Contacted Chevrolet Today

[GrinderSS]

For kicks I completed the web form at chevy.com to complain about the problems I've had with the transmission in my 2SS. I told them I didn't want compensation since I've voided the warranty via mods, but the transmission issue is serious and many people are unhappy as evidenced by discussions on various internet forums.

Well, within 4 hours of submitting the form I received a call from GM. They asked for the technical details on the problem and which forums people are using to discuss it. Lets see if they do anything about it.

I encourage everyone else that has had this problem to contact Chevy as well. Hopefully they'll issue a service bulletin.

[fourhounds]

Please explain what problems you are talking about.

[GrinderSS]

Originally Posted by fourhounds

Please explain what problems you are talking about.

See the thread on 2nd gear grinding.

At 2000 miles I had to have the 2nd gear replaced along with some other parts($1,900), just a couple weeks ago I replaced the entire transmission because 2nd gear was beginning to grind again ($4600). I replaced it with a Level 6 TR6060 from RPM transmissions.

[fourhounds]

Brought mine in for same prob. . . Sorry could not duplicate problem with owner driving. WTF no TSB's Service writer says to me you know you have 100K warranty

[Chevrolet Customer Svc]

fourhounds, I would like to direct message you about the issues are having with your vehicle. Also GrinderSS could you direct message me your case number so I can look into it? Thank you.

Jeff Morris, Chevrolet Customer Service

[GrinderSS]

Originally Posted by Chevrolet Customer Svc

fourhounds, I would like to direct message you about the issues are having with your vehicle. Also GrinderSS could you direct message me your case number so I can look into it? Thank you.

Jeff Morris, Chevrolet Customer Service

Jeff,
I bought my 2SS/RS Camaro as a hobby car, as such, I've made several modifications including having the PCM recalibrate. So, I'm sure I've voided any kind of warranty GM offers on the car. With that said, I'm certain the transmission was defective from the factory; I had only 2000 miles on the car when I had to have 2nd gear replaced and 4,100 miles just recently when I replaced the entire transmission due to 2nd gear beginning to grind again (the inspiration for my moniker ).

Anyway, I don't expect anything from GM for me personally, but I do believe GM should resolve this issue before it becomes more widely known and damages the Camaro brand. Of course, if you want to send me a check for the $6K+ I've spent dealing with a grinding transmission I certainly won't say no

Technically I believe the problem is the responsibility of Tremec as the manufacturer of the TR6060. If you browse the Mustang forums you'll see that GT500 owners are having similar issues with their TR6060's. In fact, the problem is well known as indicated in this article: http://www.hotrod.com/techarticles/g...nsmission.html

Steve

[piticu667]

Originally Posted by Chevrolet Customer Svc

fourhounds, I would like to direct message you about the issues are having with your vehicle. Also GrinderSS could you direct message me your case number so I can look into it? Thank you.

Jeff Morris, Chevrolet Customer Service

Quote my car failed withing 100 km after the dealership "FIXED" it. GM is now blaming me go figure!

[kcox2010]

mine has 100 miles and grinds first to second hard shift warmed up too u get rpm up o 6000 and i grinds first to second i have to let the rpm come down to not have it grind it bs 2011 ss it it got lauch mode i have not tried but not happy with that keith

[Eric Baker]

I have bad grinding going into reverse unless I push the clutch in and wait for the input shaft to stop spinning, or if I shift into a forward gear before going into reverse to force the shaft to stop moving. I think it happened after I tried to force the shifter into reverse while trying to grab 5th while "briskly" accelerating. I think the reverse syncro is damaged.

It happened before I did mods, but now I have a cam and tune done, so I figure the warranty won't cover it. I may dig into it myself if I can source the correct parts. Until then I'll have to live with it. No other gears have issues though, just shy of 8K miles.

[fourhounds]

I got a PM from Chevrolet customer service.....

[10aSSee D]

Keep us posted....

[Chevrolet Customer Svc]

Thank you for all the information GrinderSS. I appreciate you explaining your situation. Hopefully we will be able to assist and fix this issue in the near future. I will update the forum when this does occur. Thank you all for your time.

Jeff Morris, Chevrolet Customer Service

[DarkObsession]

Please keep us posted... my SS doesn't grind but I'm scared that it may start and I don't really want to deal with that :(

[cwalms]

I took my car in to the dealer this Monday for the grinding issue, but have replaced the stock shifter with a Barton short throw. Dealer told me to put the stock shifter back in and that would fix the problem. If it didn't then they would look more in depth. Funny thing is I scheduled the appointment before installing the shifter and told them I was installing it. There is definitely a grind when shifting to 2nd and 3rd. I hope that Chevy does the right thing and issue a TSB on this issue.