w0rM

Lexus has been ranked as the most reliable car brand by JD Power for a long time. Every year they're at the top of this list: http://www.jdpower.com/press-release...dability-study

davepl

That's great for them, and they probably are. But any individual vehicle, such as mine, can still have a problem.

It's not that this vehicle has been a lemon, it's that it's been serviced like one, because GM can't find parts for its own vehicles.

Rikhek has a thread of his own going on right now, 5-6 weeks in waiting on a water pump. Even a Lexus can have a water pump fail... they just put a new one on. That's the missing factor, not initial quality.

As it is I'm about 5 days short of having 15 in the eligibility window, I think. So I'm really a boundary case that would have been better handled by GM's goodwill, if they had any.

SD1

GM is playing a numbers game with you as many companies elect to do for the sake of profitability. They probably figured you were a likely lemon case and just assumed the worst and rather than help you now, they will just take the car back later. It might be maddening but they think (wrongly in my opinion) that they are smart.

rogue3standingby

I haven't even been a Corvette owner for a full month yet, and the car is at the dealer having the transmission dropped out of it right now.

I only got my metal license plates in the mail on Saturday, and I see some some new paper tags in my very near future...

thill444

That sucks. I am guessing this was the A8 automatic?

detroitguy

I'm awaiting a final response today from GM regarding my lemon law case. I'm worried they're going to offer me something similar (e.g. free OnStar). What a joke.

Have you looked into the BBB Auto Line? That's how I got things moving along.

rogue3standingby

Yeah, the A8. 0/10. Would not buy again.

If GM was trying to attract a younger crowd with the C7 who weren't already "vette guys", good luck to them. But here's a 35yo guy who will never own one again, at any price.

dbintegrity

Well unfortunately if you were to boycott all of the car manufacturers that sold a lemon you'd probably be walking alot...
Truth is **** happens, how the manufacturers deal with the client tells the story in my eyes.
With that said I'm done with Ford, but for more than one lemon, 2 as a matter of fact.... They were more concerned for profits, than the client.. I'm sure they're all the same....

rogue3standingby

I work for Toyota manufacturing, I work with quality engineers all day long. We have a couple thousand of the new 2018 Camry's here on site that they are going over with a fine-toothed comb before launch. I know as well as anybody that any brand can have problems. I did the Lemon Law dance with BMW in Florida back in 2011 too (parasitic drain).

Still, a couple of my best friends here in Houston are die-hard Chevy guys. Yet, one of them had a catastrophic engine failure on a 2013 Camaro that made him go down the full stroker engine swap path. The other just had a transmission failure on his brand new 2016 Camaro. It's like "guys, why are you so apologetic over them? You don't own stock in the brand." I literally don't know a person that has owned a Chevy Camaro or Corvette longer than 15,000mi without a catastrophic core mechanical failure. As far as my sphere of friends, friggin DUCATI is a bastion of reliability by comparison. Let's think about that one for a sec.

Yes, 4 of us is statistically insignificant, I get that. But somebody else can work out the math, being a GM customer is just not for me.

ScottKolek

Post responses like this to social media, i.e. Facebook, will get lots of bad press, then GM will start to take notice, and others, and treat customers better.

spinkick

Hey man! I ride a Ducati and Audi has really done wonders for them. My oil changes are 9,000 miles and 18k on the valve timing check .. but I know what you are saying. Harley may want to buy them :barf:

Also consider that Camaros and Corvettes are beat on for fun more than a Camry. Not apoligizing for them, but I think its different.

I have family in GM and specifically at the proving grounds its insane the level of testing and work that they do. Its just a numbers game when you are making so many cars, with so many partners and hands touching them, its a wonder anything works and that they can warranty stuff like this.

1955nomad

The haters must have found the corvette web site. Maybe they should go to the Yugo site and complain about there cars.

pewter99

actually the amount of complaints on here vs the vast number of Corvettes out there is ridiculous.....we should have 1 or 2....not dozens

Always Red Dave

^^^ 156,789 posts HOLY SHI"!!!!!WOW!!!

Vetteman Jack

Exactly. If you fall within your state's guidelines, give me hell.