Anyone Else Had This Happen to Their Bumper?

[littlecammi]

Originally Posted by Lord Ryan

I don't care how much gas you give it, body parts shouldn't fall off.

Are we talking about a zombie Camaro here?

[SNSSTR]

So to resurrect this thread. The rep at my local chevy dealership got back in touch with me after he sent a description and these photos to the Chevy Brand Quality people.

They apparently said they have no known cases of this ever happening before and they aren't going to cover it.

I'm not happy with that response and I really want to know what other methods I may have to get this replaced. I wasn't going too fast, I didn't hit anything, there's no reason this should have happened.

Does anyone have any input on another way I can get this taken care of?

[rebelyell22]

If you were a TSUN fan this would've never happened

[ChrisBlair]

The reality is that nothing you do with your right foot should break the front end bodywork. However, GM will tell you to peddle your papers, we're not fixing that for free.

[SNSSTR]

I completely agree, unfortunately,like you said, Chevy is going to fight me all the way. I've seen the thread about the pre production bumpers doing this, I just can't find anything from Chevy saying they changed something or fixed the issue. If I could find something like that I think I would at least have a case.

[Airmaster]

This is clearly an engineering defect. This should be covered. I'd try to go up the chain if I were you. They owe you a new front bumper or at least a good discount on a ZL1 bumper.....

[SS785]

Originally Posted by Rohdeo16

So to resurrect this thread. The rep at my local chevy dealership got back in touch with me after he sent a description and these photos to the Chevy Brand Quality people.

They apparently said they have no known cases of this ever happening before and they aren't going to cover it.

I'm not happy with that response and I really want to know what other methods I may have to get this replaced. I wasn't going too fast, I didn't hit anything, there's no reason this should have happened.

Does anyone have any input on another way I can get this taken care of?

I feel for you man. That is a clear mfg. defect. What they told you was a poor runaround excuse to deny liability. Based on my own experience, that seems to be the general way in how they approach complaints. It's like they haven't figured out that happy customers= repeat, loyal customers. Their process/mentality towards CS is really poor.

To fix it, it'll run you $350-500 to have the bumper rewelded with plastic compound or body filler+prep and paint.

[05stram]

Originally Posted by CamaroSkooter

I can assure you this should not happen.

I can also assure you this is a bigger problem on Dodge Challengers than it is on Camaros.

really I have never read where this happened on a Challenger. But what does a Challenger have to do with his car? Some of you guys are so envious of other brands you do not offer advice but take every chance to talk about cars you are envious of. I just had to do it lol.

Now back to topic. I would take the evidence you have including this thread (and other thread) and if Chevrolet refuses to take care of it then I would report it to the NHTSB - this could cause an accident. They have never heard of it I am sure if you can get someones RO number you have them there with the NHTSB.

[motorhead]

Originally Posted by CamaroSkooter

I can assure you this should not happen.

I can also assure you this is a bigger problem on Dodge Challengers than it is on Camaros.

Your wrong. They don't go fast enough to rip the front end off.



Sorry Challenger guys couldn't resist. In all seriousness, I've read a lot about the rocker moldings and dents that just appear on their own with the challenger, but I never read of or heard of any problems with the front doing that. If I remember one of the mags while testing the Camaro during a high speed run had that happen.

[babaron]

Now back to topic. I would take the evidence you have including this thread (and other thread) and if Chevrolet refuses to take care of it then I would report it to the NHTSB - this could cause an accident. They have never heard of it I am sure if you can get someones RO number you have them there with the NHTSB.[/QUOTE]

This!

[SNSSTR]

Now that is a very good idea! I guess I will go to my district rep since the guy at the dealership doesn't want to help anymore.

[BlueSteele]

your bumper fasteners look different. The ones I've seen are a 2 piece pushpin that has the screwdriver slot to separate them. I doubt that would be the cause, but it's worth bringing up.

[Aqua_Blue_SS]

Originally Posted by BlueSteele

your bumper fasteners look different. The ones I've seen are a 2 piece pushpin that has the screwdriver slot to separate them. I doubt that would be the cause, but it's worth bringing up.

I have a sept. 09 build with the 2 piece push pin. So they may have been changed out for some reason. That was the first thing i noticed too.

[SNSSTR]

The ones I have are also a 2 piece pushpin