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Old 04-19-2010, 04:35 PM
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Default 40,500 miles and it's official, the trans needs replacing
Slipping until the temp reaches about 140*. Went to the dealership (the same one that said my Bilsteins weren't factory struts...) and they said they'd call whoever to see if my CAI and exhaust voids the warranty on the trans.

Lasted longer than I thought it would.
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Slipping until the temp reaches about 140*. Went to the dealership (the same one that said my Bilsteins weren't factory struts...) and they said they'd call whoever to see if my CAI and exhaust voids the warranty on the trans.

Lasted longer than I thought it would.
hopefully they dont dick around and say it voids the warranty.
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Maybe the non-stock Bilsteins will void the warranty.

So does anyone wonder why GM went belly-up?

Still have not learned from the errors of the past; with a flat learning curve they will just crash again.

Customer care is what keeps people coming back. With idiot dealers you drive customers away.
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Slipping until the temp reaches about 140*. Went to the dealership (the same one that said my Bilsteins weren't factory struts...) and they said they'd call whoever to see if my CAI and exhaust voids the warranty on the trans.

Lasted longer than I thought it would.
No bolt on's void the warranty.
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I'm sure they'll find a way.

Mine aren't non-stock Bilsteins. This is also the same place with a few techs that didn't know my car had a V8.
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That sucks, I forsee the tune being a dealbreaker. I take it it's not a mod-friendly dealership.
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What tune, they already replaced my TCM. I told them I had DoD, they said that didn't matter.
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Oops, I read wrong, I thought you had a tune on the trans. Intake and exhaust shouldn't void the tranny warranty then.
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That sucks, yours is an 08, but my car has 43,000km's (27,000 miles)
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I'm a little rough on it though, I use Tap most of the time, too. It had been pulsing for a while, revving ~100 rpms on cruise.
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I'm a little rough on it though, I use Tap most of the time, too. It had been pulsing for a while, revving ~100 rpms on cruise.
same here also
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Even with this little hiccup, I still love the car, even though there's a few others I'd prefer.
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Oh.... I'm at 43,000! Had the tcm reprogramed when I got tuned and added a shift kit new filter and fluid at 35k. Sometimes my trans takes forever to shift into 4th and when i changed the fluid it looked very dark and there was some grit in the pan. I know I'm do soon. Keep us posted!
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JP come down here and I will get it taken care of for you at the dealer here
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If they give me the run around, I'll limp it down there when I get a chance. Thanks Mel.
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The batmobile goes in tomorrow, don't know when I'll get it back.
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I've been having TQ converter lockup issues since...august of last year lmao. I've put 18000 miles on it doing the whole rocking horse game. lol
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Well, it's getting to the point where my car doesn't want to move, I just hope I can make it to the dealership, lol.
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Well, it's getting to the point where my car doesn't want to move, I just hope I can make it to the dealership, lol.
That sucks, man. I hope when mine goes I don't have any issues.
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