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98 Z71 SLT Senior Enthusiast

98 Z71 SLT

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Many members here lately checking up on glitches/problems/ reliability of our 900 series trucks.

 

So, let's give our purchase date, current miles, and any warranty work done so far.

 

Daily driver

 

2010 Silverado LS, 1850 miles, 4.8. Bought June 2010

 

No issues as of yet. I pulled the OnStar fuse because I hated the incoming messages from OnStar.

 

No leaks, still drives tight. No road noise.

 

Front brake rotors have very slight out-of-round pulsation. Has not bothered me enough yet to fix it.

Crazy Canuck Enthusiast

Crazy Canuck

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'08 Sierra SLT, 51,000 km, March '08

 

Fuel Pump replaced

Minor Rattle in sunvisor

Engine Ticks for 5 min or so on start up - No fix yet

Engine burns about a litre of oil every 1000 km - No fix yet, doing an oil consumption survey

Had rotors turned at 48,000 for pulsation when braking

Heavy condensation in one brake light

 

Other than that, a pretty flawless vehicle.

music Senior Enthusiast

music

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08 Sierra Crew

Oil pan leak: repaired

Driver's door lock actuator: repaired

 

Drives the same as the day I bought it. No issues.

RyanbabZ71 Senior Enthusiast

RyanbabZ71

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2010

 

10K miles plus some change

 

Rear leaf springs changed at around 5K miles

Caleb 6R Enthusiast

Caleb 6R

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07 Silverado 64 000 kms

 

Replaced both front wheel bearings, left one at 60 kms and the right at 61 kms roughly a week apart.

 

Heated washer fluid module removed.

66nova Senior Enthusiast

66nova

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07 Silverado crew cab LTZ VortecMax

 

60,000 miles

 

Only problem I have had is the sunroof drain plug got clogged and I had a little water leak with a heavy rain. Dealer took care of it though.

biggjay96x Enthusiast

biggjay96x

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2008 gmc 5.3 sle2 z71 x-cab 40,000 miles

all 4 rims replaced due to corrosion

rear bumper replaced due to rust spotting

drivers door hinge replaced

sensor in gas tank replaced

oldmann Senior Enthusiast

oldmann

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2007 sierra. 40k wheels at 25k due to corrosion. Needs drivers door detention replaced. Front rotor pulse at 30k.

 

Love it!

Matt_ Senior Enthusiast

Matt_

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08 Sierra Crew, 6.2L. Coming up on 25k miles

 

Drivers front and passenger rear door actuators replaced (one at 5k and the other around 12k)

Center brake light replaced at 8k (probably tightened too much from factory, spider cracks extruding from screw hole)

Loud body bushing causing squeak/creak sound behind dash. I installed Teflon pad per TSB. Maybe at the 10k mark.

 

On really cold mornings i'll have some engine knock on startup for the first 2-3 minutes.

L76PWRD Enthusiast

L76PWRD

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2007 V-Max 90,000 miles, bought July Of 2007

 

Daily Driver

 

Problems so far

 

Changed the front brakes three times and it needs front brakes soon.

 

Changed the rear brakes twice, so far so good.

 

Stock 17s used them for 20,000 miles, got a set of 20s with the Goodyear Eagle LS2 after and tires lasted 60,000 miles.

 

Broke the transmission at 80,000 miles, got it fixed under warranty.

 

Other than that it has been a great truck.

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