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Don't bother with disconnecting the positive terminal on the battery. It's only risky, and adds no benefit when the ground/negative terminal is disconnected.
Hopefully it's a fuse or a corvette tech can come to your house with some diag tools.
That's odd you would say that. A corvette tech told me to do this when I was having a problem.
That's odd you would say that. A corvette tech told me to do this when I was having a problem.
Does the corvette tech understand thevenin-norton mesh nodal DC circuit analysis? Does he understand kirchoff's laws and electromotive force?
Maybe I should have just asked if he understands how a battery and a circuit work?
The only possible reason I can think of to justify removing both terminals is if you were actually thinking to clean the terminal lugs / connectors up. But in this case, you are only trying to remove power from the vehicle electronics so they will reset.
Just remove the ground (it's where all the magic pixies fly from).
Does the corvette tech understand thevenin-norton mesh nodal DC circuit analysis? Does he understand kirchoff's laws and electromotive force?
Maybe I should have just asked if he understands how a battery and a circuit work?
The only possible reason I can think of to justify removing both terminals is if you were actually thinking to clean the terminal lugs / connectors up. But in this case, you are only trying to remove power from the vehicle electronics so they will reset.
Just remove the ground (it's where all the magic pixies fly from).
LMAO - At first I thought you were an electrical engineer but your last sentence tells me otherwise. The magic pixies fly from positive to negative, not from negative.
In a separate thread I discussed my problem of the tonneau cover being stuck in the open position. I rattled the top and it drifted closed. Now it is working as it should. I will still take it to the dealership on Tuesday and report back on any findings. I doubt they will find anything.
LMAO - At first I thought you were an electrical engineer but your last sentence tells me otherwise. The magic pixies fly from positive to negative, not from negative.
You're kidding right? I am Physics/EE btw.
Charge carriers are electrons (aka magic pixies or angry pixies if you follow AvE). Electrons are negatively charged (-e). Electrons flow from the negative (anode) terminal of a battery to the positive (cathode). Yep, they flow from the negative or ground.
It's another reason why grounding is so important. I just spent a ton of work improving an earthing pit where for some reason the local environment would just not cooperate and the Fluke 1630 proved it.
Think of the positive side as having holes (positive charge or empty valence electrons) that want to be filled by electrons.
BTW, you are thinking of "traditional" current flow which is often thought of as positive charge flow thanks to Benjamin Franklin.
He was wrong, unfortunately (maybe he spent too much time with those French ladies and they clouded his thinking?)
I am unsure if anyone has posted about this glitch yet, but I don't know if I would even believe it had I not documented it on video...
My 2023 Corvette C8 would not turn off - the battery stayed on as well as all the lights - despite locking the car, turning it off and on again, rotating the lights control selector in all possible directions, and even driving it around the driveway. The battery stayed on and produced a humming noise. I spent about 20+ minutes trying to get the car to turn off fully.
Luckily, I came back out to the garage to grab my GoPro from the car or else my battery would have died.
Here's how I fixed it:
I noticed that car had 999 miles as I pulled into the garage late at night... I had one last theory to test. I drove the car down the street and back and got the vehicle to 1,000 miles and then the car was able to turn off. I'm not sure if this is specifically related to having 999 miles, but I thought it was funny.
Perhaps someone else with more expertise can comment.
I am unsure if anyone has posted about this glitch yet, but I don't know if I would even believe it had I not documented it on video...
My 2023 Corvette C8 would not turn off - the battery stayed on as well as all the lights - despite locking the car, turning it off and on again, rotating the lights control selector in all possible directions, and even driving it around the driveway. The battery stayed on and produced a humming noise. I spent about 20+ minutes trying to get the car to turn off fully.
Luckily, I came back out to the garage to grab my GoPro from the car or else my battery would have died.
Here's how I fixed it:
I noticed that car had 999 miles as I pulled into the garage late at night... I had one last theory to test. I drove the car down the street and back and got the vehicle to 1,000 miles and then the car was able to turn off. I'm not sure if this is specifically related to having 999 miles, but I thought it was funny.
Perhaps someone else with more expertise can comment.
I've never heard of this one, really strange. I'm not sure if the mileage has anything to do with it as there is no 1000 mile event that I know of. At 500 miles, the extra RPMs on enabled on the tach but this shouldn't do what you're describing. I would say the re-start of the car and driving it reset whatever electrical gremlin was causing the car not to shut down properly.
One thing that many have reported is that electrical gremlins can occur if the car's battery is not fully charged and that can affect sensors and other items. Do you have a battery maintainer on the car to ensure the battery is always fully charged?
These cars are so full of electronics it's most likely an electrical gremlin. I've had my 2021 for almost a year and have experienced a few minor gremlins that have went away without a trip to the dealer. Right now my rear vision camera will flicker from time to time, but until it breaks completely I'm not going to worry about it.
I am unsure if anyone has posted about this glitch yet, but I don't know if I would even believe it had I not documented it on video...
My 2023 Corvette C8 would not turn off - the battery stayed on as well as all the lights - despite locking the car, turning it off and on again, rotating the lights control selector in all possible directions, and even driving it around the driveway. The battery stayed on and produced a humming noise. I spent about 20+ minutes trying to get the car to turn off fully.
Luckily, I came back out to the garage to grab my GoPro from the car or else my battery would have died.
Here's how I fixed it:
I noticed that car had 999 miles as I pulled into the garage late at night... I had one last theory to test. I drove the car down the street and back and got the vehicle to 1,000 miles and then the car was able to turn off. I'm not sure if this is specifically related to having 999 miles, but I thought it was funny.
Perhaps someone else with more expertise can comment.
I've never heard of this one, really strange. I'm not sure if the mileage has anything to do with it as there is no 1000 mile event that I know of. At 500 miles, the extra RPMs on enabled on the tach but this shouldn't do what you're describing. I would say the re-start of the car and driving it reset whatever electrical gremlin was causing the car not to shut down properly.
One thing that many have reported is that electrical gremlins can occur if the car's battery is not fully charged and that can affect sensors and other items. Do you have a battery maintainer on the car to ensure the battery is always fully charged?
I do not at the moment but that's a good idea, I should get that out of storage, but I drive the car every day multiple times and had just parked it from a cruise when it happened. I'll keep an eye on it and chalk it up as an electrical gremlin for now. What's interesting is that I restarted it and drove it around but it wasn't until I hit 1,000 miles that it stopped.
It would take a bit of digging to see if this has happened to others, but at least the post is out there now for others to reference.
These cars are so full of electronics it's most likely an electrical gremlin. I've had my 2021 for almost a year and have experienced a few minor gremlins that have went away without a trip to the dealer. Right now my rear vision camera will flicker from time to time, but until it breaks completely I'm not going to worry about it.
I think I've experienced that one before (not on my new car) as well as a flickering infotainment screen. On one of the occasions, checking for an update helped the rear vision camera - or maybe it was the backup camera... Can't quite remember. But I agree with what you said!
2023 with less than 300 miles on it and ran into a transmission error code P 2715. Only had odd gears and ran like crap. They attempted all of the flushing etc. that GM recommends with no resolution. Gm told the tech I needed a replacement solenoid in the transmission. The unfortunate part is that they tell me no parts are available until mid October. Anyone had any luck getting anything out of Chevy for this long of a delay. The aggravation is that they do have the parts---they are just choosing to put them in new cars instead of mine. Customer service has been useless---they just tell me that it is the dealer's job to resolve the issue---i understand the supply chain but I think they should do something for an 90k car out of service for 60 days.
2023 with less than 300 miles on it and ran into a transmission error code P 2715. Only had odd gears and ran like crap. They attempted all of the flushing etc. that GM recommends with no resolution. Gm told the tech I needed a replacement solenoid in the transmission. The unfortunate part is that they tell me no parts are available until mid October. Anyone had any luck getting anything out of Chevy for this long of a delay. The aggravation is that they do have the parts---they are just choosing to put them in new cars instead of mine. Customer service has been useless---they just tell me that it is the dealer's job to resolve the issue---i understand the supply chain but I think they should do something for an 90k car out of service for 60 days.
I just has a similar situation. Needed a valve body for the same transmission problem. Dealer claimed is was on back order with a two-month (or more) wait. Turns out the part shipped the day after it was ordered and arrived a week later. After they installed that part they said the ordered more parts to finish the job with no idea of an arrival date. Again I braced for a long wait. Less than 24 hits later I got the call that my car was ready for pickup.
I hope your part arrives at least as quickly as mine did… and may you have better and more accurate communication from the dealer. Consider reaching out to GM customer assistance. In my case they provided better info about the part availability and shipping info.
No auto manufacturers are going to pull parts from their assembly facilities to repair built vehicles. I keep seeing posts saying “they can build new cars but they can’t get a part for mine.”
I am unsure if anyone has posted about this glitch yet, but I don't know if I would even believe it had I not documented it on video...
My 2023 Corvette C8 would not turn off - the battery stayed on as well as all the lights - despite locking the car, turning it off and on again, rotating the lights control selector in all possible directions, and even driving it around the driveway. The battery stayed on and produced a humming noise. I spent about 20+ minutes trying to get the car to turn off fully.
Luckily, I came back out to the garage to grab my GoPro from the car or else my battery would have died.
Here's how I fixed it:
I noticed that car had 999 miles as I pulled into the garage late at night... I had one last theory to test. I drove the car down the street and back and got the vehicle to 1,000 miles and then the car was able to turn off. I'm not sure if this is specifically related to having 999 miles, but I thought it was funny.
Perhaps someone else with more expertise can comment.
This is a strange one. Any chance it was related to an OTA install?
Brought my 2022 2LT home about a week ago. The very next day got a "Top Not Secure - speed limited to 58mph" when raising the top. Cycle the top several times and got the same message.
Dropped it off to the dealership. Put a diagnostic on the car and it pointed to the passenger side latching sensor near the top of the windshield. Replaced it, see attached pic and no joy !!! This week we will continue to diagnose the issue. No fun having gremlins so soon after purchase.
