2008 Chevrolet Corvette

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

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS GO OUT AND WON'T GO BACK ON EITHER MANUALLY OR AUTOMATICALLY UNTIL THE CAR COOLS DOWN. THIS JUST STARTED HAPPENING RECENTLY. MY DEALER SAID THAT FOR SLIGHTLY OLDER CORVETTE YEARS, THERE WAS A RECALL TO REPLACE THE FUSE BLOCK ITSELF. APPARENTLY THERE WERE ENOUGH COMPLAINTS ABOUT LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS GOING OUT FOR NO REASON. I HAD THE FUSE BLOCK REPLACED AND IT APPARENTLY HAS SOLVED THE PROBLEM - BUT AT A COST OF OVER $500. AFTER READING OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ABOUT 2008 CORVETTES, IT WOULD SEEM THAT THE RECALL SHOULD ALSO COVER THAT MODEL YEAR AS WELL. SIMI VALLEY, CA. *TR

2008 NEW CORVETTE HAD FUSE BLOCK SHORT, HEADLIGHTS WOULD NOT GO OUT AND HAD NO LOW BEAMS. HAD TO PULL FUSE TO GET LIGHTS OFF. SOUND RELATED TO CURRENT RECALL OF 05-07 AND SOME 08'S. ISSUE WOULD COME AND GO AND WAS FIXED AS SOON AS DEALER COULD SEE PROBLEM. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THEN HEADLIGHTS WHEN ON WILL COMPLETELY GO OUT AS WILL THE DASH LIGHTS. AFTER A MINUTE OR TWO THE LIGHTS WILL COME BACK ON. IT APPEARS SOMETHING UNDER THE HOOD IS NOT AND BURNING BUT I HAVE NEVER BEEN UNABLE TO LOCATE ANYTHING. ABOUT A YEAR AGO I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AND REPORTED THE PROBLEM. THE SERVICE WRITER TURNED MY LIGHTS OFF AND ON SEVERAL TIMES AND ADVISED HE SAW NOTHING WRONG. LAST WEEK ON A TRIP BACK FROM OKLAHOMA I LOST LIGHTING ONCE AGAIN. WHILE I WAS TRAVELING AT 75MPH I PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND AFTER A FEW MINUTES THE LIGHTS CAME BACK ON. IT WAS DAYLIGHT SO I COULD RESUME DRIVING. THIS MORNING I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO DISCUSS THIS ISSUE WITH HIM SINCE I HAD HEARD THRU THE LONE STAR CORVETTE CLUB THIS WAS A RECALL PROBLEM. THE SERVICE MANAGER CHECKED HIS COMPUTER AND ADVISED THERE WAS NOTHING ABOUT SUCH AN ISSUE AND HE COULD THEREFORE NOT DO ANYTHING UNTIL A RECALL WAS MADE. HE ADVISED I SHOULD PARK THE CAR AND NOT DRIVE IT. I FOUND HIS ANSWER UNACCEPTABLE.IF THIS OCCURS WITH ME AT 75MPH AT NIGHT WHILE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC THIS COULD BE A SERIOUS ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BURNING FUMES WERE EMITTED INTO THE VEHICLE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED. ALSO, THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE HIGH BEAMS WERE DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,000.