Won't buy another chevy truck (kind of a rant)

[Industrial Toys]

I have heard that in an unheated space, it's actually better for equipment to sit on gravel or dirt than concrete.

 

[LouNY]

The Chevy 1500 comes with a single speed transfer case for 2020, RPO-NPO. RPO-NQH is the "active" 2 speed transfer case that is included when you upgrade to the required Z71 Off Road Package. This is not an across the board application. Some 1500 model configurations will come with the 2 speed case. In the GMC lineup, RPO-X31 is the Off Road Package.

In the 3/4 and 1 ton trucks, the standard is a 2 speed transfer case, RPO-NQF. The upgrade unit will be the 2 speed RPO-NQH "active" 2 speed case. As mentioned above, the choice of T-case will be model dependent.

As I've mentioned in the past, no more 4.10 axles.

OK, you seem to have quite a bit of information on hand.
Am I incorrect in understanding that every t case going in Chevy pickups in 2020 has a computer controlled electrically activated clutch in them?

 

[timswi]

I just traded a 2016 GMC 1500 4x4 with 39k. Needed front brakes & rotors at around 34k and it was probably my fault due to heavy traffic driving and my manual brake controller tended to be too hot or too cold braking wise so I ran it a little light. Best front rotors and brakes from autozone ran about $180. I didn't bother with the warranty 'cause I figured I was responsible. I'm in PA and they salt everything and there wasn't any real rust on my rotors. Rear brakes were OEM.

 

[dalola]

Typically, wear items (think: brake pads & rotors..) are not warrant-able, unless you can prove some kind of defect existed. Good luck with that.

I would think your local dealer would have been a little more "helpful" to retain you as a customer. But what do I know...

Hope your next truck performs better.

 

[tjkubota93]

I’ll never buy a new Chevy. I hate the square front ends. I’ll never buy an old ford or probably a new one either because I hate ford. I think the body style in the 2000s is the best American made vehicle ever built.

Agree

 

[nybirdman]

I am a GM guy,but never had much luck with brakes lasting;that said Subaru replaced a set at 32,000 miles under warranty for us.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I'm shocked some don't like rear disc brakes! I've been running them since the early 80's and I have NO complaints with them at all.

I changed the rear disc brakes (pads and rotors) on a Chevy about a month ago, second time in 230,000 miles, and a piece of cake compared to shoes! Shoe rears, just have so many more moving parts, rusty springs and all kinds of other problems to contend with.

SR

 

[Industrial Toys]

Not to mention you have to buy two brake systems for the rear and KEEP paying to keep BOTH going! Pure BS!

Put drums on the back and on the front too, while you are at it. I rarely use my brakes actually keeping safe stopping distances and anticipating what's ahead which requires the lost art of thinking.

 

[Industrial Toys]

My 08 GMC 6.6 Engine and drivetrain has been largely trouble free. The Gimmicks and Cheaply made Garbage exterior materials on the truck are another story.

I wish they would build an entirely different line of working pickups. Basic accessories and REAL bumpers. Maybe trucks that they will only sell for CASH.

 

[5030]

Bottom line is, they are all the same in reality. Any complex machine will break at times, especially if built by the UAW... UAW= You Ain't Working. Every automaker is all about maximum profit with minimum outlay, how it works in business. Any other way and you won't be in business very long.

Interesting scenario for me a couple years back. I delivered a load of coiled strip steel (I retired from a steel company driving one of their private fleet trucks.. Anyway, delivered to a TRW Steering Systems plant here in Michigan and while I was waiting to get unloaded I was nosing around the plant and spied a full basket of tie rod ends that looked familiar so I asked the Foreman and sure enough they were for a Ford F350. I had just replaced mine to the tune 60 bucks for the pair. I asked him how much they cost to make and he replied about 25 cents each. So if TRW sells them to Ford for say a buck a piece and distributors for say 2 bucks each, 60 bucks is a heck of a markup any way you cut the cheese.

Having said that, it's business and you as the consumer are at the bottom of the pile, like it or not.