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Hi everyone, I am just now starting to have an issue with the truck shifting hard from park to reverse to drive etc, at times it will just come right out of it and shift like a dream but most of the time it goes hard, anyone else ever have this problem? How did you fix it? How would you fix it? My truck is a 2011 Sierra with 5.3l 6spd, I have 93000 km and 3600 hours on it lots of shifting as I use this truck to read meters, so lots of stops.Thanks in advance.

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Yes but would the warranty cover it if it was just the shifting cable??

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its not the cable

Ok,what then, I was thinking it was likley the cable,have you had this problem or know someone who has,

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I know I have warranty but you don't get it, my dealer is terrible so if there is any way they can stick me then they will, so I like to know before I go what is wrong which is why I posted the question to see if anyone else has any idea what it is or have ever had any experience with this, since I am getting no response I guess I am the first, I am not affraid to use my warranty but the dealer will do anything possible to avoid a claim.

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that make sense after you are alittle upset why i cant poop out the root cause of a problem thats intermitant insde an automatic transmission and then you can take that to the &^% dealer and demand the repair ......

 

 

weeeeellll sooorrrrryyyyy

 

take it to *&&^%$ different dealer ...or ....if you have problems with your dealer you have avenues on how to deall with them,,,,,,

 

 

give me a break travis

 

why would a dealer WANT to refuse a claim ? ,,,,,,if its the lower $/hr rate of warranty they dont like then they have problems financialy and the regional service manager needs to be contacted if you have proof of this cuuuuzz its BS on the dealers part for sure ,,,,

 

there is to many things it can be to guess travis ,,,,,,

 

trannies and the interent dont go together ,,,at all

 

you may need a simple reprogram if ones available in the system

 

just dont be intimidated but keep your cool there hot head lol

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that make sense after you are alittle upset why i cant poop out the root cause of a problem thats intermitant insde an automatic transmission and then you can take that to the &^% dealer and demand the repair ......

 

 

weeeeellll sooorrrrryyyyy

 

take it to *&&^%$ different dealer ...or ....if you have problems with your dealer you have avenues on how to deall with them,,,,,,

 

 

give me a break travis

Really man, I'm not upset with you except that you claim my idea of the shifting cable is wrong but have no idea why it's doing it and you demand I take it to the dealer, my post asked if anyone knows whats wrong or has anyone had any experience with it which clearly you do not , I posed a question, you don't have the answer, so give me a break Rob!!

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Well as it turns out it wasen't the shift cables, or the transmission, the problem was in the column, I figured this out by accident the other day when I went to tilt my steering column(which I never do) and found that it woulden't lock into place afterwards, so I grabbed a can of rust check and lubricated the column in arround the tilt lever and hazzard switch and then everything is working perfect now, shifts like a dream, tilt works perfect, it even steers easier.Unfortunatly just before I did this I had ordered the new cables at the dealer, when they came in I just had to pay a restocking fee to get them to keep them, at any rate I am releived to have this fixed and glad I diden't just run to the dealer for diagnosis at $75/h as it would not have been a warranty thing.

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