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Robert Payton

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I'll keep this short. I bought this truck new 2.21.15. It's a 6.0. I'm not a gear head at all. When I got home I had a squeel. Some pulley. Fixed twice and now it's back again.

This spring while pulling a bobcat , my truck pulled hard to the right while hitting brakes. Caliper locked up I'm told. In dealer to fix caliper , replace rotor , pads , etc. Total of 5 times I think. My truck still seeks when I brake .

 

My radio goes blank or screen locks up time to time. Bluetooth is incosistsnt at best. Can't get it fixed csuse don't know what's wrong. Tried update at dealer.

Transmission shifts weird, almost like a slipping transmission I guess. Again not a gear head.

Any ideas on how to fix this before I lose my mind and wallet?

diyer2 Senior Enthusiast

diyer2

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I would call GM customer service, don't know the number but a search should find it

Old Gringo New Member

Old Gringo

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I'll keep this short. I bought this truck new 2.21.15. It's a 6.0. I'm not a gear head at all. When I got home I had a squeel. Some pulley. Fixed twice and now it's back again.

This spring while pulling a bobcat , my truck pulled hard to the right while hitting brakes. Caliper locked up I'm told. In dealer to fix caliper , replace rotor , pads , etc. Total of 5 times I think. My truck still seeks when I brake .

 

My radio goes blank or screen locks up time to time. Bluetooth is incosistsnt at best. Can't get it fixed csuse don't know what's wrong. Tried update at dealer.

Transmission shifts weird, almost like a slipping transmission I guess. Again not a gear head.

Any ideas on how to fix this before I lose my mind and wallet?

No issues with my brakes but on our 2015 2500 HD, in May 2015 or so, we noticed the radio going blank (random patterns) when first starting. The dealer reprogrammed it, tried it in the morning and when that didn't work they put in a new radio. No more issues. Hope this helpsl

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tom18287 Enthusiast

tom18287

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I'll keep this short. I bought this truck new 2.21.15. It's a 6.0. I'm not a gear head at all. When I got home I had a squeel. Some pulley. Fixed twice and now it's back again.

This spring while pulling a bobcat , my truck pulled hard to the right while hitting brakes. Caliper locked up I'm told. In dealer to fix caliper , replace rotor , pads , etc. Total of 5 times I think. My truck still seeks when I brake .

 

My radio goes blank or screen locks up time to time. Bluetooth is incosistsnt at best. Can't get it fixed csuse don't know what's wrong. Tried update at dealer.

Transmission shifts weird, almost like a slipping transmission I guess. Again not a gear head.

Any ideas on how to fix this before I lose my mind and wallet?

 

 

my truck pulls a little bit when i brake while towing as well....i believe its the trailer brakes being out of adjustment. i dont notice it towing with my dump because its so much heavier, it doesnt affect the truck, but if i look at the trailer i can see the it kinda shift a bit.

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Gun Designer Enthusiast

Gun Designer

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I'll keep this short. I bought this truck new 2.21.15. It's a 6.0. I'm not a gear head at all. When I got home I had a squeel. Some pulley. Fixed twice and now it's back again.

This spring while pulling a bobcat , my truck pulled hard to the right while hitting brakes. Caliper locked up I'm told. In dealer to fix caliper , replace rotor , pads , etc. Total of 5 times I think. My truck still seeks when I brake .

 

My radio goes blank or screen locks up time to time. Bluetooth is incosistsnt at best. Can't get it fixed csuse don't know what's wrong. Tried update at dealer.

Transmission shifts weird, almost like a slipping transmission I guess. Again not a gear head.

Any ideas on how to fix this before I lose my mind and wallet?

Let me save you the trouble. "operating as designed" I know because this is their answer for the following problems, and your's too. Oh by the way, customer service will not do anything for you, so far they have tried every stall tactic there is to delay fixing anything. My dealer actually told be not to bother coming in because he had went above and beyond for me already, didn't fix anything but that's what he told me between made up stories of what was wrong. Don't let them know you are not a mechanical guy, go bring your buddy in with you if you need to, because they will start piling on the lies.

 

Back up camera fail,

Fuel pump blows fuses every once in a while

displays go blank

radio goes blank

traction control kills throttle response on dry roads when it gets cold the throttle gets sluggish turn it off and comes back

Heated seats fail

Headlight switch fail

bumper rusting

transfer case sounds like it will fall out in hi 4

transmission has started to have issues and seems to be slipping now and then

loud clunk in driveline

 

All these are "Operating as designed" No repairs needed.

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