My New Hummer EV Broke Down Yet Again....And at the Absolute Worst Possible Time! 

Same for my 21,500$ (in 2003 money) S10 Zr2 is more capable then that lol

This comment made me laugh hard cause how true it is.

And in 10 yrs the Tracker will still be running, the Hummer will need a $60,000 battery.

So could my old Dodge Ram 50 4wd aka Mitsubishi pick up without breaking a sweat.

and has a smaller carbon footprint.... in fact yours has been carbon nuetral for years now

My 7 month old 2021 Trail Boss 5.8L died a similar death in a Walmart parking lot. Once I got it back from the dealer, I sold it immediately and went back to a Tundra. Never again.

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GM has made lots of capable and reliable vehicles. Electric cars are the problem.

@@wesleygarrison6248 ive seen 100s of 2010-2020 GM trucks lose their trans in under 100,000 miles.. They might be capable of towing a trailer but they are far from reliable. Friends dealing with his 2018 with 40,000 miles having massive electric issues with his. Be honest i have no faith in new yota trucks either after seeing 2 lose their transmission on a light trail.. I'll stick with my 1990 yota pickup.. solid axle.. turbo diesel. 380,000 hard miles and it'll be good for another 300k miles or till the world ends

Garbage Motors

You're not the only one lol

Like ICEs never fail...lol. GM's ICE Hummers were ranked highest on the low reliability list. This one is just living up to it's reputation.

OH WELL THEN THIS BIASED AND DECEIVING CHANNEL IS JUST FOR YOU. 🤡

@@kenbob1071 Derp

Hey if I couldn’t afford one I’d have to resort doing that to cope too!

It works until you pull it out of the dealership 💀

Also snow and rain is a no go

Works excellent at mall parking lots.

and all for the low low price of 110k HAHAHAHAH

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Ha ha!

It's a big pile of dump

...or an easy style battery disconnect inside the cab for simplicity to re-boot!

If all else fails try Ctrl+Alt+Del

Ha! Hold down the power and volume button at the same time? Blow on the cartridge??

Well that’s Roman’s entire purpose. It’s called bad press. He’s clearly a GM troll - makes me wonder why they’d send him anything for review purposes. He’s a biased Tesla/Ford fanboy.

@@mybro727 Roman hated Ford for the longest after they disinvited his channel from events for "leaking" early pictures of the Bronco

@@mybro727 Didn't he like the Sierra AT4?

Amén 🙏 brother!👋🤣👍

My thoughts exactly! Shades of Christine...

@@anthropicandroid4494 christine? Ootl

@@benDaku13 Early John Carpenter flick: a young lad falls in love with an old, murderous Plymouth Fury--"Christine"--who falls in love with him; hi-jinks ensue.

@@anthropicandroid4494 thanks!

Maximum Overdrive, AC/DC’s Who Made Who randomly starts playing.

Maybe about 3% just like a Raptor

@@ubeuonly 3%, must be counting those who jumped the curb turn at the grocery store.

@@ubeuonly i had a raptor for 8 years. Mine was the only one i ever saw with mud and scratches on it, blew my mind

Well as we always see on the commercials for every vehicle: "Professional driver on closed course. Do not attempt." In the case of the Hummer, they actually mean it.

@@conorfoley7585 why would it blow your mind, most are mall crawlers.

Engineers too busy licking the thermal exhaust ports of the owners... How hard is it to put 100-150kw battery, 50liter tank, 200kw engine driven generator, single 4-600kw motor into one vehicle with a traditional 4wd system?? Would make converting most trucks nice and easy

@@bmw328igearhead shit software

@@Omar13t made by......?

They were just so proud of the 4 wheel steering to care about anything else.

Keep in mind there are no other off-road EVs Especially not one of this level. In any event, no manufactures can test for everything under every condition. They'd never release a car if they did that. Cars become more reliable due to experience. This one, is brand new.

I have a bridge I can sell you in Mexico, and you may qualify for the “gullible American” discount. 🙄

to be fair, you probably should never work under any vehicle without a lift un less everything's off

Haha 😂 that’s great!!

🤣

LOL!

The accelerator got offended that he didn't mention it and left

Nice

GM: "Yeah, you guys put bigger tires on it, your warranty is now voided"

Gm be like: "yeah it looks like you were driving your vehicle which caused it to break, so it's not going to be covered"

They possibly could although they have to prove the tire size increase caused the issue but i work for GM here in Canada and we typically would not see this as an issue . Your warranty isnt void if you tow a trailer nor increasing the tire size but not all dealerships are created equal or the district service managers that say what is warranty and what is not . Lift kits are an issue though and a harder mountain to climb , excuse the pun , when fighting for warranty . The higher the lift the bigger the denial , here in Canada a customer bought a brand new truck with a Rough Country 6 inch lift installed from a dealer then rolled the truck killing him , family is suing GM , the dealer and Rough Country . Not sure what the outcome was but dealers , if they want GM backing , have stopped installing lift kits on new trucks ..

@@waynesbutler7834 yeah, I was more so joking cause EVs are essentially giant PCs on wheels, and if you modify a PC in any way it voids the warranty lol

@@AFellowDoktuh Dont mean to bother but you are exactly right . Cars are giant PCs and they can be hacked and are as the cases of cars disappearing from peoples drive ways increase . And we are at the tip of the iceberg with everything going electric in 2024 , whole other level of security has to be addressed during the design , manufacture and now software programs

I would not park that thing in my garage, It could burn my whole house down.

Fifth element?

It does add a bunch of unwanted excitement though! Perfect for instagrammers looking for clicks.

He was going down hill

Facts

Why did we bail them out again??? Weren’t they supposed to bring back the El Camino? A Monte Carlo that WASN’T front wheel drive? A Cadillac that didn’t have an algebraic or alphanumeric name? Reminder: GM killed their EV-1 program, sold ALL of their battery technology to Texaco… (who then shelved it) and used the sale of that tech to invest in Hummer H2 production. The 7-9mpg douche-mobile.

😂

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@@usualsuspectexterminator8617 🤣🤣

At least the defender is good offroad 🤣

Burn em both. 🔥

You probably can't fix it without internet wi fi.

Would have been, but Matt is 6 hours away in Hurricane, Utah. But I think Trail Mater is based in Moab...

@@upscaleshack lol, you mad bro? Maybe it just would have been cool to have MORR in the video if the Hummer hadn't figured its shit out...or maybe they would have slapped a real drivetrain in this pig so so this bullshit would not happen to Roman again?

Rory at Moab Motorsports with the Trail 'Mater off-road wrecker would be better.

@@upscaleshack what's up sis!

@@MrNicholgI want to see Rory’s opinion on the hummer…

Nah, they had 2 unfixable defenders 😂

Lol thats a gd point.🤓👍

Defender says: "It can't get WORSE!" Gov't Motors, aka GM, says: "We accept that challenge!".

Meanwhile, Ford couldn’t even align a headlight properly on the Lightning. 😂

Safe to say that all these new “ off road and utility vehicles “ made after 2013 have become fruit cakes.

I want to see a Dodge Ram or Wrangler fixing all by themselves after encountering some error messages on dash..

@@poplaurentiu4148 Thats just it, you wouldn't see an error message because it wouldn't crap out like the GM.

@@Tapout121 Because since they do not have full electric versions only ICE & mild-hybrids in best cases so, they don't feature over-the air software up-dates like BEV's ?

GM is famous for having poor quality electronics. This is a bigger issue when the vehicle drive system is electronic.

I'd take my 90s GM truck over most vehicles out there, I drive a 99 GMC Suburban, not too of a bad truck, but its went threw a transfer case, rear end makes noise, has a collapsed lifter, it suffers from piston slap on cold starts, sounds like a rod wants to let go for about 5 min when its below freezing, nearly 400k miles on it so whatever. Hell I had to change a starter out on a 2018 silverado last week, it was just plain jane starter, not the start stop starter, and it was $300, Had the plesure of changing out a fuel pump on a 2020 Ram 2500 with 50k miles on it, things like that just shouldn't happen with new shit.

Two totally different vehicles I don't understand??

They did test these in Moab. One broke a tie rod even lol

Dude, you are brutal!lol!

@@missuluAt least he said parking lot is what they consider “off-road”. He could have said one’s own driveway.😅

That thing would even have trouble with a Mall Run.

@@mojo4376 I’ve taken mine off-road a few times and no issues 🤷🏼‍♂️ check my RU-vid shorts

wow you're so smart you figured it all out. Or not..

No they marketed it as a serious off road contender. It's idiotic at best and an absolute failure at worst

I'm sure that the Hummer EVs sole purpose was to draw attention away from the embarrassment of their amazing Blazer bring back.

@@tomash812 Wait. They have a New Blazer? Never heard of it! Heck I don't even see them on the road around here.

@@MickeyMishra Yep, and it's built in Mexico. Woohoo! Go Gm

They both break. Think more carefully next time.

😂 that's a good one

And puts the term “Garbage Motors” Into true perspective

Its an Alpha product. Just like gasoline cars didn't peak with the Ford Model A.

@Marco Chavanne granted that it's the first one released but to call it an alpha makes it sound like a test vehicle. GM wouldn't sell test vehicles without a load of disclaimers set up by their legal department. And they certainly wouldn't sell it for $125k.

The r&d is being done by the customer.

@@marcochavanne that is a ridiculous statement, considering that EVs have been around as long as ICE vehicles have, and EVs are the standard in some industries. GM just sucks lol

@@daniels2761 Its a bit disingenuous to imply EVs have had the same R&D and resources over the past century. I am a die hard Toyota/Honda guy and was a mechanic for 8 years. GM doesn't suck. Some parts on their cars do just like any other company.

who goes to malls in 2023?

It's too unreliable for a mall crawler bro. It died on them just like this in the middle of a Normal road 😂I think most of them will end up in museums. They'll remove the batteries for recycling and leave the husk shell as a museum lawn ornament

This feels more like a Mac to me. Works until you actually try to be a power user at which point you see the massive quality drop in their OS since catalina

This is onstar support, have you tried a Land Cruiser?

Winblows. United Gates of America!

@R0gue Storm I've been a CADD tech for 23 years and a pc gamer since Windows 3.1, Windows has been very reliable. The last BSOD I've ever had was in the early 2000's. My daughters grew up on Macs and they break constantly, that is why almost every tech company in the world uses Windows based pc's!

@@ZepG About 70% of PC users in the world are running Windows OS. In fact, I've never been to a hospital, manufacturing company, or grocery store that had Apple products for PCs. Every one is using a Windows PC.

I have a 2018 Forester XT that’s never needed service.

It's a shame because it's so ugly and childish that it's too embarrassing to drive within civilisation. I guess they should all just be painted green and be dumped in the ocean now, instead of later.

@@pistonburner6448 This is a failure, imo. Bet it gets discontinued after a couple more years.

Though this is a failure, keep in mind that this is the first commercially available off-road EV. It could (and should) have been done better, but it’s rare to get something right on the first try. Hopefully in 5 years other companies learn from these flaws.

Nobody saw that coming? 9,000 lb? General Motors?

I think it's going to take a battery tech breakthrough so we can have these EVs meet the bar already set by ICE.

Yet there are still so many that ignore that

I have a better idea, tell them what they did wrong and how they can make it better.

@@krane15 they stopped listening. The bailout robbed them of their accountability to the market. This is what you get.

@@JohnJones-ty6fj As much as you might pain you, you still need to go through the motions. Otherwise, you can't make a valid complaint or say the company didn't listen. Making a suggestion is not that hard. In fact, many companies send out surveys in search of opinions. I always fill mine out. In fact, I got a survey just last week from my gym. They wanted to know what was the most important thing the members expect from a gym. I told them cleanliness -- which is where my gym falls short. Followed by well-maintained machines. Where they do a much better job.

@@krane15 you don’t have to worry about me. I’ll never buy another anything from government motors. They shouldn’t exist. I’m smart enough to treat them as such.

They've been making full EVs continuously for 10 years, and they made the best PHEVs from 2011-2018. If they had lots of problems you'd have heard about it years ago.

@@FinneasJedidiah ,,,, you mean like Volt/Bolt cars spontaneously bursting into flame!!!

@@alwenke212 fires are not- and have never been- a problem with Volts, and the battery issues with Bolts were caused by an error in batter production. Which GM is not in charge of. And they are close to having every potentially faulty system replaced.

@@FinneasJedidiah regardless of who made the batteries, at the end of the day, we’re buying a GM product. It’s up to them to up their QC and catch issues like this before we spend our hard earned money with them. Reasons don’t matter…Results do.

@@FinneasJedidiah not entirely true, GM uses pouch batteries, which expand/swell quite a bit. Yes, the pouch batteries had a defect, but that defect wouldn't have happened in a cell. Cells would be much better, but GM doesn't want to pay for them.

I don't know why I haven't tried this on my Bronco yet just to see if it does anything

@@Skinflaps_Meatslapper that doesn't work on a broken engine caused by a snapped exhaust valve.

@@alwenke212 Tried it yesterday and you're wrong. I now have unlimited valves.

How about Control-Alt-Delete......

@@rv8pilot1 I tried that with my RV-8 once and ended up with a nosewheel. 0/10 would not recommend

Mention..mention!

I suspect they buy their vehicles and dont get any freebies like the general press, I remember the Land Rover issue and that actually must have increased their viewers because of their honesty.

Actually who wouldn’t post this is a fanboy owner, that person wouldn’t embarrassed him self

It’s a very ugly truck, I saw it in person and is uglier, It hurt my eyes to see it, I walked away from it real quick

Doug would never post this..and the 2 Canadian guys throttle house

Relatively...lmao

I think GM’s Vortec and Duramax engines prior to its buyout were superior to the engines of Ford and Dodge, with exception to the transmissions of the GM trucks and maybe the Cummins depending on the year. However after it’s buyout, GM’s engines just lost their reliability imo. Even the 5.3 started suffering from severe oil sludging and it’s cylinder deactivation would fail catastrophically. Now, the engine I trust most out of them all is the Cummins but then I don’t trust anything else about those Rams! They really did push me into the Toyota iForce V8s and I LOVE mine! Still miss my old 05’ Suburban with the 5.3 that had no issues ever and I sold it at almost 200k miles because of rust to my mechanic.

That sounds like most US domestics

@@cbrooks1992 Not the old rigs of the past...my 75 F150 2WD manual with 360 & granny gear never once left me stranded...everything was simple & easy to deal with, I blew thru terrain these guys here would never even attempt.

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Did you expect it to work perfectly the fist time our? What all new, all type vehicle does that?

115k for headaches and not trustworthy, no thank you

You think they don't edit out certain moments of frustration ?

@@traitoR142 exactly. I want to see the part of the video where he’s kicking his new tires: “damn 37’s!”.

That's the problem these days, everyone wants to go batshit crazy when stuff doesn't work right. How about you just take it in and let them fix it. Leave the batshit behind. It serves no purpose. Give it a try.....

Bong...Warrior is about to die.

BMW-esque in their misery.😂

I mean, it wasn't the powertrain's fault, what failed were the same electronics that would fail with a V8

Same for my 2018 Subaru Forester XT.

@@Lianpe98 wrong

I'm trying to figure out why it would do tht

If it is not moving it might do that so it is easy to mount, dismount.

Oh sure yes, tell us more about the great safety hazards of a self leveling air suspension system and all of the other vehicles that have them…you people are trying way too hard. 😂

Ha ha - you might be right, imagine trying to find it!

@@bartwaggoner2000 especially considering there are 200 of those little holes underneath that thing

It is even more refreshing to imagine numerous black slaves running in Africa with baskets of cobalt ore on their heads. This is what necessary to build EVERY EV battery on this planet. Later you may pretend like saving the planet with the help of exploiting the slave workforce. Nice!

I would take it back on get my money back

Government Motors way.

Serve the Chinese, serve yourself, screw everyone else...and don't think about how that will come back to bite your children in the ass. And land you in hell.

Is it failure if it sells out?

@@davec.3198 Garbage Motors Way.

@@hardtech1 yes it is still a failure if they sell out and none of them work

I would be willing to bet he did... before, during, and after... it just wasn't edited in.

Yeah that would be interesting because all three of them wouldn't do worth a damn they're all pieces of crap that would leave you stranded out in the middle of nowhere and you'd have to walk home

My guess is the lightning would be the best. Unless the Rivian had that tank turn feature they advertised. Not sure if that made it to production or not.

@@KB-bh9hp The Rivian does way better than the Lightening off road. It has air suspension and you can raise it up a bit but until they get lift kits, none of them are good off road.

And Lordstown!

@@KB-bh9hp The tank turn is just as important as the fart on demand in a Tesla. Fun for kids.

If you're worried about scratching recovery shackles you shouldn't be off road!

Well said brother

**coughs** blown headgaskets **coughs** craked intake manifolds **coughs** oil pan leak **coughs** radiator leak **coughs** overheating **coughs** broken differential

@@Lianpe98 Everything you listed is easily diagnosable and repairable at the point of failure, and usually with cheap universal parts. Not only that, you can fix all of those issues in your garage with a set of second-hand tools and an afternoon. Good luck trying to replace a broken subsystem on an electric component, it won’t happen. You’ll end up replacing the entire main system because you can’t even tell where the fault is coming from. Hello empty wallet and months of delay from electronic component shortages. Everything breaks, what makes something reliable is how easy it is to repair it.

@@briany990 There are plenty of "simple" failures in combustion cars that due to poor design are extremely hard or time consuming to fix and therefore expensive, like the oil gaskets in a northstar Cadillac or a modern BMW, there are also Audis that require dissasembling the entire front end, recent GM turbocharged 4 cylinders that are anything but easy to fix, the AWD system on any BMW or the infamous Ford 5.4 3 valve that is so expensive to repair when it fails that it's cheaper to simply replace the whole engine. My point is that it isn't the technology, it's the design and the quality. Mechanical components can be and often are extremely unreliable, complicated and expensive to fix.

Like a Rock......It's always sittin still.. .............. Like a Rock.............Got to push it up the hill ............. like a rock! 🪨🪨🪨🪨

How about stuck on a Rock🤣

@Usual Suspect Exterminator yep...only gayer

@Usual Suspect Exterminator sure....yeah...no connection whatsoever....

Batteries *

I suggested that TFL add such a switch, so they could disconnect the battery without wrenching to physically remove the wire from the battery terminal/post) the first time they had to reset it. And here they are...Ha. EV should include one of those so owner, tow truck drivers, etc. can easily disconnect to reset since it sounds like that is going to be part of EV life.

I mentioned the same thing, big red reset switch, biometric locked with a key for fun..

MOUNTED INSIDE THE CAB.