2008 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Complaints

THIS 2008 CORVETTE HAD A DEFECTIVE FUEL TANK MODULE FLANGE FUEL AND VAPOR LEAK PER GM. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SELL THE VEHICLE THE NEW PURCHASER FOUND OUT FROM THE DEALER FUEL VAPOR LEAKS WHEN TANK IS FILLED OVER 1/2 WAY CAUSING UNHEALTHY ISSUES WHEN DRIVEN OR SITTING IDLE.

MY CAR REEKS OF GAS IF TANK IS FILLED MORE THAN HALF TANK FULL. FUEL SPRAYS FROM HIGH PRESSURE LINE AT THE TOP OF THE LEFT TANK, RUNS DOWN SIDES AND COLLECTS IN SHEETMETAL PAN THAT HOLDS TANK UP. THIS CAR HAS ONLY 20,000 MILES AND WAS OUT OF SERVICE FROM 2015 TO 2019 WITH A MASSIVE ELECTRICAL MELTDOWN OF THE ABS SYSTEM THAT COMPLETELY DESTROYED THE ECBM AND THE HARNESS PLUG. AFTER FIXING THE ABS SYSTEM IN 2019, AND DRIVING THE CAR AGAIN, I NOTICED STRONG FUEL SMELL INSIDE THE CAR. I UNDERSTAND GM HAD A RECALL ON THE FUEL TANK PROBLEM BUT IT ENDED IN 2018, BEFORE I STARTED HAVING THE FUEL ODOR PROBLEM.

FUEL SMELL COMING FROM THE CAR AFTER FUELING. HAVING STRONG FUEL SMELL IN GARAGE WHERE MY 2008 C6 CORVETTE IS PARKED.

FUEL FUMES GAS TANK FILLS THE GARAGE AND SEEPS INTO THE HOME. I HAVE TO LEAVE THE VEHICLE OUT SIDE AND WAS A ADVISED IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP AND NOT TO DRIVE UNTIL REPLACED. TOLD THERE WAS A RECALL AND TRYING TO FIND OUT HOW TO GET IT REPAIRED?

ON OCTOBER 10, 2020. I WAS DRAG RACING MY 2008 CORVETTE (THAT I DRIVE DAILY ON THE PUBLIC ROADS) AT THE LOCAL TRACK AS I HAVE BEEN ALL THIS SEASON AND PART OF LAST YEAR'S TOO AFTER ACQUIRING THE CAR MID 2019. I HAVE BEEN DRAG RACING FOR THE BETTER PART OF 40 YEARS. I AM SAYING THIS TO ALLEVIATE ANY POSSIBLE THOUGHTS OF ROOKIE MOVES ON MY PART ON THE TRACK, ETC. THE LOCAL TRACK IS AN NHRA SANCTIONED TRACK THAT TAKES SAFETY VERY SERIOUSLY AND THEIR TRACK PREP IS SECOND TO NONE, ESPECIALLY AT THIS PARTICULAR EVENT, THAT IS ATTENDED BY HUNDREDS OF RACERS FROM MANY STATES. I STAGED MY CAR IN THE RIGHT LANE OF THE TRACK WITH "COMPETITION MODE" ENGAGED, AS I HAVE EVERY TIME IN THE PAST. THE CAR LAUNCHED STRAIGHT AND TRUE AS IT NORMALLY DOES. THE RUN WAS COMPLETELY NORMAL AND STRAIGHT UNTIL AFTER CROSSING THE QUARTER MILE FINISH LINE, WHEN I LET OFF THE GAS, THE CAR MADE AN IMMEDIATE HOOK TO THE RIGHT, DIRECTLY INTO THE CONCRETE RETAINING WALL. I BOUNCED OFF THAT WALL, CROSSING THE PATH OF MY OPPONENT IN THE LEFT LANE, IN A NEAR COLLISION, BOUNCING OFF THE LEFT WALL, AND THEN BACK OVER AGAIN INTO THE RIGHT WALL. I WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE CAR ON MY OWN. I WAS COMPLETELY STUNNED, BECAUSE AT THE TIME I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHAT CAUSED ANY OF THIS. NOTHING MADE SENSE. BY THE TIME YOU CROSS THE FINISH LINE, UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING ON THE TRACK, LOSS OF TRACTION IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY. IN MY OWN INVESTIGATION I RAN ACROSS MULIPLE EVENTS OF THIS PARTICULAR MAKE AND MODEL THAT HAS HAD ACTIVE HANDLING ISSUES THE ONLY THING THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THIS TYPE OF ACTION WOULD PROBABLY HAVE BEEN A HEAVY BRAKING OF THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL. MY SON RECORDED THIS PASS AND ACCIDENT ON HIS PHONE AND IT SHOWS THE CAR TURNING RIGHT BEFORE ANY BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON. ANY HELP OR INFORMATION YOU CAN SUPPLY WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU

STRONG FUEL SMELL COMING FROM VEHICLE WHILE ENGINE ISN'T RUNNING. GOOGLED AND WAS TOLD IT'S A SAFETY RECALL ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL CAR AND THAT I SHOULD FILE A COMPLAINT.

AN INSTANCE OCCURRED WHERE THE BATTERY LEAKED ACID DOWN PAST THE BATTERY TRAY AND ONTO THE WIRING HARNESSES BELOW. SUBSEQUENT CORROSION OF WIRINGS WITHIN THE HARNESS (OF WHICH CONTAIN APPROXIMATELY FORTY INDIVIDUAL WIRES), CAUSING BREAKS AND SHORTS IN SEVERAL CREATING A HAZARDOUS SITUATION. A NO START CONDITION OCCURRED RESULTING FROM THE AFFECTED WIRES LEADING TO THE ECM AS WELL AS OTHERS CONTAINED IN THE HARNESS. EITHER THE BATTERY TRAY SHOULD BE MODIFIED TO CONTAIN OR ROUTE POSSIBLE ACID FROM LEAKING DOWN PAST IT OR THE FABRICATION OF A LIQUID TIGHT COMPARTMENT BE INSTALLED TO CONTAIN THE WIRING HARNESS ITSELF. SINCE THE HARNESS IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE FROM GM THE CHEVROLET SERVICE TECHNICIAN SPLICED IN NUMEROUS LENGTHS OF NEW WIRES TO BYPASS THE AFFECTED AREAS WITHIN THE HARNESS. LABOR COST OF APPROXIMATELY $3000 FOR THE REPAIR. THERE IS CURRENTLY NO SOLUTION TO PREVENT FUTURE OCCURRENCES OF THIS ISSUE. THUS MAKING THE VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE OR HOUSE IN PROXIMITY TO PEOPLE AND THEIR PROPERTY.

THE VEHICLE SMELLS VERY STRONGLY OF GAS AND HAS BAD LINGERING ODOR OF GAS WHEN PARKED IN GARAGE. LESS NOTICEABLE WHEN PARKED OUTDOORS, LIKELY DUE TO VENTILATION. IT IS A CONSTANT AND ONGOING PROBLEM.

I'M GETTING A STRONG ODOR OF RAW GASOLINE WHICH SEEMS TO BE COMING FROM THE GAS TANK AREA OF MY 2008 CORVETTE. I NOTICE IT AS BEING ESPECAILLY STRONG WHEN THE CAR HAS BEEN SITTING IN THE CLOSED GARAGE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME

STRON FUEL ODOR COMING FROM THE CAR WHEN IT IS RUNNING OR PARKED. OVERNIGHT, IT WILL FILL THE GARAGE WITH THE SMELL OF FUEL WHICH I BELIEVE IS BECOMING A SAFETY HAZARD. NO NOTICEABLE LEAK, WHICH LEADS ME TO BELIEVE IT IS LOCATED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE TANK OR FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY.