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Old Aug 20, 2009 | 08:13 PM
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ugggg i got to do a mini rant before i loose my mind

i work at the gm dealership here in town i bougth a 09ss cobalt (dealer trade) with 172 miles on it. the day i got it was awsome i love it, get up the next morning to go into work and go to 2nd gear the shifter cables break ahhhhhh hell so im a little aggervated. 2 months down the road reaar brakes are all fucked up so i do them, 3 days later i got to 4th gear and POWWW missfire on cyl#3 broken lifter had it fixed everything was good untill this morning leave my drive way after the 3-5 min warm up going up the road and noticed the turbo sounded god awful werid and noticed there was no power what so ever. get to work and i have a p0299 engin underboost pull the intake assembly off and the compressor wheel is frozen called techline and longstory short i got to replace the turbo on this thing. i am ready to take a match to this thing

sub notes mods are aem cai,superchips (for now) thats all

sorry for all the run on's im aggervated as hell (end threa)d
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Old Aug 20, 2009 | 08:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Jbowman62
ugggg i got to do a mini rant before i loose my mind

i work at the gm dealership here in town i bougth a 09ss cobalt (dealer trade) with 172 miles on it. the day i got it was awsome i love it, get up the next morning to go into work and go to 2nd gear the shifter cables break ahhhhhh hell so im a little aggervated. 2 months down the road reaar brakes are all fucked up so i do them, 3 days later i got to 4th gear and POWWW missfire on cyl#3 broken lifter had it fixed everything was good untill this morning leave my drive way after the 3-5 min warm up going up the road and noticed the turbo sounded god awful werid and noticed there was no power what so ever. get to work and i have a p0299 engin underboost pull the intake assembly off and the compressor wheel is frozen called techline and longstory short i got to replace the turbo on this thing. i am ready to take a match to this thing

sub notes mods are aem cai,superchips (for now) thats all

sorry for all the run on's im aggervated as hell (end threa)d
WTF?!?! You work for GM, and still havent figured out how shitty GM cars are now? LOL. J/K. Dude that really sucks. It's weird, some people have no problems with their SS, and others have more problems than a bulimic at The Cheesecake Factory.
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Old Aug 20, 2009 | 08:45 PM
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damn dude. how many problems do you have to have before the lemon law kicks in???? knock on wood the only problems i have had are my fault.....except the brakes....and cam sensor........
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Old Aug 20, 2009 | 09:13 PM
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damn dude. how many problems do you have to have before the lemon law kicks in???? knock on wood the only problems i have had are my fault.....except the brakes....and cam sensor........
idk man i started thinkin the same thing
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Old Aug 20, 2009 | 09:39 PM
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Lemon law states that it has to be a recurring problem with the vehichle. Ignition switch kept going out on my 05 base model before I made the dealer take it back.
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Old Aug 20, 2009 | 11:29 PM
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Another shattered lifter; this is not instilling confidence, but unlike Marin, you're lucky you weren't without your car for 90 days.
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Old Aug 21, 2009 | 08:59 AM
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yeah true my boss (the serice manager ) hes really cool and loves my car so that helps its just aggervating that i caint drive a brand new car with out it fn up
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Old Aug 22, 2009 | 05:38 AM
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You call that a rant?

Tough break, dude. At least your boss has your back tho.
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Old Aug 22, 2009 | 06:21 AM
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what's fucked up is I overrevved the engine ******* up a shift, (9400 or so rpms) and my lifters are fine.. i'm quite surprised.
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Old Aug 22, 2009 | 07:28 AM
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Originally Posted by oopsitouchedmyself
what's fucked up is I overrevved the engine ******* up a shift, (9400 or so rpms) and my lifters are fine.. i'm quite surprised.
How many miles have you put on it since the over rev?
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Old Aug 23, 2009 | 06:51 AM
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How many miles have you put on it since the over rev?
Don't scare the dude.
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Old Aug 23, 2009 | 07:01 AM
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and this is what happens when you beat the **** out of a car before the breakin period is up.

not you, but probably the previous owner
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Old Aug 23, 2009 | 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by EXsoccer1921
and this is what happens when you beat the **** out of a car before the breakin period is up.

not you, but probably the previous owner
lol no, I beat the crap out of mine and mines great! his was made on a monday with left over parts you work at GM, with a warrantied car...cars break...and you get it fixed for free, suck it up for a bit and after so many break its bound to end sometime.
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