Inside US Best Mega Factory Producing the Massive GMC Sierra - Production Line
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2022
- Welcome back to the FRAME Channel for a feature on the Production line of the GMC Sierra. Check out how these modern pickup trucks are made in the Fort Wayne Assembly Center in the United States.
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I see a few people hating on GM trucks but yet you're here watching the video. I own a 2015 GMC Sierra built in Fort Wayne plant and it is great still to this day. Thanks for the great work guys and gals.
I am a ford guy because my dad was. but I do like GMC. I think they look better than the silverado's . I bought a fl150 in 2021 but i did almost buy a at4 1500. I was on the fence I ended up getting fords rapid red which is very similar to GMC's cayenne red tintcoat. but i really do like the sierra. i am just here watcing a cool vid no hate
I don’t care what the company is, it’s always fascinating to watch the whole process, even when you see it every day like me.
Inferiority complex!
I’m a Ford guy, but great to see American made trucks
No one is hating. It's just facts that American cars are usually on the top charts when it comes to recalls. And GM is the #1 in a decade span. And GM had so many lawsuits than any other
And just because your vehicle has no problem don't justify it's built well. Maybe you just got lucky. At the end of the day quality control is never a priority for American cars. Its all about money(American greed).
Amazing process how they're built now but I couldn't work on an assembly line doing a mundane task all day. Hats off to everyone that does that job.
Try working at a slaughterhouse trimming meat in a cooler all day. This job is luxurious by comparison.
Thumbs up to the workers that take pride in their work - Vehicle manufacturing is important to the American economy.
It’s not as bad as it seems as long as you don’t have a team full of jerks.
And get a desk job? Exhilarating…
My father is retired from GM. I worked in the Lake Orion plant for a summer after high school. You have never in your life ever encountered a more spoiled, entitled, lazy bunch of people in my entire life ever since. Just being honest. we had a guy show up drunk every single day to drive a fork lift and no supervisors would say shit to him because it just meant union hassles. It was an endless list of laziness that I've never seen before in my 30 years since. If a supervisor asked ANYONE to do something the standard answer was "Go fuck yourself its not my job". After that summer I had a whole new outlook on "hard working autoworkers". I helped a guy catch up one time that was behind on his job and literally i though i was going to get beat up by other workers because "Thats not your job". It was the craziest shit I'd ever seen. Ive got 100 stories from that summer. We wont even begin with the massive amount of drinking and drug use on the job.
@@gearjammergamer8560 Toured the Corvette Factory in Bowling Green a few years back. *Everythig* is done to precision timing. Any slacker along the line stops the entire train. I'd never be able to tolerate that kind of work, but salute those that do. The unions have management teams in every division by the gonads. There was a plethora of cameras throughout the assembly lines too. Nobody goes untoticed. A balancing act between workers and management for sure.
I have a 2022 GMC Denali truck and watching this video you’d have to have pride building these… Thanks GM
A friend I know bought one recently. His truck was built in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
I have a 2020 Sierra, thank you GM for building me an amazing vehicle!
You ever think about the innocent people of Flint, Michigan that GM helped POISON to make your wittle twuck?
You know GM also was in bed with the Nazis during WWII? They profited off supplying the Axis and Allies - GM won't hesitate to betray the USA for a buck.
@@USMCCombatVet4TastyCrayons lol WGAF 🤣🤣🤣
I love GMC trucks. My dad had one from the seventies or eighties & it had manual transmission
just took a drive down memory lane and came up with a list of GMC/Chevy pickups that I have either owned or leased for both work and pleasure, Had a 66, 70, 76, 81, 89 (2 of them), 94, 96, 2000, 04, 07 and a 14. All were good trucks, some better than others, Thinking the 04 and the 14 were best of the bunch. Still have the 14 with 150,000 km on it (retired and dont drive near as much anymore) Oh yeah, had 2 Fords in there as well, Never a Dodge, or Toyota. Thank you GM plant workers.
I picked up a brand new 2020 GMC Elevation 4WD in MIchigan as I was buying a trailer in St. Johns to bring home a 1998 Oldsmobile Aurora from Ionia. What a great vacation from the MidWest to California! My next truck will be a GMC and always the Elevation model.
My 2006 GMC Sierra Hybrid was built in this plant. Thank you. It has 153k and is still maintaining 21mpg, unless it is powering a job site with its on board power plant, and its start/stop engine.
I only purchased one new vehicle in my life, it was a 1976 Chev. Cheyenne 1/2 ton. I personally put 380,000 miles on that truck & never had a valve cover off that 350 in the 21 years I owned it and it still ran & looked good when I finally sold it.
I started at a GM plant in 1969. No robots then. I was in a pit with Cadillacs passing over my head and would screw in gas tanks. It was hot. The wall behind me was brightly lit up as was wall on other side. Noisy like you can’t believe. Everyone rode around the plant on bicycles depending on your job that day.
I love your story you came along ways. Did you ever thought you would see robots taken over like this?
@@TryRickPayton never of course. The auto workers today look like they don’t break a sweat. Another thing that was lousy even though it was quitting time if the line kept moving you had to stay till it stopped, and it happened every day. Good luck Rick!
What was it like working for a company that gained some of its prosperity from betraying allied nations and the war effort by selling to the enemy to make a quick buck?
Were you still working at GM plants when GM sold out Flint, Michigan residents?
GM, un-American since 1939.
@@USMCCombatVet4TastyCrayons I had just graduated high school. Went there to fill out application on a Thursday went for a physical the next day and started on a Monday. It was just a job and no I never met Roger Smith.
@Count Alucard I didn't actually assume you were part of the GM treason, it was just another opportune moment to put some facts out into the social media universe. Honestly, I am sure that back in your day, most Americans didn't have a clue what was going on in their own local businesses, let alone the treason of a corporate monster like GM.
My mother worked at GMC Truck and Coach in Pontiac from WW II till the late 1970s painting buses. During the war that plant produced ducks (landing craft).It was very different. My Uncle and brother worked presses in sheet metal making hoods and fenders etc. It was very loud and very fast. The line never stopped. Pontiac Motors, Fisher Body, and Truck and Coach are all long gone.
A shame isn't it.. saddening..
When I did OTR trucking I delivered the tires for these trucks from the Bridgestone plant in Augusta GA 5 times and once from the Bridgestone plant in NC. All going back to my home state Indiana 🙂
In 1980 I toured the GM plant in Janesville, WI and that was cool, but this is just light yrs ahead of anything I saw there...
My 2021 Silverado LT was built/assembled here. Awesome truck! Extremely happy with it. Zero problems.
2020 Silverado RST built in Fort Wayne. Still love the truck 36k and counting.
I spent many years there in the paint shop. Great People and a great product!!!!!
Awesome! My 22 at4 was built here and it’s been excellent
My dad has a 07 Yukon XL and has never had any major issue with it mechanically, just your usual battery changes, light bulbs oil etc. he just picked up a 22 Sierra Denali hoping it doesn’t give him any issues because it’s a damn beautiful truck. Me personally I own a 15 Tacoma but that thing is built to last. But GMC so far has been great
I just got a 22 GMC Denali 3.0 Diesel engine great trucks!
I have a 2006 silverado , fantastic truck so reliable
My 2009 Chevrolet Silverado has almost 400,000 miles. No problems at all.
I have a Silverado and absolutely love it!!! I think my next one will be a GMC...
You would get another GMC?
Even if you know that they betrayed the Allies and the United States by selling to the to both Axis and Allied nations?
Even if you know that GM sold out the innocent U.S. civilians of Flint, Michigan? After all, they KNEW about the toxic water and kept quiet - in exchange for special favors and incentives to keep their plant operating in the region (like a custom treatment system to treat the poisoned water before it was used on their materials).
My GMC is the LAST GM I will ever own and most of its parts aren't even GM anyway. Besides, as an experienced mech/tech with a degree in Automotive Technologies, I can say without hesitation that while loyalists and low-standard muricans may like newer GM trucks (most newer trucks aren't going to be problematic), but they are hardly well made or "quality" vehicles.
He'll, even the once disgraced Dodge Ram has caught up to GM in build quality at this point- and both STILL languish behind Toyota in overall reliability and quality of materials/assembly.
Anyway, enjoy your hitlermobiles.
I own a 2015 GMC Sierra built in Fort Wayne plant and it is great still to this day. Thanks for the great work guys and gals.
¿Son hermosas las fábricas ubicadas en Texas ؟
I still own and drive my 1956, 1977, 2005 and 2021 Chevrolet trucks and enjoy everyone of them.
My plan is to buy a new Sierra in 2 years can’t wait to see what new goodies will be in it
Thank you gm for having 100000 mile warranty replacing 3 engine at no cost was great thanks again.
Great warranty. But why did you needed 3 new engines? Sounds like the engine department was drunk assembling them. The best warranty is none you never had to use.
If I had 3 new engines I’d be selling that lemon
My 2016 Silverado was built here...best vehicle I ever owned ! Rides great with only having to replace brakes,tires, and 1 O2 sensor with 77, 000 miles
I am almost 100,000 miles strong with my 2016 1500. Range AFM to deactivate the system.
My '16 LTZ 4X4 6.2 has 90K miles. Also a Fort Wayne truck. Fantastic truck; has everything I will ever need. $46K OTD. Beautiful styling. Hard to replace it with a $70K truck.
2014 silverado double cab 180k miles only thing that went wrong was the thermostat transmission still dynos same numbers as new maintenance schedule is key
O2 sensor at 77k. My Honda hasn't been replaced with over 150k miles
@@abrahamreyes3340 I have a 2014 gmc Sierra with 186,000 miles & it’s been solid & it’s paid for! 👍🏼
GMC Super Heavy Trucks, i love it. greetings from Germany
I was in Deutschland in September-October of 2019 and did not see many pick-up trucks in that beautiful country. Not like you do here in the United States.
Simply AMAZING!
Just got the 22 refresh AT4 Sierra with the 3.0 duramax and it’s hands down the best all around truck I’ve ever had!
I'm thinking about the 3.0 Duramax or the 6.4 , Not overly concerned about gas mileage , But if you don't mind me asking how many miles you have on the diesel and have you had any issues with it ? I've heard a few people have problems with them but I would Really like a Duramax Diesel. Duramax
@@affordableroofingpaving1336 i’ve only put 1000 miles on it with no problems
@@chriscraft6327 I have the 22 refreshed AT4 3.0 Duramax as well and just hit 2500mi. I will never again in my life own something as awesome as this beast. The fit and finish is second to none 👌🏼
@@diversitycandle5708 I agree 1000%
@@affordableroofingpaving1336 In August got my GMC 1500 3.0 and put over 4K on it. No mechanical issues. The infotainment system freezes sometimes. The Check Engine light will come on while in Regen about every 400-600 miles. I’ve seen no reduction in MPG or performance during Regen. The 3.0 gives LOTS of power and my MPG is in the 30’s. I really love this truck!
Both of my last 2 trucks came out of Fort Payne.
A 1993, and a 2009.
Over 700,000 combined miles on the both of them, and still running.
Thank God, I will buy some for myself
My home town of Fort Wayne IN!!!
Look at all that incredible engineering
Hats off to the Japanese robots.
@@truthadvocacy 😅😂🤣
amazing process.... much respect to all the employees
Hats off to Japanese robots, not dumb employees.
@@truthadvocacy relentless 😅🤣🤣
I’ve been in a business situation where I’ve had to drive dodge trucks for the past 42 years. I’m finally going to get to drive a gmc again because of retirement. I’m so damn happy I could spit lug nuts. Lol
I had a 1992 Chevy Blazer which was a POS. I had a two page list of problems after the first year. Fast forward to last year. I bought a 2021 GMC Sierra 1500. One year later and I have not had a single issue! GM should win an award for most improved.
It seems suto manufacturers cracked the whip in the late 90s and saw results innthe mids 2000s. New robotics do the same thing exactly the same everytime with. O lunch breaks or hangovers or worker sabotage. Parts are much more exact so they fit right. Quality control techniques were imposed with statistical analysis to ensure a certain minimum of compliance.
Come back at 10 years.
This is so cool! Ordering my 2023 Denali soon
So this is where my truck was born !
I work on the engine assembly line for Honda in Alabama. The GM people seem to have a much more laid back atmosphere than we do. For us it's, push. push. push! get those engines out! More, More, More! faster ! faster!
Honda productivity policy.
I've got a 2014 silverado with 275000 Miles. The best, most comfortable and reliable ride I've ever seen
I have a 2014 Silverado which my son drives now, and it's the quietest vehicle i've ever purchased.
production has changed since 1990s .saw them making gm vehicles in Elmsford new york .plant now demolished . i just keep wondering how robots are going to buy the vehicles they make .once looked at a gm plant and most of the employees vehicle's where foreign .at to days cost and repairs of todays vehicle's one must go into a mortgage or run a business to pay for one never mind the taxes due. thanks for the video ,nice to see the up dates .
Just got my new Trail Boss and this is cool to see how it was made
Nice trucks and factory, thanks
Oshawa Truck Assembly 🇨🇦 in a small portion of near 8 million sq.ft. overall Plant facility is no slouch for Build Quality and customer satisfaction too 👍
Top quality builds from that plant.
My 2014 Silverado was made here. Seems I'm in the minority with a 4.3 v6, but it has yet to have it's first issue. Solid vehicle !
I have it's brother in the 2014 Sierra with 4.3. The only thing better would be a new version of the same truck. Love it.
It's hard to beat the ol 4.3 V6. You've got the newer 4 valve version of the engine. I've got a 2004 S10 with the L35 in it. Thing is more powerful than people give it credit for, and I'd be willing to say the Gen V engines only increase the capability of what the engine could do.
@@AirborneRenegade I'm not sure they have 4 valves, but I do know the block/heads are aluminum. I like the engine......and truck !
Same here with a 2015 V6 Silverado. No issues by far after a life of hauling and towing. Great truck👌🏼
Your GM may have been made here, but it has the blood of poisoned Flint, Michigan Americans AND the treasonous legacy of a greedy company that sold out the Allies by aiding the Axis forces in WWII. Profiting off selling to both sides.
I Just love Amerika, and everything you do over there. My biggest wish is to move the States, but a mounth vacation will do for now. No-one makes cars, trucks and bikes like the US. US = ❤️❤️❤️
Chinese m0r0n.
It looked like the inline engine may have been a Duramax? Nice video!
2.7 turbo gasser I4 engine
Most beautiful trucks in the world thanks GM
bought a new 2003 Silverado white work truck 4/4 added cruse and a hitch ....best truck ever had and still drive it 100,000 plus , lot of rust though that's Iowa for ya! and it has it's things ....but would drive it any ware
The Silverado 1500 is also built in Oshawa Ontario Canada. With most of production being shipped to the US and Mexico market. I'd buy one if I could afford it.
Fascinating video!!!!! Thank you for sharing this.
Realy I like this factory so much
I was looking for a specific process where they install fasteners that you have to take half the vehicle apart to remove but it seemed to be in all the assembly scenes.
I love my 2022 Denali 2500HD Ultimate with Duramax and Allison. Waiting on my chips for the heated back seats and the backup sensors. Everything else works.
My 2016 Sierra has 165k miles and going strong
2016 GMC2500 dirty maxx best truck I’ve ever owned hands down
At 09.00 The Ferrari badge on his trousers😂😂
@4:28 how many missed the gas door on top of the bed rail? I was aware they mount the tailgate upside down during building process, but never thought about the gas door.
I had four GM trucks that were built at Fort Wayne and all of the vehicles were excellent quality. It is no big secret that GM’s best built trucks come that factory.
Oshawa,Ontario takes that award, sorry...
Oshawa was always GM’s best plant, which is why they opened it up again after foolishly shutting it down.
My 2013 2500HD is still running fine. O2 sensors on exhaust has to all be replaced but that is all. Rear fenders are starting to show rust from the inside now.
Hava a 2012 4x4 purchased new. Best truck I've ever owned. Have a 23 ordered. My son gets the 12. Expect him to get another trouble free 10 yrs. Or more. I put 115k miles on it w only replacing ft brakes and oil changes.
Amazing 🤩
For 3rd world viewers.
Got a new 2022 Chevrolet Colorado on the way, it was built on October 18, 2022. Love my 2019 Colorado, but time to upgrade.
What a process. I recently test drove a 2020 Sierra 1500 Denali with the 6.2L engine. VERY nice.
this is so interesting
Super 👏👏👏👏👏👏Excellent 👍Beutiful
It would be nice if when you bought a truck you had the option of ordering a video that followed your truck through the different stages of assembly!
Oh snap! That is so funny I was thinking the same thing a video would be cool! Whats another $1k when your spending $75k for a truck😂
Do they still offer that for the Corvette where you get to watch it being built and help on some things? I'm sure it's an expensive experience, but I'm sure it's amazing to see.
As far as I know they still offer that for the Corvette
My 2011 silverado was built here on a good day I'd say only maintenance with original AFM lifters sitting currently with 226k miles she's rusty but trusty
É lindo demais cara tem uma vaga aí pra mim
That was cool
awesome
Wow so butiful
I ordered a new 3500HD GMC Sierra March 2022. Just recently, GM cancelled my order. They had $52,500 up front as a trade, for over 6 months. Returned my money, but no compensation. Thanks a lot, General Motors, for letting me down. I wanted this truck so bad. I will no longer give referrals as an employee.
I do have a Denali 6.2L... no regrets!!!!
The Chevy plants, as well as the Ford plants, in the 60's and 70's were filled with laughter, happy faces! They were like being with family...Now it's sad to see humans as an after thought, in the manufacturing process, A field of machines instead of joking and laughing humans....I love my Cat Eye Chevy, It still has some soul to it...
Mistakes happen with those laughter and happy faces. When deviation is high and waste is abundant, companies have to cut costs on safety to stay profitable. I'm sure you enjoy your Chevy Vega and Ford Pinto. Advanced robotic manufacturing is the future, and the laughter and happy faces are taking place inside engineering lounges and programming cafes.
@@clearcut6818 You're just anti human...Sad..:(
Most of the robots are in body and paint shop. The jobs they do would be brutal on humans these days. What welder is going to want to sit on a production line doing spot welds all day? What painter would want to sit in a booth painting cars all day at a rate that's needed for the demand of vehicles being ordered? It's just no practical having humans doing some of these jobs anymore. We are making 600 units per shift in the plant I work in. Robots create skilled trades jobs too that pay very good. The more robots, the more skilled trades. Plenty of jobs are still human jobs in final where a human touch is needed.
@@219jello You're right about those task but; assembly is done by robots too.... I know the Quality and quantity arguments... I just see it as Cold and sterile, the downfall and replacement of the common man...Robots are already building other robots...Careful what you wish for. The primary reason is we have been decimated as a society, murdered enmasse through, air, food, water and medicine...
@@godbluffvdgg robots can't repair other robots in the field. They would have to walk in with a toolbox over dozens of hazards. We don't use any robots in final, all done with humans. We have a horrible attendance track record at our plant. FMLA is abused too. Humans do it to themselves
I spent 31 years between corvette in stlouis pick ups in stlouis and cars in wentzville it gets very tiring doing same thing all day but things are changing from what I understand
Nice SUV.
I Bet this is a Great Place to Work!!
And die at 50 of chemical poisoning.
Are they pre-rusting the frames? Just scrapped a 2010 Silverado because of rust issues!
Yes I like the trucks
Visual computers can do manual quality checks to indicate bad spots and then show the workers where the imperfections are.
Just wish I could afford what was being built. My 07 must have missed the rust proof part.
I feel like my 2019 sierra is better than older ones when it comes to rust on the cab and box, but I don’t believe the frames have improved much
I still don't know why they don't use more Aluminum body parts. So many trucks die due to the salt.
Is this a video about GMC production or an advertisement for Fanuc Robots?
روووعه❤
Красота 👍👍👍👍👍🛻
I gotta a 2014 chevrolet silverado with all wheel drive with traction control smooth on the steering with great gas mileage
My 2019 GMC Sierra 1500 SLT has cool features like a rear window leak in any car wash and the dashboard will light up with engine and ABS errors when the upper computer modules and fuses rattle loose from road bumps. Thanks GM?! I'll never own another vehicle quite like this...
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11:15….Denali, love it. Whites the shiznit.
GM the greatest manufacturer in the world......💯💯💯💯
Tell that to the people in Flint and Pontiac
Hey people in Flint and Pontiac! GM is the greatest manufacturer in the world! Howz that,? 🙂
@@h8troodoh it was a lot better before they left. Ghost town now
yeah, that's why they CLOSED 5 factorys in North america..and VW runs the largest car factory in North America Puebla Mexico, and the world's largest in Wolfsburg germany..and sell almost 10 million vehicles a year, only toyota and VW are in the same league, GM Ford all others follow. VW is building anotehr $2 BILLION factory in SC..to make it's EV Scout SUV, from it's Navistar truck div. Yes VW owns International Harvester, MAN and Scannia trucks, GM doesn't make trucks, either
biggest truck maker in the world is.Daimler Benz
I just bought a 2023 GMC Sierra 2500 hd AT4 the salesman told me the same thing about the aluminum on the hood, doors. I checked it with a magnet, all steel, no aluminum. BTW, I freaking love this truck!
Wish I could get one
Nice now hurry the hell up with my 2024 dually 😂
Its America , its what we do 👍 !!!
Around 1:30 what is the "music" in the background?
@7:16, Video incorrectly states that there is only the 2.7L Turbo and 5.3L gas engines available for the 1500. There is also the 3.0L Duramax diesel.
And 6.2L V8
I work for toyota raised up Gm family especially chevy my heart shaped like bowtie
Thanks, Been drivin GMs for decades. Nothing like that New truck smell. Ok $70k these days.
Even reading $70k for a truck, made it feel like something was caught in my throat.
In 2016 I bought a fully loaded GMC Sierra SLT as I'm a gms customer for 10 months it was in the shop had GM getting frustrated with 3 local dealers telling GM it definitely has a major problem but they couldn't figure it out, this truck was our first to become a fleet purchase for our expanding company. At the end we video recorded dealerships parking the truck in the back and never working on it when we showed them drone footage of this with recorded footage of interior of this truck being parked and no work done to it, we were told not to return to those dealerships. My family works for GM and they couldn't believe it but we're pissed. So we started buying Ford f250 trucks at the price of the 1500 GMC we never looked back. We don't even look at GM products anymore and have a fleet purchase program with Ford to replace every 4 years or less. Btw I was a GM fan was
Cool story bro
i have 2014 lt would like to know if i ordered a replacement engine what would it cost . streight for the source .
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