Battery access
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Battery access
Gee, I don't know if they changed something from the earlier built C7's, but on mine (S/N 20682) they have the carpet so tight against the rear and tucked under the plastic by the wheel well, you can hardly get the carpet pulled up enough to even remove the foam cover over the battery.
Someone at the factory or my dealer even broke the backing on the carpet trying to get to the battery. My car was sitting in BG for 24 days after build and might have been dead when it was ready for the transporter.
People have asked on other threads what was suppose to be in the slot of the foam cover because they had nothing there. Mine had a small 5" long funnel in a plastic bag placed there used for putting gas in from a gas can if you run out.
Someone at the factory or my dealer even broke the backing on the carpet trying to get to the battery. My car was sitting in BG for 24 days after build and might have been dead when it was ready for the transporter.
People have asked on other threads what was suppose to be in the slot of the foam cover because they had nothing there. Mine had a small 5" long funnel in a plastic bag placed there used for putting gas in from a gas can if you run out.
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Stupidest thing GM did on the design of the car. Just wait until you need to access the rear fuse block 
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That's what was getting at, that someone "yanked" on it and broke the backing trying to get it up and how tough it is to get too and get the carpet back under the wheel well plastic again.
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well as a person who mods, I should pick my words more carefully my "yank" involves pulling on it while using a plastic trim tool the first time to loosen it. Mine slides in an out under the plastic easily now, but then I've disconnected the batt about 100 times...LOL
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1,000,000% in agreement. Likewise for the fuse box. That is a REAL PITA....
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Hey, I have not yet taken delivery of my 'vert, so I have not actually seen this issue with my own eyes. But I do have an idea. Would it not be cool if one of the venders could maybe could maybe produce a replacement carpet section for the C7 that contains doors or flaps one could pull up to easily expose the battery and the fuse panel. Would that work?
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a butter knife will do it, a trim tool is just what I have handy...just insert and pull back rug while pressing up in knife..I've done a couple of 'em, I don't see the problem...
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Battery Voltage Fluctuation
Decided to see if my 100 dollar trickle charger works, after 5 hours it still had not topped off the battery. So on my next drive I watched the voltmeter and was surprised that it fell to 12.9 several times when idling but not always. This mirrors one of the other forum members observations. Car was driven almost six hundred miles on first outing so I could bond with it. No problems have shown up because of low voltage so it might be gauge or intentional switching, or the clutch pulley. There is always something new to learn about the way they engineer new stuff. The trickle charger seemed about 135 degrees trying to top off the battery in a 50 degree garage.
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Dealer cracked up the carpet backing and scratched up the plastic wheelwell panel on mine as well, assuming they killed the battery and jumped it.
The C6 Z06 and GS had a door like the LH storage compartment for the rear mounted battery, the piece of styrofoam and jammed in carpet isnt very elegant at all
The C6 Z06 and GS had a door like the LH storage compartment for the rear mounted battery, the piece of styrofoam and jammed in carpet isnt very elegant at all
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Dealer cracked up the carpet backing and scratched up the plastic wheelwell panel on mine as well, assuming they killed the battery and jumped it.
The C6 Z06 and GS had a door like the LH storage compartment for the rear mounted battery, the piece of styrofoam and jammed in carpet isnt very elegant at all
The C6 Z06 and GS had a door like the LH storage compartment for the rear mounted battery, the piece of styrofoam and jammed in carpet isnt very elegant at all
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Dealer cracked up the carpet backing and scratched up the plastic wheelwell panel on mine as well, assuming they killed the battery and jumped it.
The C6 Z06 and GS had a door like the LH storage compartment for the rear mounted battery, the piece of styrofoam and jammed in carpet isnt very elegant at all
The C6 Z06 and GS had a door like the LH storage compartment for the rear mounted battery, the piece of styrofoam and jammed in carpet isnt very elegant at all
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Hey, I have not yet taken delivery of my 'vert, so I have not actually seen this issue with my own eyes. But I do have an idea. Would it not be cool if one of the venders could maybe could maybe produce a replacement carpet section for the C7 that contains doors or flaps one could pull up to easily expose the battery and the fuse panel. Would that work?
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