2008 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Complaints

JUST NOTICED THE SMELL OF GASOLINE AFTER FILL UP IN MY GARAGE. CHECKED THE CORVETTE FOURM AND THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE IN THIS VEHICLE AND GM HAS BEEN FIXING THE ISSUE IF THE CAR IS UNDER 10 YEARS OLD AS A WARRANTY SADLY MY CAR IS NOW OVER 10 YEARS OLD AND ONLY HAS 75,000 MILES ON IT. I REALLY THINK THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ISSUE. I DID SCHEDULE A SERVICE CHECK TO TEST THE SYSTEM AND WAS QUOTED 900.00 TO DO A SMOKE TEST ON THE FUEL SYSTEM. IT LOOKS LIKE GM HAS CHANGED THE PLASTIC PART THAT IS CRACKING WITH A BETTER PLASTIC SEVERAL TIME. I'M REALLY WORRIED ABOUT THE CAR BURNING MY HOME DOWN AND I'M KEEPING THE FUEL AT HALF A TANK.

WHEN I FILL THE GAS TANK MORE THAN HALFWAY AND DRIVE IT AROUND I NOTICE A GAS SMELL ENTERING THE CABIN. AFTER PARKING IT OVERNIGHT THE FUEL SMELL IN THE CABIN IS OVERWHELMING.

VEHICLE CONTINUALLY IS STUCK IN PARK. VEHICLE HAS 26K MILES.IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR MONTHS, SINCE APRIL OF 2018. RESEARCH FROM CORVETTE FORUM SHOWS THIS IS A CONTINUAL ISSUE WITH C6 CORVETTES (2005-2013), AND THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS. I CONTACTED CHEVROLET AND THEY WILL DO NOTHING...THEY SHOULD ISSUE A VOLUNTARY RECALL OR A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN AS THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE

WHEN I FILL THE TANK I GET A STRONG SMELL OF FUEL. MY GARAGE IS ATTACHED TO MY TOWNHOUSE ANS THE SMELL OF FUEL AND BE SMELLED THROUGHOUT THE GARAGE AND HOUSE.

"TAKATA RECALL" FOR SOME REASON I HAVE NOTICED WHEN I GO IN MY GARAGE WHERE MY CORVETTE IS PARKED THERE IS A STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE AND THERE ARE TIMES WHEN IT'S IN A CLOSED AREA I GET THE SMELL I HAVE READ THAT IT'S A COMMON PROBLEMS IN THESE C 6S

2008 CORVETTE WITH 34,000 MILES HAS TERRIBLE, NOXIOUS FUEL SMELL IN CABIN. THE SMELL IS SO BAD THAT I HAVE TO DRIVE THE CAR WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN AND THE AC ON. I WAS INFORMED THAT I HAD A FUEL LEAK AT THE TOP OF THE CAR'S LEFT SIDE FUEL TANK. WHEN I'M PARKED IN THE GARAGE THE FUEL SMELL BECOMES UNBEARABLE. APPARENTLY THE FUEL LEAKS DOWN THE TANK ONTO THE EXHAUST PIPE. EXTREME DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. THE FUEL VAPORS COULD BE IGNITED BY THE WATER HEATER. WAS INFORMED THAT THE REPAIRS WOULD BE $5000.00. THERE ARE NUMEROUS SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. GM HAS BEEN IGNORING THE COMPLAINTS. I ASSUME THAT THEY ARE WAITING FOR SOMETHING SERIOUS TO OCCUR BEFORE THEY'LL TAKE ACTION.

2008 CORVETTE WITH STRONG SMELL OF GAS FUMES NEAR GAS TANK WHEN GAS TANK IS MORE THAN HALF FULL. SEEMS TO BE A LEAK AT THE IN TANK FUEL PUMP

THE LAST TWO TIMES THAT I FILLED UP THE CAR WITH FUEL, THERE HAS BEEN A STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE IN THE CAR THAT DIMINISHED AS THE GAS TANK EMPTIED . THE MECHANIC SAID THERE IS GASOLINE LEAKING FROM THE TANK ONTO THE UNDER CARRIAGE OF THE CAR AND THAT IT A PROBLEM (DEFECTIVE PARTS) THAT GM IS AWARE OF. THIS CLEARLY IS A SAFETY ISSUE BUT NO RECALL WAS EVER ISSUED, INSTEAD IN JULY OF 2016, I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM GM STATING THAT IF I DETECTED A FUEL ODOR I SHOULD TAKE THE CAR IN FOR REPAIR AT NO CHARGE. AT THAT TIME THERE WAS NO ODOR. THE CAR IS NOW OVER TEN YEARS OLD AND ONLY HAS 27,000 MILES ON IT, BUT GM SAYS THAT THEY HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I AM NOT SURE HOW GM COULD GET AWAY WITH THIS, BUT IN MY OPINION THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN AND THERE STILL SHOULD BE A RECALL. SOMEONE REALLY DROPPED THE BALL ON THIS.

FUEL FUMES/LEAKAGE AFTER FILL UP AND WHILE VEHICLE SITS IN A GARAGE FOR A FEW DAYS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS

LEFT SIDE FUEL TANK STILL LEAKING AFTER REPAIR AT CHEVY DEALER DURING SUMMER 2018. CRACKED FUEL TANK ON TOP OF LEFT FUEL TANK. DEALER REPLACED SENDING UNIT WHICH ALSO WAS FAULTY.MANY OTHER CORVETTE OWNERS HAVE THIS ISSUE, CHEVY CLAIMS WEAR AND TEAR, FUEL TANK IS PLASTIC AND NOT A MOVING PART . AFTER START UP CABIN REEKS OF FUEL AND SO DOES SURROUNDING AREA. I.E GARAGE UNDER CHILDS BEDROOM. MANY 2008 CORVETTE OWNERS HAVE COMPLAINED OR HAVE SEEKED HELP OF THIS ISSUE, BUT CHEVY ONLY ISSUED A 10 YEAR 120K MILE LIMITED WARRANTY. CHEVY COBALTS HAVE A RECALL FOR FAULTY LEAKING FUEL TANKS CHEVY ARE REPLACING THEM BUT NOT CHEVY'S FLAGSHIP CAR. NO INCIDENTS OR ACCIDENTS HAVE HAPPENED, BUT ITS UNSETTLING TO KNOW FUEL IS LEAKING ON A HOT EXHAUST AND THE SMELL OF FUEL IN CABIN WHILE OCCUPIED AND WHILE STORED IN A GARAGE AFTER USE.