BREAKING: GM is officially recalling the L87

[OR VietVet]

Techs get paid the same hourly whether its customer pay or warranty.

Now the labor amount (time) can be slightly less when its warranty.

Again people talking about things they have no idea about. Love it.

I mean that's the part about working at a dealer. You see the same cars day in and day out. I guess you could work at a independent if you need variety and wanna lose your ass as a flat rate tech. To each their own

You know and I know @BADRIDES was talking about the end result. If you want to nit pick and pick apart everything anyone says and that makes you feel better, you be you.

Then in your next response to @BacDoc, your love of the dealer shops comes out, I have heard that tone so many times from dealer techs. When I ran those independent shops, I would never hire a dealer tech because then I would have to try and break all the "short cut habits" they pick up at the dealers. You may be an exception and if so, more power to you. You said it best when you said, "To each there own". That is the point of some of what you want to disagree about. Your way is your way but that does not make it the best way, but it could be for you. I know one thing for sure, there are a lot of Prima Donna's that work at and for dealers.

 

[vcode]

Every damn one of them. Guaranteed.

Not a chance.....

 

[DuraYuk]

You know and I know @BADRIDES was talking about the end result. If you want to nit pick and pick apart everything anyone says and that makes you feel better, you be you.

Then in your next response to @BacDoc, your love of the dealer shops comes out, I have heard that tone so many times from dealer techs. When I ran those independent shops, I would never hire a dealer tech because then I would have to try and break all the "short cut habits" they pick up at the dealers. You may be an exception and if so, more power to you. You said it best when you said, "To each there own". That is the point of some of what you want to disagree about. Your way is your way but that does not make it the best way, but it could be for you. I know one thing for sure, there are a lot of Prima Donna's that work at and for dealers.

Yeah dealers are great for a tech. Best tools. Best factory service manuals. State of the art training. Flat rate pay can suck but thats the beauty of having warranty work. You always have work.

To each their own.

 

[Aggie76]

Another question:
How many of you are going to figure out how to get your L87 replaced by GM before 10 years / 150,000 miles?

So spouse and I have had multiple conversations about this topic. While she enjoys her '24 Yukon XL she expresses concerns about the reliability given the nature of her use. Living in a small remote town where most of her local driving is less than 10 minutes of operation. Then the quarterly trips of 2-3k through sparsely populated areas along the Canadian border. Plus the fact that the nearest GMC dealer is 2.5 hours away in the summer, can be much longer with winter weather for half the year. All this has her expressing doubts in the expectation that this would be a long-term vehicle for her. We're patiently waiting to see what develops in the recall but don't have high expectations.

 

[blanchard7684]

Techs get paid the same hourly whether its customer pay or warranty.

Now the labor amount (time) can be slightly less when its warranty.

Again people talking about things they have no idea about. Love it.

Slightly less? Best tools? Best training?

Lmfao. Legit laughable stuff here.

Tell me you haven’t been around a dealer in 30 years without telling me you haven’t been around a dealer in 30 years.

Lord have mercy.

 

[BADRIDES]

Techs get paid the same hourly whether its customer pay or warranty.

Now the labor amount (time) can be slightly less when its warranty.

Again people talking about things they have no idea about. Love it.

Techs get paid the same hourly rate but warranty time is NOwhere close to customer pay time on how many hours they get paid for the job. I bill out the work so I know.

 

[viven44]

This time it's a recalled L87 !
Spoiler: Every single rod bearing spun !! How the heck did that happen ??

 

[OR VietVet]

This time it's a recalled L87 !
Spoiler: Every single rod bearing spun !! How the heck did that happen ??

0W-5 oil......

 

[viven44]

0W-5 oil......

No that can't be right, according to some here, these engines are supposed to go to 300,000 miles on 0W-5 oil

 

[DuraYuk]

Slightly less? Best tools? Best training?

Lmfao. Legit laughable stuff here.

Tell me you haven’t been around a dealer in 30 years without telling me you haven’t been around a dealer in 30 years.

Lord have mercy.

Im not that old.
Dealers have the best manufacturer specific diagnostic equipment and tools and specialty tools. Go back to sleep man. Lol

Also as a GM tech i got paid really well compared to independents. Only place that could potentially pay better would be boutique speciality shops. Belive me otherwise I wanted to work for toyota but chevy/gmc was where the money was at and still is.