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Can you use it in a V6? And will it void the warranty?

Yes. range claims it does not. Just go to their website.

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JacobC1983
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I care about warranty.... It pays for repairs that otherwise I would have to pay for out of pocket. Actually, lots of people care about warranty on a $50k+ vehicle.

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I love my 8 speed. I never hate it, but sometimes it does small annoying things, but I expected an 8 speed to be a little finicky sometimes since I also have an 8 speed in my Audi A7. Once you learn w

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m3n00b Enthusiast

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Get the stater support shaft update and it should fix 95% of your 8 speed bangs and chunks

 

 

More info?

 

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SierraMyst Enthusiast

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Get the stater support shaft update and it should fix 95% of your 8 speed bangs and clunks

Another fix for the 6.2L.

 

And crickets for the 5.3L.

silver sled 16 Enthusiast

silver sled 16

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My truck is back at dealer this morning. Road tested with tech for an hour. Banging hard. He said "we'll see if we can help you out". No faith. Sorry

m3n00b Enthusiast

m3n00b

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My truck is back at dealer this morning. Road tested with tech for an hour. Banging hard. He said "we'll see if we can help you out". No faith. Sorry

 

 

That sucks man. Have you tried another dealer?

 

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ColoRetiree Enthusiast

ColoRetiree

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The extra gear ratio's over the six-speed make it much move flexible in the mountains, especially going down hill where "Grade Braking" down shifts as required to hold the speed back to whatever the cruise control was set at. Really saves on brake pads.

Jimmyc! Enthusiast

Jimmyc!

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Get the stater support shaft update and it should fix 95% of your 8 speed bangs and chunks

 

I dislike this post. I dislike it very much. It reminds me of when the Fonze was jumping over 14 barrels. To be continued they said. I had to wait a week for that $hit! I cannot find any info on this. How about providing some?

Dcollins25 Enthusiast

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The stator support shaft update number is 16-na-014 it's not a normal one number and it was applied to my 2015 Sept build 6.2l . That said if you have the same symptoms in your 5.3l I would insist on having it changed.

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Dcollins25 Enthusiast

Dcollins25

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The symptom that they say it fixes is the slow engagement into drive or reverse from park. Turns out it fixed almost everything.

silver sled 16 Enthusiast

silver sled 16

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Got the truck back today. Another software update and fast learn. Sadly worse than before. This makes 4 repair attempts. I out of time and patience. Guess I'm headed to arbitration. I want to say I am glad there are a lot of people that own 6 and 8 speed gm trucks that enjoy them with no issues. They are beautiful trucks. I really love mine. I hope that gm comes up with a good repair for everyone else. If gm agrees to buy my truck back I'm gonna get a new duramax. I think they ate more trouble free transmissions. If not then I will sell it and I don't know what the heck I'm gonna do lol.

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Got the truck back today. Another software update and fast learn. Sadly worse than before. This makes 4 repair attempts. I out of time and patience. Guess I'm headed to arbitration. I want to say I am glad there are a lot of people that own 6 and 8 speed gm trucks that enjoy them with no issues. They are beautiful trucks. I really love mine. I hope that gm comes up with a good repair for everyone else. If gm agrees to buy my truck back I'm gonna get a new duramax. I think they ate more trouble free transmissions. If not then I will sell it and I don't know what the heck I'm gonna do lol.

Man that sucks. What exactly is it doing?

 

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