Build quality by plant?

[UGADawgs]

My 19 crew cab 4wd LTZ was born on 11/28/18 in Ft. Wayne.

[TriadAT4]

My ‘17 Z71 Silverado was a Ft. Wayne truck. Had the vibration, clunking transmission and a whining rear end. 

 

My AT4 was built in Mexico. From a quality control standpoint I have zero issues so far.

 

That being said, I honestly feel it’s luck of the draw with these trucks and has nothing to do with plant origin. 

[mookdoc6]

11 hours ago, TriadAT4 said:

My ‘17 Z71 Silverado was a Ft. Wayne truck. Had the vibration, clunking transmission and a whining rear end. 

 

My AT4 was built in Mexico. From a quality control standpoint I have zero issues so far.

 

That being said, I honestly feel it’s luck of the draw with these trucks and has nothing to do with plant origin. 

Do know that GM knows exactly what truck and where it was built and those associated sourced parts etc. all came from and what the final outcome of those vehicles in Dealerships getting worked on?  From Survey after survey internal/external Physical audits i.e. quality control audits etc. etc.  Folks, it's not a coincidence Silao MX built Crew Cabs extensively for USA Sales...GM knows with absolute certainty where the quality comes from.  I want our USA plants more than anything busting out the quality....unfortunately, I have yet to ever purchase a vehicle without something wrong or amiss.....Although my Silao MX built GMC is probably the highest quality vehicle from nose to tail I have ever bought?  There were only a very few sloppiness missed QC things overall that a normal buyer would never know only a "Plant Worker" would etc.

 

So 81K on the 2016 GMC Dial and this runs better than it did new!  I wanted 200K out of her?  I might just keep it for 300K  

[econometrics]

My 2007 LT Crew was built in Mexico. After 12 years, I just traded it in for a 2019 Ft. Wayne RST. 

 

In those 12 years of owning that 2007, I bet I didn't spend more than $1000 on that truck (besides oil changes, scheduled maintenance, etc.) 

It was literally "like a rock". 

[relevante]

I spent all weekend detailing mine (built in Mexico). No real complaints, but I did find quite a few (5-10) defects in the paint that were either bubbles or some bit of debris that settled into it during the process or something like that. It's not significant enough that I'm going to bother complaining, but it's far from a perfect paint job and in that particular regard a pretty big step below the Mazda CX-9 and the BMW 3-series I had before it. Other than those isolated spots though, it looks great, so I'm fine with it (and I'm pretty sure the dealer would only make it worse if they tried to fix it), although I am a bit curious if it's typical or not with these trucks or GM paint in general.

 

[AMPRG]

45 minutes ago, relevante said:

I spent all weekend detailing mine (built in Mexico). No real complaints, but I did find quite a few (5-10) defects in the paint that were either bubbles or some bit of debris that settled into it during the process or something like that. It's not significant enough that I'm going to bother complaining, but it's far from a perfect paint job and in that particular regard a pretty big step below the Mazda CX-9 and the BMW 3-series I had before it. Other than those isolated spots though, it looks great, so I'm fine with it (and I'm pretty sure the dealer would only make it worse if they tried to fix it), although I am a bit curious if it's typical or not with these trucks or GM paint in general.

 

You should read other posts regarding US built ones back in December. There were a lot of complaint in regards to the defects on the doors, right below the handles. That's the reason I bought white color. GM is not good in painting. I had a lot of clear coat peeling on my 2014, and no one helped me. It was deep ruby color (burgundy). 

[relevante]

31 minutes ago, AMPRG said:

You should read other posts regarding US built ones back in December. There were a lot of complaint in regards to the defects on the doors, right below the handles. That's the reason I bought white color. GM is not good in painting. I had a lot of clear coat peeling on my 2014, and no one helped me. It was deep ruby color (burgundy). 

Interesting. Fortunately most of mine are in places less conspicuous than that (a couple up on the roof). Hopefully they don't turn into rust spots over time. We'll see I guess.

[jlong1984]

On 4/11/2019 at 12:34 PM, ShamrockShooter said:

Yes I believe 14 to 18 all crews were Hecho en Mexico. 19s seem to be split between us and Mexico.

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There were a few K2 1500 Crew Cabs built in Flint, but they are pretty rare. 99% of them were made in Mexico. 

 

Here is one at a dealer a few towns over from me. They actually have three, all Crew Cab Standard Box that are Flint produced (1 VIN).

 

https://www.parkschevy.com/VehicleDetails/new-2018-Chevrolet-Silverado_1500-Crew_Cab_Standard_Box_4_Wheel_Drive_LT_Z71-Kernersville-NC/3246719893

[Daverado]

On 4/13/2019 at 2:34 PM, mookdoc6 said:

Do know that GM knows exactly what truck and where it was built and those associated sourced parts etc. all came from and what the final outcome of those vehicles in Dealerships getting worked on?  From Survey after survey internal/external Physical audits i.e. quality control audits etc. etc.  Folks, it's not a coincidence Silao MX built Crew Cabs extensively for USA Sales...GM knows with absolute certainty where the quality comes from.  I want our USA plants more than anything busting out the quality....unfortunately, I have yet to ever purchase a vehicle without something wrong or amiss.....Although my Silao MX built GMC is probably the highest quality vehicle from nose to tail I have ever bought?  There were only a very few sloppiness missed QC things overall that a normal buyer would never know only a "Plant Worker" would etc.

 

So 81K on the 2016 GMC Dial and this runs better than it did new!  I wanted 200K out of her?  I might just keep it for 300K  

By your logic GM wouldn't build anything at all in Ft. Wayne.

 

GM builds cars and trucks where it creates the most profit.  Quality helps that, no doubt, but is not the primary driver.

 

Congrats on your good luck with your Mexican GMC, but "the plural of anecdote is not evidence".