GM has decided it will ship certain 2023 GMC Sierra HD units to dealerships without hood insulation due to ongoing supplier restrictions..
GM began producing certain examples of the 2023 GMC Sierra HD without hood insulation on June 1st, 2022. This feature is typically standard across all Sierra HD trim levels except for the base Pro trim.
Like other GM vehicles affected by the hood insulation shortage, all 2023 GMC Sierra HD units affected by this change are indicated as such by a window sticker with the associated component RPO code R8V. It’s unclear at this time if customers will receive a credit for purchasing a vehicle affected by this constraint, however GM already has a plan in place to retrofit affected vehicles at a later, yet-to-be-disclosed date. Vehicles will be retrofitted by technicians at official GM dealerships only.
The current GMC Sierra HD lineup continues largely unchanged for 2023 over the preceding model year, as GM has plans to introduce a refreshed version of the full-size heavy-duty truck for the 2024 model year. It continues with the same two engine options: the naturally aspirated 6.6L V8 L8T gasoline engine, rated at 401 horsepower at 5,200 rpm and 464 pound-feet of torque at 4,000 rpm, and the 6.6L V8 L5P turbodiesel Duramax engine, rated at 445 horsepower at 2,800 rpm and 910 pound-feet of torque at 1,600 rpm.
In addition, the 2023 GMC Sierra HD has also received a price increase. As we reported previously, the truck now starts at $44,770 for the entry-level 2500HD in the Pro trim with rear-wheel-drive and the 6.6L L8T V8 engine. Production of the full-size truck takes place alongside the Silverado HD at the GM Flint plant in Michigan.
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It’s no wonder anyone hates to order a new vehicle you just don’t know what will be missing. this sucks and gm will lose customers as I am thinking of going a different direction and that’s all I have ever bought.
I dont think many if any automaker is imune to supply issues.
Exactly. I have customers almost daily making such complaints. Most don’t come back later, but those who do always report that they found the same sort of issues with every manufacturer. The specifics can vary, but everyone is experiencing this, and not just auto manufacturers. I haven’t heard of an industry yet that isn’t currently affected.
I am beyond exhausted by ignorant consumers demanding companies just do better, or blaming every issue on lazy workers and so forth. It’s never a matter of poor corporate strategies by the various suppliers, or a chip manufacturing plant burning down, or the South American (now global) Leaf Blight plaguing rubber trees (the treatment for which is to burn down the tree to prevent spread), etc. Only complaints that get mentioned on Fox News seem to prevail.
It seems like more and more GM vehicles are no getting the hood insulators, come on GM is there only one company that supplies them to you, how about going to the companies that other manufacturers use ….