Anyone experienced this? I found two cracks about 4" forward of the tailgate about 6" in from the sides. The picture is the Passenger side with the Driver side crack about an 1" long, but in the same...
To resolve this issue, Chevy stepped up to the plate and fixed my truck! Here are pics of the completed project that look to me to be a good fix, but time will tell. Kudos to my local dealer, Steves in Chowchilla, Ca., for going to bat for me and getting this done.
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They reinforced the underside with a steel plate welded to the bed crossmember (coated with Linex) that is about 4"x4".