Anybody Miss The Power-Adjustable Pedals In GM Full-Size SUVs?
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The current-generation of GM full-size SUVs, which include the Cadillac Escalade, Cadillac Escalade ESV, GMC Yukon, GMC Yukon XL, Chevy Tahoe and Chevy Suburban, are impressive vehicles in their own right, offering a comprehensive suite of comfort and convenience features. However, the GM T1 platform, which all these vehicles are currently based on, lost an important feature from the previous generation, the power-adjustable pedals.
The power-adjustable pedals (RPO code JF4) were last available for GM full-size SUVs on the final model year of the previous GM K2 platform. This means that with the introduction of the T1 platform for the 2021 model year, the convenience feature was no longer available.
The power-adjustable pedal convenience feature had a wide range of availability across the GM K2 platform:
- Cadillac Escalade and Escalade ESV: standard on all trim levels
- GMC Yukon and Yukon XL: optional on SLE, standard on SLT, SLT Standard Edition and Denali
- Chevy Tahoe and Suburban: optional on Fleet and LS, standard on LT and Premier
As a quick reminder, all full-size SUVs that ride on the T1 platform are set to receive a mid-cycle refresh for the 2024 model year that includes revisions to the front and rear fascias, as well as updates to the infotainment system.
Production of the refreshed 2024 models is expected to kick off sometime in November 2023 at the GM Arlington plant in Texas.
So, we want to know, do you yearn for the power-adjustable pedal convenience feature in your T1 SUV? Vote in the poll below, and fire off in the comments to let us know what your opinion on the matter is!
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Keep nickel and dime the nice options oh, I forgot we’re too busy building electric vehicles no shortage over there.
Without it my legs get numb on long drives and I’d rather drive a nice truck that has CB it, I also wish lighted cornering lights were optional for me as a older person night time peripheral vision sucks especially with tinted windows
If you have multiple drivers of extremely different hight they need the adjustable petals.
In a now 70 to 100,000 $ truck you should have this ability to accommodate different height drivers.
my wife is 4’10” and the adjustable pedals are not on her 21 tahoe. she didn’t know that we she ordered it. found out when she took delivery of it. wasn’t very happy. she has been driving tahoe’s since 95 and when gm came out with that option she was in heaven!
Exactly! Also the SUV’s and trucks have gotten massive now. We have someone in the family not very tall and I think she sits too close to the steering wheel. A $80k Denali truck doesn’t even have the option.
I have had many customers wishing they could have had the adjustable pedal’s. Most of those had the need because of their height needing to have seat adjusted high so they had much better view while driving.
That’s what phone books are for.
Or wood blocks taped to the pedals!
Please add that feature on the Yukon Xl
Had the feature on my Suburbans. Never used them. My 9 inch shorter wife also drove the vehicle. I guess the seat adjustment was all we needed.
Didn’t know this was a thing.
If you are average height or above, adjustable pedals are probably not something that’s on your radar. But for us shorter folks, it is not only a comfort feature, but an essential SAFETY issue. No matter what car makers do to the telescoping steering wheel or the movable seat, if the PEDALS are not adjustable for shorter legs, guess where our legs are in the event of an accident? Right underneath the dashboard! Moving the seat up to reach the pedals only puts us with knees trapped under the dash and chests wrapped in the steering wheel. This situation is neither comfortable nor safe. I would love to get a new vehicle, but my #1 priority for a new purchase is adjustable pedals. For whatever reason, except for Ford, most automakers have dropped the adjustable pedal feature and decided to add non-essential gadgets and luxury items over practical and safety features. So frustrating for shorter consumers! I, as well as many others, won’t be buying a vehicle from those automakers unless they can bring back that seemingly small but extremely important feature.
Adjustable pedal option came with my 2015 GMC Sierra SLT. Very disappointed when it was absent from by 2020. Not a deal breaker but enough of a problem to look elsewhere next time. As mentioned above, different height drivers are more readily accommodated especially with the memory seat/pedal position option. Yes you set it once, then forget it. Just another way to “raise prices” by removing features that were part of previous option packages. Remember when the Denali had every option included. Now there is the “Ultimate” Denali. Very tricky and “creative” way to raise prices and get more money out of a customer.
Yea I bet the Chinese get the option lol. Just kidding but you know how gm is favoring China. We can’t get parts over here but look they seem to be able to build cars and get newer models before us. AMERICA FIRST
Since GM has maintained its dominant market share (60%+) in full size SUVs, power adjustable pedals are clearly not a factor in the purchasing decision. Individual comments to the contrary are simply personal opinions.
It definitely keeps some people from buying them. I’m not going to eat the steering wheel to reach the pedals.
Pierre you must be a shareholder. We’ll see after General Motors buries itself.
I literally had a customer ask me about power pedals yesterday. Another one is the turn signals in the outside mirrors. That was big safety plus! It was easy for other motorists to see your intentions. Taillight turn signals are great but signals in the mirrors really stand out.
Richard, I didn’t know they took those out of the mirrors That was a nice safety feature
Im 5’1” /petite , I’ve had 5 updated Escalades in the past 10 years. The power pedal (and heated steering wheel) has been my most favorite options. I was very disappointed when the power pedal went away. Its almost a saftey issue for me without it. I don’t like sitting so close to the steering wheel. Also would be so helpful if the steering wheel would telescope down, in and out out a bit more. Otherwise love everything else about the Escalades
My sister went to road test a’23 Tahoe High Country, and without the adjustable pedals she had to move the seat up to where her stomach was touching the steering wheel. She wouldn’t even drive it- just got into her older Tahoe and drove away.
I also noticed that the mirror turn signals were missing- GM is BEGGING customers to look elsewhere.
Flip side, I’m loving my new Silverado 1500 High Country with the 3.0 LZ0 & Max Towing Package!! What a torque powerhouse!!
Chevy Mike I totally agree with you I used to sell GMC Chevys a lot of the options are long gone under the hood light courtesy lamps under dash nice inside door panels with lamps no more on star no more CD radio and the list goes on. People spend good money on high-end SUVs and General Motors is starting to let us down.
You do realize the old body style Silverado and Sierra pre 2020 had them as well (writer)
When you’re not tall having power peddles would be nice. Yet ford and dodge offer them?
I have them on my 2008 sierra Denali
I went to a Ford dealership and they told me that the adjustable pedals were only on the trucks I sat in a car I was so close to the steering g wheel , like my elbows I have no desire to be that close to an airbag comi g at my chest and killing g me. Ford is now off my list forever. Their excuse was because of gas mileage was bad with the power pedals.
Okay, let’s talk about power adjustable pedals. My wife is 5’ tall and to reach the pedals the seat has to be all the way forward. Which leaves her inches for the steering column air bag. In a front end collision the force of that bag deploying would likely crush her ribs and cause internal injuries. Our last 3 SUV’s, Tahoe and Escalade HAD pedal adjust and she loved that feature not to mention the safety it provides.
Now to present day, feature NOT available on any model. Another item cut by GM’s CEO Mary to save money not lives. Brilliant! I’m sure the former CEO’s who knew HOW to run a billion dollar corporation are rolling over in their graves and saying Mary, what the hell are you doing? TOO big to fail? Joe, I need another bail out!
Taking out the adjustable pedals was just STUPID. I have driven nothing but Escalades since 2000. I went to buy the new Escalade last year and discovered no pedals. That killed the deal. Now I will buy a Navigator. Escalades are big and not all people who drive them are tall. Are we supposed to drive with our face in the steering wheel? After 7 Escalades I will NOT but another unless the put the adjustable pedals back. Is it the additional cost? We are at $100k how much could pedals add????
Either give us back the power pedals, or provide more movement in the steering column.
For me I need the column to come out further toward the driver, because I sit way back.
I have them on my checyb2500hd. I like it as my ex wife at the time was shorter and the reason it was Important is that it keep you a better distance from the steering wheel and airbag by having the seat back and bring the pedal up more.
We just switched to a new suburban after owning several Ford Expeditions over the last 10 years. After having the Suburban for two weeks and thinking I was missing the adjustable pedal control, I was told by our salesman that Chevy did away with the adjustable pedals! I have to sit so close to steering wheel and am already looking to trade for another expedition. The Suburban rides better and looks nicer, but Im 5’2” and the adjustable pedals and limited telescoping steering wheel are deal breakers. My husband is a Chevy guy and was so happy we were finally getting a Suburban, but until this changes back, we won’t be buying another Chevy suv. While we’re at it, the cup holders are much smaller than the expedition and there’s less interior storage space. All compartments are too small to hold anything. Also, why no lower anchors in the third row? These reasons are why moms are choosing Expeditions over Suburbans and Tahoes. Fix these things and compete!!