We were driving home from vacation 5 1/2 hours away and I lost the transmission. Luckily, we were only a few miles away from home. Truck needed to be towed to the dealership where they found all kinds of metal shavings in the tranny fluid, Blown transmission. I was just over the 100,000 mile warranty so had to pay out of pocket for the repair. $5000 and tow fee later I got my truck back. Now 01/15/2025; at 127,000 miles I'm starting to feel some of the same issues, chugging, hard shifting, skipping as I did back then.
Never in my life have I experienced a problem with GM vehicles in the past . Their 6L80 transmissions fail prematurely as do their a/c condensers. Both of these items should have been recalled. I have two friends with similar vehicles with even less mileage and their transmissions and a/c condensers failed. I have owned several GM vehicles since 1974, some new and some slightly used. This is unacceptable. I've written to GM about this about a week and a half ago. I'm waiting on their response.
On our way from Ohio to Hilton Head SC 3/24/2019 the transmission stopped changing gears while driving thru the Appalachian mountains at night. We may it to Spratansburg, SC. We rented the only available pick up truck (Ford F150) from Enterprise, which was the only rental dealer open on Sunday 3/25/2019 . We needed a truck due to the amount of luggage and kayaks we were carrying.
We spent two nights in a hotel waoting for Monday 3/26/2019 to have the my GMC Sierra towed to a GM Dealer. The repair was performed under warranty and we picked up my truck upon return from Hilton Head on Friday 3/29/2019. We were informed by the master tech that the torque converter failure is a known issue due to a defective product from the vendor. Also that at the time of repair the same vendor was the only source for that torque converter and there is a likelihood of a recurrence.
I contacted GM for a request for reimbursement for the $529.42 rental car expense and was told that after review the request was denied since I didn't rent a GM product. Note on a Sunday there was only one option for a rental and all that was available in pick ups was a Ford F 150.
- Mark J.,
Dayton, US
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We were driving home from vacation 5 1/2 hours away and I lost the transmission. Luckily, we were only a few miles away from home. Truck needed to be towed to the dealership where they found all kinds of metal shavings in the tranny fluid, Blown transmission. I was just over the 100,000 mile warranty so had to pay out of pocket for the repair. $5000 and tow fee later I got my truck back. Now 01/15/2025; at 127,000 miles I'm starting to feel some of the same issues, chugging, hard shifting, skipping as I did back then.
- paulcrane, Murrells Inlt, US