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The GMC Canyon compact pickup truck returned to the market with a new design in 2015 after a two-year hiatus. The Canyon and Sierra are like twins and they have almost the same problems. The older models of Canyons come with electrical and brake issues. The 2015 GMC Canyon was fitted with a dodgy automatic transmission that downshifts roughly.

When the pedal is pressed, hydraulic pressure is built and sent down the line in order to move the clutch and shift gears.

Luckily, though, the job is so easy, a toddler could do it (yet another reason to hire Timmy from down the street). I simply loosened the nut and spun the pushrod by hand. The goal was to adjust it so that, when the pedal was resting on its rubber bumpstop, the pushrod should be just on the edge of its plunge, but not applying any pressure to the system.

" Master cylinder booster. Backed out of drive and went forward. Pushed brakes and the brake pedal went all the way to floor. This happened on a city street with no warning. Took truck to Ford dealer and they replaced master cylinder bypass and bleed system. There is a recall on the -150′s but was informed mine wasn’t covered."

I suspect that is was also for testing purposes before the mandate was implemented. Who better to test the safety systems on than 50,000+ consumer operated vehicles. Toyota probably collected way more data on consumer operated vehicles than on their test tracks and engineering platforms. This way, they can claim to have worked out more “bugs” than competitors vehicles before the mandate is implemented.

This project began before FiTech finalized its fuel tank lineup so this is a larger, stainless steel unit. The current system for the Tri-Five Chevys employs a more affordable stamped steel tank and the FiTech Hyper-Fuel in-tank pump. This particular pump is capable of 340 liters-per-hour, which is more than enough to supply fuel to the big-block.

I will add a reason I and many other people find to be equally important. I LOVE driving and take pride in having honed my skills over many decades. I find things like lane departure warnings, blind spot warnings, front and side cameras to be FAR more distracting than helpful. I almost never use cruise control, even on long trips, because I find it makes me lazier in perceiving the traffic flow and what I might need to adjust for in the flow ahead of me – so I surely do not want adaptive cruise control.

The SCR system is fully serviceable, meaning the catalysts can be removed without the need for new or special tools and easily replaced when needed, Cummins said. Catalyst life is expected to match the engine life to overhaul in an effort to minimize downtime. In addition to the serviceability of the SCR system, the Vanadia-based catalyst is capable of tolerating up to 5000 ppm sulfur fuel, which allows customers to continue to use the same quality fuel they have always used with Cummins products.

Between the videos and the stories shared online, I’ve found a total of seven accounts of Chevrolet Colorado side curtain airbags deploying in moderate off-road conditions. Plus, in the time it took me to type this story, another apparent owner wrote a complaint on the GM-Trucks messaging board about side airbags allegedly deploying during a U-turn.

A. Frequently have little or no desire to hone their driving skills and would rather browse twitterface while operating a vehicle. B. Refuse to acknowledge that inexperienced teens, seniors and/or drivers influenced by foreign substances are more likely to loose control of their vehicle in an emergency situation. C. Do not allow people to learn from their own mistakes by regulating everyday normal decisions at the cost of individual freedom.

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Also, since GM’s proposed e-clutch system only needs a couple of wires to connect the pedal to the slave cylinder, it frees up engineers to play with the position of the clutch in relation to the driver. This could be a significant benefit on a car like, say, the midengined Corvette prototype that’s been seen testing at the Nurburgring.