View Poll Results: Have you had a SS/SC Half-Shaft or Trans Failure?
Half-Shaft - No Warranty
1
5.00%
Trans - No Warranty
1
5.00%
Both - No Warranty
3
15.00%
Half-Shaft - Warranty
7
35.00%
Trans - Warranty
3
15.00%
Both - Warranty
5
25.00%
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Busted Trans & Half-Shaft
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Busted Trans & Half-Shaft
Have Stage 2 Cobalt SS with LSD and Spec Stage 3+ clutch and 7,000 miles on ODO. Was accelerating hard in 1st gear on smooth road when started wheel-hopping then engine revved but no go. Diagnosis from dealer is broken half-shaft and cracked transmission housing.
Dealer sent pictures to GM Area Vehicle Manager who rejected warranty based on "Driver abuse". Has anyone else encountered either a broken half-shaft, cracked trans, or both? From reading some of the posts on this forum I think this is happening more often than GM is admitting.
Please answer the poll above. It may give me some ammunition for getting GM to change their mind.
Dealer sent pictures to GM Area Vehicle Manager who rejected warranty based on "Driver abuse". Has anyone else encountered either a broken half-shaft, cracked trans, or both? From reading some of the posts on this forum I think this is happening more often than GM is admitting.
Please answer the poll above. It may give me some ammunition for getting GM to change their mind.
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And people wonder why GM is going under.....
It's BS like this that pisses me off. If you pay tht much for a car WITH a warrenty, why should you have to pay for something like that. That is total Bullshit, and if i were you my friend, i'd get a good lawyer and fight it.
It's BS like this that pisses me off. If you pay tht much for a car WITH a warrenty, why should you have to pay for something like that. That is total Bullshit, and if i were you my friend, i'd get a good lawyer and fight it.
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If all he was doing was accelerating hard, doubt it, it should be covered. Even if he was rockin it hard, they have to PROVE he did. They weren't there = they can't prove ****.
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Originally Posted by BustedSS
Have Stage 2 Cobalt SS with LSD and Spec Stage 3+ clutch and 7,000 miles on ODO. Was accelerating hard in 1st gear on smooth road when started wheel-hopping then engine revved but no go. Diagnosis from dealer is broken half-shaft and cracked transmission housing.
Dealer sent pictures to GM Area Vehicle Manager who rejected warranty based on "Driver abuse". Has anyone else encountered either a broken half-shaft, cracked trans, or both? From reading some of the posts on this forum I think this is happening more often than GM is admitting.
Please answer the poll above. It may give me some ammunition for getting GM to change their mind.
Dealer sent pictures to GM Area Vehicle Manager who rejected warranty based on "Driver abuse". Has anyone else encountered either a broken half-shaft, cracked trans, or both? From reading some of the posts on this forum I think this is happening more often than GM is admitting.
Please answer the poll above. It may give me some ammunition for getting GM to change their mind.
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Sorry , but Im definately gonna be the unpopular vote here . Why do u think GM should warranty that or even be resonsible for it ? Ive had my SS since June of 05 , have a spec 2+ and no LSD and have close to 200 passes on my car in that time . I controlled wheel hop , and before that I knew enuff to get out the damn gas if it starts because like you found out .....it can tear stuff up real qwik in any FWD car .
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Originally Posted by SilverSS/SC
Sorry , but Im definately gonna be the unpopular vote here . Why do u think GM should warranty that or even be resonsible for it ? Ive had my SS since June of 05 , have a spec 2+ and no LSD and have close to 200 passes on my car in that time . I controlled wheel hop , and before that I knew enuff to get out the damn gas if it starts because like you found out .....it can tear stuff up real qwik in any FWD car .
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The fact that it wheel-hopped on a smooth road without revving the engine or dropping the clutch in the first place is a GM problem. The fact that the wheel-hopping caused a catastrophic failure of the half-shaft is again a GM problem, and the failure of the half-shaft cracking the trans is again GM (or failure of the trans causing the half-shaft to break, I don't know which came first).
"Floor the car, break the trans" isn't acceptable and saying that the responsibility is on the driver to identify and know that the vehicle is about to break itself apart just really doesn't cut it. I understand that a race driver has to know these things because a race car is running at the edge of the technology it is built on. For a street car on street tires with a factory-authorized non-warranty-voiding Stage 2 kit and the only non-factory mod being an upgraded clutch (which does not void the warranty as it is a "wear" part), breaking in this manner is just not acceptable.
"Floor the car, break the trans" isn't acceptable and saying that the responsibility is on the driver to identify and know that the vehicle is about to break itself apart just really doesn't cut it. I understand that a race driver has to know these things because a race car is running at the edge of the technology it is built on. For a street car on street tires with a factory-authorized non-warranty-voiding Stage 2 kit and the only non-factory mod being an upgraded clutch (which does not void the warranty as it is a "wear" part), breaking in this manner is just not acceptable.
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Originally Posted by BustedSS
The fact that it wheel-hopped on a smooth road without revving the engine or dropping the clutch in the first place is a GM problem. The fact that the wheel-hopping caused a catastrophic failure of the half-shaft is again a GM problem, and the failure of the half-shaft cracking the trans is again GM (or failure of the trans causing the half-shaft to break, I don't know which came first).
"Floor the car, break the trans" isn't acceptable and saying that the responsibility is on the driver to identify and know that the vehicle is about to break itself apart just really doesn't cut it. I understand that a race driver has to know these things because a race car is running at the edge of the technology it is built on. For a street car on street tires with a factory-authorized non-warranty-voiding Stage 2 kit and the only non-factory mod being an upgraded clutch (which does not void the warranty as it is a "wear" part), breaking in this manner is just not acceptable.
"Floor the car, break the trans" isn't acceptable and saying that the responsibility is on the driver to identify and know that the vehicle is about to break itself apart just really doesn't cut it. I understand that a race driver has to know these things because a race car is running at the edge of the technology it is built on. For a street car on street tires with a factory-authorized non-warranty-voiding Stage 2 kit and the only non-factory mod being an upgraded clutch (which does not void the warranty as it is a "wear" part), breaking in this manner is just not acceptable.
As for your statement "Floor the car, break the trans" isn't acceptable, "Floor the car" , that would be what car makers define as abuse. Because they write the warranty, they get to define abuse.
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Originally Posted by BustedSS
The fact that it wheel-hopped on a smooth road without revving the engine or dropping the clutch in the first place is a GM problem. The fact that the wheel-hopping caused a catastrophic failure of the half-shaft is again a GM problem, and the failure of the half-shaft cracking the trans is again GM (or failure of the trans causing the half-shaft to break, I don't know which came first).
With regards to the clutch you have . I dont know who installed it so Im jus gonna throw a general comment there . They cant void your full warranty for it , but ....if they ( being the chevy dealer ) didnt install it , while the car was in its warranty period .....they can refuse warranty work on the trans , as they cannot verify the integrity of the work ....theres ALOT of stuff removed when u do a clutch obviously .
And lastly , GM cannot please the small percentage of people ( Im in that group too ) who are enthusists . If GM fully controlled the wheelhop from the factory ....3/4 of the people who looked at a SS would never make it past the test drive . Stiffer mounts = rougher ride and more vibrations . More people than not whine about stuff like that , hence ....nice ride =softer mounts= wheelhop .
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