May06
GM announced yesterday that is will be recalling over 162,000 Hummer H3 SUV model years from 2006-2010 due to an issue with the hood that could cause it to disconnect from the vehicle while driving. The clip tab fastener that hold the hood on and become loose while driving The hood louver may break causing it to rattle against the hood and become loose. In addition the supplementary fastener could break and the hood louver could detach totally from the vehicle.
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Apr06
General Motors Co. is shutting down its Hummer SUV brand for good, taking the last of its four discarded U.S. brands off the market. GM had said it would consider offers to buy Hummer after a deal to sell the brand to Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery failed to receive Chinese government approval in February. Now GM has decided to move forward with closing the brand, Hummer spokesman Nick Richards said. With the brand shutting down, Hummer CEO Jim Taylor has retired...
Not so fast, Captain Planet. Hummer may be on its last leg at the moment, but fans of the brand aren't going to let their favorite earth-roaming SUVs go down without a fight. Capital & Labor International Coalition, a newly-minted organization, thinks it has all the answers to the brand's woes, and has scheduled a summit to help save Hummer here in the states on April 11.