Roll call - truck owners & under warranty $

[jagermeister]

This past Friday, while my truck was parked in my driveway, off, with key fob in my pocket… the electronic tailgate began opening and closing, all on its own. I watched it open and close about a dozen times or so, roughly every 5-10 minutes. Called the dealer and made an appointment for this morning to bring it in. Then I pulled the fuse in the meantime.


Dealer said the factory tailgate switch was a faulty design, allowing moisture infiltration and then of course corrosion, which leads to a short in the circuit. New (updated design) tailgate switch was installed in less than 20 minutes and I was on my way. $0 cost to me other than time.

2024 Silverado HD2500 - 20k miles

 

[5Cent]

This past Friday, while my truck was parked in my driveway, off, with key fob in my pocket… the electronic tailgate began opening and closing, all on its own. I watched it open and close about a dozen times or so, roughly every 5-10 minutes. Called the dealer and made an appointment for this morning to bring it in. Then I pulled the fuse in the meantime.


Dealer said the factory tailgate switch was a faulty design, allowing moisture infiltration and then of course corrosion, which leads to a short in the circuit. New (updated design) tailgate switch was installed in less than 20 minutes and I was on my way. $0 cost to me other than time.

2024 Silverado HD2500 - 20k miles

Thats wild! Would it do it only unlocked or would override and do it when locked too?

 

[Big_Holla]

The ghosts of Chevy's past!!

 

[jagermeister]

Thats wild! Would it do it only unlocked or would override and do it when locked too?

Locked, unlocked, key 200 yards away, it didn’t matter lol. Crazy to see for sure.

Dealer said the new switch is basically impregnated with epoxy to keep it sealed from moisture and that this most likely won’t happen again. Time will tell.

 

[GoetzTalon]

That’s crazy shit! Can’t believe it’s not a recall. How many people (me) have used the tailgate to change your kids diaper? All of a sudden it closes with the baby laying on it. I can think of a whole list of shit that would end bad with that flaw. At least they fixed it but at least send out a service bulletin on it.

 

[Clay Showalter]

Not a truck but the wife's Jeep was in for work under the extended warranty. New cylinder head, new oil pump, a month before this work, they replaced the oil cooler and harmonic balancer and belt. Took them almost 3 months but for only $100 deductible they did about $5000 worth of work.

 

[hickslawns]

Not a truck but the wife's Jeep was in for work under the extended warranty. New cylinder head, new oil pump, a month before this work, they replaced the oil cooler and harmonic balancer and belt. Took them almost 3 months but for only $100 deductible they did about $5000 worth of work.

Thie is my biggest fear with newer vehicles. Guess I'll keep a pile of old ones to plow snow. Break one and park it. Jump in another. Fix it later. With a new truck it could be 6 weeks waiting for the dealer to get a tranny. Scares me big time.