This is my first time posting here. A friend of a friend steered me here with great enthusiasm. Anyway I am a first time Corvette owner and My Vette, which I purchased new in May of 06' is experiencing a problem that my local dealer says "is normal". I think they either don't want to or don't have the know-how to solve this. I did not buy from them which may explain if they truly are reluctant to fix it. Anyway, I have an 06' coupe with the 6sp. paddle shift. For the first 4-5 k, no problem. Then one day while engaging in some heavy-footed driving in the "s" mode using the paddles, it did something very strange. When going for the 1-2 shift under full throttle around 6000 rpm's...no shift occurred. It revved all the way to the point when the fuel cut-off engaged. It scared the hell out of me. Anyway I was able to duplicate this for the dealer during a ride-a-long and the tech agreed something was wrong. After two days in the local dealer. the service mgr says that this is normal and a shift won't occur if the engine is revving to fast under full throttle conditions. I didn't believe him but didn't argue as I work next door and didn't want to make enemies. Well now the problem has gotten worse. It would before only happen when using the paddles, but now will happen when allowing the car to shift on it's own in "s" mode. I have wanted a Vette since my first ride in a new 1984 and I don't want my first Vette to be my last but this problem has temporarily soured me. Thanks for listening and any help will be greatly appreciated.

 

That cannot be normal. I also have an A6, but even if I am late with a shift it bumps the fuel shut-off and still shifts. I would seek out a different dealership and take it there. I do not know where you live, but maybe looking for a dealership with more than one new corvette for sale could be an indication.

 

Yes, I thought of that. The local dealer sells maybe two Corvettes a year and probably works on very few also since we are a small town.

 

Ask your dealer to contact the regional GM Service rep. If the dealer is not willing to try that, then Contact the GM Customer service. Their phone number should be in your Owners Manual.

 

This is a known problem. The transmission valve body has foreign matter in it (gum from burnt fluid and/or clutch debris). They need to pull the valve body and clean it. In some cases the valve body has to be replaced. (The TCM is integral wth the valve body in the A6 so this could be an expensive repair if it isn't covered under warranty.) Escalate this issue to the GM regional rep, but be prepared to answer questions about abusive operation.