A8 died
10-30-2014, 09:38 PM
#21
Drifting
Same thing, 15,700 & change on my A6. Knock on wood, the girl is rock solid 
. Taking her on a club 'Leaf Cruise' Saturday up into the mountains. Will have to tread lightly in the curves tho, supposed to be really cold tomorrow night with light snow and light accumulations. We should have in the range of 30 cars for some eye candy going through North GA into North Carolina.
. Taking her on a club 'Leaf Cruise' Saturday up into the mountains. Will have to tread lightly in the curves tho, supposed to be really cold tomorrow night with light snow and light accumulations. We should have in the range of 30 cars for some eye candy going through North GA into North Carolina.
10-30-2014, 10:03 PM
#22
I am optimistic. My Father in Law bought a new Chevy pick up many years ago and the tranny failed on that vehicle in just a few thousand miles. GM quickly replaced the defective transmission and he never had a bit of trouble with it....through over twenty years of ownership....even though he used it to pull a 5th wheel A LOT.
All manufacturers today will step up to the plate to make a customer happy, including GM. You'll be fine!
All manufacturers today will step up to the plate to make a customer happy, including GM. You'll be fine!
10-30-2014, 11:32 PM
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The problem you describe above is what happens if the engine decides to get into deceleration fuel cutoff while the torque converter on the transmission is UNLOCKED, engine speed will drop really quick and then shoot back up. This is assuming this was happening while coasting down.
10-30-2014, 11:57 PM
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10-31-2014, 12:13 AM
#25
Burning Brakes
Yes, these stories are unfortunate, but let's not pretend like cars didn't break down before computers existed...
10-31-2014, 04:09 AM
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This is exactly why i got a 2014 A6 and did not wait for the A8. Everybody was talking about waiting for the second year to avoid issues, but in reality, the A8 is really the first year of something new. The A6 has been proven for years. I would have waited for a 2016 if i had to wait. This sucks, but hopefully it gets figured out.
10-31-2014, 08:05 AM
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Scraping the splitter.
Good Luck w/ the fix. There are no more "scary stories" with the C7 than there have been with any other generation of Corvette or other cars in general. Some of you "the sky is falling" people have ran out of ammunition because common, large scale major problems are pretty much non-existent. Therefore it's predictable a single failure will be dramatized.
S.
10-31-2014, 08:32 AM
#30
Le Mans Master
What a crock.
There are no more "scary stories" with the C7 than there have been with any other generation of Corvette or other cars in general. Some of you "the sky is falling" people have ran out of ammunition because common, large scale major problems are pretty much non-existent. Therefore it's predictable a single failure will be dramatized.
S.
There are no more "scary stories" with the C7 than there have been with any other generation of Corvette or other cars in general. Some of you "the sky is falling" people have ran out of ammunition because common, large scale major problems are pretty much non-existent. Therefore it's predictable a single failure will be dramatized.
S.
10-31-2014, 09:56 AM
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St. Jude Donor '08
Well, a brand new "untested" transmission to me is something i would be concerned about. Obviously, i was not concerned about the 2014 being new cause i bought one. But, i would have been hesitant to go with the 2015. I think you are underestimating issues that a new tranny can have.
And most likely the problem with this transmission is a faulty part, etc. and not with the design of this unit after the many thousand of hours of testing that it has gone through.
10-31-2014, 09:59 AM
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What a crock.
There are no more "scary stories" with the C7 than there have been with any other generation of Corvette or other cars in general. Some of you "the sky is falling" people have ran out of ammunition because common, large scale major problems are pretty much non-existent. Therefore it's predictable a single failure will be dramatized.
S.
There are no more "scary stories" with the C7 than there have been with any other generation of Corvette or other cars in general. Some of you "the sky is falling" people have ran out of ammunition because common, large scale major problems are pretty much non-existent. Therefore it's predictable a single failure will be dramatized.
S.
10-31-2014, 10:37 AM
#33
Drifting
It's much easier now to be heard. The number of people like us on the internet and forums has grown enormously just since the introduction of the C6. At the intro of the C5, the number of buyers that had internet service were limited to Prodigy and AOL and such minor services. You could make the claim that all earlier models had no forum at all such as this to help people or if they felt like it, start rants.
So it's easy to see how the internet has made it super easy to rant when the poster doesn't have to get face to face with someone he disagrees with. If there were a small posting fee of even $.10, I wonder if the rants would decline
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So it's easy to see how the internet has made it super easy to rant when the poster doesn't have to get face to face with someone he disagrees with. If there were a small posting fee of even $.10, I wonder if the rants would decline
.What a crock.
There are no more "scary stories" with the C7 than there have been with any other generation of Corvette or other cars in general. Some of you "the sky is falling" people have ran out of ammunition because common, large scale major problems are pretty much non-existent. Therefore it's predictable a single failure will be dramatized.
S.
There are no more "scary stories" with the C7 than there have been with any other generation of Corvette or other cars in general. Some of you "the sky is falling" people have ran out of ammunition because common, large scale major problems are pretty much non-existent. Therefore it's predictable a single failure will be dramatized.
S.
10-31-2014, 04:07 PM
#34
Safety Car
Well, a brand new "untested" transmission to me is something i would be concerned about. Obviously, i was not concerned about the 2014 being new cause i bought one. But, i would have been hesitant to go with the 2015. I think you are underestimating issues that a new tranny can have.
10-31-2014, 04:27 PM
#35
In defense of those wary of the new transmission's reliability, transmissions are more likely to have problems in the first year of a design than most other parts of the car, including the engine. I still wouldn't worry about it much personally, though.
10-31-2014, 07:50 PM
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Pro
What a crock.
There are no more "scary stories" with the C7 than there have been with any other generation of Corvette or other cars in general. Some of you "the sky is falling" people have ran out of ammunition because common, large scale major problems are pretty much non-existent. Therefore it's predictable a single failure will be dramatized.
S.
There are no more "scary stories" with the C7 than there have been with any other generation of Corvette or other cars in general. Some of you "the sky is falling" people have ran out of ammunition because common, large scale major problems are pretty much non-existent. Therefore it's predictable a single failure will be dramatized.
S.
10-31-2014, 08:08 PM
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Went to dealer today to get something out of the car and they were in the process of taking the trans out. Still no firm schedule on receipt of new one but tech said they want this one now. Bet they do.
10-31-2014, 08:35 PM
#39
Melting Slicks
rramjet,
They'll get it taken care of.
You guys forget the Mopar minivan tranny. My neighbor had a bad van losing more then one transmission. The only place who would trade him was a ....Mopar dealership. The first night at home with his new minivan...yup, transmission went out. He traded for a Honda after that!
They'll get it taken care of.
You guys forget the Mopar minivan tranny. My neighbor had a bad van losing more then one transmission. The only place who would trade him was a ....Mopar dealership. The first night at home with his new minivan...yup, transmission went out. He traded for a Honda after that!
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10-31-2014, 08:37 PM
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On a brand new trans, unfortunately there will be a few mishaps here and there, just like the motor failures we've seen thus far. Unfortunately on something that is designed and brought to life in a short period, you have to break a few eggs to bake a cake. Look how few failures there are in the 6Ls for example. They'll be better over time and the random failures will be just that. Hang in there, I wouldn't worry about it on the next one