What a mistake

I am the unfortunate owner of a 2007 NBS Silverado Vortex Max, 4x4.  In the past there has always been a FORD truck in my driveway, but for this new model I read all the spin and hype on the new Silverado.  I fell for it and bought one. 
 
At first I loved it, fast and quick with style and grace, with that head turning appeal that we all want and desire.  Well now I have CHEVY POS that is at the dealership having all the hydraulic lifters replaced, the throttle reprogrammed and so on.  The bad part is that CHEVY knows about the problems and only put a service bulletins out on the problems. In other words if they don’t complain don’t do anything and hope it will go away, but if they complain hurry and replace before they complain too much.  A POS truck from a POS company.
 
Now in 30+ years of Fords in my driveway this has never happened.  I guess it boils down to if you want a street truck that turns heads then buy a CHEVY,(when it is not in the shop) if you want a working mans truck that is dependable then buy a FORD.
Since I live in San Antonio, Texas there was also a great opportunity to purchase Tundra from the plant here in town. But no I bought a big red TURKEY!!
 
Sorry about my comments and I am sure this post will be deleted, but you can not change the fact that at 10000 miles this Chevy spends most of its time in the shop.  Maybe I can buy Ford to do my work with and keep the Chevy in the driveway to look good.
 
BUY A TOYOTA OR A FORD, hell for this much grief I could have bought a Dodge for a lot less, and at least expected it to be in the shop most of the time.
 

well first off Fords have always sucked, the only chevrolet ford ever made was the mustang. ford trucks have always been ugly (except for the 40' and 50's models) underpowered and very uncomfartable.
the mistake you made was buying a first year of a new model. every company out there has problems with a new design FORD INCLUDED. look at the damn POS 6.0 diesel ford put out. anyways GM is the only way to go.
Get the stuff fixed and you wont have a problem. ive had my 06 chevy in the shop 6 times for minor things. annoying yes. my friends 07 ford, 15 i said 15 times in the shop. new motor mounts, new transmission twice. talk about a POS.
 
good luck to you.

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well first off Fords have always sucked, the only chevrolet ford ever made was the mustang. ford trucks have always been ugly (except for the 40' and 50's models) underpowered and very uncomfartable.
the mistake you made was buying a first year of a new model. every company out there has problems with a new design FORD INCLUDED. look at the damn POS 6.0 diesel ford put out. anyways GM is the only way to go.
Get the stuff fixed and you wont have a problem. ive had my 06 chevy in the shop 6 times for minor things. annoying yes. my friends 07 ford, 15 i said 15 times in the shop. new motor mounts, new transmission twice. talk about a POS.

good luck to you.

 
I gotta agree. My family has owned Ford products and they all stink!! I have a 2007 Chevy Silverado NBS with 10000+ miles and I have absolutely no problems whatsoever. Just because your truck is in the shop doesn't mean that ALL GM products are POS! Maybe you just got a "bad apple". But I understand that you are angry because your truck is pretty new. I hope everything works out for the best.

Maybe you get the lemon law applied and get your money back?

Well 07 NBS 2500HD here with the 6.0L and no prob. at all
12,000 miles on it and over half of that is towing a trailer up and down in the
hills of West Virgina
no prob whats so ever.
only thing i have with it
is i want to turn on my cargo light with out my int. light comeing on
but its not a prob. just design prob. but i udnerstand y they did that
 

Buy a FORD and be pleased, buy a Chevy and listen to excuses for why it is in the shop.

Buy ANY first model year car and expect recalls, 07 NBS 1500 with 12000+ miles, been in the shop once for ajoint that was greased at the factory.  Its the price you pay for having the newest looking truck on the block...

Yeah and my answer to the first years blues is. "How many years has the 6.0 lit. engine been in use, or are you teling me that this is the first year it has been out". Just how many years does it take to get it right?  I dont buy this new model blues argument.  Garbage in garbage out. How many programers and years does it take to get the softwhare right on the throttle?
 
 
But I will admit your right about my want to have the new model year truck.  I WAS WRONG!!
American car and truck makers just dont care about their products.  They bought cheap lifters from someplace because some corperate bean counter came up with this idea and now they spend their money they saved trying to cover up their mistakes.  God Bless Corperate America.

The 6.0L engine with AFM has been in production starting in 2007.... so that would account for any engine problems with the throttle.  As for the lifters, you probably nailed it, its not just corporate America, its any corporation who puts profits before their customers, which tends to be 90+% of the market.  Rarely will you find a company that puts its customers before profit, but you will pay for it, example : Bugatti cars, a bugatti costs about 1.6 million to make, but they only sell for around 1 million.  You pay through the nose, but you get a product thats worth every penny if thats what you want.

LTD, how about a picture of your invoice for your repair/warranty work once it is fixed and post it on this thread.  This way we can see exactly what they had to fix, and to top that off it would provide some evidence that you do in fact even own a NBS silverado that has the above mentioned issues. 

Yeah the new fords are awsome, guy I work with has a 4.8 and the RIGHT BANK lost oil pressure and locked up, brand new.  The guy who took him to the dealership to fix it has a 5.4l ford and the FORD MECHANIC told him its a POS and to sell it cause they are full of problems.  When the dealership tells you its ford motors are crap, how can you talk **** about chevy?  A welder in another company we did a job with bought a brand new ford f-350 diesel and drove it off the showroom floor, exactly 18 MILES down the road the oil pump broke and locked the motor up.  WOW, great job ford.  How about fords RE-engineering of Internationals diesel motor with twin turbo??  complete POS.  Way to go Ford, two-thumbs up.  Chevy's been outselling Ford for over 70 years... wonder why?  You Ford retards can stay on your forums, stay out of ours, we're much happier without you.

well as much as i hate that companies put profitt before consumers, it is a fact of life. if you dont like it or american corporations then get the HELL out of america.
sometimes you get a bad apple and it would appear that you have. like i said my friends 07 model ford is a POS and has been in the shop twice as many times as my chevrolet and for far more involved work.
 
a guy at work has a 2007 tundra and it is a POS as well. yes it is extremely powerful but the gas mileage sucks and he has had it in the shop 5 or 6 times. so it isnt just american companies putting out products that arent the best.
 
again dont ever buy the first year of anything new. the vortec max 6.0 had been out for a few years but the AFM is new.

Emm seems now I am being doubted that I even own this truck.
OK I understand the mistrust and have attached a photo of the truck which by the way has been named DUKE.
 
As far as the repair bill, I will be happy to post it to the website. Nothing to hide there, hell I want to see it.  But since the dealer has had the truck since last Tuesday and I will finially get it back tomorrow, that will have to wait for another post.  They only have had my truck for 5 days without a loaner, so this has become another issue. 04/22/08
 
For the record there are several repairs going on which also included
1. Replacement of drivers side seat rails because it would stick
2. Throttle reprograming
3. Rear electric window regulator broke and not working
4. Replace hyd. lifters
 
So my there is actually more wrong with a 1 year old truck then should be.  I was just complaining about the enging problem.
It has 18000 miles on it, and tows a 16ft ut trailer back and forth to my ranch in S. Texas.


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Eaaaaaaaaaasssssssyyyy!!!  When it comes down to it the big three trucks (or 4 now w/Toyota) put out good and bad.  Ive only owned one Ford and the motor went under 20K but tons of people have great luck with Fords just like tons have great luck with Chevy.  I love Chevy and will never buy anything else ever again- not a problem other than a switch on my 01.
 
You just got a bum truck probably put together by some dude hung over- they are on every assembly line out there.

One thing is for sure about this entire mess that is for sure. Some of the members of this forum are helpfull, but then there are POS's like BAD2006Z1.  Who is a flaming idiot.
 
I had a complaint about a Chevy truck so I posted my problems to vent my disapointment in spending over $35,000 on a truck.
 
AS far as the comment of getting out of America well let me tell you something dirt ball, go piss up a rope. I dont have to leave, and if I had my choice the Great State of TEXAS would leave this pitfull county and be on its own.

See did i call you names? No i didnt i made a comment. you started complaining about america and its companies. if your going to get your panties in a bunch fine, be that way. seems like you want to be childish about it. 
 
as far as your truck goes, sell it and buy a ford, most likely you will have problems out of it as well, just like all vehicles.

Thread locked.  Too much conflict.