So I was fortunate enough (if you could say that) to be driving by a an old man putting a for sale sign in front of his 2006 hummer H3. We settled for $6000. It has 83k miles on it. Clean title, with extensive maintenance records (shown on carfax) and has never seen winter. Undercarriage is spotless. He unfortunately was having health issues (83 yrs old) and just no longer had time for all his “toys” (his home was well into the million dollar range). So I don’t think money was an issue for him.
However it did have a check engine light on and is throwing a few codes. He was open about it and I ran a scanner before buying it. I’m rather handy and would like to see if I can fix any of this myself.
P0446 EVAP Vent Solenoid Valve Control System
C0186 Lateral Accelerometer Circuit Malfunction
C0196 Yaw Rate Circuit Malfunction
C0240 EBCM Malfunction
He has receipts from August 2022 that show he replaced the vent solenoid ($300 part and $200 in labor, crazy). Along with $1300 for a new radiator.
Aside from the Evap code others seem to be from the ABS and from what I saw on this site could be related to bad drainage in the sunroof ultimately flooding the sensor under the front seat.
Was just wondering if any one had any insight or tips. I have a trusted mechanic but he’s a master mechanic with Ford. He’s coming over this week and I’d like to be able to pass anything I can’t do onto him but share some knowledge.
Or if someone could possibly point me to a few good videos on what to fix. It’s up on it fluids changes, though I’ve changed the oil just in case, and I’m going to replace the spark plugs next week.
However it did have a check engine light on and is throwing a few codes. He was open about it and I ran a scanner before buying it. I’m rather handy and would like to see if I can fix any of this myself.
P0446 EVAP Vent Solenoid Valve Control System
C0186 Lateral Accelerometer Circuit Malfunction
C0196 Yaw Rate Circuit Malfunction
C0240 EBCM Malfunction
He has receipts from August 2022 that show he replaced the vent solenoid ($300 part and $200 in labor, crazy). Along with $1300 for a new radiator.
Aside from the Evap code others seem to be from the ABS and from what I saw on this site could be related to bad drainage in the sunroof ultimately flooding the sensor under the front seat.
Was just wondering if any one had any insight or tips. I have a trusted mechanic but he’s a master mechanic with Ford. He’s coming over this week and I’d like to be able to pass anything I can’t do onto him but share some knowledge.
Or if someone could possibly point me to a few good videos on what to fix. It’s up on it fluids changes, though I’ve changed the oil just in case, and I’m going to replace the spark plugs next week.
