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I am thinking lot or transport damage as well. And if that is the case there is records of it but it might be tough to get to them without being an ass about it. Some times that does it though...


The local GMC dealer by me is RIGHT on Interstate 5 (northbound side). A few years ago a car ran off the freeway and through the chicken wire fence that was between the road and the front line of vehicles on display. There were three Yukon Denalis that were hit. And not just a tap, the driver was drunk and left the road at over 85mph according to the state patrol. These were sitting in the rain for several days on the lot right next to the freeway. I later found out they were all repaired and sold. AS NEW. This information came from the general sales manager after he left that store. We have a mutual friend and I was there when he told the story. But I did see the SUVs after the wreck, I would have thought they were all a total loss period.

Another horror story....how would you like to spend 55k on a Yukon XL only to find out later it was a sales managers demo that had been totaled but repaired in the dealers own body shop and sold as new. My wife is in insurance ( a clients car, not mine)and the VIN came up as being in a wreck prior to the sale date. A little digging and the police report with photos was found. The sales manager was cited for drunk driving, he hit two other cars and destroyed them. There were pictures of the Yukon missing most of the front end, drivers door, rear passenger door skin and rear quarter skin and all of the glass on the drivers side. All of the air bags on that side had blown too.
So they fix it (poorly) and sell it at full retail to these people. One year later they start having problems with it (many ) and the dealer says they know nothing about it but because it was a demo they wouldn't warranty it. (demos are still considered new and should be covered by the factory GM warranty). That dealer is under new ownership now.

Get your dealer to take care of it. Somehow before you got your truck it had to have been painted. Maybe only a very minor repair. Maybe not. But find out.



My point is that the dealers do what they do to make the money. Some are more honest than others. I don't want to bash dealers now. There are good ones.