GM will decline warranty if you put in the additive - Page 4

SBONES · #46 (**permalink**) 08-19-05, 03:45 PM

i take it to the dealer and say do a diff change....

thebigjimsho · #47 (**permalink**) 08-19-05, 03:58 PM

So what do you guys think? I'm heading home to change the oil, tranny fluid and diff fluid. Should I ditch the GM stuff and go with Redline? I can grab a few quarts on the way home.

AmesCTS-V · #48 (**permalink**) 08-19-05, 04:00 PM

I have done both Redline and RP. Both are great. The Tremec trannys seem to really like RP Synchromax, the shifting feels better after putting it in. The diff would take RP MaxGear something; I'll have to check what, a guess would be MaxGear 75W90.

slow35th · #49 (**permalink**) 08-19-05, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by thebigjimsho

So what do you guys think? I'm heading home to change the oil, tranny fluid and diff fluid. Should I ditch the GM stuff and go with Redline? I can grab a few quarts on the way home.

Redline gets my vote

AmesCTS-V · #50 (**permalink**) 08-19-05, 04:02 PM

From CadillacFaq looks like 75W90. They make a RP MaxGear version of that.

thebigjimsho · #51 (**permalink**) 08-19-05, 04:22 PM

Thanks guys! Love those rapid fire responses.

akm2k5 · #52 (**permalink**) 08-19-05, 05:06 PM

I dont know how much longer you guys are going to put up with this.. Id leave caddy if they kept BSing like this...... Some of you guys are on your 3rd diff, I would have claimed lemon and got another car...

SBONES · #53 (**permalink**) 08-19-05, 08:04 PM

how much rp is used to do the job, if its that good i might try it....

slow35th · #54 (**permalink**) 08-19-05, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by SBONES

how much rp is used to do the job, if its that good i might try it....

Bones, You should really check out www.bobistheoilguy.com I think you will find that oil analysis will show that Redline is the superior product. Those guys over there eat, sleep, and dream oil and lube. They have labs test the oil and analyse it after use. My conclusion from months of reading on that forum is that Redline is the best available.

ace996 · #55 (**permalink**) 08-19-05, 08:12 PM

Update...
I can't believe that I could be more upset after yesterday, but I am.
I receive a call from the District Service Manager this afternoon. He explains that due to 1. a broken half-shaft bearing 2. a rattling in my tranny (which I never complained about) and 3. EXCESSIVE tire wear...that my V shows signs of overly aggressive driving and that I should not drive the car in the manner in which it has been driven. Service Technical Assistance, the ones the mechanics call when they don't know what to do, told them that those were the signs of "abuse".
I explain to the DSM that that is usually the case, and that in most cars those symptoms would lead ME to believe that the car was abused, but the V has some issues that are different than other Caddys. So I ask him what his experience with the V was.....MINE. Just mine, never looked at another V before...has no idea about the tire letter Caddy sent to owners, never seen or heard of a differential failing, never heard that the tranny\driveline makes clunks. He stated that all these conditions were the result of overly aggressive driving and that I should stop, as they won't fix the car should I come in with a similar problem.
He states that it is cheaper for them to "rebuild" my tranny, rather than order a new one...doesn't matter that I have 4200 miles, and that the best "CADILLAC" mechanic will do it. I met the mechanic this evening, after work, and he stated that even he wouldn't want to take my tranny apart...he'd rather install a new one...better for the long run.
So here I am...without my V for 9 days...nothings been fixed yet...with a mechanic who's never seen a Tremec-56 tranny having to rebuild it because the DSM is looking to same some money instead of installing a new one. I've been accused of abusing the car...rapid tire wear...failed diff...and a sound in my tranny (again, I've never heard this...the mechanic swears they heard "rocks"). The DSM states that if I come in again with rapid tire wear, and a driveline problem, I'm out of luck...they'd refuse to repair. I've fkucing had it...and I miss my car...I really do.

Please help...what can I do to go over this District Managers Head??? He wouldn't give me his boss' name and my wife wants to get an attorney...not my style but....
Thanks all, at least I got that off my chest.

slow35th · #56 (**permalink**) 08-19-05, 08:18 PM

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my wife wants to get an attorney...not my style but....

Just do it. Maybe he will get fired for being an idiot and unknowledgable about the product. phuckin idiots. One thing that I've noticed is that you guys in the North East are the ones having the majority of the problems with the dealers.

MacOSR · #57 (**permalink**) 08-19-05, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by akm2k5

I dont know how much longer you guys are going to put up with this.. Id leave caddy if they kept BSing like this...... Some of you guys are on your 3rd diff, I would have claimed lemon and got another car...

I believe I have already decided to leave. This is not the way you treat customers. I have already purchased two Sequoias instead of Escelades and I am getting ready to purchase a new M5 instead of a Z06 Vette. I can't even get a salesman to call me back on the Z06.

If I treated my customers like this I would be out of business. GM has already lost ~$170,000 of sales this year from me...wonder what they have lost from others.