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01-05-2013, 05:21 PM
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 Drives: 2015 Charger Hellcat Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Flowery Branch, GA
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Broken Axle
Right side axle joint just broke in half. I thought these were supposed to be the upgraded axles? Car has a little over 1700 miles. I had the car in first gear and rolled into it at about 20mph and all of a sudden it sounded like a shot gun went off. This is the second new camaro that I have bought within 6 months and have had major issues with. The first one was a valve spring in the motor that let go...this sucks.
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01-05-2013, 05:26 PM
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Drives: 1969 CaRaMo Join Date: May 2009
Location: North Carolina
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Ouch....Hope it gets fixed soon man.
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01-05-2013, 05:39 PM
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Drives: 2004 KME PREDATOR, 2014 2SS/RS/1LE Join Date: Nov 2008
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Hope it was a freak accident and your parts don't take too long to come in.
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01-05-2013, 06:31 PM
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Drives: 2010 2SS LS3 Join Date: Dec 2011
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Sorry to hear about that
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01-05-2013, 07:02 PM
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Drives: '15 Challenger Hellcat (sold) Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: SoCal
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Wow, sorry to hear about this. Hope you get everything taken care of quickly.
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01-05-2013, 07:41 PM
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Drives: 2013 camaro 1le Join Date: Sep 2012
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01-05-2013, 08:22 PM
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Drives: 2015 Charger Hellcat Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Flowery Branch, GA
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01-05-2013, 08:42 PM
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Drives: 2011 2SS RS, 1968 ragtop Join Date: Apr 2009
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Sucks. Shake it off. I do that all the time in my SS with no issues. Bad part.
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01-05-2013, 09:14 PM
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Drives: 2013 camaro 1le Join Date: Sep 2012
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01-05-2013, 09:55 PM
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  Drives: Exige, Miata, Ghia Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: CA, Bay Area
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Call me crazy but I had the same issue with my SS. I drove it home the first day and it broke a valve spring with 60 miles on the ODO. Then it was in the shop again a month ago and all the valve springs weren't up to spec either. I swear, there is something weak about these valve springs.
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01-05-2013, 10:00 PM
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Drives: 98 Camaro SS Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Northern California
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Must be a defective part.
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01-05-2013, 11:50 PM
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Drives: 2013 Camaro 1LE 1SS Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Detroit
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Yeah a CAI should've not done that. Did you get a chance to look at the part and see if it broke right around a crack/nick/chip etc. in the shaft? Must be a defective part.
Really sorry to hear that though, wish you all the best and I wouldn't worry about it too much, you are under warranty and a half shaft is not that bad to replace at the dealer. Valve springs is another deal.
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01-06-2013, 07:00 AM
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Drives: 2015 Charger Hellcat Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Flowery Branch, GA
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The axle broke at the joint going into the diff. I really hope it was just a bad part but the car does wheel hop a good bit more than the ss did.
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01-06-2013, 07:04 AM
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Sorry to hear about that. Hope all goes well.
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