Your symptoms are exactly the problem shown in that thread. If you are handy, fix it yourself rather than let them replace the entire fuse box.
'08 headlight issue
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'08 headlight issue
hi all been on here for awhile but don't post . just enjoy looking at all the great cars and reading about everything. now i have a problem i hope you people can give me an answer to. my low beam headlights shut off after about 30 minutes of driving . if i let the car sit for a few hours they will work . it is like the auto sensor is heating up . any help would be greatly appreciated . the car is an '08 base model .
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hi all been on here for awhile but don't post . just enjoy looking at all the great cars and reading about everything. now i have a problem i hope you people can give me an answer to. my low beam headlights shut off after about 30 minutes of driving . if i let the car sit for a few hours they will work . it is like the auto sensor is heating up . any help would be greatly appreciated . the car is an '08 base model .
There is a recall now for 2005 to 2007 vets, and the problem is there is a wire routed in the fuse block that was bent too tight at one bend, and when the wire gets hot, it will crack at the tight bend to cause current lose.
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There is a recall now for 2005 to 2007 vets, and the problem is there is a wire routed in the fuse block that was bent too tight at one bend, and when the wire gets hot, it will crack at the tight bend to cause current lose.
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I recieved a letter from GM that they would fix the problem for free under the recall,but they don't have the parts yet.They would send another letter when the parts are in 
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And has been posted here several times lately, including here:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...6s-merged.html
Usually a good idea to check the stickies first.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...6s-merged.html
Usually a good idea to check the stickies first.
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I haven't gotten the letter yet but from reading this I would guess that GM is having a jumper manufactured rather than trust a "Corvette Tech" to make a jumper and do any better than the company that built the fuse box to begin with. Remember most of these "Expert Corvette Technicians" are also "Expert Silvarado Technicians" and "Expert Cobalt Technicians" and could have been "Expert McDonald's Burger Chefs" last month. The repair needs to be as foolproof and plug and play as possible. A jumper makes more sense than replacing the entire box with another box that is very likely to be the same design as the one that has failed on a few hundred cars over the years. But fixing 100,000 cars takes a lot of jumpers and I can understand GM not being able to design, produce, and distribute them in just a few months.
BTW, statistically this is a very infrequent issue so rather than trust a dealer to put a jumper or new box on my car for a problem that has almost no chance of ever occuring and has an easy workaround of just turning on the high beams or fog lights until you get it fixed, I will be putting the letter in the glove box.
BTW, statistically this is a very infrequent issue so rather than trust a dealer to put a jumper or new box on my car for a problem that has almost no chance of ever occuring and has an easy workaround of just turning on the high beams or fog lights until you get it fixed, I will be putting the letter in the glove box.
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I haven't gotten the letter yet but from reading this I would guess that GM is having a jumper manufactured rather than trust a "Corvette Tech" to make a jumper and do any better than the company that built the fuse box to begin with. Remember most of these "Expert Corvette Technicians" are also "Expert Silvarado Technicians" and "Expert Cobalt Technicians" and could have been "Expert McDonald's Burger Chefs" last month. The repair needs to be as foolproof and plug and play as possible. A jumper makes more sense than replacing the entire box with another box that is very likely to be the same design as the one that has failed on a few hundred cars over the years. But fixing 100,000 cars takes a lot of jumpers and I can understand GM not being able to design, produce, and distribute them in just a few months.
BTW, statistically this is a very infrequent issue so rather than trust a dealer to put a jumper or new box on my car for a problem that has almost no chance of ever occuring and has an easy workaround of just turning on the high beams or fog lights until you get it fixed, I will be putting the letter in the glove box.
BTW, statistically this is a very infrequent issue so rather than trust a dealer to put a jumper or new box on my car for a problem that has almost no chance of ever occuring and has an easy workaround of just turning on the high beams or fog lights until you get it fixed, I will be putting the letter in the glove box.
I also agree that I would keep the letter but would not be taking my car in to let a Silverado Expert replace that wire. I know what needs to be done and how unlikely it is that it will ever need to be done on my car. It is also not something that I consider to be a threat to me when I can just hit the high beams if my low beams go out.
