Listen To The GMC Sierra Denali Ultimate V8 Start Up, Idle, And Rev: Video
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General Motors introduced the GMC Sierra 1500 Denali Ultimate for the 2022 model year, revealing a new range-topping luxury trim level for the light-duty Sierra lineup. For those customers seeking the highest level of luxury, comfort, and technology from their Sierra 1500, the Denali Ultimate delivers on all fronts. Not only that, but it sounds pretty good, too, as demonstrated in the following GM Authority video.
The video is just two minutes long and provides a first-person perspective from behind the pickup as it starts up, idles, and revs. As we can hear, the factory exhaust system issues a nice burble as the V8 in the nose of the vehicle comes to life, quickly settling into an even idle after just a few seconds. With the driver making a few stabs at the throttle, we hear the V8 engine rev up, giving the truck an assertive tone and attitude in the process.
For readers who may be unaware, the GMC Sierra 1500 Denali Ultimate is available with two engine options: the naturally aspirated 6.2L V8 L87, rated at 420 horsepower at 5,600 rpm and 460 pound-feet of torque at 4,100 rpm, as well as the 3.0L I6 LZ0 turbodiesel Duramax, rated at 305 horsepower at 3,750 rpm and 492 pound-feet of torque at 2,750 rpm. The Sierra 1500 seen in the video above is obviously equipped with the 6.2L V8.
Elsewhere in the lineup, the light-duty Sierra is available with the turbocharged 2.7L I4 L3B TurboMax gasoline engine, rated at 310 horsepower 430 pound-feet of torque, as well as the naturally aspirated 5.3L V8 L84 gasoline engine, rated at 355 horsepower and 383 pound-feet of torque. Production of the GMC Sierra 1500 takes place at the GM Fort Wayne plant in Indiana and the GM Silao plant in Mexico, with the GM T1 platform providing the underpinnings.
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Sounds like a proper truck.
And who can afford one??
6.2 in my truck was great until it bent a pushrod at 80k miles. Well cared for one owner truck.
That is odd. These 6.2 engines need proper maintenance, and by that I mean REGULAR and CONSISTENT maintenance….
Read the forums, the lifter issues are sadly not uncommon. I had my oil analyzed by Blackstone, and they said oil was great and I can change it every 7300 miles (almost exactly what the oil usage meter shows.). I change the oil about every 6k miles and have done my own oil changes using the proper oil and AC/Delco filter. Always use premium fuel. Changed the air filter a couple of times so far. Not sure there is anything else I should be doing.
Forums are NOT a representation of reliability…they are there ONLY FOR THOSE WHO LIKE TO COMPLAIN…or those seeking unecessary modifications…
And also, driving style matters as well…no matter how much one tries to deny it.
Still on my original front and rear brake pads, have averaged 20.1 mph over 80k miles. Lots of trips from the Seattle area to the Bay Area I do not drive slow, but I also never beat on my truck.
No idea how many trucks are affected, but mine was and that soured me a bit on my love for the truck. Still love,it, but do not trust it any more.
Maybe a Friday build truck then…Was yours 2021 or 2022. That might explain it…
Maybe you can buy an HD truck then….if you DO NOT trust it. Those do not have AFM/DFM
I feel for you Dave…. Power train warranty expired at 60,000 miles. On your next engine, get the aftermarket cylinder deactivation deactivator to save your lifters… Its somewhat MEAN of GM to leave owners of expensive trucks hanging like this. Both versions of their Cyl deactivation schemes just suck and GM obviously knows it but wont do anything about it.
They FULLY KNOW how much trucks it will and has affected…and THEY will not do anything, leave alone settle a lawsuit because the percentage of issues ARE LOW. If you do not want to believe it..so be it.
If you want to argue further…go and argue with the EPA and the Government. THEY are the ones responsible.
Maybe YOU need to CLEAR YOURSELF UP because obviously YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW THEY DROVE OR MAINTAINED THEIRS, DO YOU?
I am fed up arguing with everyone on this site…..I am simply glad people who own these trucks in Qatar do NOT complain like you all do…
No one cares it’s a piece of junk.
So is the new Tundra (with its engine replacements and ITS SHEER COST of repair) and so many other trucks…
If it IS a piece of junk, then NO one in the Middle East would have bought them….
I do not need to listen to your opinion do I?
The exhaust on my 21 Sierra Denali with the 5.3 sounds exactly the same. I’ve had a number of people ask me if I’d changed the exhaust, but I haven’t.
I too have suffered the GM V8 lifter failure. It happened in the middle of nowhere South Carolina on my way from NJ to Florida. The little rural dealer I had it towed to had all the parts needed to fix it in stock, because they get so many of them in. Three days later when I picked mine up they had a Silverado in with the same problem. A couple weeks after returning home I stopped at the dealer I bought my truck from, and he had both a 5.3 and a 6.2 in with the same issue. GM claims it’s only a small percentage of V8’s that have the problem, by I think it still works out to something like 20K a year. Luckily I still had about 3000 miles left on my powertrain warranty when it happened.
Unfortunately all new trucks seem to have engine problems. The Ram’s Hemi also has cam and lifter problems, the F-150’s have been having ongoing issues with the cam phasers in both 3.5’s and 5.0’s and Toyota’s replacing 100,000 engines in the Tundra’s right now.
The guy who cuts my lawn had the cam phasers replaced in his F-150 three times, the last two after it was out of warranty. He was fed up and traded it in on a Hemi Ram, 6 months later (and still under warranty) the Hemi had a lifter failure.
20K A YEAR? OUT of how many trucks they produced? Still not a big deal of failure rate.
If your 2021 had a bad batch, it would make sense.