Looking at this 01 denali. Few questions.

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docster

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Truck is a 2001 Denali, 123k miles. Says everything works. Here's the deal. The front pass fender has a rust spot I will need to fix or replace fender. It's got a CAI. Bottom of running board is cracked. Rear bumper cover cracked. He says no other rust. I will see it tomorrow. Needs new lift gate handle installed, which he has. Needs abs sensor he says. And said slight whine from alternator but bench tested at 100%. I attached pics of the rough spots. Should I steer clear? I need something with third row to tow our airstream. I will be trading him my 2002 Grand Cherokee Limited with 2 inch lift and V8 plus my Supermoto motorcycle and he is giving me $2k plus the denali.

My concerns are reliability. I can handle little repairs but don't want to be left stranded. I know the 6.0 is solid. What should I check for when I see it and what should make me run.

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My plans would be to change fluids throughout, repair fender, abs module, and lift gate handle.

Then tune and exhaust, with cams next summer. Put the rest into a maintenance fund.
 
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Check that the a/c and heat switch back and forth properly the door switches have issues in these truck on occasionally. For example; I set my truck for cool and I get the heater. Its a pain to fix yourself and it gets expensive for a dealer to do bc you have to pull the dash..
 

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