by Max
18. July 2009 18:11
The new Camaro SS is definitely one of the hottest pony cars to come along in the last decade, but so far it hasn't been all roses for the car, with a recall over a faulty battery and now a new problem with breaking manual transmissions.
The Tremec TR6060 sourced to send the LS3's power to the rear wheels is a popular industry choice, found in a wide range of muscle and performance cars including Chevrolet's own Corvette, but the units installed in Camaro SS models apparently have some internal flaw that lends them to sudden and catastrophic failure.
Reports of the problem have been emerging on enthusiast forums for the past several weeks, usually with breakage occurring during use of the built-in launch control. Owner speculation points toward the output shaft being the weak link, but today GM issued a statement to Camaro5, one of the largest Camaro enthusiast sites on the web.
The statement reveals only that GM has decided to temporarily stop shipment of the car to dealers, and that an 'in production' review will be made. GM makes it clear that it is "NOT requesting vehicles be returned for any service or dealer deliveries stopped as a result of this action."
Once the problem, if any, is found, expect GM to take further action. Camaro SS owners out there might want to refrain from using their traction control for hard launches for the near future, however, to avoid a lot of downtime as their transmission is replaced.
Automatic SS models and all other Camaros are unaffected by the problem.
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