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From: Northern NYs Adirondack Mountains,http://www.visitsacandaga.com.
Plenty of posts here on it. Use search under DBS ,dead battery, etc.
Take to dealer, (who will not know anything about it) get it on writing in therir data base and KEEP a copy of the RO.
Take to dealer, (who will not know anything about it) get it on writing in therir data base and KEEP a copy of the RO.
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Originally Posted by nalto
Is this the first 2006 with DBS?
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Joined: Nov 2004
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From: California
Originally Posted by vetdude
2006 C6. 254 miles on it. Car sat for two weeks due to lousy weather. Would not start this morning; battery dead. 
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From: Bluffton, SC
We really need information about how your car is set up. There have been one or two posts reporting dead batteries in 2006 cars but both, I believe, were automatics. That's not what is typically considered DBS, since DBS has always been associated with the shift to reverse and/or steering column lock features on 2005 MN6 cars.
An occasional bad battery is what is currently thought to be the cause of these odd occurrences. Yours may or may not fall into that category. Again, please provide more information about the car and the circumstances so we can get a better idea of what actually happened here.
An occasional bad battery is what is currently thought to be the cause of these odd occurrences. Yours may or may not fall into that category. Again, please provide more information about the car and the circumstances so we can get a better idea of what actually happened here.
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From: Swansea IL
This sounds more like a weak battery than DBS. From my readings the real DBS can occure in about 24 hours of parking. Indicating some form of continous electrical draw. Your situation is more in keeping with a weak battery in a car that sat for 2 weeks, that could occur on any car.
I've followed this very close knowing I'd be buying a C6. I just ordered a 06 C6.
Good luck getting the dealer to do anything. I'm guessing once you get the car started and the battery charged it'll be fine.
Good luck
Tom
I've followed this very close knowing I'd be buying a C6. I just ordered a 06 C6.
Good luck getting the dealer to do anything. I'm guessing once you get the car started and the battery charged it'll be fine.
Good luck
Tom
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Melting Slicks
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From: Allentown PA
Originally Posted by capevettes
I'm still not convinced that the problem hasn't been corrected on the 06.
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Originally Posted by CYA-Vett
They don't know what the problem is/was, so they can't correct it. No matter what they say. It just sucks.
100%. How can they correct it if they don't know what causes it?This case, just like the other reported '06 cases mentioned above by StanNH, , probably won't go down as classic Dead Battery Syndrome. Even those this battery is as dead as any of the others reported in the '05 cars.
Also, I thought that DBS occured 2 days or more after the car had been sitting.
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From: Columbia MD
OK guys. here's the info:
2006 Machine Silver/Ebony/Black Top Convertible
3LT
MN6
Z51
Nav
OnStar
Purchased 11/26/05. Odometer now reads 254 Miles. Had car on Battery Tender for a couple of weeks after purchase. Took it out two weeks ago, everything was fine. Did not put back on Battery Tender. Tried to start this morning, would not crank. Then, not enough power to even open doors. Lights would flash and got some strange noises from inside the car. Jumped battery with our other car. After a few minutes of charging, car fired up. Got several DIC messages (Service Active Handling; Service Vehicle Soon). Messages disappeared after turning car off, restarting several times. Now, all seems to be OK. Voltage readout 14.2 while driving. Car has NOT been back to the dealer...yet.
2006 Machine Silver/Ebony/Black Top Convertible
3LT
MN6
Z51
Nav
OnStar
Purchased 11/26/05. Odometer now reads 254 Miles. Had car on Battery Tender for a couple of weeks after purchase. Took it out two weeks ago, everything was fine. Did not put back on Battery Tender. Tried to start this morning, would not crank. Then, not enough power to even open doors. Lights would flash and got some strange noises from inside the car. Jumped battery with our other car. After a few minutes of charging, car fired up. Got several DIC messages (Service Active Handling; Service Vehicle Soon). Messages disappeared after turning car off, restarting several times. Now, all seems to be OK. Voltage readout 14.2 while driving. Car has NOT been back to the dealer...yet.
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From: Southwest Florida
Not DBS. If it were classic DBS, your car would act like an inert hunk of steel (and plastic/fiberglass) after 3 days: no lights, no nothing. The fact that there was any sign of life at all proves this isn't the classic DBS. Could be some "new" strain of DBS I guess. 
Mike
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Originally Posted by StanNH
It does sound like a bad battery cell, rather than classic DBS. You really should let the dealer check out the car and replace the battery if necessary.
Probably having on the Battery Tender before just disguised the problem.
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From: North Strand, NMB, SC; Retired x 2 (US Army: 70-90 AD) (US Army: 91-16 DAC); yea, I'm old.
Originally Posted by mikeyc6
Not DBS. If it were classic DBS, your car would act like an inert hunk of steel (and plastic/fiberglass) after 3 days: no lights, no nothing. The fact that there was any sign of life at all proves this isn't the classic DBS. Could be some "new" strain of DBS I guess. Mike
I had an appointment on Thursday to have the Nav software update done along with an oil change and included the dead battery to repair order. According the Corvette tech, he did not find any fault codes and the battery was putting out 700 CCA. Nothing has happened since then, but I am always a bit hesitant when I go to start it now.