Fuel tank
Burning Brakes
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From: Ponte Vedra Florida
Instructor
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From: Porter Ranch CA
Speculation is that these cars are a complete p. o. s. Never in my life have I seen so many stupid issues with these GM cars. Same old, same old. I guess I thought that if I boycotted them long enough, they would figure it out? Well, a 35 year wait apparently wasn't long enough for GM to straighten s*** out over there.
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Melting Slicks
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Speculation is that these cars are a complete p. o. s. Never in my life have I seen so many stupid issues with these GM cars. Same old, same old. I guess I thought that if I boycotted them long enough, they would figure it out? Well, a 35 year wait apparently wasn't long enough for GM to straighten s*** out over there.
Burning Brakes
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From: Ponte Vedra Florida
Speculation is that these cars are a complete p. o. s. Never in my life have I seen so many stupid issues with these GM cars. Same old, same old. I guess I thought that if I boycotted them long enough, they would figure it out? Well, a 35 year wait apparently wasn't long enough for GM to straighten s*** out over there.
Melting Slicks
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From: Sarasota Florida
Speculation is that these cars are a complete p. o. s. Never in my life have I seen so many stupid issues with these GM cars. Same old, same old. I guess I thought that if I boycotted them long enough, they would figure it out? Well, a 35 year wait apparently wasn't long enough for GM to straighten s*** out over there.
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From: Hagerstown MD
St. Jude Donor '15-'16,'18
My experience was a strong raw fuel smell that got worse when tank was full. Did have gas on garage floor on a hot day. Took 2 trips to the dealer to diagnose the issue. This was in the fall of 2016.
Melting Slicks
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HA! HA! As I was saying before rmorin1249 got here to back me up.
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Instructor
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From: Porter Ranch CA
Instructor
Joined: May 2018
Posts: 162
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From: Porter Ranch CA
Pretty much every brand out there has issues. It could be worse, GM could totally ignore it. I've had Corvettes for the past 10 years and have driven them over 100K miles with few problems that weren't fixed easily. If I start smelling gas fumes, it goes to the dealer. No big deal. I'm not going to lose sleep over it.
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I hear ya. That's the attitude you have to have to be a GM owner. It's sad, but why let it get to you. You know going in that they are a crap MFG and the product they make is going to fall apart with the dumbest of problems. You just have to man up if you want a vette and the ridiculous "warbles "and gas leaks and transmissions, and rear ends going out after 1000 miles and the paint issues and the yada yada yada yada. Just have to deal with it like you would a 50 year old Resto Mod. Preparation in knowing you are going to open a can of worms by owning a GM product helps with the experience of being ripped off due to the FALL APARTS.
Melting Slicks
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From: DFW, TX
A. Me
B. My wife
C. My car
D. My garage
E. Only the defective part
F. All of the above
G. Some of the above
H. None of the above
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Speculation is that these cars are a complete p. o. s. Never in my life have I seen so many stupid issues with these GM cars. Same old, same old. I guess I thought that if I boycotted them long enough, they would figure it out? Well, a 35 year wait apparently wasn't long enough for GM to straighten s*** out over there.
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Race Director
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From: Lansing MI
Just a thought.
Last edited by PatternDayTrader; May 29, 2018 at 11:17 AM.
Le Mans Master
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From: Las Vegas NV
If someone is genuinely worried they may have a car suffering from this issue, it might be worth it to intentionally drive around for several days, with something less than a half tank of gas. Being less than half full, it shouldn't leak raw fuel, and the cars evaporative emissions system self testing should occur hopefully setting a check engine light if there is actually a problem.
Just a thought.
Just a thought.
If I hated a brand as much as they do, I sure as hell wouldn’t waste my time on their forum, but I suppose some like to make a hobby out of complaining.
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Good thought, but you are assuming that some of these people actually are interested in a solution. Some just want to bitch and moan, describing every problem ever to occur as pervasive and common to the model.
If I hated a brand as much as they do, I sure as hell wouldn’t waste my time on their forum, but I suppose some like to make a hobby out of complaining.