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Replying to: ndmike88 (Jun 03, 2005 8:46 am) Short summary: My tranny gave up at 44k. Took it to the dealer, they gave me two options. 1- $3,100 new tranny 3yr/100k warranty or 2- tear into the tranny min $1,100 plus cost of parts to fix it. I picked option two since I couldnt afford to replace it After arguing about the tranny blowing at 44k miles with customer service they offered to pay for half of the rebuild $1,250 only after tearing down the tranny to see if I did anything to cause the failure and taking the chance of paying more than what I had to. I tried to get it lower than that, but they refused and said that I was lucky even to get the goodwill. Are there any attorneys that would like to take this case? I'm sure you can gather a lot of other people on this forum to support the case. I don't plan on keeping the car, but I would still like to collect the amount I'm paying to get this fixed. Sorry GM- I am now a hater and will tell as many people as I can to stop purchasing your products. I'm waiting to get my envoy back from the dealer and plan on driving it with decals that say "I'd rather be driving a Hyundai, or Kia, or anything that's not GM!" Good luck to everyone else there with the same problem.
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Replying to: jnshell (Apr 15, 2003 5:54 pm) For everyone on this board who has had a transmission problem, please, please, please, please make sure to report it to the NHTSA website. If there are enough complaints of a serious nature, they will consider issuing a recall. This is the link: http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/ivoq/Consumer.cfm I cannot stress enough that you should report ANY problems you have. Please also cross post this message to any other board you can find that deals with this issue and encourage all to file a complaint. There are probably thousands or tens of thousands of us at this point....
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Replying to: pjsmith (Jun 09, 2005 7:11 am) thanks for the link. i have my complaint sent. good luck with your situation. |
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Replying to: 2002envoyslt (May 30, 2005 11:06 pm) i have the exact same problem, trailblazer on lease 40,144 miles any solutions or results from your side. thanks
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Replying to: achevy (May 31, 2005 11:25 am) |
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Replying to: jgrisham (Jun 16, 2005 3:14 pm) Took it to a authorized GM dealership and dropped it off at service and have them run a diagnostic. Called GM Customer Service 1-866-942-4368 and told them about the problem. -GM CS said, I would have to authorize that the dealer tear into the tranny, if it wasn't just wear and tear, they might help pay (actual amount variable). If it was just wear and tear then you pay-all of it. -Here's the catch. If if is just wear and tear and you pay, tearing into the tranny and fixing the parts can cost more than just replacing it from the start. But you have to take the risk if you want the chance of them paying. I figured it couldn't just be wear and tear at 44k miles, so I took the risk. -Dealer calls me back and gives me two options. 1- They would fix it for about $1250 with 12mo/12kmiles warranty (that's after GM has covered 50% of the cost, so if they didn't help, it would've cost $2500) or 2- Replace the engine for $3350, in which they would apply the $1250 discount if I were to just fix it to the cost of replacing- so the total cost to replace would be $2100. Benefit of this is 10yr/100k warranty. Note that if I were to just fix it from the start, it would've cost me about $3100. I couldn't afford to replace it since $800 is a lot of money for something so unexpected. I told them to just fix it for $1250. When I called the dealer to ask if it was done-he told me that the total cost comes out to $575. GM covered the rest. When I got the receipt, the payment I made was to some warranty. I didn't ask any questions and just felt relieved that I didn't pay what I was expecting. Even though I paid over $500 to get to where I was already at. I then filed a complaint to the NHTSA website at http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/ivoq/Consumer.cfm I am currently in the process of buying a new car. What goes around comes around. And I hope GM sales continue to decline because of the porrly built products or the lack of acknowledgement they are taking on the issue. The only people I feel bad for are the people that are gonna lose jobs because of poor GM decisions or non-decisions. I wish you the best of luck on whatever choice you make. Keep us posted! |
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Just hung up the phone with the tranny shop. My planetary gears went out on my 02 TB. They have to rebuild the tranny. My TB has 94000 miles on it. All highway.
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I have a 2002 TB with 36100 mi, just over the GM warranty, and July 2nd my transmission has gone out. If this this transmission issue with the SunShell Spline is in the TSB's, I believe that GM should be held accountable for such an expensive repair. This is a poor reflection on GM and their quality. I would be interested in joining efforts to recoup monies spent on this expensive repair. |
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