The 2022 Chevy Silverado HD and 2022 GMC Sierra HD heavy-duty pickup trucks arrive with just a few changes and updates over the preceding 2021-model-year vehicles, including the addition of new Commercial Assist Steps.
The Commercial Assist Steps offered for the 2022 Chevy Silverado HD and 2022 GMC Sierra HD are tagged with RPO code VTP, and are offered as an LPO-level option. That means they are installed by the dealer, as opposed to at the factory when the vehicle is initially produced. Pricing for the Commercial Assist Steps option is currently unavailable.
The benefits of adding Commercial Assist Steps include easier ingress and egress from the cabin, with a ribbed surface on the face of the steps providing secure footing. The optional extra includes the ribbed step-ups, as well as all the plates, brackets, and hardware required for installation.
As GM Authority covered previously, the official online configurator for both the 2022 Chevy Silverado HD and 2022 GMC Sierra HD is currently live.
Further updates for the 2022 model year include new exterior paint options. For the 2022 Chevy Silverado HD, customers can now opt for Greenstone Metallic, which replaces the outgoing Oxford Brown Metallic exterior color, while the 2022 GMC Sierra HD now offers Forest Metallic, which replaces Brownstone Metallic and Carbon Black Metallic.
Notably, the 2022 Chevy Silverado HD and 2022 GMC Sierra HD both drop HD Radio from the features list. The deleted feature is likely the result of the continuing global microchip shortage. There is currently no indication if the feature will return during the 2022 model year for either nameplate.
Going forward, entry-level trim levels of the 2022 GMC Sierra HD will adopt a new name, specifically GMC Sierra Pro. Previously, the entry-level trim of the heavy duty Sierra were simply referred to as the “base” trim, or “Sierra.” The new name will help to distinguish the entry-level trim from the rest of the lineup.
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Nice to have the open webbing to clear mud or grille burgers on
Know this will bring some bad press but … GM get a grip an stop building “earth mower” class pickups, get off the 17″ to 22″ wheel sizes … get back to the old industry standard of 13″ tires an wheels for small cars, 14″ for mid size cars, and 15″ for ful size cars an trucks, with the 16″ reserved for what we’d call the 2500 an 3500 series vehicles. Then … bring them back closer to the ground so you don’t need “helper steps” to get in an out, nor a folding type tail gate to get in the back of the truck.
For generations the above mentioned sizes worked wonderfully for the auto an truck industry, And as for cars, the pot holes you hit by accident likely won’t cause a flat or shake off your wheel weights cost you time an money to get fixed. Why? This is due to small cars w/17″ wheels with a needed 38″ tire pressure hits harder that a 13″ or 14″ tire an rim using a a tire pressure usually 10 to 14 pounds less. I know there will be some to disagree, but past designs used for close to 60 years proves the above to be correct.
Brad, I agree. The manufacturers have gone completely mad. It is the modern day trend, to put oversize rims on EVERYTHING! It just looks wrong. They are all out of sink to the size that should be installed. Now the giant wheel craze is hitting the original muscle car restomod builds. It really looks stupid on these hot rods. Lets get back to what looks good, not what some harebrained designer thinks they should look like, It is al proportional.
The only people who like bigs rims are the gold teeth’s and wiggers
In 2005 the GM trucks went to a standard 17″+ wheel due to the increased size of the brake rotors. I owned gm trucks before that with 16″ wheels, and after the model change. The braking power increase was noticeable. While I do think 20-22″ wheels with low profile tires are dumb on a truck, I wouldn’t want to sacrifice brakes for 16″ wheels. IMO 18″ wheels are fine with a big enough tire to have some sidewall
Small aspect ratio tires are there to save fuel to meet CAFE standards that didn’t exist in the last “60 years”. The flexing of tire sidewalls converts motion into heat. By having a lower aspect ratio, you have more metal wheel instead of tire, so there’s tire to flex and it’s stiffer, giving less rolling resistance, and less fuel consumption. ​Look at the aspect ratio on a Prius or Bolt.
In trucks, along with bigger brakes mentioned by defragme, a larger wheel is needed to maintain ground clearance with bigger differentials needed to handle increased torque.
The increased ground clearance in passenger vehicles, specifically SUVs, is needed in order to meet the clearance and angles to meet the light truck definition so that they are exempt from the gas guzzler tax, are subject to weaker CAFE standards and do not have to meet certain safety standards like rollover stability
The front of this is hideous no wonder people hate it.
Best looking heavy duty pickup and also gaining markets share faster than any other in its class.
Rick LIkes all the unfinished black wheel lip moldings, cheap bumper steps, cheap black bed steps, stupid mounted door mirrors , cheap good year tires , confusing tail gate, cheap interior , thin hard seats , under rated duramax motor with the Fake branded Allison transmission , a front end with fangs, yup the heart beat of America
I’ve had two tow vehicles with 16″ wheels, had no problem stopping a 20 foot live stock trailer (about 2,500 lbs.) with 2 2,500 lb+ animals in it. One a 3500 series Chevy Express passenger van with the right tow package, and the other a 3500 series GMC pickup also with the right tow package. If you’re tow vehicle an trailer brakes are right, 1 17″ brake rotor as opposed to a 16 won’t make a difference. Now, I’ve quite a bit of experience teaching towing as I taught the tow classes for the CG Auxiliary safe boating classes and found the above mentioned vehicles was more than adequate for up to about 8,500 pounds … after that a “dually” was the cure for their problems.
Wow!!! Mickey if you don’t like the truck. Just say so.
This article was about assist steps and it ended with a oversized tire argument and brake drum size, WTF.
They’d not need the steps if the trucks didn’t set so high in the air. As mentioned for generations a 1500 rode on 15″ tires an rims, a 2500 15″ an 16″ tires an rims, and the 3500, 16″ only. For some reason 20″ to 24″ tires n wheels along with larger brakes that don’t really do any better than their 15″ an 16″ counterparts did in the past, now they need “helper steps” multi-function tail gates w/steps to get into the bed, and problems for shorter people not being able to reach over the side to put things in the bed … all due to the idiot 20″ an 24″ tires an rims that are put on, then the trucks setup higher for that problem. So yeah, helper steps turned into breaks an rotors. I’ve been around an working in farming over 50 years, a man I worked for as a teen and whose son still owns Jerry’s 1972 Chevy 3500 pickup does the same workload as does it’s current competition, it hauls just as much, tows just as much … with 16″ tires.