01 chevys any problems like mine

Friend of mine has a head gasket go on his ford truck, had to lift the cab off the frame to get the heads off... jeepers creeepers.

That's what they told me about the piston slap too and also that it is way "worse" on the newer engines that don't have a skirt on the piston.

Well, bunk.....it's that darned poorly sized piston that is causing the slap to begin with.

I think it is just plain poor quality control on their part.

Allan

What's a trailblaizer? Never heard of it.

Do you mean a Blazer? Little 'un or the big 'un?

Allan

Yep, I've got a GMC Yukon that is going in today 'cause it is now leaking antifreeze all over the garage floor.

Guess they don't make 'em like they used to. :>)

Allan

K-Mo

Yep, that what I suspect too 'cause it has the center-fire engine.

But it is under warraty, so I'll let the GM boys have a go at it. :>)

Allan

Hi,

We bought a 2004 Mercury Monterey on the 30th of June. We finally got it out of the shop one week ago today. Nine weeks with a handful of nothing after I wrote the check!

I involked the lemon law 'bout three weeks ago; then, they called last Monday and asked if I would reconsider as they now had the unit repaired..... .

Heck says I, I don't give a fig, as long as I see something for my buck instead of an empty garage bay.

Heck of a nice car..... ..... ..... now. :>)

Allan

Get this.

I was always a little disgruntled because the thing showed 40 miles on the odometer when it was "brand new" and I knew that it had set in their showroom for at least 6 months. I just figured that there had been a lot of folks who had "tried it out".

Well, come to find out, there is a sticker in the glove box that said that the unit had been randomly pulled off the assembly line for a quality control test drive and this was the reason for the miles showing. Hmmm, okay.

From day one, the whole car vibrated like a jack hammer and dived towards the ditch if you let loose of the steering wheel.

A new set of tires cured that problem; 3 were square.

Then, the biggest problem was the left sliding door would not stay closed. Not fun going down the hiway at 65mph and the darned door is wide open.

Long story short, after weeks & weeks of being tied to the hot-line at Ford, it was determined that the forward side door latch was not fully & completely locking. Everything else in the door depends on the "fully latched" front latch to make the rear latch lock into place.

Everything is great now and it is one sweet little ride. It is a tad short of cargo space compared to the FreeStar, but I guess I can live with it.

But darn it! It should be a nice car. When I was 20 years old, I could have bought 2 or 3 irrigated farms for what the these darned things cost nowadays. :>)

Allan

She learned her lession and now before she buys she takes them on a trial run. If there is anything she doesn't like she takes it back and trys another until she finds a "good one". It seems to work.

She was into Cougars at one time and tried four of them before she found one that suited her both for driveability, NVH, brakes and fit and finish. She even looks for door edges which stick out beyond the panel ahead of them and catch stones with eventual damage to the paint from stone chips.

She has stayed with the same salesman for years now because he prescreens the vehicle for her and tells her which ones to stay away from. She goes back to him every two years for a new one.

Vern