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Omitting much detail to avoid boring you.

First, allow me to mention I have decades of experience with equipment of all types. I KNOW when a defect exists.

Several defects in 2004 Silverado bought new. Been to three different dealers. Curious how i hear the same refrain, "Can't replicate the problem."

Have left truck overnight AND for several days at a time.

"Can't replicate."

Yes, intermittent problems but they ARE there.

So....appears to me if a defect doesn't jump out and bite the mechanic on the news, if the defect can not be quickly and cheaply fixed, well, I guess I am expected to accept those defects.

Can not help but ponder if the fixing was on my own dime if those defects would be passed back to me.

I have lost a lot of work time thus income, at least $3,000 worth, while truck was in the shop. My pay is not enough to warrant renting a car and loaners are a thing of the past 'round these parts.

My state is extremely consumer unfriendly, so pro-business that using the courts for redress is a joke.

I would sell the truck but my personal code of honor requires me to inform a potential buyer of the problems. Too honest for my own good, I suppose. Selling to a dealer (where I do not hold myself to my honor code) is not an option due to the depreciation hit, I can not afford that.

Thus, I must tolerate my truck with several defects, one a true safety issue, until enough time has passed that the depreciation will not hurt me so badly.

This vehicle was the first new vehicle purchased in 33 years of vehicle ownership and the first GMC product ever purchased. I will not make the mistake again. I am also warning all I know as well as the general public what MAY befall them. Maybe others will have great experiences with a GMC product and the dealerships that, though separate, are an integral part of the "GMC experience." I truly hope so. But, what has happened to me COULD, conceivably, happen to others.

Another problem has risen lately, a very slow coolant loss of a type I have never experienced in any of my vehicles. Will have to enter the service department yet again. I fear if i hear those dreaded words again, "Cn not replicate," that I may end up using 4-foot by 8-foot plywood sheets and build a message board in the truck's bed, warning the populace of the words I have heard far-too-much for far-too-long.