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long bed = 34 gallons
Thanks,
Bill
We have four kids (5, 4, 18 mos, and 1 month) and a 2001 Suburban 1500. Neither the 1st row nor the 2nd row has a shoulder harness or a head rest for the middle seat. The center seats have lap belts only. All of our kids are still in car seats or booster seats, so the lack of a shoulder harness has not been a factor yet. When they are out of the boosters, they will have to sit in the outside seats, as they have the shoulder harnesses/head rests.
We have a luggage carrier for the roof, and it pretty much takes up the rear half of the roof. You could probably get another small one in front of it, but it would have to rest directly on the roof and not on the luggage rack. I don't think I'd do that. I don't know how much weight the roof or the rack are rated to handle.
Rich
Look in your owners guide for the Suburban - under Luggage Carrier. In the GM book it was on page 2-56.
Irv filling in for Don.
Also, CD player does not work, dealer sent it to be repaired.
http://www.capperautocenter.com/ sells GM warranties at $300 over dealer cost. I purchased a Chrysler warranty on my XL Denali because the GM warranty was too expensive.
Catchalls may be the way to go
Cabelas sells them i think the link is
http://www.cabelas.com
Ryan
http://www.kraco.com
Another source for the Husky and Catchall products is JC Whitney. Happy shopping.
responded when the airbags deployed even though I had not renewed the service) I've
just gotten a 2002. I want to get some wheel flares but the Chevrolet parts guy says I can't
with running boards. I had them with my 2000 so why not now? Is this true?
Also, I had the resonance noise problem with my 2000 until I got the body mounts
replaced and now I think I hear the same rumbling with my 2002? Can this happen? I
thought they replaced the body mounts with a new type after the 2000 problem.
If you're looking for a minivan I strongly suggest you get that Honda.
http://www.stylinconcepts.com/parts.cfm/partfamilyid/147/categoryid/11/subcategoryid/8
KBL
While the ignition is on-press the dome light switch 4 times. You will hear a chime and your running lights will turn off. To turn them back on while your car is still running: press 4 times again. You will need to repeat this each time you start your car.
guys are great!
I hope I can get some answers to some questions I have. First why are the tow ratings falling every year? Are there changes in the trucks or is GM coming to the realization that they over rated their SUV's?
I have a travel trailer,total weight apx. 6000lbs,
that I plan to pull from NY to CA. I don't want to
be under powered in the Rockies & wonder if a 2500
with a 6.0 & 3.73 rear will be good enough. I would like to cruise in overdrive most of the time
on flat or slight grades & overpasses. What do you
think?
I think it was skipjack that mentioned a chart to
figure out how different tire sizes will effect the axle ratio, anyone know where I can get this
chart?
I'm toying with the idea of ordering a 4.10 rear &
getting a 2nd (larger) set of wheels & tires for
solo driving,which would be about 90% of use,to
help the gas mileage & fill the wheel well better.
Saving the OEM's for the power when towing.
Any comments would be greatly appreciated. Again THANKS!
Campo57
I have a 2001 Yukon XL 2WD (18k miles). I have changed the oil every 3000 miles (+/-) and realized a few months ago that it is using oil. The oil light will come on when it is 2 quarts low and this happened when I went 3500 miles between changes. I took it to our dealer (they have done all maint.) and we did an extended test over the next 2500 miles. It appears to be burning 1 quart every 15-1700 miles. I think this is highly irregular but the dealer says this is "normal". What say you all??
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I took my '01 2500/8.1/3.73 in for several service items this last summer and included exactly this same complaint. The techs (said they) checked over the entire filler assembly for any restrictions, kinks, damage, etc., and found nothing wrong.
Yours in the only other complaint I've seen, but then, I haven't really been looking. I saw from another post that you also have a 2500, so I'm thinking maybe something in the filler system unique to these vehicles and the dual-tank setup. Of course, I don't have much to go on with only 2 data points -- but it's been driving me nuts.
I *have* noticed that it's worse at some pumps than others. There's one pump at my local station that I just don't use anymore, and it's sort of 50/50 with several others. Of course, these same pumps had no problem with my (now sold) Jimmy, including during ownership overlap when I'd sometimes fill both in the same day at the same pump.
At some stations I've finally given up and moved pumps, because holding the filler for 35 gallons isn't my idea of a good time, especially when it clicks off even in my hand so I have to manually hold it at about 3/4 flow.
Anybody else had any problems of this sort? If this is systemic it'd be nice to know and be able to go to GM with that.
It was annoying as all heck, because it wouldn't even let me hold the nozzle a quarter of the way up. As soon as it would begin to dispense, it would click off.
I twisted the nozzle clockwise in the filler hole about 30 degrees (from 6 o'clock to between 7 and 8 o'clock). The thing worked fine then! I could even set the filler holder to the max position.
Of course, I had to stand there and hold the nozzle in the angled position until it was finished. Maybe this would work for you, maybe not.
Bryan
I'd be interested to know others experiences with this also. I have a '01 suburban and I've recently noticed a sound the might be the 'resonance' sound. I thought it was a noise from the tires and it still may be, but it is either new or getting more noticeable.
thanks- jnj
I also have these tires on the stock aluminum rims. Wear is fine nothing abnormal
Ryan
I might have the wrong guy - if so I apologize. I thought you said at that time that you might get a chance to visit a factory site. While there you would keep an eye open for a 2003 Tahoe. Do you go and what was interesting?
Irv - fill in for Don.
However people have seen new silverados driving around detroit with a new grill and mfg plates. SO a change is on the way
I had the chance to visit the fort wayne plant but something came up that night and i was unable to attend. I may try to go sometime in the future possibly on an asme trip (try and get a tour set up through school)
Ill let you know anything i find out
Ryan
Keep up the good work!
Irv.
One other problem I have with this vehicle is that once in a while the engine seems to rev up especially when taking off from a red light while the AC is on. Then all of a sudden it seems to kick in to a quiet run. I can just be sitting still and the rpms go up to about 1200. Could it be the fan clutch?? Anyone else have this issue?
The fan clutch is thermostaticaly controlled and would make a noise like a jet plane when it kicks in, but does not make the engine rev up.
Thanks.
Andyl2; I have the same problem on my '02 Chevy Suburban. I haven't thought about it for a while and didn't think to have it checked when I took it in.
Resonance Noise
"JNJ91 what does this noise sound like and when do you hear it."
madijo; It sounds like a loud tire whine that is going on in a barrel. (my own description...) I realized that I was way overdue to have my tires rotated- I was busy having a baby when I should have been taking care of my truck! - So, when this noise got more noticeable I took the tires to have them rotated and checked. The tire guy thought that it was from the tires not being rotated, said the front tires were wearing like they were pigeon- toed. I think it has helped but I haven't gotten on the highway with them yet.
Hope that helps...
Julie
on the 91-99 models,the rubbing was in the sills,due to the door weatherstripping.
On the 99-up the rubbing is on the bottom of the doors due to the weatherstripping on the sills.
There is no way to solve this problem.
The rubbing is due to the doors moving slightly and the dirt/dust acting as a rubbing compound.
The only think to do is to put some tape protection where it rub.
Black truck can use black electrical tape and any other colors can use a clear "film" made by 3M and called "Paint Protector"
Like that the rubbing happen on the tape/film not on the paint.