MAJOR Problems - Need Help Desperately

[Planohummer]

Check your battery before you do anything. Battery on it's way out will cause all our problems. Past that ignition switch is your most likely culprit. If the P0601 is actually a P0101, make sure vehicle does not have cold air intake or oiled air filter. If either are present, replace with stock intake parts. you're chasing your tail on the PCM until you check the battery and ignition switch first.

[whaaaaT]

why cant you just take it to a normal place like firestone or something. Go to a mechanic.

[HummBebe]

Finally the big question:

Why did this happen to me? I know it sounds depressing but I got the impression, form surfing the net and in this forum, that this is not a common problem. I don?t want it to happen again!

Thanks,

Marlus / Brazi

AHA!!!!!

I knew you were a troll!!!!

You are not the victim here. You spent, several thousand dollars on a vehicle importing it to your country, yet the conversation of "who is going to service my truck in Brasil?" never came up before you went through all the trouble of planning and executing a task the size of importing a HUMMER???

Who sold it to you? Call them before you come onto a worldwide public forum and announce you are having "MAJOR PROBLEMS" with your H3.

I call bullcrap

F5 et al. Thanks for helping this turd.....but I have a hard time believing this.

[Brazi]

HummBebe,

I am not sure I get your last posting. Are you suggesting that I am not having all these problems? That I am making this up? That makes no sense. Why would anyone do that?

If you wish I will send you pictures of the car, of the VIN. I have written in my first posting ALL my phone numbers. Call me and I will gladly give more details on this. Call me collect but I want you to post our conversation here later. I will do more, if you wish. I will pay your ticket to come to Brazil and if there is no problem with my car, you don?t have to pay me back. Of course, you will have to help us solving this problem and pay for the ticket as soon as you test the car.

I knew when I bought the car that the warranty would not be covered in Brazil. I just did not expect to have these kinds of problems so soon.

I had a very good deal with the import services company and I bought because I think H3s are great. I want it to work ASAP.

All I asked in my last posting is what could have caused this failure since I get the feeling it is not common.

Answering whaaaat:

The car is in a mechanic now. The H3 is probably the only on in my city (population 1.5 million). This company specializes in imported cars but they have never seen and H3. Only H2s. When I took it there, there were a number of Ferraris and BMWs. The equipment (and people) needed to reprogram an H3 PCM don not exist in Brazil. I would guess, in the whole country there are no more than 20-30 of these cars. I do not blame GM for this. They do not sell Hummers here. You have to import them directly.

One more thing:
A few months ago I had a tracker/locater installed in the car. The tech people that did it, tell me that it is very simple and guaranteed it has nothing to do with this problem. I had it taken off as soon as the problems started.




Marlus Pasinato
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[HummBebe]

The title of your post is offensive.

Imagine how if you were someone looking to purchase a HUMMER and you came across a post like this. Would it not make you take a second thought about purchasing one?

Now you are telling us that you had an aftermarket device installed on your vehicle (a few months ago), and you are running it with fuel that the vehicle is not designed for.

I would have done a hell of alot more research before I brought an expensive vehicle into my country.

A troll is someone who comes on to a forum like this and makes inflamatory statements in order to discredit a product.

My point is...the HUMMER is not the issue. If you are not a troll, I apologize sincerely.....if you are, well....you know what to do.

Vin numbers mean nothing to me, I have no way of checking to see if you are real.

You need to find someone who is willing to work with you and GM in getting your vehicle working again.

You could change the title of your thread....makes you sound like a mama's boi.

[Brazi]

Ok HummBebe, here we go ...

1. I agree that the title of this thread is a bit too much. I did it purposely so that I could get attention. How would you feel if the help you need for something was 6 thousand miles away? I could not find it but If someone can tell me how, I will change the title to - Major Problem Overseas, Need Help - or something like that.

I am also willing to bet that some people read the posts and are thinking: ?Man, this guy is F&?%(&? .

2. I have the problem with the car for about 3 weeks and here, at this forum, was by far the best help I got. I took it to 3 mechanics and called another couple in Sao Paulo. I contemplated bringing someone from the US to work in the car. This will get very expensive. By the way, after import duties, this car is over US$ 60.000 here. I am also afraid of loosing a lot of money.

3. As far as why importing a car (any car) ? that is a personal decision. I love my H3. No intention to discredit at all. Actually, we can all live well and drive ford pintos ? we can all survive with that. Why do spend money in Hummers, or any other car? Because we like them and they make us feel good, somehow. At least that?s my opinion.

4. I don?t believe that anybody will give up on buying an H3 because some guy in Brazil had problems. If they do, I would say that is a very stupid reason for not purchasing it.

5. Mama?s boy is offensive. You don?t need that to make a point.

[HummBebe]

Originally Posted by Brazi

5. Mama?s boy is offensive. You don?t need that to make a point.

for an

We started off on the right foot!

Now tell us how we can help. You are screwed it sounds like....what can we who are 6000+ miles away do for you?

F5 gave you great info....he is the best we have to offer.

Did you try calling HUMMER? (not GM)

[Brazi]

What can you do? The help I got here was GREAT. I am just waiting for a reply from pcmforless and from the dealer where the car was originally purchased.

I will also try to cover everything before I start bringing parts from the US. It takes time and money.

I called Hummer in the US. There is no Hummer office in Brazil. They gave me GM’s phone number here. I called both commercial and the tech depts. At GM and they just told me that Hummers are neither represented nor supported here.

I want to make one thing clear: I don’t blame GM for not having service for this car here. It make no sense for them and I knew that when I bought the H3. I took my chances ...

[JUGGERNAUT]

Originally Posted by HummBebe

AHA!!!!!

I knew you were a troll!!!!

blah...blah...blah...blah...


I call bullcrap

F5 et al. Thanks for helping this turd.....but I have a hard time believing this.

Gee, you're mean!! Stop calling everyone a troll or AE!

[HummBebe]

Back off you bazerkly boob......

[lennyrebel]

I can't understand this you buy a vehicle that was never intended for export to your country you put fuel in it that it was never intended to burn --then you wonder why you have problems then you want someone else to fix it that has no obligation and made no money on sale. Are you reading any of these replies? No 10 dollar part in the mail is going to fix this. Easiest way out is to export truck back and buy something that likes sugar cane.

[HummBebe]

I already said that...

[stagger_lee]

I'll give you $5k for it and pay for export?

[lennyrebel]

Originally Posted by HummBebe

I already said that...

Sorry ,I know he wasn't listening so I thought I'd repeat it. Regards The Rebel

[Brazi]

Originally Posted by lennyrebel

I can't understand this you buy a vehicle that was never intended for export to your country you put fuel in it that it was never intended to burn --then you wonder why you have problems then you want someone else to fix it that has no obligation and made no money on sale. Are you reading any of these replies? No 10 dollar part in the mail is going to fix this. Easiest way out is to export truck back and buy something that likes sugar cane.

I don?t want to take too long with this, after all this is a tech forum but, to make a long story short, this is why I bought it:

1. I love the car
2. It was a great business opportunity
3. Imported cars like these are very common here. The problem is that Hummers are very new. I estimate there are only 30 H3s in Brazil. H2s are much more common.

As far as what to do now: I will fix this car and sell it. I am pretty sure I can even make some money even after using the car for about 6 months.

[lennyrebel]

Originally Posted by Brazi

I don?t want to take too long with this, after all this is a tech forum but, to make a long story short, this is why I bought it:

1. I love the car
2. It was a great business opportunity
3. Imported cars like these are very common here. The problem is that Hummers are very new. I estimate there are only 30 H3s in Brazil. H2s are much more common.

As far as what to do now: I will fix this car and sell it. I am pretty sure I can even make some money even after using the car for about 6 months.

Yeah I've done them things too, if nothing else its a learning experience and everyone has twenty twenty hindsight. Good luck The Rebel.

[Brazi]

So ...

My car is running fine. We found a company in Sao Paulo ? about 200 miles away ? that had all the gear, hardware and software, to reflash the PCM. They are the only ones in Brazil and that was all that it needed. It took them about 20 minutes to get the issue solved. Can you believe that?

The company that had installed the tracker in the car paid for everything. Apparently they were to blame.

Thanks for all the help many of you have offered. I appreciate it!!!

Brazi

[Stevenblanca]

For the poster that asked what place was a million times smaller then Brazil.
It is Curacao. Here you will find about 1 H1, 3H2's and 4 H3. Mine is the only red one. Nice rocky hilly place perfect for a 4X4.

[RubHer Yellow Ducky]

Originally Posted by Stevenblanca

For the poster that asked what place was a million times smaller then Brazil.
It is Curacao. Here you will find about 1 H1, 3H2's and 4 H3. Mine is the only red one. Nice rocky hilly place perfect for a 4X4.

I have exported $$$$$$$USD from Miami for over 35 years and in my experience I have shipped and supplied more STUFF to all the Islands, Mexico and Central America then I have to South America. Yes I have shipped into South America including Brazil but far less then (as stated above)

[usetosellhummer]

i enjoyed reading this. bravo. When i got calls from dudes who wanted to export (dealer can get in hot sh*t for doing it) I would say..
i will sell it to you in this state with a local adress and you pay local taxes. what you do after that is your biz. 6 months later a dude sends me a pic from denmark of our H2 with the dealer sticker (Logo) on the back ( I forgot to remove) And i was scared Gm would find me and kill me.