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can never have too much detail..
The liftgate creaks are most likely due to squeaky fasteners. Try this...with liftgate open, push the bottommost plastic trim inward towards the liftgate. If you hear a loud squeak or grinding sound as the plastic flexes inward, then you have the same fastener problem I had. This is fixable.
Was the car damaged during shipping to dealer? I cannot imagine a new car leaving the factory with a door so badly out of alignment it would need grinding of the body to get it to fit!
I too am worried about long term reliability of this car, and its resale once it's discontinued.
Before my warranty croaks, I'll discuss this again with the local newly revamped service department and see if they have any answers. If not, I'll have to give serious thought to replacing the Maxx next year as I am __not__ waiting for it to self destruct (like all too many GM cars seem to do).
Another question: If I'm first in line at a light and I take off quickly, smoothly but quickly applying the gas, I get a feeling like the front-end is falling apart. The whole front end shakes like the tires are slipping and catching very quickly, but the traction control never comes on and I don't hear any squealing. OTOH, if I nail the throttle, I do hear the tires and the traction light comes on. Any idea what this is? :confuse:
As for this popping, I have not experience this. It happens during turns, correct? My front end (in city driving) simply sounds like a car with 200,000 miles on it, that has never had the struts or ball joints replaced. I do hope the engineers at GM come up with a solution.
That knob to left of steer wheel only controls brightness when the headlights are on.
The Chevy HHR fixed the problem by mounting the display in the instrument panel, right ahead of the driver.
Larry :-)
I don't know much on specifics of that vehicle however to provide any more details.
Do you notice this occur more often at any specific time of the day?
I know we always hear about the bad side of a car in these forums.....and seldom the success story.....so far.....mine is a success story....not concerned about resale...as I usually put over 100K on my cars..if not more...so resale goes out the window....so far just regular maintenance and synthetic oil changes every 7k miles......knock on wood the success continues....
As for this popping, I have not experience this. It happens during turns, correct? My front end (in city driving) simply sounds like a car with 200,000 miles on it, that has never had the struts or ball joints replaced. I do hope the engineers at GM come up with a solution.
I've been following that issue with the tranny you mentioned. I'm just not sure if my car is making it or not. I can hear it faintly with the A/C and radio on, but it is very noticeable (to me) with them off. I'll try to make an audio clip of that and the popping and see if anyone else can say "Yes, that is the sound mine was making." I would like to avoid the typical dealer "Can't reproduce" for the whine sound.
I hope they put a TSB out on this. Sometimes the only way to get my dealer to solve something is to knock them over the head with the TSB. Unfortunately, it seems like GM quits issuing TSBs on cars about a year after production for that model year stops.
Yet it seems that most people's rattles are from the roof or dash...not from the passenger side B-pillar, which is my annoyance of late.
I've noticed that if I reach over and grab the shoulder belt and pull it slightly out of the retractor, the rattles seems to go away. And for some reason, it is most noticeable when the car is cold. After everything has warmed up a bit, the rattle goes away.
Anyone else experience this, and if so, is it hard to correct? This is an 04 Maxx LS with just over 19000 miles of mostly local driving (on lousy potholed roads, so yeah, what do I expect?)
That's what worries me. Why this brands' spread is so huge is a mystery.
My dealer claimed there was and supposedly adjusted it, but I saw no difference in daylight after they had done so.
1. brake/accelerator pedal assembly can clunk and rattle metalicy over some bumps as it is not tightly held by the adjustment screws.
2. if rattle is high pitched/plastic sounding, it can be either the dome light or headrest holders in the front seats. these drove me nuts for months until I tracked them down.
3. The seat belt adjusters on the B-pillar can rattle with a plasticky sound. This can be due to belt cover not being properly secured (sometimes putting small piece of foam in side the cover will quiet it down).
4. Airbags in roof can rattle and clunk under some conditions.
5. The back seats can bounce against the shock towers if positioned in certain ways. That makes a kinda knock-thunk sound.
6. Hatch trim may be squeaking over some bumps. When hatch lid is open, press against the trim and if you hear a grinding/squeaking noise, the trim fasteners need to be replaced or at least covered with tape before being re-inserted.
Hope all this is some help!
Are you sure it didn't say "Security:RKE"?
My dealer claimed there was and supposedly adjusted it, but I saw no difference in daylight after they had done so.
There isn't any dust on your display is there? Even a fine coating of dust will keep me from being able to read the display. After wiping it off, it is still washed out, but better and somewhat readable. There may well be an adjustment, but not one your dealer can apply. I recall an issue with the Silverados where the highbeam indicator on the dash (and only that indicator) was extremetely bright. It was very distracting and was fixed by the dealer applying a software update to the IPC.
I say unfortunately as it seems an oxymoron to have AC running when the temperature is 40 degrees outside.
How did you fix that one?
At this point I'm trying to get the major stuff fixed and live with the rest of the Maxx problems until it's traded in next year on (current plan) an AWD RAVE4.
My dealer had to replace my headliner because the plastic around the rear sunshades was so warped they couldn't fix it. Incidently, the warping was caused because it took them several times to get the support for the rear shades installed (and they never got it right until the factory added them on the new headliner).
While its raining, open the trunk and look in with a flashlight and see if you can tell where its coming in. Better yet, line the trunk with towels and then set a garden hose sprayer for shower mode, stand about 10 ft back and just cover the whole back of the car for 5-10 mins. Then open the trunk and see which towels are wet to get an idea of where its coming in.
Off topic but I keep waiting for a little official mention about what is new for 2007 model year.
The Audi A3 guys love to point out that the Maxx is no match , particularly for their favored 3.2 S version. Would be nice to see Chevy or somebody take the Maxx platform and give Audi a real run for their money.
Actually, ConsumersDigest rated the Maxx well __above__ the A3 (a big surprise).