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Well, just to help anyone else out with a current 2025 story of GM lifter failure.... My 2015 Silverado 1500 LTZ with 35k miles on the 5.3L L83 (carefully maintained) experienced the telltale lifter tick on the passenger side (either cyl no. 4 or 6) with hesitation under load and I had it brought (towed) to the dealership. Cylinder #6 lifter failure. Dealer quoted $4,680 to repair based on TSB 15-06-01-002H. If the camshaft was found also damaged, the bill goes to over $9000. "But you're getting a 2-year warranty with unlimited mileage!" they told me. Yeah, great. The 6-year powertrain warranty did me a lot of good (I don't think it was ever used). I've contacted corporate customer care along the way. Now I get to see what they have to say for all this, as I find this an absolutely unacceptable burden... and $9k+ is litigation territory in my humble opinion. This isn't just abuse or bad luck, we all know this is a full-blown design defect. So how's that class-action lawsuit coming along, gents?

Worth it. Best add-on mod. Mine is still running perfectly, I have zero complaints. I also did some extra work and plastic-sheathed the entire cabling up the frame and wrapped that in electrical tape, similar to stock. Also, get some extra zip ties. A lot. Don't cut your wires until you've completed the run entirely. It's real easy to accidentally cut too much.

The wires are either 16 or 18 gauge. Hard to tell with variable jacket thickness. I've used every type of wire tap on the market, they're all mediocre. If you want a solid connection, solder and shrink-wrap it. I'm not terribly concerned because taps fail when excessive motion is involved. That wire bundle is zipped and bundled down real well. I used the provided taps without any concern. It's not exactly hard to get back to it if I needed to, although I highly doubt I will.

Bingo. I suspect (not knowing the exact system hardware in use) it's either underpowered hardware, terribly optimized software, or in typical GM fashion.... both.

Android is already being plagued with malware and other unfavorable software exploits. Do you want your car opened up to that? I don't. Also, GM needs to control what apps they allow in the car, as anything that overly distracts the driver could very well be their liability. Using a service to hack in other features on the other hand is YOUR liability in the end. Probably why GM hasn't tried to put an end to it.

Was thinking of doing this to my Silverado LTZ, but was concerned with failing inspection (seeing how aftermarket HID kits are illegal for on-road use in every US state). Hmmmm..... you'd need to hide those ballasts real well.

My Pioneer AVIC unit did, and I used that (technically illegal) feature 0% of the time I had it. Not out of fear of getting a ticket, but because I'm too busy watching the road. It's not worth the money anyone is charging unless they're giving you better features in addition to that.

I'll try getting a 480p MP4. It would be nice while I'm sitting around in a parking lot to watch some standup comedy.

Fascinating. I added a handful of different formats to an SD card and it didn't even see any of them. MKV, AVI, MP4, all ignored by the system. Then again, I think they were all 720p/1080p video. The manual is crap for any help, too. If anyone gets any definite answers, please post them.

Can't imagine the factory would want to put the service techs through that nonsense if the tailgate needed servicing.

I didn't get a factory spray, my dealership hired a local Line-X contractor. They pulled the access panel and sprayed it off the truck. Worth it when I went to do this. It didn't even stick after the bolts were taken out. If they spray the bolts, make the dealership fix it. Nobody should expect that. As for cutting around the panel, can't really say.

I was just at my dealership the other day and asked for a MyLink update. They told me none is available, and they don't get a lot of people asking. I've found that there is a delay switching tracks and XM channels with the steering wheel. Using the touchscreen/radio buttons seem to be faster. I've long wondered why I can't add a source (My iPod, an SD card, etc.) as a favorite on the bottom. You can only favorite songs (who really does that?) and albums. If I want to pan quickly between an XM channel and what I was listening to on my iPod, I have to keep hitting the media button over and over again. Seems a stupid oversight. The XM weather map is pretty useless if I can't zoom in any closer than the entirety of New England. Lucky for me I'm a software engineer with embedded skills and I could probably crack the module open and tinker with all this stuff myself. I just haven't desired to rip apart my new truck just yet. Oh, and they did have a page for doing MyLink updates via USB. I think it was for the Malibu or Cruze, and they pulled that page down. Also stories are indicating that the GM App Store is having "issues" and this makes me seriously doubt we'll ever see it hit the light of day. If it does, it'll be years from now and conveniently won't support our vehicles. Roped in on a promise and then realizing it's a lie. Thanks GM!

Got around to finally doing my tailgate lock in between putting a new clutch in the Camaro. Wanted to say thanks to the OP and the guy above for pointing out the two wires to put the lock on second FOB press. That's the way it should be, I say. The unlock switches on the doors operate it, two presses of the remote unlock operate it, and one press of lock on all operate it. I had the wiring done in 10 minutes, it took me a lot longer to prep and run the wire up the chassis. I chose to run my wire inside flex tubing wrapped with electrical tape, similar to factory style. Being up in the North East, anything you can do to keep the salt off stuff is worth it. I ran along the factory harness until I hit the floor grommet and went that route. It's far easier than anything else I saw under there. I re-zipped the wire bundle like it had from the factory. Run the ziptie from the inside under, and when you see the tip on the other side, use small needlenose to pull up on it while you push, you'll get it through. Also I didn't have my good multimeter handy, so I used a cheap one. It was too slow to read 12 volts I think, I saw 5-6v on unlock, and somewhere around -3v on lock. It was a solid connection and operates the tailgate as it should. Tested it at the bundle, at the weather connection, and at the tailgate. I have a full Line-X and bed cover, and I can hear the lock, but it's not disturbing. This is on a 2015 Silverado LTZ Crew Cab Regular Bed. (Z71+Backup camera if that matters..don't think it does.) PS: For a truck with 2,000 miles, it sure does have a disturbing amount of rust already.

No decent body shop doing bed spray (Line-X, Rhino Liner, etc.) should cover access panel bolts. If they do, refuse the job and make them fix it.

Does anyone know on the process of obtaining a setup for this tool? http://sandyblogs.com/techlink/?p=3832 EDIT: I answered my own question. It's INSANELY expensive, easily just under $3k for the first year for the Bosch MDI tool + Tis2WEB subscription. That's absurd.