TerryL

Just an FYI regarding the price. $24,400 for a cream puff one owner 06 3LT vert with 53K...three and a half years ago. You might want to shop around or offer something less than 23K.

4SUMERZ

Get a GM VIS REPORT from the GM dealer. That will show all the work done from initial sale and throughout the warranty period. The latest work will probably also show up.
The GM service writer can get you a report for free.

If not, PM me and I can give you a contact.

ruff13

Update:
I reached out to the Chevrolet service department early this morning and spoke with a very helpful young lady. I explained my situation honestly and got her laughing a little bit, then asked her for her help. She called me back on her cell phone and offered assistance. She looked up the history of the vette. All the recalls have been addressed. I asked if she would have the tech. do an entire car inspection for me separate from the first work order, and they both agreed. The tech is going to do the work tomorrow morning for $165. I think I am going to slide the young lady a $100 for all of her very helpful info..
So far all is going well. I told myself that If I started encountering tons of road blocks, I would get a Viper. Yeah I said it...LOL.
Thank you very much for all of your suggestions and help,
Ruff

ruxvette

Wow, very cool story! The car is meant to be yours...

cmonkey713

When the C-6 was first on dealer show room floors I stopped by a local dealer and asked a salesman " Do you have any C-6's yet". he looked at me paused for a second and said "That's one of those big 'ol trucks, right!". I just shook my head and left my C-5.

dpigguy

Without doing a search of old discussions, believe there was a "fix" developed to address excessive battery problems for the '05 C6 by GM and was put out via a SB vs a recall. I could be totally mistaken as I have trouble remembering what day it is but that's what I recall and was referring to in my post.

Search for Dead Battery Syndrome (DBS) for the history.

ruff13

I bought the 2005 Convertible with 28K on the odometer. I had the car inspected and the report states that:
1. Harmonic Balancer is starting to separate from rubber liner.
2. Front sway bar retaining plate to be missing on drivers side and loose on passenger side.
Should either of these issues keep me driving the car? When it is time to do the work, should I use better parts than OEM?
Thank you very much,
Ruff

RocketDawg

I don't know if either of those would keep you from driving the car but there are several threads here regarding the harmonic balancer. There is an aftermarket one that most swear by, but I can't remember the brand. Just try a "Harmonic Balancer" search and you should find several threads, and the preferred brand will be in them. There are also some videos that will show you what a bad one looks and sounds like. It's about a $1200 repair because of labor ... have to drop the steering rack as I recall. Thankfully, mine seems to be alright so far.

I think I'd get sway bar retaining plate fixed ... doesn't sound all that expensive.

irok

you didn't buy the car without them replacing the harmonic balancer did you?use ATI balancer for replacement as new stock balancer may fail next week.

orca1946

With replacing the balancer, DO NOT REPLACE IT WITH OEM I did that and the 2nd one went bad also. Spend the money and get a good one. This will cost you with labor almost $1000. Be ready .

Jmhornz71

I wouldnt drive it with a bad balancer. With my limited knowledge if it gets real bad it could damage the motor then instead of $1k repair you could end up with several thousand dollars of repair. I just had mine done. I did use the dealer and they used oem but I only agreed to that because the dealer guarantees their parts and labor for life The balancer on my 08 lasted for 106k miles