2008 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Complaints

STARTED NOTICING FUEL SMELL INSIDE CAR IF GAS TANK FILLED OVER HALF. WHEN FUEL LEVEL BELOW HALF TANK THERE IS NO FUEL SMELL INSIDE CABIN.

STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF MY 2008 C6 CORVETTE WITH NO VISIBLE FUEL LEAKS. THE OVERPOWERING VAPORS LEAK INTO THE HOUSE WHEN PARKED IN THE GARAGE MAKING A HIGHLY DANGEROUS FLAMABLE SAFETY ISSUE . THE LOCAL CHEVROLET SERVICE CENTER QUOTED $1,400 TO PULL THE FUEL TANK AND REPLACE A CHARCOAL CANISTER, AND THEY INDICATED THIS WAS A KNOWN CONCERN. IN RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE ON OPEN FORUMS, FOUND NUMEROUS IDENTICAL ISSUES. MY VEHICLE HAS ONLY 48,000 MILES. THIS SHOULD BE A SAFETY RECALL AT A MINIMUM BEFORE A VEHICLE CATCHES FIRE OR EXPLODES IN A CLOSED SPACE NEAR GAS WATER HEATER WITH PILOT LIGHT.

TRACTION DOES NOT PREVENT WHEEL SPIN AT ANY SPEED. THE CAR WILL LOOSE REAR WHEEL TRACTION AT ANY SPEED. ENGINE SPEEDS OF 5,000 RPM AND ABOVE CAUSE TIRES TO LOOSE TRACTION UNDER MODERATE ACCELERATION. CAR IS STOCK AND STILL UNDER WARRANTY.

STRONG, OVERBEARING SMELL OF GASOLINE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE CAR AT ALL TIMES. I CANNOT DRIVE IT BECAUSE OF THE FUMES. I CANNOT PARK IT IN MY GARAGE BECAUSE IT FILLS THE ENTIRE AREA WITH THE SMELL OF FUEL. THIS IS DANGEROUS. THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED. THIS IS MY ONLY VEHICLE AND I CANNOT DRIVE IT DUE TO THE SAFETY RISKS ALONGSIDE THE NAUSEATING FUMES, AND CANNOT AFFORD TO FIX THE PROBLEM. (CHEVROLET DEALER QUOTED ME $1,600 JUST TO LOOK FOR THE PROBLEM, THEN UNKNOWN COSTS TO FIX IT) THIS MANY PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE ARE NOT WRONG. GM NEEDS TO DO A SAFETY RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR WORSE.

TOOK CAR IN FOR A DIAGNOSE GENTLEMAN SAID THERE WAS A RECALL FOR LOW BEAMS SO I SAID IT WAS FINE TOOK CAR HOME 3 WEEKS LATER WHILE I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY CARS LOW BEAMS WENT OUT AFTER ENGINE HEATS UP WENT BACK TO DEALER AND LET THEM KNOW THE THE SITUATION AND THE WENT AND CHECKED THE CAR TURNS OUT THAT NOW I HAVE A FAULTY FUSE BOX KEEP IN MIND I HAD CAR FOR 3 YEARS AND NEVER HAD A LOW BEAM PROBLEM TILL THE RECALL WAS PREFORMED

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILS, SHORT CIRCUITS REQUIRING BLEED DOWN OF BATTERY BEFORE RELAYS RESET THEMSELVES NOTED AS AN EXAMPLE, WHEN USING THE ACCESSORY FUNCTION WHILE WASHING VEHICLE OR MAINTENANCE AFTER 1 TO NO MORE THAN 2 CYCLES THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SHORT CIRCUITS. WHEN THIS OCCURS NOTHING WORKS, TRANSMISSION IS FROZEN , HAZARDS/HEADLIGHTS EVERYTHING BECOMES INOPERATIVE, START/ACCESSORY SWITCH BECOME EXTREMELY HOT TO TOUCH. NOTHING ELECTRICAL IN THE CAR IS OPERATIONAL. EVEN HAVE TO USE THE EMERGENCY MANUAL RELEASES TO EXIT VEHICLE MULTIPLE (4) BATTERIES HAVE BEEN REPLACED STRANDED AT LEAST 6 TIMES WHERE AAA OR GM TOW SERVICE HAD TO COME OUT. WHEN TOW SERVICES ARRIVED ATTEMPTED TO BOOST START FAILED, NOTHING WOULD WORK. THE SYSTEM BLEEDS DOWN BY THE TOW SERVICE SENSORS USED. THE TOW SERVICES ALL NOTED THAT THE SYSTEM WAS BLEEDING DOWN INTERNALLY AND APPARENTLY RELAYS OR OTHER DEVICES HAD SHORTED CIRCUITED WHEN THE VOLTAGE REACHED APPROXIMATELY 5.4 VOLTS REMAINING IN BATTERY, THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM RESET ITSELF ? AND A CABLE BOOST WAS ABLE TO START THE CAR WHEN THIS OCCURS AS NOTED EVEN THE TRANSMISSION IS LOCKED OUT SO THE TOW SERVICES COULD NOT PLACE THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL TO PLACE ON TOW VEHICLE GM ID'S THAT WHEN THEY MOVED ELECTRICAL AND BATTERY TO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT THE HEAT BUILDUP MIGHT BE THE CULPRIT STRESSING ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS AND RELAYS GM ALSO STATED THE CORVETTE SYSTEM DEMANDS HEAVY ELECTRICAL LOADS. DON'T USE ACCESSORIES OR OTHER DRAINING DEVICES STANDARD IN THE CAR WAS THEIR ADVICE THIS IS AN EXTREME SAFETY HAZARD FOR WHEN IT OCCURS YOU BECOME VERY VULNERABLE, EVEN TO THE POINT WHERE HAZARD WARNING LIGHTS DON'T OPERATE. ONE TIME SYSTEM SHUTDOWN OCCURRED IN JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL FOREST DRIVE. OVER TWO HOURS IN REMOTE LOCATION, ABANDONED, NO CONTACT BEFORE THE SYSTEM WOULD SHUNT ITSELF AND A BOOST START COULD OCCUR

ENGINE KNOCK ON 6.2 LITER ENGINE. WHEN THE VEHICLE SITS A KNOCKING OCCURS IN THE ENGINE UPON STARTUP. IT IS NOT A LIFTER KNOCK, BUT A KNOCK DEEPER IN THE ENGINE GM HAS NOTED THE PROBLEM AND MADE MULTIPLE REPAIRS (6+) CAM SHAFT CHANGED BUT NO LIFTERS. THOUGHT THIS WAS ODD AS THE WEARING SURFACES ARE NOW DISSIMILAR .GM SAID THIS IS ALL THEY AUTHORIZED. KNOCK STILL PRESENT GM THEN REMOVED UPPER END OF ENGINE. NOTED EXTREME CARBON BUILD UP ON MULTIPLE PISTONS. ONE PISTON HAD SO MUCH BUILDING APPARENTLY CLOSE TO VALVES HITTING. GM TECH ADVISED ENGINE REPLACEMENT, GM AUTHORIZED CLEANING OF PISTONS: GUESS WHAT, KNOCK STILL PRESENT THE KNOCKING IS A PISTON OR LOWER END KNOCK. SIMILAR TO WRIST PINS OR ROD BEARING CAPS OR BEARINGS. WHEN KNOCKING OCCURS ENGINE IS ROUGH AND PULSATES. TIME RANGES FROM 30 SECONDS TO COUPLE OF MINUTES AFTER MULTIPLE GM REPAIRS KNOCK IS STILL PRESENT, NOTICED ENGINE PERFORMANCE IS NOT THE SAME AND WITH LACK OF STABILITY FUEL ECONOMY HAS DROPPED

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SLIPPING AND SLUGGISH SHIFTING BETWEEN 2ND/3RD/4TH GEARS. WHEN SHIFTING BETWEEN THE REFERENCED GEARS THE TRANSMISSION SLIDES INTO THE NEXT GEAR. GM HAS LOOKED AT IT ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS AND REPAIRS WERE MADE YET CONDITION REMAINED. GM THEN NOTED THE PROBLEM BUT SAYS ITS WITHIN FACTORY TOLERANCES AFTER GM'S INDIFFERENCE I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MULTIPLE PRIVATE TRANSMISSION SHOPS. ALL CONCLUDED THE SAME CONDITION. THE GM "VALVE BODY" IS MALFUNCTIONING

STRONG GASOLINE ODOR COMING FROM LEFT REAR SIDE OF VEHICLE AT FUEL FILLING AREA AND BELOW. USUALLY NOTICE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF IN THE GARAGE. ODOR LINGERS EVEN INTO OVERNIGHT, NEXT DAY GARAGE HAS GASOLINE ODOR

WHEN THE GAS TANK IS FILLED HALF WAY OR MORE THE ODOR OF GAS IS OVERWHELMING OUT SIDE THE VEHICLE DRIVER SIDE AND THE SMELL OF GAS PERMIATES THROUGHOUT THE GARAGE WHICH IS ATTACHED TO MY HOME.