2008 Chevrolet Corvette: check engine light

Filed Aug 26, 2019 · Fuel system · 36,000 miles · MS

Car has a condition where a fuel odor is detected, fuel droplets appear below the left-hand fuel tank with fuel gauge level above 1/2, or a malfunction indicator lamp illuminates.

Filed Apr 17, 2019 · Fuel system · 81,000 miles · AR

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chevrolet corvette. The contact stated that there was an abnormal odor of fuel emerging from the vehicle. The contact also noticed fuel leaking from the fuel tank area and the check engine indicator was illuminated. The local dealer and manufacturer were not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 81,000.

Filed Aug 11, 2016 · Electrical, Lights · TN

The list goes on and on. I get a check engine coolant error that the dealership can't diagnose. My car smells like fuel. Sometimes it smells foul coming from the AC. I get a tire flat warning when my tires are just fine. My brakes won't stop squeeling even after buying new rotars and pads. My headlights suffered from something called mazing in which the lights have tiny little cracks in them all over causing no way to drive at night due to poor visibility and the lights cost $1200 for just one meaning it would cost $2500 to get new lights put on a used car. This is just ridiculous. Gm knows what they did but didn't care to help me on the headlights.

Filed Jan 7, 2016 · Fuel system · 80,000 miles · AZ

Concern: fuel smell / leak and fuel system check engine light when car is parked. On 1/05/2016 I took my 2008 corvette to our local dealer, courtesy chevrolet in phoenix, az because of a fuel leak and fuel smell I discovered on the drivers side gas tank. After they diagnosed the problems they told me the fuel pump on the drivers side was cracked and leaking fuel down the side of the tank. Additionally, the fuel sensor in the passenger side gas tank was defective causing a check engine light and causing the fuel gauge to read zero gas in the tank intermittently (tank is actually half full). The dealer also said the crossover tube that connects the left and right gas tanks needs to be replaced. The dealer said this is a significant safety issue and to not drive the car until the fuel system is repaired because the hot exhaust pipe routes right next to where the gas is leaking down the gas tank. Their repair estimate is $3187. My car has 80k miles on it and is out of standard warranty so gm won't cover the repair costs. It appears that many c6 generation corvettes have this same fuel system safety issue from what I have read on the online corvette forums. Gm/chevrolet needs to issue a recall on this well document fuel system issue, it is a major safety concern.

Filed Aug 8, 2015 · Transmission · 30,000 miles · WA

Engine was misfiring with cel code showing. Mechanic decided it was a mechanical issue, while checking valves and valve guides on cylinder 6, removed springs and exhaust valve was loose in valve guide, easily moved side to side in valve guide. In cases where the valve head has broken off, engine seizes and loss of power brakes and steering results as well as loss of coolant and oil onto road. Very dangerous combination of events at highway speed. After removing heads to have them repaired, found that the case hardening on the lifters had become compromised and damaged the camshaft. Engine replaced

Filed Apr 27, 2015 · Fuel system · 56,000 miles · FL

Every time I fill the gas tank and the I start the corvette, the dash starts beeping, the gas gauge goes to zero, the "service fuel system" warning comes on and the engine light symbol shows in instrument panel. This remains for approx 10 - 12 starts on car and then it returns to normal and gas gauge shows present level of fuel. I have tried filling close to full and stopping, filling last part of tank very slow, but no matter what, every time I fill gas tank the fuel system indicators malfunction. Forums online say to use techron from chevron to clean fuel system and have tried others for several years and still have problem.

Filed Jul 24, 2008 · Electrical, Engine · 1,700 miles · AZ

Does someone have to die? Our brand new 2008 base model corvette has lost power in the middle of the road, 5 times driving to our home. The 4th time my husband was almost rear ended by a truck! First time we had the car a week. 2nd time the dealer said it was the gas. We use chevron texaco. 4th time the liaison from chevy said that oil was getting into our gas from a bad ignition switch. Doesn't make since. 5th time was same day as 4th time. It drops from 45 to 10 and goes all the way down to 1st gear. The RPM goes up and down. It back fires! We have been taking it to the local chevy dealer in kingman az. The 4th time it happened my husband pulled over but didn't turn off the car, and waited for someone from the dealership to drive up and get in the car for a drive. It was idling up and down for about 15 min then idled fine. After hooking up a computer scanner to the car they started up the hill. They drove 2 miles 45 miles per hour, then it just dropped to 5 miles per hour surging back and forth. Making this the 5th time! Foot was steady on the throttle. Husband was told to hold it to the floor, and then it back fired real loud and stopped completely in the middle of the road! Turned off key opened and closed door to reset computer. Check engine light was on now. Drove down to dealer. It's been there 9 days so far this time. 7/23/08 the liaison from chevy called and said that our car does not meet the criteria for a buy back! We are fearful of being rear ended at a high speed! We've had to cancel trips we had planned to take in the car. We still don't have our car fixed, as they don't know what is wrong. No corvette tech has been on site to check out our car. Only buy phone! Each time they have sent the car home stating that the problem was fixed, to go ahead and drive it. Someone is going to get killed if this car isn't fixed, as there is no warning that the car is going to jerk to a stop in the middle of the road!