New here thinking of a denali

[willydimes]

Hey guys Im new here and potentially in the market for a tahoe or yukon in december. Right now I have an 07 Audi A6 and love it but its out 105xxx and im going to get something new in a few months. Im considering one with the 6.2 engine. Ive been looking around on here and seen some real horror stories of failures of the 5.3 so I was wondering the reliability of these trucks are? My audi has been great and Ive never real had any issues especially considering how hard I drive it. Just as an aside Im either going to get a truck or a sporty ish car like as S4, and yes I know two different things but Im looking for something different than what I have now. Thanks for any help or advice

 

[yates ™]

What horror stories are you referring to with the 5.3? I have had a few and never had a problem with them.

 

[willydimes]

well i just read through first four pages here and saw multiple threads mof dead engines and major repairs to those cars

---------- Post added at 09:20 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:19 AM ----------

and I get that these trucks are much more common than audis but Ive been on audi forums for while and rarely do you see dead engines

 

[noob]

I have had zero engine issues with my 2010 escalade with 6.2 motor. But honestly the level of refinement maybe too low for you coming from Audi. Going from my Infiniti I missed having my hard drive for music. Power telescoping wheel, auto up/down in all windows, handling. Quicker transmission etc...

 

[yates ™]

I have a 5.3 sitting in my garage that has at least 100k miles on it and the truck it came out of hit an Amoco head on and it still isn't blown up. These motors are used so much by people in so many different kinds of cars that I wouldn't think of them as a motor easily blown up, sure it can happen but not very common.

 

[willydimes]

how would you say the interior of the denali or whatever the higher package on the tahoes are? I know Im going to lose the quickness of the 4.2 a6 i have but I would have assumed at least what ive seen in pictures that the interior is pretty nice on a denali

 

[LuSe4]

Multiple pages of dead engines? What did you search?

These are very reliable engines.

 

[CYKBC]

Funny coming from a vw owner. Audis last 60k miles at best and go kaput! Resale is horrid as well.

Not sure what forum is leading you to think the gm engine is unreliable? These trucks are workhorses

 

[soulsea]

A forum is both a good and poor choice to glean vehicle reliability. It's poor because people post issues, and the issue threads are in disproportionate measure to the tens of thousands of these vehicles out there, and not many folks start a thread called 'everything's working like it should today' ... it's a good place because usually one can determine what are the most likely issues should there be any, and how to remedy them.

My observation is that, notwithstanding the scarce inevitable growing pains of the 07s, these trucks (both the 5.3 and 6.2) are very well built and generate very few issues. The odd lock actuator will fail, and a few other well known defects, but on the whole they are solidly built.

Ask a Range Rover owner what he has to go through the first 7K miles ... I have.

 

[LuSe4]

A forum is both a good and poor choice to glean vehicle reliability. It's poor because people post issues, and the issue threads are in disproportionate measure to the tens of thousands of these vehicles out there, and not many folks start a thread called 'everything's working like it should today' ... it's a good place because usually one can determine what are the most likely issues should there be any, and how to remedy them.

My observation is that, notwithstanding the scarce inevitable growing pains of the 07s, these trucks (both the 5.3 and 6.2) are very well built and generate very few issues. The odd lock actuator will fail, and a few other well known defects, but on the whole they are solidly built.

Ask a Range Rover owner what he has to go through the first 7K miles ... I have.

Well put Serge!