2008 Chevrolet Corvette

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE FOR LEAK PATH IN LEFT HAND FUEL PUMP MODULE FLANGE. WHEN I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP, AFTER SMELLING GAS DURING FILL UPS, THEY SAID MY PROBLEM WAS A LEAK IN THE FUEL TANK AND THE RIGHT HAND SIDE TRANSFER MODULE WAS LEAKING NOT THE LEFT SIDE. HAD TO PAY FOR REPAIRS DUE TO THE RIGHT SIDE VERSUS THE LEFT SIDE WHEN THEY ARE BOTH MADE FROM THE SAME MATERIALS. CONTACTED GM AND THEY WOULD NOT HONOR THIS. THE RIGHT SIDE FUEL TAKE NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AS WELL THIS IS A DESIGN ISSUE AND A SAFETY ISSUE FOR HEALTH AND PARKING NEXT TO A GAS WATER HEATER.

THIS VEHICLE IN PARTICULAR AND THE C6 CORVETTE IN GENERAL IS EXPERIENCING A REOCCURRING PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION BECOMING LOCKED IN THE "PARK" POSITION OF THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THIS PROBLEM INTERMITTENTLY OCCURS WHEN STOP THE VEHICLE AND PLACE IT IN PARK OFTEN TIMES IT WILL NOT COME OUT OF THE PARK POSITION. I WAS STOPPED BEHIND A STALLED VEHICLE AND ASSISTED THAT VEHICLE IN GETTING OUT OF A MOVING LANE OF TRAFFIC. WHEN I RE-ENTERED MY VEHICLE I COULD NOT MOVE IT BECAUSE IT WAS LOCKED IN THE PARK POSITION. MY VEHICLE THEN CREATED ANOTHER POTENTIAL LIFE THREATENING SITUATION FOR ME AND OTHER DRIVERS APPROACHING FROM THE REAR.

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.

THE CAR REEKS OF FUEL, PARTICULARLY NOTICEABLE AFTER PARKING IN THE GARAGE OVERNIGHT, AND AFTER FILLING IT WITH GAS. IT CAN ALSO BE SMELLED INSIDE THE CABIN WHILE DRIVING. THE SMELL IS EMANATING FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE TANK AREA. IT'S BEEN WIDELY REPORTED THIS IS CAUSED BY INFERIOR PLASTIC USED IN A NIPPLE AT THE TOP OF THE FUEL PUMP. THE PLASTIC CRACKS AND ALLOWS FUEL TO BE SPRAYED ALL OVER THE TOP OF THE TANK AND ON THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. SINCE MY CAR HAS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, THE DRIVELINE HAS TO BE REMOVED TO ACCESS THE FUEL PUMP. THE COST OF REPAIR WILL BE IN THE $2500 TO $3000 RANGE, JUST TO REPLACE THE PUMP WITH A NEW ONE THAT WILL EVENTUALLY FAIL AGAIN SINCE GM HASN'T DONE ANYTHING TO FIX THE PROBLEM. GM SHOULD STEP UP AND RECALL THESE CARS BEFORE SOMEBODY'S HOUSE BURNS DOWN OR SOMEBODY IS KILLED. THE FUEL PUMP AND BLADDER/GAS TANK WERE REPLACE IN 2013. IT IS HAPPENING AGAIN AUGUST 2016.

I STOPPED THE CAR FOR ABOUT 1 MINUTE AT A DRIVE-THRU AND PUT THE SHIFT LEVER IN PARK WITH THE ENGINE ON. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT BACK INTO DRIVE, WHILE PRESSING ON THE BRAKE AND SHIFT LEVER, I COULD NOT GET THE LEVER OUT OF PARK. AFTER TRYING SEVERAL TIMES I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND THEN RESTARTED THE CAR. AFTER SEVERAL MORE TRIES IT FINALLY SHIFTED OUT OF PARK. IN REVIEWING THIS AND OTHER WEB SITES I FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON CORVETTE PROBLEM. MY CAR ONLY HAS 17,728 MILES!! I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND COULD LEAVE ONE STRANDED EITHER IN POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS, POOR NEIGHBORHOODS, OR IN A PERILOUS SITUATION. DUE TO THE EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM INVOLVING SO MANY CORVETTES, I BELIEVE THAT A RECALL SHOULD BE MADE FOR THIS PROBLEM.