Dave02C5

BSE1956

That is NASTY.
So sorry to hear.
Sounds like GM owes you at least an engine if not a car.

travisnd

Some of the replies in this thread are pretty retarded. The car has a 5 year 100k powertrain warranty. Of course they'll be replacing the engine and anything else damaged as a result of the failure.

Not sure why he'd get a new car... they come with a warranty for a reason.

Theta

There are a few situations in which this could occur. Once the investigation team gets into it, it's not completely out of the question for them to hold the vehicle and assign (replace) another to the owner via a contract removing them from liability, etc.

It's rare, but then so are these occurrences.

travisnd

True... the car in C7 Gen with the suspension failure "wheel came off" thread is being replaced.

Theta

I actually missed that one - might need to pop over to General... *shudder*

travisnd

Appears to be the lower balljoint came loose or the fancy shmancy hollow control arm failed. Mum's the word now that the car is being replaced.

AzDave47

ILLUSHN

I hope it all works out to your satisfaction!

killascrimp

man , THAT SUCK'S, thank god both a drivers are ok, could you imagine if GM said sorry, you have a aftermarket filter, kind of make's you think about mods when stuff like this happens. I hope gm makes this right for you, I would be P!ssed......... I have a strange ticking sound ,and my local corvette Tech is 70 yrs old so he can't hear it...... I will be watching this Thread... good luck with everything

runutzzzzz

Strange ticking sound from about 1500-2500 RPM?

FYREANT

More than likely just the direct injection. It makes a noticeable tick..

ncrowe

subscribed - interested in seeing how this wraps up

Motohead279

Under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act car manufacturers can't void your warranty for simple bolt-ons, things like filter, intake, exhaust, etc if they can't prove a direct correlation that the aftermarket part CAUSED the problem.

Motohead279

GM will most likely fly a rep out to the dealer to look at the car.

killascrimp

1500 to 2500 rpms
Yep.....

Dave02C5

i find it hard to believe at only 1200 rpm there would be that much oil spewage all over the rear. that would take a lot

GazUK

subscribed

Z_Rocks

Perhaps I missed the answer, but there was a question whether this car was totally stock or was there an after market tune on it?

A hypothetical question: Let's say this incident had happened to a car which had been re-tuned because it had a new CAI or LTH. Is the owner totally out of luck, because the tune was modified?

gthal

If the car was tuned and the dealer found it then, yes, they are **** out of luck. It would be a very expensive day for the owner.

On a blown engine, I'm almost certain GM would look for any evidence of a tune ever existing on the car other than OEM. If the car simply had a CAI, etc and no tune, the owner should be good IMO. The tune is what GM would look for to deny warranty coverage. If the car was tuned, the owner would need to try to flash it back to OEM (if possible) and then pray that GM could not detect it was ever there in any way.

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