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Hey everyone,

 

So I have a crew cab green GMC truck, the drivers side door, and rear passenger door chrome trim below the windows are out enough to notice it. The passenger door has the problem also, to a lesser degree. I bought it brand new, now there is about 9000km on it now.

 

According to the dealership near my house it is with in "tolerances", and I am to goto a body shop on my dime haha ....

 

I can attach a pic later today, but am wondering if anyone else has this problem?

 

I've kept an eye out for it and have seen the same on some other trucks around town.

 

For a $54,000+ truck you would think the tolerances would be low on the trim that the public can see, not to mention maybe fixing it as it is simple customer service.

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Ok, I'm not a basher. I bought one. I own it.

 

But I came from Toyota. My two daughters and wife drive 4Runners. Made in Japan.

 

The sloppiness and lack of QC in my General Motors product is laughable and unfortunate. The only thing that might be worse is if I were also a stockholder. I'm not and don't foresee that ever being the case. There're a lot of things I like so far (5000 mi) about my truck. These are not among them:

 

Bed mis-aligned with cab. Dealer adjusted as much as could. Still >1/2 -3/4" shifted out on driver's side.

 

Fixed second week because it was driving me crazy, the cowl over the speedo gauge cluster popped up on right side. Dealer ordered new clip. Picked up truck, new clip made zero impact. I'm talking about seriously separated. That's ok. Double sided tape worked. For now.

 

Carpet on front passenger side split where it tucks under outside seat bracket. Dealer said he would replace but must remove all seats and center console. Um, probably not thank you. White carpet backing forced me to use brown magic marker to color so the white spot to be not so noticeable when a passenger opens the door.

 

The brake line on the left rear wheel has way too much slack and is looped down to the level of the bottom of the shock. Imminently snag able and obvious to all on the road behind me. Dealer said all other new trucks have the same issue. He's right, at least the ones on his lot at this time. That's lazy, poor design and/or installation. How's this pass QC, unless budget cuts made that function go away? That must be it.

 

Transmission confusion, anyone...?

 

At the moment, I'm pretty frustrated. Do I say God bless America or God bless the UAW? Really? Find out who/where the problem is.

 

I'm glad the work I do isn't done so poorly. I'd have a problem looking in the mirror. And BTW I didn't pay "$54,000+". For my truck. It was only $53,000.

 

I know there are some diehard loyalists here. Help me reconcile these in my head. There's no excuse as I see it.

 

VENT.....

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I'm a loyal Chevy customer, but my 2016 has more orange peel in the paint than any orange I've ever seen. My 99 Chevy blazer had better looking paint than this (not kidding).

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I'm a loyal Chevy customer, but my 2016 has more orange peel in the paint than any orange I've ever seen. My 99 Chevy blazer had better looking paint than this (not kidding).

 

 

Haha I totally forgot about all the paint issues until now.. I got the emerald green and when you look at it, you can watch scratches appear, and any chip is white.

 

I have pics just cant figure out how to put them on here yet.. I'll keep messing around.

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Hey everyone,

 

So I have a crew cab green GMC truck, the drivers side door, and rear passenger door chrome trim below the windows are out enough to notice it. The passenger door has the problem also, to a lesser degree. I bought it brand new, now there is about 9000km on it now.

 

According to the dealership near my house it is with in "tolerances", and I am to goto a body shop on my dime haha ....

 

I can attach a pic later today, but am wondering if anyone else has this problem?

 

I've kept an eye out for it and have seen the same on some other trucks around town.

 

For a $54,000+ truck you would think the tolerances would be low on the trim that the public can see, not to mention maybe fixing it as it is simple customer service.

My truck has this same issue. If you find a good solution, let me know.

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Apparently the pictures from my cell are to big to attach. Anyone know how to make the file size smaller?

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Haha I totally forgot about all the paint issues until now.. I got the emerald green and when you look at it, you can watch scratches appear, and any chip is white.

 

I have pics just cant figure out how to put them on here yet.. I'll keep messing around.

Yeah, it's also got pieces of sand in at least 4 or 5 different spots. Mines black so at 700 miles, I had the paint ceramic coated to avoid minor scratches and swirls. I also only wash by hand though using the 2 bucket method as well as separate wash mitts for top and bottom of the vehicle and a third bucket and mitt for the wheels. I just got my first chip in the side below the gas cap door though, so I got the Chevy mudflaps for it now, haven't installed them yet though. I like the look better without, but I know they are the only way to try and avoid most rock chips on the rockers and back half of the truck. My last silverado (2013 crew) was silver and hid almost everything, but I never really liked the color. I knew black would drive me nuts with dirt and scratches, but having it ceramic coated (Gtechnique 7 year Crystal Serum) has really been good for preventing minor stuff and I also had it topped with their ExoV2 which adds crazy hydrophobic properties. Truck damn near stays dry in the rain when it's clean lol. Also comes clean super easy now.

 

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Edit - some more pics in this post also... http://www.gm-trucks.com/forums/index.php?/topic/189175-guys-with-22-inch-rims-roll-call-please

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Apparently the pictures from my cell are to big to attach. Anyone know how to make the file size smaller?

Are you using the tapatalk app? It resizes automatically.

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