Quick News About Chevrolet 2nd Generation Silverado 2500 Gen 2 Problems

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  1. GM allegedly cut corners by installing a fuel pump that isn’t compatible with US diesel in its larger trucks.

    It’d almost be hard to believe, except we are talking about GM here. The same company that swept a deadly ignition switch problem under the rug for a decade, rather than spend $0.90 per unit to fix it.

    A class-action lawsuit says GM knew what they were doing by installing the Bosch CP4 fuel pumps.…

    keep reading article "Lawsuit Says GM Tried to Save a Few Bucks by Intentionally Selecting a Fuel Pump That Can’t Handle US Diesel"

  2. A consolidated class-action lawsuit is accusing GM of equipping its Duramax diesel engines with defeat devices.

    The plaintiffs claim emissions tests show the Silverado and Sierra 2500 and 3500 trucks emit levels of nitrogen oxides higher than GM advertised. The emissions are also allegedly higher than government standards.

    The lawsuit says the engines are equipped with multiple devices to control emissions in specific situations, but that the engines generally produce 2.1 to 2.4x the legal limit.

    That’s amateur hour next to VW’s diesel defeat devices that spewed 40x the legal limit of NOx.

    keep reading article "Are There Duramax Diesel Defeat Devices?"

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