FROG MAN Posted March 9, 2009 Posted March 9, 2009 The wife has 65K on her 05 Chevy Colorado with the 5 cylinder motor. Truck runs great but this is the third time it has been in for a engine service light on. GM dealer says even though it's out of warranty they will fix it for free. Something about a head replacement,Valve stem wear issue. The dealer says about $2K in work at no charge.I heard they were extending the warranty to 7 years or 100K for this problem. Has anybody had this problem fixed? I'm concerned about long term life of that motor. I would like to get about 200K of service from it.The plan was to run it another 5 years after paying it off and convert a truck payment into a new house investment. So much for a plan.Does anybody know of the I5 engines getting high mileage out of that motor.
BradT Posted March 9, 2009 Posted March 9, 2009 Wonder if these motors are the same as the Trail Blazer/Envoy engines just missing a cylinder ? Not sure how this Inline 6 will hold up. Had a engine light on a few times, scope stated something about the cam and crank not being in sink. Sort of like the timing chain is going bad. Brad
autopilot Posted March 9, 2009 Posted March 9, 2009 buddy of mine has a trailblazerwith the 5 cyl. In & out of the shop something like 8 times. They finally gave him a new vehicle. You don't want to know what he had to say about the motor, GM, Chevy, or the dealer, for that matter!!! Not a happy camper.
midnightventure Posted March 9, 2009 Posted March 9, 2009 I bought my Sonoma with the 4.3 v6 the last year they were available because I like the 4.3 so well. Sounds like I did the right thing.
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