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No one has mentioned tires and I have not searched through all the threads for the topic so I'm throwing out the subject.
Have had several tire problems which, when they occur, and no spare to use, go to the top of the things to do list. I have had three flats and one sidewall intrusion. One flat on each of the driver side front and rear tire, and a flat on the 20" rear preceeded by a sidewall intrusion of that same tire.
the three flats were all nails picked up from who knows where. There is only ONE place in town which can handle a 20" tire for removal. Hence the Chevy dealer sends all us folks there for repairs. Each flat was patched and tire rebalanced before re-installation.
Went to the dealer for the sidewall problem. He said it was my fault the slit in the sidewall occurred. Didn't like his answer...so I called the 800 number in the manual and after being rerouted several times came to a human speaking voice. Pleaded my case...she said she would check with the dealer for confirmation of what I already knew he would say. After several more pleading conversations with her, 10 days passed by, she said Chevrolet would pay for the tire replacement. Man, was I surprised. The key was that, at the time, I had accurued less than 6000 miles on the odomenter. I believe it was 5800 and change.
The moral of the story is if this happens to anyone, you should be able to get a new tire if the mileage doesn't exceed 6k miles.
Peace
Have had several tire problems which, when they occur, and no spare to use, go to the top of the things to do list. I have had three flats and one sidewall intrusion. One flat on each of the driver side front and rear tire, and a flat on the 20" rear preceeded by a sidewall intrusion of that same tire.
the three flats were all nails picked up from who knows where. There is only ONE place in town which can handle a 20" tire for removal. Hence the Chevy dealer sends all us folks there for repairs. Each flat was patched and tire rebalanced before re-installation.
Went to the dealer for the sidewall problem. He said it was my fault the slit in the sidewall occurred. Didn't like his answer...so I called the 800 number in the manual and after being rerouted several times came to a human speaking voice. Pleaded my case...she said she would check with the dealer for confirmation of what I already knew he would say. After several more pleading conversations with her, 10 days passed by, she said Chevrolet would pay for the tire replacement. Man, was I surprised. The key was that, at the time, I had accurued less than 6000 miles on the odomenter. I believe it was 5800 and change.
The moral of the story is if this happens to anyone, you should be able to get a new tire if the mileage doesn't exceed 6k miles.
Peace