Three recalls and the second-lowest complaint count in the band — but two free GM programmes you have to ask for by name.

Customer Satisfaction Program N182190820 covers 2018 and 2019 trucks whose power-steering belt can slip from tooth wear or a poor fit against the gear teeth. GM warns that power steering assist may be reduced or lost intermittently if the early warning signs are ignored, and lists those signs as a "Steering Assist is Reduced" message, audible clicking or squealing, or a change in steering effort. Dealers replace the steering gear assembly at no charge. Ask whether it was done, and listen at low-speed lock for a click or squeal.

The transmission leads this year's complaint file. Owners describe shudder at cruise, hesitation, thumping shifts and eventual failure, and there is no recall or special coverage behind any of it on a 2019. A shop inspecting a high-mileage example priced a rebuilt unit at $3,000 to $3,500 and $4,000 to $5,000 installed, with the four-wheel-drive job costing more because the transfer case and both driveshafts have to come out. The same shop's blunter point is worth repeating: most owners never think to service a transmission, and the fluid it pulled at 200,000 miles was black with metal glitter in it. Ask for records.

AFM — Active Fuel Management, the system that shuts off cylinders under light load to save fuel — uses collapsible lifters that stick or collapse, and a failed lifter destroys the camshaft. The fix becomes lifters plus a cam, several thousand dollars, and no recall covers it. A mechanic who tears these engines down puts failure in roughly 3 to 5 percent of them, anywhere from 30,000 to 100,000 miles, and warns that replacing only some lifters with the same part means it can recur. Cold-start it, listen for a tick or tap before it warms, and check for stored misfire codes.

Recall 18V673 carries over from 2018 and covers second- and third-row belt retractors that may not lock when the belt is pulled fully out — the mechanism that secures a child seat with the seat belt rather than the lower anchors. Dealers inspect and replace the retractors free. Verify by VIN and then test it yourself: pull each rear belt all the way out and confirm it ratchets and locks.