Sadly that is the point of all this...whether it be a GM, Ford or any other. I'm going to reiterate...after a hundred years of building vehicles, customers should be demanding and expecting better.

When I picked out my Jimmy, brand new on the lot, you're suggesting that if I had picked the one right beside it, I'd be a thrilled GM vehicle owner. Well that is reason alone to "boohoo" an entire brand. Since when is QC (Quality Control) supposed to mean "Quality Crapshoot"? Again, a hundred years and millions of vehicles and this is what we should expect? People have gotten more angry at McDonalds for only putting a single patty in their Big Mac...but when we buy a new multi-thousand dollar vehicle we shouldn't expect better?

Why, after purchasing a vehicle new, babying it and performing most maintenance myself should it should be "my fault" that I got a dud. It should be the manufacturer willing and ready to come to the table and say "oooh, ouch....yes that's NOT good for our reputation....we'll help you out with that". Rather, we get "so sorry you're past the warranty...some are better than others and you got a bad one...would you like to buy another?"

As if that's going to happen...

Well, that is the entire point of a warranty, after all. Nothing is perfect, did you ever notice that?

If you're so unhappy with your vehicle, you should park it and walk everywhere. Oh wait, your shoes would probably wear out... that must be a defect in the shoe manufacturer, they should be put out of business too. Wait, haven't people been wearing shoes for THOUSANDS of years? Yup, shoes should be absolutely perfect now too, so that you only ever buy one pair and they last your lifetime.

Your argument makes no sense at all... auto manufacturers should make cars that never wear out is basically what I'm getting from that. And yet, if they did make cars that would always go a million plus miles without any issues, nobody would ever buy another car. The company would go out of business. The jobless rate would skyrocket, and we'd be in a whole heap more trouble as an economy than we already are.

The manufacturers make vehicles that won't wear out within their warranty period, and if they do, they fix the issues. If you want to be helped with issues after your factory warranty is up, you should have bought an extended warranty.

The same thing happens in EVERY SINGLE INDUSTRY in the world. I sell doors. I provide a 5 year warranty on doors. If, after 5 years a customer wants me to warranty their door, I do the exact same thing you're crying about. I politely tell them I can sell them another door, but they are out of their warranty period. Am I an evil person like GM apparently is? I don't think so.

Now, on that same analogy, you are suggesting my entire brand should be crapped upon because someone had a bad door outside of warranty, yet their neighbor has a door that's perfectly fine still. Hey, crap happens, nothing is perfect.

Quality control means good quality with an acceptible number of duds. It does not mean "we will make sure every single vehicle is perfect and will last forever." Parts wear out, some faster than others. Deal with it. Why are you even on this site if you hate your GM vehicles so much?

I don't think I've ever said that I expect a vehicle to last forever...nor shoes or anything else.

But I do expect good value for my money. Apparently we have different expectations of good value... You may be content with the list of expected repairs as experienced by dozens of users on this and other forums.

I am the opposite and expect better from the manufacturer. And unless customers raise their concerns the quality and value will never improve.

I've spent much time here researching and learning how to troubleshoot & perform repairs on this vehicle that I can't afford to pay others to do. The forums are extremely valuable for this, but I've never had to spend this much time on any other vehicle (previous GMs that I've owned & other brands). That seems to be the consensus among many other owners of this vehicle. Some are satisfied with this degree of quality, while myself and others find this degree of quality unacceptable from a long term, experienced manufacturer of any name.

Which is funny since quality and value DO improve.

Fact is, you got a dud, crap happens, you dump it and move on. Or, in your case, continue crying over it and boo hooing an entire brand.

I'm done with this argument now.

Jeff, it sounds like you purchased a lemon. Every car manufacturer existing today has the possibility of producing a vehicle like yours. GM isn't alone in that. There are several hundred thousand s-series trucks & suv's out there and what you find on this forum and others like it are threads heavily weighted towards repairs. You rarely hear from the people that do not have problems, but they definitely exist.

In my humble opinion, you should have done more to press the issue with GM and/or cut bait before getting to this point where you are so bitter towards anything GM that you so vehemently & openly oppose the entire brand. It is that attitude which doesn't sit well with those of us that either haven't had the problems or have and dealt with them without letting it affect us like it has affected you.

93 4door 4wd 4.3 cpi
lets see got it nov 09 1150$ had 111061
not in order but plugs wires cap rotor thermostat 2x water pump radiator rear glass door glass drivers side rear pads shoes wheel cylinders 1 caliber 1 rotor rough country lift 2inch so shackles 4 shocks upper control arms torsion keys.. all 4 ball joints tcase vac switch most vac lines 3 window motors windshield entire interior tires once bout tp put 31s on in a week or 2 fuel pump filter and gas tank touch up paint needs whole paint job partially undercoated k&n air filter stereo deck put a stock roof rack on didnt have 1 wen i bought it umm...in the process of putting a remanufactured motor in but work doesnt give me much time so im a little over a week on the project hopefully tranny will b bolted up n tcase n shaft go in today n some of tmoro. 4wd doesnt work but i am almost positive its the actuator cable evthing up to that works so after motor is done cutting my fenders for my 31s theyr bfg mudds then fix 4wd o and it has 132n some odd b4 i pulled old motor... needless to say this was not taken care of before i got it but its practically restored haha

98 Blazer, 105,000 Miles for $1500 + trade in.

Grille Guard
Trail Lights
Replaced bearings, sway crap, all that front suspension stuff
Rear brake assemblies completely replaced
New belt
Heating core flushed
WSS Replaced

All this was done a few days ago and cost about 2300.

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I bought the truck for $2800 dallors then I perchased plugs,wires, distributer cap, and rotor button.$120. Then I had to put a new motor in it and that cost me $725. $595 for the motor and $125 for the shiping.Replaced the headlights, therastat, door bushings, and a bypass hose. And Im sure thats not everything but thats just about it anyway I guess I have just about $3700 total in it and I have a 1998 chevy blazer with only 71000 miles and in exillant condition. So thats not bad if you ask me.

got my 91' in july of 09' the previous owner had all but ran it into the ground
oil pan, tranny pan, fluids flushed, a handful of oil filters, 4 fuel pumps, both axles, rotor and caps, plugs and wires, battery, alternator x2, water pump, belt and tensioner, fixed cracked heads, radiator, coolant reservoir, oil pump, new seat belts and stereo.
want:
engine rebuild or swap... it has 168k on it and its starting to show
exhaust
speakers
digital cluster

Bought about 2 years ago for $300 not running.

Work done is listed in my build thread.

I think my total so far is approx $6000.00, and I havent gotten to drive it yet to see what its like. Sheesh man, I still havent put on alot of the parts...

Ill pick it up in springtime again.