I've had my lifters go bad and that's definitely a lifter noise . Before it totally shit on itself, I would get that intermittent tic for about 30 k . I even went to the dealership and they tried to tell me that the injectors are loud on these vehicles and that's all that it was , I knew it was bs , and of course the engine went full retard after after my powertrain warranty expired.
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It's tough, we know that that the dealership isnt going to say " here sir , here's a new engine on the house " . I think that the best thing that you can do is to go to where you purchased the vehicle and TELL them that the truck has bad lifters .Say engine/lifter problem when you make the appointment so that it's on paper , get a second opinion on paper from a reputable shop when they bs you, then call the gm headquarters and complain about issue so that it's on file there.
The only thing you can really do is to try to cover your ass and make the issue well known and documented while the vehicle is under warranty. One of my buddies with the same 2015 suburban that I have was able to get a lifter changed under the powertrain warranty, but his truck would stall and and get a check engine light . The warranty was also up to 100k back then. Moral of the story, have this issue well documented at its current mileage.
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