What weird quality issues did you find shortly after buying your truck?

[24STX5.0]

Whew baby, sounds like a lot of Friday afternoon shift-produced trucks in this thread!

So far, so good on mine through 3,000 miles. I did have unraveling masking tape everywhere on mine, but that's a minor annoyance. Alignment, gaps, fit and finish are spot on and no rattles. Oil level has been constant in the 5.0. I saw the porous block TSB and inspected for that: negative. Only quirk I've noticed is that at the very end of a trip, if I'm still in sport mode, she does a little bit of a rough downshift from 2nd to 1st when I'm coasting to stop in my driveway. It's almost like she's saying, "go fast, not slow when you select Sport Mode, dillweed!" When I remember to dial to Normal Mode coming down my lane, it's not an issue.

After reading about so many gremlins, I'm sort of happy to have bought a more sparse trim level without all the bells and whistles that cost $20-30K more and go boom, leak, or draw down the battery.

Sponsored

 

[Jimko]

That looks like a larger version of the brush bristle I mentioned near my driver side headlamp.... I'll get a pic if I can remember.

Did you have them address it or no? Mine is an eye sore. Taking it to the dealer next week to see what they say.

 

[GreyGoose]

I removed the panel and the step. I inspected how the system works. My issue was the truck always thought the step was out. The step also sat uneven when the tailgate was up. I removed the spring that keeps it from rattling on the opposite side and reassembled. That solved my issues. If you remove your step, put something heavy on the tailgate to keep it in the down position.

I have a hunch that mine is not experiencing the same issue. My step sits flat, and when I do pull it out and then try to raise the tailgate it makes a different beeping sound which it does not normally do when it is inoperable.

I guess I'll have to wait and see what the stealership comes up with next week. 🫣

 

[Jerome10]

Did you have them address it or no? Mine is an eye sore. Taking it to the dealer next week to see what they say.

No. I think I’m gonna just leave it. It’s right next to my drivers headlamp. If it was middle of a door or some place more obvious I would. I just try to avoid paint jobs whenever possible. I’ve had a few and I know this bristle one is gonna be removing fender, blending paint across panels etc. Just not worth it. I will say they did an excellent job on fixing the paint bubble in my bed.

Photo of what looks like the bristle by my headlamp. I’m also detailing the truck and showing one of the embedded pieces of dirt on the roof. There are probably 3-4 more of these little specks on the truck. I believe all on the roof other than the bristle by the headlamp.

 

[hatallica]

How about issues shortly BEFORE buying your truck?

While doing the paperwork on June 25, I was informed that the tailgate won't drop. Pro-access part swings out, but latches for the standard tailgate don't work. They just got the parts and have me scheduled for August.

Going to a game this weekend and literally can't even tailgate. New truck won't do the most basic truck stuff. I am normally pretty chill but this is testing my limits.

Edit: Escalated. Got a loaner while they try to fit it into this week's schedule.

Sponsored