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Im rolling 225/50/17 michelin pilot sports a/s now..and love them..also avon makes a good all season tire in that size.....about $75 less a tire than the michelins
Mine died around 35K miles.
Anyone else having pad life that short? If so, any explainations offered by the servicing dealers?
The rims you have are they chrome are painted? Heard that chrome pits and peals off after a couple of years. I'm will stay with a paint or machined lip rim with a paint inside. Still looking, Thanks for the help.
Does your 04 Maxx have a sunroof? If so did you get a acrylic gm airdam installed from gm or else where. I opened up the sunroof at 65 mph just last week. It's been four or five months since last opening at highway speeds and what a LOUD wind nosie. I'm going to bring it to my GM dealers attention and see if they will provide a free gm airdam to fix .
Russell :shades:
Im not one to press a car....so the michelins may be a bit of an overkill...but it provides a good ride...and responsive steering...or as much as you can get with electronic steering in the Maxx
yes I do have a sunroof..and yes..the airdam is a necessity...mine was aftermarket before the TSB came out from GM...the dealership should be one on for you under the TSB
For the past two weeks, my Maxx(2004 9500mi)has been showing subtle signs of a power steering problem. At times it would be extremely easy to steer and other times it took a bit more effort. I accepted this as the electronics are doing their job. Denial on my part that there was a problem starting. This AM as my wife and I went out to do some shopping it really acted up. Backing out of the driveway it was harder to turn the wheel but loosened up as I was driving. Then it happened, a chime went off and two messages poped up one on the dash (a wrench symbol) and a message on the radio dial face"Power Steering". Seconds later I was battling the steering trying to turn it into a parking field. It had suddenly lost any power assist and had to really muscle it to go where I wanted it. Luckily my wife was not driving and for myself that I was not going fast. We were a couple of miles from my dealership and I was able to drive it in . It loosened up enough for me to do this or I would have called for assistance. I was very careful and it was a straight run to get there(slowly). Pulling into the dealership it totally lost the assist again. A mechanic was outside and he told me to just shut it off and leave it where it was. The service writer came out after I explained what had happened. He got in the car to move it into another area that was not blocking the bays. When he got out I asked him if he had a problem. He said it felt normal to him, but did not doubt it was happening. Anyway,they gave us a courtesy lift home and now I will have to sit tight until they call me. Tried to go into detail for the benefit of anyone else experiencing the same problems with their steering
some folks have had brakes replaced at less than 20K....most of mine is highway miles.....with only some commuter stop and go......I may be the exception to the rule.....
Ditto the front struts, which means that except for the tie rods virtually everything in the front suspension has been replaced. There seems to be a little less noise over bumps now...not sure yet as I have not driven the car much.
Monday is my Maxx's going-out-of-warranty birthday. Hopefully it will behave itself for awhile afterwards :confuse: .
Does anyone know what to check or do to correct this?
Thanks,
Ben
First of all to confirm a few things...
If you turn on the parking lights with headlamp switch (just to the PARK position) and walk around vehicle are you saying that the front parking lamps/side markers are ON but both the rear tail lamps are not on? What about the licence plate lamp?
For the passenger headlamp, it is inoperative for both high and low beam? How about when in daytime running lamp mode? What is status of both headlamps then.
The dash board lamps are tied in with exterior parking lamps and so better to check this other stuff first before digging into what is going on with them.
Does anyone have any experience with the "suction cup method" of removal? How about the dry ice method I've heard about?
Or would a Dentworks or Dent Wizard outfit do it for not too many $$? I'm not sure it would be worth it. Thanks.
FYI, the '04 Maxx I am running seems to burn very little oil. - have never had to refill between 3000 mile changes (oil level changed little if at all).
An engine that has excessive oil consumption uses 0.9 L (1 qt) of oil, or more, within 3200 km (2,000 mi).
"But GM claims that 1 quart (32 ounces)every 1000 miles is considered normal so the dealer will not even care"
this is two different statements...I agree about excessive oil consumption....dont think GM considers it "normal"
You are driving more than 3200 km before you add oil, so GM will probably say your engine meets their guidlines. I, like many others, disagree with GM. You should not have to add any oil to a new vehicle between oil change.
Is it fair to have the feeling that buying a reliable Chevrolet is like rolling dice in Vegas - you got no idea what you're gonna get?
CU's ratings of Chevrolet reliability are by far the most variable of any car brand, going from good to downright rotten. The Maxx is smack in the middle, according to them.
It seemed OK for a while, but now, just 3 1/2 months later, it has again quit entirely.
What else can it be????? e2helper, any ideas???
Too late 2-nite to do research so I will try to follow-up in a day to two