2 years old sierra

[Lucian]

Hi everyone,

 

Here is my story :

 

I bought a brand new GMC SIERRA 2015 ,5.3 l engine "ECOTECK",6 speed ,3,42 ratio, in November 2015 .,an sle trim,Kodiak edition and I was very happy with it for a couple of weeks until I realized there are some spots in the paint on the hood and roof .I went back to the dealership and they offer to paint it(the roof and the hood)and they did a good job I would say.

But this was the beginning of my nightmare :

After a few months the BCM (body control module ) ceased  to work ,the car start shifting the gears abnormally and I lost the front lights on my way back from the cottage in a night at 300 km away from my home .imagine how i drove back to home from the middle of nowhere ,only with the fog lights !!!but the dealer said they fix the problem changing the BCM

Then the car start burning more gas then it use to .I use to maintain a very good gas economy around 11.3 to 12 liter per 100 km on hwy and around 14 mixt on the city and after they change the BCM the gas consumption gradually increased and now after  2 years and about 60000 km  I can`t go lower than 14.6 on hwy (100-110 km/h speed) and 17,6 mixt  in the city. Nobody could fix it and of course they always said everything is in parameters and looks good

After about a year my transmission ceased in a middle of a hwy right after they replaced the hydraulic pump inside the transmission  !!!! can you believe this??? If everything were good why did they change the pump inside the transmission, and this after I complaint about the hard and kicking shifting I have  when I press the gas pedal in a slow driving in a traffic hwy (that time you let the car slowly move without pushing  the gas pedal then after the car in front of you go and you try to keep up with the traffic ) .So they rebuild a one year old new transmission but the kick shifting they never fix it because they never admit officially is there, even everybody feel it and they said is a KIND of normal!!!

Then after my infotainment system freezes up and blocked then they had to replace it .the whole radio unit with the GPS and all

After another few months the differential start clinking and roaring and they rebuilt that too and now is really noisy when is cold and if I drive it in autotrack  mode I barely hear the music at the radio inside the truck(the mechanics at the dealer ship always tell me that  I`m not suppose to drive in auto mode !!!!! because it wears the transmission components !!!! well why the heck did I pay extra 5000 $ for this feature if I`m not suppose to use it   ????)  just dumb  I guess !! 

So now I`m driving this 53000$ piece of steel ,burning my money on gas ,feeling every gear shift in the transmission kicking my butt when I`m decelerate  for the next 5 years because I did the mistake of my life to buy this  GM piece of ...steal for 7 YEARS. DUMB AGAIN!

Well if this is the  GM PRECISION which the GM ENGINEERS CLAIM IT IN THOSE advertises on tv  I have to say they got the wrong word they should say GM UNRELIABILITY !!!!

It is probably a bad batch what I got ,A LEMON let`s face it, but nobody whatsoever officially admit it in CANADA (once I called the GM North America in the states, they check my VIN   and they said there are way to many problems with this truck in such a short time and something has to be done with it ,they transfer me to the Canadian GM customer service(ambassadors!!!!) and here we are again ...nothings wrong  again all the reports are in parameters go to the dealership bla,bla ,bla ,zero,zero ,zero)  and everyone try to get rid of it by saying everything works in parameters

 

PS:

 

I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT WHEN THE TRANSMISSION CEASED AFTER 5 KM AWAY AFTER I PICKED IT UP FROM THE DEALERSHIP ,  I CALLED THEM AND THE SHOP FOREMAN AND THE TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST CAME RIGHT AWAY ,THEY PLUGGED IN THEIR LAPTOPS AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY ERROR  CODE ON THE TRUCK ,SO THEY SIT ON MY TRUCK REV THE ENGINE  SHIFTED ON DRIVE MODE AND NOTHING HAPPENED THE TRUCK DIDN'T MOVE THE MOTOR REVVING AND THEY ASKING EACH OTHER WHY THERE ARE NO FAULTY CODES SHOWING UP !!!!!!

MY QUESTION IS ,ONLY SOME OVERSEAS CAR MAKERS ARE CHEATING WITH THE SOFTWARES OR EVERYONE IN NORTH AMERICA DO ? and what I did wrong in this world to pay this price for this piece of "steal"?

 

If anyone faces this problems or some of them please give me a shout ,maybe I`m not the only guy with such a bad luck  to pick a pickup truck

[Obscenejesster]

These new age mechanics at these dealerships are dumb bro. They can't diagnose or fix a damn thing without a computer telling them exactly what's wrong.

Not just GM though. It's all of them.

All of these full size truck manufacturers took a big decline in quality due to the demand for them. They are just cranking them out left and right knowing that they aren't perfect.

It's a shame too because these manufacturers make higher margins on full size pick ups than any other vehicle in their portfolio.

I honestly think my next vehicle will be a midsized truck. Maybe a Tacoma or the new Ranger. I really only need 4 wheel drive. I don't need tow/hauling capacity.

Good luck. I don't know what your situation is but if you didn't roll in all of your taxes/tags and dealer fees, you should be able to break even on a trade by the end of 2018.

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[Tattooo]

Hi everyone,
 
Here is my story :
 
I bought a brand new GMC SIERRA 2015 ,5.8 engine ,6 speed ,3,42 ratio, in November 2015 .,an sle trim,Kodiak edition and I was very happy with it for a couple of weeks until I realized there are some spots in the paint on the hood and roof .I went back to the dealership and they offer to paint it(the roof and the hood)and they did a good job I would say.
But this was the beginning of my nightmare :
After a few months the BCM (body control module ) ceased  to work ,the car start shifting the gears abnormally and I lost the front lights on my way back from the cottage in a night at 300 km away from my home .imagine how i drove back to home from the middle of nowhere ,only with the fog lights !!!but the dealer said they fix the problem changing the BCM
Then the car start burning more gas then it use to .I use to maintain a very good gas economy around 11.3 to 12 liter per 100 km on hwy and around 14 mixt on the city and after they change the BCM the gas consumption gradually increased and now after  2 years and about 60000 km  I can`t go lower than 14.6 on hwy (100-110 km/h speed) and 17,6 mixt  in the city. Nobody could fix it and of course they always said everything is in parameters and looks good
After about a year my transmission ceased in a middle of a hwy right after they replaced the hydraulic pump inside the transmission  !!!! can you believe this??? If everything were good why did they change the pump inside the transmission, and this after I complaint about the hard and kicking shifting I have  when I press the gas pedal in a slow driving in a traffic hwy (that time you let the car slowly move without pushing  the gas pedal then after the car in front of you go and you try to keep up with the traffic ) .So they rebuild a one year old new transmission but the kick shifting they never fix it because they never admit officially is there, even everybody feel it and they said is a KIND of normal!!!
Then after my infotainment system freezes up and blocked then they had to replace it .the whole radio unit with the GPS and all
After another few months the differential start clinking and roaring and they rebuilt that too and now is really noisy when is cold and if I drive it in autotrack  mode I barely hear the music at the radio inside the truck(the mechanics at the dealer ship always tell me that  I`m not suppose to drive in auto mode !!!!! because it wears the transmission components !!!! well why the heck did I pay extra 5000 $ for this feature if I`m not suppose to use it   ????)  just dumb  I guess !! 
So now I`m driving this 53000$ piece of steel ,burning my money on gas ,feeling every gear shift in the transmission kicking my butt when I`m decelerate  for the next 5 years because I did the mistake of my life to buy this  GM piece of ...steal for 7 YEARS. DUMB AGAIN!
Well if this is the  GM PRECISION which the GM ENGINEERS CLAIM IT IN THOSE advertises on tv  I have to say they got the wrong word they should say GM UNRELIABILITY !!!!
It is probably a bad batch what I got ,A LEMON let`s face it, but nobody whatsoever officially admit it in CANADA (once I called the GM North America in the states, they check my VIN   and they said there are way to many problems with this truck in such a short time and something has to be done with it ,they transfer me to the Canadian GM customer service(ambassadors!!!!) and here we are again ...nothings wrong  again all the reports are in parameters go to the dealership bla,bla ,bla ,zero,zero ,zero)  and everyone try to get rid of it by saying everything works in parameters
 
PS:
 
I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT WHEN THE TRANSMISSION CEASED AFTER 5 KM AWAY AFTER I PICKED IT UP FROM THE DEALERSHIP ,  I CALLED THEM AND THE SHOP FOREMAN AND THE TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST CAME RIGHT AWAY ,THEY PLUGGED IN THEIR LAPTOPS AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY ERROR  CODE ON THE TRUCK ,SO THEY SIT ON MY TRUCK REV THE ENGINE  SHIFTED ON DRIVE MODE AND NOTHING HAPPENED THE TRUCK DIDN'T MOVE THE MOTOR REVVING AND THEY ASKING EACH OTHER WHY THERE ARE NO FAULTY CODES SHOWING UP !!!!!!
MY QUESTION IS ,ONLY SOME OVERSEAS CAR MAKERS ARE CHEATING WITH THE SOFTWARES OR EVERYONE IN NORTH AMERICA DO ? and what I did wrong in this world to pay this price for this piece of "steal"?
 
If anyone faces this problems or some of them please give me a shout ,maybe I`m not the only guy with such a bad luck  to pick a pickup truck

5.8 or did you mean 5.3 ?

[gtbigup01]

Yea thats the problem bro, if GM doesn't acknowledge there's a problem then zero fixes will be implemented, so your dealer transmission specialist will be at a lost bro. It's really not his job to implement a fix. They only do what GM tells them to replace for a widespread problem etc. It appears that GM do not see these transmission clunky shifting as a problem. It occurs exactly like you explained in slow moving traffic and bothers me too. I am on the interstate daily for work, and trust me, it isn't smooth sailing on the interstate i travel. My solution isn't really a solution and I'll lose $$ but when the 2019 Tundra comes out and they have updated their powertrain to get more than 13/17 MPG this POS Sierra is a gonner.

[Lucian]

14 hours ago, Tattooo said:

17 hours ago, Lucian said:

Hi everyone,
 
Here is my story :
 
I bought a brand new GMC SIERRA 2015 ,5.8 engine ,6 speed ,3,42 ratio, in November 2015 .,an sle trim,Kodiak edition and I was very happy with it for a couple of weeks until I realized there are some spots in the paint on the hood and roof .I went back to the dealership and they offer to paint it(the roof and the hood)and they did a good job I would say.
But this was the beginning of my nightmare :
After a few months the BCM (body control module ) ceased  to work ,the car start shifting the gears abnormally and I lost the front lights on my way back from the cottage in a night at 300 km away from my home .imagine how i drove back to home from the middle of nowhere ,only with the fog lights !!!but the dealer said they fix the problem changing the BCM
Then the car start burning more gas then it use to .I use to maintain a very good gas economy around 11.3 to 12 liter per 100 km on hwy and around 14 mixt on the city and after they change the BCM the gas consumption gradually increased and now after  2 years and about 60000 km  I can`t go lower than 14.6 on hwy (100-110 km/h speed) and 17,6 mixt  in the city. Nobody could fix it and of course they always said everything is in parameters and looks good
After about a year my transmission ceased in a middle of a hwy right after they replaced the hydraulic pump inside the transmission  !!!! can you believe this??? If everything were good why did they change the pump inside the transmission, and this after I complaint about the hard and kicking shifting I have  when I press the gas pedal in a slow driving in a traffic hwy (that time you let the car slowly move without pushing  the gas pedal then after the car in front of you go and you try to keep up with the traffic ) .So they rebuild a one year old new transmission but the kick shifting they never fix it because they never admit officially is there, even everybody feel it and they said is a KIND of normal!!!
Then after my infotainment system freezes up and blocked then they had to replace it .the whole radio unit with the GPS and all
After another few months the differential start clinking and roaring and they rebuilt that too and now is really noisy when is cold and if I drive it in autotrack  mode I barely hear the music at the radio inside the truck(the mechanics at the dealer ship always tell me that  I`m not suppose to drive in auto mode !!!!! because it wears the transmission components !!!! well why the heck did I pay extra 5000 $ for this feature if I`m not suppose to use it   ????)  just dumb  I guess !! 
So now I`m driving this 53000$ piece of steel ,burning my money on gas ,feeling every gear shift in the transmission kicking my butt when I`m decelerate  for the next 5 years because I did the mistake of my life to buy this  GM piece of ...steal for 7 YEARS. DUMB AGAIN!
Well if this is the  GM PRECISION which the GM ENGINEERS CLAIM IT IN THOSE advertises on tv  I have to say they got the wrong word they should say GM UNRELIABILITY !!!!
It is probably a bad batch what I got ,A LEMON let`s face it, but nobody whatsoever officially admit it in CANADA (once I called the GM North America in the states, they check my VIN   and they said there are way to many problems with this truck in such a short time and something has to be done with it ,they transfer me to the Canadian GM customer service(ambassadors!!!!) and here we are again ...nothings wrong  again all the reports are in parameters go to the dealership bla,bla ,bla ,zero,zero ,zero)  and everyone try to get rid of it by saying everything works in parameters
 
PS:
 
I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT WHEN THE TRANSMISSION CEASED AFTER 5 KM AWAY AFTER I PICKED IT UP FROM THE DEALERSHIP ,  I CALLED THEM AND THE SHOP FOREMAN AND THE TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST CAME RIGHT AWAY ,THEY PLUGGED IN THEIR LAPTOPS AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY ERROR  CODE ON THE TRUCK ,SO THEY SIT ON MY TRUCK REV THE ENGINE  SHIFTED ON DRIVE MODE AND NOTHING HAPPENED THE TRUCK DIDN'T MOVE THE MOTOR REVVING AND THEY ASKING EACH OTHER WHY THERE ARE NO FAULTY CODES SHOWING UP !!!!!!
MY QUESTION IS ,ONLY SOME OVERSEAS CAR MAKERS ARE CHEATING WITH THE SOFTWARES OR EVERYONE IN NORTH AMERICA DO ? and what I did wrong in this world to pay this price for this piece of "steal"?
 
If anyone faces this problems or some of them please give me a shout ,maybe I`m not the only guy with such a bad luck  to pick a pickup truck

5.8 or did you mean 5.3 ?

5,3 l sorry for the wrong typing

[Tattooo]

5,3 l sorry for the wrong typing

No problem at all

[Paintor]

$350 for the Hypertec programmer and you can change the shift parameters to fix it yourself.

[adamj2121]

7 hours ago, Paintor said:

$350 for the Hypertec programmer and you can change the shift parameters to fix it yourself.

Considering the transmission ceased and needed to have a hydraulic pump replaced I would think that the OP’s issues are more severe than the stock shift points not being to his liking. I would hate to spend $350 on a programmer that will void my warranty when my vehicle has had some pretty intensive repairs already.

 

As for the OP, it sounds like there is definitely a problem with the truck. Any recourse you take is probably going to cost you money and time. The easiest thing to do would be to trade on a new truck and lose whatever depreciation has hit your old truck. Or you could find legal counsel to help you pursue GM to either fix the truck, buy the truck back, or reimburse you for repairs you have done by a non-GM dealer. There is no guarantee that will work, and if it doesn’t you are out a lot of time and money.

 

My Silverado has electrical issues when I first bought it and now I’m dealing with various other issues. My truck is also lifted, and the dealer attributes most of the problems with the lift and bigger tires, even though the issues are completely unrelated to that. So no, you aren’t the only one with a faulty truck. And yes, having an expensive vehicle with problems is frustrating and annoying.

 

Good luck, I hope you find a solution.

[silveradosid]

being from richmond hill you probably bought the truck at wilson nibblet, which is where i got my truck from the sales are great the rest of the dealership sucks. i know this from my own personal problems with them, i now go to a different dealership

[Lucian]

On 1/8/2018 at 6:31 AM, silveradosid said:

being from richmond hill you probably bought the truck at wilson nibblet, which is where i got my truck from the sales are great the rest of the dealership sucks. i know this from my own personal problems with them, i now go to a different dealership

I won't blame the service and the sale  in this case ,but the  big GM M*F*ers thieves which sold me a dream truck for a lot a money and they offer a piece of nothing instead not even close at all to they advertising" GM PRECISION !!!!"

[Lucian]

If I could I would hack this review and posted on the first page of every  GM dealer ship in Canada just to warn every potential buyer about their choice, before is not to late ,and think about twice for their options .

but I don`t have this skills and power ,so I feel so sorry for those which will be in the same situation and do the same mistake .

[15 Z71]

2 hours ago, Lucian said:

If I could I would hack this review and posted on the first page of every  GM dealer ship in Canada just to warn every potential buyer about their choice, before is not to late ,and think about twice for their options .

but I don`t have this skills and power ,so I feel so sorry for those which will be in the same situation and do the same mistake .

You should have bought a ford I hear they never have problems.....