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"- Ask about loaners, few have them. Choices were small SUV or less, no hitch! Fine print limits loaners to 75miles/day no out-of-state." Obviously, every dealership and location are different. My dealership had no problem pulling an unsold truck off of the lot and tossing me the key to a brand new 2024 Elevation with a 8.6 miles. I use my truck to move things and make deliveries during my days off and I didn't stop with their loaner, and I didn't try to hide it either. I put 3284 miles on it during the just over a month that they had my truck. Pulled my 7' x 14' trailer to Nashville and back, Baton Rouge and return twice...etc, with nary a problem in addition to more local work. BTW, it was the 4cyl turbo and I was more than a lil impressed with how it performed.

My 1st 6.2 replacement total price w/labor, engine, and the other miscellaneous parts was approx 14.2K. GM "graciously" allowed me to pay $1,500. The failures with these engines just on this site are widespread. Imagine how many others on other websites and then individuals that don't even bother taking their fristration to the internet. So yes, I could only imagine how much this is costing them. Not just in $$$$,$$'s, but in future customer loyalty.

Engine #2 has just been started the process at the dealer for removal and to make way for #3. It was towed there on April 29th. They had gave me a brand new GMC Elevation with the Turbomax to drive until mine gets replaced. Nice ride...but it's not mine. Also, General Motors "generously" offered me 4k on trade-in assistance to get out of mine if I decide to go that route.

My 2022 RST (purchased new on 17 Nov 21) had its first engine failure at 84,957 miles. Over a month and a half later I got the truck back and it ran great until a week ago and the second engine also locked up 14,588 miles later at 99,845 miles. Ironically both failures were 1.7 miles apart, which was a bridge on I-10 and a "shoulder" barely wide enough to pull out off traffic. Both occurred while pulling a trailer. 1st was my RV, 2nd was with my 7x14 enclosed trailer. First time I waited over 4 1/2 hrs for a tow truck, second time over 2hrs. While I was out of warranty and just outside of the additional extended warranty, the dealership advised me to start a claim with their customer service advisors. Unbelievably to me, the person that I dealt with was a fluent english speaking person residing in South Carolina vs someone on another continent that's never even seen an American pick-up. GM initially "generously" offered for us to pay a mere $8,000 and they'd pick up the rest. The dealership counter-offered at $1,500 and that's what I paid for a new engine, install, and everything else that accompanies it. The final ticket price was over $14,400. Additionally, ALL service has been at their business since new. Both times, the dealership has been more than generous and put me in a loaner right away, with each of them being a new Silverado LT. Nice rides, but I want MINE back. This truck is the nicest vehicle I've owned and truly enjoy driving it...when its running. After putting nearly 15k miles on engine number 2, I was feeling good about it as everything seemed to be normal until event #2. I've lost all faith in being able to trust it again. I travel a lot out of town and if either one of these would have happened away from the local area, it would have even been much worse. Of course, as soon as the engine was ordered it is on backorder which is the world we now live in.

Ended up with the GM liners. Happy with 'em thus far. They do seem to be a bit softer than the Weathertech mats. Purchased front only as its rare for someone to be in the back seat and the Weathertech mat back there is just fine. Here is the door threshold from the Weathertechs having scratched them up.

I purchased the Weathertech floor liners almost immediately after getting my truck for both the front and rear seats. While no complaints with the rear, but the fronts have both scratched the door sills to the point of needing replacement. I am actually going to be ordering the new ones tomorrow. It seems as if the factory GM liners won't rub against the sill plates. Does anyone in here have them in their truck and able to confirm/deny?

Luv mine and I also went for the power lock on the liftgate, the fold down window at the front to enable cleaning of the window and the trucks window as well.

Airlifter airbags only. And that's it. Really don't have to inflate 'em much save for pulling my camper.

I use my truck in my small hot-shot business and it performs awesome. With a 13,120 lb rating I can pull quite a bit...and I do. The black enclosed trailer, the car trailer, and the camper are mine while the boat belongs to a customer that I was delivering it for.

Taken on our trip to Ocean City last September. I have several more pics of the truck in front of murals.

Found a mural in Enterprise, AL that was begging for a shot, and then two days later I finally got my camper shell. It's a ARE CX Evolve w/drop down front slider and key fob lock/unlock.

Finally got my ARE CX Evolve today. Going to have to trim the seals just a tad to make the tailgate open/close easier. For options I have the key fob lock/unlock and the drop down front slider window.

Happened last Tuesday (December the 14th). I killed Bambi. Where I live at is hinting season and deer are moving at all hours of the day. This happened about 8:00 ish in the evening doing 65mph which was the posted speed. I'm fine, no airbags were deployed. Didn't bother searching for the deer as really it would not have made any kind of difference. Damage seems to mostly be front bumper, air dam, pax side foglight, at least one parking sensor, the black trim piece between the fender and bumper, possibly some brackets and wiring harness's to the parking sensor and foglight. Hood and fender appear to be unscathed. Still drives w/no allignment issues, but in a sharp turn the tire will rub on the bumper which was pushed back. Currently, the truck is in the body shop at the dealership where I purchased it from just a few weeks ago. Allstate is taking good care of as it's only going to cost me $100.00. Really sux, but there is nothing that I could have done.

1st time hitched up to the camper (8,260lbs empty) Took it on a qwik ride around town to compare it to my '18 Sierra w/5.3. When I took this there was NO mods done to the truck. In fact, the only suspension mod will be AirLifter air bags, which I installed the next day and of course a onboard compressor. However, it seems as if every retailer has the compressor on backorder til two weeks past forever. Until them, they are on but I have to fill them manually.

I ordered a ARE CX Evolve for my '18 Sierra in early September and was told that it would be shipped approx early January, then last week traded it and converted the order to my new truck and back to end of the line I go...