I will never buy another GM vehicle - frame coating peeled off

[Rkaroll953]

just my .02 but a "new truck" from the dealer with 3200 miles? deff means it was a loaner or a employee drove it for that? prob never washed it in that time span maybe salt sat on it? i wouldn't have paid the new price for a truck that has 3200 miles

[Haus_Z71]

just my .02 but a "new truck" from the dealer with 3200 miles? deff means it was a loaner or a employee drove it for that? prob never washed it in that time span maybe salt sat on it? i wouldn't have paid the new price for a truck that has 3200 miles

 

I didn't pay a new vehicle price. With the miles it was technically used, but never owned so it was considered a new vehicle buy and came with the same benefits of brand new. It was actually cheaper than a used 2015 with 6600 miles. I got $11k off MSRP because it had the mileage. It was likely a loaner. I drove a truck just like this while it was in the shop getting the frame recoated. It probably wasn't washed much though like you said. Probably just once before they put it on their showroom floor.

[tnchevy]

I don't care what they call it, it is still a used truck with that kind of mileage. You should have gotten the truck for at least $15k off MSRP, most of us got $11k or more off of new trucks with 10 miles on them.

[Graphic]

The rust is unsightly, could lead to other issues later, period. Odds on this happening, I don't know and honestly think the frames will last a long time... but I just wasn't willing to take the chance. After my initial experience with warranty on the truck and GM's lack of responsiveness, Mine was not bad at all compared to some of the others I have seen pictures of on here, but it was the proverbial straw that broke the camels back. I had noticed a spot on one area, the tube traversing left to right above the back wheels, but once I looked underneath... My 2008 Silverado and 2010 avalanche was no where near as bad. More so than that, the reponse from GM area rep and the dealer (it's normal, you'll just have to live with it) pretty much left me never wanting to drive GM again. My plan was to have that truck for 15-20 years. Just the fact they accept this and the other issues I had and call it normal...

 

I would never have considered anything but GM as they have been good trucks in the past. After being treated like an idiot and literally getting all sorts of "you just don't understand these new trucks", "they are really advanced now", etc. I was done. (My background is avionics and industrial maintenance, I understand the trucks.) After finally establishing my issues were genuine, I had to fight to get my issues addressed. Poor experice with the dealer, poor experience with the area rep that I was really hoping would help me out. When he told me the rust was normal and I told him the coating falling off was normal he said "the coating is coming off?" I knew right then he didn't really look at the truck or didn't look closely.

 

I am done with GM. After 25 years of nothing but GM trucks, I drive a Ram now. I really like it.

[Haus_Z71]

I don't care what they call it, it is still a used truck with that kind of mileage. You should have gotten the truck for at least $15k off MSRP, most of us got $11k or more off of new trucks with 10 miles on them.

Damn I wish i knew that before. There definitely weren't any trucks priced that well in my area. I checked 4 GMC dealers in my area before going to the one I did.

[Haus_Z71]

Guy, please read through the vibration thread, the entire 440+ pages of it and then be happy that your truck is one of the good ones. The problem you are worrying about about is very trivial compared to what other people are facing with these trucks. What you have is surface rust only on the frame that will not hurt anything. That frame will not rust through for years even if nothing is done to it.

 

Just found out today my truck also has the vibration issue too.