68Malibu383
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Took my 98,000 mile '15 V-6 to dealer for them to correct the mound of recalls, transmission whine and cam cover leak. The trans will whine when towing and under a load in 5th gear but I can make it whine if I brake hard, then accelerate moderately (cruise at about 60 mph, brake pretty hard down to 20 mph, then accelerate). It actually starts to whine when I hit the brakes.
When I checked the truck in, service writer said noise was normal because the ECU can't react that quickly to braking, then accelerating. Hmm, all this time, I thought computers were pretty fast.
They kept the truck two full days and when I picked it up the writer told me the "bump" in the tans I complained about was corrected with a software update. I told him I never mentioned a bump but a whine and I had to tell him the whole story again. He said, "its not throwing codes, so it is fine". I told him a whining trans is generally not considered fine. He said, "we are not going to do exploratory diagnostics on a transmission that works fine".
Regarding the oil leak, the passenger front of the head and below are oil stained and I've smelled oil many times. He said it was not leaking now so there was nothing to fix. He put dye in the engine and told me to come back in a week for more checking. They charged me a $145 diagnostic fee.
I've uploaded a sound bite and you can hear the trans whine. The recording really does not pick up the high pitch well at all. I'd say it is 3Xs more audible in the truck than on the recording.
I could take the truck to an real transmission repair shop and see what they say. Anyone else notice whine under these conditions? Any suggestions?
When I checked the truck in, service writer said noise was normal because the ECU can't react that quickly to braking, then accelerating. Hmm, all this time, I thought computers were pretty fast.
They kept the truck two full days and when I picked it up the writer told me the "bump" in the tans I complained about was corrected with a software update. I told him I never mentioned a bump but a whine and I had to tell him the whole story again. He said, "its not throwing codes, so it is fine". I told him a whining trans is generally not considered fine. He said, "we are not going to do exploratory diagnostics on a transmission that works fine".
Regarding the oil leak, the passenger front of the head and below are oil stained and I've smelled oil many times. He said it was not leaking now so there was nothing to fix. He put dye in the engine and told me to come back in a week for more checking. They charged me a $145 diagnostic fee.
I've uploaded a sound bite and you can hear the trans whine. The recording really does not pick up the high pitch well at all. I'd say it is 3Xs more audible in the truck than on the recording.
I could take the truck to an real transmission repair shop and see what they say. Anyone else notice whine under these conditions? Any suggestions?
