Patman

Most definitely! Even if there is an 80% chance of me getting an A8 without any problems, I simply do not want to take that chance and will keep my search to 2014s only. The price for 2014s is better too.

Spinny

As they say, hindsight is always 20/20. I for one, at least, did not know of the A8 shudder (Did anyone else back then in light of the fact that the problem does manifest itself until several thousand miles have been put on the car?) problem when I purchased my 2015 in late 2014. If I had, I surely would not have purchased it. My memory is that at the time the A8 was being touted as great leap forward in transmission technology. Needless to say, had I been aware of the problem that was to develop with this transmission after driving it for 15,000 flawless miles, I would not have opted for the A8.

JimNeedsC7

I have had one firm rule ever since I was a teenager. Never, ever will I have an automatic in any of my sports cars, thank you very much.

I thought it just meant that I was a thrill seeker who got sick pleasure out of flogging a wonderful car. Now I know that it also lets me avoid overly complicated mechanicals that try to do what I can actually do better myself.

OP - Good Luck and I hope that this gets resolved to your satisfaction. But this is a common problem in C7's and you might be stuck with it for the foreseeable future.

Red C8 of Jax

OP you have a bad TC, take your car to a dealer who has replaced some. Call around most have replaced many TC's. The 2015's have had more than their share of TC problems. My 2015 A8 had to have a new TC. When they replace my TC, they used a different type of transmission fluid and replaced the transmission filter. Your shudder will get worse, especially when you have your cruise control on while travelling on a level road surface. Another sign of a failing TC is your RPM's will go up and down when you are traveling on a flat road and your cruise control is on.

Always Red Dave

and I want to trade up but I am holding on to my A6 until A8 problems are fixed or a A10 arrives. Also their was over 24,000 A6 2014 C7'S and you very rarely hear of any problems with the A6. Good luck OP!

Patman

Why the need to trade up though? There haven't been any significant changes that would warrant it, unless you're wanting to get into a GS or Z06?

kaplana08

You are absolutely right. I wouldn't touch an A8 with a 10 foot pole. My good buddy has nothing but tranny trouble with his. It is a bad transmission. GM has no fix because the A8 has multiple problems not just Torque converter. But as you say..people keep buying it

roadbike56

OP,
I'd look for a different dealer, one with a track record for attacking the problem instead of the "That's Normal" response. At least get the triple flush and see if it relieves the problem. Also, if your car has less than 36K on the clock, consider an extended warranty from GM, (GMEPP). There's a forum dealer here that discounts those extended warranties. Hope it works for you.

Larry/car

Seems GM has automatic transmission issues across the model lines. My 2016 Colorado (six speed) has shifting issues that require driver intervention (adding power or reducing power as appropriate). Shifting from sixth down to second or third is horrible and the transmission seems to get mixed/hung up in the process (much discussion on the Colorado Forum on this very issue). Seems there are just to many gears and it takes time for the transmission to acquire the appropriate gear (transmission is shifting all the time and I only have the six speed). I can't imagine having an eight/ten speed transmission. My Corvette has the bullet proof M7.

vett2ooo

What exactly is the 3 flush?

ajrothm

My wife's 16' SS Camaro A8 goes into the dealer tomorrow for the TC swap due to the shudder...

I mentioned it to my dad, and he says "my car does that too....." His being a 15' C7 Z51 A8... Needless to say, his is going in on weds, his dealer stuck to the 3 flush/200 mile thing, my dealer skipped right to the TC swap..

I'm hoping both get resolved..

My A8 in my C7Z has been flawless so far, but I only have 2800 miles on it....whereas his Z51 has 5500 miles and my wife's 16' SS has 12k miles..

KemahGT

http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/...tate-1324.html

Always Red Dave

Patman, I don't know whats going on I thought the A8 would be fixed by now. I also would like a Z06 but with the A8 and the over heating issues going on with the Z06 on the Z06 forum I am staying with my A6. 2014 at was supposed to be the least reliable because it was the first year of the C7 but seems to be the most reliable of the C7 generation. Just never seen anything like this in all my years of owning Corvettes!

Patman

I don't believe in the first year problems anymore, I think the last time that was a problem was with the beginning of the C4, as the 84 was a nightmare for reliability! (I owned one and had to get rid of it as it was just too troublesome for me at the age of 21) I didn't hear of any major reliability issues with the first year of the C5, I had a 98 myself (second year) and it was incredibly reliable! I drove it for 9 years and it had 133k on it when I traded it and it rarely needed any repairs. Now I've got the first year of the C6 and in the four years I've had it I have hardly spent any money on it. So when I do get a C7 soon I will have no fears going with a 2014, and even more so knowing I'm going with the bulletproof A6 instead of the trouble plagued A8. GM really needs to get their act together quickly, it's been in the Corvette for three model years now, enough is enough and they should either put the A10 in it for 2018 or figure out exactly what is wrong with the A8! How is it they haven't solved this problem by now? Or do they actually know the fix and are just being cheap because their beancounters told them it would cost less money to just fix the ones that people complain about then to provide a complete fix for every car built?? (that certainly wouldn't be a first for a car company to do)

Always Red Dave

Patman,with you 100% and you will not hear many complaints about the 2014 C7'S and their was over 35,000 built! Good luck with your 2014 search or M7 2015 and up! In 1984 I was 19 yeas old.....

iclick

I did take a bath, but the ordeal is now behind me, so the resulting peace of mind has great value.

iclick

I don't know, but I won't be buying another even if the problems were fixed. Too much bad medicine over the past two years has soured by taste for anything except a manual, which I've always preferred anyway. Maybe I'll be gone by the time the last manual transmission in the world has been discontinued. Gen. Patton once said he wanted to die from the last bullet shot in the last war, so it might be fitting for me to expire on the day the last car with a manual tranny is produced. There aren't a lot of cars nowadays that offer them, actually.

iclick

I extended that to any car, not just sports cars, as every car I've purchased in the past 35 years has been a manual--except my 2015 A8 that is now only a memory. Never again. Now with my new GS M7 I know what I've been missing for the past two years. Live and learn.

cv67

Flush it 3 times and drive it for 200 mi..it may get a little better


Come on

late model autos period got too many electronics in them trade it in for a stick or get something else.

Boy Id be hot paying that kind of money and having those problems!

Always Red Dave

^^^ You are right Fuc"ing Crazy! Never seen anything like this.