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I know some of you out there have put a CD Changer in...my question is, what brands are compatible with the factory Radio/CD player? I know you can get a Y adapter to split off the back of the factory radio but not sure which changers will work. In the same vein...what is that darn bar code on the radio faceplate for?
Also, in every car I've owned (except my '67 Impala SS) my steering wheel has locked in some position when I take the key out...my Yukon XL doesn't seem to do that. Has GM gotten rid of that feature for this truck?
Thanks for the replies!
Campo57
Mike DFW
lahunter: My radio did not have the theftlock activated when I got it...so the number on the barcode had nothing to do with that.
In response to your question about which CD changer is compatible with your radio system in your Yukon Xl, I am at this moment having a CD changer put on our XL that works directly through the radio controls. It is an Alpine 6 disk CD changer, with a model number of: CHMS 620. The price that I paid was $238.15, including tax. I wanted to put a 10 or 12 disk changer, but I was told that I would have to make some additional modifications, and I really wanted to just go the direct route through the radio. I hope this helps.
Rocko7
Thanks
Mike
I decided to upgrade for a couple of reasons...I wanted the extra size of the XL. I wanted the 4-wheel disks and finally, I wanted the pulling power.
About three weeks ago I dedicated an afternoon and called 38 (yes 38) of my "local" Chicagoland GMC dealers, told them exactly what I wanted (Black Denali XL, no sunroof, 60/40 2nd seat and lift gate...engine block heater would be nice). Then I asked each two questions--How much over invoice and by what date will I get it.
35 of the 38 dealers said they needed full MSRP, (Three had it on their floor) and said the price was firm. After which I thanked and hung up on each.
One said he would go $1,000 off MSRP...Thanks, bye.
And two said that they wanted three grand over invoice with delivery in late December of early January....
So then I told them about my a trade-in--a '99 Silvermist Denali with 24,000 miles and in perfect condition with the exception of a quarter sized paint scrape on the rear bumper (from a run in with a rusty old metal truck bumper. I asked both to quote me on my trade. Each gave a tight range of $26k to $27,500 pending verification of my truck's condition.
I ordered from each with the agreement that if I found one before theirs came in, they would understand and refund my $500 deposit.
Three weeks go buy and then last Thursday, I decide to re-call some of the dealerships that I had previously talked to see about current price and availability.
The first dealer tell me they are getting full MSRP--I thanked him anyway. The second dealer says he has a Black Denali XL, unspoken for, that just was just being unloaded off the truck. He describes the other options and it turns out it is outfitted exactly as I wanted. He says he wants MSRP for it. I say thanks anyway and start to hang up and he asks me what it will take to do it today.
I tell him my deal with the other dealers and if he matches that I will be there tonight! In less than three minutes, he calls me back and asks for my fax number so he can send the a buyers order for my approval....
I picked up my '01 Denali XL the next morning (they needed time to prep it) at the price I wanted.
I related this long tale here for a few reasons...
1.) I thought some might find it interesting--there is a lot here that this group might have discussions about--Did I pay to much, is calling 38 dealers a waste of time, etc.
2.) I still have the two others, expected in about a month, on order --if any one here would like me to "bring them" (via telephone) to my dealer to see if "your" name could get put on my order--. And
3.) The Denali XL truck is special...with only 200 miles on it I can literally feel it breaking in...I can feel the motor loosening up and the (still moderate) acceleration improving. I can feel the tires wearing in and the traction improving. I can feel the steering loosing up and the brakes grabbing tighter. And while it may just be my imagination, I can even feel the Onyx Black paint getting blacker!
(I feel) I am going to like this truck!
Yukon XL. (SLT/1sd/Center Bucket/sunroof,etc..)
A local dealer has the car I want,
(the other 15 I have called are
lucky to have 1 or 2 on the lot).
The dealer has been honest with me to
the point that he has informed me that
the car was originally titled in Canada.
The car is brand new (150 miles). Smells new
as well .
The dealer will take care of a registration,
plates, and an application for a local state title.
Is there anything I need to be concerned with
in buying a yukon which has come via canada?
The following are things which come to mind:
warranty? (he claims it is 3 year/ 36 normal)
emissions? (I am over my head here)
resale? (planning on keeping the car, but who
knows what will happen)
The other thing that I thought was funny is
that he has to sell me the car as used and
not new?
thanks in advance for any response
I found 38 "local" dealers by expanding my search to within 250 miles of Chicago.
Like you found in Dallas, overwhelmingly I found that MSRP was the norm on a 2001 Yukon Denali XL.
Would not be so bad if I did not have to keep adding water to my radiator every couple of days.
Pulled it out and patched it up a couple of summers ago, but back to filling every couple of days. Gets to be a bother. It is a 9 year old van.
Does any one know if the old style can be retro-fit into the 2001s? What about after market sites for replacement lights? My kids are in full revolt, HELP.
The setup is obviously designed to be used just until you get the original repaired or replaced.
I don't know how prices and availability down there in the lower 48 are exactly, and we don't have access to Canadian invoice prices yet, but for your info: I waited and waited for financing deals to improve and just bought a 2000 XL SLT at 0.9% for about 33500 U$. Knew I could wait for prices to come down because both local dealers had a combined total of about 12 2000's sitting on their lots.
I can't see how the resale would be affected, because the vehicles and options are identical. Only issue would be California emissions which are not an easy fix. As my friend found out after buying a new Yukon in Canada right before moving down to his new job in San Francisco.
regarding the 3rd seat lack of reading light.
I removed the light and surprise,surprise, the wiring is a 3 wires connector designed to have dome and reading light like the 2nd seats.
Gm is really too cheap sometimes, anyways, I ordered another 2nd seat dome/reading light and after 5 minutes of slight headliner trimming I have now a 3rd seat reading light that looking factory installed.
Luc. 2001 Yukon Xl 8100 Vortec.
Has anyone had this problem with the 2001 Suburbans, I would like to know before I purchase one.
As an aside, my neighbour said that he was able to find the exact build date of his Jeep before he bought it. You know, "YIPEEE it's a Wednesday" or "OH NO, I'd better sell it now, it's a Friday before a long weekend." Can this be done for my XL, and if so how?
So you may have heard that two-tone paint is not available for either the Yukon XL or the Suburban for 2001. No so. Two tone is not available in the US, that is true. But it is still available for overseas customers. In Saudi Arabia not only is two tone paint available on 2001s, it is available with the new colors such as polo/forest green. And you can get the US discontinued colors from last year (Carmine Red Metallic and Copper Metallic) in single or two tone if you want. And there are other colors available over here that have never been offered in the states, as well as all the colors offered to US customers. I have personally seen these vehicles and everytime I do it reinforces my idea that GM is taking each and everyone of us for granted. Why else would they continue to ship Firestone tires or deny us color choices they offer to the rest of the world?
By the way, the new dark green (Forest Green on the Chevy, Polo Green on the Yukon) is a knockout with the gold bottom and gold fender flares on the 3/4 ton vehicles. It looks so good that I will have the gold added to my Forest Green Suburban when I pick it up in January in Texas. Too bad I couldn't have gotten it from GM and saved a bunch of money.
Yes the wiring already installed have a 3 wires jack that just plug in the new dome/reading light fixture.
to remove the light fixture,you will see a small cut-out between the clear plastic lense and the base of the fixture.
Just put a small screwdriver in it and push/pull the plastic lense down.
Once the lense is down you will understand how the light is retained to the headliner with 1 plastic tab on each side (lengthwise).
The best way to trim the headliner is to use some tracing paper and after removing the 2nd seats light,to outline the factory cut-out on the paper and center the paper on the 3rd seat light cut-out and you will see where and how much to trim.
Don't worry, it's simpler to do than to explain.
Luc.
Clifford
Please help. I need this infor ASAP!
Thank you in advance
Chevy needs to offer these tires at least as an option.
My next step is the entertainment center. Any suggestions? Also looking for anyone who had modified for performance i.e. dual exhaust, headers, high flow air intake. Any comments.
Thanks
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He's doing a 2001 Suburban with all the goodies you mentioned. Sweet lookin truck.
It didn't occur to me to see where these vehicles are built, but I will check it out in the next few days and let you know.
As for contraints, there is no evidence of a problem here. Every Yukon and Yukon XL they had on the lot (about 20 total) had liftgates. I didn't see barn doors anywhere. Every SLT Yukon and some SLEs had rear audio controls. Every 2500 had wheel flares. There were sunroofs aplenty. I talked to the sales manager at this dealership and asked him if he had any trouble getting vehicles in configured as they wanted and he looked at me like I was crazy. "It's our money", he said in perfect English, "and, if they want us to spend it with them, they have to give us what we want, not what they want." What a novel idea!
By the way, not a single Yukon/Yukon XL of the 10 or so that I checked had Firestone tires. Guess GM is saving these for the US market.
Thanks again.
Part # for the light is 15 04 43 70 and full retail is $ 35 but I paid $ 25.
Remember that this part # is for a Neutal color interior,If you have another color the part # will be different (last 2 digits i think)
Also the reason for the lack of wiring slack is because GM hot glued the wiring to the back of the headliner, put your fingers/hand in the opening and you will fill the glob of glue, just pull on it and you will have plenty of slack.
My guess as why GM included the hot 3rd wire is because when they designed the truck they were going to put a dome/reading light but some as--- decided that by putting a dome light only GM will save may be $2 per truck.
Another tip: to turn off the Day Time Running Light, GM said to press the dome override button 4 times, well I have a way of doing it in half the time.
Instead of pushing the button all the way, just push it twice to about half way to where you can start to fell a slight resistance.
Luc.