2009 Chevrolet Corvette complaints

THERE IS A STRONG SMELL OF GAS IN THE WHOLE COCKPIT AFTER FILLING UP. I DON'T OVER FILL THE CAR AND I TRY NOT TO GET ANY DROPS SPEWING WHEN FILLING UP. THE SMELL IS STRONGER ON THE REAR SIDE OF DRIVER. I CAN SMELL GAS IN MY GARAGE WHEN I PARK IT IN.

GASOLINE SMELL REALLY BAD IN CAB. NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL LEAK ON GARAGE FLOOR. SEEMS TO BE COMING FROM TOP OF TANK, MAYBE.. GARAGE FILLS WITH THESE GASOLINE FUMES. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE DAMAGE THIS COULD CAUSE. SEEMS AN ON GOING ISSUE WITH 2008-2009 YEAR MODELS. WAITING YOUR REPLY..

VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK

FUEL LEAK

AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY LATE AT NIGHT, AFTER DRIVING FOR 25 MINUTES, AND THE ROAD IN FRONT OF ME SUDDENLY GOT DARK. I THOUGHT THAT A FREEWAY MARKER LIGHT HAD GONE OUT, BUT AFTER LOOKING IN FRONT OF ME, I REALIZED I HAD NO HEADLIGHTS. I PULLED OFF THE FREEWAY TO A GAS STATION AND CHECKED ALL MY OTHER LIGHTS, AND MY PARKING LIGHTS WERE WORKING, MY FOG LIGHTS WERE WORKING, MY HIGH BEAMS WERE WORKING, AND MY TAIL LIGHTS WERE STILL WORKING. MY HEADLIGHTS, OR LOW BEAMS, WERE THE ONLY THING THAT WENT OUT. I HAD TO DRIVE AN HOUR AND A HALF TO REACH MY DESTINATION WITH MY HIGH BEAMS ON, WHICH PROBABLY PISSED OFF A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE FREEWAY. WHEN I REACH MY DESTINATION, I CHECKED ALL THE FUSES FOR THE LOW BEAMS IN THE FUSE BOX, AND THEY WERE ALL GOOD. I PULLED THE RELAY FUSE OUT AND THEN PUT IT BACK, AND THE HEADLIGHTS WERE STILL NOT WORKING. THE NEXT MORNING, I CHECKED THE LIGHTS AGAIN AND TRIED ALL POSITIONS OF THE SWITCH ON MY STEERING COLUMN, AND THE HEADLIGHTS WORKED. ONCE I STARTED DRIVING THE CAR THE HEADLIGHTS QUIT WORKING AGAIN. AGAIN, ALL OTHER LIGHTS WERE STILL WORKING INCLUDING MY TAIL LIGHTS, FOG LIGHTS, AND HIGH BEAMS. LATER IN THE EVENING THE NEXT DAY, THE HEADLIGHTS CAME ON WHEN THE COLUMN SWITCH WAS IN THE AUTO POSITION, AND THEY STAYED ON DURING A 20-MINUTE DRIVE DOWN THE FREEWAY. THEY NOW SEEM TO BE WORKING INTERMITTENTLY, AND I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE CAUSE IS AS I'M NOT GETTING ANY ERROR CODES AND MY COMPUTER IS NOT REPORTING ANY FAULTS. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS

HAD TO HAVE CYLINDER HEADS REBUILT BECAUSE MANUFACTURING ISSUE WITH VALVE GUIDS WEARING QUICKLY OUT OF SPEC AND IF NOT CORRECTED DESTROYING THE ENTIRE MOTOR. I GOT A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WITH MISFIRE WHICH WAS CAUSED BY WORN GUIDES. SENT HEADS INTO BE REBUILT AND FOUND OUT THAT THEY WERE WAY OUT OF SPEC. SOME AT .030 AND SPEC CUT OFF AT .006

I'M PURCHASED THE VEHICLE A MONTH AGO AND EVER SINCE I HAD IT IT GIVES OUT A FUEL SMELL SOMETIMES IT SMEEL A LOT AND OTHER TIMES IT'S NOT AS NOTICEABLE

VERY STRONG GAS SMELL WHEN THE TANK IS FILLED. FILLED GARAGE WITH SMELL. WAS AFRAID TO START CAR. PUSHED OUT OF GARAGE AND LET SIT FOR 2 DAYS. STARTED AND DROVE TO DEALERSHIP.

I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT EXCESSIVE VALVE TRAIN NOISE AND AFTER READING SEVERAL CORVETTE FORUM THREADS ABOUT IMPROPERLY MACHINED HEADS BY GM'S SUPPLIER LINAMAR, AND THAT NUMEROUS VEHICLES HAVE HAD VALVES DROP AND RUIN THE ENGINES, I TOOK MY CAR WITH 27000 MILES ON IT TO A CORVETTE SPECIALTY SHOP TO HAVE MY VALVE GUIDE CLEARANCE TESTED. I HAD (2) INTAKE VALVE GUIDES OUTSIDE OF SERVICE SPECIFICATIONS, (4) EXHAUST VALVE GUIDES OUTSIDE OF SERVICE SPECIFICATIONS, AND A COMBINATION OF (10) OTHER INTAKE AND EXHAUST VALVE GUIDES AT OR NEAR THE MAXIMUM OUTSIDE OF SERVICE SPECIFICATIONS. THE CAR IS BEING REPAIRED WITH PROPER RE-MACHINING OF THE HEADS TO MAKE THE VALVE GUIDES CONCENTRIC, NEW INTAKE AND EXHAUST VALVE GUIDES INSTALLED, AS WELL AS NEW SEALS, VALVES, SPRINGS, ETC. 88% OF THE CORVETTE FORUM MEMBERS WHO HAVE HAD THEIR CYLINDER HEADS TESTED FOR EXCESSIVE VALVE GUIDE WEAR, WERE OUT OF SERVICE SPECIFICATIONS. SOURCE: HTTPS://WWW.CORVETTEFORUM.COM/FORUMS...-REGISTRY.HTML GM NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE, THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS ENGINE FAILURES AS A RESULT OF A DROPPED VALVE INTO A CYLINDER WHICH CAN CAUSE ACCIDENTS AND FIRES. GM IS VERY AWARE OF THIS ISSUE, BUT REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS HUGE SAFETY RISK TO DRIVERS, PASSENGERS, AND NEARBY VEHICLES IF THE ENGINE FAILS GOING DOWN THE ROAD.

REGARDING THE CYLINDER HEADS, I AM ONE OF HUNDREDS THAT EXPERIENCED INTAKE AND EXHAUST VALVES THAT WERE OUT OF SPECIFICATION DUE TO INADEQUATE CYLINDER HEAD DESIGN AND VALVE GUIDES. AS A RESULT, I NEEDED TO HAVE MY HEADS REPLACED WITH REBUILT HEADS AND NEW VALVE GUIDES. THE UPLOADED DOCUMENT HIGHLIGHTS THE MEASUREMENTS ON THE VALVES AS BEING OUT OF SPECIFICATION AFTER THEY WERE TESTED UPON REMOVAL FROM MY VEHICLE. ON AN ENGINE WITH ONLY 11,000 MILES AT THE TIME, THIS IS ALARMING. HUNDREDS OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS WHEN A VALVE DROPS, IT FALLS INTO THE ENGINE HAVING THE EFFECT OF POTENTIALLY IMMEDIATELY SEIZING IT UP WHICH WOULD THEN CAUSE THE CAR TO LOCK THE REAR WHEELS AND LOSE CONTROL

FUEL SMELL AFTER FULLY FILLING THE GAS TANK. KNOW ISSUE UNDER SPECIAL COVERAGE BULLETIN 15682 BY GM.

FUEL LEAK FROM TOP OF TANK DRIVERS SIDE - DANGEROUS

GAS SMELL IN AND AROUND CAR. USUALLY AFTER FILLING THE GAS TANK.

FUEL LEAKING FROM AROUND FUEL TANK. POSSIBLY FROM FUEL PUMP AREA. STRONG GAS SMELL FILLS GARAGE OVER NIGHT. GAS CAN ALSO BE SMELT INSIDE OF THE CAR WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAPPENS REGARDLESS OF THE AMOUNT OF FUEL IN THE GAS TANK, BUT IS MORE NOTICEABLE WHEN TANK IS 1/2 OR MORE FULL.

ALTHOUGH MY CAR IS A 2009 IT ONLY HAS 300 MILES ON IT. THE ZO6 MODEL WHICH HAS THE "LS7 ENGINE HAS A KNOWN VALVE ISSUE WITH BOTH INTAKE AND EXHAUST BEING OUT OF SPEC AND WEARING RAPIDLY. I HAD A "WIGGLE TEST" DONE ON ALL MY VALVES. MORE THAN HALF OF THE 16 VALVES WERE OUT OF SPEC. IF THE ISSUE IS NOT CORRECT A VALVE WILL DROP AND A NEW ENGINE WILL BE REQUIRED.

STRONG GASOLINE SMELL WHENEVER THE TANK IS MORE THAN HALF FULL. SO STRONG THAT I CAN SMELL GASOLINE IN THE HOUSE IF THE CAR HAS BEEN PARKED IN THE ATTACHED GARAGE OVERNIGHT. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE HIGH CONCENTRATION OF GASOLINE VAPOR MIGHT B E A FIRE HAZARD TO THE HOUSE. I AM ALSO CONCERNED THAT GASOLINE COULD TOUCH THE EXHAUST AND CATCH FIRE WHILE DRIVING. NO ODOR WHATSOEVER WHEN THE TANK IS BELOW HALF FULL.

AFTER FUEL TANK IS FILLED PAST 1/2 FULL, SMELL OF FUEL IN MY GARAGE UNTIL FUEL CAPACITY GOES BELOW 1/2 FULL.

I'VE NOTICED A FUEL SMELL COMING FROM THE VEHICLE AFTER DRIVING. MY MECHANIC FOUND LEAKING FUEL FROM THE TOP OF THE GAS TANK. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS DEFECT.

THIS IS MY SECOND COMPLAINT. WHEN I FILL MY GAS TANK ABOVE 1/2 A TANK I GET A STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE IN MY GARAGE AND IN MY CAR. I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE AG AND WATSON CHEVY HAD MY CAR FOR 4 DAYS AND SUPPOSEDLY FIXED THE ISSUE. IT IS NOW BACK. EVERY TIME I FUEL UP AND I DO NOT FILL MY CAR TO FULL ONLY JUST ABOVE HALF A TANK AND I STILL GET THIS STRONG SMELL

FUEL PUMP STOP WORKING 5 YEARS AGO. AND I NEVER GOT IT FIX COST IS HIGH. WELL WHEN I WENT IN TO HAVE IT FIX THIS YEAR 2017. I WAS TOLD THERE IS GOOD NEWS. THERE IS A RECALL ON THE FUEL PUMPS, BUT THEN NEXT DAY. I WAS TOLD MY VEHICLE HAS TO MANY MILES. I NEVER WAS SENT A LETTER OR NEW ABOUT THIS. IT IS NOT RIGHT. I NEED NEW FUEL PUMPS. WILL YOU PLEASE TAKE OFF THE MILE LIMIT. AND ALLOW US OR ME TO GET MY CAR FIX

TOOK OFF IN FIRST GEAR QUICKLY TO GET ACROSS TRAFFIC AND NOTICED THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. SHUT THE CAR OFF FOR A WHILE AND STARTED IT AGAIN AND THE LIGHT IS STILL ON WHICH MEANS THE AIR BAG SYSTEM IS NOT OPERABLE.

STRONG FUEL SMELL IN THE GARAGE WHEN IT'S PARKED. EVEN AFTER DAYS OF BEING PARKED. NO FUEL LEAKING ON THE FLOOR. CAR IS 3/4 TO FULL OF GAS WHEN PARKED. ONLY HAS 49000 MILES ON IT.

ENGINE VALVE TRAIN SUBJECT TO COMPLETE FAILURE DUE TO IMPROPER MANUFACTURE CAUSING A TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE AN POSSIBLE LOSS OF CONTROL AT SPEED.

CAR CONSTANTLY SMELLS LIKE GASOLINE COMING FROM UNDER, INSIDE AND AROUND CAR. THERE ISN'T ANY PUDDLES BUT SMELLS STRONG I RECENTLY BOUGHT THE CAR AND IT SMELLS LIKE IT ALREADY STATIONARY WHEN SMELL

I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT EXCESSIVE VALVE TRAIN NOISE AND AFTER READING SEVERAL CORVETTE FORUM THREADS AND SPEAKING TO NUMEROUS CHEVROLET MECHANICS ABOUT IMPROPERLY MACHINED HEADS BY GM'S SUPPLIER LINAMAR, AND THAT NUMEROUS VEHICLES HAVE HAD VALVES DROP AND RUIN THE ENGINES. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON COMPLETELY STOCK VEHICLES. PEOPLE WITH LESS THAN 20000 MILES HAVE LOST MOTORS. 88% OF THE CORVETTE FORUM MEMBERS WHO HAVE HAD THEIR CYLINDER HEADS TESTED FOR EXCESSIVE VALVE GUIDE WEAR, WERE OUT OF SERVICE SPECIFICATIONS. SOURCE: HTTP://WWW.CORVETTEFORUM.COM/FORUMS/...-REGISTRY.HTML GM NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE, THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS ENGINE FAILURES AS A RESULT OF A DROPPED VALVE INTO A CYLINDER WHICH CAN CAUSE ACCIDENTS AND FIRES. GM IS VERY AWARE OF THIS ISSUE, BUT REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS HUGE SAFETY RISK TO DRIVERS, PASSENGERS, AND NEARBY VEHICLES IF THE ENGINE FAILS GOING DOWN THE ROAD. IF THE ENGINE FAILS DUE TO DROPPING A VALVE, THE ENGINE WILL IMMEDIATELY SHUT OFF, WHICH CUTS OFF POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKING. THIS IS A VERY HUGE SAFETY CONCERN.

HEAVY FUEL SMELL COMING FROM THE LEFT FUEL TANK

FUEL ODOR IN CABIN EVERY MORNING AFTER BEING PARKED OUTSIDE ALL NIGHT. 5 DAYS IN A ROW. SMELL IS NOT APPARENT OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE. SMELL DISSIPATES AFTER DRIVING A LITTLE WITH WINDOWS DOWN. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. NO FLAGS ON ONSTAR DIAGNOSTICS. NO PRECEDING EVENT THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED DAMAGE. *TR

VEHICLE LOCKED IN PARK CAN NOT MOVE SHIFTER TO OTHER POSITIONS.

I HAVE A 2009 CHEVROLET CORVETTE WITH 30,000 MILES. I STARTED HAVING HIGHLY GAS FUMES. I STARTED READING SOME OF THE FORUMS AND NOTICED THERE WERE A LOT OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS. I BROUGHT IN TO A DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. THEY SAID IT WAS A CRACK IN THE FUEL MODULE. COST ME $2,000 TO REPAIR. IT WAS FINE FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS NOW I'M HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS CONCERNS ME BECAUSE THE FUMES ARE SO BAD. I'M HAVING TO PARK OUTSIDE UNTIL I FIGURE THIS OUT. I'M WORRIED FOR IT TO CAUSE A FIRE IN MY GARAGE. *TR

READ ABOUT FUEL SMELL- IE CRACK PLASTIC CONNECTOR OF FUEL PUMP. I AM REALLY CONCERNED OF PARKING IN GARAGE WITH PILOT LIGHTS OF GAS HEATERS. ALSO DID NOT GET NOTICE ON EMISSION (CAT. CONVERTER REPLACEMENT).

I RECENTLY FILLED CAR WITH FUEL , AFTER FUELING I NOTICED EXTREM FUEL SMELL INSIDE THE VEHICLE AFTER PARKED FOR SEVERAL HOURS I NOTICED A LARGE AREA OF FUEL HAD RAN OUT DRIVER SIDE FUEL TANK AREA ONTO THE GROUND AND SMELL OF FUEL WAS EXTENSIVE . I CALLED KOONS CHEVROLET IN TYSON CORNER VIRGINIA WHERE I PORCHED IT AND DESCRIBED THE PROBLEM TO THEM , I TOOK THE CAR TO THEM . I WAS TOLD THEY HAVE DIGNOSET THE PROBLEM , AFTER FEW DAYS THE CONTACT ME AND TOLD ME THAT THE FUEL MODUL WAS LEAKING ON DRIVER SIDE FUEL TANK AND THERE IS A SPECIAL COVERAGE BULLTEN WARRANTY FOR JUST THAT FILAR ON 07-09 CORVETTE OF THE SAME MODEL AS MINE. THEY TOLD THEY WOULD ORDER THE PARTS AND CALL ME WHEN THE CAME IN , PARTS WERE IN WEEK AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT AND TOOK IT BACK TO BE REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY . THEY CALLED ME THE NEXT MORNING AND TOLD ME BECAUSE MY VIN # WAS NOT INCLUDED IN SPECIAL COVERAGE BULLTEN THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE REPAIRING THE CAR UNDER WARRANTY . I WAS VERY UPSET NO WORRIED ABOUT MY SAFETY AND OTHERS BY HAVING A CAR THAT LEAKS ALL OVER THE ROAD . THEY TOLD ME IT WOULD COST ME $2700 TO BE REPAIRED AND WANT ME TO PAY FOR IT . I TOLD ME THAT I DON'T HAVE $2700 AND WHAT SHOULD I DO ? THEY DEALER TOLD ME TO NOT TO PUT MUCH FUEL IN IT UNBELIVABLE TO ME . I HAVE CONTACT GM CUSTOMER SERVICE AND OPENED A CASE WITH THEM BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING BACK BUT SORRY FOR YOUR LUCK EMAILES . I'M VERY FRUSTRATED AND WORRIED ABOUT MY SON DRIVING IT TO SCHOOL AND WORK . LEAKING FUEL IS NO JOKE ESP

CAR PARKED IN THE GARAGE AND NEXT MORNING, I SMELL GASOLINE ORDER COMING AROUND GAS FILLER NECK AND INSIDE THE CAR. I LOOK UNDER THE CAR AND FOUND SMALL AMOUNT OF GASOLINE COMING FROM THE TOP OF THE TANK.

MAJOR GAS SMELL COMING INTO THE CAR AND OUTSIDE THE CAR. CAN SMELL IT TEN FEET AWAY IN THE PARKING GARAGE. IT APPEARS TO BE A FUEL LEAK IN THE FUEL PUMP.

THE INNER PORTION OF THE DOOR WHERE THE HINGES ATTACHED HAS BEGUN CRACKING THAT HAS CAUSED THE DOOR TO SAG. THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN IN A COLLISION AND THE DOOR HAS ONLY BEEN USED IN A NORMAL MANNER. THE CRACKING HAS HAPPENED SLOWLY OVERTIME AND IS CONTINUING.

PURCHASED A 2009 CORVETTE IN FEB.2016 FROM PRIVATE SALE. WHEN PURCHASED SELLER SAID HE HAS BEEN SMELLING GAS FOR A LONG TIME SO HE PARKED IT OUTSIDE AND COVERED IT. I TOOK VECH. TO FILL UP WITH FUEL NO GAS SMELL DROVE HOME PARKED IN MY HOUSE GARAGE. AROUND 8:PM WIFE WOKE ME UP AROUND 7:AM NEXT MORNING SAID GAS SMELL IN GARAGE VERY BAD CAN HARDLEY BREATH. WENT OUT AND SURE ENOUGH BAD OPEN ALL DOORS. LOOKED UNDER CAR AND HOOD NO SIGN OF GAS OR NOT A STRONG SMELL. SOON AS I GET BUY FUEL FILLER DRIVERS SIDE SMELL VERY STRONG. WENT ON CORVETTE FORM THEY WAS A SAFTEY ALERT ABOUT THE WHOLE THING DOZEN OF COMPLAINT ABOUT THE GAS SMELL. STILL SMELLS IF YOU FILL IT OVER HALF A TANK SO HAVE TO KEEP CAR OUTSIDE AND COVER. GM NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BEFORE SOMEONE BURNS DOWN THERE HOME OR CAR UP. I WAS TOLD GM IS WELL AWHARE OF THIS DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY DON'T HAVE A RECALL. ALWAYS TRUSTED GM JUST BOUGHT NEW SILVERODO LOVE IT PLEASE TRY AND GET THIS FIXED DON'T NEED TO HERE ABOUT ANY MORE PEOPLE GETTING HURT OR WORSE BECAUSE SOME DUDE SITTING IN HIS OFFICE DOSENT REALLY CARE.

STRONG GAS SMELL COMING FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR. (WHEN PARKED IN GARAGE) MY CAR IS A 2009 CORVETTE WITH 40,500 MILES. CAR WAS AT DEALER FOR A MONTH, STILL NOT FIX, WAITING FOR PARTS. CALL GM WAS TOLD PARTS WILL BE IN BY 10/17/2016 TWO MORE MONTHS OF WAITING.

VALVE GUIDE ISSUE CAUSING FAILURE TO BRAKES, AND POWER STEERING, AS WELL AS ENGINE BLOWING

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND VIN WERE UNKNOWN.

WHEN I FILL MY CAR WITH GAS ABOVE 1/2 A TANK. I NOTICE MY FUEL GAUGE GOES TO FULL AND THEN TO EMPTY AND I GET A WARNING LIGHT THAT STATES SERVICE FUEL SYSTEM. I ALSO NOTICE A STRONG ODOR OF GAS WHEN I PARK IN MY GARAGE.

A STRONG FUEL ODOR IS COMING OUT FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR. WHENEVER I FILL UP THE ODOR IS PRESENT. WHEN I'M UNDER 1/2 TANK ODOR IS GONE. IT'S ONLY WHEN I HAVE A FULL TANK. GM HAS ISSUED A "SPECIAL COVERAGE ADJUSTMENT" FOR 2007-2013 CORVETTES.THE # IS N150682. GM SAID MINE IS CURRENTLY NOT COVERED EVEN THOUGH I HAVE ALL THE SAME SYMPTOMS. MY CAR IS A 2009 WITH ONLY 37,000 MILES.

STRONG SMELL OF FUEL IN CABIN AND OUTSIDE OF CAR.

UNABLE TO OPEN DRIVERS DOOR FROM INSIDE OR OUTSIDE. HAD TO TAKE TO DEALER FOR REPAIR WHICH COST $486. MANUAL RELEASE ONLY WAY TO EXIT CAR. IS THIS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE FIXED FOR FREE? HAVE SEEN THIS BEING AN ISSUE FOR MANY CORVETTE OWNERS. DEALER REPLACED LOCK MECHANISM IN BODY DOOR JAM. WORKS FINE NOW BUT VERY EXPENSIVE!!!

DRIVERS DOOR LATCH FAILED. UNABLE TO ENTER CAR ALSO UNABLE TO EXIT WITHOUT USING EMERGENCY RELEASE LATCH BELOW DRIVERS SIDE DOOR ON INTERIOR. 09 VETTE PARKED.

I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT EXCESSIVE VALVE TRAIN NOISE AND AFTER READING SEVERAL CORVETTE FORUM THREADS ABOUT IMPROPERLY MACHINED HEADS BY GM'S SUPPLIER LINAMAR, AND THAT NUMEROUS VEHICLES HAVE HAD VALVES DROP AND RUIN THE ENGINES, I TOOK MY CAR WITH 37,000 MILES ON IT TO COURTESY CHEVROLET / CADILLAC TO HAVE MY VALVE GUIDE CLEARANCE TESTED. I HAD (3) INTAKE VALVE GUIDES OUTSIDE OF SERVICE SPECIFICATIONS, (7) EXHAUST VALVE GUIDES OUTSIDE OF SERVICE SPECIFICATIONS, AND A COMBINATION OF (11) OTHER INTAKE AND EXHAUST VALVE GUIDES AT OR NEAR THE MAXIMUM OUTSIDE OF SERVICE SPECIFICATIONS. THE COST OF PROPER RE-MACHINING OF THE HEADS TO MAKE THE VALVE GUIDES CONCENTRIC, NEW INTAKE AND EXHAUST VALVE GUIDES INSTALLED, AS WELL AS NEW SEALS, VALVES, SPRINGS, ETC. IS SOMETHING I SIMPLY CANNOT AFFORD AT THE MOMENT WITH THE DOWNTURN OF THE OILFIELD INDUSTRY. PLEASE BEAR IN MIND, MY CAR HAD A REPLACEMENT LS7 ENGINE FROM A DROPPED EXHAUST VALVE BEFORE I OWNED IT, SO THIS HAS ALREADY HAPPENED TO MY CAR ONCE. IT OCCURRED AT 22XXX MILES, AND CAN HAVE THE GM DEALER PRINT A COPY OF THE RO LINE TO PROVE IT. THIS IS OCCURRING AT AN ALARMING RATE, BUT AFTER OUR WARRANTY PERIOD, WE THE CONSUMER ARE LEFT OUT TO DRY. 88% OF THE CORVETTE FORUM MEMBERS WHO HAVE HAD THEIR CYLINDER HEADS TESTED FOR EXCESSIVE VALVE GUIDE WEAR, WERE OUT OF SERVICE SPECIFICATIONS. SOURCE: HTTP://WWW.CORVETTEFORUM.COM/FORUMS/...-REGISTRY.HTML GM NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE, THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS ENGINE FAILURES AS A R

GM DENIES ANY SORT OF WIDE SPREAD ISSUE WITH RESPECT TO THE MANUFACTURING/ASSEMBLY OF THE CYLINDER HEADS FOR THE LS7 ENGINE. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURES AS A RESULT OF A BROKEN VALVE HEAD DROPPING INTO THE CYLINDER AND SUBSEQUENTLY BLOWING A HOLE THROUGH THE MOTOR, CAUSING FLUIDS TO LEAK ALL OVER THE ROAD, AND COMPLETE LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE SYMPTOMS ARE PREMATURE VALVE GUIDE WEAR, WHICH EVENTUALLY BECOME SO WORN THAT THE VALVE CLOSES ON THE WRONG ANGLE TO THE SEAT, AND OFF BREAKS THE VALVE HEAD. THE ISSUE APPEARS TO BE POOR VALVE GUIDE TO VALVE SEAT CONCENTRICITY, WHICH LEADS TO PREMATURE VALVE GUIDE WEAR. MY 2009 Z06 CORVETTE AT ONLY 15,000 STREET DRIVEN MILES WAS INSPECTED BY A REPUTABLE THIRD PARTY REPAIR FACILITY, AND DISCOVERED THAT 14/16 VALVE GUIDES WERE BEYOND GM'S SERVICE LIMIT, AND THE REMAINING 2/16 WERE RIGHT AT THE LIMIT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULDN'T OCCUR UNTIL 150,000 MILES AT LEAST...NOT 15,000. THERE NEEDS TO BE AN INVESTIGATION BEFORE MORE CATASTROPHIC FAILURES OCCUR. THERE ARE HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF DOCUMENTED OCCURRENCES.

DEALER INDICATES A LEAK IN THE DRIVER SIDE FUEL TANK. STRONG SMELL OF GAS EVERY TIME VEHICLE IS REFUELED. VEHICLE HAS APPROX. 39000 MILES AND HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT.

FUEL SMELL COMMING FROM GAS TANK WENT TO DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM IT WS A USED CAR DEALER TOLD ME IT WOULD IT WOULD ABOUT 4,000 DOLLER TO FIX IT WAS A CRACKED FILLER LINE AND CROSSOVER TUBE AFTER A LOT OF COMPLANING ABOUT IT ENDED UP COSTING ME 1200 DOLLERS.

SMELLING GAS WHEN I FILL UP MY GAS TANK

STRONG GASOLINE SMELL WHEN TANK IS MORE THAN 1/2 FULL. CAN'T LEAVE VEHICLE PARKED IN ENCLOSED PLACES, OR DRIVE WITH THE WINDOWS UP. GAS SMELL IS STRONGEST AROUND THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR TIRE.