It seems as if I have the knack of finding things that either break or are useless or just plain suck. Must have gotten that from my father! 🙂
This time it’s a couple of small plastic pieces that belong to my tonneau cover on my truck.
These two pieces hold the front rail to the two side rails. When loading up some furniture for someone last fall I pushed a couch into the bed of the truck and the front rail fell off. No biggie I figured as I wouldn’t need my cover for the winter anyways.
Spring has since arrived and I wanted to put the tonneau cover back on. When I tried I noticed the these two little pieces were broken and I would need to replace them before I could put the cover on. I did a little digging and I discovered the tonneau cover is a GM factory addition so I called the dealership to get the parts ordered in. The guy on the phone was amazed when he looked up the parts I needed. The retail price was $68 (or $86, can’t quite remember) each. He told me I could have them for dealer cost at about $50 each. I was amazed. I would probably end up breaking them again. Not happy. 🙁
If you don’t believe me give your local GM dealer a call and ask for the price on these two part numbers. 88937233 and 88937234.
I’m thinking this might be my last GM product if things like this don’t stop happening. This past winter my driver’s side power window jammed at half way up. Called my friend who told me it’s a common thing on this type of GMC pick-up and the replacement part costs about $300. The cable that pulls (or pushes) the window up and down frays and jams up in the cable housing (picture a pedal bike brake cable). The kicker is that you cannot just get a new cable. The whole power window system has to be replaced, motor and all!
Arrrgh!
Rene
2000 GMC Sierra 1500 4×4 Extended Cab Short Box