[rescueswimmer]

Just wanted to drop a quick note on how the car has been and what we have had to do deal with over the last 2 years or so.

The car has been pretty much 100% reliable with a few hiccups along the way. I'll list them in a minute. The only thing that I have noticed, is that documented MPG has gone down 2-3 MPG over the last year and not sure for the reason, It actually had better MPG when it had 0 miles on it than it does with a 100k Maybe all the Regen update flashes are killing it?

Anyway.

1 Set of tires
1 Turd Handler (AKA wastegate actuator) (Graciously reminded this was replaced too.)
1 Battery
1 Steering gear box
2 fan blower motors
1 transmission seal gasket (leaking)
1 DEF tank heater
2 NOX sensors
2 or 3 fuel filters.
10 Oil Changes
1 Timing belt. I just did the timing belt job this weekend. It really is super easy and if you have the tools and mechanical knowledge I think most DIY'ers could do this them selves. Just be careful when re routing the timing belt and torque everything to spec and you should be fine.

Future projects starting this month. Replacing S&S with Billsteins. Brakes are still pretty good but wife says it does not stop like it used to so going to do a brake job as well. I had purchased the Gm extra guard to 100,000 miles so now that we are out of warranty I'm doing the delete kit as well.

Other than that I can't think of anything that would be a deal breaker for us and the car. YMMV

Thanks
RS

 

[rescueswimmer]

Good to know. On mpg have you cleaned map sensor? Wondering what was up with steering? I had the notchy steering which turned out to be a software change on computer irqs. What happened to blower?

Just saw the post with the Map sensor cleaning. I'll give it a shot, and see what happens. The notchy steering was not able to be fixed with the software, so they replaced the unit. The blower motor started to whine pretty good, on low speed, and the 2nd one just died.

 

[rescueswimmer]

Post a picture of your odometer and I'll get you a 100,000 mile badge.

Also here is the Map sensor, Did not look as bad as some of the others I have seen but cleaned it none the less.

 

[rescueswimmer]

Was it worth buying the GM warranty? In other words, did you spend more on the warranty than you got in repairs, or would the repairs have cost more than the warranty? Just curious.

As far as brakes go, the Centric rotors are harder steel and have an electrocoating finish that looks great and should prevent some rust. No matter how great the OEM rotors were for you, these would probably be better, and the cost is similar. Check out Xtremerevolution's brake recommendations. There is some good info there.

I think we paid 560.00 for the GM extra guard through one of the online dealers. IIRC the reason for the cheaper price was it was 100K miles or 3 years, and I knew we would hit the 100K before the 3 year mark. The transmission seal job from GM billed out at 750.00, I had about 2500.00 worth of billable Parts and labor so it was worth it this time. I had purchased one for our Acura about 9 years ago, and it was like 1600.00 and I did not use it once in 5 years. So I look at it as insurance.