so cars been in the shop for a week.....they told me today all 4 pistons are damaged (destroyed) and the block is cracked (done for)...what should i do.....they may not cover it under warrenty.....they said there rep wanted pictures.....that they have never seen this before

 

find a new motor? if its not being covered you have 3 choices. sell it, fix the motor, replace the motor. youre gonna lose money either way

 

****....i knew i shoulda tossed a match on it

 

umm more info? like what model cobalt? how did you do this? more specs on car, bad tune?

 

yeah if its stock and if u were under warranty why wouldnt it? but if you are big time modded...bub buy

 

only mod i had is the factory stage 2....but as of right now they are trying to pin it on that....its an 06 sc with 50k on it...and how i did it no idea your guess would just go into the pile with everyone elses....

 

http://www.car-part.com

Find a used motor in your area on there and swap it.

 

Make it get repaired under warranty. stage 2 from gmpp carries a warranty if you had the dealer install it. given you are under warranty, ie power train or bumper to bumper

 

ya i had a dealer install it but they are playing hard ball

 

dont let them bulley you around because if your going to sit down and just say yes to everything they tell you then yeah theyre going to try and run one over on you because itll save them money, if you put up a fight though and have the proof to back up your bark then you should be able to get it replaced under warranty provided you still have warranty etc

 

ya......we threatend to go to take them to court if they dont honor this....so we just gota wait and see

 

If you have the GM Stage 2 on it, they cannot do ****. Why? Because it's a GM sanctioned addon that is supposed to not **** with your warranty.

 

tellem u'll call gm on their asses..im sure they won't get a very good call back from headquarters

 

well they arent covering it say its $5,000 just for parts.....their GM rep is accusing me of using after market tunes to give it more boost then it could handle (still has stage 2 tune) also they say that the oil pan did not have the factory seal on it

 

I didnt realize that a non factory tune included dropping your oil pan.

 

What dealer? I'd try another one.

 

Call GM's warranty line directly then.

If that fails, BBB.

 

dont give up yet. fight them tooth and nail

 

thee seem to have a sense that ive over boosted the car due to the fact that the motor blew and that the oil pan didnt have the original seal on it...they are using that as their excuse not to honor the warrenty...any techincal answers to this would help...all i had was the stage 2 with factory tune

 

Stage 2 with stage 2 tune

or

stage 2 with factory original tune????

 

stage 2 with stage 2 tune

 

if you didnt pull the oil pan, then they are full of ****, if you didnt retune it your full of ****..there is NO tech anythign to this, there is fighting this tooth and nail cause they are trying to rail you.

bottom of the line...you are right, they are wrong and you need to convince them they will be sorry if they dont help you

 

1) they can look up the number of times the ECU has been flashed, so they shouldnt be able to say you have a custom tune
2) a tune doesnt add more boost anyway. Ask the person you're talking to if they know what their talking about, and if they know how superchargers work opposed to turbochargers
3) The oil pan doesnt have any unique kind of seal. Just some liquid gasket maker. Ask what the type of gasket maker used has to do with anything?

 

I have a friend with the same problem on his SKY RL. He has done nothing but the dealer installed performance upgrades, and they are trying to pin his friend rings on him. (I think the dealer loaded the wrong CAL for him.) They were saying that he put an MBC on it now..... "because it had an aftermarket vac line on it." He got his friend with a solstice GXP to show them its the exact same line on his car too. The GM HQ was harassed, and he ended up getting a full engine replacement + Stage 2 Kappa upgrade again for free.

 

dont accept their BS get that **** straightened out