2008 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Complaints

FUEL LEAK IN THE DRIVER'S SIDE FUEL PUMP CAUSING STRONG FUEL SMELL DUE TO ACCUMULATED FUEL IN PANELS SURROUNDING THE DRIVER'S SIDE FUEL TANK. FIRE HAZARD POTENTIAL FOR DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY AND INJURY OR DEATH.

FUEL LEAKS OUT OF THE FUEL PUMP AND RUNS DOWN THE SIDE OF THE FUEL TANK. THIS CAN LEAK ONTO THE EXHAUST WHILE DRIVING, OR POOL ON TOP OF THE TANK LEAVING A STRONG GASOLINE ODOR IN THE CAR AND GARAGE.

GAS FUMES GATHER IN GARAGE WHEN CAR IS PARKED. I'VE SEEN HUNDREDS OF THE SAME COMPLAINT ON THE C6 CORVETTE MODEL ON WEB SITES ETC. NO GAS IS DRIPPING AS MANY HAVE REPORTED IT GATHERS ON TOP OF TANK AND THEN EVAPORATES WHEN DRIVING. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT GM SHOULD BE CORRECTING.

UPON STOPPING MY VEHICLE, I PLACED IT IN PARK. WHEN I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE, THE CAR WENT FORWARD. WHEN I PLACED THE CAR IN REVERSE AND TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE, THE CAR WENT FORWARD AGAIN. I NEARLY PINNED AN INDIVIDUAL BETWEEN MY CAR AND THE ONE PARKED IN FRONT OF ME. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A CHEVROLET DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A BROKEN CABLE BETWEEN THE TRANSMISSION LEVER AND THE TRANSMISSION. THE DEALER INDICATED THIS WAS NOT AN UNCOMMON PROBLEM. MY CONCERN IS THIS MECHANICAL FAILURE COULD RESULT INVERY SERIOUS INJURY.

MY INDEPENDENT MECHANIC NOTED SOME GAS LEAKING FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE FUEL TANK WHILE DOING MAINTENANCE. HE COULD NOT SEE THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK. I WILL TAKE THE CAR TO A DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR. IS THIS COVERED UNDER EMISSIONS? THE GARAGE AND PASSENGER COMPARTMENT NOW HAVE A STRONGER SMELL OF GASOLINE IN THE LAST WEEK. I HAVE NOTED WEBSITE CORVETTE SITES WHICH STATE THIS IS A FREQUENT DEFECT. PLEASE ADVISE IF IT IS A EMISSIONS PROBLEM. IT CERTAINLY HAS RESULTED IN RAW FUEL BEING DUMPED INTO THE ATMOSPHERE, AND IS AN OBVIOUS SAFETY CONCERN.

EVERY TIME A FILL THE GAS TANK TO 3/4 OR MORE I SMELL A STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE INSIDE THE CAR AND INSIDE THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE WHEEL WELL. THIS COULD POSSIBLY BE A DANGEROUS SITUATION BECAUSE THE ODOR IS NEAR THE EXHAUST PIPE. NOW I ONLY FILL THE TANK TO A MAX OF HALF-FULL TO TRY TO SAVE MYSELF FROM A DEADLY EXPLOSION. CHEVEROLET NEEDS TO HAVE A RECALL ON THIS BECAUSE A FRIEND OF MINES HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. FURTHER INVESTIGATING THIS MATTER, I FOUND OUT THAT THERE ARE 100'0'S OF C6'S ON THE ROAD WITH THIS PROBLEM. I BOUGHT THIS CAR AS USED AND DID NOT NOTICE THE SMELL BECAUSE THE TANK WAS ONLY A 1/4 FULL

THERE WAS A RECALL ON MY VEHICLE'S FUEL SYSTEM WHICH CAUSED THE CAR TO SMELL LIKE GAS EVERY SINGLE TIME I FILLED UP THE TANK. LAST YEAR I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM GM STATING TO BRING IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE REPAIRED. THEY KEPT MY CAR FOR OVER 5 MONTHS. THEY SAID THEY REPAIRED THE PROBLEM BUT IT WAS NOT FIXED. I CALLED THEM TO TELL THEM THE CAR STILL SMELLED LIKE GAS. THIS YEAR I GOT HOLD OF GM AND THEY SENT ME BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID THEY NEEDED TO REPLACE THE FUEL TANK. THEY SAID THEY WOULD ONLY PAY FOR 60% AND I WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR 40% AND THE PROBLEM I HAVE WITH THAT IS THE FACT THAT IT WAS NEVER REPAIRED AT ALL TO BEGIN WITH. I SHOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR AND CAN'T AFFORD IT.

STRONG GASOLINE VAPORS FILLING THE GARAGE WHEN CAR IS PARKED OVER NIGHT. NOTICED AFTER A FILL UP.

AFTER FILLING GAS TANK FULL, VERY STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE. CHECKED BY MECHANIC AND NO VISIBLE GAS LEAK. ODOR CONTINUES WHILE STATIONARY OR MOVING. WHEN THE TANK IS ONLY HALF FULL THE SMELL IS NOT NOTICEABLE. JUST BEGAN IN SEPTEMBER OF 2017 AND VEHICLE HAS 29,000 MILES. DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO BE BLOWN UP OR INVOLVED IN A FIRE BEFORE GM TAKES RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DEFECT IN THE FUEL SYSTEM? IN RESEARCHING THIS THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS AND THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED AND FIXED BY GM.

WHENEVER THE CAR IS MORE THAN 1/2 FULL WITH FUEL, A VERY STRONG FUEL SMELL LEAKS INTO THE CAR. THE SMELL IS POTENT ENOUGH TO MAKE THE ENTIRE GARAGE SMELL LIKE GASOLINE IF PARKED OVERNIGHT WITH THE GAS TANK BEING OVER 1/2 FULL. SIGNIFICANT FUEL LEAK AROUND GAS TANK NOTED AFTER INSPECTION FROM LOCAL MECHANIC.