Warranty expires Jan 18th. Questions on recommended service.

[Hills]

My warranty expires soon. Took the truck to my local Chevy dealership, and asked them what is recommended, and they told me just a fuel filter change, and checked my air filter.

Is there anything that I should have checked and done on the truck before the warranty expires? Anything that I should have them change? What have you guys done towards the end of your warranty?

Can I make them do anything specific with out having to spend a lot of money?

 

[4speedfunk]

Typical. Only a dealer would recommend a fuel-filter change on a vehicle that doesn't have one! -LOL. Regardless...filters (including air) are not part of any warranty that I'm aware of.

Have them check the front cross-member bushing, and the steering rack bushing. Also check the CV-shafts, front axle seals, and coil-paks on the top of the motor. All of these items are notoriously short-life parts and SHOULD be covered by the warranty. You didn't mention mileage but, if you're over 50K...you should do a fluid change to the t-case, transmission, and front & rear diffs. These would be outside of your warranty but, a good idea to do it while its on the lift. Finally...to answer that last question: No.

Good luck.

 

[alrock]

What he said. I would add ball joints, I.e. upper and lower control arms.

Are you talking bumper to bumper, powertrain or extended warranty? Some of the mentioned items are not covered by portrait warranty

 

[4speedfunk]

Just for comparison...I have only 40K on my 100K warranty and I've been getting declined for years. So I told GM to "suck it" about 3-years ago...grabbed a plasma cutter...and haven't looked back once.

 

[Bigunit]

4speed, maybe it's your approach and/or your delivery! JK! Time for a Carnegie course..."How to Make Friends and Influence GM Service Reps"

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[amrg]

+1 On the control arms, esp their bushings. Maybe the rear window washer pump. (Mine took a dive due to lack of use)

 

[4speedfunk]

BU...I'm a bit late for that course! -LOL Besides I never wanted to be a friend or influence them. I just wanted them to own-up to terms of their warranty. It ain't about friendship...this is business. I handed them $36,000 cash for their product, which included coverage on certain parts for 5yr/100k miles. I did my part. But every time I needed something fixed...I had to get into a pissing contest over fine print. And when I did get something repaired, the workmanship was very "short-bussy" (another funk-ism you can use if you want).

Now that Hummer is finally "water under the bridge", its pretty easy to look back at the situation with clear eyes:

There is no way in hell GM could ever turn a profit with such an ill-designed product, and mismanaged company. They were probably doing okay with the 3-year/36K plan. People could buy their POS product and knock it around for 3-years/36K and by the time parts started flyin out from under the chassis...it was the customer's problem. But the day Toyota and Jeep upped the anti by including a 100K warranty...Hummer was DONE. GM had to step-up and match it if they were going to sell anything. Sadly...the truck is only capable of hitting the 3-year/36K mile barrier before it becomes a liability to the service teams and the warranty program. We're not talking about plastic door handles and hood louvers flying off. We're talking about major driveline components...expensive stuff. GM realized early on that they could not make money when they would be giving away $2000 to $9,000 of free parts & labor for every H3 on the road...for the next five years. The H1 & H2 were already dead by 2006...dinosaurs that failed to evolve. But the H3 was the torch-bearer, and the only hope Hummer had of surviving. But its simple math...it just made more sense to shut it down. I couldn't agree more. Heavy sigh.

So where does this leave all of us freaks that have somehow fell in love with this mechanical retard? Its a very simple question with a very simple answer: Embrace it or Sell it.

 

[Bigunit]

4speed, I agree 1000% with everything you said.

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