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I have a 2011 Silverado Crew Cab 1500, 3 months old. I haul a "V" nose trailer (small one 6x10) that sometimes gets in very tight turns to get into a clients driveway (small construction business). Last week the trailer got turned too tight and the right (passenger) side of the bumper touched the front of the trailer. Not a mark on the trailer, and no real mark on the bumper. However, the bumper was pushed into the rear of the truck, and screwed up the rear quarter panel on the truck. Between the bumper and panel - $2,000 damage to the truck - all that without a mark on the bumper. I was able to pull the bumper out with my hand!

 

Love the truck otherwise, but I must say that I had a 2008 F150 prior to this and had the same thing happen a couple of times. Result? Slight dent in the front of the trailer and a scratch on the bumper.

 

Went and talked to the dealer - Service manager says that bumpers are only there for decoration and serve no useful purpose. He claims that they will meet the 5 mph requirement if you are hit directly on - I seriously doubt that after seeing how they are made.

 

Anyone else with this experience or am I the only one with a truck that has this problem? Haven't taken any pics yet, although I can get some and upload them if anyone wants.

 

Thanks

 

Ron

mhenshaw Senior Enthusiast

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Drive around town and look at the new Silverado's and you will see a dozen front bumpers with bad dents. I guarantee that most of them were caused by shopping carts.

 

Welcome to the new age of environmental paint, thin sheet metal, and weak no purpose bumpers.

mc7719 Enthusiast

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Agreed. Nowhere NEAR the strength of the "real" bumpers on my '96. Actually quite disappointed in them.

Stevens03 Senior Enthusiast

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Agreed. Nowhere NEAR the strength of the "real" bumpers on my '96. Actually quite disappointed in them.

 

Agreed, but the 1996 has nowhere near the safety to the passengers that your current truck offers :thumbs: So Its a trade off in my mind.

66 ROG Enthusiast

66 ROG

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Agreed. Nowhere NEAR the strength of the "real" bumpers on my '96. Actually quite disappointed in them.

 

Agreed, but the 1996 has nowhere near the safety to the passengers that your current truck offers :thumbs: So Its a trade off in my mind.

 

 

Good point.

pm26 Senior Enthusiast

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Anyone else with this experience or am I the only one with a truck that has this problem?

 

Heck no, all other GMT900s have 1/4 inch thick solid steel bumpers. :thumbs:

pm26 Senior Enthusiast

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Interesting that someone just brought up bumpers. Today someone rear ended my 1999 Mazda 626, maybe at 5 MPH and there was no damage whatsoever. Of course, this is a painted plastic bumper, but the steel reinforcement under the bumper is really quite strong. If this was a GMT900, I bet the bumper would have got badly dented.

 

I really think that painted plastic bumpers on GMT900, with a decent steel bar under neath would be quite an improvement over the present chromed tinfoil.

mc7719 Enthusiast

mc7719

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Agreed. Nowhere NEAR the strength of the "real" bumpers on my '96. Actually quite disappointed in them.

 

Agreed, but the 1996 has nowhere near the safety to the passengers that your current truck offers :thumbs: So Its a trade off in my mind.

 

 

Good point.

 

 

Agreed....

 

 

Out of curiosity, for those that have the 2500/3500 GMT900's, are the bumpers the same? Or does the HD designation actually indicate heavier bumpers as well?

pm26 Senior Enthusiast

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This is really interesting. Instead of telling GM what you really think, you guys are rationalizing how safe these flimsy bumpers really are. If they actually made them out of aluminum foil wrap, they would be even safer, right? :thumbs:

MikeNH Senior Enthusiast

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The bumpers are not actually rated for 5 mph anymore- just 2.5 mph. That is such a joke.

texasblueline Enthusiast

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Hey now, go easy on the bumpers. I pushed a broke-down '08 Silverado a half mile down the highway a couple weeks ago with my patrol car to get him out of the construction zone and to an open shoulder and his bumper came out just fine....of course knowing how flimsy they are I eased into his bumper at a whopping 1 mph or so with my push bumper, and even then was still a little worried that I was going to cave it in. :thumbs:

oldschool327 Senior Enthusiast

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This is really interesting. Instead of telling GM what you really think, you guys are rationalizing how safe these flimsy bumpers really are. If they actually made them out of aluminum foil wrap, they would be even safer, right? :thumbs:

 

 

I am not rationalizing......I know there junk.

 

With the amount of space between you and the other guy, trucks are inherently safer. So stop worrying about the flimsy metal or do something about it (upgrade).

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