UncleDave

All I can say is Amen to this! My tailgate fails to completely unlatch 90% of the time in any weather, with or without tonneau cover, parked uphill or downhill or flat. It always takes several tries and perfect timing to yank the dang thing open after hitting the button. What an absolute PITA. Lack of a manual backup is just stupid, IMHO.

I prefer the '19-21 painted body color, looked more like a budget RST. Dislike the '22 black plastic molded grille, and the new style looks "pinched" in the middle.

I have a 2019 with the 4.3 V6 that has AFM. Supposedly it uses the same exact lifters and AFM solenoids as the V8. I haven't heard of lifter failures on these, but the there are far fewer V6 trucks sold or in service. Mine likes to tick especially when cold, as usual I was told that's normal. Personally I know of no-one who has experienced lifter failure on their 5.3, neither AFM nor DFM. I was considering trading up for a 5.3 but for various reasons might go with a 3.0L Duramax instead.

I find the lack of interior 12v and 120v outlets conspicuous, unless they're hidden somewhere. They show a 120v in the bed but the switch to activate the inverter is missing from the switch bank. And they could have used the updated interior in the Pro/WT and just used easy-to-clean resilient materials and a smaller screen, not sure why they decided to hold onto the old outdated design.

A bit disappointing about the WT/Custom/CustomTB interiors, but not surprising. WT isn't aimed at the general consumer anyway, LT is the starting point for most. I like the front-end refresh, however.

I have watched videos and read articles, but heard/saw no mention of the 2022 (non-Limited) Custom trim. Will there be Custom and Custom Trail Boss trims with the new face lift? Videos I've watched say the new interior is available on "all trim levels" but only list LT, Trail Boss, RST, LTZ, HC, and ZR2, but not WT or Custom. There were spy shots showing either a Custom or WT with the current interior. Is that a "Limited" i.e. current-style? Will the new WT and Custom receive the redesigned interior, or will those still be the current design? If the latter, that would be disappointing. Finally, in all the interior shots I've seen, none appear to have dash power outlets (12v nor 110v), nor any space for them. Have these been deleted, or moved to some other location? Can't wait to actually see one in person, if and when they show up next Spring.

I haven't used my tailgate since the first snow but I assume it will freeze up and require de-icing. I have a tonneau cover and I need to either lift up on the back of the cover or yank on the tailgate because it won't open on its own otherwise.

The only quirk I've encountered was I had to "reset" the infotainment system by pulling the fuse. Other than that it's been reliable. The only major annoyance is the transmission (6sp) banging and clunking under light throttle and coasting.

Just posted about this in another thread. My 2019 Custom has 4700 miles, this just happened to me last week. Shutting off/restarting the truck didn't work, turning Auto headlamps off & on didn't work, the only thing that worked was reseating fuse F41. I have an oil change coming up and I'll ask about software updates, although I don't think there are any available yet.

Amen to that! Also annoying are the drops on the camera lens when it rains, makes it almost impossible to see anything via the RV camera. Plus not being able to reduce the display brightness at night when the camera is active.

Here's another vote for Cooper AT3 4S. For the price they're hard to beat. I ran them on my old Ram, they weren't noisy for AT's, had decent tread wear and handled snow and slush very well.

Maybe GM can save us from ourselves by adding the power-lift option to the MPT and adding a proximity sensor that will detect any obstruction, such as a hitch, and halt the tailgate from opening any further? Modern vehicles have all kinds of nanny doodads to protect us from our inattentiveness, so something like this shouldn't be difficult. Sure beats removing the hitch. I do agree that providing the ability to lock the load stop in the extended position would be a no-brainer. That omission was just ridiculous.

I just got used to keeping it on me holstered. If I'm going where I know I cannot carry (like work) I usually leave it home, otherwise lock it in a secured under-seat vault, but if I'm carrying it stays on my person even in the vehicle.

^^ Ditto this. Also, what does the dealer need in order to program the unit? I ran across an issue with the Trailering Hookup Assist app where GM wouldn't provide the unlock code for the dealer to install it, because my truck didn't originally come with the option (which was the whole point of having the dealer install it!). I don't want to spend hundreds of $ just to hit a brick wall when it comes to programming.

This bears investigation. Does anyone have a pic of the wiring harness and connector behind the dash that the controller plugs into? I can then verify whether or not my Custom has it.