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2014 Seirra Denali Poor Night Driving Lighting

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GTD

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I'm certain there must be some in agreement with me. What kind of line are GM/dealers feeding it's customers? Headlights are so poor we drive my wife's Honda at night. Plus it keeps the mileage down on the Seirra. I'm about to start some crap over the crap they gave us for headlights.

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Gringo1873 Enthusiast

Gringo1873

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There's at least 1 post about this on the 2500 forum.

 

Gringo

Liquorice Enthusiast

Liquorice

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I just drove my Sierra for the first time in the dark tonight.

I agree, piss poor, and high beams don't help much either!

sam :-)

CL8N Enthusiast

CL8N

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Projectors are a joke in these trucks. :/ My wife's 2012 Acadia is better

TJay74 Senior Enthusiast

TJay74

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Jesh, I have yet to see what the issue is with the lights. The ones in my 2014 AT are not that bad, once I leveled the truck I took some time to get them adjusted correctly. My main issue with them is only in regards to the color of the bulb, not really the output.

GMC-AT Senior Enthusiast

GMC-AT

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Yes, the lights suck.....You can do some things to help..

 

1. Turn down that bright ass screen in the center stack at night. It does help.

 

2. Do the high beam with fog light hack - will definitely help when you can use hi beams. http://www.gm-trucks.com/forums/topic/162734-foglights-on-with-high-beams/

 

3. Switch over the HID. Or if you dont want to do that HID stuff.. try switching to 9011 bulbs like I did. That helped.

Spurshot Senior Enthusiast

Spurshot

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That's why bulb changes, aftermarket lights and HID conversions are the number 1 modification on this forum for the 2014 SLT and Denali.

swampdonkey4x4 Enthusiast

swampdonkey4x4

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That's why bulb changes, aftermarket lights and HID conversions are the number 1 modification on this forum for the 2014 SLT and Denali.

wow!

Spurshot Senior Enthusiast

Spurshot

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That's about 15,000 lumens, 4300 in wide flat beams, 4300 in tight spots, and about 7000 in the headlights converted to HID. I think it's plenty for my needs on long trips across the country on the backroads.

GMCustomerService Senior Enthusiast

GMCustomerService

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Hi GTD,

 

We always appreciate both the positive and constructive feedback, and can assure you that we do take this feedback quite seriously. With your permission, I'd like to feed it back to our engineers and design team, but prior to doing that, we'd appreciate any additional info you'd be willing to share. If you're comfortable, please private message us with your VIN, your name, and any additional thoughts related to your Sierra. Down the road, it may be helpful for us to set you up with a truck engineer to share your feedback and suggestions. Again, thank you for taking the time to share some additional thoughts with us.

 

Sincerely,

 

Jennifer T.

GM Customer Care

Spurshot Senior Enthusiast

Spurshot

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Jennifer,

As I'm sure you have noticed, there is a lot of discontent about headlights on the 2014 SLT and Denali Sierra on these forums and other forums.

Jay700 Enthusiast

Jay700

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Love my truck but too scarred too drive at night. Waiting for hids too get the problems worked out then the stock bulbs are history.

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