2008 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Complaints

ON 8/20/2015 I FILLED MY CAR UP WITH GAS AND AS SOON AS DROVE AWAY THE COCKPIT STARED TO SMELL LIKE GAS I THOUGHT I MAY HAVE SPILLED SOME OM SHOE, THE ODOR WAS GETTING OVERWHELMING . WHEN I GOT HOME NOTHING WAS ON MY SHOE SO I LOOKED AROUND THE CAR FOR A LEAK.I DIDN'T SEE OR FIND ANYTHING BUT DID FIND A BAD GAS SMELL FROM THE DRIVER SIDE REAR. THE NEXT MORNING I WENT OUT TO THE GARAGE, THERE WAS A ODOR OF RAW GAS IT WAS EXTREMELY BAD FOR I FEARED THAT MY HOUSE WOULD BLOW UP DO TO THE WATER HEATER HAVING A FLAME. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE CAR OUT OF THE GARAGE . THE CAR IS NOW AT THE DEALER AND WAITING FOR THE PROGNOSIS 8/22/2015 I WILL REPORT MORE WHEN I FIND OUT WHAT THEY FOUND .

STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE AFTER FILL-UP. NO TROUBLE CODES LIKE EVAP, ETC. TURNING WHILE VEHICLE IN MOTION (~20MPH) INCREASES GAS ODOR. I STOPPED DRIVING VEHICLE FOR FEAR OF A VEHICLE FIRE. I FEAR THIS IS THE DREADED FUEL PUMP FITTING CRACK/FAILURE THAT OTHER C-6'S HAVE EXPERIENCED. DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE CORRECTIVE ACTION IS TAKEN?

WHEN THE FUEL TANKS ARE MORE THAN HALF FULL, THERE IS A STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. THIS IS APPARENTLY AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE C6 FUEL TANKS, AS IT HAS BEEN RAISED BY MANY PEOPLE IN VARIOUS ONLINE FORUMS. THIS PROBLEM ALSO OCCURRED IN THE C FUEL, AND I WAS TOLD WAS FIXED VIA A RECALL. HAS THIS PROBLEM PROMPTED ANY RECALL ACTIVITIES FOR THE C6. THE DEALER WANTS OVER $3000 TO FIX THE PROBLEM.

THE CAR HAD AN OIL PUMP FAILURE IN JULY (ZERO OIL PRESSURE IN THE ENGINE), AFTER WHICH IT WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP WHO IS CURRENTLY REPLACING THE OIL PUMP AND VERIFYING THAT NO DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE ENGINE FOR A COST OF ABOUT $2000. UPON INVESTIGATION ON MY PART, GM HAS KNOWN THAT OIL PUMPS CAN FAIL ON NOT ONLY MY CAR BUT ANY CAR WITH A "GENERATION 4" V8 INCLUDING A 6TH GENERATION CORVETTES. THEY HAVE RELEASED TO THEIR DEALERS DOCUMENT PIP4158G STATING THIS. I THINK PERSONALLY THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL, BUT AT THE VERY LEAST GM SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR ANY SERVICE WORK DONE BECAUSE OF THIS "KNOWN" ISSUE. I REFUSE TO TAKE MY CAR TO A GM DEALER, DUE TO THE PAST TREATMENT OF MY CAR BY DEALERS (THEY ARE CARELESS) AND SO GM WILL DO NOTHING AS THEY SAY "IT CAN'T BE DIAGNOSED BY ANYONE BUT A GM DEALER." THAT'S HOGWASH

ENGINE WAS MISFIRING WITH CEL CODE SHOWING. MECHANIC DECIDED IT WAS A MECHANICAL ISSUE, WHILE CHECKING VALVES AND VALVE GUIDES ON CYLINDER 6, REMOVED SPRINGS AND EXHAUST VALVE WAS LOOSE IN VALVE GUIDE, EASILY MOVED SIDE TO SIDE IN VALVE GUIDE. IN CASES WHERE THE VALVE HEAD HAS BROKEN OFF, ENGINE SEIZES AND LOSS OF POWER BRAKES AND STEERING RESULTS AS WELL AS LOSS OF COOLANT AND OIL ONTO ROAD. VERY DANGEROUS COMBINATION OF EVENTS AT HIGHWAY SPEED. AFTER REMOVING HEADS TO HAVE THEM REPAIRED, FOUND THAT THE CASE HARDENING ON THE LIFTERS HAD BECOME COMPROMISED AND DAMAGED THE CAMSHAFT. ENGINE REPLACED

THE DRIVERS SIDE FUEL TANK HAD LEAK ON THE TOP CAUSING FUEL TO POOL AND LEAK ON TO THE HOT EXHAUST. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AS FIRE OR DEATH COULD RESULT. TANK WAS DEFECTIVE. THIS WAS A $4,000 REPAIR. ....UPDATED 11/02/15*BF

WHEN THE CAR HAS OVER 1/2 A TANK OF GAS IN IT GAS VAPORS BEGIN TO FILL THE CABIN. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE SMELL IS SO POWERFUL I HAVE TO LET THE CAR AIR OUT FOR A MINUTE BEFORE I CAN OPERATE IT. UNFORTUNATELY, I CAN NOT WAIT FOR A RECALL TO FIX THIS SO I AM SENDING IT TO MY MECHANIC. I WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST THIS GETS ADDRESSED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. THANKS ...UPDATED 09/22/15 *BF

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. AFTER REFUELING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED STRONG FUEL FUMES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

AFTER FUELING MY 2008 C6 CORVETTE AND PARKING IN THE GARAGE THERE IS A STRONG FUEL SMELL. AS A TEST REMOVED IT FROM GARAGE AND SMELL STOPPED.

CORVETTE HAS FUEL LEAKING FROM THE TOP OF THE TANK DUE TO HAIRLINE CRACKS ON TOP OF FUEL PUMP ELBOW. CAR CAN NOT BE TOPPED OFF SPRAYS OUT UNDER PRESSURE. PRESENTS A FIRE HAZARD AND SHOULD BE LOOKED IN TO BY NHTSA FOR RECALL. SO IT DOES NOT HURT ANY ONE OR SOME ONES CAR CATCHES ON FIRE. GM SHOULD HAVE THIS FIXED THERE WAS ALSO AN ISSUES WITH THE C5 CORVETTES PREVIOUS GENERATION THAT WAS RECALLED.