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Originally Posted by 3 SS's
My car is stock and will be remaining that way for a while, other than maybe a mild tune, axle back exhaust and maybe a CAI in the future, it will remain the way it is.....and honestly, being told to go out and try to break my car to see if it's defective is absurd.  I do not want to go out and start dumping the clutch and do numerous burnouts to see if my car is defective, I want GM to tell me if mine is affected , and if so replace it, not go out and break it, then sit and wait for a tow, take it to the dealer and hope I'm not accused of beating on my car..... am I asking for too much.  |
absurd as it may sound, its the only way that YOU can be sure. GM said this car would run 13.3 stock in the 1/4 mile.... but yet we've got stock cars going faster than that.
I cant tell you if your car is affected or not. I'm telling you the only guaranteed way to find out is to go try and break it. because if the vin range of affected vehicles comes out to be skewed, or another bad batch made its way in, the only way of finding out is by having the shaft break.
you arent asking for too much wanting the safety of knowing your car will hold up. but if your dealer tries to deny a warranty claim because you were pushing your car, thats complete bs and a completely different situation that needs to be dealt with.
the true problem is HOW do you tell if its defective without testing the shaft itself. how does GM test that? ok, there was a specific range where they know that there were bad parts being sent out... but how often to bad parts still slip thru the cracks? just like the A-pillars that were falling off of cars upon delivery... a lot stayed on, but some didnt.
Not saying that they shouldnt be a little more open about whats going on.
imagine this. say you are GM. and say one shaft in every 1000 broke, and you've sold, say 10,000 of them. so now you have a total of 10 shafts that will break in 10,000. how much financial sense does it make to recall every single one of those 10,000 vehicles to replace 10 bad shafts?
or you wait it out until those 10 shafts break on the road, then you replace them as they come. much cheaper and feasable.
now, do not take that scenario to heart. that is just pure speculation on what may or may not be happening.
I honestly wish I could just say that everything will be all right and no one else will have to deal with this, but I cant. all I can say is to go and have fun with the car. for the time being, if it breaks, it breaks. and thats exactly what your warranty was designed for.