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All,

 

This is my first post on the site - excited to be here! I had some questions I was hoping maybe the community could help me out at. I'm looking at purchasing a 2006 Sierra Crew Z71 SLT with 65k miles on it. There were a couple of issues though I was wanting to get opinions on.

 

- 4x4 system: The system seemd to work fine, however there were a few times when I was in a parking lot that it took 7-8 times of pushing the buttons in order to get the system to activate and change from 2HI to 4HI or 4LO. Someone told me that if the 4WD isn't used that often sometimes the actuators can take a little bit to "come back to life". I'm not sure how much water that holds.

 

- A/C system: Blew cold air and all settings worked, but when setting the fan to max, the hum coming from firewall seemed to increase slightly. Not enough to be considered "buzzing" or "whirring", but you could definitely tell it was pushing more air

 

- Rocker panels: The rocker panels along the base - not quite up to the door - are starting to show some rust (shocking, I know). I've been informed that this is a problem that occurs from the inside out - so while the rockers don't quite look like "swiss cheese" yet I was wondering if it was a good fix to sand off all the old paint and rust, spray both the outside and inside with some of that rust eating paint, and then cover it all up with a roll-on bedliner.

 

Any feedback that the community could give would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Gordon_Bombay New Member

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He's asking $20,900 for it. The market on trucks right now seems to be crazy for any condition or miles. The rust is worrying, but they're supposedly getting a quote in the morning to see if they could just take care of the rocker panels for me.

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He's asking $20,900 for it. The market on trucks right now seems to be crazy for any condition or miles. The rust is worrying, but they're supposedly getting a quote in the morning to see if they could just take care of the rocker panels for me.

I wouldn't touch that. Way to many problems. Seems like some didn't take care of it and their problem may become your problem.

KMGZ400 Senior Enthusiast

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You would be insane to pay 20k for a rusty 2006 truck.. You would be better off flying somewhere and buying a cheaper better rust free truck

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00Silverado4x4 Senior Enthusiast

00Silverado4x4

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I can't say that my 06 is worth $20k so I'd definitely be looking for a different truck or get a way better price for that one.

chupe442 Enthusiast

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$20,000 does seem to be a bit high for a lower than avg mile truck with some visual issues. It is an SLT but man, that price I would expect it to be perfect and sitting on a big dealer lot with pockets to gamble that price with. For a private seller, that is a pretty proud penny to be asking for that truck. Where are you that a truck like that would fetch high premium?

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I own a '06 as well...seems to be too much $$$$$.

My rockers were showing some rust from rocks being deflected from the step tubes up into the rockers. The repaint did not last and wound up having the colored Line X applied to the lower part of the truck.

Now, one other thing to consider (as I just dropped $2300 on it) is that the transmissions are weak.

Unless you can talk the seller down, I'd pass.

bbwb

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