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-mike
-mike
Nice to see Edmund's bias against GM hasn't changed. I'm sure if the Exploder had a Chevy badge, it would have finished 4th.
Chevy Dealer replaced the Cam Solenoid Valve and reprogrammed PCM per Admin Message VSS20010154
Part Number - 12568078
Description - Valve 0.296
My Trail Blazer got so bad that I went from my house to the Chevy Dealer which is 42 miles away on a half of tank of gas.
Too bad a good service dept closed down. King ORourke now sells Buick, Pontiac and GMC in addition to Caddy, so I think he will be around for a while.
As to Bravada wind noise, noticed yesterday on the highway at approx 65-70 mph - severe - thought a door was open. I will have to look further into the source - I'll take roof rack xmembers off as one gent suggested - but noise seems to be coming more from the mirror area.
Let u know if I find anything.
-mike
I need your help. I am currently looking at buying a 1998 envoy from Carmax. I have never really looked at the envoy's and to be honest haven't seen that many on the road. The car is in EXCELLENT condition and has everything I could want. Carmax is selling it for $16,900, it has 57,000 miles on it and just like i said I do not see a thing wrong with it. Since i haven't seen that many on the road and really haven't heard much about them, i am relying on you to help me out with the pros and cons and possible suggestions of what to look for or lookout for. Please either reply to this message through a post or email me at millymom924@aol.com. Thanks!
Notice this is an XL. But the regular Envoy looked the same.
I wonder if GM will retro fit the Envoys we have???
"I wonder if GM will retro fit the Envoys we have???"
I'm sure they will be glad to. Otherwise, GM will have a lot of expensive paint/repaint bills on their hands. So in the long run it will be a lot cheaper for them to undertake the prevention.
Thanks for posting the photos!
-mike
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It wasn't so much as the Trailblazer not winning, but the criteria in the article itself. Obviously, many things are a matter of opinion, but ranking a Durango above the Trailblazer boggles my mind. It's not like I'm losing sleep over it, but I can't accept it.
As for the performance debate, I look at it this way. For more money, worse gas mileage, and less horsepower, you can get a V-8 Explorer that will be a little bit better in off the line acceleration vs. the Envoy. By the same token, there must have been some reason you didn't get an Overland JGC. Ain't no SUV quicker than that. Maybe GM should have made a Vortec V-8 option available and we wouldn't be having this discussion.
Moreover, why then did Motortrend rate the Envoy over the Explorer for SUV of the year? They really need to give the Explorer some styling and work on that interior big time.
-mike
-mike
What would really help is to know how to remove the part of the dash cover that covers the two dash mounted speakers. I would imagine that it's removable for access to those speakers, and once out of the way I would have better access to get down into the vent. Anybody know if that part of the dash comes off easily?
I would put my TB up against all but the HO 4.7l Jeep though. Sure the V8's jump a bit ahead off the light, but once they shift, they loose ground fast enough. Earlier magazines stated that the I6 fell just short in the 1/4 mile to the Jeep V8, but I've run consistant 15.6's and am not buying it unless I see some time slips. Also, my nieghbors down the street run thier V8 Explorer and the other his jeep with me as we merge on the freeway to the office..two lanes for a good ways....niether overtakes me once were rolling. The Ford isn't even close. Jeeps must be geared better. Oh well.
tim
1999 GTP @ 13.689
2000 Alero "GT" @ 15.591
2002 Trailblazer LTZ @ 15.675
YOU WROTE:
"You guys are a riot and magazines for that matter too. These are TRUCKS not race cars. When I want to go fast I get in my sports car, not my SUV. Quite entertaining."
-mike
-mike
V-6 in their bread and butter Camry and Sienna.
Toyota is steadfastly refusing to admit they have a problem in some cars, even though it is obvious they do. At least GM is fixing the problems they find (including engine failures) without complaining.
As to the Edmunds test, I drove them all (literally) and picked a Bravada. Great performance and ride, quiet and comfortable.
If I want a sports car I drive my Z-28. Then again, it won't get out of my driveway if there's 1/2" of snow on the ground!
GAM2
But, I think one thing Paisan and most of us are in agreement with, is that the Isuzu Ascender shouldn't be produced. It doesn't fit Isuzu's image. Just as we feel Isuzu doesn't fit the image we were looking for when we bought our triplets. Car companies should stick with what works for them.
My dealer is trying to help me but GM is still playing stupid and saying there isn't a problem or a gasket fix.
I tried calling customer assistance who did nothing but call my dealer and ask them how to fix the problem.
I confirmed 3 other dealerships in the area are getting new Trailblazers from the factory with the gasket.
Anybody know what GM's problem is? Are they trying to find a way to cut back on sales and repeat buyers?
I now know what Clark Howard means when he talks about big companys with lots of CUSTOMER NO-SERVICE!
For most of the SUV owners out there the triplets is exactly what they want their image to be: high riding, filled with luxo items (such as the Bose Stereo, dual A/C, etc. etc.), 4wd, and not be a mini-van even though most would be better suited with the Astro/Safari or other mid-sized van. To this I think GM has done a great job in knowing its market.
For me personally if I were in charge of GM, what I would do is this:
1)Subizu Combine Subaru and Isuzu and Suzuki into one make, target sportmen, outdoors, off-roaders, and the niche markets in the area. Build some really capable off-road vehicles like the Trooper (maybe a bit larger to take on the TLC) and harness the "go farther/LL bean" stuff.
2) Chevy Trucks: Combine Chevy Trucks and GMC trucks into one group targeting suburbia with Suburbans, Yukons, Envoys, Avalanche, Safari, Family Vans, mini-vans, etc.
3) GMC Trucks: Pickups, Dualies, Duramax Diesels, Work Vans, Work mid-vans, etc. Offer them all with Duramax 3, 4, 5, 6.6l (whatever suits the need) engines and gas options. These would not be targeted for home or family use but back to basics trucks.
4) Corvette: Take all the performance cars in the Generals stable and group them in here.
5) Chevy: the run of the mill cars such as buicks, chevys, pontiac non-performance cars
6) Cadillac: Luxury models.
This IMHO would allow GM to really segment the market and sell more cars.
-mike
-mike
The fan is obviously driven by the engine, but the clutch appears to be electronically controlled. Seems to make sense as it's a more of a high tech solution then the old fan clutches. Someone posted a while back that there were wires going to the fan housing. Also, in the engine fuse box there is a fan fuse.
Anyway, the fan comes on for me when going up in the mountains and I believe it's due to the transmission fluid getting hot. When going uphill that much, the torque convertor spends a lot of time in the unlocked position and this causes a lot more heat.
My guess is that they were a bit on the conservative side when setting the temperature at which the fan should come one. The fix probably just jacks up the temperature setting a little bit, but it's still possible for the fan to come on. What they need to do is hook that sensor to the computer so that the fan never comes on when going over a certain speed. I can't see how much it would help if you're already going 60mph.
As for the fan coming on in the morning when it's cold, I'm not at all concerned about that as it's a normal side effect. Even though it's an electronically controlled clutch, there's still probably fluid in there that needs to warm up a bit before the fan breaks free.
I may not be exactly correct on everything, but I believe I have contructed a theory that explains all fan problems. I just wish the people at the dealership were more knowledgeable about this. I printed out the page from nhsta.gov with the TSB numbers on it. I'm going to hand it to them and say "Do this."
Yes GAM2, after knowingly putting cars on the road (see previous post from someone who's father works on the TB assembly line) with defective engines that have been failing while people have been driving, some on the highway at 60 - 70 miles an hours, which in turn is putting their lives and the lives of everyone else on the road in jeopardy, GM, being the big honorable company they are, are fixing the defective parts that NEVER should have left the factory.