engine HUMMER H3 2009 Owners Manual

Recommended Fluids and Lubricants
Fluids and lubricants identied below by name, part number, or specication can be obtained from your dealer/retailer.
UsageFluid/Lubricant
Engine Oil Engine oil which meets GM Standard GM6094M and displays the
American Petroleum Institute Certied for Gasoline Engines starburst
symbol. To determine the proper viscosity for your vehicle’s engine,
see
Engine Oil on page 5-13 .
Engine Coolant 50/50 mixture of clean, drinkable water and use only DEX-COOL
®
Coolant. See
Engine Coolant on page 5-23 .
Hydraulic Brake System Delco
®Supreme 11 Brake Fluid or equivalent DOT-3 brake uid.
Windshield Washer Optikleen
®Washer Solvent.
Hydraulic Power Steering System GM Power Steering Fluid (GM Part No. U.S. 89021184,
in Canada 89021186).
Automatic Transmission DEXRON
®-VI Automatic Transmission Fluid.
Manual Transmission Manual Transmission Fluid (GM Part No. U.S. 89021806,
in Canada 89021807).
Hydraulic Clutch System Hydraulic Clutch Fluid (GM Part No. U.S. 12345347, in Canada 10953517)
or equivalent DOT-3 brake uid.
Key Lock Cylinders Multi-Purpose Lubricant, Superlube (GM Part No. U.S. 12346241,
in Canada 10953474).
6-12 Maintenance Schedule

Maintenance Replacement Parts
Replacement parts identied below by name, part number or specication can be obtained from your dealer/retailer.
PartGM Part Number ACDelco Part Number
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter 3.7L L5 and 5.3L V8 Engine 15942429—
Engine Oil Filter 3.7L L5 Engine 89017342PF61
5.3L V8 Engine 89017524PF48
Spark Plugs 3.7L L5 Engine 1259800441-103
5.3L V8 Engine 1260987741-985
Wiper Blades Front Driver Side – 16.7 in (42.5 cm) 10389562—
Front Passenger Side – 15.7 in (40.0 cm) 10389563—
Rear – 11.8 in (30.0 cm) 10389570—
6-14 Maintenance Schedule

Engine Drive Belt Routing
3.7L L5 Engine
5.3L V8 Engine
Maintenance Schedule 6-15

Reporting Safety Defects
to General Motors
In addition to notifying NHTSA (or
Transport Canada) in a situation like
this, please notify General Motors.
Call 1-866-HUMMER6 (486-6376),
or write:
HUMMER Customer Assistance
Center
P.O. Box 33177
Detroit, MI 48232-5177
In Canada, call 1-800-263-3777
(English) or 1-800-263-7854
(French), or write:
General Motors of Canada Limited
Customer Communication Centre
CA1-163-005
1908 Colonel Sam Drive
Oshawa, Ontario L1H 8P7
Service Publications
Ordering Information
Service Manuals
Service Manuals have the diagnosis
and repair information on engines,
transmission, axle suspension,
brakes, electrical, steering, body, etc.
Service Bulletins
Service Bulletins give additional
technical service information needed
to knowledgeably service General
Motors cars and trucks. Each bulletin
contains instructions to assist in the
diagnosis and service of your
vehicle.
Owner Information
Owner publications are written
specically for owners and intended
to provide basic operational
information about the vehicle. The
owner manual includes the
Maintenance Schedule for all
models.
In-Portfolio: Includes a Portfolio,
Owner Manual, and Warranty
Booklet.
RETAIL SELL PRICE:
$35.00 (U.S.) plus processing fee
Without Portfolio: Owner
Manual only.
RETAIL SELL PRICE:
$25.00 (U.S.) plus processing fee
Current and Past Model Order
Forms
Technical Service Bulletins and
Manuals are available for current
and past model GM vehicles.
To request an order form, specify
year and model name of the vehicle.
Customer Assistance Information 7-15

ORDER TOLL FREE:
1-800-551-4123 Monday-Friday
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM Eastern Time
For Credit Card Orders Only
(VISA-MasterCard-Discover), visit
Helm, Inc. on the World Wide
Web at: helminc.com
Or you can write to:
Helm, Incorporated
P.O. Box 07130
Detroit, MI 48207
Prices are subject to change without
notice and without incurring
obligation. Allow ample time for
delivery.
Note to Canadian Customers: All
listed prices are quoted in U.S.
funds. Canadian residents are to
make checks payable in U.S. funds.Vehicle Data
Recording and
Privacy
Your GM vehicle has a number of
sophisticated computers that record
information about the vehicle’s
performance and how it is driven. For
example, your vehicle uses computer
modules to monitor and control
engine and transmission
performance, to monitor the
conditions for airbag deployment and
deploy airbags in a crash and, if so
equipped, to provide antilock braking
to help the driver control the vehicle.
These modules may store data to
help your dealer/retailer technician
service your vehicle. Some modules
may also store data about how you
operate the vehicle, such as rate of
fuel consumption or average speed.
These modules may also retain the
owner’s personal preferences, such
as radio pre-sets, seat positions, and
temperature settings.
Event Data Recorders
This vehicle has an Event
Data Recorder (EDR). The main
purpose of an EDR is to record, in
certain crash or near crash-like
situations, such as an airbag
deployment or hitting a road
obstacle, data that will assist in
understanding how a vehicle’s
systems performed. The EDR is
designed to record data related to
vehicle dynamics and safety
systems for a short period of time,
typically 30 seconds or less.
The EDR in this vehicle is designed
to record such data as:
How various systems in your
vehicle were operating
Whether or not the driver and
passenger safety belts were
buckled/fastened
How far, if at all, the driver was
pressing the accelerator and/or
brake pedal
How fast the vehicle was
traveling
7-16 Customer Assistance Information

A
Accessories and
Modications...................... 5-3
Accessory Power Outlets......3-18
Adding Equipment to Your
Airbag-Equipped Vehicle....1-58
Additives, Fuel...................... 5-6
Add-On Electrical
Equipment.......................5-91
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine.......5-17
Air Conditioning...................3-19
Airbag
Passenger Status
Indicator.......................3-26
Readiness Light................3-25
Airbag System.....................1-46
Adding Equipment to Your
Airbag-Equipped
Vehicle........................1-58
How Does an Airbag
Restrain?.....................1-52
Passenger Sensing
System........................1-54
Servicing Your
Airbag-Equipped
Vehicle........................1-58Airbag System (cont.)
What Makes an Airbag
Inate?........................1-52
What Will You See After an
Airbag Inates?.............1-52
When Should an Airbag
Inate?........................1-50
Where Are the Airbags?.....1-49
Antenna, Fixed Mast............3-63
Antenna, XM™ Satellite
Radio Antenna System......3-63
Antilock Brake
System (ABS).................... 4-5
Antilock Brake, System
Warning Light...................3-28
Appearance Care
Aluminum or
Chrome-Plated Wheels . . . 5-88
Care of Safety Belts..........5-85
Chemical Paint Spotting.....5-90
Cleaning Exterior Lamps/
Lenses........................5-86
Fabric/Carpet...................5-84
Finish Care......................5-86
Finish Damage.................5-89
Appearance Care (cont.)
Instrument Panel, Vinyl,
and Other Plastic
Surfaces......................5-85
Interior Cleaning...............5-83
Leather...........................5-85
Sheet Metal Damage........5-89
Tires...............................5-89
Underbody Maintenance....5-89
Washing Your Vehicle........5-86
Weatherstrips...................5-86
Windshield, Backglass, and
Wiper Blades................5-87
Appointments, Scheduling
Service............................. 7-9
Ashtray...............................3-18
Assist Steps........................4-28
Audio System......................3-41
Fixed Mast Antenna..........3-63
Navigation/Radio System,
see Navigation Manual . . . 3-52
Radio Reception...............3-62
Setting the Clock..............3-41
Theft-Deterrent Feature......3-62
XM™ Satellite Radio
Antenna System............3-63
INDEX i-1

Audio System(s)..................3-42
Automatic Headlamp
System...........................3-14
Automatic Transmission
Fluid...............................5-18
Operation........................2-19
B
Battery...............................5-33
Electric Power
Management.................3-17
Run-Down Protection.........3-17
Bench Seat,
Split (60/40)................1-7, 1-9
Bluetooth
®..........................3-52
Brake
Emergencies...................... 4-6
Brake Fluid.........................5-30
Brakes...............................5-30
System Warning Light.......3-27
Braking................................ 4-3
Braking in Emergencies.......... 4-6
Break-In, New Vehicle..........2-15
Bulb Replacement................5-41
Halogen Bulbs..................5-41
Headlamp Aiming..............5-39
Headlamps......................5-41Bulb Replacement (cont.)
License Plate Lamps.........5-43
Replacement Bulbs...........5-43
Taillamps, Turn Signal,
Stoplamps and Back-up
Lamps .........................5-42
Buying New Tires.................5-59
C
Calibration..........................2-34
California Fuel....................... 5-5
California Perchlorate
Materials Requirements....... 5-4
California Proposition
65 Warning........................ 5-4
Canadian Owners..................... ii
Capacities and
Specications...................5-96
Carbon Monoxide....2-7, 2-9, 2-31
Care of
Safety Belts.....................5-85
Cargo Cover.......................2-49
Cargo Management System . . . 2-49
Cargo Tie Downs.................2-49
Center Console
Storage Area....................2-47
Chains, Tire........................5-65
Charging System Light..........3-27Check
Engine Lamp...................3-30
Checking Things Under
the Hood ........................... 5-9
Chemical Paint Spotting........5-90
Child Restraints
Child Restraint Systems.....1-31
Infants and Young
Children.......................1-28
Lower Anchors and Tethers
for Children..................1-34
Older Children..................1-25
Securing a Child Restraint
in a Rear Outside Seat
Position.......................1-41
Securing a Child Restraint
in the Center Rear Seat
Position.......................1-43
Securing a Child Restraint
in the Right Front Seat
Position.......................1-43
Where to Put the
Restraint......................1-32
Cigarette Lighter..................3-18
Cleaning
Aluminum or
Chrome-Plated Wheels . . . 5-88
Exterior Lamps/Lenses......5-86
Fabric/Carpet...................5-84
i-2 INDEX

Cleaning (cont.)
Finish Care......................5-86
Instrument Panel, Vinyl,
and Other Plastic
Surfaces......................5-85
Interior............................5-83
Leather...........................5-85
Tires...............................5-89
Underbody Maintenance....5-89
Washing Your Vehicle........5-86
Weatherstrips...................5-86
Windshield, Backglass, and
Wiper Blades................5-87
Climate Control System.........3-19
Outlet Adjustment.............3-21
Clock, Setting......................3-41
Clutch, Hydraulic..................5-21
Collision Damage Repair.......7-11
Compass............................2-34
Content Theft-Deterrent.........2-11
Control of a Vehicle............... 4-3
Convenience Net.................2-49
Coolant
Engine............................5-23
Engine Temperature Gage . . . 3-29
Cooling System...................5-22
Cruise Control....................... 3-9Cruise Control Light..............3-33
Cupholders.........................2-47
Customer Assistance
Information
Courtesy Transportation....... 7-9
Customer Assistance for
Text Telephone (TTY)
Users............................ 7-4
Customer Assistance
Offices........................... 7-4
Customer Satisfaction
Procedure...................... 7-1
GM Mobility
Reimbursement
Program........................ 7-5
Reporting Safety Defects to
General Motors.............7-15
Reporting Safety Defects to
the Canadian
Government..................7-14
Reporting Safety Defects to
the United States
Government..................7-14
Roadside Service............... 7-6
Service Publications
Ordering Information......7-15
D
Daytime Running Lamp.........3-13
Defensive Driving................... 4-2
Doing Your Own
Service Work..................... 5-4
Dome Lamp ........................3-16
Dome Lamp Override...........3-16
Door
Locks............................... 2-5
Power Door Locks.............. 2-6
Programmable Automatic
Door Locks.................... 2-6
Rear Door Security Locks.... 2-6
Driver Information
Center (DIC)....................3-34
DIC Operation and
Displays.......................3-34
DIC Warnings and
Messages....................3-37
Driving
At Night..........................4-28
Before a Long Trip............4-30
Defensive.......................... 4-2
Drunken............................ 4-2
Highway Hypnosis............4-30
INDEX i-3

Driving (cont.)
Hill and Mountain Roads....4-30
In Rain and on
Wet Roads...................4-29
Off-Road .........................4-13
Recovery Loops...............4-34
Rocking Your Vehicle to
Get it Out ....................4-34
Winter.............................4-31
Driving for Better Fuel
Economy........................... 4-1
E
EDR ..................................7-16
Electrical System
Add-On Equipment............5-91
Engine Compartment Fuse
Block...........................5-92
Fuses and Circuit
Breakers......................5-91
Power Windows and Other
Power Options..............5-91
Windshield Wiper Fuses....5-91
Electronic Immobilizer
PASS-Key
®III+................2-13Electronic Immobilizer
Operation
PASS-Key
®III+................2-14
Engine
Air Cleaner/Filter...............5-17
Check and Service Engine
Soon Lamp..................3-30
Coolant...........................5-23
Coolant Heater.................2-19
Coolant
Temperature Gage.........3-29
Drive Belt Routing.............6-15
Engine Compartment
Overview......................5-10
Exhaust...........................2-31
Fan Noise.......................5-28
Oil ..................................5-13
Oil Life System.................5-15
Overheating.....................5-27
Starting...........................2-17
Event Data Recorders..........7-16
Exit Lighting........................3-16
Extender, Safety Belt............1-25
Exterior Lamps....................3-11
F
Filter
Engine Air Cleaner............5-17
Finish Damage....................5-89
Fixed Mast Antenna.............3-63
Flashers, Hazard Warning....... 3-5
Flash-to-Pass........................ 3-7
Flat Tire..............................5-66
Flat Tire, Changing...............5-66
Flat Tire, Storing..........5-78, 5-80
Fluid
Automatic Transmission.....5-18
Power Steering.................5-29
Windshield Washer...........5-30
Fog Lamp
Fog ................................3-15
Four-Wheel Drive.................5-38
Four-Wheel Drive,
Full-Time.........................2-24
Front Axle...........................5-39
Front Seat Storage Net.........2-47
Fuel..................................... 5-5
Additives........................... 5-6
California Fuel................... 5-5
Driving for Better
Economy....................... 4-1
i-4 INDEX

Fuel (cont.)
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container....................... 5-8
Filling the Tank.................. 5-7
Fuels in Foreign Countries . . . 5-7
Gage ..............................3-33
Gasoline Octane................ 5-5
Gasoline Specications........ 5-5
Fuses
Engine Compartment
Fuse Block...................5-92
Fuses and Circuit
Breakers......................5-91
Windshield Wiper..............5-91
G
Gage
Engine Coolant
Temperature.................3-29
Fuel................................3-33
Speedometer...................3-24
Tachometer......................3-24
Garage Door Opener............2-42Gasoline
Octane............................. 5-5
Specications..................... 5-5
Glove Box...........................2-47
GM Mobility Reimbursement
Program............................ 7-5
H
Hazard Warning Flashers........ 3-5
Head Restraints..................... 1-2
Headlamp
Aiming ............................5-39
Headlamps..........................5-41
Bulb Replacement.............5-41
Daytime Running Lamp.....3-13
Exterior Lamps.................3-11
Flash-to-Pass..................... 3-7
Halogen Bulbs..................5-41
High/Low Beam Changer..... 3-7
On Reminder...................3-13
Heated Seats........................ 1-4
Heater................................3-19
Engine Coolant.................2-19
Highbeam On Light..............3-33Highway Hypnosis................4-30
Hill and Mountain Roads.......4-30
Hood
Checking Things Under....... 5-9
Release............................ 5-9
Horn .................................... 3-5
How to Wear Safety Belts
Properly..........................1-14
Hydraulic Clutch...................5-21
I
Ignition Positions..................2-16
Infants and Young Children,
Restraints........................1-28
Ination - Tire Pressure.........5-51
Instrument Panel
Brightness.......................3-15
Cluster............................3-23
Overview........................... 3-4
INDEX i-5