GMC truck extended factory warranties. Any intel from you guys?

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My son sells GMC, Cadillac, and Buick. Might buy a truck from him after throwing Ford under the bus recently.

My google-fu suggests that GMC factory extended warranties can only be purchased from the dealer at time of purchase, and prices vary by dealer. Lovely.

Anybody know different?

I won’t buy a third party warranty, and I’m not even inclined to buy a factory warranty, but with all the electronics and gizmos, I am thinking about it.
 
fieldgrade said:
My son sells GMC, Cadillac, and Buick. Might buy a truck from him after throwing Ford under the bus recently.

My google-fu suggests that GMC factory extended warranties can only be purchased from the dealer at time of purchase, and prices vary by dealer. Lovely.

Anybody know different?

I won’t buy a third party warranty, and I’m not even inclined to buy a factory warranty, but with all the electronics and gizmos, I am thinking about it.
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Not sure about GMC but the ford is definitely worth it. I would think it would be gtg.
 
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fieldgrade said:
My son sells GMC, Cadillac, and Buick. Might buy a truck from him after throwing Ford under the bus recently.

My google-fu suggests that GMC factory extended warranties can only be purchased from the dealer at time of purchase, and prices vary by dealer. Lovely.

Anybody know different?

I won’t buy a third party warranty, and I’m not even inclined to buy a factory warranty, but with all the electronics and gizmos, I am thinking about it.
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If you can pick up an extended warranty through someone like assurant, I would snag a platinum contract or a platinum + contract. The new plat+ contracts pick up one set of pads/rotors/lightbulbs/wiper blades ect. Along with the practically number to bumper coverage. With GM’s and fords having the same 10speeds and gm having all sorts of fuel pump and system issues I would make darn sure I had some sort of extra coverage.
But yes they have to be purchased when new, and save your maintenance records.

I bet I pay out on handle 50k+ worth of claims a day on average. Some times is a 12,000.00 transmission claim, some times is a 1300.00 compressor claim.
Keep in mind a new vehicle will use 1234yf for refrigerant and they measure it by the gram and it’s more expensive then illegal substances from what I’m told.
No counting all of the electronics.

From now on I’m only buying Toyota and I will purchase an extended warranty.
 
All of the cam/lifter failures associated with the AFM in new GM trucks is the reason I refused to look at buying one, and that's before factoring in that hot turd that is the 10 speed transmission. If I were buying new GM today, I would begrudgingly factor in the extended warranty as a must-have at this point.
 
I test drove a ‘23 GMC Sierra 1500 SLT 5.3 4x4.

Very nice truck, but slower, and doesn’t ride as good, as my current F150.

I recall that Tundras don’t seem to be very readily available as far as inventory goes. I guess I need to check them out.

Edit: and IIRC they are no longer available with a V8
 
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fieldgrade said:
I test drove a ‘23 GMC Sierra 1500 SLT 5.3 4x4.

Very nice truck, but slower, and doesn’t ride as good, as my current F150.

I recall that Tundras don’t seem to be very readily available as far as inventory goes. I guess I need to check them out.

Edit: and IIRC they are no longer available with a V8
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Consumer Reports pulled their recommendation for the 2023 model year. 2022 was pretty bad as well. Turbo failures are common - their V6 was not ready for primetime compared to the absurdly reliable 5.7 that it replaced.
 
fieldgrade said:
my 2017 F150 5.0 six speed that’s been my favorite vehicle of all time.
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fieldgrade said:
With my truck all cleaned up sitting in the driveway, and after I drove theirs, I am actually pretty happy with the outcome.
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My gut feeling is that you’ll regret getting rid of your 2017. It sounds like it is by far the standard by which other trucks are being compared and they are falling short. Maybe I missed something along the way and my points below are moot if you need a new truck to do something that your current truck won’t do.

I’m going to be an advocate for keeping the devil you know and have cared for vs. purchasing something new that you have trepidations about.

Captain Obvious here, but the price of the new truck can cover a heck of a lot of preventative maintenance on your current one.

I’ve been down the same road you’re travelling in the quest for a “new-to-me” truck. I currently drive a 2015 Ford Escape with 168k. I’ve put 138k of those on it since buying it used back in 2018. I’ve kept it looking nice: body and interior are great.

I have spent money on both regular and preventative maintenance. I had to replace the transmission for 4800 bucks last year at 146k miles. Also along the way was $1500 on timing belt, water pump, etc. It hurt at the time, but the question I invariably asked myself each time was “Where can I find a reliable used car for [insert preventative maintenance cost here]?” Or, "how many new car payments is that?" My car is reliable, I know it's been properly cared for, and I wouldn't hesitate to go across country in it tomorrow (well, maybe not tomorrow as I ain't fighting July 4th Week traffic for anything!!).

The devil you know vs. the devil you don’t.
 
Supermatch said:
All of the cam/lifter failures associated with the AFM in new GM trucks is the reason I refused to look at buying one, and that's before factoring in that hot turd that is the 10 speed transmission. If I were buying new GM today, I would begrudgingly factor in the extended warranty as a must-have at this point.
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2018 GMC with 52k and basically had to do a engine rebuild
 
wheelgun_man said:
My gut feeling is that you’ll regret getting rid of your 2017. It sounds like it is by far the standard by which other trucks are being compared and they are falling short. Maybe I missed something along the way and my points below are moot if you need a new truck to do something that your current truck won’t do.

I’m going to be an advocate for keeping the devil you know and have cared for vs. purchasing something new that you have trepidations about.

Captain Obvious here, but the price of the new truck can cover a heck of a lot of preventative maintenance on your current one.

I’ve been down the same road you’re travelling in the quest for a “new-to-me” truck. I currently drive a 2015 Ford Escape with 168k. I’ve put 138k of those on it since buying it used back in 2018. I’ve kept it looking nice: body and interior are great.

I have spent money on both regular and preventative maintenance. I had to replace the transmission for 4800 bucks last year at 146k miles. Also along the way was $1500 on timing belt, water pump, etc. It hurt at the time, but the question I invariably asked myself each time was “Where can I find a reliable used car for [insert preventative maintenance cost here]?” Or, "how many new car payments is that?" My car is reliable, I know it's been properly cared for, and I wouldn't hesitate to go across country in it tomorrow (well, maybe not tomorrow as I ain't fighting July 4th Week traffic for anything!!).

The devil you know vs. the devil you don’t.
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One of my boys is in a well cared for 2014 base Escape, that my wife drove before him, and was bought by her mother new before she stopped driving, and passed.

After we passed this one onto the boy last year we went to buy another one, and there were no new ones to be had, so went across the street and bought a ‘21 base Equinox.
 
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You guys are making me rethink what I am needing to do.
The '05 Yukon has 305K on it and I was thinking of replacing it this fall.
The new Chevy Colorado's fit what I want.
But how I'm not sure,.
Didn't want to buy a first year truck anyway, but I'm going to need something soon.
 
ronn47 said:
You guys are making me rethink what I am needing to do.
The '05 Yukon has 305K on it and I was thinking of replacing it this fall.
The new Chevy Colorado's fit what I want.
But how I'm not sure,.
Didn't want to buy a first year truck anyway, but I'm going to need something soon.
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They just revamped the GMC Canyon. Saw one today. They look good.
I assume they did likewise with the Colorado.
 
If you think there's a significant change of needing an extended warranty, shouldn't you get something else?
 
fieldgrade said:
They just revamped the GMC Canyon. Saw one today. They look good.
I assume they did likewise with the Colorado.
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Same truck only the badges are different (well that and GMC are more money, but you get fancier fixings).
 
Fred said:
If you think there's a significant change of needing an extended warranty, shouldn't you get something else?
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They all have a legion of electronics that control everything. Pretty hard to escape if buying new.
 
ronn47 said:
You guys are making me rethink what I am needing to do.
The '05 Yukon has 305K on it and I was thinking of replacing it this fall.
The new Chevy Colorado's fit what I want.
But how I'm not sure,.
Didn't want to buy a first year truck anyway, but I'm going to need something soon.
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It'll be cheaper and more reliable to pull that engine and either rebuild it or put a crate engine in. take it to an upholstery shop and refresh the interior, repaint if needed.
 
Toyota doesn’t seem to really have much inventory available, dealers aren’t close, and there are no incentives whatsoever. Toyota of the Southeast adds whatever they want to the trucks, as will the dealers. And worst of all. No V-8s.

Not buying a Ram, no offense to Ram owners.

So I guess I need to decide what all services I’m going to do to the Ford in the next couple of thousand miles. Owner’s manual calls for plugs and engine coolant replace. Additionally I think I’ll have them flush the brake fluid (and hopefully ABS module), transmission, differentials and transfer case.

And roll on.
 
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You talked about buying a new truck for a while. But why?

What is wrong with your current 1fiddy?

I understand many and all of the reasons to go new. But I wouldn't. Since COVID it's been insane.

It's "pay more because we have it to sell and it is close to the setup you want" with weird issues from every manufacturer.

But dealers still have people coming in to pay insane markups (not to long ago the window sticker was much to high to consider during negotiations).

As mentioned above. The devil you know means something...

I've had outrageous offers on my 2011 ranger work truck, but I can't replace it for twice those offers. My '16 RAM 1500 (yep, I went there) makes my little 2wd pickup feel like a tractor in comparison. But I realize my 4cyl, 12 year old pick up does many things for me that my (new to me) fullsize can't. I do love that fullsize, but it doesn't do anything on the workman level ranger can't. (Yeah, yeah, towing)

As awesome as it is. It would be silly of me to upgrade from the little devil I know and trust for the newer, bigger, better, cooler vehicle that sits beside it every morning.
 
fieldgrade said:
Toyota doesn’t seem to really have much inventory available, dealers aren’t close, and there are no incentives whatsoever.
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The thing is they don’t have to, the product speaks for it self at this point in time. There’s a reason that there is one on a lot near me for 7k less than what it costs new and it has 100k on it. They know what they are selling

I had a claim where they had been waiting for 10 months for a trans for a 2020 f250 or 350. It was only a couple thousand miles out of warranty.
If your are looking for a new truck, also check on the Nissan titans with a Cummins (if you don’t mind diesel), it’s the only other truck I would consider. They come with a 10yr 100k warranty.

This is my take on anything new, I won’t touch it without a decent warranty package. Simply because there have been so many short cuts made on the manufacturing of components. That is the main issue, the reasons the products are not as good as they were a few years back is we have back slid in our manufacturing capabilities and qc just isn’t able to keep up.
 
Cluck Norris said:
If your are looking for a new truck, also check on the Nissan titans with a Cummins (if you don’t mind diesel), it’s the only other truck I would consider. They come with a 10yr 100k warranty.
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I'm pretty sure Nissan no longer offers the Cummins.
 
If I could get rid of my 21 Chevy for close to what I owe I'd dump it. Nothing wrong with it other than it needs tires. I just wish I'd kept my 06 Dodge 2500HD
 
Keep that old truck. If you gave me or I won a new one id sell so fast my head would spin. I have a 2005 duramax that i have been offered well over double what I paid. With the new 2024

Should you buy the ext warranty make sure you have records and i always let the dealer do everything that was covered many of them state the qualifications and certifications for the shops doing the work to stay within the warranty. . The newer cars just dont seem to have the quality control of the older ones.
 
I've got a 13' Duramax 2500 that has 85k on the clock. I'm keeping it

I just bought a 23' 1500 Duramax 3.0. Getting 25mpg around town, pretty impressed with it.

Not too concern about service/ in or out of warranty issues. Our dealer has always taken good care of us, when issues arrosed.
 
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