What To Look For When Buying?

By Bowtie_Beast
February 1, 2011 in 1999-2013 Silverado 1500 & Sierra 1500

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Bowtie_Beast

Posted February 1, 2011

I'm looking at purchasing a 2000-2004 Suburban/Yukon XL in the next six months or so. Is there anything in particular I should be looking at/for or ask about? MSN Auto doesn't give a real good reliability rating for a few of those years. Has anyone had any real problems? I guess I don't care too much about little things, but I don't want any repairs that are going to be too expensive. I just put $1,300 into my car for a head gasket.

Thanks for any input.

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