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My first post....
I went off-roading with the Sewell Hummer Happening last weekend in North Texas. The event was well organized and a lot of fun. At the end of the day Sewell gave away free car washes.
So this is what happened....
I went for a car wash on Tuesday and after cleaning very strange paint problems occured on all fiber-glass body parts (Fenders, vent-caps, etc). It looks like the mud damaged the clearcoat and water got in or under the clearcoat. So where ever I had mud I have now spots (many) or areas that seem like it is very dull paint. I'm not sure if this is a carwash problem or a Hummer Factory paint problem. The car is still at the dealer and I'm waiting how it will be fixed. It seems that letting it sit outside in the sun helps a little bit. Sewell said that other H3's that came for a carwash did not have this problem.
Any ideas???
Eric
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11-14-2005, 12:24 PM
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I went to a Hummer Happening yesterday. My H3 looked nothing close to the pictures above, however, there was some mud on the rear fender flares. After washing it last night, there are spots that look as you have described. What is the method to fix it?
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11-28-2005, 11:05 PM
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Connie_Chung:
My H2 is at the dealer too. We had a paint chip under the hood on the passenger side and we've been too scared to drive it. I had it towed to the dealership. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
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11-14-2005, 02:41 AM
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Anyone try buffing it out yet? Either yourself or at Sewell? Are the other 2 Hummers black?
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11-10-2005, 03:38 AM
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My first post....
I went off-roading with the Sewell Hummer Happening last weekend in North Texas. The event was well organized and a lot of fun. At the end of the day Sewell gave away free car washes.
So this is what happened....
I went for a car wash on Tuesday and after cleaning very strange paint problems occured on all fiber-glass body parts (Fenders, vent-caps, etc). It looks like the mud damaged the clearcoat and water got in or under the clearcoat. So where ever I had mud I have now spots (many) or areas that seem like it is very dull paint. I'm not sure if this is a carwash problem or a Hummer Factory paint problem. The car is still at the dealer and I'm waiting how it will be fixed. It seems that letting it sit outside in the sun helps a little bit. Sewell said that other H3's that came for a carwash did not have this problem.
Any ideas???
Eric
Black H3 Adventure (6,000 Miles)
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11-14-2005, 02:06 AM
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Funny, my paint didn't look the same after that Hummer Happening either...
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12-14-2005, 03:48 AM
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Take it back to the dealer
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11-29-2005, 05:19 AM
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Update:
All the fiberglass parts of my black H3 will be replaced with new ones from GM and the damaged ones will be returned to GM for futher investigation to get a better understanding of the problem and see if this is a common issue or just a bad batch.
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11-11-2005, 04:09 AM
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It is indeed also on that panel under the wipers. I will check the car on Friday. I still can't explain why this happened.
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11-30-2005, 01:34 AM
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by H3Eric:
Drtyfn, The dealer is very much involved. It is apparently a problem that is new and I want to see if there is anybody else out there with a similair problem. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Why? Were you going to activate your Wonder Twin Powers? 
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11-14-2005, 09:09 PM
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Hummer Crazy, how and when did you get his problem did you see the problem?
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11-28-2005, 08:32 PM
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by H3Eric:
Drtyfn, The dealer is very much involved. It is apparently a problem that is new and I want to see if there is anybody else out there with a similair problem.
F5fstop, thanks for the info. the dealer told me about the issue you describe he said it looks similair but could not resolve it the same way.
Below is a picture of the part below the wipers. This is how it was. It is now polished and looks much better. The flairs and ventcaps were like this, also these look much better now after polishing but depending on the light reflection you still can see some of the old spots. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
That almost looks like some type of etching common with acid rain...a big problem in some areas.
I'm thinking HummBebe might be correct.
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11-14-2005, 02:55 AM
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We got everything fixed. Strange problem.
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11-11-2005, 10:43 PM
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Brian, I may stop by Sewell Dallas on Saturday to show you what I'm talking about.
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11-14-2005, 01:44 PM
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Until now it seems that the Black H3 has the problem. My dealer identified 2 others but I don't remember if they were black as well.
To fix it they polished all the fiberglass parts after they let it dry for some days. It was quite a lot of work and my left front fender still has some spots but you can only see it during when the light reflects a certain way. The issues has been communicated to GM, maybe your dealer can do this as well so we get some more traction.
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11-29-2005, 12:45 PM
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Great news. Glad to see Hummer stepping up and taking care of this.
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12-13-2005, 02:15 AM
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by H3Eric:
Update:
All the fiberglass parts of my black H3 will be replaced with new ones from GM and the damaged ones will be returned to GM for futher investigation to get a better understanding of the problem and see if this is a common issue or just a bad batch. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Is there a bulletin on this?
I have the same issue with the flares, vents caps, and wiper cowl.
Did your replacements so this as well?
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12-13-2005, 02:26 AM
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the clear coat is actually pretty thin on the h2's so i wouldn't be surprised if the h3's were the same.
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11-11-2005, 02:03 PM
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Interesting -- let me know how that turns out
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11-28-2005, 10:04 PM
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My H2 is at the dealer too. We had a paint chip under the hood on the passenger side and we've been too scared to drive it. I had it towed to the dealership.
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