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  • Danny46
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    I've heard some knocking coming from catalic converters before, real nasty sounding too. I thought the motor was fried when I heard it.

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  • idrivea4banger
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    Originally posted by Rick Modena View Post
    Should have bought a Ford truck and all you would have had to bitch about would have been a squeaky seat, pendejo...
    I think I'd still prefer the knocking in a chevy over a Ford with squeaky seats. Fuck Ford.

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  • Baron Von Crowder
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    Originally posted by Rick Modena View Post
    Should have bought a Ford truck and all you would have had to bitch about would have been a squeaky seat, pendejo...
    Or a dodge, and had so much fail he couldnt single one out.

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  • Rick Modena
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    Should have bought a Ford truck and all you would have had to bitch about would have been a squeaky seat, pendejo...

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  • SSMAN
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    Originally posted by snacksnack View Post
    How do you get knocking from the exhaust? Hanger or something broke?
    Cat guts being loose will cause one heck of a knock

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  • mk5.0
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    Originally posted by idrivea4banger View Post
    I've reached the point where I'm starting to regret buying my truck. I took it in to the dealership for a knocking issue I noticed a few weeks ago. They informed me that the knocking was coming from the exhaust and that they would have to replace the whole system. I was told the exhaust system would be in today and I would be contacted when they were finished. Just got off the phone and they just told me the part is on backorder. It could arrive within 2 days or two weeks and so forth. They wanted to know if i wanted to go ahead and pick up my truck and when the exhaust system arrives i could bring it back. I don't want to keep driving it while the knocking issue continues.

    There's also some markings under the truck that I've taken issue with, don't know if this truck had issues before I ended up with it. I bought it with 1300 miles on it. It looks like someone circled around the drive shaft by the rear axle with blue red and yellow markings. There's also residue of something leaking where they are connected. I think I'm going to have them take a look at that in the meantime. They gave me an extra year of warranty when I purchased the truck. With all these issues it makes me wonder if this is why the extra year was thrown in. I might as well get it looked at and not have to pay for anything.

    I love the shit out of my chevy but it's become a huge fucking headache. If the price they offered it at wasn't good i never would've bought it to begin with. I would've just gotten a base model chevy. I miss my p.o.s Nissan.
    It's a Chevy what did you expect ?

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  • Juiced4v
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    Originally posted by quikag View Post
    You bet your sweet, tender a** I regret one car purchase. I traded a PERFECT 2001 3/4 ton regular cab 2WD 6.0L Chevy truck with factory 4.10 gears with like 25k miles on it for a frickin' new '03 Pontiac Vibe GT six-speed with that little 1.8 2ZZ Toyota engine that revs to 8,200rpm and made like 180hp. It sounded cool with an intake from 5k to the rev limiter, but under 4,000rpm, it was gutless and the whole time, I'm driving around a Pontiac Vibe....

    So, less than a year and a half later, I got back into a new '04 Silverado 5.3 LT extended cab and it cost me about $8k for the lesson....
    Wow really? Gas savings maybe?

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  • emg
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    Originally posted by quikag View Post
    You bet your sweet, tender a** I regret one car purchase. I traded a PERFECT 2001 3/4 ton regular cab 2WD 6.0L Chevy truck with factory 4.10 gears with like 25k miles on it for a frickin' new '03 Pontiac Vibe GT six-speed with that little 1.8 2ZZ Toyota engine that revs to 8,200rpm and made like 180hp. It sounded cool with an intake from 5k to the rev limiter, but under 4,000rpm, it was gutless and the whole time, I'm driving around a Pontiac Vibe....

    So, less than a year and a half later, I got back into a new '04 Silverado 5.3 LT extended cab and it cost me about $8k for the lesson....
    Just wondering why you traded a truck for a vibe, Was it cause of gas? That's the only reason I could think off.

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  • JC316
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    Originally posted by Big Pencil View Post
    Oh hell yeah, and I'd wager just about everybody has at least one, if not more, that they regret. One of mine was a 98GT I rushed into way too fast only to realize, too late, that both the motor and tranny had issues - cost me a fortune to sort it all out. Another was going from a nice F-150 to a VW Golf. WTH? Seemed like a great idea at the time. Anyway, my view is that you learn nothing in life without making a few mistakes along the way. The key is not making them again.
    It wasn't silver was it? Mine is also a 98 GT. Bought it to replace my 4v GT, wound up having to change the motor, it rode like shit, and was completely ragged out. Looked good, but it was a pile of shit. Dumped it quickly.

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  • Cooter
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    Originally posted by quikag View Post
    You bet your sweet, tender a** I regret one car purchase. I traded a PERFECT 2001 3/4 ton regular cab 2WD 6.0L Chevy truck with factory 4.10 gears with like 25k miles on it for a frickin' new '03 Pontiac Vibe GT six-speed with that little 1.8 2ZZ Toyota engine that revs to 8,200rpm and made like 180hp. It sounded cool with an intake from 5k to the rev limiter, but under 4,000rpm, it was gutless and the whole time, I'm driving around a Pontiac Vibe....

    So, less than a year and a half later, I got back into a new '04 Silverado 5.3 LT extended cab and it cost me about $8k for the lesson....
    A VIBE!?

    Man, I would have at least gotten the Toyota version

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  • Big Pencil
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    Oh hell yeah, and I'd wager just about everybody has at least one, if not more, that they regret. One of mine was a 98GT I rushed into way too fast only to realize, too late, that both the motor and tranny had issues - cost me a fortune to sort it all out. Another was going from a nice F-150 to a VW Golf. WTH? Seemed like a great idea at the time. Anyway, my view is that you learn nothing in life without making a few mistakes along the way. The key is not making them again.

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  • idrivea4banger
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    Originally posted by bcoop View Post
    I think you're expecting too much. New vehicles have issues, too. Markings on the DS could be from manufacturing.
    Originally posted by YALE View Post
    Those paint marks are from when it was manufactured.
    I had no clue that's what the paint marks were. It's my first new vehicle so I was more concerned about that than anything else. I know most new vehicles will have issues but with noticing certain things, itjust started making me paranoid about purchasing it and questioning the dealership.

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  • idrivea4banger
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    Originally posted by quikag View Post
    OP, on your issue, you got a new '14 Silverado V6, right IIRC? Have the dealer give you a loaner and rag it out while you wait for the part to come in on your truck.
    They gave me a 2014 Malibu as a loaner. I feel like I've been driving a go kart for a week now. The issue with it though is the dealer tags are about to expire on Monday. Either they get me another loaner or put the plates on the Malibu. It's been fun driving it though but my fatass feels trapped in it.

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  • snacksnack
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    Wow thats really new for the muffler bearings to fail so soon.

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  • Pokulski-Blatz
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    Originally posted by bcoop View Post
    I think you're expecting too much. New vehicles have issues, too. Markings on the DS could be from manufacturing.
    Amen. Sounds like there is really only one problem.

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