deejaydu

This is a very sad story about a new Corvette owner not being completely familiar with his new car.

http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/ne...in-6316213.php

YouVettcha

I grew up in that area and hate to hear of such a thing. Probably a good idea to keep some sort of glass breaker in the console.

Gecko2345

Glass Breaker? Probably a good idea to read the manual!

airmed2

Tragic. Besides the obvious of pulling the door lanyard, how about remove the top, kick the glass out. Do anything except give up and accept your fate. Very strange.

4SUMERZ

Very Tragic, yet so avoidable if the owner's manual would of been read. There is a manual release handle for the driver and passenger doors next to the seat by the floor.

AORoads

Not trying to be nasty, but you do know about the handles for manual operation of the doors on each side of each seat, right? Not to mention airmed's suggestion to take the top out. Very sad and tragic for this new owner and his dog, no question about that.

Red Devil

Very sad, wonder if the owners manual was in the car?

1rusty1

There was another thread not too long ago about a CFs members wife who got locked into their Corvette. They did not know about the manual release either. For a new C6 owner it can be easy to miss. Horrible way to go.

HBsurfer

The dog was in the car for 4 hours?!!! Poor thing was probably dead when the guy got out there. Wow.....

jrose7004

That's why you read the manual cover to cover so that you know about the manual release!

owc6

Very sad.

I would never sell one of mine to someone w/o showing them this very basic safety issue. I don't even let anyone ride w/o showing this to them, as well. This is not to shift blame to the seller, just my opinion. The buyer should read up and become familiar with the car, and it is his ultimate responsibility.

1bdvet

:sad angel:Truly sad.

y2kcoupe

Could his death have been prevented with a simple window sticker that says "In Case of Emergency use manual door release lever next to seat"?

myfunz

He could also popped the rear hatch for air. Might of been enough juice to do so?


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owc6

The article didn't say if it was a coupe or convertible. It wouldn't have helped in the Vert. Actually neither would work w/o the power.

deejaydu

It was a coupe. There are a lot of questions being asked about what really went wrong here. I did not know the gentleman but I have spoken to someone who did. All of his friends are shocked. There have been a lot of really good points brought up here about how this could have been avoided. I agree with the comment about leaving his dog 4 hours without checking on him and that when he returned to the car that the dog might have already been gone. This is just so sad. I hope that it never happens to anyone again for any reason.

drews60

Very sad

Very unnecessary

ruxvette

And that will (probably) be the basis of the family's lawsuit.
Gee, my dog has been in a closed car for four hours. I better go check on the dog. I think I will get in the car and shut the door. Jeez.

AddisonD

If you are in a vert, you reach up and twist the unlock handle and the top pops open along the front edge. But of course the main thing is to use the manual release lever.

Leaving the dog in the car for 4 hours is beyond terrible. Was the dog in the car with the windows shut??!!!??

This story is odd, to say the least.

owc6

Yes, the handle will work to push open the top a little. Even if it can't be pushed far enough to climb out of like the coupe with the top off, at least it would allow a person to yell for help. There are a lot of options to get the car open, but only if someone is familiar with how the car actually operates.

This isn't the first death of someone trapped in a car w/electric door latches, and sadly, probably won't be the last.