Hey guys,
I could really use your advice. I have been experiencing an issue with the clutches ability to "grab" after it warms up. I do a lot of stop and go driving on the way home from work. It takes me about 45 minutes to an hour to drive roughly 14 miles. Anyway, the other night, I was on a fairly steep incline, TC was off making a turn. I let out the clutch fairly quickly and was going to make a "semi" aggressive launch when the rpm's shot almost to redline at which point I shifted into 2nd to have the same thing happen. I wasn't really moving and I glanced back to see smoke, not from the tires. I had the smell of burnt clutch. I babied her home and let it sit. I then drove to the dealership first thing in the AM. There was a little bit of slipping, but nothing like it was and you really had to watch the tach. Anyway, the dealer let the car sit and then had 3 people take it out for a drive. They all said that they didn't notice anything; however, they drove it with the TC on. No smell either. I then went and test drove the car with the service manager, turned the TC off. I got a little bit of the smell when I made a semi aggressive launch, but because the car had cooled it really wasn't noticeable. He said that he would call the GM tech line and speak to them. Can anyone offer advice or input?
Thanks!!!
I could really use your advice. I have been experiencing an issue with the clutches ability to "grab" after it warms up. I do a lot of stop and go driving on the way home from work. It takes me about 45 minutes to an hour to drive roughly 14 miles. Anyway, the other night, I was on a fairly steep incline, TC was off making a turn. I let out the clutch fairly quickly and was going to make a "semi" aggressive launch when the rpm's shot almost to redline at which point I shifted into 2nd to have the same thing happen. I wasn't really moving and I glanced back to see smoke, not from the tires. I had the smell of burnt clutch. I babied her home and let it sit. I then drove to the dealership first thing in the AM. There was a little bit of slipping, but nothing like it was and you really had to watch the tach. Anyway, the dealer let the car sit and then had 3 people take it out for a drive. They all said that they didn't notice anything; however, they drove it with the TC on. No smell either. I then went and test drove the car with the service manager, turned the TC off. I got a little bit of the smell when I made a semi aggressive launch, but because the car had cooled it really wasn't noticeable. He said that he would call the GM tech line and speak to them. Can anyone offer advice or input?
Thanks!!!