Sounds like that door needs to be checked for a defect.


Elmer

 

It doesnt happen often so I didnt bother to bring it up. If it was daily occurrence then itll be easier to show the mechanic but I do not think I can replicate it when the car is there.

 

Hmmm. This is how the LS7 valve drop threads went for the first few months. Then......Boom.

You know? The LS7 with similar sodium filled valves and powdered metal guides? With "random" machining errors? Yeah that's the one. GM managed to keep that under wraps with a smaller amount of Z06s produced (especially after grand sport and ZR1 came out).

That will be harder to do with 30k+ cars produced per year.

But hey, its a non-issue until it happens to you.

 

Sounds like a ground. If I owned the car I'd go grab my tools and tighten up every single connection I can find. When I installed my catch can, the ground for the e power steering and ABS was poor. Dash lit up like the cockpit of a jumbo jet about to hit the ground. I thought I fried something installing my factory nav. Redid the connection and it went from meltdown to instantly happy again.

I'd check all large connections, especially the ones in the rear where the battery is. Loosen up the battery connections and re tighten em.

 

My A8 did the same thing when put it into reverse and I also felt every shift from V8 to V4. If the software update did not completely solve your problem you probably need a new revised torque converter. If your dealer can not figure it out, find a dealer who has diagnosed bad converters and has replaced them. The first dealer I went to told me nothing was wrong with my transmission.

 

It's possible "blown" or seized engines in C7s is a serious issue involving a large number of cars, but so far it appears to be a very isolated issue involving a very small number of them compared to how many were sold. Nothing has a failure rate of 0% (see NASA and commercial airline crashes for example.) Is it bad if it's your car it happens to? Of course it is. That doesn't justify spreading rumors and blowing things way out of proportion with nothing but anecdotal evidence on an anonymous web forum to back them up.

 

I tried jumping the car but that didnt have any effect. The dealer tried calling while I was at work so couldnt pick it up...they probably found the culprit if they called this late after I called them an hour earlier.

Yeah, I might have to drive to a known vette dealer to have that problem looked at. Shouldve gone with a manual...save 2k and wouldnt have any auto trans headache.

 

Misadjusted.

 

As far as I know there is no adjustment.

 

Oh, come on Steve...this is Corvette Forum, where ANYTHING remotely negative that has happened to a C7 can be blown up to mythic proportions, or barring actual evidence to support some halfass apocalyptic claim, they'll IMPLY something. This guy using LS7's to make his point is the perfect example of it.

Jimmy

 

I did. Took me two weeks to read it at a pace where I would remember about half of it.

[Anxiously awaiting a sitrep from the OP.]

 

So I stopped by this morning to get an update and the service lady told me it was a 350 amp fuse that has blown. The dealer is ordering it and will have it by tomorrow then they will check out what caused it to blow. There was one other thread about a blown 350 amp fuse so it seems like a very rare occurrence.

 

350 amps??? A typical home has 200 amps for the entire house. The breakers (fuses) tend to be 15, 20, or 30 amps. A C-6 has a 150 amp alternator--don't know what the C7 has. Anyway, to blow a 350 amp would take some serious issue.

 

There is a 350A fuse located at the rear battery. I'd imagine it took some serious **** to blow it.

Elmer

 

They do have a 350 amp fuse.

 

This.

Your starter.

What kind of work did you have done at the dealer?

 

This is off of a "anti C7 site".
Don't shoot the messenger.

Clueless starter wiring causes Corvette C7 Stingray to stall-when is the recall coming?
+General Motors has not learned from the faulty ignition switch fiasco and recall, this is a fact.

What is the problem here? In apparent attempt to save money, Corvette designers decided to wire the starter directly to the battery, using a 350 amp fuse as a protective measure. When for some reason, there is a higher than designed draw, the fuse blows and stalls the car while the car is moving. The symptom is exactly the same as with the faulty ignition switch and there is a great likelihood that the ignition circuit is the direct cause for the fuse blowing.

Sounds dangerous? Without any doubt, it does because it is very dangerous, especially if the Stingray moves at high speed rate on a freeway in traffic.

What would be the correct way of wiring this part of the car? The magic word is RELAY. There should be a relay between the battery and starter, instead of a direct connection. This way, the starter wire is hot only when the car is started, instead of being live all the time. The design Stingray uses is clueless and dangerous.

Just another reason why the new Stingray is a literal death trap and why smart buyers should avoid it.

 

Yeah...

You're going to be awfully lucky if you get out of this with just a blown fuse.

They need to find the root, if they get it started.

 

I had all the lifters/camshaft and the manifold which i presume to be the intake, replaced. It was because I kept hearing a loud tapping noise coming from the engine so I bought it in. Thats why I say, not all noises coming from the engine is the cause of the direct injectors. If its bothering you that much, bring it in to have it checked. The tapping was coming from cylinder #8 caused by a misfire.

I can totally see this causing a few deaths if this problem started to happen more often. I was very fortunate to have the car gone limp in the neighborhood. If it happen on the interstate...holy......

Mobil 1....Do you have a link to that website? So I can give it to the mechanic so they do not have to waste time searching for the culprit . Much appreciated.

 

Well, I'm kind of used to being without a vette for a while so hopefully they take their time to find the problem because I do not want it to blow out on me again. Wont be so lucky next time..