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Its really weird how things go wrong with a few of the 14 trucks and not others. Both of my 14 Silverado's have been trouble free, bought one for my wife last August and liked it so much I bought one for me last Oct. Hope everyone with problems gets it taken care of.

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good fiends? Perhaps there is a very good reason not to believe them. Hahaha.....

Yeah good friends, I paid 43k for a 2lz LTZ crew cab 4x4. Neither have any reason to lie to me!

 

Mike

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My mpg's have dropped from 20 with the first couple of tank-fulls to 17 with the last couple fill ups. Anyone else experience this? My driving habits and travel routes haven't changed. 2000 miles and still vibrating... By the way, anyone who asks me about my new Silverado I tell to save their money and keep driving what they have.

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My mpg's have dropped from 20 with the first couple of tank-fulls to 17 with the last couple fill ups. Anyone else experience this? My driving habits and travel routes haven't changed. 2000 miles and still vibrating... By the way, anyone who asks me about my new Silverado I tell to save their money and keep driving what they have.

It's getting colder, check your air pressure. Mine dropped 5-6 psi in the last month on every tire. I have a 5.3 4x4 took a trip over TUG Hill and into the ADK. Round trip average was 23.6 mpg that makes me happy, happy, happy. I may have complained a lot about a vibration but GM did build a good truck. Customer service / communication sucks on this vibration issue, hope they pull their head out of their ars.

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My mpg's have dropped from 20 with the first couple of tank-fulls to 17 with the last couple fill ups. Anyone else experience this? My driving habits and travel routes haven't changed. 2000 miles and still vibrating... By the way, anyone who asks me about my new Silverado I tell to save their money and keep driving what they have.

Mine dropped about 2 mpg when it got cold just from the fuel being "winter fuel"

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Hi Jonathan A.

Could you inform us what GM is doing about this . Is there a fix ? Does GM know its a problem? I think we are all waiting for some answers from GM to let us know what is going on....

 

Hello 14 POS TX Edition,

 

We are happy to document any issues you are experiencing with your vehicles so we can track these concerns and find out if, and where problems may lie. We do work on a case by case basis with every vehicle. If there is a specific concern you would like us to look into further PM us your name, address, phone number, VIN, current mileage, and preferred dealership and we would be happy to work with your dealership to get those issues resolved.

 

Also, for everybody else who may be experiencing any issues, feel free to reach out to us via PM providing the above information and we would be happy to look into any concerns for you.

 

Sincerely,

 

Jonathan A. (Assisting Jennifer)

GM Customer Care

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Hello 14 POS TX Edition,

 

We are happy to document any issues you are experiencing with your vehicles so we can track these concerns and find out if, and where problems may lie. We do work on a case by case basis with every vehicle. If there is a specific concern you would like us to look into further PM us your name, address, phone number, VIN, current mileage, and preferred dealership and we would be happy to work with your dealership to get those issues resolved.

 

Also, for everybody else who may be experiencing any issues, feel free to reach out to us via PM providing the above information and we would be happy to look into any concerns for you.

 

Sincerely,

 

Jonathan A. (Assisting Jennifer)

GM Customer Care

Jonathan we have cases already ..WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT GM IS DOING BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THE DONT WANT TO FACE THE PROBLEM?????????

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update....got mine back from the dealer and it has never driven this nice since I got it 2 weeks ago.

 

they said i had big chunks on ice in my wheels...which i cannot really believe because i hosed it down and looked for this myself, but maybe i missed something?

 

whatever, lets hope that it was just ice build up, its been -40 c + with the wind chill the past week so i guess its possible.

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I've called like 5 diffrent customer service phone #s and it takes you to the same place... Asked the dealer
For a diffrent number and they said they did not have any other number.

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Yea it seems the GM reps on here only want to set up an appt. at your local dealership which I can easily do myself..

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The GMT 900s were bullet proof, these should be too.

Bullet proof, but even a falling acorn would dent their sheet metal. :crackup:

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