2024 Headaches

BIGDOGx · December 15, 2023

5 minutes ago, 64BAwagon said:

Technology has advanced well beyond the point where industry can/will keep up. All the way from design to implementation to repair. Unfortunately its not going to change because the 2027 HD's are rumored to have a new architecture (the one that wont have Android auto or Apple carplay but will have subscription only services)

Yes i see that, GMI has a discussion on this topic, i can only see more of this as their cost to produce have over doubled with the crazy union contracts they were pretty much forced into. These cost increases are no doubt getting passed onto anyone who purchases a GM product.

64BAwagon · December 15, 2023

2 hours ago, BIGDOGx said:

Yes i see that, GMI has a discussion on this topic, i can only see more of this as their cost to produce have over doubled with the crazy union contracts they were pretty much forced into. These cost increases are no doubt getting passed onto anyone who purchases a GM product.

I think the bigger issue is the amount of attention and resources being spent on EV's and not finding its way back in to R&D on the ICE vehicles that are actually profitable. The whole EV thing is a money suck.

ember1205 · December 16, 2023

21 hours ago, BIGDOGx said:

I think we are at a point were too much runs through the infotainment systems and like any home pc, you get what your pay for! And my bet is gm uses the cheapest of cheap hardware components to run these setups and with in house crap made software to match with crap cheaply made hardware it is not shocking to see all these issues!

It's not just fullsizes, i have seen these same common complaints with the Colorado and Canyon lines.

We passed that point years ago. And GM has some of the absolutely WORST software out there in terms of inter-op within the vehicles. Their programmers do some of the absolutely DUMBEST things, and here's an example from my 2015 Silverado...

Click the button on the back of the left side of the steering wheel to change radio presets. You will need to wait for the DIC to pop-up the list of presets, change the highlighted one to the one that aligns with the number of presses of the button, and then the station on the radio will change. The process takes a couple of seconds from the time you press the button until the station changes, making "scanning" through the stations a giant, slow PITA of a process.

Before you press that button on the wheel, though, reach over with your left hand and give the trailer brake controller gain levers a squeeze. This will pop up the gain indicator in the DIC. Immediately start clicking your way through the radio stations using the button on the steering wheel and the station changes instantaneously with each click of the button.

The entire delay is due to the lag in time required for the DIC to show the preset list.

ember1205 · December 16, 2023

18 hours ago, 2016 Sierra Owner said:

1. When remote started the temp controls have stopped working and yes the controls always are left in auto.

The truck controls the temp by the outside temp probe located under the passenger outside mirror. It doesn't matter what state the controls are in when the truck is turned off. I turn mine off every time I leave the truck but, when I get in from remote start the defrost is running on low (now that it's cold) before I push the start button. There should be no lights lit on the dash when running during remote started either.

It's a three-part setup.

1. Enable the different heating / cooling controls in the Infotainment that you want to "allow" to operate during remote start.

2. Set your HVAC controls how you typically use them. I tend to leave mine in AUTO set to 72 during the cold months and AUTO set to 70 during the warm months.

3. When remote started, the external temperature probe will determine which of the "allowed" functions (heat, cool, defrost, heated seats, etc.) to turn on and will use the settings for heat/cool that were set when the truck was turned off.

ember1205 · December 16, 2023

15 hours ago, 64BAwagon said:

I think the bigger issue is the amount of attention and resources being spent on EV's and not finding its way back in to R&D on the ICE vehicles that are actually profitable. The whole EV thing is a money suck.

If they were actually doing anything innovative on the EV side, there is NO WAY they would be leaving that out of the ICE side. It makes no sense to develop two systems in parallel which costs more money. GM has a terrible track record with software development. Why do I have to create a driver profile in my current truck in order to enable the feature control to limit the power-on volume of the radio? If you don't create a unique driver profile, this setting is not available to you. And guess what? The one you want to set so it actually works correctly for all drivers? The one in the Guest profile which is what you're using until you create your own. How stupid is that?

64BAwagon · December 16, 2023

I agree they are a mess, It all comes down to $$$$

Look at the dash on the 24 Silverado HD's. its a joke designed by people who werent serious truck users.

Somebody had to green light these projects ?

macattack64 · December 16, 2023

On 12/15/2023 at 1:49 PM, 2016 Sierra Owner said:

1. When remote started the temp controls have stopped working and yes the controls always are left in auto.

The truck controls the temp by the outside temp probe located under the passenger outside mirror. It doesn't matter what state the controls are in when the truck is turned off. I turn mine off every time I leave the truck but, when I get in from remote start the defrost is running on low (now that it's cold) before I push the start button. There should be no lights lit on the dash when running during remote started either.

Everything has been working 2 days before, but again this truck has a mind of its own. We changed nothing and always leave in automatic on controls. So remote starting has changed.

I am in the same feelings as 64BAwagon said it has a wiring harness issue. This truck has been an issues sense the day we picked it up. Dealer knows something isn't right and is exchanging it.

macattack64 · December 16, 2023

On 12/5/2023 at 8:47 PM, Tom73 said:

On the phone charging issue there is a known issue with iPhones running IOS 17.1 and later not charging in GM vehicles. (17.1.1 and 17.1.2 did not solve the issue). Hopefully there will be a fix in 17.2.

Nope,

I updated my OS to 17.0 yesterday and the charging cradle issues with the IPhone didn't go away.

ember1205 · December 16, 2023

28 minutes ago, macattack64 said:

Nope,

I updated my OS to 17.0 yesterday and the charging cradle issues with the IPhone didn't go away.

You're still two revs behind. 17.2 is the version that addresses a wireless charging problem caused by the phone software. I'm waiting to take my truck in for issues with the charging system in the truck...

macattack64 · December 18, 2023

I am on 17.2 just forgot to add the.2

macattack64 · December 18, 2023

On 12/16/2023 at 3:47 PM, ember1205 said:

You're still two revs behind. 17.2 is the version that addresses a wireless charging problem caused by the phone software. I'm waiting to take my truck in for issues with the charging system in the truck...

On 12/16/2023 at 8:15 AM, ember1205 said:

It's a three-part setup.

1. Enable the different heating / cooling controls in the Infotainment that you want to "allow" to operate during remote start.

2. Set your HVAC controls how you typically use them. I tend to leave mine in AUTO set to 72 during the cold months and AUTO set to 70 during the warm months.

3. When remote started, the external temperature probe will determine which of the "allowed" functions (heat, cool, defrost, heated seats, etc.) to turn on and will use the settings for heat/cool that were set when the truck was turned off.