Sundancer
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Hello Everyone and hope everyone is doing well ? I don't usually post here because auto mechanics is a complicated subject for me but I love reading the solutions, suggestions and critics here. My 2011 Chevy Tahoe LTZ 5.3 has behaved flawlessly since day one (13 years ago). I had a 2003 Tahoe previously for many years. We have driven cross country, up and down the east coast, ventured as far north as Quebec during our skiing trips and all the way to Austin, Texas. I kept going to the dealer religiously for preventative maintenance, all the way up until the warranty expired and then to my local mechanic who is a long time friend. The car has been maintained beautifully both mechanically and cosmetically without any accidents and I am currently at 171,350 miles. Oil changed in October and tires only have 25K on them.
Veterans Day weekend, the wife, the dog and I drove up to Richmond, VA (282 mile trip) to participate in Veterans ceremony from my old Army command. The day we arrived, my check engine light turned on and I took it to Auto Zone. They showed me that the code read: P0121 - Throttle Position Sensor (Repair Immediately) which I did . Once they replaced the TPS the truck ran prefect and we drove back to NY, four days later without issues.
Fast Forward to this Monday, Dec 2nd - the truck began to give me a hard time when starting it in the morning. It would crank, continue to crank but not turn on. After about 3 tries and pushing down on the accelerator, it would rev up high, turn on and then lower itself to normal rpm's. It kept running perfect the entire day, except when I turned it off and on again. I took it to my mechanic the following day. He looked it over and called me to say that he thought "I should take it to the dealer", since he did not have the proper diagnostic machine to determine why it was doing this as he had replaced the fuel pump 4 months prior. On Wednesday, without a appointment, I go to the Chevy dealer here in Nassau County at 7:30 AM, wait in line and speak to the service folks and leave the truck after explaining the past few days events. They quoted me $269. for the Diagnostic Test alone.........Come that afternoon, they call me to tell me they could not get to it because they were busy with the scheduled appointments and that they would call me Thursday. On Thursday, they called me in the afternoon to tell me they had not looked at it but they would call me Friday. Well, they called me Friday at about 1:30 PM to tell me that the specialist would not be able to look at the truck until Monday. Today, Saturday, I went to the dealer because I had left my office keys in the center console which I needed for Monday and the truck was in the yard. NOW, do you think they are that legitimately busy (the place was packed with cars in the bay today and a full customer waiting area) or am I being prepped for a major $$$ hit ?
AND of course, I looked in the dealer lot and the newer Tahoe's are calling my name.....ahhhhhhhhhhh
Veterans Day weekend, the wife, the dog and I drove up to Richmond, VA (282 mile trip) to participate in Veterans ceremony from my old Army command. The day we arrived, my check engine light turned on and I took it to Auto Zone. They showed me that the code read: P0121 - Throttle Position Sensor (Repair Immediately) which I did . Once they replaced the TPS the truck ran prefect and we drove back to NY, four days later without issues.
Fast Forward to this Monday, Dec 2nd - the truck began to give me a hard time when starting it in the morning. It would crank, continue to crank but not turn on. After about 3 tries and pushing down on the accelerator, it would rev up high, turn on and then lower itself to normal rpm's. It kept running perfect the entire day, except when I turned it off and on again. I took it to my mechanic the following day. He looked it over and called me to say that he thought "I should take it to the dealer", since he did not have the proper diagnostic machine to determine why it was doing this as he had replaced the fuel pump 4 months prior. On Wednesday, without a appointment, I go to the Chevy dealer here in Nassau County at 7:30 AM, wait in line and speak to the service folks and leave the truck after explaining the past few days events. They quoted me $269. for the Diagnostic Test alone.........Come that afternoon, they call me to tell me they could not get to it because they were busy with the scheduled appointments and that they would call me Thursday. On Thursday, they called me in the afternoon to tell me they had not looked at it but they would call me Friday. Well, they called me Friday at about 1:30 PM to tell me that the specialist would not be able to look at the truck until Monday. Today, Saturday, I went to the dealer because I had left my office keys in the center console which I needed for Monday and the truck was in the yard. NOW, do you think they are that legitimately busy (the place was packed with cars in the bay today and a full customer waiting area) or am I being prepped for a major $$$ hit ?
AND of course, I looked in the dealer lot and the newer Tahoe's are calling my name.....ahhhhhhhhhhh
