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Some 2023 GMC Sierra And Yukon Units Will Need A 6.2L V8 Engine Replacement
The reason I found this article interesting is the person I bought my used 2003 Avalanche from co-owns a company where the two owners travel around our state to visit with and address the needs of their customers.
Traveling salesmen, as it were.
The role of my Avalanche was one of their traveling vehicles that was purchased new back in 2003 that resulted in the high mileage obtained in it's early life.
But, that's a different story for another day.
In regards to the link above, it is standard practice for the two co-owners to alternate years between each of them buying a new company vehicle.
Each of them will drive a new vehicle for two years, every other year.
It has been their practice to purchase GMC Yukon Denali SUVs, until recent years, where one of them has switched over to GMC Sierra AT4 pick up trucks.
In all cases, the vehicles they purchase have the largest possible engines, which have been the 6.2 engines.
Regular maintenance has been the rule at this company since they can not afford to have unreliable vehicles.
With that being said, the reliability track record of all of their vehicles has been extremely good.
That is until the most recent Sierra pick up truck.
Right out of the blue with no warning, while normal driving out on a rural two lane highway between customer sites, the 6.2 seized up.
The truck at this point was fairly new and had relatively low, abuse free miles on it.
Discussions were had and decisions were made and the offending truck was left at the dealer where it had been towed and a different new truck was placed into service.
At the time, I remember that no one had a good reason for that 6.2 to do what it did, but I am curious if the defect mentioned in the linked story may not have had something to do with the failure.
We will most likely never know, but I hope any future vehicles they purchase with the 6.2 will once again be rock solid in reliability.
The reason I found this article interesting is the person I bought my used 2003 Avalanche from co-owns a company where the two owners travel around our state to visit with and address the needs of their customers.
Traveling salesmen, as it were.
The role of my Avalanche was one of their traveling vehicles that was purchased new back in 2003 that resulted in the high mileage obtained in it's early life.
But, that's a different story for another day.
In regards to the link above, it is standard practice for the two co-owners to alternate years between each of them buying a new company vehicle.
Each of them will drive a new vehicle for two years, every other year.
It has been their practice to purchase GMC Yukon Denali SUVs, until recent years, where one of them has switched over to GMC Sierra AT4 pick up trucks.
In all cases, the vehicles they purchase have the largest possible engines, which have been the 6.2 engines.
Regular maintenance has been the rule at this company since they can not afford to have unreliable vehicles.
With that being said, the reliability track record of all of their vehicles has been extremely good.
That is until the most recent Sierra pick up truck.
Right out of the blue with no warning, while normal driving out on a rural two lane highway between customer sites, the 6.2 seized up.
The truck at this point was fairly new and had relatively low, abuse free miles on it.
Discussions were had and decisions were made and the offending truck was left at the dealer where it had been towed and a different new truck was placed into service.
At the time, I remember that no one had a good reason for that 6.2 to do what it did, but I am curious if the defect mentioned in the linked story may not have had something to do with the failure.
We will most likely never know, but I hope any future vehicles they purchase with the 6.2 will once again be rock solid in reliability.