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Those are two parts they should have changed. Many problems with roof rattling due to latch pins not fitting. and the cabin air filter is hard to replace.
You must be thinking of something else because the cabin air filter is a 30second slide in out job right on the passenger firewall in the motor compartment.
Ask a C7 owner and they'll say they wish it was 3 . . . the power rear hatch latch.
The battery (with a little corrosion on it) is now located in the rear hatch on passenger side. Less room in back also. Reminds me of a 240Z styling with the rear and side glass nothing bad about that but that blind spot is bad. Less glass=less weight as well as carbon fiber top and hood.
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Originally Posted by dcarter0001
Those are two parts they should have changed. Many problems with roof rattling due to latch pins not fitting. and the cabin air filter is hard to replace.
They had to give the C7 folks something to gripe about. I mean we all know how issue free the C7 is supposed to be according to all the hype out of the motor city .................
You must be thinking of something else because the cabin air filter is a 30second slide in out job right on the passenger firewall in the motor compartment.
Mine would not go back in without hanging and wadding up. It's a flimsy filter and there is no arrow showing which way the air flows.
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Originally Posted by dcarter0001
Mine would not go back in without hanging and wadding up. It's a flimsy filter and there is no arrow showing which way the air flows.
Actually, with the initial install of the replacement filter it doesn't really matter. Only if you remove it as I do after about 5k miles to tap it out and re install. So, I use a marker to draw an arrow pointing down to indicate air flow. That way I don't suck garbage into the system by installing it wrong side up when I put it back in.
I don't think so. That two part only stuff is bs if you want to split hairs. Look at the clutch reservoir cap, same as a C6 as is the washer fluid cap. Dip stick looks to be the same also. There are more I just can't think of at the moment.
The first item came to my mine was: wheel lug studs, then maybe the lug nuts. Like you say, I bet many more items could also be found, what about nuts and bolts, cigcaret lighter, etc., there is more BS on this car than Tadge can see? Somebody did a number on him and he bit for it, I bet!
The first item came to my mine was: wheel lug studs, then maybe the lug nuts. Like you say, I bet many more items could also be found, what about nuts and bolts, cigcaret lighter, etc., there is more BS on this car than Tadge can see? Somebody did a number on him and he bit for it, I bet!
Imagine the number of issues the man dealt with during the conception, design, engineering, production and introduction of a new generation of America's sports car.
The crappy key fobs are still the same, and will still break the tabs that hold them together if you try to change the batteries in them and GM will still refuse to cover them under the warranty and blame it on the customer.
The crappy key fobs are still the same, and will still break the tabs that hold them together if you try to change the batteries in them and GM will still refuse to cover them under the warranty and blame it on the customer.
Imagine the number of issues the man dealt with during the conception, design, engineering, production and introduction of a new generation of America's sports car.
He should of had some "gofer(s) - 'an employee whose duties include running errans' (Webster's)" to help him if he is a smart man and wants to keep on the top of the project.
I am not sure what the reason for that article was. I have already run across several of the items that are the same, including some of the engine caps. And like someone else said, nuts, bolts, etc. There are probably hundreds of carry over parts.
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I am not sure what the reason for that article was. I have already run across several of the items that are the same, including some of the engine caps. And like someone else said, nuts, bolts, etc. There are probably hundreds of carry over parts.
Probably to counter the C6.5 BS that the Corvette detractors were gleefully spouting before the full disclosure of the significant technological advancements incorporated into the C7.
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Originally Posted by rcallen484
Probably to counter the C6.5 BS that the Corvette detractors were gleefully spouting before the full disclosure of the significant technological advancements incorporated into the C7.
I am not sure what the reason for that article was. I have already run across several of the items that are the same, including some of the engine caps. And like someone else said, nuts, bolts, etc. There are probably hundreds of carry over parts.
Your my man! I think we need to take GM engineer spokeperson with a grain of salt!
Last edited by 2006c6keller; 12-02-2013 at 01:44 AM.
"There are only two carryover parts from the C6 used in the C7 — the cabin air filter and the rear latch for the removable roof panel," said Tadge Juechter, Corvette chief engineer.
I wonder if what he meant was those were the only two parts that are exclusive to the C6.
Anything like wheel studs and oil caps, etc, are also used on many, many other GM cars, including the C6.
In other words, to paraphrase, "There are only two carryover parts [that were designed exclusively for] the C6 used in the C7 ..."
12-01-2013, 04:10 PM
I don't think so. That two part only stuff is bs if you want to split hairs. Look at the clutch reservoir cap, same as a C6 as is the washer fluid cap. Dip stick looks to be the same also. There are more I just can't think of at the moment.
