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sheila65 · 05-17-2010, 03:32 PM

Idk if im on the right forum thread but.. like i got my car may 2 2010 and like May 15 my coolant hose slipped.. causing my car to overheat. and i saw smoke. O..O is my car considered a lemon car? :(

Steve Dallas · 05-17-2010, 03:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sheila65

Idk if im on the right forum thread but.. like i got my car may 2 2010 and like May 15 my coolant hose slipped.. causing my car to overheat. and i saw smoke. O..O is my car considered a lemon car? :(

No, but I hope you already took it in and got it fixed at the dealer.

A lemon car is generally one that has been in the shop for 30 days of service on multiple problems.

Number 3 · 05-17-2010, 05:54 PM

Well first, as Steve points out your car is not a lemon.

The concern would be that the car never overheated significantly for a long stretch. You didn't say how long you drove the car and what happened to the engine temp.

If you got it to your dealer for repair and the car never overheated you should be fine.

ron10 · 05-17-2010, 08:59 PM

you should be ok.

The Stig · 05-17-2010, 09:34 PM

1) not a lemon, trust me. I'm dealing with all of that now. Downside to a low VIN

2) hopefully you didn't drive it long like that because burning out an engine the first month of having the car would kind of stink.

2SSARMY · 05-17-2010, 09:39 PM

not a lemon

HaZe_X · 05-17-2010, 09:42 PM

Not even close to being considered a lemon, the rad hose slipping off falls under the "Shit happens" category.

AlSuwaidi · 05-18-2010, 12:50 AM

just take it back and get it fixed...

sheila65 · 05-18-2010, 01:14 AM

Well, I did get the dealer to fix it. I managed to turn off the engine like a minute or two after the car told me to turn off engine. But it did tell me that the engine power is reduced. and a/c off [i was not using the a/c that time] then i waited for like a couple of minutes for it to cool down a bit. then i turned it on again then drove for like 2miles in order for me to exit. within that two miles i had to turn it off again. then i waited another couple more minutes then had to make an exit. and then at the ramp i had to turn it off again. then a minute or so i had to move and park. like not even half a mile i parked the car. then i called onstar.

THANK GOD ITS NOT A LEMON! GAAHH! i would cry if it were. but then again.. i'd be happy to get a new camaro. LOL

I hope i didn't eff up the engine tho. -..-

zebra · 05-18-2010, 01:42 AM

mom's 84 was a lemon (clutch problems) & like everybody else said, yours ain't one.
now if, over the next few months, you're constantly having to take it in for repairs - then it probably is.

you shoulda seen some of the early cars - battery cables had to be replaced, tunes had to be fixed, transmission output shafts had to be changed...
your radiator hose was probably just from where somebody didn't get the hose clamp tight enough

Hicompression · 05-18-2010, 07:59 AM

Like, do you know how I know you're like from California?

sheila65 · 05-19-2010, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by zebra

mom's 84 was a lemon (clutch problems) & like everybody else said, yours ain't one.
now if, over the next few months, you're constantly having to take it in for repairs - then it probably is.

you shoulda seen some of the early cars - battery cables had to be replaced, tunes had to be fixed, transmission output shafts had to be changed...
your radiator hose was probably just from where somebody didn't get the hose clamp tight enough

i hope i don't get anymore problems -..-
howellss... i'll just have to wait and see..
im rooting for the clutch to wear off first. lol
i burn clutches like cigarettes. LOL
maybe. i'm continuously checking on the hose that slipped tho.
could never be too* cautious.

sheila65 · 05-19-2010, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Hicompression

Like, do you know how I know you're like from California?

LIKE do you have like a fuc**** problem with me LIKE saying LIKE LIke all the time? like what's like wrong with like inserting like in every couple of words? like... is there a like.. law of likee. LIKE?!

HAHA jk but yea. i'm obviously from california coz i have it under my avatar LIKE seriously O.O

CamaroVision · 05-19-2010, 12:18 AM

05-17-2010, 03:32 PM	#1
sheila65 Drives: Basic v6 Manual and loving it <3 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 58	lemon ? Idk if im on the right forum thread but.. like i got my car may 2 2010 and like May 15 my coolant hose slipped.. causing my car to overheat. and i saw smoke. O..O is my car considered a lemon car? :( __________________ THE Basic v6 MT 5/02/10

05-17-2010, 05:54 PM	#3
Number 3 Hail to the King baby! Drives: '19 XT4 2.0T & '22 VW Atlas 2.0T Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Illinois Posts: 12,172 View My Garage	Well first, as Steve points out your car is not a lemon. The concern would be that the car never overheated significantly for a long stretch. You didn't say how long you drove the car and what happened to the engine temp. If you got it to your dealer for repair and the car never overheated you should be fine. __________________ "Speed, it seems to me, provides the one genuinely modern pleasure." - Aldous Huxley

05-17-2010, 09:34 PM	#5
The Stig knows 2 facts about ducks Drives: ...and they're both wrong Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The HMS Invincible Posts: 25,072 View My Garage	1) not a lemon, trust me. I'm dealing with all of that now. Downside to a low VIN 2) hopefully you didn't drive it long like that because burning out an engine the first month of having the car would kind of stink. __________________

05-17-2010, 09:42 PM	#7
HaZe_X Drives: Trailblazer SS & Camaro SS Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: North Jersey Posts: 758	Not even close to being considered a lemon, the rad hose slipping off falls under the "Shit happens" category. __________________ 2010 Camaro 2SS/RS/LS3 -Black on Black - Kooks 1-7/8 Headers, Dyno Tuned, ADM Race CAI, QTP Cutouts, Hurst Short Throw, SJM Line Lock, Alpine PDX 1.1000, (2) Alpine Type R's, ...Soon to be cammed!

05-18-2010, 01:14 AM	#9
sheila65 Drives: Basic v6 Manual and loving it <3 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 58	Well, I did get the dealer to fix it. I managed to turn off the engine like a minute or two after the car told me to turn off engine. But it did tell me that the engine power is reduced. and a/c off [i was not using the a/c that time] then i waited for like a couple of minutes for it to cool down a bit. then i turned it on again then drove for like 2miles in order for me to exit. within that two miles i had to turn it off again. then i waited another couple more minutes then had to make an exit. and then at the ramp i had to turn it off again. then a minute or so i had to move and park. like not even half a mile i parked the car. then i called onstar. THANK GOD ITS NOT A LEMON! GAAHH! i would cry if it were. but then again.. i'd be happy to get a new camaro. LOL I hope i didn't eff up the engine tho. -..- __________________ THE Basic v6 MT 5/02/10

05-17-2010, 08:59 PM	#4
ron10 Drives: 2010 2SS IOM L99 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: LOUISVILLE,KY.. Posts: 7,545	you should be ok.

05-17-2010, 09:39 PM	#6
2SSARMY Account Suspended Drives: 2SS/RS Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Norman, OK Posts: 1,125	not a lemon

05-18-2010, 12:50 AM	#8
AlSuwaidi Drives: BLACK LS3 GCC-Spec Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: UAE - SHARJAH Posts: 2,824 View My Garage	just take it back and get it fixed...

05-18-2010, 01:42 AM	#10
zebra just can't seem to leave Drives: your mom wild!! Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: cold & windy Posts: 10,625 View My Garage	mom's 84 was a lemon (clutch problems) & like everybody else said, yours ain't one. now if, over the next few months, you're constantly having to take it in for repairs - then it probably is. you shoulda seen some of the early cars - battery cables had to be replaced, tunes had to be fixed, transmission output shafts had to be changed... your radiator hose was probably just from where somebody didn't get the hose clamp tight enough __________________ Eve ('00 FRC): hot-air intake Rowan ('09 H3): 5spd mom-mobile Penny ('99 Sierra): 5.3 / HD 5spd... gone but not forgotten Samson ('18 HD): compounded 408

05-18-2010, 07:59 AM	#11
Hicompression Rumbly Bumble Bee Drives: 2010 2SS Camaro Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: DFW Posts: 1,469	Like, do you know how I know you're like from California? __________________ 2010 RALLY YELLOW 2SS 6M -OBX Longtubes FTW!

05-19-2010, 12:18 AM	#14
CamaroVision Drives: 2010 Black 1LT/RS Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Michigan Posts: 454

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