2008 Chevrolet Corvette complaints

ON 01/10/2016 MY 2008 CORVETTE WAS PARKED IN MY GARAGE OVERNIGHT WITH A FULL TO 3/4 FULL GAS TANK. THE NEXT MORNING THERE WAS STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE IN MY GARAGE. THE SMELL WAS COMING FROM MY CORVETTE. THE SMELL CONTINUED FOR 2 MORE NIGHTS. ON OR ABOUT 01/15/2016 I TOOK MY CORVETTE TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP, GLENDORA CHEV. IT WAS DETERMINED THERE THAT FUEL LEAK WAS AT THE TOP OF THE GAS TANK. THIS WOULD COST $2300-$2500 TO REPAIR. DUE TO A LACK OF PARTS BY THE GM SUPPLIER DUE TO AN EXCESSIVE NUMBER OF FUEL TANK FAILURES SIMILAR TO MINE. I HAVE NOT HAD MY CAR NEARLY A MONTH AND PARTS THAT HAVE BEEN SENT HAVE FAILED OR DEFECTIVE. I FEEL THIS IS A GM'S FAILURE TO USE QUALITY PART SUPPLIERS AND MAINTAIN A HIGH LEVEL OF OVERSIGHT TO PREVENT THESE PROBLEMS FROM HAPPENING IN THE FIRST PLACE. SEEMS LIKE GM HAS NOT LEARNED FROM THEIR PAST MISTAKES.

WHEN FILLING THE CAR WITH FUEL ABOUT THE HALF WAY MARK A SRRONG OGOR OF GAS CAN BE SMELLED

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

STRONG GAS SMELL COMING FROM CAR AFTER FILL UP. INSIDE AND OUT.

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.

AIRBAG READINESS RED WARNING LIGHT ON DASH STAYS LIT. CAUSE APPEARS TO BE FAULTY OR LOOSE WIRING/CONNECTOR UNDERNEATH SEAT.

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..

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

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.

FUEL SMELL COMING FROM FUEL TANK, WHEN TANK IS MORE THAN 1/2 FULL, INSIDE OF CAR SMELLS OF GASOLINE. WHEN CAR SITS IN GARAGE IT FILLS THE GARAGE WITH FUMES, VERY DANGEROUS AND IT SEEMS LIKE I AM 1 OF MANY WITH THE SAME PROBLEM ON THE C6 CORVETTE. SEEMS LIKE THE FUEL TANK SEEMS ARE SPLITTING FROM WHAT EVERYONE HAS SAID.

AFTER FILLING TANK, THERE IS A VERY STRONG SMELL OF GAS FOR OVER A WEEK AFTER FILLING. SEEMS LIKE THERE IS LEAK AT THE TOP OF THE TANK WHICH SPILLS OUT AND ONTO THE EXHAUST PIPES. GAS MUST BE SITTING SOMEWHERE ON THE CHASSIS THE SMELL IS STRONG ENOUGH TO FILL MY GARAGE AND HOUSE.

WHEN THE CAR IS PARKED AND THE ENGINE IS OFF, THERE IS A STRONG AND PERSISTENT FUEL VAPOR/FUEL ODOR COMING FROM LEFT REAR QUARTER PANEL AREA OF THE CAR NEAR THE FUEL FILLER DOOR AND LEFT REAR WHEEL WELL. ODOR DOES NOT SEEM TO BE COMING FROM THE FUEL FILLER PORT OR FUEL FILLER CAP. FUEL FILLER NECK HOSE AND VAPOR RETURN LINE BEHIND THE FUEL FILLER PORT APPEAR TO BE DRY AND CONNECTIONS ARE SECURE. NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL LEAKING FROM THE FUEL FILLER NECK OR LEFT FUEL TANK; NO FUEL LEAKING ONTO THE GROUND. NO PREVIOUS FUEL SPILLS FROM REFUELING. FUEL VAPOR ODOR FILLS UP THE GARAGE WHEN PARKED IN THERE FOR SEVERAL HOURS.

AFTER FILLING UP MY CAR WITH GAS, I NOTICED A STRONG FUEL SMELL WHEN IT WAS PARKED IN MY GARAGE. WHEN I LOOKED UNDER THE CAR, I NOTICED A SMALL PUDDLE OF GAS ON THE FLOOR. I CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE CAR AND NOTICED THE SMELL AND LEAK WENT AWAY WHEN THE FUEL GAUGE RED UNDER HALF-FULL. I THEN ADDED MORE GAS, BUT DID NOT COMPLETELY FILL UP. THE SMELL AND LEAK RETURNED. WHEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSIS, THEY INDICATED A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE TANK FILL NECK AND THE FUEL PUMP, BUT NO RECALL ISSUED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED.

TAKATA RECALL, I NOTICED A FUEL SMELL IN MY GARAGE AND WHEN I CHECK UNDER THE CAR I FOUND A SPOT OF FUEL UNDER THE DRIVER TANK SIDE.

ONLY OWNER OF 2008 C6 COUPE. GARAGE KEPT. 60,000 MILES. GAS FUMES CAN BE SMELLED NEAR BACK OF CAR AFTER CAR IS FILLED WITH FUEL. FUEL SYSTEM TESTED AND CRACKS FOUND IN LEFT FUEL TANK. TANK HAD TO BE REPLACED AT COST OF $3,000.

FUEL PUMP CRACKED AND SPRAYING GAS OUTSIDE GAS TANK AND ONTO CAR BODY. HEAVY SMELL OF GAS10

VERY STRONG SMELL OF GAS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE CAR. SMELL WAS WORSE WHEN THE GAS TANK WAS FULL AND THE CAR HAD SIT FOR A WHILE. HAD TO DRIVE WITH WINDOWS DOWN. TOOK IN FOR SERVICE AND THE ISSUE WAS A CRACK AT THE TOP OF THE DRIVER SIDE FUEL MODULE. THE CRACK WAS AT THE BASE OF THE SMALL L SHAPED TUBE THAT COMES OUT OF THE TOP OF THE FUEL MODULE.

STRONG SMELL OF GAS WHEN THE CAR WAS SITTING. SMELL BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF CAR. TOOK IN FOR SERVICE AND FOUND CRACKS IN THE DRIVER SIDE FUEL TANK AT THE SEEMS OF THE PLASTIC GAS TANK.

ONLY OWNER OF 2008 C6 COUPE. GARAGE KEPT. GAS FUMES CAN BE SMELLED NEAR BACK OF CAR AFTER CAR IS FILLED WITH FUEL. SMELL DISAPPEARS WHEN GAS TANK IS LESS THAN HALF FULL. I CAN'T KEEP MY CAR IN THE GARAGE. I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE GAS TANK. $3,000 REPAIR!

THE CAR HAD APPROX 15000 MILES ON IT WHEN I BEGAN TO NOTICE A STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE IN MY GARAGE AND CABIN OF THE VEHICLE. I COULD ALSO SEE WHERE FUEL HAD BEEN RUNNING DOWN THE INSIDE OF THE DRIVERS SIDE FUEL TANK. THE GASOLINE VAPOR WAS OVERWHELMING IN THE CABIN AND GARAGE. A SEARCH OF THE INTERNET REVEALED A LONG HISTORY OF LEAKS ON THE FUEL MODULE ON TOP OF THE DRIVERS SIDE FUEL TANK. MY DEALER CONFIRMED THIS AND QUOTED ME $2100 TO REPLACE THE CRACKED FUEL MODULE. THE LEAK DRIPS VERY CLOSE TO THE EXHAUST PIPE AND WOULD APPEAR TO BE A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. I STRONGLY RECOMMEND AN INVESTIGATION AND OR RECALL OF THESE CARS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE FUEL PUMP CAUSING AN ODOR OF FUEL TO EMIT FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE DETAILS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,430...UPDATED 01/13/16 *BF

STRONG FUEL SMELL COMING FROM CAR WHEN THE CAR WAS TURNED OFF. SMELL STARTED ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE CAR, BUT EVENTUALLY (OVER THE COURSE OF A COUPLE DAYS) LEAKED INTO THE CABIN. BY THIS TIME THE CAR ALSO SMELLED OF FUEL WHEN ON. LEFT CAR IN GARAGE FOR A FEW HOURS WHILE HIKING, CAME BACK AND OPENED THE GARAGE AND STARTED COUGHING FROM ALL THE FUEL FUMES. NO VISIBLE LIQUID LEAKS, BUT THE SMELL WAS VERY STRONG. I AIRED OUT THE GARAGE AND PARKED THE CAR OUTSIDE AND TOOK IT IN THE NEXT DAY, WAS TOLD THE FUEL PUMP CRACKED. THIS SHOULDN'T HAPPEN AFTER 7 YEARS OF LOW TO MODERATE USE. THIS WAS ALSO DURING THANKSGIVING - IF I HAD GONE AWAY FOR THE HOLIDAY, THE SPARK FROM MY GAS HOT WATER HEATER MAY HAVE CAUSED AN EXPLOSION WHILE I WAS AWAY. THE AMOUNT OF FUEL VAPOR IN MY GARAGE WAS ENOUGH TO CAUSE DIFFICULTY BREATHING. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING TO THE DEALERSHIP, MY FATHER (FOLLOWING IN ANOTHER VEHICLE) SAID HE SMELT A STRONG SCENT OF FUEL WHENEVER I STOPPED AT A LIGHT. CONSIDERING HOW CLOSE THE LEFT FUEL TANK (WHERE THE FUEL PUMP IS LOCATED) IS TO THE HOT EXHAUST PIPE, I'M LUCKY THE FUEL DIDN'T LEAK ONTO THE PIPE AND START A FIRE WITH ME INSIDE. AS A SIDE NOTE, AS SOON AS I DESCRIBED THE PROBLEM TO MY SERVICE REP AT THE DEALER THEY SAID THIS HAS ACTUALLY BEEN A COMMON OCCURRENCE OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS FOR THE 2008 VEHICLES. WHEN I TALKED TO THE REP, THERE IS A NEW PART ON THE MARKET THAT GM WILL REPLACE MY OLD, CRACKED PART WITH - WHICH TELLS ME GM KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, AND YET FAILED

STRONG FUEL ODOR AFTER FILLING CAR WITH GAS, ALMOST UNBEARABLE IN CLOSED SPACE (LIKE A GARAGE). DEALER READILY NOTICED ODOR WHEN CAR WAS TAKEN IN FOR SERVICE. ODOR ORIGINATES NEAR FUEL FILL DOOR (DRIVER'S SIDE, REAR WHEEL WELL). DEALER DIAGNOSED FAULT AS LEAKING FUEL TANK, POSSIBLY DUE TO CROSS-OVER PIPE CONNECTING LEFT AND RIGHT HALVES OF TANK OR FUEL PUMP; PROBABLY HIGH ON THE TANK; NO GAS DRIPS ON GARAGE FLOOR, EVAPORATES BEFORE DRIPPING. ESTIMATED COST TO REPAIR >$1550 NOT INCLUDING PARTS. FUEL VAPOR LEAKS ARE DANGEROUS. THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM HAS BEEN DESCRIBED FOR CORVETTES AS EARLY AS THE 1996 MODEL YEAR.

I HAVE VISITED THE DEALERSHIP TWICE AND GOING ON THE THIRD TIME AND THEY HAVE FAILED/REFUSED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS IS IN REGARDS TO A EMISSION SYSTEM RECALL. GM SET UP AN APPOINTMENT, I SHOWED UP AND THEY GAVE ME THE RUN AROUND AND SAID THEY COULD NOT WORK ON THE CAR. CALLED GM AND COMPLAINED AND SET UP A SECOND APPOINTMENT AND I SHOWED UP AGAIN AND AFTER TWO HOURS WAS TOLD TO COME BACK ON ANOTHER DAY AS THEY COULD NOT LOOSEN THE BOLTS. THE CAR IS IN NEW SHAPE AND GARAGED. THIS IS A DEALERSHIP. WHAT AN EXCUSE. GM HAS BEEN OF NO HELP AND THE DEALERSHIP HAS FAILED/REFUSED TO DO THE RECALL WORK. I HAVE TRIED AND LOST TWO DAYS TRYING AND GOING ON THREE. PLEASE HELP. I VISITED THE DEALERSHIP ON OCT 17 AND 31ST.

STARTED NOTICING AN EMITTING OF GASOLINE ODORS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE BY THE REAR WHEEL WELL. REPLACED THE GAS CAP, ODOR STILL THERE NOTICED ODOR AFTER FILLING GAS TANK. ODOR REMAINS UNTIL GAS TANK FALLS AT BELOW 1/2 TANK. ADVISED POSSIBLY FUEL CROSS OVER LINE BETWEEN TWO TANKS THIS SEEMS TO BE A MORE TYPICAL OCCURRENCE ON C5 AND C6 CORVETTES.

THERE IS A STRONG SMELL OF GAS INSIDE THE CAR. THERE IS ALSO A STRONG SMELL OF GAS IN THE GARAGE AFTER THE CAR HAS BEEN PARKED FOR AWHILE.

STARTED NOTICING FUEL SMELL INSIDE CAR IF GAS TANK FILLED OVER HALF. WHEN FUEL LEVEL BELOW HALF TANK THERE IS NO FUEL SMELL INSIDE CABIN.

TRACTION DOES NOT PREVENT WHEEL SPIN AT ANY SPEED. THE CAR WILL LOOSE REAR WHEEL TRACTION AT ANY SPEED. ENGINE SPEEDS OF 5,000 RPM AND ABOVE CAUSE TIRES TO LOOSE TRACTION UNDER MODERATE ACCELERATION. CAR IS STOCK AND STILL UNDER WARRANTY.

STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF MY 2008 C6 CORVETTE WITH NO VISIBLE FUEL LEAKS. THE OVERPOWERING VAPORS LEAK INTO THE HOUSE WHEN PARKED IN THE GARAGE MAKING A HIGHLY DANGEROUS FLAMABLE SAFETY ISSUE . THE LOCAL CHEVROLET SERVICE CENTER QUOTED $1,400 TO PULL THE FUEL TANK AND REPLACE A CHARCOAL CANISTER, AND THEY INDICATED THIS WAS A KNOWN CONCERN. IN RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE ON OPEN FORUMS, FOUND NUMEROUS IDENTICAL ISSUES. MY VEHICLE HAS ONLY 48,000 MILES. THIS SHOULD BE A SAFETY RECALL AT A MINIMUM BEFORE A VEHICLE CATCHES FIRE OR EXPLODES IN A CLOSED SPACE NEAR GAS WATER HEATER WITH PILOT LIGHT.

STRONG, OVERBEARING SMELL OF GASOLINE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE CAR AT ALL TIMES. I CANNOT DRIVE IT BECAUSE OF THE FUMES. I CANNOT PARK IT IN MY GARAGE BECAUSE IT FILLS THE ENTIRE AREA WITH THE SMELL OF FUEL. THIS IS DANGEROUS. THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED. THIS IS MY ONLY VEHICLE AND I CANNOT DRIVE IT DUE TO THE SAFETY RISKS ALONGSIDE THE NAUSEATING FUMES, AND CANNOT AFFORD TO FIX THE PROBLEM. (CHEVROLET DEALER QUOTED ME $1,600 JUST TO LOOK FOR THE PROBLEM, THEN UNKNOWN COSTS TO FIX IT) THIS MANY PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE ARE NOT WRONG. GM NEEDS TO DO A SAFETY RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR WORSE.

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

STRONG GASOLINE ODOR COMING FROM LEFT REAR SIDE OF VEHICLE AT FUEL FILLING AREA AND BELOW. USUALLY NOTICE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF IN THE GARAGE. ODOR LINGERS EVEN INTO OVERNIGHT, NEXT DAY GARAGE HAS GASOLINE ODOR

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SLIPPING AND SLUGGISH SHIFTING BETWEEN 2ND/3RD/4TH GEARS. WHEN SHIFTING BETWEEN THE REFERENCED GEARS THE TRANSMISSION SLIDES INTO THE NEXT GEAR. GM HAS LOOKED AT IT ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS AND REPAIRS WERE MADE YET CONDITION REMAINED. GM THEN NOTED THE PROBLEM BUT SAYS ITS WITHIN FACTORY TOLERANCES AFTER GM'S INDIFFERENCE I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MULTIPLE PRIVATE TRANSMISSION SHOPS. ALL CONCLUDED THE SAME CONDITION. THE GM "VALVE BODY" IS MALFUNCTIONING

ENGINE KNOCK ON 6.2 LITER ENGINE. WHEN THE VEHICLE SITS A KNOCKING OCCURS IN THE ENGINE UPON STARTUP. IT IS NOT A LIFTER KNOCK, BUT A KNOCK DEEPER IN THE ENGINE GM HAS NOTED THE PROBLEM AND MADE MULTIPLE REPAIRS (6+) CAM SHAFT CHANGED BUT NO LIFTERS. THOUGHT THIS WAS ODD AS THE WEARING SURFACES ARE NOW DISSIMILAR .GM SAID THIS IS ALL THEY AUTHORIZED. KNOCK STILL PRESENT GM THEN REMOVED UPPER END OF ENGINE. NOTED EXTREME CARBON BUILD UP ON MULTIPLE PISTONS. ONE PISTON HAD SO MUCH BUILDING APPARENTLY CLOSE TO VALVES HITTING. GM TECH ADVISED ENGINE REPLACEMENT, GM AUTHORIZED CLEANING OF PISTONS: GUESS WHAT, KNOCK STILL PRESENT THE KNOCKING IS A PISTON OR LOWER END KNOCK. SIMILAR TO WRIST PINS OR ROD BEARING CAPS OR BEARINGS. WHEN KNOCKING OCCURS ENGINE IS ROUGH AND PULSATES. TIME RANGES FROM 30 SECONDS TO COUPLE OF MINUTES AFTER MULTIPLE GM REPAIRS KNOCK IS STILL PRESENT, NOTICED ENGINE PERFORMANCE IS NOT THE SAME AND WITH LACK OF STABILITY FUEL ECONOMY HAS DROPPED

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

WHEN THE GAS TANK IS FILLED HALF WAY OR MORE THE ODOR OF GAS IS OVERWHELMING OUT SIDE THE VEHICLE DRIVER SIDE AND THE SMELL OF GAS PERMIATES THROUGHOUT THE GARAGE WHICH IS ATTACHED TO MY HOME.

MY CAR IS NOT ABLE TO BE PARKED WITHIN THE GARAGE, THE FUEL SMELL IS BLATANT AND OVERWHELMING, MAKING ME DIZZY AT TIMES. THIS MUST BE FIXED. IT IS EVIDENT AT ALL TIMES, AND IS VERY TOXIC.

OVERWHELMING FUEL SMELL WHEN LEAVING THE CAR PARKED IN THE GARAGE OR WHEN LEFT PARKED OUTSIDE THE SMELL BUILDS IN THE INTERIOR. UPON INSPECTION THERE IS A LEAK FROM THE TOP OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE FUEL TANK THAT DRIPS DOWN THE REAR OF THE TANK NEAR THE HOT EXHAUST.

FUEL ODOR IN THE GARAGE RIGHT SIDE GAS TANK HAS FUEL LEAKING DOWN THE TANK AFTER FILL UP THERE IS A GAS WATER HEATER IN THE GARAGE IF THIS IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE WHAT IS? AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WHY NO RECALL BY GM? NOTICED ODOR FOR OVER A YEAR TOOK IT TO DEALER AND FOUND THE LEAK.

FUEL SMELL COMING FROM DRIVER'S SIDE OF CAR NEAR REAR WHEEL WELL OPENING. WHEN PARKED IN MY GARAGE, IT FILLS THE GARAGE WITH GAS FUMES.

GAS FUMES SMELL PARKED IN GARAGE .

I HAVE A STRONG FUEL SMELL AFTER FILLING MY TANK MOST NOTICEABLE WHEN SITTING STILL OR PARKED.

RHADAMANTHUS GAS SMELL IN CAB. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS A CRACKED ELBOW ON THE DRIVERS SIDE FUEL-PUMP. IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER EMISSIONS SO IT COST ME $2000.00 TO HAVE FIXED. THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM ON NUMEROUS FORUMS. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND G.M. WILL NOT ADDRESS IT. I'M PISSED. A RECALL IS NEEDED. PLEASE DO WHAT YOU CAN TO GET THIS RECALL.MTHANKS

AIRBAG SIGN STAYS ON FOR NO REASON. WHEN THE CAR IS IN MOTION .

LEAKING FUEL / OR STRONG RAW FUEL SMELL IN COCKPIT, FILLER NECK OR TOP OF FUEL TANK!!! NO FUEL ON PAVEMENT?? REPLACED FUEL CAP - DID NOT FIX STRONG RAW FUEL SMELL... SUSPECT LEAK ON TOP OF TANK OR FILLER NECK...

DURING THE JULY TIME FRAME I PARKED MY CAR IN MY GARAGE. THE NEXT MORNING I WENT INTO THE GARAGE AND SMELLED AN OVERWHELMING ODOR OF GAS FUMES. I IMMEDIATELY REMOVED THE CAR FROM THE GARAGE AND PARKED ON THE STREET. I WENT TO WORK THAT DAY AND WHILE DRIVING I SMELL GAS FUMES IN THE COCKPIT. I PARKED MY CAR AND OPENED THE TRUNK. I SMELLED GAS FUMES THERE AS WELL. IT HAS COME TO THE POINT I WILL NOT PARK MY VETTE IN THE GARAGE FOR FEAR OF THE HOUSE BURNING DOWN. I DO NOT DRIVE MY CAR TO WORK FOR FEAR OF THE CAR EXPLODING AND KILLING ME. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. THEY DID NOT DETECT THE SMELL OF GAS FUMES EITHER. I FEAR PARKING THE CAR IN THE GARAGE BECAUSE I DO NEED A PLACE TO LIVE. THE CAR WILL REMAINED PARKED OUTSIDE UNTIL THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION IS RESOLVED. LETS BE PROACTIVE NOT REACTIVE. THANK YOU.....[XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, I HAVE BEEN NOTICING A STRONG GASOLINE ODOR EMANATING FROM THE LEFT REAR PORTION OF MY 2008 CORVETTE. WITHOUT HAVING THE CAR ON A LIFT, VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE DRIVER SIDE FUEL TANK REVEALS A "WET" LOOK CREEPING DOWN THE REAR SIDE OF THE TANK. AGAIN, WITHOUT THE AID OF A LIFT, I WAS ABLE TO FIX A RAG ON THE END OF A DEVICE AND SWIPE THE "WET" AREA. THE RAG PICKED UP A BIT OF THIS "WET" AND A SIMPLE SNIFF LEFT NO DOUBT THAT THE "WET" IS A GASOLINE LEAK THAT APPEARS TO BE COMING OUT THE TOP OF THE TANK.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR SHIFT BUTTON FAILED TO RELEASE. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT GEARS WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE GEAR SHIFT ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,000.