GM uses the customer as R&D now. Don't fool yourself. The largest GM dealer in Fort Wayne In. charges you to check vehicle customer complaints with the vehicle under warrenty Total Bs . They will also sell you a vehicle warrenty that runs out when the factory warrenty does. What kind of honest company does this? Be carefully when dealing with GM.
Sounds like a acurater or a stuck blend door. Probably acurater. Go through hvac settings to find out what setting isn't working. Get under the dash when making noise to find out which acurater it is. Good luck it maybe in easy reach.
From what I have seen the thieves replicate the fob signal that is usually in your house. With a laptop
they have to get close enough to the fob. That usually means walking around outside until signal is found.
They'll take signal to the truck and take it.
You can solve that problem buying a faraday bag to put your key fobs in.
That looks like your front diff. vent. It should be up higher next to your coolant reservoir. I would move it up and zip tie it. Or you could leave it. Typical lazy tech