Old Hummer SUV must have suffered some severe frame damage to make it drive sideways along the highway
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by Chris Chilton
2 hours ago
Along with its colossal 9,000-lbs (4,082 kg) curb weight, and its ability to shoot from zero to 60 mph (96 km/h) in as little as 3.0 seconds despite it, the Crabwalk feature is one of the most eye-opening things about the Hummer EV.
Rear-axle steering isn’t that uncommon in the modern auto world, but no other new passenger vehicle uses the technology like GM does on the new Hummer, allowing the mammoth EV to turn in tiny spaces and even drive in one direction, while pointing in another direction altogether.
GM never offered rear-axle steering or Crabwalk on the H3 SUV it built between 2005 and 2010, but the yellow H3 in this TikTok video appears to have picked up the skill along the way. The clip shows the Hummer cruising along a highway with its rear track almost a foot (300 mm) further to the left than the front track.
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@ashleystafford_realtor Sir I dont think your car is supposed to drive that way 😵💫#VozDosCriadores #screammovie #fyp ♬ Wow. – Post Malone
“Either I drank way too much last night or this car is doing some weird sh*t,” reads the caption overlaid by TikToker @ashleystafford_realtor.
Other than a couple of minor wobbles, the H3 doesn’t appear to have any obvious problems with stability at highway speeds as it navigates a stretch of road near St Louis, MO, before moving across two lanes to take an exit. But it’s clearly had some issues with another car or static object on the road in the past.
The SUV’s weird gate must be down to severe frame damage and distortion caused by an accident in its past. Unlike the new Hummer EV, which has a skateboard platform, the H3 featured traditional body-on-frame construction and was based around the same frame used in other GM trucks of the time such as the GMC Canyon and Chevrolet Colorado.
Unfortunately, while the new Hummer EV only crabwalks when you need it to, this H3 is doomed to forever point at 10 degrees from the straight ahead unless the owner elects to perform some restorative frame surgery.