We are seeing this more and more, that a part changes to a new number and it is either "not an active part" or is a "future part".
Many of these, or rather most of these, cannot be ordered and the part history has been wiped clean (2019 GMC Acadia electric steering gear, GM#85692882, as an example, or a 2020 Sierra NAV SD-card - GM#86531532). Since they are not an active part and since there is no old number, DPAC cannot place an order. I had a similar issue with a Hummer EV assist step component last December, but that ended up being a catalog error that had not been corrected. I was told that the Acadia steering gear was also a catalog usage error.
Are we just hitting the odd part or two that happens to have this situation going on, or are others seeing the happen on a regular basis ??
things seem to be getting worse and worse... ??
Is the sky falling ??
- gt