Sensor on driver's door has been replaced numerous times, intermittently drivers door will not respond to remote option.*ak customer stated that oil leaked from engine area. The driver door rattles while driving and was hard to close. The right door glass has wind noise due to door glass failure. Brakes failed to grab. There was a noise while driving due to left seat belt retractor failure. Consumer states cd charger would not eject cd cartridge, the steering tilt was inopartive, the door rattled, the seats would not hold programming.
2001 Chevrolet Corvette engine complaints
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Consumer states he has driven the vehicle 5,600 miles with a loss of 2 quarts of engine oil, consumer was informed that the oil consumption is normal, consumer states that the oil is being blown into the exhaust system due to a faulty engine design.
Excessive oil consumption reported to dealership. Presently under "oil consumption" test under dealership supervision. Black build up noticed on exhaust tips. Catalytic converter possibly saturated with burnt synthetic oil.
Excessive engine oil use--1 1/2 qts per 2000. Miles chevrolet advises that normal oil consumption is a qt every 700 miles????? Chevrolet has a upgraded set of rings that stop the excessive consumption but they stonewall customers by telling them that consumption rates are normal at 1qt every 700 miles. Is this not a safety issue since the excessive oil soaks the catalytic converter, thus causing a fire.
The vehicle is equipped with 4 catalytic converters which cause excessive heat build up--to the point that the rear under deck storage compartments are useless for storage of any heat sensitive equip. Or material-can't store a laptop in compartment when traveling-or discs or floppys, etc.--the back bumper gets hot enough to distort around both mufflers. Chevrolet maintains that this is normal......the 4 cat system is no longer put on these vehicles, yet chevrolet refuses upgrade. Cure for warped rear bumper, per chevrolet is to use a heat gun to heat and straighten warped area????
Temperature in passenger and storage compartments progressively becomes hotter during operation of vehicle. Also, rear bumper assembly is starting to deform due to catalytic converter system producing excessive heat. Dealership will perform no service on vehicle until authorization is given by manufacturer. Please provide any additional information / documentation.
Burns 1 to 1.5 quarts of oil every 400 to 500 miles.
Engine is using excessive amounts of oil - 2 quarts in 5,600 miles. Engine oil is being blown into exhaust system contaminating the catalytic converters and posing a risk of catalytic converter fire when car is parked. Manufacturer has been contacted and is doing oil consumption test. Dealer states that use of up to 1 quart of oil per 1,000 miles is normal. Car has less than 6,000 miles.
Vehicle has excessive oil consumption, and oil contamination of catalytic coverter. Contaminated oil caused vehicle to have high emission due to contaminated catalytic converter. Dealer has yet to be contacted. Please provide further details.
Consumer states engine has burned 3 quarts of oil in only 6000 miles, dealer has changed oil twice and states that this is normal.
This car has burned several quarts of oil since I've owned it. It burns approximately 1 to 1 1/2 quarts every one thousand miles. The dealership said the 2001 corvettes all have this problem because of bad piston rings. They siad some cars consume as much as 3 quarts of oil per 1000 miles. The amount of oil burned is relative to how hard the car is driven. There are know replacement parts available at this time. I think the whole engine shopuld be replaced along with the oil soaked catalitic converter and mufflers.
Vehicle caught fire while parked. Fire started in catalytic converter. Manufacturer has been notified. *ak manufacturer refuses to accept responsibility for this accident, fire report stated that cause of fire was unintentional and it started on exterior part of vehicle.
Excessive oil consumption in corvette z06. 2.5 quarts used in 2400 miles.
Vehicle exhibits excessive oil consumption, over 1 quart per 1000 miles, and has done so since new. Exhaust pipes contain black oily residue. Complaints have been filed with the chevrolet customer assistance center. They have told me that a repair for the vehicle will not be available until fall 2001, which is unacceptable to me. I requested a buy-back which they denied. I requested that chevrolet write me a letter explaining their position and they refused.
Car has burnt 4 quarts of oil in 6000 miles. Was told by dealer that chevrolet knows this is a "ring problem" and has yet to issue a revision part to correct problem. Has sent me home with a case of oil telling me that they are already waiting over 3 months for other car owners with same problem and have no idea how long it will take chevy to issue revision part. Car is running terribly. Dealer says this is b/c burnt oil residue is landing on pistons causing car to perform poorly. They can do nothing to help me.
The vehicle has an engine defect which causes the vehicle to run rough, have poor gas mileage, smokes and has a oily tailpipe discharge, several repair attempts however the vehicle continues to experience problems, consumer has had two other corvettes prior that have experienced problems (no VIN numbers available on other vehicles).
While driving about 65/70 MPH vehicle compeletely turned off. Vehicle was brought to dealership. Dealership was not able to detect the problem.
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