I've felt your pain with the bearings, but I figured out a way to do it a heck of a lot cheaper.
http://blog.mcmoyer.com/2006-uplander-bearing-replacement On Sep 1, 2010, at 5:17 AM, Scott Stewart wrote: > > I can attest to this I have a 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer (need it with 3 > dogs and a kid) and it's the most poorly made piece of rolling junk that I > have ever had the mis-fortune of owning. > > Ex: the front wheel bearings went at about 30k miles, which on my 2004 Jeep > Wrangler, as an example would've been about $100 to replace the bearings, it > cost $1200 because the wheel bearings are sealed into the front hubs.. > > The instrument cluster works...sometimes. This is an issue that Chevy knows > about and refuses to issue a recall. The base platform, the Chevy Colorado > has the same instrument cluster and was recalled a couple of years ago.. I > can't wait to get rid of this money pit and will never buy another GM > product again. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Maureen [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 10:30 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: how do they come up with this crud? > > > They needed to be bailed out because for many years they produced > sub-standard vehicles, and negotiated outrageous union contracts. > Poor management and quality control also had a lot to do with it. > > On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 7:19 PM, Eric Roberts > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I think the fact that they are just now releasing this is why they needed > to >> be bailed out and Ford didn't. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Maureen [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 10:10 PM >> To: cf-community >> Subject: Re: how do they come up with this crud? >> >> >> Do me a favor. Read this, and pay attention to the dates that design >> and construction began on this car. >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Volt >> >> Then tell me if you still think the current administration is forcing >> them to release it. >> >> On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> "Just curious, but why do YOU think Chevrolet is releasing the Volt?" >>> >>> Wonderful question. >>> >>> I would say that they were told to by the government. >> >> >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:326525 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
