Hi everyone. I'll try to keep this relatively short while not leaving out any potentially important details. I have a 2016 SS1 Camaro with <19K miles on it. I'm the second owner. Bought her 2 years ago this May-6500 miles and 2.3 years old at the time of purchase. I've kept up with regular maintenance and rarely drive her to her full potential. The car is stock and was garage kept and babied before me, from what I can tell.
The only issue I've had was the engine shudder problem, which was fixed a year ago when the transmission fluid was replaced around the time the TSB came out. For nearly two years now, I've had an annual membership to a local carwash where they dry and detail by hand, but run the car through an automatic wash. I've been through there 75+ times over the last 2 years without issue. About 3 weeks ago, I brought her in and noticed they had trouble starting her up when pulling her out of the bay. I then had a slow start when leaving that day and saw a tiny bit of steam burning off the engine from the louvers for a second or two. Drove around for a bit and everything has been fine since then. ZERO slow to start issues, even after sitting untouched for several days (3-6 days in a row sometimes)....until today when I went through the carwash again.
Washed today (for the first time since the last incident), and again, they had trouble getting her out of the bay. I questioned the girl about it, and she said sometimes when she puts cars in neutral to go through the wash, the battery light comes on for whatever reason. I took my car home for the day and parked her. Shut off and back on one time, with only slight hesitation. I tried to re-create the problem by placing my car in neutral and letting her roll like they do (however, I tested with the car on-not sure how they are getting her in neutral with the engine off) Anyway, I didn't have any luck
. I sat idling for a few minutes while searching forums for similar issues. Next thing I knew, there was a message saying the A/C was shutting off due to high engine temp! My baby was in the red!!
Shut her off instantly and opened the hood to cool down. Nothing appeared unusual, except the fan rotated sporadically back and forth, which-I'm guessing- is an advanced technological attempt to cool the engine down when it gets that hot.
What on Earth could be the problem? Any ideas or advice? Mags and I thank you in advance for your input before we have to resort to our useless local dealer!
