So I went to look at my first possible choice for a new to me Av today in Ohio. It was a black on black Z71 in a small used car lot. 128k miles, for $14500. Overall looks decent, but I have some concerns. Please let me know what you all think, and are they deal breakers.
Issues:
1- Dash cracks, 4 of them, on top of dash. someone tried to epoxy or RTV over two of them. Looks like black turds sitting on dash.
2- Sunroof THUMPS and headliner moves when it first opens like something is out of alignment. The pop up action is fine, it's just when it drops down to retract into the roof when opening. Dealer kept saying it was because it was sitting for so long.
3- Weather strip along floor of driver door threshold torn up and rusting metal showing in gap between plastic molding and rubber.
4- Here's the biggie! Has the 2 speed transfer case. Truck was in 4HI when i got there. Tried to put it in 2WD, but indicator light never came on. Put it in AUTO 4WD, and it took a while for the light to come on. 10 seconds or longer. Back to 2WD, no light. Back to Auto, another wait, then flashing light for about 5 seconds before it turned solid. Go into 4HI light comes on real fast. Could never get the 2WD light to come on. Now, I did not get to test drive it as I was pressed for time to get to work. My biggest concern is that the transfer case is messed up.
I used to have a '96 S-10 Blazer 4WD that had a similar issue. It that case, the actuator (cable?) would stick if I didn't use 4WD for a while. In that case, I was able to crawl underneath and manually move the actuator to free it up. Don't know if this is a similar condition or not.
Now the price comes in at $1600 below KBB, and about $4000 under NADA so price-wise it looks good to me, but issue #4 has me really concerned. I'm not in a huge hurry to buy right now, but an Av with the options i "must" have is kinda hard to come by. What i want is a 2009 to 2013 LT with Z71, heated leather seats with seat position memory, what they call " full featured power seats". Don't care about nav, rear seat entertainment or 20" wheels. I'll take any color exterior I can get, but I prefer either black or dark grey interior. The light tan interior I don't ike, but would take only as a last resort.
OK, so what do you all think? Is issue #4 a deal breaker or not? And has anyone had the same issue with their sunroof?
Issues:
1- Dash cracks, 4 of them, on top of dash. someone tried to epoxy or RTV over two of them. Looks like black turds sitting on dash.
2- Sunroof THUMPS and headliner moves when it first opens like something is out of alignment. The pop up action is fine, it's just when it drops down to retract into the roof when opening. Dealer kept saying it was because it was sitting for so long.
3- Weather strip along floor of driver door threshold torn up and rusting metal showing in gap between plastic molding and rubber.
4- Here's the biggie! Has the 2 speed transfer case. Truck was in 4HI when i got there. Tried to put it in 2WD, but indicator light never came on. Put it in AUTO 4WD, and it took a while for the light to come on. 10 seconds or longer. Back to 2WD, no light. Back to Auto, another wait, then flashing light for about 5 seconds before it turned solid. Go into 4HI light comes on real fast. Could never get the 2WD light to come on. Now, I did not get to test drive it as I was pressed for time to get to work. My biggest concern is that the transfer case is messed up.
I used to have a '96 S-10 Blazer 4WD that had a similar issue. It that case, the actuator (cable?) would stick if I didn't use 4WD for a while. In that case, I was able to crawl underneath and manually move the actuator to free it up. Don't know if this is a similar condition or not.
Now the price comes in at $1600 below KBB, and about $4000 under NADA so price-wise it looks good to me, but issue #4 has me really concerned. I'm not in a huge hurry to buy right now, but an Av with the options i "must" have is kinda hard to come by. What i want is a 2009 to 2013 LT with Z71, heated leather seats with seat position memory, what they call " full featured power seats". Don't care about nav, rear seat entertainment or 20" wheels. I'll take any color exterior I can get, but I prefer either black or dark grey interior. The light tan interior I don't ike, but would take only as a last resort.
OK, so what do you all think? Is issue #4 a deal breaker or not? And has anyone had the same issue with their sunroof?