2008 Chevrolet Corvette Complaint Log

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.

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.

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

FUEL BEGAN LEAKING WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. IT WAS JUST RANDOM, AND WAS TAKEN FOR DIAGNOSIS & REPAIR IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE SMELL STARTED. I HAD TO BUY AN ENTIRE NEW FUEL SYSTEM FOR MY 2008 CORVETTE (TOPPING $3600 FROM CHEVROLET). NO REASON WAS PROVIDED FOR THE REASON OF REQUIRING REPLACEMENT.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 TO DISCLOSE THIS COULD HAPPEN.

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

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

GAS FUMES SMELL PARKED IN GARAGE .

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.

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.

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

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 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.

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...

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

ON 8/20/2015 I FILLED MY CAR UP WITH GAS AND AS SOON AS DROVE AWAY THE COCKPIT STARED TO SMELL LIKE GAS I THOUGHT I MAY HAVE SPILLED SOME OM SHOE, THE ODOR WAS GETTING OVERWHELMING . WHEN I GOT HOME NOTHING WAS ON MY SHOE SO I LOOKED AROUND THE CAR FOR A LEAK.I DIDN'T SEE OR FIND ANYTHING BUT DID FIND A BAD GAS SMELL FROM THE DRIVER SIDE REAR. THE NEXT MORNING I WENT OUT TO THE GARAGE, THERE WAS A ODOR OF RAW GAS IT WAS EXTREMELY BAD FOR I FEARED THAT MY HOUSE WOULD BLOW UP DO TO THE WATER HEATER HAVING A FLAME. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE CAR OUT OF THE GARAGE . THE CAR IS NOW AT THE DEALER AND WAITING FOR THE PROGNOSIS 8/22/2015 I WILL REPORT MORE WHEN I FIND OUT WHAT THEY FOUND .

STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE AFTER FILL-UP. NO TROUBLE CODES LIKE EVAP, ETC. TURNING WHILE VEHICLE IN MOTION (~20MPH) INCREASES GAS ODOR. I STOPPED DRIVING VEHICLE FOR FEAR OF A VEHICLE FIRE. I FEAR THIS IS THE DREADED FUEL PUMP FITTING CRACK/FAILURE THAT OTHER C-6'S HAVE EXPERIENCED. DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE CORRECTIVE ACTION IS TAKEN?

STRONG FUEL SMELL COMING FROM VEHICLE

ENGINE VALVES NOISY AND SHOWED EXCESSIVE WEAR AT 17,000 MILES. CONCERNS THAT THE ENGINE COULD FAIL WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION, RENDERING POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES INOPERABLE, RISKING A CRASH. HAD CYLINDER HEADS REPLACED AS A PRECAUTION TO PREVENT A POTENTIAL DROPPED VALVE.

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.

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.

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

THE CAR HAD AN OIL PUMP FAILURE IN JULY (ZERO OIL PRESSURE IN THE ENGINE), AFTER WHICH IT WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP WHO IS CURRENTLY REPLACING THE OIL PUMP AND VERIFYING THAT NO DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE ENGINE FOR A COST OF ABOUT $2000. UPON INVESTIGATION ON MY PART, GM HAS KNOWN THAT OIL PUMPS CAN FAIL ON NOT ONLY MY CAR BUT ANY CAR WITH A "GENERATION 4" V8 INCLUDING A 6TH GENERATION CORVETTES. THEY HAVE RELEASED TO THEIR DEALERS DOCUMENT PIP4158G STATING THIS. I THINK PERSONALLY THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL, BUT AT THE VERY LEAST GM SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR ANY SERVICE WORK DONE BECAUSE OF THIS "KNOWN" ISSUE. I REFUSE TO TAKE MY CAR TO A GM DEALER, DUE TO THE PAST TREATMENT OF MY CAR BY DEALERS (THEY ARE CARELESS) AND SO GM WILL DO NOTHING AS THEY SAY "IT CAN'T BE DIAGNOSED BY ANYONE BUT A GM DEALER." THAT'S HOGWASH

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

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

THE DRIVERS SIDE FUEL TANK HAD LEAK ON THE TOP CAUSING FUEL TO POOL AND LEAK ON TO THE HOT EXHAUST. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AS FIRE OR DEATH COULD RESULT. TANK WAS DEFECTIVE. THIS WAS A $4,000 REPAIR. ....UPDATED 11/02/15*BF

WHEN THE CAR HAS OVER 1/2 A TANK OF GAS IN IT GAS VAPORS BEGIN TO FILL THE CABIN. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE SMELL IS SO POWERFUL I HAVE TO LET THE CAR AIR OUT FOR A MINUTE BEFORE I CAN OPERATE IT. UNFORTUNATELY, I CAN NOT WAIT FOR A RECALL TO FIX THIS SO I AM SENDING IT TO MY MECHANIC. I WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST THIS GETS ADDRESSED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. THANKS ...UPDATED 09/22/15 *BF

AFTER FUELING MY 2008 C6 CORVETTE AND PARKING IN THE GARAGE THERE IS A STRONG FUEL SMELL. AS A TEST REMOVED IT FROM GARAGE AND SMELL STOPPED.

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.

WEAR ISSUE IS WITH THE VALVE GUIDES IN THE CYLINDER HEADS. IF THE ISSUE WAS NOT ADDRESSED, THE HOLLOW, SODIUM FILLED EXHAUST VALVE COULD BREAK AND DESTROY THE ENGINE. THE REPAIRS WERE MADE BEFORE THE CAR HAD AN ENGINE FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. MILEAGE ON THE CAR WAS AROUND 32,000.

CORVETTE HAS FUEL LEAKING FROM THE TOP OF THE TANK DUE TO HAIRLINE CRACKS ON TOP OF FUEL PUMP ELBOW. CAR CAN NOT BE TOPPED OFF SPRAYS OUT UNDER PRESSURE. PRESENTS A FIRE HAZARD AND SHOULD BE LOOKED IN TO BY NHTSA FOR RECALL. SO IT DOES NOT HURT ANY ONE OR SOME ONES CAR CATCHES ON FIRE. GM SHOULD HAVE THIS FIXED THERE WAS ALSO AN ISSUES WITH THE C5 CORVETTES PREVIOUS GENERATION THAT WAS RECALLED.