NHTSA Complaint #10478457 — 2008 CHEVROLET CORVETTE

ON SEPTEMBER 13,2012 MY FUEL GAUGE STOP WORKING AND IT WAS NOT REGISTERING ANY GAS LEVEL IN THE TANK . I WENT TO CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP THINKING THAT THIS WAS A REPAIR WHICH WOULD FALL UNDER MY VEHICLE EXTENDED WARRANTY. I FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS A HISTORY CODE THAT CAME UP IN MY CAR COMPUTER AT 13,700 MILES THAT MY FUEL SYSTEM WAS FALLING. THIS IS A CODE THAT YOU AS THE DRIVER DO NOT SEE NOR DO THE TECH AT THE DEALERSHIP WILL SEE UNLESS A DIAGNOSIS TESTING IS DONE. THE DEALERSHIP HAD TO CALL GM , BECAUSE THIS FALL UNDER THE FACTORY WARRANTY AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS WITH CORVETTES. THE SERVICE MANAGER STATED SOMETIME THIS FUEL TANK FAILURE CAN HAPPEN AT ANY MILEAGE. THIS FAILURE WITH MY VEHICLE CONSIST OF RIGHT FUEL TANK HAD TO BE REPLACE,FUEL LEVER SENSOR HAD TO BE REPLACE,FUEL SENSOR HAD TO BE REPLACE,LINE IN TANK HAD TO BE REPLACE,CROSSOVER TUBING HAD TO BE REPLACE. IF I KNOW THAT THIS AL FELL UNDER THE GM FACTORY WARRANTY THIS WOULD HAD CST ME $2,024.09. THIS ISSUES HAD TO BE KNOW, THIS HAS HAPPEN WITH 2007 THRU 2011 CORVETTE'S THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUES. YOU AS A OWNER MUST BE PERSIST WITH THE DEALERSHIP AND GM THEY WILL NOT WANT TO PAY ERROR THAT THEY KNOW IS GOING ON. I HAD TO REPORT THIS TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OFFICE IN ILLINOIS AND THE BBB IN ILLINOIS BEFORE SOMETHING WAS DONE. I JUST WANTED OTHER OWNER TO BE AWARE OF THIS HAVE YOUR VEHICLE CHECK FOR THIS FAILURE. *TR