2009 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Complaints

READ ABOUT FUEL SMELL- IE CRACK PLASTIC CONNECTOR OF FUEL PUMP. I AM REALLY CONCERNED OF PARKING IN GARAGE WITH PILOT LIGHTS OF GAS HEATERS. ALSO DID NOT GET NOTICE ON EMISSION (CAT. CONVERTER REPLACEMENT).

I RECENTLY FILLED CAR WITH FUEL , AFTER FUELING I NOTICED EXTREM FUEL SMELL INSIDE THE VEHICLE AFTER PARKED FOR SEVERAL HOURS I NOTICED A LARGE AREA OF FUEL HAD RAN OUT DRIVER SIDE FUEL TANK AREA ONTO THE GROUND AND SMELL OF FUEL WAS EXTENSIVE . I CALLED KOONS CHEVROLET IN TYSON CORNER VIRGINIA WHERE I PORCHED IT AND DESCRIBED THE PROBLEM TO THEM , I TOOK THE CAR TO THEM . I WAS TOLD THEY HAVE DIGNOSET THE PROBLEM , AFTER FEW DAYS THE CONTACT ME AND TOLD ME THAT THE FUEL MODUL WAS LEAKING ON DRIVER SIDE FUEL TANK AND THERE IS A SPECIAL COVERAGE BULLTEN WARRANTY FOR JUST THAT FILAR ON 07-09 CORVETTE OF THE SAME MODEL AS MINE. THEY TOLD THEY WOULD ORDER THE PARTS AND CALL ME WHEN THE CAME IN , PARTS WERE IN WEEK AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT AND TOOK IT BACK TO BE REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY . THEY CALLED ME THE NEXT MORNING AND TOLD ME BECAUSE MY VIN # WAS NOT INCLUDED IN SPECIAL COVERAGE BULLTEN THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE REPAIRING THE CAR UNDER WARRANTY . I WAS VERY UPSET NO WORRIED ABOUT MY SAFETY AND OTHERS BY HAVING A CAR THAT LEAKS ALL OVER THE ROAD . THEY TOLD ME IT WOULD COST ME $2700 TO BE REPAIRED AND WANT ME TO PAY FOR IT . I TOLD ME THAT I DON'T HAVE $2700 AND WHAT SHOULD I DO ? THEY DEALER TOLD ME TO NOT TO PUT MUCH FUEL IN IT UNBELIVABLE TO ME . I HAVE CONTACT GM CUSTOMER SERVICE AND OPENED A CASE WITH THEM BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING BACK BUT SORRY FOR YOUR LUCK EMAILES . I'M VERY FRUSTRATED AND WORRIED ABOUT MY SON DRIVING IT TO SCHOOL AND WORK . LEAKING FUEL IS NO JOKE ESPECIALLY IF I'M IN TRAFFIC A DAY SOMEBODY THROWS A CIGARETTE UNDER CAR I WOULD LOSE MY SON OR HURT OTHERS . PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS SITUATION BEFORE IT'S TOO LATER . I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO .

CAR PARKED IN THE GARAGE AND NEXT MORNING, I SMELL GASOLINE ORDER COMING AROUND GAS FILLER NECK AND INSIDE THE CAR. I LOOK UNDER THE CAR AND FOUND SMALL AMOUNT OF GASOLINE COMING FROM THE TOP OF THE TANK.

MAJOR GAS SMELL COMING INTO THE CAR AND OUTSIDE THE CAR. CAN SMELL IT TEN FEET AWAY IN THE PARKING GARAGE. IT APPEARS TO BE A FUEL LEAK IN THE FUEL PUMP.

THE INNER PORTION OF THE DOOR WHERE THE HINGES ATTACHED HAS BEGUN CRACKING THAT HAS CAUSED THE DOOR TO SAG. THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN IN A COLLISION AND THE DOOR HAS ONLY BEEN USED IN A NORMAL MANNER. THE CRACKING HAS HAPPENED SLOWLY OVERTIME AND IS CONTINUING.

PURCHASED A 2009 CORVETTE IN FEB.2016 FROM PRIVATE SALE. WHEN PURCHASED SELLER SAID HE HAS BEEN SMELLING GAS FOR A LONG TIME SO HE PARKED IT OUTSIDE AND COVERED IT. I TOOK VECH. TO FILL UP WITH FUEL NO GAS SMELL DROVE HOME PARKED IN MY HOUSE GARAGE. AROUND 8:PM WIFE WOKE ME UP AROUND 7:AM NEXT MORNING SAID GAS SMELL IN GARAGE VERY BAD CAN HARDLEY BREATH. WENT OUT AND SURE ENOUGH BAD OPEN ALL DOORS. LOOKED UNDER CAR AND HOOD NO SIGN OF GAS OR NOT A STRONG SMELL. SOON AS I GET BUY FUEL FILLER DRIVERS SIDE SMELL VERY STRONG. WENT ON CORVETTE FORM THEY WAS A SAFTEY ALERT ABOUT THE WHOLE THING DOZEN OF COMPLAINT ABOUT THE GAS SMELL. STILL SMELLS IF YOU FILL IT OVER HALF A TANK SO HAVE TO KEEP CAR OUTSIDE AND COVER. GM NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BEFORE SOMEONE BURNS DOWN THERE HOME OR CAR UP. I WAS TOLD GM IS WELL AWHARE OF THIS DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY DON'T HAVE A RECALL. ALWAYS TRUSTED GM JUST BOUGHT NEW SILVERODO LOVE IT PLEASE TRY AND GET THIS FIXED DON'T NEED TO HERE ABOUT ANY MORE PEOPLE GETTING HURT OR WORSE BECAUSE SOME DUDE SITTING IN HIS OFFICE DOSENT REALLY CARE.

STRONG GAS SMELL COMING FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR. (WHEN PARKED IN GARAGE) MY CAR IS A 2009 CORVETTE WITH 40,500 MILES. CAR WAS AT DEALER FOR A MONTH, STILL NOT FIX, WAITING FOR PARTS. CALL GM WAS TOLD PARTS WILL BE IN BY 10/17/2016 TWO MORE MONTHS OF WAITING.

VALVE GUIDE ISSUE CAUSING FAILURE TO BRAKES, AND POWER STEERING, AS WELL AS ENGINE BLOWING

WHEN I FILL MY CAR WITH GAS ABOVE 1/2 A TANK. I NOTICE MY FUEL GAUGE GOES TO FULL AND THEN TO EMPTY AND I GET A WARNING LIGHT THAT STATES SERVICE FUEL SYSTEM. I ALSO NOTICE A STRONG ODOR OF GAS WHEN I PARK IN MY GARAGE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND VIN WERE UNKNOWN.