Reksmom

HELP
I just purchased a 2012 centennial, with 26,000 miles on it. I noticed that the center console started to get extremely hot including the cup holders. Can anyone tell me if they experienced this and what the cause?

SlothX311

Normal. Its the headers and torque tube that run down the middle spine of the car to the trans / exhaust in the rear. Its probably more the exhaust piping than anything else, causing it... but surely its all a hot mess in there.

Track days, I wear jeans even if the event will allow shorts because it gets hot enough to be uncomfortable to the touch.

FAUEE

That's normal. The torque tube runs right under there. All c5+ do this

Jeff T.

Don't put a Hershey bar in there!!

steig

Lol....

captain vette

Normal behavior for a C6

enventr

You can put some insulation around that area. I have cup holder insulation. Good luck.

RogerRamjet21

When I installed my MGW shifter, I installed the heat shield material it came with and that did seem to help, though I would still not put a candy bar anywhere in or on the center console...

Fly N Low

I have installed a couple products on my 05 to help with this the follow is a heat shield that I found helped. I also pulled the interior out and insulated the entire car which also made it much quieter. Nothing will make the problem go away but the heat shield below will reflect a lot of the exhaust heat and is not to bad to install however you will need to drop the center exhaust system to get it in. I used Vette Nuts for the insulation kit. The kit was good but they are not reliable o no delivery. There are other suppliers of these kits.

://specialty-auto-materials.net/product/z-cool-corvette-heat-shield

andersnor

C6 has something as rare as a cup heater, superb for coffee in cold climates

LS WON

All Corvettes get this. Especially the old ones from 1968 - 1972 big block engines. The heat comes in from the engine compartment because everything is packed in that tiny space. Also on Newer Corvettes you will get heat in the cabin area from rear end diff, transmission and exhaust.

Reksmom

Please lend some advice as to what may be happening

SlothX311

Didn't we already do this?

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-heats-up.html

csf

Normal. Poor heat insulation from the motor beneath the console, plus two exhausts and 4 catalytic converters under there.
My first drive home in my brand new 2013 GS cooked my cell phone and melted some chocolate bars I had brought along for the trip. I was shocked.
Lots of products and kits you can buy to fix it if so inclined. Part of the Corvette charm. Good luck.

cmonkey713

What many of us have done is remove the console and insulate the tunnel area with a thermal peel & stick product. Search amazon for peel & stick thermal automobile insulation, there are several to choose from.

cnw

Great for cooking hotdogs while you travel.

Craig

Reksmom

you may have done this, But please be patient, this is a new preowned C6 for me...
Thank you

Reksmom

thank you for your response....I am new to the C6 world...

Reksmom

Thank you I will check this product out...along with a Utube do it yourself...

Reksmom

Definitely. If I only new this great feature existed I would have brought Hot dogs with me when I picked up the car...