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hemipowered22z Enthusiast

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The dash cracking must just be a southern truck issue, pretty uncommon up here. Mind you, our two hottest months are July and August.

 

I'm sure its heat related. I noticed the other day that now the dash piece closest to the windshield is cracked. (Not the main dash piece that was warrantied) my buddies 2012 sierra Denali cracked as well. Same spot our Tahoe did the first time.

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dsr611 Senior Enthusiast

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The dash cracking must just be a southern truck issue, pretty uncommon up here. Mind you, our two hottest months are July and August.

Not a southern truck issue at all...more like crappy GM engineering. There is a facebook page for GM Cracked Dashes and there are trucks and SUVs from all over the country, north to south, east to west, and everywhere in between. In fact, several of the latest postings on the page were from Ohio, Maryland, northern California, and Washington. The dash in my 2010 Sierra cracked in the winter time. GM has flip-flopped back and forth, blaming it on everything from cleaning agents used on the dash to heat, but yet, they have since updated the dash panels and added more structural support in the areas prone to cracking. Why would they add more support if it wasn't an engineering failure in the first place?

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I had a '00 Silverado LT with leather buckets. The leather split on the driver's seat at 35,000 miles (I'm a big guy, 6'4" 255 lbs). Dealer replaced the leather for free; I didn't even buy the truck from them but they were really good about it. 30,000 miles later, it split again but no warranty 2nd time. The interior, in general, was pretty well made though kind of plasticky.

My '13 Sierra SLE interior seems a bit cheap. The dash materials are thin and a bit flimsy, the cloth seats already show some wear at 6,000 miles. (I bought the truck brand new. My first brand new truck ever.)

But I am very happy with my '13. Like others mentioned, it drives and rides way better than my '00 and has way nicer features than my '00. I have no squeaks/rattles and everything seems to fit together the way it should.

The worst problem I had with my '00 Silverado is the rocker panels rusted out way too quickly. I had my '13 rust-proofed and had spray-in bedliner sprayed on the rockers and bottom edges of the body when it was brand new to help with rust and stone chips.

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Go buy a Dodge and you'll thank god you have a GM product. I traded my 09 Ram for a 2013 GMC Sierra and couldn't believe the quality difference. 09 Dodge,Doors rattled,if you touched the body with anything the metal dented and just felt much cheaper.Rear limited slip went out twice in 60k. GMC feels like twice the truck.No rattles,quality feels much better.

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I had a 2007 Sierra SLE RCSB 2wd w/5.3afm that I bought new but leftover in late 2008. That was a very solid truck for a first year body style. No major problems in 150,000+ miles, just the normal rotors once, rear drums and shoes once, and the door latch assembly once. Not one engine or transmission or suspension issue. It had a cloth interior with a very durable material, kind of a very soft suede?

 

That got traded in late 2012 for a 2013 Sierra extended cab SLE 4X4 w/5.3afm. Its got 70,000 on it now and not an issue yet. Very solid, quiet riding truck. The only thing I have done is front brake pads @ 50,000 miles.The interior quality is a bit suspect, I dont think the cloth seat material will hold up like the 2007.

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