Originally Posted by calbert1999
Bro' I'd be pissed too. But, I don't think the issue is the clutch, I believe "depending" on clutch materials (organic or steel) you may or may not have the issue(s), depending on how someone drives their vehicle.
In my opinion the real problem may have to do with the hydraulics of the entire system (master / slave cylinder), and / or combination of other things (the shifter mechanisms, syncronizers, single fluid system between brakes / clutch, small master cylinder, cheap rubber tubing instead of larger guage nylon or stainless tubes, etc...) that further complicate shifting (grinding gears, shifter get's stuck at higher RPM's, pedal stuck to floor, etc.....).
From what I read, I think most people change their clutch to resolve a number of issues, "and" the only workaround for now with the pedal is the dumb spring fix from LPE.
LPE is probably the only ones that come up with a quick fix for the problem.
Personally, I believe anyone with clutch issues need to complain to GM (head office not dealerships), perhaps if they get enough complaints they'll do something about it.
I would bet the clutch issues are very prevalent in 2010, 2011, and will be in the 2012 (all version including ZL1), and if not in future versions GM needs to pony up and tell consumers how to resolve the issue or make a recall to fix the issue.
It could be very "dangerous" driving on the freeway, and your clutch sticks to the ground and you're no longer able to shift.
This happened to me once already on the freeway, I was very concerned.
If the problem is someplace else in the system simply changing the clutch won't fix it, we either have to change the whole system or live with driving our "sport cars" like granny does.
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