5561 miles and my bitch blew up on the way back from the casino tonight took 4 hours to get towed have to call up the dealer tommorw..... 🙃
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When you say blew up did it run out of oil and lock up? Over rev? Or not quite sure? Keep us posted, very interested to know root cause once it makes it to the shop.
Honestly not quite sure was on the freeway down shifted from 6th to 5th to 4th back up to 5th to 6th when I got back into 6ths I felt like a rumble in the accelerator pedal then I heard the knocking come onThat is rough I’m sorryWhen you say blew up did it run out of oil and lock up? Over rev? Or not quite sure? Keep us posted, very interested to know root cause once it makes it to the shop.
IDK how that could possibly come to be, I've never heard of something like this in 30 years of driving.
I'm a bit inclined to believe this is the case, although I can't imagine he would just floor it in neutral at a highway to bang of the limiter for 10 minutes straight haha.
No but if the gear change that was supposed to be 4th gear ended up in 2nd gear instead that can be an instant 9000rpm rev. The rev limiter cant do anything if you put it in a wrong gear. I dont like to assume, because shit happens. New cars break for no reason sometimes. At the same time, if there was an assembly issue, it would have shown up well before 5k miles, so who knows.
Oh yeah I didn't consider a money shift because he said that he shifted normally, but who knows what could have happened :/
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That really sucks. Are you willing to share any other details? Things such as - how do you know it blew up? Is there visible damage to the engine and/or leaking oil/coolant? When was the last oil change and what type/brand of oil was used, and what gas octane and station(s) have you used to fill up? Have you driven it on track and/or experienced limp mode? Did you lug it when you shifted into 6th? It's great to have documentation incase the issue isn't isolated.
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If that was the case or any of the cases above people are saying were mis-shifts, then the trans would've blown. A clear symptom of engine failure is white smoke and immediate loss of power. More obvious signs are a literal hole in the block, oil sprayed across the bay, scattered metal remnants, and/or a fire (ask me how I know lol). If its related to shifting, sounds like OP blew up his trans
The engine does not have to explode and send parts flying to be blown. A money shift also does not typically blow the trans, it will take the engine out 1st most of the time. Best case the clutch just lets loose and everything else survives. Cams, valves, springs and timing related parts are designed to only spin so fast. Its not uncommon to spin a bearing or break\bend a valve or spring from over revving. Maybe that wouldnt be classified as a "blown" engine, but it certainly will sound and run like crap and require major repair.
Not exactly sure what happened , but power loss and knocking when it happened it was full limp mode
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Oh yep...thats the engine...interested in knowing what happened. Keep us posted!
I hesitate with these threads... it's like the other one where the guy blew his clutch after only 800 Miles; made it sound like a potential issue with the vehicle. Then later in the thread he admits he was thrashing it around quite a bit.
Seems like there's always some important details that are being left out in these anecdotes.
Seems like there's always some important details that are being left out in these anecdotes.
No visible damage nothing leaking no smoke just straight knock city and loss of power when it happened , didn't money shift just down shifted twice ran it back up to 6th and it happened as soon as I got into 6th agian
Didn't even hit rev limit on the shifts prior to it happening
Will do waiting on the phone with dealer right now to get this shit handled
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