92 complaints and a single recall, but a third of the recent file is one thing: a Shift to Park message on a model year GM's thirteen bulletins about it never reached. One owner was quoted $800 with no coverage.

The 9T65 nine-speed automatic behaves here as it does on every second-generation year, just at lower volume. 'I noticed that the transmission has a shutter really bad before I crossed over a hundred thousand miles. It is gotten so bad that you cannot [drive it comfortably].' 'My transmission started acting up at 77,000 miles. Was struggling to accelerate. Brought in to chevy twice for it, could never locate issue.' 'Vehicle shudders during acceleration, especially between 20 to 40 mph. Chevy dealership recommended transmission flush. Problem persists.' 'The contact stated that while driving in first gear, the vehicle would independently enter limp [mode].' GM's documented answer is a service bulletin covering 2019 to 2024 providing 'a procedure to correct a customer concern of Shudders or Shakes at Low Speeds,' preceded on earlier years by Preliminary Information instructing technicians to 'perform a transmission fluid drain and fill to correct a TCC shudder concern.' TCC is the torque converter clutch, the part that locks the engine directly to the gearbox at speed. Behind all of it is GM's internal 9T65 Automatic Transmission Replacement Pilot Program bulletin, republished with scopes reaching 2024, which is a dealer process document and pays for nothing. No recall covers this. GM also ran a Customer Support Program on 2023 cars for a transmission case that 'leaks fluid due to porosity around a mount bolt hole,' remedied by replacing the case; that programme is written for the following model year, so it does not apply here, but it is worth knowing the case itself has a documented weakness.

The bracket weld on the front exhaust pipe cracks, the bracket separates and a hole opens in the pipe. On this year owners report it on both pipes: 'Both the front AND REAR exhaust pipes are cracked and broken with holes in them where the SINGLE bracket that secures both pipes mounts.' 'Front Manifold has cracked twice, bracket to exhaust system has broken twice.' 'I just purchased the vehicle. There was an open recall that was never taken care of. I took it to the dealership and the front exhaust pipe [was the problem].' GM's Special Coverage, which names 2022 directly: 'certain vehicles may have a condition that could cause the mounting bracket on the front exhaust pipe to separate from the pipe. If this condition occurs, a hole may develop in the exhaust pipe at the bracket location, and a rattling or increased exhaust noise may be heard. Dealers are to replace the front exhaust pipe as necessary. The repairs will be made at no charge to the customer.' The version of the bulletin filed for 2023 cars states the terms, which are the most generous in this model: 'a period of 15 years or 150,000 miles (240,000 km), whichever occurs first, from the date the vehicle was originally placed in service, regardless of ownership,' plus reimbursement for owners who already paid. A Special Coverage is not a safety recall, and the distinction is not academic: an owner-mechanic on video was refused the free repair because his car had a rebuilt title, and the dealer told him 'GM would not cover the recall since it was not a safety recall.' Out of pocket he was quoted $380 for the dealer to fit the pipe, or $175 for the part alone.

Recall 22V-210 (GM number N212352140) is the only safety campaign on this model year. It covers 2020 to 2022 Chevrolet Traverse and 2021 to 2022 Buick Enclave vehicles, and GM's wording is straightforward: 'the harness connector to the left or right side roof rail air bag may have incompatible electrical terminals, which could prevent the air bags from deploying in a crash.' The consequence, in GM's words, is that 'roof rail air bags that do not deploy as intended increase the risk of injury in a crash.' The remedy is a free connector replacement, and owner letters went out on 29 April 2022. Roof-rail air bags are the curtains that drop down the side windows to protect heads in a side impact or rollover, and on a three-row family SUV they cover all three rows. Confirm this one shows completed by VIN, because a connector fault is invisible: nothing on the dash tells you the air bag will not fire.

Two smaller items. First, front seat belt buckles that intermittently will not latch: 'My front seat belt will not buckle at times, has happened multiple times.' 'My front passenger side seat belt does not buckle sometimes.' There is no recall or GM programme in our data covering this, and it is a two-second check on a test drive that most buyers skip. Second, a large family of Customer Support Programs unique to 2022 and 2023 builds, none of which is a mechanical defect. A Customer Support Program, or CSP, is the industry's quiet coverage for a known issue. Because of the semiconductor shortage, GM built cars with features that did not work and promised to fit them later: heated and ventilated front seats and heated rear seats on cars built from 15 November 2021; seat cushion ventilation blowers from 30 March 2022; the heated steering wheel from 17 November 2021; and park assist from 2 December 2021. GM's own wording is that 'the affected vehicle owners should have been made aware of the condition at sale, and notified that once parts are available' the feature would be installed. Some cars were never brought back. If a 2022 is advertised with heated seats or park assist, use them before you buy, and if they do not work ask the dealer to check the VIN against these programmes rather than assuming a broken switch.