Thinking about buying a 2014, but..

[iCryWheniGoPoop]

Hey All - longtime reader, first time post...I own a real dinosaur - 1998 Chev C1500 Cheyenne 305. Had it since brand new and has about 335000 km (or, about 225000 miles) on her and starting to show signs of its age. I'm looking at getting into a 2014 Silverado LTZ and love EVERYTHING about the look and drive of this truck. The one thing that's sticking in my head is about the AM/FM reception on the new units. I've read here that over 50% of them had / have problems so far with no TSB / recall in sight (as of yet).

 

I would be very interested to hear from some of the new truck owners if this is still a problem for them, or if it's something that may be slowly being put behind us with changes on the fly down at the factory level...Like I said - love the truck look and feel, but am just stuck on that one problem, since GM doesn't seem to be doing anything so far about it. $50,000 for a truck with a garbage radio - not what I had in mind. I'm sure there's bigger things to worry about going forward, but like I said, would be interested to hear from the new owners (ie. in the past couple of weeks or so).

 

Thanks - learning a ton of info on this board - keep the updates comin'!

Honestly my reception lines are right on par with every vehicle I've owned. I travel out of the area a lot and I know right when I need to start looking for another station and this truck is right in line with my 2008 impala(company car), my 04 escalade (traded for this truck) wife's CTS. I would say they are all within 10 miles of each other and a lot of that is weather/overcast related.

[Wagair]

I had my 14 LT for three months now - no radio problems here (other than an occasional BT hiccup).

 

With HD radio, its like satellite TV, you either get a signal or you don't. Maybe that's the source of some complaints. But there isn't a lot of investment in improving HD radio.

 

Message boards rarely tell you when everything works fine.

[Hmbuilder2]

My 2014 Silverado has FM radio reception issues, also the HD radio constanly goes in and out. I have been working with with dealer and GM on this issue. Truck goes in again this week, hopefully this issue can be resolved. Not sure if issue is widespread or not, GM claims there are no other reports of this issue and my vehcle is an isolated issue. This is the only issue I have with my truck, other than this truck is great.

 

Before you buy new truck, take it for a test drive and make sure radio works like you would expect it.

my HD Radio reception does the same thing, When it happens it sounds like a record with a scratch on it is playing, Mine does this all day as I am driving.