Electrical problems
Instructor
Joined: Mar 2015
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I E-mailed MIke, G Mgr., Dave's son, yesterday to ask if CHEV. checked out the coupe or if they took it off of the lot yet. I did not recieve a reply as yet, maybe today or Monday, hopefully I will hear some good news. I do not want to be a (PITA)!
Racer
Joined: Feb 2005
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From: Philadelphia Suburb
Pics or it didn't happen. Here's how to post pics. It's not hard.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-pictures.html
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-pictures.html
Melting Slicks
Joined: May 2012
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From: Cedar Falls Iowa
If my car started on fire a week after I got it I'd be pretty bummed out. If some of you said stuff like that to me I'd probably get perma-banned from here I'd be such a ***** about it.
Melting Slicks
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From: Cedar Falls Iowa
Sounds like they solved the problem but with 49 error codes I'd be looking for ground issues. My car lit up like a Christmas tree with errors when I installed my catch can and didn't get the ABS/electric power steering ground proper.
Safety Car
Joined: Feb 2001
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From: Warrington Pa.
Rustynkl , this is Bill B from CCDV, Frank email me the pic of the car and I'll post it for you. Guys that are saying BS please believe me this did happen, and the car is at the dealership.
Last edited by Bill Vett; May 1, 2015 at 09:33 AM.
Instructor
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Yo Bill, Thank you, you are a friend! I did not have my camera with me. I do not have the remote to get into the hatch area, Bryner has both of them. Bill I worked in coustomer service for AAA for 15 years, if you were a PITA I did as little as poss. for you. Most people were reasonable but pissed, you just have to undersand that some people just don't get it. Life is STILL good, even after cancer. P.S. I even forgot the marshmellows!
Last edited by RUSTYNKL; May 1, 2015 at 02:10 PM. Reason: Added P.S>
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The car is on the back line at the dealer by the RR tracks if you want pics. It's toasted inside.
Burning Brakes
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GM engineers know there's a LOT of energy stored in the battery, so they put a fusible link right at the battery, then put fuses on every circuit after that. In addition, the interior components are somewhat fire resistant, since they must meet NHTSA Standard 302.
It's just really hard to imagine a failure scenario on an almost new vehicle that would lead to the kind of fire and damage the OP described. There's almost no way to release the amount of energy required to start a fire in the first place, and there's nothing there to support a fire of that intensity if it did start.
Was the car modified in any way? Was there something else in the hatch area that was flammable? Was the fusible link broken/melted? Did the battery itself burn?
It's just really hard to imagine a failure scenario on an almost new vehicle that would lead to the kind of fire and damage the OP described. There's almost no way to release the amount of energy required to start a fire in the first place, and there's nothing there to support a fire of that intensity if it did start.
Was the car modified in any way? Was there something else in the hatch area that was flammable? Was the fusible link broken/melted? Did the battery itself burn?
Last edited by WelderGuy; May 1, 2015 at 03:39 PM.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jan 2002
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From: Ft. Myers FL
I know the guy who owned the car and all the guys vouching for him. I also know the dealership & they're excellent. Now to immediately say he's lying just proves some people are really jerks.
Secondly I have a friend with a 2013 Buick LaCrosse that the same thing happened. The battery completely had a meltdown & went up in smoke. I just hope my friend Frank gets his car replaced and am thankful no one was hurt. 
Secondly I have a friend with a 2013 Buick LaCrosse that the same thing happened. The battery completely had a meltdown & went up in smoke. I just hope my friend Frank gets his car replaced and am thankful no one was hurt.
Le Mans Master
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Instructor
Joined: Mar 2015
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Frank here, A big thank to the guys who know me for their support. I do trust Dave at Bryner Chev. he will go to bat for CCDV members. I would like to hear from CHEV., it has been over a week now. I am hoping to get a replacement 2015 coupe. I am O.K. just some singed left arm hair from disconnecting the neg. battery terminal. Life is still GOOD!
