2007 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Complaints

2007 CHEVROLET CORVETTE ZOS WITH LS7 ENGINE - EXCESSIVE ENGINE VALVE GUIDE WEAR - PER THE GM VALVE WIGGLE TEST MY CAR WAS FOUND TO HAVE UP TO 3 TIMES THE ACCEPTABLE ENGINE VALVE TO GUIDE CLEARANCE AT 24,139 MILES. SOME LS7 ENGINES HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE, BREAKING A VALVE DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE CLEARANCE CAUSING THE ENGINE BLOCK TO BREAK OPEN, SPILLING OIL ONTO THE REAR TIRES WHILE LN FORWARD MOTION CAUSING A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN. DUE TO THE SAFETY CONCERN THE ENGINE WAS DISASSEMBLED AND REPAIRED. GM HAS KNOWN OF THIS ISSUE AND REPLACED MANY LS7 ENGINES WHICH DID EXPLODE DUE TO THE VALVE GUIDE WEAR ISSUE.

CORVETTE HAS HAD A PROBLEM WITH FUEL SMELL COMING FROM THE CAR AFTER YOU FILL THE TANK.THIS ISSUE IS VERY SERIOUS. FUEL LEAKS OUT THE TOP OF THE TANKS, AND WILL THEN DRIP DOWN THE BACK SIDE ONTO THE HOT EXHAUST. IF IGNORED THIS COULD RESULT IN A FIRE AND POSSIBLE DEATH. IF PARKED OVERNIGHT IN A GARAGE, THE VAPOR WILL FILL THE GARAGE AND COULD EASILY BE TRIGGERED INTO AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE FROM A GAS WATER HEATER OR OTHER IGNITION SOURCE. I CAN'T PARK MY C6 IN MY GARAGE WITHOUT IT FILLING THE ENTIRE GARAGE WITH FUMES SO STRONG THAT I CAN'T EVEN KEEP MY DOGS IN THERE. THE VAPORS THEN SEEP INTO THE HOUSE. THE CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE, AND UNSAFE TO LEAVE PARKED.

VEHICLE HAS A REALLY INTENSE SMELL OF GASOLINE INSIDE CABIN WHEN CARS PARKED OR IN DRIVE.

SMELL OF FUEL IS OVERBEARING IN THE COCKPIT OF THE CAR WHILE DRIVING. IT'S A 2007 CHEVROLET CORVETTE 2 DOOR. JUST PURCHASED THE CAR 3 WEEKS AGO.

WHILE DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, THE STEERING WHEEL POPPED OUT AND DROPPED INTO MY LAP. SEEMS AS IF ENTIRE STEERING COLUMN FELL, AS WELL AS SPRING LOADED ACTION OF ACTUAL STEERING WHEEL. I WAS ABLE TO LIFT UP AND APPLY PRESSURE FORWARD ONTO STEERING WHEEL TO REGAIN CONTROL OF STEERING, BUT HAD TO HOLD WHEEL IN PLACE.

THE SUBFRAME RADIATOR CORE SUPPORT BROKE. IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE REPAIR THE BATTERY WAS DISCONNECTED. AFTER THE REPAIR WAS COMPLETE THE BATTERY WAS RECONNECTED. NOW THE RADIO DOESN'T DISPLAY THE GPS CLOCK. CLOCK DOESN'T WORK IT WILL NOT LET YOU SET THE CLOCK DISPLAY. I READ ONLINE THAT THE SATELLITE CODES WERE RESET FOR VEHICLES YEARS 2005-2011. SO WHEN THE BATTER IS DISCONNECTED THE RADIO SOFTWARE GOES HAYWIRE WHEN THIS PROBLEM IS BROUGHT TO CHEVROLET ATTENTION THE GARAGE SAID THAT REPROGRAMING THE RADIO COULD FIX THE PROBLEM COST $160.00 THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED AND FIXED AT CHEVROLET GARAGE ON THEIR DIME THEY CAUSED THE PROBLEM THEY SHOULD PROVIDE THE FIX COST FREE SEVERAL FORUMS IN THE CORVETTE COMMUNITY ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE NO ONE HAS A FIX LISTED FOR THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED WHILE STATIONARY PROBLEM IS CONSTANT DISCONNECT BATTERY THEN RECONNECT BATTERY REGARDLESS IF YOUR DOING A REPAIR OR REPLACING THE BATTERY THE RADIO SOFTWARE GOES HAYWIRE AND THE CLOCK DOESN'T DISPLAY AND WON'T LET YOU SET IT IT WON'T ENTER INTO ANY SET MODE

TAKAYUKI RECALL. STRONG GAS SMELL IN AND OUT OF CAR. SEEMS TO BE MORE LIKELY AFTER FILL UPS. CAN SMELL STATIONARY OR WHILE MOVING.

I WAS SOLD A NON-FEDRAL EMISSIONS COMPLIANT CAR AND THE DEALER WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED PDF FILE.

ANYTIME MY FUEL TANK IS MORE THAN HALF , THERE IS A STRONG DOOR OF FUEL. ITS VERY STRONG THAN IT SEEPS THROUGH THE INSIDES OF THE HOUSE MY ITS DARK IN THE GARAGE

WHEN TURNING AT SLOW SPEEDS, THE ACTIVE SUSPENSION WILL EITHER ACTIVATE OR FORCE A DIC MESSAGE "SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM." SOMETIMES, THIS OCCURS SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH ABS ACTIVATION OF THE BRAKES. THIS HAS CAUSED ME TO DRIVE INTO HEAD- ON LANES, OR FORCED ME TO STOP IN MOVING TRAFFIC WITHOUT BRAKE LIGHTS. IT SEEMS WORSE IN COLD OR WET WEATHER. RESTARTING THE CAR WILL RESET THE DISPLAY.