Not necessarily. Warranty repairs aren't usually reported to Carfax.

 

I know it is a small percentage with issues but these stories continually pop up, I think the new LT1 may wind up being a problem engine in the long run.

I know of several 200,000+ mile LS engines and tons of the older LT-1 past that mileage, I am not comfortable that these engines will last that long.

Time will tell, OP-hopefully they will put a crate engine in for you, keep us posted.

~B~

 

Pardon my ignorance but how can you tell?

 

As far as I know mechanical warranty repairs are never reported by the GM dealers. I have had a torquetube/drive shaft replaced and a engine replaced all warranty and it is not reported anywhere outside of GM.

Also as far as resale, being this won't be on car fax resale is not a consideration, unless you feel this will be a collector item in 30 years.

 

They should reset the warranty on the motor back to zero. You should get one more year of warranty out of it.

GM should stand by their products. If they put a new motor in it, it should last the length of time of a normal warranty.

 

They will do that for the original/owner at the time, for the duration they have the car. Once resold it's back to the original warranty, as far as I know - but at that point the original owner is out of the picture.

 

Back in the day a guy test driving my dad's three year old 1966 SS396 Chevelle for sale dropped it into low by mistake and blew the engine at about 90 mph. Under the 50,000 mile warranty Chevy installed a new engine, and my dad upped his asking price as a result.

The take-away, any of these situations are a little strange to deal with. I would push for the new engine rather than a rebuild by the dealer since there's going to be much better quality control that way than you're going to get from a mechanic at the dealership who rebuilds an engine occasionally. Even if it's a rebuilt engine from a firm specializing in this, it would be a better bet.

Good luck.

 

No news I called yesterday and they have not even looked at it. Today they did not call as they said they would, so I called only to get voice mail.

I will be calling tomorrow, I will keep asking for people higher up the list. Guess it could not happen at a worse time of the year!

As soon as I here something I will post.

Again thanks for all the support.

 

VIN numbers are sequential. As the cars go down the line they have the next number in line 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. You can ask for a special VIN number but it'll cost ya extra. So, by looking at the VIN, if the number ends 100200, that would indicate that there were 199 cars in front of it and the next car down the line is probably 100201.

OP had the 822nd Stingray going down the line.

2014 VIN Decoding:

This is an example of a VIN # for a 2014 Corvette Coupe (3LT, Z51, MN7):

1 G 1 Y L 2 D 7 X E 5 1 0 0 0 0 1

There are 17 characters. Starting with first character on left the codes are:
01. "1"= Built in US
02. "G"= General Motors
03. "1"= Chevrolet
04. Denotes the car line: Corvette is a "Y" body.
05. Provides more info about the car:
.. A=1LT M/T
.. B=1LT A/T
.. C=2LT M/T
.. D=2LT A/T
.. E=3LT M/T
.. F=3LT A/T
.. G=Z51 1LT M/T
.. H=Z51 1LT A/T
.. J=Z51 2LT M/T
.. K=Z51 2LT A/T
.. L=Z51 3LT M/T
.. M=Z51 3LT A/T
.. 9=export (Non US, Non Canada)
06. Body style: "2" = Coupe, "3" = Convertible
07. Restraint code: D – AJ7 Active Manual Belts, Airbags – Driver & Passenger and Seat Side
08. Engine: LT1 = "7"
09. Check Digit – 0 to 9 or X
10. Model year: E (2014)
11. Plant: Bowling Green = "5"
12-17. Production sequence number that starts with the #100001 for each model yr.

Elmer

 

Really? No kidding? But, when its your Car it would hurt a little more. Wouldn't you say?


OP- Good Luck with the repair.

 

Hi blkvett01,

Please let us know if we could also look into your concern for you. We're happy to help to the best of our abilities!

Marissa
Chevrolet Customer Care

 

Noting the warranty repair on Carfax is, as one put it, not necessarily done. But, it IS done. I have seen car repairs that I know are under warranty on Carfax for another brand of car.

 

Based on the stats, you have ZERO reason to think as you do.

Well, aside from flawed reasoning skills that is.....

 

My 13 GS with 8080 miles dropped a piston at the dealer when he started it up after I traded it off. I had no indication there was a problem and had just driven 130 miles and 2 hours to do the deal.

They had to drop in a new engine. I felt really really bad because they had cut me a good deal on the C7. They said you know this is not as unusual as you think........been there done that cars are complicated.

When they fixed it and sold it I asked how much of beating they took and they said they came out fine. Made a loyal customer a good deal who appreciated the brand new engine.

I took from that experince that many of us here think the car is special but to many others its......hold on......just a car.

Most folks dont car if numbers match and all they want is the car and it to be reliable.

 

One club I know I would not want to join. Sorry about your bad experience. I hope they get a new mill in there for you soon!

 

buddy it's Christmas tomorrow. I don't think anyone will be there in the service dept. Then we have 31st/1st which they probably won't have anyone either. lol

 

Sorry about the situation. I commend you for your attitude. Easy to get a poor attitude with these problems, but it helps no one.
I think the best solution to your situation is the one you feel you can live with down the road. If a replacement engine is okay with you and you feel the dealership can handle the swap, then that might be the route to go. Personally, I would not want to go the rebuilt route. Just too many variable involved.
Something I would explore with the dealer and GM would be the figures on a trade for a new Corvette.
Again, best of luck coming your way on getting this resolved to your immediate and future satisfaction. These things happen, but you paid a lot of money for this car and you are the one who needs to be happen in the end. Please keep us posted.

 

Rebuild---No
New crate motor---No

Trade in---Yes, if at all possible. That car will never be the same, not to mention loss in value.

 

May I remind everyone, at this time we don't know what failed or the damage it caused if any. Engine accessories can make quite a racket, you would think the engine is ready to through parts and it is only an air pump?? Unfortunately the Christmas season is delaying engine evaluation. Let the dealer perform a detailed inspection and their (dealer/GM) proposed fix. My experience is GM will go the extra mile to remedy this unfortunate situation. PM Customer Service, they will work on the solution internally within GM.

 

First thing first Merry Christmas to all my Corvette Friends!

Thanks for everyone support! Thanks for all the advise and ideas! One can not think of everything at these times of stress that life gives us.

I am not expecting this investigation to go fast or the repairs I understand completely about the time of the year. All I ask is for them to tell me what they can do and what time line they expect to do it in. I tolled them up front that I have one fault, it is if you tell me one day then it is one day. Again all I ask for is reasonable time line for all involved. I respect there time and they should respect my time.

We all buy these cars because we love cars and want to drive them and when we can not we get upset, this is normal response to people like us. All dealer should know by now that Corvette owners are more demanding than there other car owners. This is GM flag ship car and with that it is held in higher standards along with higher cost. All party's know this and no matter how you call it is what it is!

To call a corvette just a car is not correct! IT'S A Corvette!

So in closing again Merry Christmas and thanks for the support.