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NorthskyblueT1

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  1. I'm a fan of displacement too. Give me a Small Block Chevy any day of the week... But I'm getting old....I admit that. I can't say I didn't wonder what a twin-turbo Atlas 4.2 I-6 would have done 20 years ago under the hood of a Trailblazer or Colorado. That stock 4.2 tried to nip at V8 performance figures of the time, and then the 3.6 V6 eventually and actually did. Now the 2.7 is covering V8 territory of yesteryear, plus some. Except for the noise and visceral experience, I'll give you that. I'll buy SBC's as long as GM makes them, but GM needs to keep up with the Jones'. That's not an SBC anymore. It's a small displacement motor or an EV.
  2. The factory recommendation for brake fluid changes in the 2019+ Silverado is every 5 years. The earliest of the 2019's should be coming due soon in 2024 unless a few shipped in 2018... How many of you have already changed, or plan to change (flush) your brake fluid at 5 years? A Jeep I own is also listed as every 5 years. I'm working on 15 years and have changed it every 5, and the fluid and reservoir are still translucent and clean looking. A year 2001 Camaro I saw recently had its original brake fluid from (22!) years ago. It was almost black. I can only imagine how that would do under extreme braking.
  3. The tire shop fixed it, no questions, so that's good! Does anyone know the answer, though, just how much circumference difference is allowable between tires? This is making me wish I had a heavier duty tire on there, so I may end up replacing all 4 before these are done anyhow. I've had LT tires on a Jeep of mine with a good all-terrain tread, and I haven't had a flat on that vehicle in 10 years. Less than 5k miles on my truck, and a short little screw made it go hisssssssss. Just like owning a car again!
  4. I got a huge screw in the tread of my left front tire. Truck has 4900 miles and the tires are the stock Wrangler Fortitude highway jobbies. The screw is pretty close to the sidewall. I don't think the tire shop will give me grief, but if they do, I'll probably just find a shop who will fix it, and then run it as a rear tire only. But I actually don't know what would happen if -- supposed I actually needed to replace one tire. Would I need to do it in pairs because of the wear difference (should be minimal) or could I just throw a new tire on there with only 4900 (easy) miles on the other 3? I don't know the tolerances for the rear diff or 4x4 system. What would you do?
  5. Yep. My problem is with the "every time". I have no idea what causes it to continually ask for the password when it's already been input. The prompt seems to pop up every few weeks. Did the truck forget? I know what my password is, I'm inputing it correctly, it's the same password that logs me into My Chevrolet and Onstar Connected Services, I have active logins on both of those, although I am not a subscriber. I don't have wifi enabled, I don't use any other apps on the radio, never touch the Onstar buttons, so what the heck? Something's wrong or it's really, really bad programming. Are other people continually getting this prompt, or are you all OK just to peck in your password every dang time it asks? It's stupid.
  6. Yeah so this isn't a radio Theftlock password like the battery is changed - I've never had that come up in a newer GM vehicle but I remember from the olden days of the Delco brick radios. I have a valid "Connected Services" password from when I set up a MyChevrolet account a long time ago and the prompt takes the password when I put it in, and the message clears. But the message keeps. coming. back. Maybe once per month? And if I don't put in a password, it keeps asking even if I tap the "do not remind me" button. The password hasn't changed, and I don't know why the radio continues to ask for it. I don't use Onstar, I'm not part of any trial or Onstar subscription, and I don't use the MyChevrolet App for anything, no subscriptions, nothing.
  7. Even after vehicle updates the dang radio keeps asking me to "enter my password". I am not an OnStar subscriber and I don't use their MyChevrolet app but the radio keeps asking for a password. DID THEY NOT TEST THIS BEFORE IT WENT INTO PRODUCTION? What am I doing wrong? This is comical
  8. I started another thread detailing some warranty issues including this window leak from last month. They applied seam sealer to mine but I didn't have any cracks, just leaks from the top. Honestly they did a crappy job. But it doesn't appear to be leaking anymore.
  9. Alright, let's close this one out. The dealer took two full days, 7:30am the first day (which was actually the appointment time, they even asked if I was going to wait around while they diagnosed it) and had it until 5pm the second day when they were snapping it back together, to complete *checks RO* ...2.5 hours of labor by the book. They did TSB 20-NA-218 for the no-start issue and then decided they needed to "road test" the vehicle for 8 miles. They did TSB NA-18-383 for the leaking rear window and gave it back to me with the seam sealer freshly applied, still wet, and told me to keep it out of the rain. It was beginning to rain. They spelled my name wrong, wouldn't take my calls today (they randomly called me at 5pm to tell me their tech was just finishing up), and gave me the truck back with the rear window all covered in stuff, unwashed. This is a small town dealer and they clearly suck. I hope they send me a survey
  10. Lol. That's definitely not me. But you are correct, it is one cause. Another is GM using crappy plastic-coated side bolsters on their leather seats, and weak cloth on their cloth seats. The increased ride height of a pickup doesn't help the situation, and most of them don't come with steps or running boards.
  11. I'm a big fan of the silicone slip-on fob covers mentioned at the beginning of the thread. Kinda wondering when GM is going to address simple wear issues which have a huge ROI on customer satisfaction. Things like keyfobs that fall apart, seat bolsters which show wear at 20k miles. $50k for a truck, you'd think they could spend the $10 extra to make those things a little more robust.
  12. The dealer has had the truck all day after a schedule 0730 drop off, and didn't provide me an update until 4:30 this afternoon. They completed a software update (which I assume was the TSB mentioned above). According to whomever was giving me an update (not the tech), they "didn't have time" to look at the leaking rear window today, and said they didn't encounter any problems with the truck h-h-honking at them while moving it around the service facility. I have a hard time believing a software update took any more than about 2 hours to complete, from pulling the truck into the service bay, to starting it to test the changes. I guess they're going to look at the window tomorrow? Didn't have time to throw some water on it today, so sure, keep the vehicle another day when a guy needs his truck back and has things to do...it's going to rain buckets on Friday, so if they could hurry the heck up that would be great. @GMCustomerService, this is how every visit is supposed to go, right? Just normal life in the modern era?
  13. Dropped the truck off this morning and I'm already in a bad mood. Service writer told me that unless it's *actually not starting* as in - right now - they probably won't be able to do anything even with the check engine light on and P12A6 code set. But they'll be sure to call in a few hours and let me know. I had to explain the key fob issues again and the guy just looked at me like I was stupid. I have low confidence that's getting fixed. What's next? the window isn't leaking enough in order for it to deserve to be fixed? No loaner vehicle, truck has been out of service since Sunday, everything "should" be covered under warranty. This little runaround jig that GM's dealers do is getting really old
  14. Thanks all, and thanks @GMCustomerServicefor offering to help. I suspect it could be related to the TSB posted above for the fuel pump module/driver. I called the local dealer and earliest they can get me in in Wednesday this week. They're going to have a look at the leaking rear window and problems with the passive keyless entry as well. Until then, the truck is out of service. The dealer said they didn't have any loaner vehicles available and needed to do a diagnosis before any of this is determined to be under warranty. Sigh. This will be my... (counts on two hands:) One, two, three, four, five, SIXTH! brand new vehicle I've purchased from Chevrolet since 2009, but that doesn't matter, every time, get in line! Hope to goodness it starts on Wednesday so I can get it down to the dealer.
  15. 2020 Silverado...5.3...4,300 miles on it. Drove to Home Depot, shut it off, bought something inside the store, returned to the truck, and it wouldn't start. It would crank for a few seconds and barely run, and then shut off. One last try before calling GM roadside to have them pick it up, and it sputtered for a few seconds and then went into a really choppy idle, and then smoothed out. Now it starts/runs fine but it has DTC P12A6 and the CEL is lit up. I'll get an appointment, but I'm guessing without an actual issue, the dealer's just going to tell me they can't replicate it? What do you all think I'm looking at here? Not happy with this truck...I'm going to have them attempt to fix the leaking rear window at the same time, and there's a problem with the keyless module...damn thing keeps honking at me even though the key is IN the truck with me when I get in, and it leaves with me when I get out, and I have the alert turned off....
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