Mikes chev

My apologies for not seeing your reply earlier. I will definitely be sending something. It’s been almost 3 months which is unacceptable. I had called gm customer service, and I’m sure you know they’re super helpful and care, NOT. I’ll send an email and see if anything comes up. I’ve also been told gm is now telling the dealers if the customer brings their vehicle in for warranty work and part is back ordered and the part shows up after the warranty expires, you might be on the hook for the cost. I heard some other stuff and I believe gm is out to short change the customer as much as they can. Seems their new way of doing business is do less and charge more! if anyone can confirm any of this please let us know, as I’d prefer the facts. Cheers, Mike

I brought my 2022 1500 LTD LT Trail Boss to the dealer on Jan 11/24 for service and smell of exhaust in the cab. They need to replace the exhaust manifold. I have now been waiting over a month for the part and dealer has no update. Anyone have an idea of how long this will take?

Wow! That’s ridiculous. It seems that GM is just going to let truck owners be frustrated with this paint issue. I believe there is a lawsuit in place for the black paint but at this moment doesn’t include the 2022 truck year.

Thanks for all your feedback. The paint is absolutely disappointing. I’m pretty sure GM doesn’t care, cause if they did, we wouldn’t be having this discussion. This then leads to, why would I want to get another truck that is even more astronomically expensive than they’ve ever been!!

This is my story. I purchased my 2022 Silverado 1500 Ltd Trail boss in black, and finally was able to pick it up Dec 23, 2021. I live in Regina, Saskatchewan and drove to Winnipeg, Manitoba on Dec 24, 2021. The drive there is just over 500km. The drive was under normal winter driving conditions. The truck has gatorback mud flaps and no running boards at the time. The paint before and after the wheel well looked like shredded cheese from chips. I forgot to mention I was driving on the highway, not a grid road. After dealing with the dealership , they put it through the warranty and repainted those sections. Yes there was a catch. I had to install running boards and film at my own expense. Boards $1100 and to have the the rockers and front end done with film, another $1500. I was thankful for the paint being done, but it should’ve never of had to be done in the first place. After getting this done and it not sitting well with me, I called gm to complain as to why I was out money for something that shouldn’t have happened, it’s not like these trucks are cheap. I talked with GM customer service and was told that the decision was made and they would not entertain anything further. Remember the customer is always right. WRONG!! That is not the way it works anymore. I’ve owned 3 Chevys, 1998, 2006 and 2015 Silverado and never had any paint issues. The truck is a year and 4 months old and now the inside of the wheel wells are chipping. Some smaller chips, but some paint chipping are quarter size. Am I happy with the black paint? Not at all!! Has anyone else had any issues with the black paint? thanks for listening…

I’m in Sask as well. Hopefully this doesn’t happen again. It’s a pain in the a!!..lol. I looked up the plant where mine was built. Sunny Mexico… not sure if that’s good or bad. The only other problem I’ve had with this truck was the black paint, which is a whole other story…

The first noise they thought it was the starter. So they replaced it. Unfortunately that’s all the dealer came up with until I was able to get the video of the snapping.

Hi all, I have the 5.3. They replaced all 8 afm lifters, 1 push rod and 1 rocker. The snapping was afm lifter. Truck has been fine since repaired.

Hi, Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I got the truck back last Friday and so far the first week has been good. My truck just over 13000 miles and No DFM. The only bonus out of this was I got my heated seats finally installed. So that’s a win..lol

Update from dealership. The noise is coming from the left side, Lifter #7 bent push rod. Hope this helps others out. I will see how the truck is one e I have it back.

Brutal!. I will pass this information to the dealership. Thanks a bunch!

The Knock seems to be more noticeable on start up in the cold lately. And then it’ll do it out of the blue when driving which then causes the slightest jerk. I appreciate the help. Going to drop off at dealership here today. Will report back once I hear from them.

Let’s try this. Truck goes into dealership tomorrow. Will update with findings.

I attached another clip. Please let me know if you’re able to hear it or not

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