Air Conditioner problems of the 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

A/c condenser failure: as I live in a climate that experiences snow and below-freezing temperatures more often than 80 degree days, I only us my air conditioning maybe 5 months of the year. I went to use my a/c this summer and realized it was blowing warm air. I did some research and decided to just add more r-134a with dye to troubleshoot the problem. I found using a uv flashlight that the a/c condenser has a pretty large crack in it in the same location as on the chevy suburban's and tahoe's. It is visible through the grill towards the drivers side. As the quote for the job at the dealership is well over $500, I decided to just roll my windows down all summer and replace the a/c condenser myself over the winter. I am currently gathering my parts to do so. Apparently it is a 4-6 hour job, but aside from plowing, school, and work, I should be able to eventually get it done. This is frustrating that a (at the time) 4 year-old vehicle has so many defects that I will eventually have sunk $5k+ into for uncommon repairs on a 100k mile, 4 year-old truck.

Air conditioning compressor had cracked. This is a known problem on these vehicles and gm does nothing about it. Im sure there are thousands of complaints. Truck is 3 years old with 50k miles. Fair to have to pay a $1,000+ for gms neglect? please step in here, a lot of people are getting hurt by this. No recall has been issued and clearly it warrants one. Thank you for your time.

Air conditioning system leaks from compressors and condensers because the system is not able to contain the pressures. Chevrolet has issued technical bulletin due to the large number of incident. Parts are hard to locate due to the number of faulty parts being replaced.

Faulty air conditioning condenser has cracked at the driver side weld. The system now leaks and does not cool the cab of the truck.

Air conditioning compressor went out and there is documented failure of ac conmpressors failing on these units but no recall was issued for this vehicle.

Air conditioning issues. Not blowing cold air.