2008 Chevrolet Corvette

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. AFTER STARTING THE ENGINE, THE SHIFTER COULD NOT BE REMOVED FROM THE PARK POSITION. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000.

STRONG SMELL OF GAS ONCE THE TANK IS FILLED OVER THE 1/2 WAY MARK. MECHANIC ADVISES ME OF A LEAK IN DRIVER SIDE TANK. NUMEROUS POSTING OF SAME PROBLEM ON CORVETTE FORUM.COM. CANNOT PARK CAR IN GARAGE DUE TO HIGH GAS VAPORS. CANNOT OPERATE CAR WHEN TANK IS FULL DUE TO STRONG VAPORS INSIDE CAR. GOOGLE ADVISES MANY PEOPLE HAVING SAME ISSUES. ESTIMATED COST TO REPAIR IS $2500-3000. THIS PROBLEM BEGAN EARLY 2015 AND HAS PROGRESSED TO ITS CURRENT STAGE. NOTE: CORVETTE'S USE A SADDLE BAG GAS TANK AND IS 2 BAGS CONNECTED. IT APPEARS THE LEAK IS WHERE THE 2 TANKS CONNECT.... UPDATED 08/23/16 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. UPDATED 3/30/2017*JS THE CONSUMER REQUESTED IFORMATION CONCERNING A PAR SUBMITION. *JS

PARKING MY COUPE INSIDE MY ATTACHED GARAGE, AFTER DRIVING HER (VETTE) THE DAY BEFORE. THE NEXT MORNING I OPEN MY ENTRY DOOR THAT LEADS INTO GARAGE. AFTER OPENING DOOR I IMMEDIATELY SMELL THE UNIQUE AROMA OF GASOLINE/FUEL EMMITING THROUGHOUT MY ENTIRE GARAGE. I DID OBSERVE DROPLETS OF GASOLINE ON MY GARAGE FLOOR BELOW COMING FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE FUEL TANK.

WHEN FILLING THE CAR WITH FUEL ABOVE THE HALF WAY MARK A STRONG ODOR OF GAS CAN BE SMELLED. OVER NIGHT THE SMELL IS SO STRONG IN THE GARAGE YOU NEED TO LEAVE THE DOOR CRACKED OPEN TO VENT THE FUMES. NO VISIBLE LEAK IS DETECTED ON THE GROUND OR NEAR FILLER NECK. AFTER DRIVE THE CAR AND GAS IS LESS THAN HALF A TANK THE ORDOR CAN NOT BE DETECTED.

THERE IS A BAD FUEL LEAK THAT PRODUCES HORRIBLE AMOUNTS OF GAS VAPOR THAT FILL ANY AREA THE VEHICLE IS PARKED IN AS WELL THE FUEL LEAKS DOWN THE DRIVER REAR QUARTER PANEL TO THE HOT EXHAUST. THIS SITUATION HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE VERY DEVASTATING NOT ONLY TO PROPERTY BUT ALSO TO THE OPERATOR WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. IT IS A VERY UNSAFE CONDITION. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY GETTING INSPECTED AT THE DEALERSHIP

AIR BAG LIGHT ON INSTRUMENT PANEL GOES ON AND OFF . CAME ON YESTERDAY THEN WENT OFF AGAIN . SEEMS LIKE THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY THE SEAT MOVING TO DIFFERENT POSITIONS. I CONTACTED OTHER PEOPLE WITH THIS SAME STYLE VEHICLE AND THEY ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. ALL THE DEALER WANTS TO DO IS CHANGE PARTS FOR A LOT OF MONEY. WITH AS MANY COMPLAINTS THEY ARE GETTING THIS SHOULD BE CORRECTED. LIGHT CAME ON WHEN CAR WAS STARTED. THE CAR HAS A MEMORY SEAT THAT MOVES BACK WHEN THE DRIVER EXITS THE VEHICLE..

CONCERN: FUEL SMELL / LEAK AND FUEL SYSTEM CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WHEN CAR IS PARKED. ON 1/05/2016 I TOOK MY 2008 CORVETTE TO OUR LOCAL DEALER, COURTESY CHEVROLET IN PHOENIX, AZ BECAUSE OF A FUEL LEAK AND FUEL SMELL I DISCOVERED ON THE DRIVERS SIDE GAS TANK. AFTER THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEMS THEY TOLD ME THE FUEL PUMP ON THE DRIVERS SIDE WAS CRACKED AND LEAKING FUEL DOWN THE SIDE OF THE TANK. ADDITIONALLY, THE FUEL SENSOR IN THE PASSENGER SIDE GAS TANK WAS DEFECTIVE CAUSING A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND CAUSING THE FUEL GAUGE TO READ ZERO GAS IN THE TANK INTERMITTENTLY (TANK IS ACTUALLY HALF FULL). THE DEALER ALSO SAID THE CROSSOVER TUBE THAT CONNECTS THE LEFT AND RIGHT GAS TANKS NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER SAID THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE AND TO NOT DRIVE THE CAR UNTIL THE FUEL SYSTEM IS REPAIRED BECAUSE THE HOT EXHAUST PIPE ROUTES RIGHT NEXT TO WHERE THE GAS IS LEAKING DOWN THE GAS TANK. THEIR REPAIR ESTIMATE IS $3187. MY CAR HAS 80K MILES ON IT AND IS OUT OF STANDARD WARRANTY SO GM WON'T COVER THE REPAIR COSTS. IT APPEARS THAT MANY C6 GENERATION CORVETTES HAVE THIS SAME FUEL SYSTEM SAFETY ISSUE FROM WHAT I HAVE READ ON THE ONLINE CORVETTE FORUMS. GM/CHEVROLET NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL ON THIS WELL DOCUMENT FUEL SYSTEM ISSUE, IT IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN.