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Saltydog

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So time is moving fast! We got the Denali in late March, and here are my initial thoughts.

Still very impressed with the ride quality considering it has the ridiculous 24s.
The overall exterior is very well lined up, no odd panel gaps, paint is almost flawless.
The interior is a nice upgrade of our 21' and the leather on the front seats is pretty damn good.
The truck has not left us stranded, so that in itself is a huge upgrade of the Grand Wagoneer. And generally, most things always work, with the exception of the park assist.

A few things that have been less impressive
The park assist is constantly failing; it will just randomly go off, and then it will start working. Always a different message. Most of the time it will just say unavailable.
The setting for the drowsy driver alert is constantly turning itself back on, I have had to turn it off multiple times. I'm not sure why it keeps coming back on. It is very annoying, both my wife and I wear glasses and it just can't see our eyes very well and just goes nuts.
Brings me to the next thing, the Super Cruise, when it works, its pretty good, other than highways with curves(seems to not see vehicles directly in front), it is a very solid system. However, I have to wear my contacts and cannot wear my polarized sunglasses; the system struggles to see me. So most of the time I am just using Adaptive cruise control.

A few minor nitpicks: the driver's seatbelt always gets stuck between the B pillar and the seat, very annoying but our 21' did the same thing, so I ahve finally gotten used to it.
The Android-based radio software is buggy and will randomly lose functions. One time, the heated seats would not work until I turned off the truck and restarted it.
The Bose sound system is meh. My Ram with a base Alpine system is wildly better, and that truck cost less than half of the Denali:p the Ram also has much better carpet than these Yukons.

Overall, we are very happy with it, hoping I can get the dealer to look at the Park Assist and Homelink, but neither are worth a special trip, so I will wait till I do the second oil change.
 

2024 White Tahoe

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So time is moving fast! We got the Denali in late March, and here are my initial thoughts.

Still very impressed with the ride quality considering it has the ridiculous 24s.
The overall exterior is very well lined up, no odd panel gaps, paint is almost flawless.
The interior is a nice upgrade of our 21' and the leather on the front seats is pretty damn good.
The truck has not left us stranded, so that in itself is a huge upgrade of the Grand Wagoneer. And generally, most things always work, with the exception of the park assist.

A few things that have been less impressive
The park assist is constantly failing; it will just randomly go off, and then it will start working. Always a different message. Most of the time it will just say unavailable.
The setting for the drowsy driver alert is constantly turning itself back on, I have had to turn it off multiple times. I'm not sure why it keeps coming back on. It is very annoying, both my wife and I wear glasses and it just can't see our eyes very well and just goes nuts.
Brings me to the next thing, the Super Cruise, when it works, its pretty good, other than highways with curves(seems to not see vehicles directly in front), it is a very solid system. However, I have to wear my contacts and cannot wear my polarized sunglasses; the system struggles to see me. So most of the time I am just using Adaptive cruise control.

A few minor nitpicks: the driver's seatbelt always gets stuck between the B pillar and the seat, very annoying but our 21' did the same thing, so I ahve finally gotten used to it.
The Android-based radio software is buggy and will randomly lose functions. One time, the heated seats would not work until I turned off the truck and restarted it.
The Bose sound system is meh. My Ram with a base Alpine system is wildly better, and that truck cost less than half of the Denali:p the Ram also has much better carpet than these Yukons.

Overall, we are very happy with it, hoping I can get the dealer to look at the Park Assist and Homelink, but neither are worth a special trip, so I will wait till I do the second oil change.


The LF seatbelt always gets caught between the seat and B-pillar trim on my Tahoe. Poor design - and frustrating every time I get in the truck and buckle-up.

The seatbelt on the right rear (third row) always gets stuck between the seat and rear panel trim when the seat is power-folded upright. Another poor design.
 

2024 White Tahoe

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The front passenger tahoe always gets stuck perpendicular to the B pillar and the seat, then rattles. Once i unwedge it the rattling stops.

Very annoying


Mine does that too. A vibration pad applied to the interior trim piece would stop the rattling. I can’t believe GM missed these issues with all their testing?
 

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