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Suzi and Tung
Ride is ok, but air suspension system warning light is illuminted all the time now.
I checked into the history of my vehicle. It had three sets of air shocks replaced
in four years. The first set was under warranty, the previous owner had to pay
for the second set $2400.00. When that set went out years later, they were
replaced by shocks. The previous owner was the stereo typical soccer mom
who never towed anything, or ever put the truck into four wheel drive. The dealer
I went to fessed up that GM didn't do a very good job with this shock design.
My problem now is the steering column or front end making a knocking noise. It feels like it is slipping. Anyone have an idea?
First, the idle. It seems just a hair rough. It will sit at around 500 rpms, but you can hear it drop down once in a while and back up. It doesn't feel like it's stalling, but a very subtle occasional interruption in the idle.
Second, a mild knocking when i start it up. Might just be chevy, as our minivan does the same thing...noticeable in a garage at least.
Are either of these anything to be concerned about? I'm particularly concerned about the idle. I almost bought a dodge minivan once that had a slightly rougher idle and it turned out to have a burned cylinder.
Thanks!
,my jeep shakes for about 5/10 seconds.I took it in the service department,
and they said my shock was find.they rotate my tires.It stop for a few days,and started again.It feel like I'm going to loose control, that I have to press the breaks
to slow down the truck so it could stop shaking. Have this happen to any one
,and how did you fix it.
denali
I have an '03 Denali and the truck is great. There is a center console and covers for the lighter plug, a small compartment, and cup holders. This is a black plastic material that is painted gray, I have seen this on every Denali I have looked at so I think it's pretty standard. Anyway, the gray paint is peeling in many places exposing the black plastic base material.
I went to the dealership last year and the advisor told me that GMC would fix this problem once in the vehicles lifetime. I was about two thousand miles out of warranty at that time (~38-39K). So I waited and the problem is worse now. I went for an unrelated service today (sunroof bracket broke on pax side) and wanted to get the peeling paint fixed. I was told it was out of warranty, was of a cosmetic nature, and would be at my expense.
I believe that almost every Denali has this problem. While at the dealer, I looked at a new 2005 model on the lot. Guess what, paint was starting to peel just on the edges of the corners of the covers for the cup holder and lighter. I have friends with the same truck and they have peeling paint too so I believe it is a defect in materials or workmanship. I called GMC corporate to inquire and received a file number, they even called the service advisor where my truck was. Very nice and friendly but the end result was that it was cosmetic and I could complain to the NTSB if I wanted too. I don't think the NTSB is too concerned with cosmetic issues, but someone who pays $50k for a vehicle certainly is...
Anyone else have this problem? Issue resolved by GMC? How would I launch a recall initiative if it is not a safety issue?
This forum is for information sharing. Edmunds doesn't have technicians "on duty", so you have to rely on your fellow community members.
If you are patient and if you ask the Hosts for help, usually you'll get a response. You might be in the wrong forum, or perhaps your question is confusing, or there isn't enough detail.....or.....sometimes without the car in front of us , it is just impossible to speculate about "a noise in the rear" or "it goes jibbidy-jibbidy".
Diagnosis by remote control isn't easy, but most people here try to be very helpful.
AND...it's free remember....
You can also often find extraordinarily detailed and extremely helpful advice about Tauruses (Tauri?) over in those forums.
But, as far as I can tell, most of us posting in these forums or lurking around the fringes are taking our vehicles to the dealer or looking for a reliable dealer to take them to. Sorry....
I have found a (so far!) great family-owned dealer with a service department that treats me very well and fairly (and I suspect would even if I had not bought my YXL from them). I would hope that you could find such a dealer near you. And your (apparently unanswered) question about whether/not to be concerned would most likely be answered by such a service department quite well. Best of luck to you!
Also, a new problem just arose, when I turn the truck off, the fan stays on. The way I discovered there was a problem was when I went to start it in the morning, only to discover the battery was dead.
Does anyone have an idea of what could cause the fan to stay on? Nothing has been done to the controls or ? and the owners’ manual is useless.
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One thing to note. Because of the thickness of the kit, I found the lower and upper console doors stick a little when opening and sometimes requires a little help to fully open. Not a big thing to me but to some it might be. Looks great too even after two years.
One last thing. It requires a clean surface to bond to. That means I had to remove all the old peeling stuff. Not a big deal as most of it had removed itself.
Any help appreciated.
denxl04
Has anyone experienced this or know what's mounted in that location? It's not the exhaust, etc., it's an electric motor gear sound. Sort of like the sound the mirrors make when you put it reverse and they tilt but only louder...and very loud outside.
I also have the whistling above 30-40 MPH but can't figure out where it's coming from. FYI: No after market bolt-ons.
I've also heard a whining noise that runs with the RPM's. I'm going to have both diff's flushed and the tranny fluid changed and see if that cures it but any ideas are helpful.
Thanks.
a. replace a coupling in the transfer case
b. remove the dexron automatic transmission fluid from the transfer case, put in the new stuff (Auto Trac II) and flush 3-4 times
c. replace a single joint in the steering box/colum
d. a bad control/sensor for the variable rate power-steering system
What's worked for you???
I have a 2001 Yukon Denali and it is dong the same thing. It only happens after I have driven it for a while and it does it when I turn right or left real slow. It almost sounds like the whole front of the car is coming off. I've had it in the shop 3 times and still it does it. Have you found out what the problem is and/or how to fix it?
You might want to cut back to some unscathed seating material (the seat's already destroyed, eh?) and see if this is really leather or if it's a leather substitute you are looking at.
If it isn't leather, then that information would be of great interest to many folks. We all know that the non-seating areas are rarely real leather anymore. But the seating areas, at the very least, are supposed to be when you've paid for leather!?!