2007 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Complaints

2007 CEHVROLET CORVETTE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO A GAS TANK LEAK. *LD THE CONSUMER REQUESTED THE MANUFACTURER'S TO COVER THE REPAIR COST. *JS

RAW GAS SMELL WHILE DRIVING CAR WITH WINDOWS ROLLED DOWN. RAW GAS SMELL WHEN PARKED IN GARAGE. CARS FUEL TANK WAS FILLED TO FULL FOR STORAGE.

MY 10,000 MILE 2007 HEADS ARE AT AHP FOR REBUILDING. THEY REPORTED BACK THAT 1 EXHAUST AND 3 INTAKE GUIDES WERE WORN PAST THE SERVICE LIMIT. SEVERAL OTHERS WERE CLOSE OR AT THE LIMIT.

ENGINE DESTROYED ITSELF. WITH 56K MILES ON THE ENGINE A VALVE BROKE WHILE RUNNING, FALLING INTO THE CYLINDER WHERE IT WAS HIT BY THE PISTON CAUSING THE PISTON TO GO INTO THE ENGINE BLOCK WALL. THERE WAS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH VALVES / VALVE GUIDES IN THESE ENGINES. CHEVY PRODUCED A SERVICE BULLETIN (#13-06-01-001) YET DID NOTHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM AT THE TIME. THEY'VE ALSO REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING TO REMEDY MY SITUATION.

SHIFTER OF AUTO. TRANS. STICKS IN PARK. THIS IS DANGEROUS IF YOUR STUCK IN TRAFFIC, EMERGENCY VEHICLE IS BEING BLOCKED, OR AT RAILRAY CROSSING WITH TRAIN COMING, OR TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM A FOREST FIRE. OVER 3000 HITS ON YOU-TUBE FOR THIS PROBLEM WITH 2006 AND 2007 CORVETTES AND MAYBE OTHERS. CHEVROLET WILL NOT FIX PROBLEM. ONLY 14,000 MILES ON MY CAR!!! CAR IS STATIONARY IN PARK, AND WON'T MOVE!!!

OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR. MY TRANSMISSION IN MY CORVETTE WOULD NOT GO INTO PARK. I PUT IT INTO REVERSE AND BACKED IT OUT AND THEN COULD NOT PUT IT UP INTO PARK. I THEN PUT IT INTO DRIVE AND MOVED FORWARD SOME AND TRIED TO PUT IT INTO PARK. THIS TIME IT WOULD NOT GO EVEN INTO REVERSE. THE VEHICLE HAS 56220 MILES ON IT. I STAYS IN A GARAGE CLIMATE CONTROLLED AND HAS SEEN BAD WEATHER MAYBE 6 TIME (SNOW OR RAIN). SO OFF THE CAR WENT TO THE CHEVROLET DEALER TO GET REPAIRED. I GOOGLED THE PROBLEM TO DO A LITTLE RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT THAT THERE HAS BEEN LOTS OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH OUT ANY RESULTS. SO THERE IS A PLASTIC PIECE IN THE SHIFTIER MECHANISM THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY MUST BE REPLACED. SO AT $1068.00 LATER THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED. DID GM KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM, THEY SURE DID. THE SERVICE PERSON TOLD ME HE HAS REPLACED 2 THE SAME WEEK AND MORE THROUGH THE YEAR. MY GUT FEELING IS THAT THIS IS A HAZARD TO NOT ONLY THE OWNER BUT TO OTHER DRIVERS OUT THERE. I EVEN FEEL THAT IT COULD BE LIFE THREATENING TO EVERYONE. THE PIECE GETS STUCK IN THE UNIT AND ONE COULD DRIVE STRAIGHT INTO A WALL OR RUN OVER SOMEONE IN THE VEHICLES PATH.

FUEL FUMES OUT AND INSIDE THE CAR WHEN THE CAR IS PARKED, FUEL AT ANY LEVEL WITH NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF LEAKING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A FUEL ODOR ENTERING THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THERE WAS FUEL LEAKAGE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AUTONATION CHEVROLET (23649 VALENCIA BLVD, VALENCIA, CA 91355), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,600.

STRONG GAS SMELL IN THE CABIN, NO VISIBLE GASOLINE WET SPOTS ON THE GROUND. THE VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE OF THE GAS FUMES STRONG ODOR IN THE CABIN. I GET HEADACHES AND NAUSEA.

'TAKATA RECALL' JUST BOUGHT A 2007 Z06 CORVETTE AND LATELY I'VE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE VALVE STEMS BREAKING AND CAUSING CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILTURE CAUSING THE POWER STEERING AND BREAKS TO FAIL SO NOW I HAVE TO PAY 5000.00 + TO GET IT SERVICED AND EVERY 10K MILES DO THE SAME THING BECAUSE THE VALVE STEM AND GUIDES GET HOT AND START TO WIGGLE