i feel much better now i thought i was the only 1 with no light

 

OK, I'm out. This is such a non issue that I've lost IQ points by simply posting in it. I'm going to stick to responding to threads started by people with LEGITIMATE complaints.

 

I just love how when someone brings up a feature on other truck brands people say, "Bah, who needs that anyways." When someone brings up a feature their truck has, they proclaim it to be genious.

 

Seeing how the quality of the GM makes they need such a light. So the poor chevy guy can see what broke down and left him on the side of the road in the dark.

 

With or with out it its useless, that light even if you do have it doesnt light up everything so its pointless!!!!!!!

 

Actually the '89 Chevy my father had which did a lot of towing and off-roading was passed on to me, then my uncle, then my cousin and was finally retired last year with just shy of 300,000 miles on it. I didn't like that truck much, but we damn sure got our money out of it. The trans. had a problem at about 30K that the dealer couldn't fix so they just replaced it. Yes, even the "glass" 700R-4 was never a problem again for the next 270K. Other than an idler arm every 70K or so, the occasional brake job, exhaust, tires, TPS, O2 sensors, etc. it was a trouble-free truck.

Even when it was junked it still ran fine...just a puff of blue smoke when first fired up. The body rot had finally won out and made it not worth fixing, and then rotted brake lines popped pinholes, etc. True, many of these trucks didn't see 100K, but the same can be said for Fords and Dodges of the same vintage. I've owned them all, and they're all the same overall.

 

The main reason I don't carry a flashlight in my truck is there is no room. On my 2006 XL it doesn't have a console and the glove box is so small you couldn't carry a pack of gum in it. As big as the dash is you would think the glove box would be a little larger, I like a glove box big enough to lug a picnic ham in. I guess I could have a flashlight rolling all over the floor behind the seat. But I agree, An under the hood light would be nice. The one on my 84 F150 had a retractable wire and magnet and was damn handy one night when I had a flat tire.