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6 hours ago, parshal said:

LOL.  I just figured out the pump thing a few years ago.  I have two cars/trucks I regularly drive and the fill caps are on opposite sides.  For years I never remembered which side.  Now I look at that every time I fill up.  How'd I go a lifetime to only find that recently?!

LMAO I just discovered that in the last few years too and I thought I  was the last person on earth to know this...  so I am proud to pass title!

 

In my defence, I had my last truck for 17 years before this one though...

 

1998 GMC Sierra K1500 364,000 that I loved but was just rotting too much to work for me. Too bad...  if I’d known I was going to keep it that long I’d have had it sprayed every year. 

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Turning on rear defroster activates heated mirrors if equipped. 

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I gotta say, I love the thread for finding out little things I didn’t know, but for every little thing that I find out I DON’T have, I just chalk it up to being a “TRUCK”!  Don’t need all the niceties!  At least that’s my line and I’m sticking with it!

 

And I know I’m missing a few, I have an SLE so there is still SLT and Denali stuff I don’t have.

 

I love old fashioned in a truck. A good old fashioned key-turn to start the engine. A column mounted gear shift. Stuff like that. I couldn’t begin list all the Dodge drivers I know that HATE the gear shifter knob on the dash. 

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6 hours ago, BillK01 said:

Didn't search entire thread to see if it was mentioned yet - but on my '18 Denali - I just noticed that when you activate "trailer mode" on the shifter - the Battery Gauge in the cluster disappears and is replaced with a Transmission Temp Gauge.

In another view when you hit the tow/haul it adds Oil pressure and Transmission temp...kind of cool.

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36 minutes ago, SS502 said:

In another view when you hit the tow/haul it adds Oil pressure and Transmission temp...kind of cool.

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You GMC guys and your fancy "clusters", dare you to go into settings, change the language, have a "few" beers and then try to get it back to English.....

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3 minutes ago, JimCost2014 said:

You GMC guys and your fancy "clusters", dare you to go into settings, change the language, have a "few" beers and then try to get it back to English.....

I ain’t that fancy lol I have the SLT but did the conversion...still have my stock cluster ? oh and after a few beers...I don’t even understand English ?

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1 minute ago, SS502 said:

I ain’t that fancy lol I have the SLT but did the conversion...still have my stock cluster ? oh and after a few beers...I don’t even understand English ?

Que, lo que no entiendo.

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On 10/27/2018 at 5:42 PM, SafetyDaveG said:

Whelp, the hold-the-unlock-button-down-to-roll-down-the-windows does not work on my '15 Z-71. :(

Doesn't work on my 2015 Z71 either.  Damn, I was looking forward to that. 

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18 hours ago, SS502 said:

I ain’t that fancy lol I have the SLT but did the conversion...still have my stock cluster ? oh and after a few beers...I don’t even understand English ?

You can swap in a Denali cluster? That sounds cool, and expensive.  :)  How hard is that to do?

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1 minute ago, chuckworkb said:

You can swap in a Denali cluster? That sounds cool, and expensive.  :)  How hard is that to do?

Yes and not really cheap but super easy after you get the cluster and have it programmed!

 

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32 minutes ago, chuckworkb said:

Doesn't work on my 2015 Z71 either.  Damn, I was looking forward to that. 

15's are kind of a strange animal, they did not have HD radio either.

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On 1/26/2019 at 3:42 PM, chuckworkb said:

Doesn't work on my 2015 Z71 either.  Damn, I was looking forward to that. 

My 2015 Silverado LT does it.  You need to enable it in the settings menu.

 

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Sorry -- I replied before I saw your follow-up post!!

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I didn’t know but I evidently have the rear window defrost/heated mirror turned on for cold weather on start up. Thanks to @JimCost2014 and @Brummie99 for helping me figure this out ?

 

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Vehicle

Personalization, Vehicle,

Climate and Air Quality

Select and the following may

display:

. Auto Fan Speed

. Auto Rear Defog

Auto Fan Speed

This feature will set the auto fan

speed.

Select Low, Medium, or High.

Auto Rear Defog

This feature will automatically turn

on the rear defogger when it is cold

outside.

Select Off or On.

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