2008 Chevrolet Corvette

BRAKE ISSUE: BRAKES WOULD STAY ON UNTIL PRESSED. CRUISE CONTROL WOULD ALSO NOT FUNCTION WHILE THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE ENGAGED. PRESSING THE BRAKES WOULD CAUSE THE BRAKE LIGHTS TO TURN OFF. TAKING FOOT OFF BRAKES WOULD CAUSE BRAKE LIGHTS TO TURN ON. REPAIRED BY CHEVROLET FOR $450. ELECTRICAL: STARTER HAS BEEN REPLACED 11 TIMES BY FIRESTONE & CHEVROLET. STARTER REPEATEDLY STOPS WORKING AFTER 6 MONTHS OF USE (USING ORIGINAL OEM PARTS INSTALLED AT FULL PRICE BY CHEVROLET).

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. WHILE DRIVING LOW SPEEDS, THE BRAKES FELT AS IF THEY APPLIED AUTOMATICALLY. THE SERVICE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES, SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING, AND SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER HUB ASSEMBLY SENSOR WAS DEFECTIVE AND THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 90,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE AIR CONDITIONING VENTS BEGAN TO RELEASE A THICK FOG. THE CONTACT TOUCHED THE STOP BUTTON AND EXITED THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT WAS FILLED WITH A THICK FOG, WHICH IMPAIRED VISIBILITY WITHIN THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A CERTIFIED MECHANIC WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT A BATTERY CABLE WAS ROUTED TIGHTLY UNDER THE AIR CONDITIONING LINE, CAUSING FRICTION THAT RUBBED THROUGH THE AIR CONDITIONING LINE. THE TUBING ATTACHED TO THE ASSEMBLY AND THE PROTECTIVE SLEEVE WERE REPLACED TO PREVENT FUTURE FRICTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL INVOLVING THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000.

THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. I GET A CHECK ENGINE COOLANT ERROR THAT THE DEALERSHIP CAN'T DIAGNOSE. MY CAR SMELLS LIKE FUEL. SOMETIMES IT SMELLS FOUL COMING FROM THE AC. I GET A TIRE FLAT WARNING WHEN MY TIRES ARE JUST FINE. MY BRAKES WON'T STOP SQUEELING EVEN AFTER BUYING NEW ROTARS AND PADS. MY HEADLIGHTS SUFFERED FROM SOMETHING CALLED MAZING IN WHICH THE LIGHTS HAVE TINY LITTLE CRACKS IN THEM ALL OVER CAUSING NO WAY TO DRIVE AT NIGHT DUE TO POOR VISIBILITY AND THE LIGHTS COST $1200 FOR JUST ONE MEANING IT WOULD COST $2500 TO GET NEW LIGHTS PUT ON A USED CAR. THIS IS JUST RIDICULOUS. GM KNOWS WHAT THEY DID BUT DIDN'T CARE TO HELP ME ON THE HEADLIGHTS.

TOOK CAR IN FOR A DIAGNOSE GENTLEMAN SAID THERE WAS A RECALL FOR LOW BEAMS SO I SAID IT WAS FINE TOOK CAR HOME 3 WEEKS LATER WHILE I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY CARS LOW BEAMS WENT OUT AFTER ENGINE HEATS UP WENT BACK TO DEALER AND LET THEM KNOW THE THE SITUATION AND THE WENT AND CHECKED THE CAR TURNS OUT THAT NOW I HAVE A FAULTY FUSE BOX KEEP IN MIND I HAD CAR FOR 3 YEARS AND NEVER HAD A LOW BEAM PROBLEM TILL THE RECALL WAS PREFORMED

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILS, SHORT CIRCUITS REQUIRING BLEED DOWN OF BATTERY BEFORE RELAYS RESET THEMSELVES NOTED AS AN EXAMPLE, WHEN USING THE ACCESSORY FUNCTION WHILE WASHING VEHICLE OR MAINTENANCE AFTER 1 TO NO MORE THAN 2 CYCLES THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SHORT CIRCUITS. WHEN THIS OCCURS NOTHING WORKS, TRANSMISSION IS FROZEN , HAZARDS/HEADLIGHTS EVERYTHING BECOMES INOPERATIVE, START/ACCESSORY SWITCH BECOME EXTREMELY HOT TO TOUCH. NOTHING ELECTRICAL IN THE CAR IS OPERATIONAL. EVEN HAVE TO USE THE EMERGENCY MANUAL RELEASES TO EXIT VEHICLE MULTIPLE (4) BATTERIES HAVE BEEN REPLACED STRANDED AT LEAST 6 TIMES WHERE AAA OR GM TOW SERVICE HAD TO COME OUT. WHEN TOW SERVICES ARRIVED ATTEMPTED TO BOOST START FAILED, NOTHING WOULD WORK. THE SYSTEM BLEEDS DOWN BY THE TOW SERVICE SENSORS USED. THE TOW SERVICES ALL NOTED THAT THE SYSTEM WAS BLEEDING DOWN INTERNALLY AND APPARENTLY RELAYS OR OTHER DEVICES HAD SHORTED CIRCUITED WHEN THE VOLTAGE REACHED APPROXIMATELY 5.4 VOLTS REMAINING IN BATTERY, THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM RESET ITSELF ? AND A CABLE BOOST WAS ABLE TO START THE CAR WHEN THIS OCCURS AS NOTED EVEN THE TRANSMISSION IS LOCKED OUT SO THE TOW SERVICES COULD NOT PLACE THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL TO PLACE ON TOW VEHICLE GM ID'S THAT WHEN THEY MOVED ELECTRICAL AND BATTERY TO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT THE HEAT BUILDUP MIGHT BE THE CULPRIT STRESSING ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS AND RELAYS GM ALSO STATED THE CORVETTE SYSTEM DEMANDS HEAVY ELECTRICAL LOADS. DON'T USE ACCESSORIES OR OTHER DRAINING DEVICES STANDARD IN THE CAR WAS THEIR ADVICE THIS IS AN EXTREME SAFETY HAZARD FOR WHEN IT OCCURS YOU BECOME VERY VULNERABLE, EVEN TO THE POINT WHERE HAZARD WARNING LIGHTS DON'T OPERATE. ONE TIME SYSTEM SHUTDOWN OCCURRED IN JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL FOREST DRIVE. OVER TWO HOURS IN REMOTE LOCATION, ABANDONED, NO CONTACT BEFORE THE SYSTEM WOULD SHUNT ITSELF AND A BOOST START COULD OCCUR

C6 CORVETTES HAVE ELECTRICALLY OPERATED DOORS SO IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO OPEN A DOOR WHEN THE BATTERY IS DEAD. HAVING A DEAD BATTERY, I PLACED THE CAR IN MY DRIVEWAY TO JUMP START IT. AS I WENT TO MY TRUCK TO START IT AND CONNECT THE JUMPER CABLES THE CORVETTE BEGAN TO SLOWLY ROLL BACKWARDS - APPARENTLY THE HAND BRAKE WAS NOT QUITE SET ENOUGH (MANUAL TRANSMISSION). I WAS UNABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR TO APPLY THE BRAKES OR HANDBRAKE BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF BATTERY POWER. THE CAR CONTINUED TO ROLL BACKWARDS, ACCELERATING, WITH ME UNABLE TO HOLD OR STOP IT. IT ROLLED ACROSS THE STREET, DOWN MY NEIGHBOR'S DRIVEWAY, AND THROUGH HIS CLOSED GARAGE DOOR COMING TO A STOP AT THE REAR OF HIS GARAGE WITH A HEAVY IMPACT (OVER $11 THOUSAND IN DAMAGES). MY NEIGHBOR'S 2 SMALL GIRLS OFTEN PLAY IN THAT GARAGE WITH THE DOORS CLOSED OR IN THE DRIVEWAY. IF THEY HAD BEEN PLAYING OR ANYONE OR ANY VEHICLE HAD BEEN IN THE STREET AT THAT TIME THERE WOULD LIKELY HAVE BEEN ONE OR MORE FATALITIES DUE TO THE RUNAWAY DRIVER-LESS VEHICLE. ONLY LUCK PREVENTED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT WITH POSSIBLE FATALITIES OR SERIOUS INJURIES. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY AN UNACCEPTABLE AND UNNECESSARY DESIGN DEFECT FOR C6 CORVETTES (AND POSSIBLY OTHER VEHICLES WITH KEY-LESS ENTRY AND ELECTRICALLY OPERATED DOORS). I BELIEVE THAT CHEVROLET SHOULD RECALL THESE VEHICLES AND ADD A MECHANICAL WAY TO QUICKLY OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE IN EVENT OF A RUNAWAY SITUATION (THERE IS A MECHANICAL BACKUP IF ONE IS IN THE CAR OR IF ONE HAS THE TIME TO MANUALLY OPEN THE TRUNK - A SLOW PROCEDURE). *TR

I UNDERSTAND THAT THE NHTSA PREVIOUSLY OPENED AN INVESTIGATION IN 2013 REGARDING C6 CORVETTE HEADLIGHT (LOW BEAM) FAILURES FOR YEARS 2005-07. I FILE THIS CLAIM BECAUSE THE PRODUCTION YEARS ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE YEARS REFERENCED. HENCE, MY 2008 IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM - LOW BEAM FAILURES ON ROADWAYS AT NIGHT. I UNDERSTAND NOW FROM NEW RESEARCH OF MY OWN THAT LATTER YEARS ARE ALSO IMPACTED BY THE SAME ISSUE. ALTHOUGH THE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS ARE UNAFFECTED, THEY DO NOT PROVIDE APPROPRIATE NIGHTTIME ILLUMINATION. USING HIGH BEAMS ARE AN UNDESIRABLE ALTERNATIVE. CONSIDERING GM'S LONG AND PERVASIVE HISTORY OF SHUNNING SERIOUS VEHICULAR ISSUES AND COMPLAINTS ONLY UNTIL THEY REACH A NATIONAL SCALE (VIA NATIONAL MEDIA OR ACT OF CONGRESS), AND AFTER CONTACTING A LOCAL DEALER LAST WEEK, THEY HAVE NOT ACCEPTED ANY RESPONSIBILITY TO REMEDIED WHETHER IT BE UNDER SAFETY, TECHNICAL BULLETIN, OR RECALL. HAVING NO TRUST WHATSOEVER OF GM OR OTHERS LIKE NISSAN, BEING TOO BIG TO CARE, I AM PLACING MY TRUST IN THE NHTSA. THANK YOU. *TR

ON THIS DAY, I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY GOING ABOUT 100 MPH (GERMAN AUTOBAHN) WHEN THE VEHICLE FOR NO APPARENT REASON DECIDED TO LOCK UP THE BRAKES. I ALSO LOST POWER STEERING. LUCKILY THERE WERE NO CARS AROUND ME. THE "SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING" SENSOR HAS BEEN ON AND OFF SINCE THEN AND I AM LOOKING AT GETTING IT LOOKED AT TOMORROW. I HAVE JUST READ FORUMS OF OTHER 2005-2008 CORVETTES HAVING THIS SIMILAR PROBLEM. IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO ABOUT GETTING THIS CAR SERVICED? I AM IN GERMANY AND I HAVE YET TO FIND A CORVETTE MECHANIC. WOULD APPRECIATE ANY ADVICE. THANK YOU *TR