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I haven't even done my first oil change yet, and both front door handles are cracked in the exact same place. They also creak and crack with any applied pressure at all(adjusting my arse on the seat for example.) The panel for the passenger airbag isn't even flush with the dash.. Just looks sloppy and cheap.

 

I'm dropping my truck off when I go on vacation next week. To address the vibrations, the cracked door handles/arm rests, and the fog light that is burnt out already.. 3700 km later...

 

Quality.

Daryl LBZ Senior Enthusiast

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I haven't even done my first oil change yet, and both front door handles are cracked in the exact same place. They also creak and crack with any applied pressure at all(adjusting my arse on the seat for example.) The panel for the passenger airbag isn't even flush with the dash.. Just looks sloppy and cheap.

 

I'm dropping my truck off when I go on vacation next week. To address the vibrations, the cracked door handles/arm rests, and the fog light that is burnt out already.. 3700 km later...

 

Quality.

 

I know my interior isn't as good as my 2009 was. I have poor panel fitment, and a really annoying rattle which sounds like it's coming from behind the instrument cluster. I was going to tell my dealer, but I'm afraid that they'll tear it apart, and I'll be worse off than I was before. I'm really picky about how things look so I would like to find it on my own that way when I put it back together it's exactly how it should be.

BlackZ71Silverado Senior Enthusiast

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No problems here....I can say tgat my 2008 interior is much tighter than my 2010. The 2010 panels don't fit together as tight as the 2008 for some reason. Both are LT trim with the same options except the 2008 has trailer brake and auto clinate control.

 

 

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I know my interior isn't as good as my 2009 was. I have poor panel fitment, and a really annoying rattle which sounds like it's coming from behind the instrument cluster. I was going to tell my dealer, but I'm afraid that they'll tear it apart, and I'll be worse off than I was before. I'm really picky about how things look so I would like to find it on my own that way when I put it back together it's exactly how it should be.

Yeah I'm the same as far as them ripping it apart. I'm worried it'll never be the same. I'll see what they say, and I'll take some pics tomorrow.

 

I'm so rattled, because this is my first new truck, and it cost me a bloody fortune. I expect it to be perfect, and I have a very picky attention to detail. I notice everything.

Daryl LBZ Senior Enthusiast

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Yeah I'm the same as far as them ripping it apart. I'm worried it'll never be the same. I'll see what they say, and I'll take some pics tomorrow.

 

I'm so rattled, because this is my first new truck, and it cost me a bloody fortune. I expect it to be perfect, and I have a very picky attention to detail. I notice everything.

 

 

Haha same here man. I notice EVERY imperfection, and sometimes it sucks because it can ruin a lot of things.

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bought my '12 back last summer and was great til about 3 months of driving. Since then the dealer has had to replace nice backup sensors and 3 wiring harnesses. We have more winter here in Saskatchewan than not and Ive found that somewhere in the dash or firewall on the passanger side loves to give a nasty constant squeak when its cold out. Annoys the crap out of me and all the dealer says is that it's normal for when the plastic gets cold or ice builds up on the firewall. When I spend 57k on a truck I thought a little quality would be put into the vehicle. Driving past the Ford or Dodge dealer every morning to work listening to this squeak makes me wish more and more I woulda taken one for a test drive. :mad:

'01LS1 Senior Enthusiast

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bought my '12 back last summer and was great til about 3 months of driving. Since then the dealer has had to replace nice backup sensors and 3 wiring harnesses. We have more winter here in Saskatchewan than not and Ive found that somewhere in the dash or firewall on the passanger side loves to give a nasty constant squeak when its cold out. Annoys the crap out of me and all the dealer says is that it's normal for when the plastic gets cold or ice builds up on the firewall. When I spend 57k on a truck I thought a little quality would be put into the vehicle. Driving past the Ford or Dodge dealer every morning to work listening to this squeak makes me wish more and more I woulda taken one for a test drive. :mad:

 

Sadly, until you get to the stitched interiors on the top trim levels, all mfg's have this cheap plastic squeaking/cracking crap going on.

 

The more I read online, the more I wish I could find a '98 gmt400 stashed away in a garage that only has 30,000 miles on it. :driving:

VMaxtastic Enthusiast

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bought my '12 back last summer and was great til about 3 months of driving. Since then the dealer has had to replace nice backup sensors and 3 wiring harnesses. We have more winter here in Saskatchewan than not and Ive found that somewhere in the dash or firewall on the passanger side loves to give a nasty constant squeak when its cold out. Annoys the crap out of me and all the dealer says is that it's normal for when the plastic gets cold or ice builds up on the firewall. When I spend 57k on a truck I thought a little quality would be put into the vehicle. Driving past the Ford or Dodge dealer every morning to work listening to this squeak makes me wish more and more I woulda taken one for a test drive. :mad:

Yep. I've only had my truck in the cold prairie months so far, so all I hear and all these noises and creaking plastic. I'm in the exact same boat as you, even paid the same for mine. This purchase happened fast, and while I was working, so I didn't even take the time to drive other trucks. But have driven a 2013 Dodge recently. Felt so much more solid everywhere. Hell, even my front end is making noises already. Its sad.

Daryl LBZ Senior Enthusiast

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I've had 3 of GM's trucks now. Two brand new, and one like new with 17,000 miles on it when I bought it. I plan on running my current truck into the ground since it has everything I wanted in a truck, but if I ever buy brand new again I have decided it will not be a GM. Not really sure what brand it would be, but I would consider all other options, and pick from there.

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Yeah I'm debating whether or not I should do the same with this one. It does have everything I want. This is also my third. My first was a 2000 reg cab complete base model 4x4, bought in 2004 with 130,000 and drove it to 415,000km.. Dif and tranny and two fuel pumps later.. Second was my 07 vmax, bought in 2010 with 70,000, drove to 207,000km.. Now this one. It's my last, if this is what buying new gets you.

 

There is another blizzard here today, but I promise i'll take some pics of these cracks in the handles. I have a feeling its a defect. its's weird though, they are basically identical. It's in a concealed spot, but like I said, I notice everything haha.

cobrajet84 Senior Enthusiast

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that sucks,luckily havnt had issues with mine. Hope the can remedy it, a truck that new should not be experiencing that stuff.

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VMaxtastic

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You should hear the creaks and cracks when I lean on the arm rest on the door. Sounds so bad. It's not like I weight 300 lbs, I'm 185 haha.

Daryl LBZ Senior Enthusiast

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Yeah I'm debating whether or not I should do the same with this one. It does have everything I want. This is also my third. My first was a 2000 reg cab complete base model 4x4, bought in 2004 with 130,000 and drove it to 415,000km.. Dif and tranny and two fuel pumps later.. Second was my 07 vmax, bought in 2010 with 70,000, drove to 207,000km.. Now this one. It's my last, if this is what buying new gets you.

 

There is another blizzard here today, but I promise i'll take some pics of these cracks in the handles. I have a feeling its a defect. its's weird though, they are basically identical. It's in a concealed spot, but like I said, I notice everything haha.

 

Kneel down kind of at the side of your truck one time, and look at the area above the wheels on your beside. It's harder to see on a light colored truck, but if you look in the right light you can see wavy sheet metal. I never noticed it on my white truck, but I do on this one. My guess is because of how thin the sheet metal is it deformed the steel when they formed the wheel opening on the bedsides. That's quality there.

 

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