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Ok, so these attorneys seem to be like contractors in their ability to return calls..... They don't, that is not something that I am ok with. I will be contacting a new attorney tomorrow to discuss this with him, This attorney was recommended to me by another attorney I have, I checked him out and he does appear to be good. In addition, I would like to pass along a tip I got from a lemon law attorney:



If you don't have a minimum of 3 repair attempts, don't file any claim (breach of warranty, lemon law etc.). GM will drag it out until you are out of warranty and ready to get rid of the truck. Go to your dealer and say that it has gotten worse, if it has been a certain time period of time or miles since your last visit (I don't know how long exactly) they will be obligated to check it out and you can get another documented attempt. If you attempt to file prior to having 3 documented attempts you will essentially be black balled from all GM dealers and basically never get anything done.



They also said that they are seeing more and more people who are unable to get a third repair attempt because GM is refusing. they said they have seen this before, and it is done when they don't have a diagnosis yet. SO BE AWARE, fight for yourself.



Another thing we discussed was filing other claims in small claims court, GM is legally not allowed to send attorneys there, so they have to send a rep. This way you could get a dialogue going about all of the issues and see if you can get something done out of court, as GM will NOT want to fight you in court especially with out their attorney. To do this, you would send a 30 day demand letter under chapter 93A (Massachusetts, likely different in other states) citing the costs to fix the issues, why they are liable, proof theyy are liable, under what laws/ statutes they are in violation of etc. A chapter 93A allows the plaintiff to file for double or treble (triple) damage. ie: say you paid for th upgraded all terrain tires but didn't get them, the proper tires, Bridgestone Deuller A/T RH-s will cost you lets say 1200. your claim is filed in the amount of 3600 but you offer to settle for 2600. you do this for any and all issues in a separate suit and it totals to a lot of money and opens a way for you to get a dialogue going with GM about fixing the truck.



I'm going to call another dealer tomorrow to try to get my truck in. My vibration has gotten worse especially around 43 - 54 MPH. definitely not happy with GM, but we shall see.



Good Luck Everyone


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Update,

 

I received a call from the dealership (thought they forgot about me) that GM has been working on a solution for the 4-cylinder vibration issue. Dealer would like me to drop off the truck to apply the fix. Not sure what their fix is but I'll find out. I’ll be dropping the truck off at the dealership on 10/13/15, will update when I get it back.

 

Thanks,

 

MA

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Update,

 

I received a call from the dealership (thought they forgot about me) that GM has been working on a solution for the 4-cylinder vibration issue. Dealer would like me to drop off the truck to apply the fix. Not sure what their fix is but I'll find out. Ill be dropping the truck off at the dealership on 10/13/15, will update when I get it back.

 

Thanks,

 

MA

What does this have to do with the 2500/3500HD trucks? You are clearly talking about the 1/2ton trucks as you referenced 4-cylinder mode.

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I was reminded of a gag we use to play on cherries in my Army Artillery unit back in the day. We would send them to 725th Maintenance battalion for a can of muzzle blast and a tube of bore grease. 725th was on to the game and would send them on to somewhere else. This would go on all day till the guy came back, 7 shades of PO'd at us.

 

And now, there is a hoax going around that Wisconsin DNR has issued a notice that people with the ceramic and concrete deer on their lawns needs to remove them so that they will not affect the annual deer count in the state.

 

When I saw the 4 cylinder vibration fix thing, and to bring the pickup in for test, I thought of all of this. Since the 2500/3500 pickup motors do not have the AFM cylinder shutdown stuff. Sounded like almost a gag by the dealer to play games with an owner.

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