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Why -wouldn't- it be acceptable? You do realize that for anything to feel warm, it has to be warmer than your own body temp? That immediately puts you at about 100 degrees just to start. A heating pad on high can be around 150-160 degrees. "Up to" 130 degrees tells me that's the target temp of the element, but holding the wheel will draw the temp down, probably to around 110-115.

I have the all black version of these steps on my truck and can attest (also) to working well as a step and being of a good overall size and position. The chrome ones will not, however, "still look like new" in any areas of the rust belt. I had the 6" square chrome version on my 2015 and the driver's side step was showing signs of corrosion eating through from the underside after only half a dozen reasonably mild New England winters. Don't get me wrong - I don't expect the all-black ones to fair any better, and actually expect that they'll be worse overall. The reality is that they are made to bare minimum standards and simply won't hold up over time if you're driving anywhere that has to treat the roadways in the winter.

The dealership has claimed that there's an error that "can't be cleared" and that would mean it will never work. So, all you need now is for it to work... Once... When you can get video of it working on your phone. Be sure to add commentary as to the time and date, and capture the mileage on your truck in the video. This would all potentially negate the "it will never work again" claim of the dealership. As an aside... There's been a MASSIVE problem with GM's OTA updates for their trucks. I bought my truck in late October, there was an OTA update, and shortly after I started having weird error codes showing up and setting the Check Engine Light. The dealership dismissed it as "no code" (and they don't know how to troubleshoot without a code or a TSB that explicitly calls out the exact issue) and gave the truck back. On the way home, it "blew up" my dash with every error code known to mankind, reduced power, etc. They had to get TAC involved for very detailed troubleshooting (I took the truck back to them -immediately-) and determined that the Gateway Communication module had a corruption and needed to be re-flashed.

Ugh... Messy. - Do you have any work orders for the lines disappearing PRIOR to Park Assist being added? - PRIOR to the lift being installed? Anything you can provide that shows that the problem occurred before anyone touched anything would possibly help you here. They told you there's an error but the work order shown implies it's a "setting." Terminology matters... settings have configurable options, errors indicate problems / failures. Which is it? It seems that the tech is acknowledging that installing the lift made no actual changes to the camera system. Once the Park Assist was installed, however, they had to re-calibrate the camera to account for the changed height of the truck. Why would raising the truck and adjusting the camera angle turn that feature off? And, can you PROVE that it worked after the Park Assist was installed at any point? Dealership Service Writers are useless for discussing this stuff - they spew all kinds of bullshit that I swear they make up on the spot and clearly have absolutely no clue what they're talking about. The Service Manager is likely just as useless (the one at the dealership where I bought my truck tried arguing specific repair items with me claiming that GM was "never" going to address them yet I not only had them addressed, but had them addressed at -that- dealership). Speaking to the Shop Foreman may get you some details, and the actual Tech as well. You could request through GM Customer Assistance to speak with either the Field Tech (or any field tech) or the District Manager that covers that dealership to better understand the details and the options. Anything that a Field Tech offers up is very likely backed by documented details that they could provide to you.

With the GM case, AND the dealership, be respectful and keep asking for 'help'. If they want to push back on the lift kit, and they likely will, ask if they can share any details as to how/why it would interfere. Explain that you want to know the details so you can discuss with the kit manufacturer to get their help as well. Dealerships like to throw blame around but don't like to have to provide the details to justify their statements. The entire reason they don't want to cover it under warranty is because they want to charge YOU for the work (GM doesn't want to pay if they don't have to, and the dealership makes more profit on non-warranty work). Just don't argue with them or let things get emotional. Stick to facts, remain calm, and keep expressing things in terms of "I need your help here".

Isn't GMPP on the sticker indicative of the FACTORY performance exhaust which is integrated into the Infotainment system for settings and is tied to drive modes? I know on the Camaro, there are two very different "performance" options... One is NPP which factory installed and referred to as Performance Exhaust and the dealer option of "GM Performance" exhaust. It's confusing because (as GM likes to do) they use either identical or very similar names for different things.

Open the MyChevrolet app. Select your vehicle from the drop-down in upper left. Tap your profile image in the upper right. Choose Settings. Tap "OnStar Smart Driver". Turn this off. Go to this site: https://www.gm.com/consumer-privacy Choose your state and submit all of the "remove my information" requests that apply. The issue is that OnStar claims they "may" sell your info and ultimately that SmartDriver ****** ends up dumping a ton of erroneous data about your driving habits into LexisNexis via OnStar. You then can end up with incredibly high premiums or no premiums at all (no insurance) because -GM- decides what is considered "hard" acceleration or braking (absolutely amazing how driving to the store in the Camaro shows up like I'm on a track event... and don't even THINK about having that enabled on the track).

Yeah, it's a touch-up paint. Immensely better than anything else out there, including the GM touch-up options.

The more "hidden" a set of steps are, the less useful they're likely to be for helping get into and out of the truck itself. Also, you may want something that protrudes a touch more simply because you're in the rust belt. My 2015 had steps on it from day one (the wide chrome ones) and the rockers and such were pretty much perfect after 100k of New England driving (road salt and sand in the winter, sand and gravel the rest of the year on the secondary roads).

That actually doesn't sound all that high of a cost... In order to install PPF, the paint surface needs to be pretty much perfectly smooth. Rock chips have to be either properly filled and leveled or the front end needs to be re-painted and re-cleared. The biggest thing I would be concerned about is that the paint / clear work needs to be done, allowed to fully cure, and THEN the PPF can be installed. I've personally had issues with paint work where the clear doesn't properly take, especially if the panel or part is not fully removed from the vehicle, and it needs to be re-done within a few weeks or so. If there's already PPF on there, that's not a repair I would be happy to have done. Have you considered Dr. Colorchip and do the rock chip repair yourself? I've used it on my Camaro and it does a really good job overall. Color match is absolutely perfect, but I don't know that it would hold up under PPF.

Just an FYI... Pretty much -every- cover out there, regardless of brand name, is ultimately made by a "company" under the Truck Hero umbrella. They basically own the market. I point that out because there is a lot of design and parts sharing between various company names which seem to be more Marketing and Brand Loyalty related than anything else today. The ones that GM offers through dealerships are branded Rev but are actually designs offered (made) by Bak. I'll also add that sometimes a design will change slightly and screw things up to where parts won't fit from one generation to another. I had a specific cover on my 2015 that was branded Bak and I had a TON of problems with it. They shipped a new one and I found that the pre-drilled holes to mount the strap clips were not the right size to accommodate the clips they shipped. Apparently, they had changed which clips they were using and didn't update the build process to drill larger holes...

Call Chevy Customer Care and open a case. Push them to validate the entire software programming in the truck. Mine had a field day with CEL's, errors, warnings, limp mode, etc. and they ended up having to reprogram what they called the "Communication Gateway" module due to supposed corruption. I haven't had any codes, errors, warnings, or CEL's since. I am "convinced" that my issues started because I allowed an Over-The-Air software update to install on my truck and have since completely disabled that feature as GM has been breaking a lot of trucks with their crap updates recently for some reason.

You're actually more brave than I am. I have no interest in even checking for updates any more.

It would be nice if the OTA updates didn't constantly bork all kind of stuff on these trucks. I used the update function on my Camaro with good results. I have completely disabled the function on the truck because so many people have had so many problems and it is likely the cause of the software corruption that screwed so much stuff up in my truck.