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Crazycoot · 08-01-2016, 05:03 PM

Well ladies and gentlemen, I have had my car less than a month, have put less than 400 miles on it (total of 6,700 miles on the car) and the supercharger failed. Luckily the dealership is replacing it under warranty.

Test_Eng · 08-01-2016, 05:14 PM

What failed with it?

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Crazycoot · 08-01-2016, 05:47 PM

It had the rattle. I believe this means that the bearings were wearing out

ZO6 Bryan · 08-01-2016, 08:24 PM

They all rattled. Is was probably doing it already when you bought it. That is not failure. Just annoying. Now if the bearings start to squeal then that's bad. Just let them put the new design on and you'll be fine

Crazycoot · 08-01-2016, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by ZO6 Bryan

They all rattled. Is was probably doing it already when you bought it. That is not failure. Just annoying. Now if the bearings start to squeal then that's bad. Just let them put the new design on and you'll be fine

Great. What changed in the design?

ZO6 Bryan · 08-01-2016, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Crazycoot

Great. What changed in the design?

Solid coupler instead of the spring coupler that rattles.

CamaroSS1675 · 08-02-2016, 09:08 AM

I just bought my 2013 last week 9000 miles on it. A friend was checking out and noticed the rattle. Chevy dealer told me the warranty was extended to 10 years 120,000 miles on the ZL1 and the Cadillac version. They are taking care of it. Just waiting for parts to come in. I'm only concerned about the guy who is going to test drive it after..lol

TIREKLR · 08-02-2016, 10:11 AM

Tell me more about the warranty being extended to 10 year 120,000? Just for supercharger or just for the isolator or?

Crazycoot · 08-02-2016, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by TIREKLR

Tell me more about the warranty being extended to 10 year 120,000? Just for supercharger or just for the isolator or?

For the supercharger. For some reason, they replace the entire supercharger rather than the isolator/coupler.

247EVL · 08-03-2016, 06:06 PM

I had my supercharger replaced a few weeks ago too. The new supercharger is rattling as bad as the old one. I was told to drive the car. Not sure why the entire unit is replaced when in most cases only the isolator is the cause of the rattle. I will eventually be going back to get the issue addressed and hopefully fix. In any case, there is a long warranty on the supercharger.

08-01-2016, 05:03 PM	#1
Crazycoot Drives: '13 ZL1 M6 Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: NC Posts: 257 View My Garage	Failed supercharger Well ladies and gentlemen, I have had my car less than a month, have put less than 400 miles on it (total of 6,700 miles on the car) and the supercharger failed. Luckily the dealership is replacing it under warranty.

08-01-2016, 08:24 PM	#4
ZO6 Bryan Drives: 02 Z06, 95 Trans Am, 2012 ZL1 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Southeast Posts: 1,838 View My Garage	They all rattled. Is was probably doing it already when you bought it. That is not failure. Just annoying. Now if the bearings start to squeal then that's bad. Just let them put the new design on and you'll be fine __________________ Bryan 2018 ZL1 M6

08-01-2016, 05:14 PM	#2
Test_Eng Drives: 2013 1SS RS 1LE NPP ADM LSA CON Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Western Maryland Posts: 194	What failed with it? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

08-01-2016, 05:47 PM	#3
Crazycoot Drives: '13 ZL1 M6 Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: NC Posts: 257 View My Garage	It had the rattle. I believe this means that the bearings were wearing out

08-02-2016, 09:08 AM	#7
CamaroSS1675 Drives: 2013 Camaro ZL1 Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Clayton NJ Posts: 225	I just bought my 2013 last week 9000 miles on it. A friend was checking out and noticed the rattle. Chevy dealer told me the warranty was extended to 10 years 120,000 miles on the ZL1 and the Cadillac version. They are taking care of it. Just waiting for parts to come in. I'm only concerned about the guy who is going to test drive it after..lol

08-02-2016, 10:11 AM	#8
TIREKLR Drives: 2015 zl1 Join Date: May 2015 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 308	Tell me more about the warranty being extended to 10 year 120,000? Just for supercharger or just for the isolator or?

08-03-2016, 06:06 PM	#10
247EVL Drives: 2013 ZL1 Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Niagara Ontario, Canada Posts: 71	I had my supercharger replaced a few weeks ago too. The new supercharger is rattling as bad as the old one. I was told to drive the car. Not sure why the entire unit is replaced when in most cases only the isolator is the cause of the rattle. I will eventually be going back to get the issue addressed and hopefully fix. In any case, there is a long warranty on the supercharger.