sswalker

I saw the round ones on a truck yesterday and do like the looks of them. There is a set of Lund boards I found that I like as well. Unless I can find a reasonably priced drivers side board in good shape I'll probably swap out for one of these options. Also, I was told when they replaced the passenger board that as long as it came new with the truck, actually on the window sticker, it is covered by the same new car warranty and they can replace just 1 board. If they were added as an aftermarket accessory then they have a different warranty and have to replace both. Thanks for your input. Scott

I have the stock rectangle chrome boards on my 2016 GMC Sierra. I have 46,000 miles on the truck and try as hard as I can to keep it clean, even under the truck, to make sure I don't have rust, bubbling or peeling on the chrome. About 2 years ago now the chrome on the passenger board began bubbling and peeling. The warranty was just about up and I got the dealer to replace the passenger board. 6 months or a year later now the warranty is up and the drivers side started doing the same thing. GM wouldn't replace it and after winter now the chrome is even peeling off. So I need to replace one or both boards again. Just wondering if there are any good polished stainless running board options people have switched to that will be more resistant to the bubbling and peeling or do I just find a used drivers side factory board to swap out the bad one and wait until this happens again? I don't mind the looks of the factory boards but they just seem to not hold up. I appreciate your opinions. Scott

Definitely interested if someone wants to start making these and selling them. I'd be interested in a set. Thank you 737Mechanic for sharing.

So this is an older topic but in my search on the internet seems to be a fairly common problem that maybe GM needs to do a recall on? I have a 2016 GMC Sierra and just noticed today that my washers don't work. Fuse is OK and I don't hear the pump run when I turn it on. So looking like I need to replace the pump. I don't think I have ever had to replace a windshield washer pump on a car in my life let a lone a 3 year old vehicle with 30,000 miles. Unfortunately my warranty was up in May due to time. So I get to fix it myself. Seems like a cheap enough part and maybe that's the problem but it that many are breaking I would think GM would take a closer look. Either way, does anyone have instructions on how to replace this? Looks like I get to tear some stuff apart to access it. Thanks.

Well, got my truck back last night from my mechanic. They replaced the oil pressure sending unit and got it done for $190. I thought great. Always good to save money. Problem is on my way home after about 5 miles the gauge started bouncing around again. Still not fixed. Did some research last night and thought maybe my oil filter was plugged. I had almost 5000 on the oil so I planned to take it in this morning for an oil change. On the way to work though, pressure dropped again and light came on. Into the dealer this time. Explained what had been going on. First question, did they replace the filter/screen. I wasn't sure, so called mechanic and they had not. So oil change and filter/screen changed. $300 later and everything appears to be better. Long story short, if you are changing the sensor, change the filter because that is the problem. Now, the service advisor did give me some interesting data. 1 - after 100,000 miles, normal oil pressure on the 5.3 with AFM is 26 at idle and close to 40 at speed 2 - after 100,000 miles, GM considers it "normal" for the engine to use 1 quart of oil every 2000 miles. The dealer recommended oil changes at 3000 miles to be safe because he's seen a few motors blow around 120,000 because of low oil. 3 - even though I get pretty goodfuel mileage right now, I think I want to look into one of the AFM disabling options because it shounds like it causes more problems than anything. Thanks for listening.

Took my truck into my mechanic today (not the dealer) because of the low oil pressure. Haven't had a light come on, but I commute about 75 miles a day round trip and I didn't want to take a chance of something major being wrong. Just got a call that they think it is the oil pressure sending unit but there is no way to know for sure without just replacing it. So now I get to pay $450 and hopefully correct the issue. My question is, since I have just 102,000 miles on my 2011 truck, what are the chances that I can get GM to cover this under the powertrain warranty? As far as I know the truck has always been services by a GM dealer and I bought it as a CPO. Do I even waste my time checking with them on it or is it a waste of time since the only thing I have is an oil pressure gauge that bounces between 15 and 40? Just wondering is anyone else has fought this battle.

I just noticed tonight that I have almost the exact same situation as you rws262. On the way home tonight I noticed my oil pressure was bouncing between 20 and 25. It has always run 40 to 50 in the past. Oil is only down about 1/2 a quart, I did not see any leaks and there is about 4000 on the oil. My truck is a 2011 Sierra with 102,000 on it and I have no idea what to do. No lights have come on, yet, and the truck seems to be running good. I have 1 oil change left under my CPO Service, but all warranty is now up. If motor is broken, you better believe I will be raising hell with GM since I am just 2000 over warranty and it has always been serviced at the dealership. Where do I start? Is there anything I can do on my own as dealer is so expensive?

Thank you John. I did a search bout couldn't find this. Guess I needed to look harder. I didn't think I was the first person to think about this. Looks like a little more than I can do myself, but I'm glad it is possible.

Just wondering if anyone has tried or knows if it is easily possible to take a heated steering wheel from a Denali and put it into a 2011 Sierra? My thought is that the wiring might already be in the steering column and it would be an easy swap but wondering if anyone has tried it or knows if it is possible. Thanks,