Chevy Corvette

I currently own a 2005 C6 Corvette with 46,000 miles. I purchased the vehicle used in 2008. At the time of my purchase, the vehicle had 32,000 miles. About 12 months ago, I began to notice a squeak that I thought was the idler pulley bearings. I purchased a spray lubricant and applied this product around the idler pulley bearings and the squeaking stopped only for a few minutes. The vehicle continues to make a squeaking sound during start up and continue to squeak. After taking my vehicle into the shop on April 6, 2012 for a replacement battery at National Tire and Brakes, located in Fredericksburg, VA, I asked the repairman to check the squeak. I advised the repairman that I believed was the idler pulley. The repairman diagnosed the problem and advised me that the harmonica balancer needs replacing. The repairman showed me with the engine running how badly the harmonica balancer was wobbling, causing the idler pulley bearings to squeak.

The repairman went online to search for recall for the replacement of the harmonica balancer for the 2005 C6 Corvettes. It was reported that some 2005 and 2006 were recalled due to the harmonica balancer being bad (wobbles), but reported that he didn't see a recall for my particular VIN **. I've searched the internet and found several discussions and complaints relating to the C6 Corvettes harmonica balancers being recalled. After checking with my local Chevrolet dealer service department, I was informed that my particular C6 Corvette did not show having a recall based on the VIN, but they have received complaints about some C6 Corvettes models having problems with the harmonica balancers. I asked for a repair estimate and was told that the repairs would cost around $1,100 to replace the balancer and that this was an approximately seven-hour job and they would need me to plan to leave the vehicle for two days.

Based on the number of complaints and the fact that some C6 Corvette models with certain VIN series were covered on the recall, I am respectfully requesting that the cost associated with the replacement of the harmonic balancer be covered under the recall warranty. Please consider the above information and the history of the claims and recalls for this particular model vehicle. Thank you in advance.

I have stopped counting the number of repair attempts on my 2008 Corvette, which is still under the manufacturer's bumper-to-bumper warranty since it was bought in summer 2009. I believe it has been in different shops for about 10 times now. Two dealerships are now refusing to work on the car, even if the problems are still there: grinding noise at deceleration after the car heats up and banging noise in stop and go traffic (sounds like a bad transmission mount). All the technicians who went with me on a test drive agreed that the noises were not normal and that there was something wrong with the car.

Van Chevrolet in Scottsdale, AZ told me several times that "we have to get engineering involved." And the only involvement of the regional engineer was "put different tires onto the car." Also, he never heard the noise and never went for a test drive in it. Finally, Van Chevrolet's service director, Mr. ** told me "There is nothing wrong with the car. Some Corvettes develop a grinding and banging noise after they heat up; others don't. Nothing we can do for you." I have contacted Chevrolet's Customer Assistance Center, but they have not done anything about it other than opening a case.

Today, I went to a different dealership, and their shop foreman confirmed that the grinding and banging noises are not normal. Hopefully, this dealership will be able to diagnose and repair the problem. I also know about another guy with exactly the same car and exactly the same problem. He gave me his VIN, but GM does not want to hear about it or look into that car's service history.

I believe that they have a stack of complaints about the same issue on file and are afraid of a class action. I am under the impression that their engineering department knows what it is and tries to ** customers who complained instead of repairing their cars. It is strange that they are not making any serious attempts to analyze the problem. Corvette is one of their top-of-the-line products, and they should be proud of it. Ignoring complaints about grinding and banging noises and telling customers that there is nothing wrong with the car are like as if they were saying "We know that our products are junk."

11-23-07, the remote start was intermittently inoperable. Last 10-14-08, when braking vehicle has pulsation in front, 7-1-10 purchased new set of tire, 46,388 mile on car (85,000 warranty on tires), 7-10-10, replaced muffler, seam split. 11-18-10, heavy engine repair, head gasket leak (52284 miles on car). 3-11-08, rust specks on the complete vehicle. 2-1-11 transmission repair replaced piston & resealed input clutch housing, (54756 miles on car). On 2-10-12, I purchased another set of tires, 72,820 miles on car (85,000 mile warranty- tires wore bar on inside of 4 tires- outside of tire had good tread...there was 58568 miles left on tire warranty... too many repairs for a new car- lemon.

My 2005 Corvette headlights have cracks in both lens. The cracks are like spider cracks all over the lens. The lens cannot be replaced, the whole headlight assembly has to be replaced at a cost of $2000.00. This has happened to many of Corvette owners. Is there anything GM can do to help me fix this without spending $2000.00? Not being able to replace just the lens is crazy. Why would GM do that? I'm a longtime many Corvettes owner but cannot afford $2000.00 just to make the car look nice at car shows. I need help. Thanks.

I have a 2005 Chevrolet Corvette that I purchased in 2007 with 13,000 miles. I was deployed to Iraq in 2008 and the car was garaged kept at my residence. When I returned in December 2008, I began having problems starting the car. I continued to get Service Column Lock'. I replaced the battery in January 2009. I was subsequently assigned to Atlanta, GA and was deployed to Kuwait and Afghanistan. Once again, I kept the vehicle in my garage. I now have 17,000 miles on the vehicle. The Corvette would not start at all. I took the Corvette to Susan Schein Chevrolet in Alabaster, AL in June 2010.

The service representative, Peggy, initially stated that it was the battery and suggested that I return the battery where I purchased it and will receive a pro-rated amount for it. I stated that I would not do that and asked them to determine if the battery was defective and if so, they should replace it so that if there were problems in the future, I would deal with them. The next day, Peggy called me and stated that the problem was determined to be the defective column lock module. After several weeks, I still do not have my car back. It is still at the dealer waiting for the part. It has now been nearly 3 months.

On September 4, 2010, I contacted Chevrolet to complain about the lack of concern with the service of my vehicle. I spoke with Brooke at the Chevrolet Complaint Department. She stated that I would receive a call within 24 hours. I waited until September 7 to call back. I was referred to the GM District Office where an agent by the name of Lizzy would be handling the case. I did not hear from Lizzy so I called GM on September 13. I was told that my case was now being handled by Estelle and left a message on her voice mail to please return my call. I called again on September 14 and left another message to return my call.

I called back to GM in an attempt to speak with someone in management and spoke with a customer service representative by the name of Calvin. Calvin would not give me a manager and only stated that he would make sure that Estelle received my message and would return my call within 24 hours. It is now September 15 and I have not yet contacted by anyone from GM about my concerns. I will not stop contacting GM until I am able to speak to someone with responsibility enough to contact me and resolve my problem even if it is the CEO himself. Heck, President Obama if necessary since the US Government owns a majority of shares in GM. It just goes to show that even GM is acting like Government Motors.

This person was not helpful at all. Every time she call and left message and only spoke to me once or twice. I called and left here several messages. Which she eventually returned several weeks after the fact. I also love the way this issue ended. Amelia left me a message saying something like... Herb **, Chevy didn't see a problem with your rear end. If you have anymore problems bring it back to Herb **. (Laugh out loud)

I still had the problem...why would I bring it back to the dealership that didn't see any problem? Needless to say, I finally got the issue fix on my own with no help from GM. After several changing of the rear end fluid and doing the proper figure 8's after the fluid changes, which I don't believe the dealership was doing, Its corrected.

My point is your customer service rep was not help at all. I know they are busy and have many issues to handle. But not returning calls when she states a date. And not responding to message left by the consumer is just bad business. This experience has me thinking whether I would buy a GM product in the future. No need to contact me. My issue is resolve. Your issue is to fix your customer service to GM Consumers.

I purchased a GM-certified pre-owned 2004 Corvette Z06 with the 12/12 bumper-bumper warranty. Soon after purchasing, while washing the car, I found that water would leak into passenger side foot well area. I took it into a local Chevrolet dealer--they and GM customer service both initially confirmed that the car was still covered by bumper-bumper warranty until June 2010 or 65K miles (car has 60K).

I got a call back from the dealer telling me that water leaks, seals and various other parts are not covered by the GM "bumper-bumper" warranty and got stuck with a $1,500 repair bill for a factory defect. Meanwhile, "GM-certified" states: "GM means no worries"; "Bumper-bumper means everything in between is covered." This is completely false.

I think that they mean between your bumper and the next car's bumper. What a sham. This is on the Corvette Z06 too, where water leaks are somewhat common. A shame on how they still treat their customers. And President Obama told us that the GM warranty was better than ever. Everyone should know that GM warranties cannot be trusted. I posted my story on the GMInsider.com website and was subsequently banned from that site for posting my story (and story may have gotten deleted). At least, Toyota takes responsibility and still has a real bumper-bumper warranty.

I purchased a used 2006 C6 Corvette back in July 09 with a one-year GM certification. The corvette has a rear end issue (Binding/Grinding) when making turns forward or backwards. The selling dealership had the differential fluid change. The car sounded fine for about a month. The issue returned. I took the car back to a local Chevy dealership a second time. They changed the differential fluid again, the car sounded fine for about 2 weeks, then the issue returned again. I took it back to the dealership a third time. They kept my car for over 3 weeks. They finally changed the disc kit, seal and fluid. I picked up my car on 14 January 2010. The problem returned on 19 January 2010.

I do not drive the car daily. It currently has 15,800 miles on it. I have put less than 2,000 miles on the vehicle since purchasing it. I am very dissatisfied with this GM vehicle. For the price of a corvette, even a used corvette, you would expect much better quality. I have made several attempts to correct this issue. The local GM dealership didn't even have anyone with the knowledge of C6 rear ends. These were the word directly from the mechanics mouth that worked on my vehicle. So this is my final effort to get this issue corrected. All I want is a Corvette that runs properly with a rear end that doesn't bind/grind when making turns.

My 2005 Corvette which I purchased in Aug. 07 has had 2 drive line breaks. The first was the bell housing while the car was still under warranty that they fixed. The secound was the differential which exploded like a hand grenade. Now this car is supposed to be a high performance car. I am 65 years old and have been driving high performance cars all my life. But none as frail as this one.

After this last episode happened I read in Vette magazine that it also happened to them in a test car. and that Chevrolet changed the design of this part for 06 because of a weakness in the design. Now don't you think chevrolet should have recalled all of the poor designed products back or at least warned the owners not to be a little hard on their cars because they could break and the company would not stand behind their product.

My car is 2 months out of warranty and GM wants to charge me $4,250. to repair my car that they failed to notify me of the weak differential. So I took the car to a Corvette specialist to have it repaired for a lesser price, and they found the transmission is also damaged from the rear end exploding and has to be replaced also. so now it's going to cost me $8,000. I know from the magazine artical and other people telling me that the car had a defect and that there are others out there that this is going to happen to. because they changed the differential design in 06. Please try and get GM to rectify the problem.