Just about fed up with this POS

[buckshot85]

OK, most of you who know me, know my truck had a very rough first 2 years...MANY warranty trips to dealer. I was literally on a first name basis with my SA and he recognized my voice when I would call.

Then all was OK for a couple of years. Then about 3 years ago, at about 40K miles, I replaced all 4 ball joints ($1200) and front brakes,including rotors ($500).

Today I brought it in for rear brakes (they were grinding pretty bad, I knew I had a stuck caliper). They found a few other things too:

Rear brakes, rotors and calipers: $880
Front sway bar bushings/alignment: ~$200
RT upper ball joint (warranty, even though time was up, mileage was not, so they warrantied it): N/C

They also confirmed what I knew...leaking power steering lines. As well as leaking oil cooler lines and trans fluid lines. That would have cost me another ~$1200 or so. I declined as they aren't leaking bad enough to drip on my floor yet. Just enough to wet the lines and undercarriage so far.

Why can't GM figure out how to keep fluids in their engines/trans/PS/etc? Jesus H Christ, they have building cars for over 100 years now.

I may just pay off the wife's Accord and go buy me a new Ram or F150 and tell GM

Oh, and in case you are wondering...my truck now has just under 57K miles. No, that is not a typo, NOT 157K miles....57K miles.

Had the same type of problems constantly with my f150 sold it with 46k miles on it after over 6k in the front end brakes ect. Not the first problem with my gmc guess every brand has its lemon

 

[buckshot85]

Dangit.

I knew mine was a lemon too!!!

97 with 197K on it.. damn oil pan gasket.. .whaaaaaa!!!



Seriously tho, I wonder what effects the winter ect has on it.

So far so good with g/f's 14 Sierra. Only issue we had so far is the reprogramming recalls.

The estimator at our office has already had his 14 silverado in the shop 3 times in a month. Ac went out, transmission wouldn't shift, and a recall for something lol. Only a 2k miles on it.

 

[Kennyray]

Dangit.

I knew mine was a lemon too!!!

97 with 197K on it.. damn oil pan gasket.. .whaaaaaa!!!



Seriously tho, I wonder what effects the winter ect has on it.

So far so good with g/f's 14 Sierra. Only issue we had so far is the reprogramming recalls.

The estimator at our office has already had his 14 silverado in the shop 3 times in a month. Ac went out, transmission wouldn't shift, and a recall for something lol. Only a 2k miles on it.

Wads it built in Fort Wayne....

 

[1BADSS396]

Had the same type of problems constantly with my f150 sold it with 46k miles on it after over 6k in the front end brakes ect. Not the first problem with my gmc guess every brand has its lemon

You have a GMT400. BIG difference.

I drove an 89 for 9 years without any of these or other major issues. It was a MUCH better built truck.

I should find a nice low mileage one and buy it.

 

[NMRam]

Had the same type of problems constantly with my f150 sold it with 46k miles on it after over 6k in the front end brakes ect. Not the first problem with my gmc guess every brand has its lemon

You have a GMT400. BIG difference.

I drove an 89 for 9 years without any of these or other major issues. It was a MUCH better built truck.

I should find a nice low mileage one and buy it.

He has a 900 too...just FYI.

 

[mr_bots]

Had the same type of problems constantly with my f150 sold it with 46k miles on it after over 6k in the front end brakes ect. Not the first problem with my gmc guess every brand has its lemon

You have a GMT400. BIG difference.

I drove an 89 for 9 years without any of these or other major issues. It was a MUCH better built truck.

I should find a nice low mileage one and buy it.

He has a 900 too...just FYI.

Shhh...don't feed the

 

[1BADSS396]

He has a 900 too...just FYI.

Then he should know the difference in build quality.

And by "Build quality", I am not talking about power, gadgets, etc.

 

[mr_bots]

The best part of the 400s was the little underhood light with a retractable cord.

 

[1BADSS396]

The best part of the 400s was the little underhood light with a retractable cord.

Yeah, and ironically, it wasn't even needed nearly as much.

 

[mr_bots]

Actually looking back, the only time growing up a remember a car breaking down on a family vacation was our 95 Suburban. It was something really major, the throttle cable fell off the throttle body on I40 east of Albuquerque. We were on the side of the road all of 90 seconds. Thankfully that ancient, unreliable system has long since been replaced with sensors, an actuator, and a computer.

Just think if that happened today, there'd be a massive recall and lawsuits because people would lose control of their cars and die.