Roof opens halfway and stops roof ***** to one side anyone with similar problems?

 

Something has broken or gone out of adjustment, take it to your dealer and let us know what it is!

 

It's a shame a dealer is going to get their hands on that car, but you're left with no alternative. Good luck

 

Why is it a shame? I suppose that it’s a shame it has a warranty, too. You make no sense.

 

He assumes Chevy dealers are incompetent and they can't fix anything because unlike him the mechanics aren't retired and don't spend their newfound free time wondering why GM didn't put grill guards on the car.

 

Well, fellas, I gather from your comments that you think I am the only one who's read the volumes of complaints from (mostly C7 owners) about dealers making more problems than when the car first came in for repair. Read why so many do their own oil changes. It's because they don't want their car left with too much or too little oil, or have the car damaged when being out on a lift. And on, and on ...

Really, guys? Am I alone in my comment?
​​​​And boys, let's keep our comments aimed at our comments, not each other.

 

Yes, it appears that you are alone. There are many on this forum who took the time to seek out a dealer with a competent tech who will take good care of their car, as I did. Maybe you should do the same, instead of complaining. Possibly contact the local Corvette club and see who they recommend.

 

 

For people that have a Chevy dealership on every block it may not be a big deal to find a competent tech. But some of us live in places where dealers are few and far between. The closest competent tech may be hours away making it impractical to go to that dealer unless it is really necessary. And then either stay in a hotel or hope they have a rental car available.

 

In this case it’s unfortunate. However the majority of Corvette owners have more than one vehicle. Taking the car to a dealer for warranty work should not be a huge deal. It’s mechanical and things happen. These tops have 6 motors and it sounds like one has an issue. Shouldn’t be to difficult for a mechanic to fix.

 

I'm with you. I'm on a C8 wait list (will be my first Corvette) and I'm trying to plan ahead. There's a respected Corvette dealership and tech two miles down the road from our house but I'm more concerned with problems while traveling. I certainly won't be able to choose the tech I want. I didn't realize until two weeks ago when I stopped by the Chevy dealership in my relatively small Missouri hometown (population 12K including the prison inmates) that the dealership wouldn't touch a Corvette. I had assumed that the small Chevy dealership could service a C8 since my hometown Chevy dealership sold and serviced Corvettes when I lived there as a teenager in the 1960's. I was told I would have to go to the nearest Corvette dealership 30 miles away. Even worse, on our usual route north of my hometown to where other relatives we visit live, there are no Corvette dealers for 200 miles unless we zig zag around eastern Iowa. I spent a couple of hours on the GM website two days ago finding every Corvette dealership that was even close to the route.

Maybe I'm bonkers for assuming that a C8 could be used as a daily driver and in rural America. I've been on car forums since before Al Gore invented the Internet and I can't remember a new or redesigned model having nearly as many problems as being reported for the C8. The worst issue my first year (1990) Lexus LS had was the supposedly melting high mounted brake light that Jay Leno joked about on the Tonight Show which was really only minor overheating caused by too large a bulb. After seeing multiple threads about HTC top issues, I'm starting to wonder if my HTC tool kit should include a tarp and duct tape to cover the interior if the top fails.

C8 ownership may be more of an adventure than I realized. I didn't mind occasional (OK, daily) reliability issues 54 years ago when I was driving a Triumph Spitfire in rural American but I didn't have a handicapped wife in the passenger seat back then.

 

Out of curiosity I asked the service advisor at my local Chevy dealer how many C8's they had gotten in. I was informed that due to the cost involved in tools and training that they had opted out of the Corvette program. The nearest dealer that I would consider a "medium to high" volume dealership is about 2 hrs. away. Makes me think twice about a C8.

 

It’s a shame it doesn’t work. I get it.

 

16 motors, relays and limit switches is a just a failure waiting to happen.. Can't wait for one of mine to crash and burn.. The complexity of the motors, relays and limit switches almost made me get a coupe, but I didn't. So far ... 3500miles.... so good

 

Where did you come up with 16 motors? That's not accurate.

And motors, relays and limit switches have been around for more than a century. They are simple, proven, reliable technology. Every car on the road is full of them. Unless you want to get rid of power seats, mirrors, motorized adjustable steering wheel, the rear hatch pull down, the power steering and brakes, your C8 is full of electrical complexity whether it's a coupe of HTC.

LOL.

 

I hate to say it this way in today's woke environment, but I do feel special when I go to my dealership. I've always been treated great, but it has risen even from there. I guess that comes with spending MSRP and a lot at that. I have a dedicated C8 trained technician assigned to my C8. So, I have No Problem having my dealership servicing my C8.

 

I guess its a good thing that the top is made by a company that specializes in them, not GM.

 

Correct. It's 6 electric motors and some gears.

 

Reminds me of Mercedes - Why use 1 part when 6 will do!
Coupe only needs 2 hands - 1 person.

'sorry that you are having problems.

 

Exactly that top mechanism is a failure waiting to happen. Once out of warranty look out! The worst part is you can’t manually lower it once it’s stuck up it down.