2010 Camaro 2SS Needs Repair

[Blue Joe]

Originally Posted by BackinBlackSS/RS

She is gonna come on here and tell us her battery took a crap.

a bad battery would not shut a car down.The alt provides all power while engine is running.

[FLYNNZL1]

Originally Posted by DevilKnightFalcon

Yes I ordered the personalized plate but as of right now I am not sure if I am going to keep it or not. I am currently trying to decide whether I am going to pay to have black stripes painted on the Rally Yellow or if I am going to switch my color to IOM with no stripes. If I stay with yellow I will of course keep the plate.

I wanted that plate! lol just kidding

[fireresq157]

Originally Posted by Blue Joe

a bad battery would not shut a car down.The alt provides all power while engine is running.

and if it was the alternator you would see everything start diming and the battery slowly draining. Your battery light would come on when the voltage would become low enough the car would still run as long as their is enough juice in it.

[SummoneR]

It might be a problem with the absorbency of the sham wow? I hear they are a sham!! You have to get them wet first then they will work great, she may not have observed proper break in on it!

In all seriousness. If the battery was getting hot, it's either a faulty battery or a short, plain and simple, unless the heat shield under the battery is missing and the mufflers are heating it up... which I doubt. It probably recognized a short and shut the car off like many have said. Either way I hope it gets fixed soon for you. I suspect it won't be a common issue... that would make "people" blame GM...

[cam2fst4u]

any word from the service dept about what they think it is?

[robby]

Since speculation abounds, I'm going with the internally shorted battery.
First clue was that the tow driver observed the battery case was abnormally hot.
I have seen this before when one cell shorts internally and ultimatly shorts the battery open.
Next clue was all the lights went off and ultimatly, no key release.
The alternator will not cover a shorted battery, the short will take all the alternator can give.

We'll see.............................
Rob

[vladkgb]

i guess this could be recall #1

as other said, bad battery or bad wiring, afterall the battery is in the trunk i dont think GM did this with other cars.

could also be alternator failure that would explain why all electric shut off while you were cruising in the car, it used up the battery since battery wasnt being charged.

[Speedfreak]

Originally Posted by FxsX24

maybe it is something really stupid ( bad PDI?????), i doubt this is a widespread issue (such as batt cables or something, not with this much testing, and so little mileage on the car to wear through a cable)

My guess is a bad coil.

[live2well]

My guess is the Decepticons!! They are devious little creatures.

[Blue Joe]

GM has alot of batteries in trunks.Cobalts,HHrs,G5s.

[fad1]

Hopefully this issue gets resolved very soon.

[Rock]

Originally Posted by 2010SLVRBULIT

IMO, sounds like a short, would explain the hot battery, shutting the system down. Let us know..:(

+1 I'm going with this one too, Alternator dying is gradual, not sudden.
IMO bad ground.

[chrisinlittlerock]

My sister went to the FORD dealer in 07 to buy a mustang. Turned the key to start it ON THE LOT and it back fired so bad it blew up the catalitic converter, sounded like a nuke went off.LOL!!!

[bobby35ny]

Originally Posted by robby

Since speculation abounds, I'm going with the internally shorted battery.
First clue was that the tow driver observed the battery case was abnormally hot.
I have seen this before when one cell shorts internally and ultimatly shorts the battery open.
Next clue was all the lights went off and ultimatly, no key release.
The alternator will not cover a shorted battery, the short will take all the alternator can give.

We'll see.............................
Rob

I second that!!

-bobby