My Aug Road Trip With 06 H3 (what a POS)

[Mr_Pat]

My Aug Road Trip With 06 H3 (what a POS)

So I have done a few short trips in my 06 H3 (4-8 hours) over the last year of owning it with no real problems to speak of. This Aug me the wife and the two kids (ages 2 & 8) did a real trip from WY to New England. 1800 miles each way over 16 days It was a 3 day drive each way. My A/C went out when I got to western mass and I brought it in and they said it was a bad resister and a burnt wiring harness. The parts are back ordered across the country. I called about 4 or 5 different dealerships and no one could get the parts. When I was filling up is was checking all the fluids and I see the power steering was very low? its leaking from the hoses? next, a couple of days later I am getting the red light on the on-start status indicator and some times the phone nor onstar wont work. I am also occasionally getting a stability control failure on the dash maybe 3 out of 7 times when I start the h3. Now to top it off When I go over a bump I here a rattle noise front the back? The rear cargo door is loose. Now to really piss me and the family off I have to drive back to WY 1800 miles with no AC it hit 102? the God damn H3 is just less the one year old with 23,000 on it and I am having this many problems? What a POS, I am now back in WY waiting for the parts to come in to my dealership in Denver (about 110 miles away) so I can get my rig fixed? AHhhhhhh

[H3Carlos]

Bumer...you win some you lose some. Good luck!

[RubHer Yellow Ducky]

When things are good there are REAL GOOD

&

When there are bad, the VASOLINE is lost...

[stagger_lee]

Originally Posted by Steve - SanJose

What's that duck logic?

Bummer about the road trip. I have 40K miles on my 06 H3 with a history of more problems that a typical Toyota for sure, but not that bad so far.

huh?

[RuggedH2]

It's okay Steve, that sometimes happens when you use words in groups of more than two or three, on the internet.

[stagger_lee]

Originally Posted by Steve - SanJose

Poorly worded on my part. My point is that in the first 40K miles of ownership I've had more problems than what I experienced with Toyota products. But the problems haven't been so numerous that I'd consider my H3 to be a POS. I'm happy with the overall quality so far.

My short list of problems so far include: rear washers, front washers, power steering pump, belt tensioner, leather seat cover (turned out to be a hidden snap that was unfastened upon delivery, no big deal).

Got it. Agreed.

[Hummer23]

Sorry to hear about your problems.
I have an 06 with 38kmiles now.
I have owned the rig since 9k miles and I am very pleased with the quality of the truck. I have not experienced hardly any problems, it just runs great and everything works, in super cold weather the tire sensor always goes off, honestly beyond that it is great,( I do baby my cars and treat them very well) I am planning on keeping until I get to about 50k then I will make a decision on getting another 3 or an H2.