H2 Wheels falling off.

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Originally Posted by AndrewMcIntoshSac Bee man

Hey folks.
I am the Sacramento Bee reporter who wrote the story about the NHTSA probe into H2 steering knuckle failures that are causing suspensions to either collpase or wheels to fall off.

20of the 26 cases involve 2003 Model year H2 and ZI reported that GM changed the part for Model 2004 year H2s.

I'd be interested in talking to any of you who own a 2003 H2 either in this forum or off line to see if you think GM should recall the steering knuckle or not. Gm denies there's a problem and says there's no safety issue... yet if you read my story there are some H2 owners who clearly disagree...

My number is 916-321-1215 or my e-mail is amcintosh@sacbee.com.

Why would it matter what we "think GM should do"? You're just going to skew the piece to make it serve your anti-Hummer agenda anyway.
BTW, I've got an '03 with 75K miles on it. My rig is reliable as the media is biased - EXTREMELY.

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Without exception, for every occurance in which sufficient data exist to support a meaningful technical assessment, incidents of steering knuckle fracture are accompanied by evidence of an impact. Where sufficient evidence is available to determine the sequence of events, GM has found that wheels were attached to the vehicle before and at the time of impact.

For the rest of the ones they were able to investigate through visual or photographic evidence, it was apparent that the knuckle sustained a single overload event.

IMO, it's likely some idiot was trying to jump his 8K pound H2 because he saw a picture in some car magazine showing one jumping over a sand dune. It's then much more likely that they are not going to admit to what they were doing so as to get it covered under warranty. But hey, that just a guess coming from a H2 owner since August 2002 that has driven the truck in difficult and demanding off-road conditions without a problem.

Now, as to whether or not a recall should be issued. Issued for what. This design is used on all 2500 and 3500 pickups as well and there is no significant instance of failure with the pickups. I'm just guessing here, but I would bet it's because they didn't go out and do something stupid like try to jump their pickup over a big sand dune.