C7 Reliability?
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Is 5% the percentage reported here on this site? If so, when extrapolated out to the general C7 population, I would say this number of 4000 owners is higher than the real world, as this site is always going to skew numbers of problems towards the high end.
Can you explain exactly how "we" came up with this number?
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I'm curious how "we" came up with this number.
Is 5% the percentage reported here on this site? If so, when extrapolated out to the general C7 population, I would say this number of 4000 owners is higher than the real world, as this site is always going to skew numbers of problems towards the high end.
Can you explain exactly how "we" came up with this number?
Is 5% the percentage reported here on this site? If so, when extrapolated out to the general C7 population, I would say this number of 4000 owners is higher than the real world, as this site is always going to skew numbers of problems towards the high end.
Can you explain exactly how "we" came up with this number?
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One note, AFM nay function differently outside the USA where CAFE regulations are not an issue. OP this is worth looking into, if your version of the C7 doesn't run AFM in all modes like the US one you may be golden.
All evidence points to AFM being the cause of most A8 issues (or more specifically, use of the torque converter to dampen AFM vibrations) -- so if you live in a country where modes other than Eco are AFM-free, you may be completely fine with an A8.
All evidence points to AFM being the cause of most A8 issues (or more specifically, use of the torque converter to dampen AFM vibrations) -- so if you live in a country where modes other than Eco are AFM-free, you may be completely fine with an A8.
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One note, AFM nay function differently outside the USA where CAFE regulations are not an issue. OP this is worth looking into, if your version of the C7 doesn't run AFM in all modes like the US one you may be golden.
All evidence points to AFM being the cause of most A8 issues (or more specifically, use of the torque converter to dampen AFM vibrations) -- so if you live in a country where modes other than Eco are AFM-free, you may be completely fine with an A8.
All evidence points to AFM being the cause of most A8 issues (or more specifically, use of the torque converter to dampen AFM vibrations) -- so if you live in a country where modes other than Eco are AFM-free, you may be completely fine with an A8.
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I'm curious how "we" came up with this number.
Is 5% the percentage reported here on this site? If so, when extrapolated out to the general C7 population, I would say this number of 4000 owners is higher than the real world, as this site is always going to skew numbers of problems towards the high end.
Can you explain exactly how "we" came up with this number?
Is 5% the percentage reported here on this site? If so, when extrapolated out to the general C7 population, I would say this number of 4000 owners is higher than the real world, as this site is always going to skew numbers of problems towards the high end.
Can you explain exactly how "we" came up with this number?
17% (61) of 359 responses reported a failure in the largest poll. I sure don't know where 5% came from. Several other polls all showed about 15%. Based upon this, GM would be lucky as hell if it's only 5% in "the real world."
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-tracking.html
Last edited by Foosh; Jul 13, 2017 at 03:00 PM.
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It's not very hard to find. It's the #1 sticky at the top of the C7 General section of this forum.
17% (61) of 359 responses reported a failure in the largest poll. I sure don't know where 5% came from. Several other polls all showed about 15%. Based upon this, GM would be lucky as hell if it's only 5% in "the real world."
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-tracking.html
17% (61) of 359 responses reported a failure in the largest poll. I sure don't know where 5% came from. Several other polls all showed about 15%. Based upon this, GM would be lucky as hell if it's only 5% in "the real world."
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-tracking.html
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From: Far Nor Cal. Jefferson State
It's not very hard to find. It's the #1 sticky at the top of the C7 General section of this forum.
17% (61) of 359 responses reported a failure in the largest poll. I sure don't know where 5% came from. Several other polls all showed about 15%. Based upon this, GM would be lucky as hell if it's only 5% in "the real world."
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-tracking.html
17% (61) of 359 responses reported a failure in the largest poll. I sure don't know where 5% came from. Several other polls all showed about 15%. Based upon this, GM would be lucky as hell if it's only 5% in "the real world."
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-tracking.html
In the real world I would doubt less than 1%
This reminds me of all those other car / motorcycle problems and internet saturation of the few! Like final drive BMW M/C problems, which was massive on the net and one day I asked my BMW M/C "old tech" at a large BMW shop which took care of about 10 CHP Areas and numerous City motors. He said they have had one or two in all those yrs. I had ridden at least 4 of those bikes in question all over the western 11 and rode hard and fast miles, not a problem.
Last edited by Holster Maker; Jul 13, 2017 at 07:26 PM.
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Somehow, I don't think it's quite that low. If so, GM would be the first to say it, but they have been very tight-lipped despite considerable negative publicity.
Last edited by Foosh; Jul 14, 2017 at 12:50 AM.