Truck #113567

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Mileage	Problem
1999 4x4 ClubCab with a 5.2l_V8 engine, built in the Warren,MI plant; sequence number 113567
20000	AT 20K MILES THERMOSTAT HOUSING WAS LEAKING EVERYWHERE....NOW AT 23K MILES AND HAVE HAD TIERODS REPLACED...AND NOW THE BALL JOINTS(WHICH ARE PART OF THE CONTROL ARM) HAVE FAILED. HAVE HAD THE TRUCK TO LOCAL DEALER TWICE IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS FOR CONTROL ARM REPLACEMENT BUT BOTH TIMES THEY TOLD ME THE NEW ARMS WERE AS BAD AS THE ONES ON THE TRUCK NOW. DEALER HAS ORDERED TWO MORE PAIRS OF ARMS IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET A GOOD PAIR. THE SERVICE MANAGER IS TELLING ME DAKOTAS AND DURANGOS ARE BOTH EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM,,I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE BY FAR. DEALER TELLS ME THERE IS NO KNOWN REPAIR FOR THIS PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD THAT EVEN IF DEALER CAN GET TWO NEW GOOD ARMS I WILL DEFINETLY BE BACK WITHIN A YEARS TIME OR SOONER TO GET THEM REPLACED AGAIN. I TOLD MANAGER I APRECCIATE HIS HONESTY BUT HE HAS DEFINETLY CONVINCED ME NOT TO OWN THIS PIECE OF CRAP WHEN IT'S OUT OF WTY. THIS TRUCK HAS NEVER BEEN USED FOR PLOWING, TOWING, OR ANY TYPE OF COMMERCIAL USE. HAVE HAD DEALER ALSO LOOK AT A NOISE THAT I HAVE IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. I AM EXPERIENCING EXTREME LEVELS OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT NOISE COMING THROUGH THE DEFROSTER DUCTS. ANYONE WHO RIDES IN THE TRUCK IMMEDIATELY ASKS WHATS UP WITH ALL THE NOISE...SOUNDS LIKE ENGINE IS SITTING IN THE CAB WITH US. DEALER HAS CONFIRMED THE NOISE IS TERRIBLE BUT CANNOT FIND WHAT IS CAUSING IT..I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A QUOTE FROM MY SERVICE ADVISOR.."I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN STAND DRIVING THAT THING WITH ALL THE NOISE, FRONT END CLUNKING ON EVERY BUMP FROM BOTH SIDES AND THE ENGINE NOISE LOUD ENOUGH TO DEMAND TURNING UP THE RADIO TO AN OBNOXIOUS LEVEL, I WOULD BE GOING CRAZY" THAT CAME FROM THE MOUTH OF MY SERVICE ADVISOR!!!!
	This truck is owned by KURT (KURTMOPARMAN@AOL.COM)

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