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Should I avoid the 14 used Silverado?

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Brian S. Enthusiast

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The headlamps on the LTZ are good, not great. I put in a set of Phillips Crystal Vision Ultra's and they work fine. Perhaps you are confusing the GMC which had the update to their headlamps.

 

I'm with Steve on this one.

 

I had a 2014 LT with the double lights, they were fine.

 

I had two 2015 Sierra SLEs and I was not thrilled with the halogen projectors on those. The HIDs on the 2017 I have now seem much better.

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beetle Enthusiast

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My 2014 SLT has an early production date of June 2013. Only 2 issues: Outside air temp sensor replaced and an issue with the adjustable pedals not working....and that's it. So to the OP, your safe with a '14.

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I own a 2014 High country with 118,000 miles. Been a great pickup and only major thing I've done was replace the radiator and thermostat. Besides doing regular maintenance I'm curious on how many miles I can get out of it. I've gotten the easy mods done (Kooks headers, Corsa sport, intake, and black bear tune) now saving for cam and Whipple supercharger. I also owned a 14 ltz and put around 40k on that one without any issues. I personally like the 14-15 style better than the 16-17, just my opinion.

noJeepshere Enthusiast

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My 14 just passed 50k with no issues other than it needs rear shocks now and brakes soon, but those are wear items. I think what the OP was going for was worries with the first year of a new model, not all the bugs have been worked out that only show up in the real world. Those kinds of issues are few and far between on these trucks.

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My 14 has 47k miles on it right now and I have had no real issues. A few minor ones fixed under warranty but I would buy another GMC based off how this truck has done.

Imcrazy Senior Enthusiast

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The headlamps on the LTZ are good, not great. I put in a set of Phillips Crystal Vision Ultra's and they work fine. Perhaps you are confusing the GMC which had the update to their headlamps.

 

AH I see I assumed the LTZ's were just as bad as the GMC's... I had a '14 GMC it was really lousy even after the 'update'. I now have a '16 Silverado and the HID's are a big upgrade.

15 Z71 Senior Enthusiast

15 Z71

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in the us there is a stop sell on all 14's from gm dealerships.. So good luck trying to buy one lol

Why is that?
Silverado Steve Senior Enthusiast

Silverado Steve

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A recall on the electric steering. A reprogram needs to be done but apparently a software update hasnt been released.

 

 

Why is that?

Mdsjohna Enthusiast

Mdsjohna

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Damn. Not starting out too good. Put a deposit on the thing but haven't paid or taken delivery. This grounds for backing out? Can they still deliver? Will suck to have the truck for a week and have to drop it off for a day right away.

 

 

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truckguy82 Senior Enthusiast

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Damn. Not starting out too good. Put a deposit on the thing but haven't paid or taken delivery. This grounds for backing out? Can they still deliver? Will suck to have the truck for a week and have to drop it off for a day right away.

 

 

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I bought a my '14 with a stop sale, I eventually emailed them and said look, I need a vehicle, I understand there is a recall. Can I simply write you a disclaimer acknowledging that I understand the risks involved and will take it to a dealer as soon as possible. It went something like "I hereby place no liability on "x dealership" for any problems, injuries, or safety issues that may occur related to the recall"

 

They accepted and I got my truck, took it in for the seatbelt recall like a year later lol.

Mdsjohna Enthusiast

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It’s not about getting the truck for me in a rush. For me it’s that I was a bit concerned about it being a first year redesign and being out of bumper to bumper (CPO is only 3mo/5000km in Canada). Seeing that there were quite a few recalls already on the truck, as well as posts about AC issues, shaking issues and a few other things. I was trying to gauge its reliability by posting about my concerns and while the feedback was good and raised my confidence. A recall being issued before I have taken delivery isn’t exactly confidence inspiring.

 

Part of it is I worry about big purchases. Part of it is I love my current mid-size truck which is perfect for my needs other than payload and tow rating, as well is I still have 10 months of bumper to bumper on my current truck. I can probably get past the towing rating and payload by either renting a truck when needed or by not taking the travel trailer out of the area it is currently in.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Cjmooch Enthusiast

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I bought my 2014 used when it had 38k miles in February... have 46k now 5 months later. Mine was lifted when it was purchased and I take it on 150 mile road trips all the time and recently took it to Missouri from Texas without any issues. As long as it was maintained well you should be good. On these forums you only see the small percentage of people that have problems to try and resolve them... the other 99% that don't have problems don't need to post and talk about anything with their truck... just to put that into prospective

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Yeah so I picked it up. So far so good though I haven't put a pile of mileage on it. I did take it out to the lake on the weekend and got close to 21 mpg. As long as it's reliable I'm happy.

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