2008 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Complaints

WHEN I FILL THE GAS TANK I GET A STRONG GAS SMELL ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S PARKED IN MY GARAGE.

AFTER FILLING UP MY 2008 CHEVROLET CORVETTE THE CAR HAS A DISTINCT GAS SMELL WHEN WALKING UP TO IT. THE SMELL IS STRONG BUT GOES AWAY WHILE DRIVING IT AND IS NOT THAT STRONG ONCE PARKED. AFTER SITTING FOR A FEW HOURS I COME BACK AND THE SCENT IS BACK. IT SEEMS TO ONLY EMIT THIS GASOLINE SMELL WHEN THE FUEL TANK IS FILLED OVER HALF FULL. IT HAS DONE THIS SINCE I TOOK OWNERSHIP OF THE CAR IN DECEMBER 2020, AND COULD HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE BEFORE THAT.

AFTER FUELING OVER 1/2 TANK FUMES ARE NOW NOTICEABLE IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AND INSIDE WHILE PARKED.

AFTER DRIVING MY CAR I PARKED IT IN MY GARAGE THE NEXT MORNING MY GARAGE WAS FILLED WITH GAS FUMES CALLED DEALER AND BROUGHT CAR IN THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP MODULE AND MY CAR WAS OUT OF EXTENDED WARRANTY IT ONLY HAS 18000 MILES ON IT AND THEY SAID REPAIR WAS APPROXIMATELY 3000.00 DOLLARS

SMALL POOLS OF FUEL FORMING UNDERNEATH VEHICLE WHEN PARKED AFTER DRIVING UNDER DRIVERS SIDE REAR NEAR EXHAUST

I FILLED THE CAR WITH GAS SEVERAL TIMES AND I BEGAN TO SMELL GAS IN MY GARAGE AND WHEN I STAND BESIDE THE CAR. A VERY HIGH AROMA EVEN WHEN DRIVING YOU CAN SMELL IT INSIDE THE VEHICLE.

UPON INSPECTION, THE DRIVER SIDE FUEL TANK IS LEAKING. THE SYSTEM HAS LEAN CODES AND WAS ADVISED TO DROP THE FUEL TANK TO VERIFY FUEL LEAK LOCATION.

MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN HAVING A GAS FUME SMELL IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT THAT HAS BECOME MORE AND MORE SEVERE WITHIN THE LAST 12 MONTHS. I RESEARCHED THE SYMPTOMS AND I DISCOVERED THAT GM IDENTIFIED A DEFECT IN THIS MODEL OF CAR AND ISSUES A SERVICE BULLETING AND SPECIAL COVERAGE FOR AFFECTED VEHICLES. UNFORTUNATELY, GM DID NOT CONTACT ME AS REQUIRED BY LAW TO ADVISE ME OF THIS SPECIAL COVERAGE WITHIN THE APPROPRIATE TIME FRAMES FOR THIS REPAIR TO HAVE BEEN COVERED. I HAVE LIVED AT THE SAME ADDRESS SINCE 2012, AND HAVE OWNED THIS CAR SINCE 2014, WELL WITHIN THE COVERAGE PERIOD OF THIS MANUFACTURE DEFECT. I HAVE CONTACTED GM ABOUT THIS, AND I WAS LED TO BELIEVE THERE WOULD BE SOME COST ASSISTANCE, BUT I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER TO GET DIAGNOSED FIRST. IN DOING SO, I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT A CAR FOR 10 DAYS, AND NOW ON DAY 10 I AM INFORMED BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT GM DENIED ANY COST ASSISTANCE, AND THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM GM HAS NOT EVEN BOTHERED TO CALL ME SO WE CAN DISCUSS THIS FURTHER. FRANKLY THIS HAS BEEN AN ENORMOUS WASTE OF TIME AND GM HAS MISLED ME, AND FURTHER WAS DECEPTIVE IN WILLFULLY NEGLECTING TO NOTIFY ME ABOUT MY SPECIAL COVERAGE IN TIME FOR ME TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. NOW I AM ON THE HOOK FOR $1500 IN REPAIRS, WHICH IS FRUSTRATING TO SAY THE LEAST. EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED, I CURRENTLY OWN 3 GM VEHICLES, JUST BOUGHT A NEW ONE IN MAY 2020 AND AFTER BEING TREATED LIKE THIS I CAN ASSURE GM THEY HAVE LOST A CUSTOMER FOR LIFE.

MY SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM LIGHT KEEPS COMING UP ON MY MESSAGE CENTER, WHILE I'M DRIVING MY CAR ON ANY CITY STREET OR ROAD!

STRONG GAS SMELL COMING FROM VEHICLE WHEN PARKED. IT IS NOT AN ISSUE WITH GAS CAP - I HAVE HAD IT REPLACED AND VERIFIED THAT IT IS PROPERLY FIT. I CAN NOT SAY FOR CERTAIN WHEN THIS BEGAN TO BE AN ISSUE AS THE CAR PREVIOUSLY WAS PARKED OUTSIDE AND THE SMELL WAS NOT NOTICEABLE.