NHTSA Complaint #11090885 — 2015 CHEVROLET CORVETTE

POWER TRAIN issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number 11090885
Vehicle 2015 CHEVROLET CORVETTE
Component POWER TRAIN
Date of Incident
Date Filed
Mileage 19,600 miles
Crash No
Fire No
Injuries 0
Deaths 0
Vehicle Towed No
State FL

Consumer Description

PLEASE SEE SNIP FROM HTTP://CORVETTEC7FIASCO.BLOGSPOT.COM/2016/02/THOUSANDS-OF-2015-AND-2016-CHEVROLET.HTML THOUSANDS OF 2015 AND 2016 CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7 STINGRAY AND C7 Z06 WITH DEFECTIVE 8L90 8-SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, WITH NO HELP FROM GENERAL MOTORS FOR THE OWNERS BACK IN 2014, THIS BLOG PREDICTED A VARIETY OF PROBLEMS RELATED TO THEN UPCOMING 8L90 TRANSMISSION, ONE OF THOSE SOUNDING ON PAPER IDEAS, AS LONG AS THE EXECUTION DELIVERS ON THE PROMISES. SO FAR, THE VARIETY OF PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE NEW +GENERAL MOTORS 8L90 EIGHT SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WAS ALREADY MIND BOGGLING: FROM EXPECTED OVERHEATING ISSUES, FAILING FLEX PLATES, VARIETY OF LEAKS AND SOFTWARE RELATED ISSUES, ALL THE WAY TO RIGHT DOWN SCARY CASES OF TRANSMISSION VOLUNTARILY "INSPIRING" NEW CORVETTES TO REV UP AND ATTEMPT TO TAKE OFF. HOWEVER, WHAT WAS MISSING WERE THE PROBLEMS WITH THE TORQUE CONVERTER. APPARENTLY, THIS IS NO LONGER THE CASE AND IN FACT, THE TORQUE CONVERTED PROBLEMS ARE WELL ON THE WAY TO BECOME ANOTHER CORVETTE ISSUE OF EPIDEMIC PROPORTIONS, FURTHER ERODING ALREADY WEAK FAITH THE HARDCORE CORVETTE BUYERS MAY HAVE IN +GENERAL MOTORS AND THE EVER POPULAR +TADGE JUECHTER . AS EXPECTED, THE UNDERSIZED AND HIGH SPINNING TORQUE CONVERTER ISSUES MANIFEST THEMSELVES IN A SHUDDER AND JERKY MOTION THE CAR STARTS DEMONSTRATING, ACCOMPANIED BY FLUCTUATING ENGINE RPMS. HOWEVER, HERE LIES THE BIG PROBLEM: THE SAME SYMPTOMS CAN BE EASILY ASSOCIATED WITH THE EVER POPULAR AFM FORCING THE NEWEST CORVETTE INTO 4 CYLINDER MODE. THERE ARE 1000'S OF ISSUES WITH THESE TORQUE CONVERTERS AND WHO KNOWS WHAT ACCIDENTS THESE FAILURES HAVE CAUSED. MY CAR IS IN THE SHOP FOR 1 WEEK FOR THE REPAIR, THANK GOD IT WAS COVERED BY WARRANTY.. THERE SHOULD BE A TOTAL RECALL ON THESE TRANSMISSIONS.. A SEARCH OF THE INTERNET WILL FILL YOU FULL OF FACTS ON THESE FAILURES.

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