scottmoyer

Not sure I'm understanding your question. Are you offering GM dollars to buy my new truck? I'll take whatever people are willing to give up, but I believe only one account can be used, per purchase.

So, Ford came back with the offer and my F150 will be going back this week. YAY! Can't wait to get rid of it. Now, I've been searching around and found some 2018 GMC Sierras for a good price. Two that I plan to look at this week are a 2WD and a 4WD. Their MSRP is $50,135 discounted to $35,950 for the 2WD and the 4WD is $55,785 discounted to $40,875. I don't think I'll find any better deals than this. I'm disappointed in the way GM worked their GM dollars in the past. I had a few thousand dollars banked when I noticed hundreds falling off each month. Since I wasn't in the market for a GM product, I gave all of the GM dollars to friends buying new cars. I haven't been using my GM card so I haven't accrued any dollars to go towards my purchase. Oh well. At least the new card allows you to keep and use all of your dollars.

I read the forums to prepare me for what problems I may have. If people say that an issue isn't an issue, then if I experience it, I'll be able to fix it. That's what the forums are for. I look at this as being an educated shopper.

I can't say that I like the looks of the new Chevy or GMC truck, so I need to stick with the 2018s. I didn't know they were building the last body style in 2019 also a "Classic" model like they did in 2007.

Hey, Thejet07. I've been on conversations with you on the f150 forum (lemon law topic and "Any issues with the 2018?). Glad to see you got a better truck. I've been a GM guy my entire life, but when my son was getting his driver's license, GM didn't have anything. The Camaro was a no go since he couldn't see out of it, so we ended up getting a Mustang GT. I loved his car, but hated Ford's customer service when it needed repairs. I ended up buying a 2017 GT for me and lemon lawed it, bought the '18 F150 and lemon lawing it. I'm going back to GM. My hope is that the customer service is what it used to be. My last GM under warranty was my 2006 Silverado and the dealer took very good care of me, but that was before the re-org. I hope it's the same company that it used to be. I'm sure I'll be seeing more of you on these forums.

Well, I hope I can still find the 2018 in 2 weeks. I'm waiting on Ford's Reaquired Vehicle Team to process my check. They put it thru on Thursday and said it could take 5-7 days. I'm hoping I hear this week so I can drop this POS at their doorstep and say goodbye to Ford forever.

So what I'm hearing is the frame shake (that doesn't exist) will happen from the very beginning? Here's what I had. My '06 drove like a dream with the Factory Firestones on it. I upgraded to the BFG AT KO in 285 series and had really bad bouncing in the rear. Discount Tire did all they could with road force balancing, etc and they couldn't resolve it, so they replaced all 4 tires with another set. Same issue. Michelin (owns BFG) stepped up and replaced the tires again, but with the Michelin replaced them with the LTX AT2 (E rated) and I got close to 80k miles out of them with no bounce. I then replaced those with the BFG AT KO2 (E rated) and they drove beautiful for about 30k miles. When I went to replace them, I thought it'd be better to have D rated instead of the extra weight E rated, in hopes of improving my mileage and possibly changing my ride quality. Well, the rear end bounce was back. That made me think the extra rotational mass of the E rated tires might have offset that bounce and the lighter D rated tires allowed for the frequency issue that GM referred to as frame beaming or "frame shake" Does any of that make sense? My experience with the shake did not present itself until the tires were changed. It went away and then came back with the next set of tires. I would be really happy to get a new GMC and not have to have this concern. Now, I'm hopeful that the trans/torque converter issue is something that CAN be noticed on a test drive. I keep buying cars/trucks and start having issues after I sign the papers.

My concern is how prevalent the issue really is. The F150 that I'm lemon lawing now has similar trans issues and Ford has used the exact same wording that I'm seeing GM use to those with issues. But, with the Ford side, they sold over 800k F150s in 2017 and 1 million in 2018. If the forum shows only 1% of people complaining about this type of stuff, then we have only 8k trucks with this issue. That leave 792k people either not complaining, or not experiencing issues. Every 2018 F150 I've driven experienced the same problems, so I believe the issue is much larger than what's seen in the forums and online. I think it all has to do with the adaptive learning of the new 10 speed trans. It sounds like GM might have the same issues because I've been reading where TSBs have resolved some of the drivability issues for some, but not all. I also found the frame shake could be related to the drive shaft being either off balance or not true. I'm hopeful that some of the complaints I heard about have a fix and/or not as prevalent.

Hey all. I have a few questions regarding the potential purchase of a 2018 GMC Sierra SLT. Previously, I had a 2006 Silverado Z71 that I loved. I bought the truck new in 2005 and owned it for 12 years and 160k miles. In 2017, I got a new job that required me to drive 75 miles each way, so I decided to replace the truck with a car. Two months into the job, and the position was eliminated, so I owned a new car, but didn't have anywhere to go. I wish I kept the truck because the car was a lemon, Ford bought it back and treated me well, so I decided to replace the car with an F150. I decided on that because the Chevy/GMC trucks don't have back seat vents, are still plagued with the frame shake (my '06 had it with certain tires) and I heard about transmission issues on the GM brands. So, I bought a 2018 F150 XLT fully loaded. Guess what? It's a lemon too. I just finished the lemon law process after Ford is refusing to fix my issues. It also is trans related. The thing hesitates, can't find the right gear, slams into gear, and I have multiple cylinders misfiring. All of this was deemed "normal" by Ford, but the lemon law arbitrator thought it was a flawed design and awarded me a lemon law win. So, I'm looking at coming back to GM and dealing with the frame shake (which I think is related to the type of tire on the truck) and the lack of rear seat vents. But, I don't want to go through this hassle with the trans on the GM side. Has it been determined what the issue was that plagued many? Was it only on 5.3L equipped vehicles? 6 or 8 speed? How prevalent are the issues with the GM trucks? It seems that many here are filing lemon law also. What should I look for, and stay away from when buying this new truck? There are so many people complaining about the 5.0L/10 speed issues on the F150 side that any new buyer reading their forums might think to stay away. I didn't, because 2018 was the first year for this combo and it seems to be a bad combo.

2006 Z71 crew cab with the 5.3L auto. Typical repairs. The intermediate steering shaft was replaced with the sealed unit at 35k miles, no issues since. I replaced the front hub assemblies before they needed it, replaced the fuel pump before it went out, I did have to replace the passenger side front axle seal, had the transfer case actuator motor replaced, plugs, wires, rotors, pads, drums, shoes, batteries, fluids, belts, hoses, shocks, etc. The truck has 126k miles and the only problem I have now are a couple of bulbs need replacing in the electronic AC module. I replace things before they become an issue based on what others have said they experience. I plan on keeping the truck because the repairs are less costly than a new payment!!

I can't find a home for one of the harness plugs. It's an 8 wire plug that is longer than the rest. Where does it plug in?