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Hey guys, I have a stock 2008 Corvette with a touch over 9000 miles... it was built in november 2007 and I've driven it through 2008 and now some of 2009, i've had repeated part failures and poor service from my local dealers since the beginning.
Last year the diff fluid was flushed/upgraded for clutch pack noise at low speed, multiple swaybar links replaced multiple times, cooling fan bearings failed and that was replaced.
Now i'm having problems with the A-pillar modling peeling (defective), intermittent gear grinds in 1-2 2-3 4-5 at both high rpm "aggressive" driving and slow putting to work shifts, there's been an exhaust rattle cold @ 900rpm for the first 20 seconds it runs since the beginning... never diagnosed properly and the swaybar links are trashed yet again.
I took it back in to get the above fixed and they resisted, stating they're AFRAID it'll come back with the same problems after they serviced it at which point GM would not pay the warranty claim and it would come out of their pocket, so they told me too bad.
I was upset and called Chevrolet Customer Assistance to complain the dealer was more concerned about how they'd be compensated for the warranty service than fixing my vehicle, they spoke to the dealer and the dealer's position changed to "nothing's wrong" (after they admitted the day before they were working towards diagnosing the problems because the tech had found my compliants valid), so corporate told me there's nothing they can do because they trust the dealer's judgement.
So I go down there to pick it up and they're cocks to me, I made a scene with them, the service manager, general manager, service techs, potentional customers in the lobby because since I called corporate on them, THEY immediately called their district warranty service rep, in turn this service rep dispatched an email to ALL of my local dealers (or all dealers he's the rep for) stating to not work with me, my car nothing... basically a blacklist because i'm upset my car isn't right.
So what do I do now? I called Les Stanford and explained the situation and they seemed like they'd work on it, but I shouldn't have to drive 150 miles away to get my car worked on because of this unfair unjust garbage i'm dealing with out here, does anyone on this board know any higher up contacts at GM that give a DAMN that they're losing a young customer that would buy one of these new every 2 years if it came with an ounce of dealer support for KNOWN ISSUES!
I was proactive in flushing the clutch fluid when I first began having shifting problems and that didn't help, it's a well known unfortunate fact that the 08+ T6060 trannies have problems and the swaybar links have since been revised with updated parts since the last time they were replaced, I shouldn't be having any problems getting this car serviced properly.
Also keep in mind this is a daily driver, I haven't had it on a road course, autocross or drag strip... I drive it fast on the highway when I feel like it but it's never been subject to a burnout or any other blatent "abuse".
Last year the diff fluid was flushed/upgraded for clutch pack noise at low speed, multiple swaybar links replaced multiple times, cooling fan bearings failed and that was replaced.
Now i'm having problems with the A-pillar modling peeling (defective), intermittent gear grinds in 1-2 2-3 4-5 at both high rpm "aggressive" driving and slow putting to work shifts, there's been an exhaust rattle cold @ 900rpm for the first 20 seconds it runs since the beginning... never diagnosed properly and the swaybar links are trashed yet again.
I took it back in to get the above fixed and they resisted, stating they're AFRAID it'll come back with the same problems after they serviced it at which point GM would not pay the warranty claim and it would come out of their pocket, so they told me too bad.
I was upset and called Chevrolet Customer Assistance to complain the dealer was more concerned about how they'd be compensated for the warranty service than fixing my vehicle, they spoke to the dealer and the dealer's position changed to "nothing's wrong" (after they admitted the day before they were working towards diagnosing the problems because the tech had found my compliants valid), so corporate told me there's nothing they can do because they trust the dealer's judgement.
So I go down there to pick it up and they're cocks to me, I made a scene with them, the service manager, general manager, service techs, potentional customers in the lobby because since I called corporate on them, THEY immediately called their district warranty service rep, in turn this service rep dispatched an email to ALL of my local dealers (or all dealers he's the rep for) stating to not work with me, my car nothing... basically a blacklist because i'm upset my car isn't right.
So what do I do now? I called Les Stanford and explained the situation and they seemed like they'd work on it, but I shouldn't have to drive 150 miles away to get my car worked on because of this unfair unjust garbage i'm dealing with out here, does anyone on this board know any higher up contacts at GM that give a DAMN that they're losing a young customer that would buy one of these new every 2 years if it came with an ounce of dealer support for KNOWN ISSUES!
I was proactive in flushing the clutch fluid when I first began having shifting problems and that didn't help, it's a well known unfortunate fact that the 08+ T6060 trannies have problems and the swaybar links have since been revised with updated parts since the last time they were replaced, I shouldn't be having any problems getting this car serviced properly.
Also keep in mind this is a daily driver, I haven't had it on a road course, autocross or drag strip... I drive it fast on the highway when I feel like it but it's never been subject to a burnout or any other blatent "abuse".
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If GM makes it out of all this, they'll still have a very tarnished reputation to recover.
