Its been a month without my car. its in for warranty work and parts are on national back order. i have the option of goin and getting my car and having it til the parts come in. or drive my free rental.
they have no idea when parts will be in, so the thing is i look at it as like i can either drive this rental for anywhere from 1 day to somewhere around 6 month! or drive a kinda broken car for that long.

what would you do?

 

well whats broken on your car?

 

only in high rpms the clutch peddle sinks to the floor like there is air in the sytem. they want to put synchronzor gears and in it. and i bought the upgraded clutch and TOB to be put in while they have it apart... so its ok to drive, i dont think the synchro gears are an issue to be honest. but im not the trans guy at the dealership. lol.

 

Rental so i wouldn't put miles on my car haha

 

Ya not putting miles on my car is the only perk to the rental. It's just a slow POS that I hate driving tho.

 

what is it? ask for an upgraded model?

 

I would not say that.
If you get the free rental, and it brakes down
you DEF will not have to pay for it. But if your
car brakes down further, its just more headace.

 

OP how many miles does ur car have? am getting this same issue with my stock clutch...at high rpms my clutch is staying tuck on the floor..and it sucks cuz it wont let me go in another gear or even put it on neutral sometimes...is this clutch failure?

 

keep the rental. let your car get fixed. it will be worth the wait knowing that the car is working the way it should be. plus no wear and tear on your car in the meantime

 

i have 34000 miles. it wasnt so bad last summer when i raced it all the time at 19000. but now its just horrible. i cant get outta gear or into gear without pumping the clutch. and even in neutral it will do it. i really think they are over looking the fact that im NOT having problems grinding gears. its all clutch and clutch fluid i think. also the TOB on our car sucks. i think that some how that bleeds off preasure in the clutch and ***** it up. i almost want to tell them not to put in the synchro gears. it just dont make sense, at all.

you can try bleeding your clutch hydraulic system too if you want. or have the dealer do it. it would be around $150 i think.

as for what im doin, im having them put in my upgraded clutch and TOB for pretty cheap while they are in there workin. (thank god for being friends with my service writer)
ill keep you updated on it.

 

alright cool thanks man. samething is happening to me with my clutch but i just hit 64k miles on mines. so i just tought it was goin bad already since ive abused it alot. but am goin to try bleeding my clutch and see what happens. am also ordering the upgraded clutch from gm but i wanted to know what was goin on. goodluck with your car man

 

OP for how much I hate to say it, I'd just rock the rental 'til your car is done. But I would go to the dealership and whine and complain until they gave you a nicer rental if it really has already been a month. I'm sure you're probably in an Aveo or something. My car got hit and I had a Suzuki Forenza for 3 weeks and it was the worst 3 weeks of my driving life

 

Id take a rental for sure BUT then your car is sitting outside at the dealer the entire time. What will they do with it? if its out in the open lot someone could do anything to it. idk id rather drive it, I dont trust my car being parked outside.

 

i think im gonna go get it and fix it myself honestly. I work at a ford dealership... the tranny guy said he will help me put the clutch in and bleed my hydraulic system next saturday. ive never done tranny work and he has about 98237598 years of experience. i think we will get her done. and it will be all over. but if not, the parts are still on order from gm. ill let them take care of it.

 

I think you knew the answer before you created this post. lol

 

let me know how it goes man. ill apreciate it since i also have this issue as i mentioned before. goodluck with the fix

 

If you can fix it yourself then more power to ya. But yeah, I wouldn't risk driving it, just beat on a rental for a little while.

 

i had a rental for over a month last summer it was a new 09 gmc sierra 4x4 .. it only had 800 KMS on it when i picked it up.. it was sweet..

 

I'd drive the rental, but tell the service advisor that you'd like an upgrade on your rental. Tell him you're driving a 20K+ vehicle, and not the base Cobalt. They try to match what you're driving with what you're allowed, and they probably saw "Cobalt" and put you in something similar to a base Cobalt. Ask for at least a mid-grade. I know when I had my car in the shop, they'd put me up in Hummer H3s, Trailblazers, fullsize p/u, and other mid-sized cars. Sometimes you have to bitch to get things done. The extra $$$ on the rental might help them expedite your part for you.