Jeremy Gunter
03-06-2008, 11:56 PM
I don't know if you have heard about this one, but I got a call about an hour ago from a long time friend, who thinks I know about cars, and she had a bad accident today in her Solstice... she is ok!
Apparently there is a recall on the differentials, front and rear, that the pinion seal is leaking. This is taking place while the car is at speed so the fluid is flung under the car in a mist. you can't tell that the fluid is leaking as no puddles form.
She said she was driving down I-30 today while it was raining, around lunch, everything was normal and all of a sudden the car went into a spin. Knowing what I know about spinning a car, from experience, I asked her if she was accelerating, braking, turning and she said she was doing none of these... If you knew Chelsea, you'd know she doesn't do much outside the box, in fact, her box is about 1/2 the size of the general populations... (keep it clean) so she is no where near the edge with anything she does... especially driving!!! maybe talking :P
Her husband doesn't know much about cars, so when he took the car to get it serviced they did the recall, but yet she still seemed to have the problem where the rear diff. actually seized up on her... contribute the rain to the accident or you could question her lack of knowledge/driving skill, but to have a car like that just loose control doesn't seem likely at 60mph... without a failure... it was raining, and she would be one to be cautious in the rain as well...
Curious what you experts think...
Any thoughts?
Apparently there is a recall on the differentials, front and rear, that the pinion seal is leaking. This is taking place while the car is at speed so the fluid is flung under the car in a mist. you can't tell that the fluid is leaking as no puddles form.
She said she was driving down I-30 today while it was raining, around lunch, everything was normal and all of a sudden the car went into a spin. Knowing what I know about spinning a car, from experience, I asked her if she was accelerating, braking, turning and she said she was doing none of these... If you knew Chelsea, you'd know she doesn't do much outside the box, in fact, her box is about 1/2 the size of the general populations... (keep it clean) so she is no where near the edge with anything she does... especially driving!!! maybe talking :P
Her husband doesn't know much about cars, so when he took the car to get it serviced they did the recall, but yet she still seemed to have the problem where the rear diff. actually seized up on her... contribute the rain to the accident or you could question her lack of knowledge/driving skill, but to have a car like that just loose control doesn't seem likely at 60mph... without a failure... it was raining, and she would be one to be cautious in the rain as well...
Curious what you experts think...
Any thoughts?