Made in Mexico?

[GsBowtie]

Yes my CC was assembled in Mexico and that bothers me a little. However, if I'm being honest, in my experience Mexicans are extremely hard workers and proud people. The build quality on my truck is just as good as the 2500hd trucks I looked at. Just my opinion. Again, I'd rather they be assembled here, but the Mexican trucks are no junk at all. Plus, that is probably how GM can afford to put such aggressive incentives on the crew cabs.

[emeryz28]

ya know you are right, the great deals I always see advertised are ALWAYS for the crew cabs.

[oneandzero]

My 2009 Silverado built in Oshawa no problems.

My 2013 SilveradoHD built in Fort Wayne no problems.

My 2015 Sierra built in Mexico has been nothing but problems. I see made in Mexico I now cringe. The build quality on my Sierra is terrible.

[Rock1500]

 

 

Agreed. Working at a tier 2 supplier for aftermarket/OE parts I have noticed that Mexico does a pretty darn good job. We have a manufacturing plant across the border and surprisingly they do very well, also the plant is cleaner and more organized than ours. When there is a quality issue they are on it immediately and find a resolution in a very timely manner.

 

Basically, it sucks that we can't keep the money in the states and pay American citizens to build parts and assemble. In reality it is much, much cheaper to purchase parts and assemble out of states. The companies need to be profitable and expand, this is a great way to do so.

I would prefer American made but if not then atleast mexico or Canada. Keep it close to home versus going to china.

 

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[gmcleer]

Aren't the crew cab 1500s with the standard bed made in the US? Crew cab short bed definitely Mexico.

[redwngr]

Aren't the crew cab 1500s with the standard bed made in the US? Crew cab short bed definitely Mexico.

My CC standard (6.5ft) was made in Mexico.

 

(first digit of s/n is 3)

 

 

(digit 11 - F=Flint, Z=Fort Wayne, G=Silao. Digit 11 is the last one before the 'sequence number' which is 6 numbers at the end)

 

The Flint plant is capable of building CC and Reg cab 1500's. They use this flex capacity to balance production.

 

CC 1500 's can be made in the Flint, but Silao seems to be the primary build location.

[fedmogul89]

 

 

Agreed. Working at a tier 2 supplier for aftermarket/OE parts I have noticed that Mexico does a pretty darn good job. We have a manufacturing plant across the border and surprisingly they do very well, also the plant is cleaner and more organized than ours. When there is a quality issue they are on it immediately and find a resolution in a very timely manner.

 

Basically, it sucks that we can't keep the money in the states and pay American citizens to build parts and assemble. In reality it is much, much cheaper to purchase parts and assemble out of states. The companies need to be profitable and expand, this is a great way to do so.

Haha, heck yeah man, sweet. I work for a Tier 1 OEM supplier! I wonder if both of our companies do the same thing?

[fedmogul89]

Well, we actually don't do any Aftermarket work at all, but sometimes we'll send some of our products to a subsidiary tier 2 plant that does after market work

[Silverado Steve]

Here's a good article about the Mexican auto industry.

http://www.ibtimes.com/mexico-auto-industry-why-are-kia-motors-bmw-nissan-mercedes-headed-south-border-1671486

[draino]

My dad is an engineer for gm, he has made many trips to the truck plant in Mexico and has always said how nice it is compared to Fort Wayne and flint. I am a union pipefitter and we have done a lot of work at the Dearborn ford truck plant, mostly in there paint booths. All I can say is what a dump! I have worked in the Dodge Ram truck plant also and it's much better than fords paint shop. It always amazes me that something decent could come out of the paint booths and e-coat line.

 

 

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[Rock1500]

My dad is an engineer for gm, he has made many trips to the truck plant in Mexico and has always said how nice it is compared to Fort Wayne and flint. I am a union pipefitter and we have done a lot of work at the Dearborn ford truck plant, mostly in there paint booths. All I can say is what a dump! I have worked in the Dodge Ram truck plant also and it's much better than fords paint shop. It always amazes me that something decent could come out of the paint booths and e-coat line.

 

 

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How old is that plant? Sometimes the legacy sites are just that legacy and harder to modernize.

My company had two buildings and one was built in the 60s while the other in the late 90s. The older one always needed an electrical upgrade for all the computers and power needed.

 

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[benjaminforeal]

Haha, heck yeah man, sweet. I work for a Tier 1 OEM supplier! I wonder if both of our companies do the same thing?

 

I stand corrected, we are probably 80% tier 1 and 20% tier 2. Most of our business is aftermarket, though. We do roughly 85% aftermarket parts and 15% OEM parts.

 

We may be competitors! I may have said too much

[Ridersfan]

Tahoe/Suburban/Avalanche used to be built in Mexico, it was moved to US after the body style change and discontinuation of Avalanche... so production does move back and forth, once it's gone... it's not necessarily gone forever... just if the union is greedy

[fedmogul89]

 

I stand corrected, we are probably 80% tier 1 and 20% tier 2. Most of our business is aftermarket, though. We do roughly 85% aftermarket parts and 15% OEM parts.

 

We may be competitors! I may have said too much

This actually sounds just like the company I work for. We have two divisions, one being responsible for Powertrain OEM, and the other being responsible for Aftermarket. I work under the Powertrain division. Two entirely different and solely independent divisions. Then we own a bunch of subsidiary companies and our largest makes chassis products

[fedmogul89]

It would be so crazy if we worked for each others competition, lol. I know we have one MAJOR competitor -puts on Game Face-