Tremec Missed 1-2 shifts, Notchy

[Dan2510]

Just bought my car, 250 miles on it and 2nd gear is grinding/locking out. Its happened for the past 2 days now cold or warm doesnt matter. If I granny it in, it will pop in but its forced.

2012 2SS

[SB09]

Originally Posted by Dan2510

Just bought my car, 250 miles on it and 2nd gear is grinding/locking out. Its happened for the past 2 days now cold or warm doesnt matter. If I granny it in, it will pop in but its forced.

2012 2SS

Just be patient. Put a few more miles on the car. Mine worked itself out and the shifts have gotten significantly better with more miles. Notchiness will probably still be there. But it shouldn't "grind" after some time.

[djm96z28]

I have 1500 miles on mine and it is shifting better than when it was brand new.

[Dan2510]

Good to hear. I've been taking it really easy until I have more miles. Still love this car regardless.

[Jer4251]

went by my dealer this afternoon. taking the car in on wednesday. hope they get it fixed without and voided warranty talk/issues. service writer said i should be fine.

[Hannibal]

Originally Posted by Jer4251

Well with just over 9000 miles on my 2010 SS m6, I really ran into this problem yesterday. 3 good runs in the 1/4 mile and the next 4 times blocked me out of 2nd and made me feel like an idiot. The last time I was at the dealer they said my cold air intake and headers were going to void my warranty in the future.

When you say "blocked out" does it feel like you hit a brick wall when you tried to shift under high RPM?

I have this issue going from 2nd to 3rd and yes, you feel like a retard who can't drive the car when it does happen. Mine is completely random and I cannot reproduce it for the dealer.

[Jer4251]

Yes. Like 2nd gear doesn't exist. Doesn't matter how hard I pull back the shifter. 2-3 is always a issue because u have to avoid the wall between 1st and 3rd. I always hit it in my 97 ss

[RogerBzSS]

Originally Posted by RogerBzSS

Just got a call from my SM from my Dealer, they are looking to replace transmission part #'s and have them on order.

19259991
19256242
19256241

Roger

Called the parts dept looking for availability on some part #'s
not letting them know who I was or why I was looking for these parts

they did mention they had these exact parts on order for a customer
and this was that status

19259991 Synchro <<<Back ordered!! with NO ETA at this time
19256242<<<<< at the dealership
19256241<<<<< at the dealership

[RogerBzSS]

Hey folks in reading some details I found in a sub -section of C5 forums a link of a post for GM escalation

this may be usefull for other Camaro owners that are having the 1st to 2nd grind bind or lock out issues with there transmissions
and there dealer service is not acceptable to resolve the issue you may want to use the escalation process.

this could make GM do something about this

Bottom line visit you're dealer, if not satisfied then escalate per the procedure in this link

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71421

get issue recorded with dealer keep records for you'reself and escalate to GM if needed, if you read thru that Post there is a GM Service rep that is a C5 Member you can discuss this issue with as well

jus-saying if this 1st to 2nd shift transmission issue is this big of an issue GM should take care of the Camaro Consumers..

just my $0.02

[Moonchopper]

Originally Posted by Dan2510

Just bought my car, 250 miles on it and 2nd gear is grinding/locking out. Its happened for the past 2 days now cold or warm doesnt matter. If I granny it in, it will pop in but its forced.

2012 2SS

You're certain this is not a part of the skip-shift feature? Tried shifting at lower/higher RPMs?

[Jer4251]

my car is at the dealer right now. dropped it off this morning. waiting to hear something back.

[ewoolsey]

Exact same thing happened to me. And it IS a hardware problem because mine would do it without even letting out the clutch, just shifting. I got it fixed at the dealer (they gave me a hard time about it. The problem has just come back today. I took it to the track for the first time and it grinded bad in second :(

[Jer4251]

dealer said they couldnt find any info in the system about any transmission problems. said the trans felt fine, they compaired it to a used 2010 on the lot. also they couldnt get it to miss 2nd at 5700 rpm. was told to bring it back in when it acts up again

[Dr. Krabz]

The only way to fix this is report, report, report. Don't be satisfied with anything less than perfection. We deserve to be treated better than this, so escalate the issue to a higher tier in GM if the dealers arent playing along.