2008 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Complaints

I HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN HAVING THIS PROBLEM FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW AND CAN NOT DRIVE THE CAR AT NIGHT BECAUSE OF IT. THE LOW BEAMS QUIT WORKING AFTER THE CAR GETS HOT. WHEN YOU FIRST START THE CAR THEY WILL WORK BUT AFTER THE CAR HAS RAN FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES OR SO THE LIGHTS WILL NOT WORK. HIGH BEAMS AND FOG LAMPS WORK, BUT NOT THE LOW BEAMS. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. FUSE BLOCKS UNDER THE HOOD ARE NOT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BREAK, THEY ARE NOT SUBJECT TO REGULAR WEAR AND TEAR LIKE OTHER PARTS OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

CORVETTE 2008 HAS APPROXIMATELY 15,000 MILES. THE IGNITION COIL ON CYLINDER 6 FAILED. AFTER REPAIRS AND APPROXIMATELY 500 MILES THEREAFTER, IGNITION COIL ON CYLINDER 8 FAILED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED CAUSING THE CONTACT TO UTILIZE THE FOG LIGHTS TO ILLUMINATE THE ROADWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE IT WAS STATED THAT THE FUSE BOX NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,000. *TR

MY 2008 CHEVROLET CORVETTE JUST STARTED A NEW ISSUE THAT YOUR DEPT IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING. THE "SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING" CAME UP ON THE DISPLAY AND THE FRONT RIGHT BRAKE LOCKED UP FOR A FEW SECONDS AT HIGHWAY SPEED. AFTER PULLING OVER, A CONCERNED DRIVER BEHIND ME SAID THAT MY BRAKE LIGHTS HAD BEEN AND STILL ARE ILLUMINATED THE WHOLE TIME SHE WAS BEHIND ME (AT LEAST 5 MILES) AND DO NOT GO OFF UNTIL I TURN THE CAR OFF. I BOUGHT THIS CAR THE END OF MARCH AT MALL CHEVROLET IN CHERRY HILL NJ, AND MY PRIMARY LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER IS REEDMAN-TOLL IN LANGHORNE PA. THERE IS NOTHING LISTED IN THE CARFAX OR AUTOCHECK HISTORY FOR ANY RECALL WORK DONE OR EVEN ANY OPEN RECALLS. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A QUITE COMMON ISSUE WITH SERIOUS SAFETY REPERCUSSIONS. I AM AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE CORVETTE FORUMS AND THIS IS A TOPIC THAT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT IN NUMEROUS THREADS: HTTP://FORUMS.CORVETTEFORUM.COM/C6-TECH-PERFORMANCE/2336065-SERVICE-ACTIVE-HANDLING-CONSUMER-ACTION.HTML HTTP://FORUMS.CORVETTEFORUM.COM/C6-TECH-PERFORMANCE/3234567-SERVICE-ACTIVE-HANDLING-SYSTEM.HTML HTTP://FORUMS.CORVETTEFORUM.COM/C6-CORVETTE-GENERAL-DISCUSSION/3270586-SERVICE-ACTIVE-HANDLING-AND-WHEEL-LOCKUP.HTML HTTP://FORUMS.CORVETTEFORUM.COM/C6-Z06-DISCUSSION/3109818-08-Z-BRAKE-LIGHTS-STAY-ON.HTML HTTP://FORUMS.CORVETTEFORUM.COM/C6-TECH-PERFORMANCE/3190509-2008-C6-HAVING-REAR-BRAKE-LIGHT-ISSUES.HTML IF YOU DO A SEARCH OF THE FORUMS YOU WILL FIND MANY MORE OF THE SAME ISSUES WITH THE SAME CARS. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVIENANCE. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WHEN YOU DRIVE FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES, LIGHTS GET HOT AND GO OFF. THEY SAY IT IS THE FUSEBOX. DEALER WILL NOT COVER BY WARRANTY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT NIGHT ON MY WAY HOME AROUND 11PM WHEN MY LOW BEAM LIGHTS WENT DARK AND WOULD NOT TURN BACK ON.I'VE CHECKED ALL THE FORUMS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND IT IS HAPPENING A LOT, BUT APPARENTLY GM WONT INCLUDE THE 2008 VEHICLES EVEN THOUGH ONES LIKE MINE HAVE THE SAME EQUIPMENT AS EARLIER MODELS WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS. A FEW DAYS PRIOR, MY GIRLFRIEND WAS DRIVING THE CAR, AND COMPLAINED ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM, BUT I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO OPERATE THE CAR. ONCE I GET IT FIXED, HOW DO I KNOW THE LIGHTS WONT MYSTERIOUSLY GO OFF AGAIN?! I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED IN ALL THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE, AND THIS IS THE LAST STRAW. (AFTER ONLY 38K MILES THE FUEL TANK GAUGE STOPPED WORKING. AT 60K MILES THE CAR WAS HAVING ISSUES WITH OVERHEATING BECAUSE THE FANS WOULDN'T TURN ON. AT 75K MILES A CLUNKING NOISE STARTED COMING FROM THE DIFFERENTIAL. IT'S A STOCK CAR MIND YOU. AND NOW AT 85K MILES 2008, THE HEADLIGHTS WONT TURN ON. GM SIMPLY WON'T STAND BEHIND THE CAR, AND SO I'VE BEEN LEFT TO FIGURE IT OUT ON MY OWN. SO MUCH FOR BUYING MY DREAM CAR. IT SEEMS MORE LIKE A NIGHTMARE.) *TR

LAST SUMMER STARTED TO SMELL FUEL IN THE CAR AFTER IT HAD BEEN SITTING, SMELL WASN'T NOTICEABLE DURING WINTER. NOW THAT SUMMER IS APPROACHING, I GET A BAD FUEL SMELL AFTER THE CAR HAD SAT FOR A FEW HOURS. IT PERMEATES THE PASSENGER CABIN. I TOOK THE CAR TO DEALER WITH 44K MILES, TECH FOUND THE DRIVER SIDE FUEL TANK HAS LEAK IN PLASTIC SEAM WHERE THE FILLER NECK IS ATTACHED TO THE MAIN BODY OF THE TANK. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS (2005 THRU 2012). SEARCH ONLINE FOR "C6 CORVETTE FUEL SMELL", YOU WILL SEE NUMEROUS EXAMPLES REPORTING FUEL SMELL WHENEVER THE TANK IS MORE THAN HALF FULL ON THE GAUGE. GM STATED THE FUEL TANK IS NOT COVERED UNLESS THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH CAL EMISSIONS (7YR/70K MILES) OTHER WISE ONLY 2YR/24K MILES. THE TANK IS THE SAME TANK USED ON ALL MODELS. GM IS SELECTIVELY COVERING SOME REPLACEMENTS AND REFUSING OTHERS. WITH A LOW MILEAGE VEHICLE, I WOULDN'T EXPECT TO NEED TO REPLACE A FUEL TANK. I BOUGHT THE CAR WITH ROUGHLY 25000 MILES ON IT LAST JUNE. I BELIEVE THE TANK HAS BEEN LEAKING EVER SINCE AND MAYBE BEFORE I OWNED IT. SINCE GM WILL NOT COVER IT, I'M NOW LEFT WITH A $3000 REPAIR ESTIMATE TO REMOVE AND REPLACE THE TANK. I HAVE A 2007 GM 4WD PICKUP WITH 117,000 MILES OF ROUGH ROADS, OFF ROAD, ETC AND NOT A DROP OF FUEL LEAKING FROM IT. HOW DOES A VEHICLE ONLY DESIGNED TO DRIVE ON THE STREET, THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE VEHICLES GM MAKES, NOT HAVE BETTER FUEL TANKS. THIS IS A FIRE/EXPLOSION RISK AS THE FUEL RUNS DOWN THE BACK OF THE TANK, THEN DRIPS ONTO THE HOT EXHAUST RUNNING RIGHT BEHIND THE TANKS. THIS SEEMS VERY SIMILAR TO THE C5 CORVETTE FUEL TANK PROBLEMS (ALMOST SAME BODY STYLE). I DON'T KNOW WHY GM HASN'T DESIGNED A FIX FOR THIS AND RECALLED ALL THE TANKS TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC OTHER THAN PROFIT REASONS. I WILL PAY TO CHANGE THE OLD TANK OUT THIS WEEKEND TO MAKE IT SAFE TO DRIVE AGAIN AT MY OWN EXPENSE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL INDEPENDENTLY ENGAGED AND THE SERVICE ACTIVE HANDING SYSTEM WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE VEERED TO THE RIGHT. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL AND RESUMED DRIVING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED THREE TIMES. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS WERE ACTIVATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS AND THEN FAILED TO OPERATE UNEXPECTEDLY. THE FOG LIGHTS WERE THEN ACTIVATED IN ORDER TO CONTINUE DRIVING. THE FAILURE RECURRED WHENEVER THE HEADLIGHTS WERE IN OPERATION. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000. UPDATED 08/06/13*LJ UPDATED 08/05/2013*JS

THE VEHICLES HEADLIGHTS WOULD NOT COME ON OR WOULD COME ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AND/OR PARKED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR SERVICE AND I WAS ADVISED THAT THEIR HAD BEEN A FUSE BLOCK SHORT AND THE FUSE BLOCK WAS REPLACED. *TR