Ya ever see this warning on your GM truck? LOL

[lakemadness]

I had to transport some equipment and rented a tilt deck trailer. Didn’t realize how heavy the trailer was. Equipment was 5,800. Trailer was 3,300. lol oops. Limit of a 2023 Denali is 8,200 I think. Towed like a champ.
Ok towing police go ahead…

 

[4Waters]

Should have gotten an F150

 

[lakemadness]

Should have gotten an F150

I have an f150. It’s lowered though and I didn’t want to ride on the bump stops for a few hundred miles…

 

[DarkHorseRacing]

I had to transport some equipment and rented a tilt deck trailer. Didn’t realize how heavy the trailer was. Equipment was 5,800. Trailer was 3,300. lol oops. Limit of a 2023 Denali is 8,200 I think. Towed like a champ.
Ok towing police go ahead…

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That’s interesting that it shows that. Makes me feel a little better towing a heavy 30foot boat with ‘21 Yukon Denali as I’ve never seen that message on it despite wondering if it was too much for the vehicle.

Yeah I could go find scales and weigh it out but haven’t done that yet.

 

[lakemadness]

That’s interesting that it shows that. Makes me feel a little better towing a heavy 30foot boat with ‘21 Yukon Denali as I’ve never seen that message on it despite wondering if it was too much for the vehicle.

Yeah I could go find scales and weigh it out but haven’t done that yet.

We had 2021 before this 2023. The 21 didn’t have this feature. But it also didn’t have a factory break controller. This 23 does have a factory break controller so maybe it has tow package that included the weight sensor. Who knows.

 

[Just Ducky]

We had 2021 before this 2023. The 21 didn’t have this feature. But it also didn’t have a factory break controller. This 23 does have a factory break controller so maybe it has tow package that included the weight sensor. Who knows.

Just do like the Ford F-150 guys do. Put a piece of electrical tape over it! Jk

 

[OC Mike]

I had to transport some equipment and rented a tilt deck trailer. Didn’t realize how heavy the trailer was. Equipment was 5,800. Trailer was 3,300. lol oops. Limit of a 2023 Denali is 8,200 I think. Towed like a champ.
Ok towing police go ahead…

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Haven’t seen it on any vehicle. As nice as some of these new features are, I’m sure they can be used against Us at some point.
Sign of the times…

 

[C_J_J_C]

Haven’t seen it on any vehicle. As nice as some of these new features are, I’m sure they can be used against Us at some point.
Sign of the times…

I hate all the new technology in cars. My fist though was if someone got in a bad accident would the little black box make it criminal

 

[Taboma]

I hate all the new technology in cars. My fist though was if someone got in a bad accident would the little black box make it criminal

Or as a reason to deny a warranty claim that could be blamed on exceeding the vehicles rated towing capacity ? I don't know what kind of information would be stored and accessible to the authorities or GM ??
I think Ford offers something similar now with it's Max Tow package.

 

[SOCALCRICKETT]

As much as I hate big brother features, this one I like.

Yesterday I saw a guy pulling 2 can ams on a deck over trailer with a jeep gladiator on 37s.


I'm sure he had no problem getting the load moving, it was the stopping and crazy sag that had me concerned

 

[Blackmagic94]

It’s measuring psi on suspension


So it’s more tongue weight then trailer weight. Moving the payload over the axles more can drop tongue weight substantially

 

[yz450mm]

"So, the GCW Alert, which is new to this model year, can now take the torque and the acceleration and determine where we’re at from a GCW Alert aspect and sends it back to determine if it’s a concern or not.” GM HD truck engineers told MC&T, while also elaborating how the technology differed from a payload scale, which is something that can be found on select Ford trucks.

It’s all through algorithms within those two different variables. So it’s not like a scale. It can feel (the weight) based on the shift pattern and algorithms. It’s a different way of looking at it.”

Unlike a payload scale, the GCW Alert only works when the vehicle is in motion as “the truck needs to learn what it’s pulling, and then it can report our algorithm based off that,” engineers told us. It’s a pretty interesting system and one that could prove quite helpful, giving drivers more information at their disposal that they didn’t have before.

 

[ka0tyk]

"So, the GCW Alert, which is new to this model year, can now take the torque and the acceleration and determine where we’re at from a GCW Alert aspect and sends it back to determine if it’s a concern or not.” GM HD truck engineers told MC&T, while also elaborating how the technology differed from a payload scale, which is something that can be found on select Ford trucks.

It’s all through algorithms within those two different variables. So it’s not like a scale. It can feel (the weight) based on the shift pattern and algorithms. It’s a different way of looking at it.”

Unlike a payload scale, the GCW Alert only works when the vehicle is in motion as “the truck needs to learn what it’s pulling, and then it can report our algorithm based off that,” engineers told us. It’s a pretty interesting system and one that could prove quite helpful, giving drivers more information at their disposal that they didn’t have before.

Sounds like a way for the computer to find out you’re doing something dumb and then deny a warranty claim on transmission. The f150 scale with the suspension and ride height sounds like a good thing. This? Ehh.

 

[MeCasa16]

Sounds like a way for the computer to find out you’re doing something dumb and then deny a warranty claim on transmission. The f150 scale with the suspension and ride height sounds like a good thing. This? Ehh.

This was my thought. What a great tool to deny warranty work. In the future we will need to run a scan on used vehicles to see what kind of limits have been exceeded to know if warranties and insurance will cover issues..

 

[TonyFanelli]

Another way to pass the buck...$$$crew you American peasant! You will pay to drive our overpriced product!

 

[TimeBandit]

quote:
"So, the GCW Alert, which is new to this model year, can now take the torque and the acceleration and determine where we’re at from a GCW Alert aspect and sends it back to determine if it’s a concern or not.”


Where exactly does the vehicle "send" the information? New Honda's talk to the mothership whenever they are at the dealer over wi-fi, I'm not sure when else.

If the vehicle has built in 4g/5g in the infotainment system it most likely "talks" to GM.


Yep, from 2023 Denali website:

• Includes 3 years of connectivity to support functionality, after which a Connected Services† plan must be purchased

 

[HNL2LHC]

Never saw that warning. Good to know if there one in the future.