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I've had my Tahoe for a year and recently when I used the washer fluid in the front I noticed that an extra stream was coming out near the base of the arm. The fluid hose had a little cut in it from rubbing against the air dam when the wipers were on. I told the dealer I need a new hose, but they said they had to replace the arm. I had the arm replaced and it's completely different. It looks huge. It sticks out more and is a higher up because of the way it curves. They said that the replacement part for the original arm was changed for this new style. The new tahoes on the lot did not have this new arm. I don't like it, but they say they don't have the original style. I'm having the other arm replaced to match because it looks really bad. I'm surprised the idiot who put it in didn't notice the huge difference. Should I go to another dealer and see if they have one in stock to compare?
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Replying to: jjmjgnx (May 26, 2007 5:44 pm)
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Replying to: 73shark (May 26, 2007 7:19 pm) Actually I looked at a closeup picture of the 2008 models and they have this wiper arm. So, I guess there using what they have for the rest of the '07's, but the '08's get the new one. I still don't like it. Not sure how to get an old arm.
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Replying to: csprick (May 18, 2007 10:19 am) Also, I discussed this on this forum just under a year ago and we discoverd that tahoes with higher axle ratios tend to get better mileage. I have the lowest ratio of 3.43.. There were some pretty good results reported by tahoes with ratio of over 4. Also, we found that, while driving on a flat road, and setting cruise control at a speed ranging from 35mph to 50 mph while having tow mode active, the motor operated in v4 constantly. Kinda cool!!
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Replying to: jjmjgnx (May 27, 2007 6:05 am)
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Replying to: nosbor77 (May 27, 2007 1:41 pm) |
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Replying to: gfraigun (May 29, 2007 10:58 am) http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/FVDP/Preview/styleId=100837129
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Replying to: dallgower (May 29, 2007 11:26 am) 
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Replying to: nosbor77 (May 27, 2007 1:41 pm)  Have ~6500 mi. Mobil 1 gave me about 1 mpg when I switched.
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Replying to: nosbor77 (May 27, 2007 1:41 pm) ____________________________________________________________ When your vehicle is in the tow mode you have in effect lowered the gear ratio from 3.43 to probably somewhere near 4.0...(raising the number is actually lowering the gear ratio) These engines seem to want to stay in the v4 mode when the lower ratios are used and that helps to get better gas mileage. |
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