Well.........Only 538 miles on the Z16 and following a show today in Marietta,Ohio...........Went to start it to leave....Cranked great..but NO firing.......Tried several times with no luck. Our Corvette Clubs' sponsor who happened to be in attendance allowed us to push it into an enclosed trailer and haul it to his Dealership....So....Will call tomorrow and find out why this happened....Anyone else out there in Corvette land have this happen to them? If so...what was your problem in the end?-------Thanks GM...!!
Zeeman

 

Luckily I have not experienced this problem. Did you have a CLB installed ? Sounds like it could be the column lock if you had the recall done where it shuts off fuel supply ? Any message on the DIC ? Perhaps if you were at a show and had your hood open or other doors open where the courtesy were on for extended periods you may have drained your battery to a point where it seemed like it tried to crank but didnt have enough to turn the engine over ? With only 538 miles on your car it sounds like you havent been driving it all that much and my guess is your battery probably was somewhat drained below its full charge to begin with. With so much electronics now-adays, the battery is being drained all the time.

Just a few guesses. Hope its a minor issue for you and resolved quickly.

 

Nope, haven't had that problem.

 

Good luck Im sure it will get fixed.

 

Here is an update on my Z16............Dealer telephoned me the next morning to say it fired right up the following morning without a hitch.....No codes...no ailments noted.....Actually I never wanted to hear that(crazy,eh?)......Later,while a friend of mine was driving it home for me....He noticed he could not get it to go any faster than 50mph...after arriving back at his home(approximately 15 miles)....He found the carpet insert,wrapped in hard plastic,which I keep over my factory carpet,was lying partially over the accelerator pedal,preventing him from pressing the pedal any further than what he did....So............My theory here,and please any one who disagrees or not,please feel free to put your input in on it....is,that when I re-inserted that carpeted insert bound with that plastic backing,it was lying on the pedal feeding gasoline into the cylinders(approx. 5-7 minutes before I tried starting)and the PCM detected too much fuel lying in the cylinders and would not allow the engine to fire.....Does this sound like a logical theory? After arriving home last evening,I went to my friends house to retrieve it and took it out to the Interstate to test it and she responded beautifully at all speeds...No problems whatsoever.......Please let me know your feelings or opinions on this.....
Thanks...!
The Zeeman

 

Since the system is drive by wire, your theory is not valid as no gas flows without the car running...
mike

 

This is not true. A port fuel injected car does not inject fuel into the motor when it is not running even if you pump the gas pedal all night.

Even if your car had a carb this would not be true. A carb only sprays fuel into a non-running motor when you are actually pumping the pedal. The accelerator pump in a carb is responsible for the spraying when you pump the pedal. Just holding the pedal down in a steady state (on a carb car) will only provide one "spray" of fuel and that is not enough to flood a motor.

 

Interesting comments.........Thanks for the feedback guys....So much for my theory.... Any ideas what happened then? Tried cranking it multiple times...strong crank...simply would not fire.....Sat 16 hours at the Dealership overnight....then fired right up the next morning.....??

Zeeman

 

I am sure you did, but was the clutch pressed in all the way during your start up at the show? Could your extra carpet protector be preventing your clutch from going in far enough to fire?

 

I was thinking the same thing. carpet just enough to trip the safety, and hold up the clutch.

 

Friend of mine is buying a 2003 Z06 and the service history records that with barely a few miles on the clock, the car refused to start and was towed in and a new battery fitted. I'm wondering if they replaced it without telling you or maybe just tightened something and didn't want to bore you with the details.