2007 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Complaints

CAR STICKS IN PARK AT TIMES AND IS HARD TO GET OUT OF PARK, HAPPENS OFTEN FOR PAST YEAR

RECENTLY, 03/01/2021, FILLING GAS TANK TO OVER 1/2 FULL ON MY PARKED 2007 C6 CORVETTE, WITH 30,360 MILES, PARKED VEHICLE CAUSED STRONG INTERIOR GAS ODOR. ON FURTHER INVESTIGATION AND COMMUNICATION WITH GM, I WAS INFORMED FUEL PUMP WAS A KNOWN ISSUE. THE FUEL PUMP WAS THEN REDESIGNED TO SOLVE THIS ISSUE; HOWEVER, REPLACEMENT OF FAULTY FUEL PUMP WAS ONLY GIVEN A WARRANTY EXTENSION INSTEAD OF RECALL. CONSEQUENTLY, I WAS NEVER GIVEN A NOTICE OF THE DANGEROUS CONDITION THAT EXISTED IN MY VEHICLE, WHICH IS NOW BEYOND THAT EXTENDED WARRANTY PERIOD FOR SPECIFIC PARTS; AND, AS AN OWNER, I WAS NEVER NOTICED OF THIS KNOWN ISSUE BECAUSE IT IS NOT REQUIRED UNLESS IT IS A RECALL. APPARENTLY THE CAR HAS TWO TANKS THAT ARE SHARED. WHEN OVER 1/2 FILLED, GASOLINE CAN LEAK AND PUDDLE ON TOP OF THE TANKS. WHEN MOVING, THE GASOLINE CAN THEN LEAK DOWN ON THE HOT EXHAUST AND CAUSE A FIRE. I AM NOW FEARFUL OF DRIVING MY CAR DUE TO THE GASOLINE VAPORS, AND WAS ADVISED BY VAN CHEVROLET TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED FOR REPAIR, AS THIS ISSUE COULD CAUSE A FIRE OR EXPLOSION, OR THE FUMES COULD CAUSE THE DRIVER TO PASS OUT AND HAVE AN ACCIDENT. THE COST OF THIS REPAIR IS OVER $2300-$2500! I WOULD HAVE HAD IT REPAIRED IF IT WERE A RECALL BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE HAZARD. CAR WAS PARKED WHEN I FIRST NOTICED THE PROBLEM AND HAVE NOT DRIVEN IT SINCE. THE RISK OF A FIRE, EXPLOSION, OR ACCIDENT IS TOO GREAT UNTIL IT IS REPAIRED! GM ASSIGNED CASE# [XXX], BUT IS CURRENTLY INFORMING THAT IT IS NO LONGER COVERED. SINCE NO NOTIFICATION WAS GIVEN TO OWNERS, OWNERS WERE NOT AWARE OF THE ISSUE UNTIL TOO LATE, SAVING GM MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, AS THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR REPLACING LARGE NUMBERS OF THE FAULTY FUEL PUMP HAD A RECALL BEEN ISSUED WHICH REQUIRES REGISTERING RECALLS WITH THE GM DEALERS, AND NOTIFYING THE OWNERS.*DT*JB INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).”

WHILE DRIVING THE CLUTCH PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND MY STANDARD 2007 CORVETTE COULD NOT BE SHIFTED. CAR WAS FLAT-BEDDED TO DEALER AS CAR WAS NOT DRIVABLE. I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED IN HEAVY FREEWAY TRAFFIC. MY VEHICLE HAD 8656 MILES APPROX. APPARENTLY GM ISSUED SERVICE BULLETINS ON THIS PROBLEM, REDESIGNED THE CLUTCH MASTER CYLINDER AND ISSUED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR 10 YEARS OR 100,000 MILES THERE WAS NO RECALL. GM WAS TO HAVE NOTICED ALL OWNERS OF THIS PROBLEM BUT DID NOT IN MY CASE. WHEN I CALLED GM THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE SORRY BUT WOULD NOT INDEMNIFY ME FOR THE $2,912.18 COST TO REPLACE THE MASTER AND SLAVE CLUTCH CYLINDERS. IN MY CASE I WAS IN A PARKING LOT IN MOTION. SO LUCKILY I AM STILL BREATHING.

AFTER FILLING UP THE FUEL TANK, A STRONG GAS SMELL IN THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE. THE SMELL REMAINED AND HASN'T DISPERSED.

FUEL POOLS ON TOP OF FUEL TANK WHEN YOU FILL UP. STRONG ORDER OF GASOLINE UNTIL FUEL LEVEL LOWS IN TANK. VAPORS ENTERS IN THE INTERIOR OF CAR. THIS HAPPEN WITH EACH FILL UP.

I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE A FEW MONTHS AFTER TSB N150682 WAS ISSUED. IT COULD BE DANGEROUS WITH THE LEAKY FUEL AND SMELL.

WHEN I FILL UP VEHICLE OF COURSE WITH NOT OVER FLOWING OR TOPPING IT OFF THERE IS A STRONG SMELL OF GAS ON DRIVER SIDE NO SIGNS OF LEAK AND SMELL IS VERY NOTICEABLE IN CABIN AS WELL. SMELL IS STRONG IN GARAGE WHEN LEFT IN OVER NIGHT EVEN WHEN NOT FILLING UP THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN THERE COULD HAVE HALF A TANK AND MAYBE PUT ADDITIONAL 5 DOLLARS TO GET TO 3/4 TANK ISSUE IS STILL THERE.

GAS LEAK AND SMELL FROM TOP OF DRIVERS SIDE GAS TANK WITH CAR ABOVE HALF FULL REPLACED SENDING UNIT AND FUEL PUMP CANISTER

SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM WARNING HAS BEEN ON NOW FOR BETTER THAN THREE WEEKS. WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION.

DUE TO USE OF PLASTICS THAT TEND TO CRACK, AM NOW EXPERIENCING ISSUES WITH FUEL PUMP ON DRIVER'S SIDE. DRIVING CONTINUES TO PRODUCE GAS SMELL. EXTREMELY COMPLICATED FIX THAT REQUIRES DROPPING GAS TANK AND POSSIBLY TRANSMISSION TO REACH FUEL PUMP.