the truck, which reflects on the other aspects of the vehicle!

Still love it, too. Gas guzzlin, maintenance headache, POS, beast that it is.

-The Captain

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