It’s time for a new/used Tahoe

Careful if it has the 6.2, but the 5.3s seem ok.


Pay more if you find a low-mile, no-story car.

Would you consider a 2021 Sequoia?

For all those kids and stuff, if you are dead set on a Chevy, get the 2007 gmt900 2500 suburban with a 6.0L and a 4L60 4 speed. Every gm product after that is junk with their 6 speeds and 10 speeds and active fuel management and bad lifters and bad bearing designs. Complete shite. If you want a 1500 get a 2006 but it is an older style gmt800 but you can get it with the reliable 4-speed and with 5.3 without AFM.

If you want a newer vehicle get an Expedition Max but 2023 and newer only. The ones before that have junk engines (cam phasor design) and junk transmissions (10 speed before CDF drum and torque converter improvements).

Good luck

I had a 2021 Tahoe with the 5.3. The engine failed twice in two different ways. Lifters failed at 5,000 miles covered under warranty, one cylinder failed at 100,000 miles (out of warranty), I’ll never buy another GM product.

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I’d never buy a vehicle with cylinder deactivation.

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Its easy to fix

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I’d never buy a vehicle with cylinder deactivation.

Its easy to fix

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A full delete is easy, and does not void warranty? Even so, I don’t want to have to fix a new truck.

We've had our 23 expedition for a year now and other than a couple odds and ends it's been great. It pulls my 24ft bay boat fine and I just pulled a camper with it and it handled it. The v6 has been a very capable motor and I'm impressed. I was a anti eco boost guy since they came out. It has plenty of power and torque. As someone else mentioned, you'll also avoid cylinder deactivation.

Just plug the removal device in the port. If you need to take it in, take it out


There is not trace

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I should have added armada

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Might actually be a decent option. Sorry I don’t know much about them. They don’t have as much room as a long version suburban or expedition.

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sequoia

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Short like the Armada. Don’t get 2023+ versions as they are junk (engine bearings).

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Grand Cherokee L

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My neighbor has one. They have an extra car. The neighbor is often driving the extra car due to the Cherokee being in the shop.

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sequoia

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My wife bought a 2014 Sequoia in 2018 with less than 50K on it for $20k - lady she bought it from paid cash for it new and when she decided to sell it let my wife know and we bought it site unseen. I suspect she paid about $50k for that damned thing brand new. It wasn't the platinum series but it was pretty damned nice. My wife loved it - I liked it but it was a maintenance hog and you pretty much had to change oil at a Toyota dealership. She (my wife) put about 150k on it and it started using about a quart of oil between fill ups so she sold it and bought a Camry in 2024. She has since sold it and bought a VW Jetta. I just bought a 2024 Corolla for a commuter. That's 3 Toyotas we have owned since 2018. Two of them were very maintenance heavy and the Corolla has body panels falling off it. I know, I know, folks are all about Toyotas but in MY experience they are not all they are cracked up to be. My wife has driven BMWs and Mercedes vehicles and they were substantially more maintenance intensive than her Sequoia and her Camry. My Corolla is giving every indication that it is going to be the same. I will say the Camry and Corolla both got and get incredible gas mileage....my corolla consistently gets 47 MPG on my 42 mile one way commute. Her Sequoia was horrendous at the gas pump. My 2014 GMC 3500 gas longbed crew cab 4 WD gets about 12 mpg and it sips fuel compared to that damned big Toyota V8.....