Westernstar

For the guy thinking about buying GM - I bought a brand new Silverado in 2014 - decked out Tuscany with 6” lift for thousands less I’ve been paying for F250’s. Since then I’ve butted heads with dealerships doing sloppy maintenance, complained about premature rust on frame and brakes going out - they blew my concerns off and now I find 15 recalls they never addressed - discovered the recalls looking for why my truck wouldn’t start. Save the drama and spend the extra $ for Ford - pricy but they have less issues and better quality.

It’s not just a cold weather thing - 73 degrees in Columbus Ohio at a gas station. When I got back in the truck and tried to start it - got a click then everything went dark. No instruments, no radio, FOD would not remote start, lock, or unlock doors - nothing. Had two people try to help me with jumper cables - no luck. Being Sunday my options were a wrecker or call my friend the mechanic. I called my friend first and he recommended looking for loose connections on some plate mounted above and to the side of the battery. There was this blue clip which had two separate bundles of wires towards the back of this terminal or bus thing mounted over the battery. On side of that blue clip had some play in it and as I moved it side to side I could feel in sliding over the male side of this thing. I hit the lock button on FOD and lights flashed - the truck started and has started about 5 times in my driveway since then. Trying to figure it out, I started searching the internet and discovered recalls on my 2014 (bought it new in 2014) and see 15 recalls ranging from seat belts, loss of brakes and steering, seat belts, air bags. Why haven’t they fixed these issues at service intervals? I tried to tell them about no brakes and how I almost hit a car in front of me and close call rolling off a cliff with no brakes. What the heck GM? Are you guys trying to make a killing by cutting corners?? Now I know not to by an American made truck that’s made in Mexico