Ak_grown

2 ago week while I was at work my wife sent me a pic of the driver side rear window shattered. I asked if there was a rock or any other object in the bed(from snow removal) that would have caused the window to shatter, nothing was found. I had the recall work done in Jan. of 2020 but the tech notes just state connection was cleaned and checked for excess heat, that was all. I attempted to call the service department and left a voicemail but still no call back. Insurance has replaced the window and I asked the glass shop if there was an indication that the rear defroster was the issue. Just hoping in a few years I do not have to return to the glass shop for another rear window. Has anyone else in the colder regions have their rear window shatter after the recall work was done? My truck is a 2018 crew cab, 16,******, and the week the issue happened was -20F.

check the wires in the rubber boot, some could be broken.

Did you figure it out? It's been a while but they used to tape back a pigtail with an eyelet to the main factory harness long enough to connect to the fuse block. Maybe that's what you need to do. That pig tail is for trailer power and sometimes there would be a maxi fuse to install too. That fuse would be taped to the trailer brake harness. I am not sure if they still do that, as my 2018 everything was already connected.

You want to power a factory sub with and aftermarket amp? Why not just bypass everything instead of cutting in to the factory harness? They make decent all in one amp/sub combos that fit under seats. As for connecting the door speakers the the radio directly, that's pretty common practice but the pillar tweeters are filtered through the Bose amp. That integration module is decent, only issues I had before was they would pick up engine noise and you would get a wine in the speakers(I think is was the Axxess brand). My recommendation would be use the module and keep the Bose amp for the door speakers and unplug factory amp and get and aftermarket amp/sub of you liking. Second option would be bypass Bose all together and run wires to speakers and connect to aftermarket amp or your radio.

used these for alarm triggers for hood intrusion, https://www.amazon.com/Directed-Electronics-8623-Bearing-Switch/dp/B000I1GR8K could use to trigger light switch

Check the door boots, common for the wires to break in the door boots. I repaired my brothers 07, 6 broken wires in the boots and fixed his issues.

When I had my 08, I just unplugged my Bose sub and connected the line out converter for my amp at the plug. When truck got totaled, simply removed converter and plugged factory sub back in. Even after I upgraded the radio I left it that way, I was too lazy to run the RCAs to the radio, it sounded good even though I was being lazy to run the wires to the radio.

Check the wiring in the door boots, my brothers 07 classic had 4 broken wires in the door boots. Fixed his power window issue.

Katzkin is a brand I worked with before. I thought the end product was great. With the addition of adding heated seats was common here in AK. Install was just the same as factory, no custom modifications needed. https://katzkin.com

I see my Yukon every day..... drove off the lot in Oct. Only seen 2-3 other Yukons driving around up here in AK. Noticed by their dealer plates. Don't believe I seen any Tahoes yet. Last week got a check in the mail, didn't know we had a price lock guarantee from the dealer, that was a surprise.

Check the battery brackets on the remote fob circuit board. Solder connections could be broken from circuit board, reheat and dap fresh solder. Repaired many of these and remote start fobs with same issues.

There is a constant 12v and switched you can use if available at the trailer wire plug at the junction box next to kick panel which I have used many times. Granted the owners didn't have a trailer brake controller installed

it is possible, without cutting wires? no. You need to find the resistor measurement from you key cylinder when the key is turned, you said you watched a few videos. Find the resistor reading and install a resistor with the same reading (within 10%) and bypass the wires from the key cylinder for a permanent bypass. I have done it a few times for family while installing remote starters.

Friday evening we drove home our new Yukon Denali after waiting 4 months. Just a few back and forth about options not available, being the super cruise option which only feature we liked was the rearview mirror can swap to rear camera view to remove passengers from mirror and then towing package which reduced the capacity 500 lbs. Being in AK, super cruise not a big feature for us, and don't have anything heavy to tow. Upgraded from a 08 Yukon Denali that I took care of the best I could, had 91,108 on the odometer when the in-laws drove it away last night. Gotta get used to the engine shut off at idle, its like perfect timing when hitting the gas right when the engine cranks over it gets pretty jerky. Im not too impressed with the center dash radio/app/controls/screen yet cause realizing its just an extension of your cell phone. I Find myself still changing music stations from my phone or watch cause it just seems faster. But these features are still new to me and I'm sure over time I'll have new apps and features downloaded on my phone just for the truck(which is still crazy to me). I used to install accessories on vehicles for work, can't wait to start digging into this after the newness fades and warranty is done.

good to hear. ill log that ground location into common issues for that year