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May not be the issue, but we jsut had a sudden tranny fluid leak. Luckily I noticed the stain on the garage floor where it's usually spotless under the '02 LTZ. Underside was covered in fluid too. Took it to the mechanic who discovered that the lines run a little too close to the catalytic converter and had basically been cooked through. had I not noticed the leak when I did, we would have been looking at a new tranny in a 3 year old vehicle.
I've heard of the same thing with a couple of envoys (who weren't as lucky as me), and we had a similar issue with our AC line melting through because it was routed too close to block.
Once we tracked down the problem it still took two days for GM to figure out which lines with which fittings to send, and because they had made modifications, we ended up having to replace the front and rear lines just to get the fittings to match up.
Basically, these things were designed by monkeys and were never meant to actually be started. Outside of a few large repair bills for design issues, it's been a pretty good truck, but we'll be unloading it soon, before all of the bells and whistles start to go haywire. I mean, if GM can't get the basics right (like routing mechanical components), I'd be crazy to think the fancy bits are designed any better.
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11-10-2005, 10:02 AM
