1996 AM General Hummer: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 1996 AM General Hummer. The newest campaign is 96V178002. NHTSA received the report on 27 Sep 1996. The NHTSA record gives the component Seats. NHTSA has 3 complaints on file for this model year.
The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.
This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.
Remedy of the newest campaign, 96V178002, in the NHTSA record
Isringhausen is conducting the owner notification and remedy campaign for this recall. Dealers will inspect these seats and replace the seat frame assembly.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
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Recall campaigns
2 campaigns, newest first. 4,000 units in total.
96V178002Received . 1,000 units.
Seats
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Vehicle description: buses equipped with isringhausen seats in the driver position. Two welds located on the back rest adjustment side of the seat frame did not meet the manufacturer's specifications.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
If these welds were not to specification, back rest loads could cause the welds to fail. The back rest would disengage from the seat frame allowing loss of support to the driver's torso and possibly causing loss of control of the vehicle.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Isringhausen is conducting the owner notification and remedy campaign for this recall. Dealers will inspect these seats and replace the seat frame assembly.
Report filed by AM GENERAL CORPORATION.
96V049000Received . 3,000 units.
Vehicle Speed Control / Accelerator Pedal
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
The coating used to protect the accelerator pedal shaft is incompatible with the bronze bushing through which the shaft passes. Over time, and in the presence of a corrosive environment (water, road salt), the shaft can corrode inside the bushing increasing the amount of friction between the rotating shaft and the stationary bushing.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
A corroded accelerator pedal shaft can cause the engine throttle to bind and not fully return to idle when the operator's foot is removed from the accelerator pedal increasing the potential for a vehicle accident.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will install a revised accelerator pedal and shaft assembly.
Report filed by AM GENERAL CORPORATION. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.
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Complaints by component
3 complaints, 4 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.
| Component | Mentions |
|---|---|
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 2 |
| Steering | 1 |
| Power Train | 1 |
- Complaints that report a crash
- 1
- Complaints that report a fire
- 0
- Injuries in the complaints
- 0
- Deaths in the complaints
- 0
- Date of the newest complaint
- 18 Oct 2005
These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.
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Investigations
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.
Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.
Other model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
- NHTSA page of the 1996 AM General HummerThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 1996 AM General Hummer: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/am-general/hummer/1996/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- First complaint in the file
- 1 Jan 1995
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- AM GENERAL CORPORATION
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Questions
- How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1996 AM General Hummer?
- 4,000 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
- How many recall campaigns does the AM General Hummer have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 9 recall campaigns for the AM General Hummer, model years 1992 to 2003. 2 of them name the 1996 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 1996 AM General Hummer name most often?
- Fuel System, Gasoline: 2 of 4 component mentions.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1996 AM General Hummer open?
- The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.