2008 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Complaints

ONLY OWNER OF 2008 C6 COUPE. GARAGE KEPT. GAS FUMES CAN BE SMELLED NEAR BACK OF CAR AFTER CAR IS FILLED WITH FUEL. SMELL DISAPPEARS WHEN GAS TANK IS LESS THAN HALF FULL. I CAN'T KEEP MY CAR IN THE GARAGE. I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE GAS TANK. $3,000 REPAIR!

STRONG SMELL OF GAS WHEN THE CAR WAS SITTING. SMELL BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF CAR. TOOK IN FOR SERVICE AND FOUND CRACKS IN THE DRIVER SIDE FUEL TANK AT THE SEEMS OF THE PLASTIC GAS TANK.

VERY STRONG SMELL OF GAS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE CAR. SMELL WAS WORSE WHEN THE GAS TANK WAS FULL AND THE CAR HAD SIT FOR A WHILE. HAD TO DRIVE WITH WINDOWS DOWN. TOOK IN FOR SERVICE AND THE ISSUE WAS A CRACK AT THE TOP OF THE DRIVER SIDE FUEL MODULE. THE CRACK WAS AT THE BASE OF THE SMALL L SHAPED TUBE THAT COMES OUT OF THE TOP OF THE FUEL MODULE.

THE CAR HAD APPROX 15000 MILES ON IT WHEN I BEGAN TO NOTICE A STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE IN MY GARAGE AND CABIN OF THE VEHICLE. I COULD ALSO SEE WHERE FUEL HAD BEEN RUNNING DOWN THE INSIDE OF THE DRIVERS SIDE FUEL TANK. THE GASOLINE VAPOR WAS OVERWHELMING IN THE CABIN AND GARAGE. A SEARCH OF THE INTERNET REVEALED A LONG HISTORY OF LEAKS ON THE FUEL MODULE ON TOP OF THE DRIVERS SIDE FUEL TANK. MY DEALER CONFIRMED THIS AND QUOTED ME $2100 TO REPLACE THE CRACKED FUEL MODULE. THE LEAK DRIPS VERY CLOSE TO THE EXHAUST PIPE AND WOULD APPEAR TO BE A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. I STRONGLY RECOMMEND AN INVESTIGATION AND OR RECALL OF THESE CARS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE FUEL PUMP CAUSING AN ODOR OF FUEL TO EMIT FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE DETAILS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,430...UPDATED 01/13/16 *BF

STRONG FUEL SMELL COMING FROM CAR WHEN THE CAR WAS TURNED OFF. SMELL STARTED ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE CAR, BUT EVENTUALLY (OVER THE COURSE OF A COUPLE DAYS) LEAKED INTO THE CABIN. BY THIS TIME THE CAR ALSO SMELLED OF FUEL WHEN ON. LEFT CAR IN GARAGE FOR A FEW HOURS WHILE HIKING, CAME BACK AND OPENED THE GARAGE AND STARTED COUGHING FROM ALL THE FUEL FUMES. NO VISIBLE LIQUID LEAKS, BUT THE SMELL WAS VERY STRONG. I AIRED OUT THE GARAGE AND PARKED THE CAR OUTSIDE AND TOOK IT IN THE NEXT DAY, WAS TOLD THE FUEL PUMP CRACKED. THIS SHOULDN'T HAPPEN AFTER 7 YEARS OF LOW TO MODERATE USE. THIS WAS ALSO DURING THANKSGIVING - IF I HAD GONE AWAY FOR THE HOLIDAY, THE SPARK FROM MY GAS HOT WATER HEATER MAY HAVE CAUSED AN EXPLOSION WHILE I WAS AWAY. THE AMOUNT OF FUEL VAPOR IN MY GARAGE WAS ENOUGH TO CAUSE DIFFICULTY BREATHING. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING TO THE DEALERSHIP, MY FATHER (FOLLOWING IN ANOTHER VEHICLE) SAID HE SMELT A STRONG SCENT OF FUEL WHENEVER I STOPPED AT A LIGHT. CONSIDERING HOW CLOSE THE LEFT FUEL TANK (WHERE THE FUEL PUMP IS LOCATED) IS TO THE HOT EXHAUST PIPE, I'M LUCKY THE FUEL DIDN'T LEAK ONTO THE PIPE AND START A FIRE WITH ME INSIDE. AS A SIDE NOTE, AS SOON AS I DESCRIBED THE PROBLEM TO MY SERVICE REP AT THE DEALER THEY SAID THIS HAS ACTUALLY BEEN A COMMON OCCURRENCE OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS FOR THE 2008 VEHICLES. WHEN I TALKED TO THE REP, THERE IS A NEW PART ON THE MARKET THAT GM WILL REPLACE MY OLD, CRACKED PART WITH - WHICH TELLS ME GM KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, AND YET FAILED TO DISCLOSE THIS COULD HAPPEN.

STRONG FUEL ODOR AFTER FILLING CAR WITH GAS, ALMOST UNBEARABLE IN CLOSED SPACE (LIKE A GARAGE). DEALER READILY NOTICED ODOR WHEN CAR WAS TAKEN IN FOR SERVICE. ODOR ORIGINATES NEAR FUEL FILL DOOR (DRIVER'S SIDE, REAR WHEEL WELL). DEALER DIAGNOSED FAULT AS LEAKING FUEL TANK, POSSIBLY DUE TO CROSS-OVER PIPE CONNECTING LEFT AND RIGHT HALVES OF TANK OR FUEL PUMP; PROBABLY HIGH ON THE TANK; NO GAS DRIPS ON GARAGE FLOOR, EVAPORATES BEFORE DRIPPING. ESTIMATED COST TO REPAIR >$1550 NOT INCLUDING PARTS. FUEL VAPOR LEAKS ARE DANGEROUS. THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM HAS BEEN DESCRIBED FOR CORVETTES AS EARLY AS THE 1996 MODEL YEAR.

STARTED NOTICING AN EMITTING OF GASOLINE ODORS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE BY THE REAR WHEEL WELL. REPLACED THE GAS CAP, ODOR STILL THERE NOTICED ODOR AFTER FILLING GAS TANK. ODOR REMAINS UNTIL GAS TANK FALLS AT BELOW 1/2 TANK. ADVISED POSSIBLY FUEL CROSS OVER LINE BETWEEN TWO TANKS THIS SEEMS TO BE A MORE TYPICAL OCCURRENCE ON C5 AND C6 CORVETTES.

I HAVE VISITED THE DEALERSHIP TWICE AND GOING ON THE THIRD TIME AND THEY HAVE FAILED/REFUSED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS IS IN REGARDS TO A EMISSION SYSTEM RECALL. GM SET UP AN APPOINTMENT, I SHOWED UP AND THEY GAVE ME THE RUN AROUND AND SAID THEY COULD NOT WORK ON THE CAR. CALLED GM AND COMPLAINED AND SET UP A SECOND APPOINTMENT AND I SHOWED UP AGAIN AND AFTER TWO HOURS WAS TOLD TO COME BACK ON ANOTHER DAY AS THEY COULD NOT LOOSEN THE BOLTS. THE CAR IS IN NEW SHAPE AND GARAGED. THIS IS A DEALERSHIP. WHAT AN EXCUSE. GM HAS BEEN OF NO HELP AND THE DEALERSHIP HAS FAILED/REFUSED TO DO THE RECALL WORK. I HAVE TRIED AND LOST TWO DAYS TRYING AND GOING ON THREE. PLEASE HELP. I VISITED THE DEALERSHIP ON OCT 17 AND 31ST.

THERE IS A STRONG SMELL OF GAS INSIDE THE CAR. THERE IS ALSO A STRONG SMELL OF GAS IN THE GARAGE AFTER THE CAR HAS BEEN PARKED FOR AWHILE.