[friendlyglenns]

2 cars...2018. 1 original and 3 crates...3rd motor just installed this past week...2021 w/10 speed auto...2300 miles on original and crate replacement caught on fire due to bad install at HAIK Chevrolet Houston...I have a feeling that the freeze/power outage might have disrupted the install being that the dealer was shut down for at least a week...I will say they got to the repair quickly and the correspondence and all my inquiries into the status of the repair by me were almost always immediate...glenn

[N Camarolina]

Gottta say, I've been on this forum for 1.5 yrs and other than the valve spring issue last year where there were maybe 5 new owners who posted being affected, I haven't seen many posts about people losing engines, let alone multiple engines like you guys are posting here in the last week. I track mine, so am understandably concerned about my engine blowing.

What gives? I'm glad GM is sticking behind their warrantee, but if I was losing engines at the rate you seem to be, I'd be really worried that I'd lose one not too long after the car goes beyond power-train warrantee period.

Are you planning to get rid of it before the power-train warrantee expires?
Have you tried to figure out what the cause might be?

[1lE_1LE]

Does anyone have proof that there actually IS a track warranty? The manuals aren’t specific enough, and you can’t take car and driver’s words to a dealer and say here look at this. I’ve brought this issue up with my service manager and he’s adamantly claiming if I walk in with a blown motor and he tells GM I blew it up on track they’ll deny it. He even told me my car was flagged for abuse for needing an alignment and a tire replaced under 5k miles (I live in chicago and shit gets ****ed up quickly here)

OBVIOUSLY a lot of us have no issues with this, but there’s a good amount of us that are. How are you guys opening claims with GM? What are you telling them? How are you dealing with pressure besides just going to a new dealer?

[Coded4SS]

Originally Posted by 1lE_1LE

Does anyone have proof that there actually IS a track warranty? The manuals aren’t specific enough, and you can’t take car and driver’s words to a dealer and say here look at this. I’ve brought this issue up with my service manager and he’s adamantly claiming if I walk in with a blown motor and he tells GM I blew it up on track they’ll deny it. He even told me my car was flagged for abuse for needing an alignment and a tire replaced under 5k miles (I live in chicago and shit gets ****ed up quickly here)

OBVIOUSLY a lot of us have no issues with this, but there’s a good amount of us that are. How are you guys opening claims with GM? What are you telling them? How are you dealing with pressure besides just going to a new dealer?

so far, from what I can tell is that was all hot air from a dealer service guy that didin't want to do the work.

Most people are referencing back to C&D articles and whatnot that reference a GM rep saying its covered under warranty on the track. The manuals are slightly confusing and vague. "racing, Competitive driving". The website sells the 1le as a track car, burnouts on the website etc. It would be one hell of a misrepresentation in marketing. But im just some guy lol

[Paulie-G]

I don't understand.
When I worked at a dealership I was paid 33 & 1/3 % of the shop labor rate.
Warranty work paid the same. The dealer was reimbursed whatever the shop rate was.
Why would they turn down the money?

Two dealers I've taken my truck to are gone. North County GMC and Poway GMC.
I'm sure under president potato head more will close too.
Money keeps the lights on.

[ZL1 1LE]

Originally Posted by Coded4SS

so far, from what I can tell is that was all hot air from a dealer service guy that didin't want to do the work.

Most people are referencing back to C&D articles and whatnot that reference a GM rep saying its covered under warranty on the track. The manuals are slightly confusing and vague. "racing, Competitive driving". The website sells the 1le as a track car, burnouts on the website etc. It would be one hell of a misrepresentation in marketing. But im just some guy lol

I'm aware of a full on race car Z/28, other than the stock engine, that had the engine replaced under warranty at "our" dealership.

[Rich J]

Anyone know a dealer in the DC area with a track friendly service department?

[GONIF]

What would it have cost to put a dry sump in the 1LE option package? Seams to me it wouldn't cost GM more than 2 or 3 hundred to do it . The 1LE package is $7000.00, so if they charged $7500.00 for it with a dry sump no one would complain . These cars can pull 1.2 g with a track alignment . The bean counters over at GM are stopping the SS 1LE from being a world class sports car .

[Midblues]

Sorry but a throw out bearing will not be covered due to wear item Unless you can prove some thing else is causing it which may be a weak s clutch slave cylinder. I would change that out while you are doing throw out bearing its fairly cheap part and can upgrade to a better one external of transmission . Especially if you track car. Just another reason tracking these cars are not cheap but fun.

[nasbagoat]

Originally Posted by Rich J

Anyone know a dealer in the DC area with a track friendly service department?

Criswell Chevy in Gaithersburg
Technician : Luke
Advisor: Dina

Luke does a good track alignment too.

[JD_]

Originally Posted by Rich J

Anyone know a dealer in the DC area with a track friendly service department?

Don't know if its closer, but I know the Chevy dealer in Fredericksburg has covered the 1LE for an on track blown motor. Their towtruck driver picked the car up from Dominion Raceway paddock.

[TJay74]

Originally Posted by Midblues

Sorry but a throw out bearing will not be covered due to wear item Unless you can prove some thing else is causing it which may be a weak s clutch slave cylinder. I would change that out while you are doing throw out bearing its fairly cheap part and can upgrade to a better one external of transmission . Especially if you track car. Just another reason tracking these cars are not cheap but fun.

You would be wrong, Throw out has been covered many times under the B2B back when GM only offered the 3yr/36K warranty from the factory. It has also been covered under the 5yr/100k and the now 5yr/60k warranty as well. It is a part of the drivetrain and is covered under such warranty.

The throw out bearing is not really a wear item in the sense of say the brake pads or clutch disc. Even still GM covers the brake pads and clutch disc for the 1st year or 12k miles.

[Uncle Sam]

Originally Posted by JD_

Don't know if its closer, but I know the Chevy dealer in Fredericksburg has covered the 1LE for an on track blown motor. Their towtruck driver picked the car up from Dominion Raceway paddock.

Criswell did my track alignment correctly and it held spec very nicely.

They fixed a collapsed lifter, head off, under warranty. This was after a track day.