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Originally Posted by bparker
omg, dewds! if you take a car wheelin **** can happen. You need to think on these terms. its not anyones fault but your own for going off road and dont blame anyone else for YOUR descisions to do so.
wheeling breaks crap, its just part of the game.
I do not agree with them not covering an alternator under warranty.... a busted fender well thats a different story... but hell it rains alot and there are deep puddles all over the usa. why take a position that it was due to off roading... thats gay.
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It is really no different than a broken fender. if GM publishes a spec for maximum water forage and you surpass that spec, then GM is not responsible for the warranty on the part that is damaged. Your reasoning would be if you exceeded the vent tubes and destroyed a powertrain component by sucking in water or you sucked in water into the engine, it should be covered under warranty. Either way, it would be considered driver or spotter error.
Alternators are water proof to rain, road splash, etc.; however, you cannot submerge them in water and expect them to continue to operate.
However, I would have been curious if the poster had gone to another Hummer dealer and never mentioned off-roading, if it would not have been replaced under warranty.
If there was a continuous line of Hummers and they were guided through a stream or river that was deeper than the spec for the H3, by a dealer representative, then in my opinion, the dealer should be responsible. Especially, since these Hummer Happenings bring in people who are NOT experienced off-roaders, and are relying on the dealers representatives to guide them, and help them with the terrain.