My first SSR was VIN# 118500. The clutch stopped working within an hour of initial delivery. My current SSR is VIN# 120052, with no clutch problems. The service manager reports that they fixed the first one by replacing the "flywheel assembly".Scheide said:I have Vin# 116833 waiting for me. I am still nervous taking delivery of a new vehicle and then have clutch trouble and no fix yet has been determined. With price of gas this is probably a stupid thing to do. Advise, Scheide.
I think your VIN must be 20052, unless they've been working overtime in Lansing.Paul in Boca said:My first SSR was VIN# 118500. The clutch stopped working within an hour of initial delivery. My current SSR is VIN# 120052, with no clutch problems. The service manager reports that they fixed the first one by replacing the "flywheel assembly".
Happy Motoring :cool
tsb # 1696563----- clutch pedal will not return during high rpm shifts - inspect date on clutch replace if date is before a certain dateHutch said:I have an '05 w/6 speed and I'm very unhappy with the way it shifts. I have owned many different cars over the years, and many with manual trans. My last was an '04 Vette. Not comparring the SSR trans. to the Vette, but the SSR shifts like a 1950's pick up truck. You have to push the clutch through the floor to properly engage it (says the GM dealer), which I do have to... There is NO way to shift fast with the set up.
Is anyone, or everyone having the same issues with their 6 speeds? If not, is there a bulletin on the problems I am seeing?
Thanks,
Hutch
Must be somthing wrong with yours Hutch, mine shifts smooth as butter even without full pedal depression. I have pretty much had nothing but stick shifts including after market shifters over the last 30 years and this is one of the nicest so far.Hutch said:I have an '05 w/6 speed and I'm very unhappy with the way it shifts. I have owned many different cars over the years, and many with manual trans. My last was an '04 Vette. Not comparring the SSR trans. to the Vette, but the SSR shifts like a 1950's pick up truck. You have to push the clutch through the floor to properly engage it (says the GM dealer), which I do have to... There is NO way to shift fast with the set up.
Is anyone, or everyone having the same issues with their 6 speeds? If not, is there a bulletin on the problems I am seeing?
Thanks,
Hutch
Thanks for your comments. I really like the union this group has...6.0scSSR said:Must be somthing wrong with yours Hutch, mine shifts smooth as butter even without full pedal depression. I have pretty much had nothing but stick shifts including after market shifters over the last 30 years and this is one of the nicest so far.
I'm having the same issue with a '06 Silverado. It is less than a 1/4 before it engages and I have to cram it into the rubber mat to hit reverse sometimes. Been to three dealers and most agree something is a miss but the zone manger says all is well. So they won't fix it. It is at the third dealer now, so we will see what they come up with.Hutch said:I have an '05 w/6 speed and I'm very unhappy with the way it shifts. I have owned many different cars over the years, and many with manual trans. My last was an '04 Vette. Not comparring the SSR trans. to the Vette, but the SSR shifts like a 1950's pick up truck. You have to push the clutch through the floor to properly engage it (says the GM dealer), which I do have to... There is NO way to shift fast with the set up.
Is anyone, or everyone having the same issues with their 6 speeds? If not, is there a bulletin on the problems I am seeing?
Thanks,
Hutch
StrokerMcGurk said:Folks beware of the following:
After reading about the clutch return problems and the overheated fluid, I decided to check mine. At less than 4000 miles, it looked like coca-cola. So, I siphoned the reservoir, cleaned everything, put in DOT-4 fluid in, and prompthy dropped the rubber seal that fits inside the cap. After looking around for about 1/2 hour, I decided to go to the Chev parts counter and get a handful of them. Guess what. The seal is not a serviced part, so I'll be making one out of a bicycle inner-tube. For those who may end up in this same fix, the outside measurement is 38mm, and the inner is 24mm.
Edsel Murphy strikes again.
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StrokerMcGurk
Owners manual says DOT 3. Service manual says DOT 3. It's DOT 3. My guess is P/N difference is the size of the container.FarmTruck said:Are you sure the fluid in the Clutch is DOT 3 compatible? If it's DOT 5 there could be some mixing problems.
There are 2 different part numbers referenced one for the Brakes which indicates it's DOT 3 equivalent and another P/N for the clutch system but it does not give a DOT equivalent number for that.
I posted this question in another thread "Clutch DOT ?". I asked for the DOT equivalent of the GM P/N for the fluid called out by the manual for the Clutch System.
NO one specifically came up with that. Plus there was a reference by someone to section 6-12 in the service manual for a DOT number. In my service manual for the 2006 SSR section 6-12 refers to the engine, not the Clutch system.
I guess I'll be checking with the dealer tech tomorrow to be sure what fluid is in the 2006 SSR clutch system.
Better to be safe than sorry.