Fuel Injectors at 39,500 Miles?!

[Black Mountain Industries]

You read that right. My 2017 5.3 Silverado that I've owned since June 2017, not even two years, needs 3 fuel injectors. Of course, as luck would have it this is just 3k miles outside of the bumper to bumper warranty. The dealer quoted $1,800 to change out all 4 in the bank... Has anyone else had this happen in such a short period of time? I've routinely put fuel injector cleaner in the fuel tank after each oil change. It's just frustrating after spending so much coin on a truck and having to go through repairs this early in its life.

 

[PA4476]

I'm sure the 2017 has different injectors than my 99 or 03 5.3's. But I have 324,000 on the 99 and 245,000 on the 03. Never used any kind of injector cleaner, and run the lowest octane gas. Never had an inj problem.

 

[Moondog1]

$1,800 to change out four fuel injectors?!?!?

 

[bigt61]

I’ll be the first to say,it’s a Chevy what do you expect? Their quality is definetly not what it used to be,and neither is their customer service.

I’ve driven plenty of 90’s Chevys with hundreds of thousands of miles without injector issues,and my current Toyota has 185k with no issues either

I would push back and call Corporate until the issue was resolved to my satisfaction

 

[Black Mountain Industries]

$1,800 to change out four fuel injectors?!?!?

I'm livid... I called around and other shops quoted $1,200-$1,600.

 

[Black Mountain Industries]

I’ll be the first to say,it’s a Chevy what do you expect? Their quality is definetly not what it used to be,and neither is their customer service.

I’ve driven plenty of 90’s Chevys with hundreds of thousands of miles without injector issues,and my current Toyota has 185k with no issues either

I would push back and call Corporate until the issue was resolved to my satisfaction

I owned a Tacoma for 6 years and never had an issue with it. Considering shopping around for another.

 

[Rambler]

That is the first year for the direct injection engine in the trucks. The injectors are in the cylinder head, not the intake manifold. Several makers are having issues with the direct injected gas engines.

 

[bigt61]

If it’s a known issue and you are barely out of warranty,Inwoukd call corporate and raise hell until it got resolved.

 

[Trailrider]

Something's isn't right about that. They shouldn't fail at that mileage. Especially 4 at one time. But then again I had a F150 with the 3.5 Ecoboost have two major expensive issues with under 90k miles on it. They use direct injection too. Got rid of it for a 5.0 V8.

 

[RIDDLE]

How does this not fall under the powertrain warranty?