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Silvern Sentry Enthusiast

Silvern Sentry

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I didn't get no high country emblem in my cluster, this is BS

 

 

Hey at least I am not alone now, welcome to the 'where the heck is my cluster emblem' club =D. I do not think Denali got this either can anyone confirm?

 

Also does the High Country have the digital upper gauges? That all I want personally lol.

sk Senior Enthusiast

sk

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Hey at least I am not alone now, welcome to the 'where the heck is my cluster emblem' club =D. I do not think Denali got this either can anyone confirm?

 

Also does the High Country have the digital upper gauges? That all I want personally lol.

 

High Country does not get special emblems on the cluster (unless you get it with the Z71 package which gets the Z71 cluster). I believe the Denali is the same way.

 

The High Country does not get the digital gauges. It is not even offered on ANY Silverado. Stupid GM :banghead:

TxTruckMan Senior Enthusiast

TxTruckMan

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The Denali gets a completely different, nearly all digital cluster.

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2015-SIERRA-DENALI-KILOMETER-LCD-DIGITAL-SPEEDOMETER-INSTRUMENT-CLUSTER-/221696210879

 

I can't speak to whether your "new" cluster is repairable, but it definitely needs programming before it will work. I'm not sure why GM made them this way - maybe they thought that clusters would fail less frequently than the BCM? Or maybe any shop can reprogram the BCM, but only certain places can reprogram clusters? I know it has something to do with laws about accurately representing a vehicle's mileage.

JimCost2014 Senior Enthusiast

JimCost2014

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no digital dash for the Chevy trucks. my wife's 2016 Tahoe ltz has the digital dash, and on a different topic, rain sense windshield wipers. I had this feature in my 2008 and thought it was the greatest thing ever.

JoeSCHS Enthusiast

JoeSCHS

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Well this is what I get for trying to make average things nice. :/

 

Lesson learned next time just buy the nice things from the get go.

Thomcat Senior Enthusiast

Thomcat

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After the problems they have been having with the 8" My Link screens going dark, the last thing I want is a fully digital speedo and engine gauges on a TV screen...analog is good enough for me.

LongrangeLauber Senior Enthusiast

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Kinda ridiculous you pay just as much for a high country as a Denali and don't get the digital cluster.

 

On a side note I don't think I have ever seen a high country with a z71 package on it. I don't even think they exist tbh

mikemaat Enthusiast

mikemaat

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Cluster has to be programmed by the dealer and odometer mileage transferred to the new cluster. Old odo mi./km. information is maintained by OnStar.

 

 

Z71 appearance items for cluster, door sills, door holds, quarter panel, grille =

 

 

 

Mileage is stored in the BCM on these trucks (as opposed to previous generations)

sk Senior Enthusiast

sk

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Kinda ridiculous you pay just as much for a high country as a Denali and don't get the digital cluster.

 

Agreed.

 

 

On a side note I don't think I have ever seen a high country with a z71 package on it. I don't even think they exist tbh

 

They exist -- I drove 3 of them before I bought mine.

Of course I ended up with an LT because of "budgetary constraints" :rollin:

LongrangeLauber Senior Enthusiast

LongrangeLauber

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Agreed.

 

 

 

They exist -- I drove 3 of them before I bought mine.

Of course I ended up with an LT because of "budgetary constraints" :rollin:

Did it have the z71 emblem in the dash and sticker on the rear quarter panels?

 

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Silvern Sentry Enthusiast

Silvern Sentry

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Kinda ridiculous you pay just as much for a high country as a Denali and don't get the digital cluster.

 

On a side note I don't think I have ever seen a high country with a z71 package on it. I don't even think they exist tbh

 

I also think its ridiculous i paid for a SLE premium, loaded w/ z71 and did not get one either. I guess we know which the black sheep trims are huh? lol

 

GMC.com says performance suspension on High Country package, while LTZ Z71 says off road suspension package. Nor was I able to even see Z71 or off road suspension as a choice when building High Country. I think the answer is nope no z71 in High Country.

jamesonjc Enthusiast

jamesonjc

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z71 does have a different gauge cluster as well as some different interior parts on an ltz. The carbon fiber look stuff or the grey metallic pieces also show up where the wood grain would on an ltz.

 

JC

sk Senior Enthusiast

sk

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Did it have the z71 emblem in the dash and sticker on the rear quarter panels?

 

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Yes (these were 2014 and 2015 models - I don't know about the 2016's).

Silvern Sentry Enthusiast

Silvern Sentry

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Is there any way to swap the gauge face off the Z71 cluster and put it on your original cluster?

 

Not it is a whole unit. I mean I guess maybe you could try but it would look like a custom job by Freddy Krugar with assistance from Edward Scissorhands.

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