Another blown engine! Fully documented
Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '15
Nothing is excellent or good or 
about a blown motor on a $70K car at the rate we are seeing them. Its a shame in these days of computer aided design and high tech robotics a company like GM would have such a high failure rate. The cause is this, poor supplier quality making **** poor parts so GM can save a few bucks per engine. I hope they all blow mine included. This reminds me of Cadillac in the 80s when the HT4100 V8s were being replaced on average of 3 per day at some large dealers, In fact some dealers had a special lane installed just for HT4100 replacements. NO EXCUSE FOR THIS!
about a blown motor on a $70K car at the rate we are seeing them. Its a shame in these days of computer aided design and high tech robotics a company like GM would have such a high failure rate. The cause is this, poor supplier quality making **** poor parts so GM can save a few bucks per engine. I hope they all blow mine included. This reminds me of Cadillac in the 80s when the HT4100 V8s were being replaced on average of 3 per day at some large dealers, In fact some dealers had a special lane installed just for HT4100 replacements. NO EXCUSE FOR THIS!
Drifting
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Take a look around in other forums see how many reported failed engines you find. Even Car and Driver had one fail. How quickly they forget. I know of three people of my own circle of friends that have had complete engine failures on new C7s.
Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '15
So far you have confirmed that less than .0125% of C7 engines have failed, good job.
Bring back some real numbers before you chicken little any more about the rate at which C7 engines fail. And then compare those numbers to any other modern high performance car being produced.
On top of that the OP is happy with his service and brand new engine, I am not sure why you felt it necessary to come into this thread and complain about other cars/engines.
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When i was looking I was at this particular dealer so I could have bought this very car. Not good odds for me. At the time one had posted about a failure and I saw another at this dealer with an engine out.
And metal in the replacement engine?
Melting Slicks
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Ok so you named 4 confirmed engine failures, add the one in this thread and that's 5.
So far you have confirmed that less than .0125% of C7 engines have failed, good job.
Bring back some real numbers before you chicken little any more about the rate at which C7 engines fail. And then compare those numbers to any other modern high performance car being produced.
On top of that the OP is happy with his service and brand new engine, I am not sure why you felt it necessary to come into this thread and complain about other cars/engines.
So far you have confirmed that less than .0125% of C7 engines have failed, good job.
Bring back some real numbers before you chicken little any more about the rate at which C7 engines fail. And then compare those numbers to any other modern high performance car being produced.
On top of that the OP is happy with his service and brand new engine, I am not sure why you felt it necessary to come into this thread and complain about other cars/engines.
And metal in the new engine, wow, HOW does that happen????
Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '15
Drifting
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60,000 or so cars sold, a handful of problems. Say 60 cars had engine problems... that's an .001% failure.
Its a car, mechanical and electrical systems...things fail. I don't care how much a car costs.
Its a car, mechanical and electrical systems...things fail. I don't care how much a car costs.
Burning Brakes
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I feel horrible for folks that have to suffer through this ordeal.
Ferrari's have issues too.....
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/may...ecall-20120521
The Italian automaker learned of the problem in a uniquely embarrassing way. The first of these models to have its engine freeze was the car the company was lending to critics to review.
Ferrari's have issues too.....
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/may...ecall-20120521
The Italian automaker learned of the problem in a uniquely embarrassing way. The first of these models to have its engine freeze was the car the company was lending to critics to review.
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Front Page Coverage
Glad you're back on the road, but that's quite a bummer. Here's my front page take on it...
https://www.corvetteforum.com/articl...rvette-engine/
https://www.corvetteforum.com/articl...rvette-engine/
Intermediate
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Gentlemen, I am retired but I was in the auto industry (manufacturing, assembly, and materials management) for many years. I butted heads with upper management on several occasions over attitudes and Q/C practices. Things change (of course) but what bothered me was the hands off by UM unless it was to fume about something that got close to their personal wallets. And many of the young engineers would not listen to anyone who did not have PhD in Engineering, even if the ideas were valid and made perfect sense from the trenches. This are a few of the many reasons I stepped down voluntarily as the VP in one company. I admire the forgiving attitudes I am reading but from the view of an old head - this is the 21st century and finding a microbe in any modern engine is beyond carelessness. HRP - P.S. I still like my 07 Corvette even though it has stranded me four times already.
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No threats needed................................:y esnod:
Hope my 2008 Z06 motor hangs in......................
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