Friday. Day 3 at the dealer. The service writer called me and said they have been talking with tech support about the issue and haven't solved the problem yet. he said they would have to keep it longer. I went by the dealer to get some stuff out of my car this afternoon, and the trans was sitting by the car on the floor. It hasn't been disassembled or anything. I looked through bell housing to try to see the condition of the clutch. I looked at the pilot bearing and there was a big gouge in the flywheel where it meets the crank. The mechanic wasn't there, so I showed the service writer and the tech in the next bay. I asked each of them to ask the tech what happened and have him get back to me. And just to add insult to injury, if they open my trans, there goes the $50 worth of royal purple I put in 3 weeks ago. I'll know more Monday. I sure am getting tired of driving an impala.
Monday, Day 6. Went by dealer and the car was on the ground in the shop. The service writer said they are still working with tech support on fixing the problem. I asked him why didn't they take the trans apart to see if something is broken inside. He said they don't want to take it apart if they don't have to and there are steps that have to be taken by going through tech support. I don't want to pi$$ off the people who have to do warranty work on my car, but this is really getting on my nerves.
I had a Vette 6-speed, and a GTO 6-speed, on both I usually had to hit another gear like 3 or 4th, and then hit reverse. On the other hand on the Vette with 19,000 miles, it started popping out of 6th. GM eventually replaced the tranny.
I had the second gear problem too, just got done posting somewhere else on here about that. It goes away with break in, or I shoud say, mine did at about 3000 miles.
Reverse, not a big deal I've seen that on a ton of cars. Let the clutch out and the syncros and shafts will spin back up, clutch in and pop it back in.
Take it to the dealer for a replacement and you'd be out a GTO for about 2-3 weeks in my area. Then, you'd have to worry about the kids in the service area blasting it around too.
M6 Udate, Well here it is day 9 including Sat&Sun. Called to see if I was going to be able to get the Goat today, They advise that a bushing was missing from one of the part boxes that they had, and that they would have to order it again. Man, this is getting old. I want my G O A T.............
Monday, Day 6. Went by dealer and the car was on the ground in the shop. The service writer said they are still working with tech support on fixing the problem. I asked him why didn't they take the trans apart to see if something is broken inside. He said they don't want to take it apart if they don't have to and there are steps that have to be taken by going through tech support. I don't want to pi$$ off the people who have to do warranty work on my car, but this is really getting on my nerves.
Tuesday, The dealer called me and said they need it another day. They are replacing the clutch and they had to order it. I don't think this will fix the problem, but if they wanna give me a free clutch, who am I to complain. W'ell see if it fixes it.
Tuesday, The dealer called me and said they need it another day. They are replacing the clutch and they had to order it. I don't think this will fix the problem, but if they wanna give me a free clutch, who am I to complain. W'ell see if it fixes it.
My Dealer called today, They apologized for it taking so long and wanted to let me know it was GM's fault. Reason being that when the Dealer ordered the parts needed GM would advise that a particular part was not needed, so the Dealer would have to take a digital pic and send it to GM. They ( The Dealer ) advised that they talked with the GM tech about a particular part needed for my tranny and that the GM tech had to call a Tech in Australia to confirm a certain part for my car... Now the dealer advised GM will next day the part and I should have my car back by Friday.... My Dealer said that it would have been less time consuming just to replace the entire tranny but GM insisted to just replace all the parts needed. My Dealer stated that when GM get's the bill they will have wished they would of replaced the tranny...
Good news, I called the Dealer today 02/16/06 1645 CST. They advised they had received the part's and that the tech was staying late to get it finished and it should be ready for me tomorrow...
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