For you idiots that are just here to defame GM, I just don't get it. If GM products aren't for you buy a different brand. How hard of a concept is that to comprehend?
ALL BRANDS are subject to mechanical failures. GET IT?
Now if a pattern of failures were to emerge, and GM were to deny that it existed, there would be reason to complain. The ford 6.0L PSD fiasco comes to mind here.
One transmission does not make a reputation.
RetiredbutWorking wrote: We would all be better served if GM was left to their own and allowed to fail.
This guy needs a helmet before he trips over his shoelaces, and gives himself a real case of brain damage.
It's about time someone stepped in and straightened everyone out and put them in their place.
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Gonna have to grow a thicker skin Engineer. You have just witnessed a small sample of the BS us Dodge owners have to put up with daily from both Ford and GM owners. Idiocy is not brand loyal, and each brand has some idiots for owners.
I just thought it would be nice to discuss something other than this merger business but alas even that nonsense found its way into this thread. And I got caught up in it again. Guilty as charged.
I am sure that the majority of Silverados, just like the majority of Dodges and Fords (except possibly the 6.0LPSD) are good trucks. GM just caught a bad break and sent Edmunds a lemon. The only thing that makes me wonder though, is the fact that their dealer mentioned this wasn't an isolated incident.
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For you idiots that are just here to defame GM, I just don't get it. If GM products aren't for you buy a different brand. How hard of a concept is that to comprehend?
ALL BRANDS are subject to mechanical failures. GET IT?
Now if a pattern of failures were to emerge, and GM were to deny that it existed, there would be reason to complain.
One transmission does not make a reputation.
Maybe you can better explain what they meant by this. IMO from what I gather, it's a known issue that has happened to others.
GM Roadside Assistance came to our rescue, towing the Silverado from the office to the local Santa Monica dealership. We called to confirm the status of the vehicle later that afternoon. The advisor was surprisingly frank with his diagnosis. "We've had a rash of these lately...with the input housing busting as the mileage gets up there. It should be ready by end of day tomorrow." The forward sprag was replaced, the transmission again reconditioned and keys to the Silverado were back in our hands the next day.
Good news was that all gears worked again. The bad news was that the transmission didn't shift any smoother after this repair than before. We later learned there was an open technical service bulletin from Chevrolet about this issue. It made us wonder, if the dealer had already noted a "rash" of these transmission failures, why hadn't the sprag been replaced to begin with?
I don't know why anyone would call that test truck a lemon...That is a normal occurance for a GM automatic transmission at around 70000 miles. Or a Ford for that matter.
For you idiots that are just here to defame GM, I just don't get it. If GM products aren't for you buy a different brand. How hard of a concept is that to comprehend?
ALL BRANDS are subject to mechanical failures. GET IT?
Now if a pattern of failures were to emerge, and GM were to deny that it existed, there would be reason to complain. The ford 6.0L PSD fiasco comes to mind here.
One transmission does not make a reputation.
RetiredbutWorking wrote: We would all be better served if GM was left to their own and allowed to fail.
This guy needs a helmet before he trips over his shoelaces, and gives himself a real case of brain damage.
That's what makes the world go around...different strokes for different folks. Me I prefer my GMC.
surveyorjp wrote: Gonna have to grow a thicker skin Engineer. You have just witnessed a small sample of the BS us Dodge owners have to put up with daily from both Ford and GM owners. Idiocy is not brand loyal, and each brand has some idiots for owners.
Not from this GM owner. There are times when I feel the need to set the record straight, and if that steps on someone's toes, then that is too bad. You for one, surveyor, know that I believe dodge has a fine engine in the Cummins, in the past I have posted so. This in spite of the fact that there are many brand loyalists whose pride will never let them admit that Chevy/GMC may do something better than their brand of choice.
I for one do not tell people what not to buy. When asked of me my opinion, I tell them about my excellent experiences with the Chevy trucks I own. And I sometimes feel the need to defend against ignorant attacks on said brand.
You will never read in my posts that the other brands are not worthy of someone else's purchase. I am all about freedom to choose. The other brands are just not for me. I have however, made reccommendations regarding a particular brand of diesel engine that I have first hand negative experiences with. But as far as telling a poster outright that his truck is junk is bulloney IMHO. However, alot of posters on this forum don't subscribe to that doctrine.
There is alot of negative stuff in this thread directed at Chevy/GMC trucks, and it is without merit. The VERY FIRST RESPONSE to the OP's thread was a direct assault on GM's reputation. I can provide links to all the awards GM trucks have acrued lately from auto industry media sources that rate these sort of things, but I believe we know what these mostly are.
ricqik wrote: Maybe you can better explain what they meant by this. IMO from what I gather, it's a known issue that has happened to others.
GM Roadside Assistance came to our rescue, towing the Silverado from the office to the local Santa Monica dealership. We called to confirm the status of the vehicle later that afternoon. The advisor was surprisingly frank with his diagnosis. "We've had a rash of these lately...with the input housing busting as the mileage gets up there. It should be ready by end of day tomorrow." The forward sprag was replaced, the transmission again reconditioned and keys to the Silverado were back in our hands the next day.
Good news was that all gears worked again. The bad news was that the transmission didn't shift any smoother after this repair than before. We later learned there was an open technical service bulletin from Chevrolet about this issue. It made us wonder, if the dealer had already noted a "rash" of these transmission failures, why hadn't the sprag been replaced to begin with?
I read that link you have posted, but since it doesn't quote a GM source, it can only be described as hearsay, and nothing more. If there is an issue, and I may, or may not have reasons to believe there might be, I also know personally that this potential issue is being resolved by GM, even to an out of warranty 2006 Avalanche, with all brand new parts, and at no cost to the Avalanche's owner.
Oh, and BTW, don't worry surveyor, my ole' hide is pretty thick.
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