2008 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Complaints

THERE IS A BAD FUEL LEAK THAT PRODUCES HORRIBLE AMOUNTS OF GAS VAPOR THAT FILL ANY AREA THE VEHICLE IS PARKED IN AS WELL THE FUEL LEAKS DOWN THE DRIVER REAR QUARTER PANEL TO THE HOT EXHAUST. THIS SITUATION HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE VERY DEVASTATING NOT ONLY TO PROPERTY BUT ALSO TO THE OPERATOR WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. IT IS A VERY UNSAFE CONDITION. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY GETTING INSPECTED AT THE DEALERSHIP

AIR BAG LIGHT ON INSTRUMENT PANEL GOES ON AND OFF . CAME ON YESTERDAY THEN WENT OFF AGAIN . SEEMS LIKE THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY THE SEAT MOVING TO DIFFERENT POSITIONS. I CONTACTED OTHER PEOPLE WITH THIS SAME STYLE VEHICLE AND THEY ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. ALL THE DEALER WANTS TO DO IS CHANGE PARTS FOR A LOT OF MONEY. WITH AS MANY COMPLAINTS THEY ARE GETTING THIS SHOULD BE CORRECTED. LIGHT CAME ON WHEN CAR WAS STARTED. THE CAR HAS A MEMORY SEAT THAT MOVES BACK WHEN THE DRIVER EXITS THE VEHICLE..

CONCERN: FUEL SMELL / LEAK AND FUEL SYSTEM CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WHEN CAR IS PARKED. ON 1/05/2016 I TOOK MY 2008 CORVETTE TO OUR LOCAL DEALER, COURTESY CHEVROLET IN PHOENIX, AZ BECAUSE OF A FUEL LEAK AND FUEL SMELL I DISCOVERED ON THE DRIVERS SIDE GAS TANK. AFTER THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEMS THEY TOLD ME THE FUEL PUMP ON THE DRIVERS SIDE WAS CRACKED AND LEAKING FUEL DOWN THE SIDE OF THE TANK. ADDITIONALLY, THE FUEL SENSOR IN THE PASSENGER SIDE GAS TANK WAS DEFECTIVE CAUSING A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND CAUSING THE FUEL GAUGE TO READ ZERO GAS IN THE TANK INTERMITTENTLY (TANK IS ACTUALLY HALF FULL). THE DEALER ALSO SAID THE CROSSOVER TUBE THAT CONNECTS THE LEFT AND RIGHT GAS TANKS NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER SAID THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE AND TO NOT DRIVE THE CAR UNTIL THE FUEL SYSTEM IS REPAIRED BECAUSE THE HOT EXHAUST PIPE ROUTES RIGHT NEXT TO WHERE THE GAS IS LEAKING DOWN THE GAS TANK. THEIR REPAIR ESTIMATE IS $3187. MY CAR HAS 80K MILES ON IT AND IS OUT OF STANDARD WARRANTY SO GM WON'T COVER THE REPAIR COSTS. IT APPEARS THAT MANY C6 GENERATION CORVETTES HAVE THIS SAME FUEL SYSTEM SAFETY ISSUE FROM WHAT I HAVE READ ON THE ONLINE CORVETTE FORUMS. GM/CHEVROLET NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL ON THIS WELL DOCUMENT FUEL SYSTEM ISSUE, IT IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN.

FUEL SMELL COMING FROM FUEL TANK, WHEN TANK IS MORE THAN 1/2 FULL, INSIDE OF CAR SMELLS OF GASOLINE. WHEN CAR SITS IN GARAGE IT FILLS THE GARAGE WITH FUMES, VERY DANGEROUS AND IT SEEMS LIKE I AM 1 OF MANY WITH THE SAME PROBLEM ON THE C6 CORVETTE. SEEMS LIKE THE FUEL TANK SEEMS ARE SPLITTING FROM WHAT EVERYONE HAS SAID.

WHEN THE CAR IS PARKED AND THE ENGINE IS OFF, THERE IS A STRONG AND PERSISTENT FUEL VAPOR/FUEL ODOR COMING FROM LEFT REAR QUARTER PANEL AREA OF THE CAR NEAR THE FUEL FILLER DOOR AND LEFT REAR WHEEL WELL. ODOR DOES NOT SEEM TO BE COMING FROM THE FUEL FILLER PORT OR FUEL FILLER CAP. FUEL FILLER NECK HOSE AND VAPOR RETURN LINE BEHIND THE FUEL FILLER PORT APPEAR TO BE DRY AND CONNECTIONS ARE SECURE. NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL LEAKING FROM THE FUEL FILLER NECK OR LEFT FUEL TANK; NO FUEL LEAKING ONTO THE GROUND. NO PREVIOUS FUEL SPILLS FROM REFUELING. FUEL VAPOR ODOR FILLS UP THE GARAGE WHEN PARKED IN THERE FOR SEVERAL HOURS.

AFTER FILLING TANK, THERE IS A VERY STRONG SMELL OF GAS FOR OVER A WEEK AFTER FILLING. SEEMS LIKE THERE IS LEAK AT THE TOP OF THE TANK WHICH SPILLS OUT AND ONTO THE EXHAUST PIPES. GAS MUST BE SITTING SOMEWHERE ON THE CHASSIS THE SMELL IS STRONG ENOUGH TO FILL MY GARAGE AND HOUSE.

AFTER FILLING UP MY CAR WITH GAS, I NOTICED A STRONG FUEL SMELL WHEN IT WAS PARKED IN MY GARAGE. WHEN I LOOKED UNDER THE CAR, I NOTICED A SMALL PUDDLE OF GAS ON THE FLOOR. I CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE CAR AND NOTICED THE SMELL AND LEAK WENT AWAY WHEN THE FUEL GAUGE RED UNDER HALF-FULL. I THEN ADDED MORE GAS, BUT DID NOT COMPLETELY FILL UP. THE SMELL AND LEAK RETURNED. WHEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSIS, THEY INDICATED A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE TANK FILL NECK AND THE FUEL PUMP, BUT NO RECALL ISSUED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED.

TAKATA RECALL, I NOTICED A FUEL SMELL IN MY GARAGE AND WHEN I CHECK UNDER THE CAR I FOUND A SPOT OF FUEL UNDER THE DRIVER TANK SIDE.

ONLY OWNER OF 2008 C6 COUPE. GARAGE KEPT. 60,000 MILES. GAS FUMES CAN BE SMELLED NEAR BACK OF CAR AFTER CAR IS FILLED WITH FUEL. FUEL SYSTEM TESTED AND CRACKS FOUND IN LEFT FUEL TANK. TANK HAD TO BE REPLACED AT COST OF $3,000.

FUEL PUMP CRACKED AND SPRAYING GAS OUTSIDE GAS TANK AND ONTO CAR BODY. HEAVY SMELL OF GAS10