YES! This thread is about C8 Problems. It's time to put away your sensitive feelings about other brands and STAY ON TOPIC. Let's face it. All other cars are **** compared to my C8.

 

Not sure how a "sticky for real world C8 problems" makes the C8 problems look smaller. In my opinion t does make them look bigger. Everyone knows that people who post on "xyz problems" forums usually have problems they like to talk about.

This user sure sounds like a troll.

 

Make a video when you’re driving around. Make sure the radio is not playing so, hopefully, you can pick up the sound. It will be helpful to the mechanic or possibly later if you have to escalate it to GM.

 

And one more comment but I’m not sure it’s an apples to apples comparison. Many, many times my car makes a loud, distinct mechanical sound when shifting from from park to reverse. It might happen other times but park to reverse is especially noticeable because when I go from park to reverse it’s often in my garage in a tightly confined space.

It’s so pronounced that my wife came out to check on it one time because she thought the garage door had malfunctioned/hung up.

 

Pretty common. I wiped with some silicon spray that is supposed to be safe for rubber gasket / weather stripping. Problem solved.

My C8 has always had some odd clunky noises when I sit inside the garage with windows down. Going into R or park, etc. I never use the EPB in the garage after I left it engaged one time and didn't drive the car for several weeks, then put it in R and hit gas before I remembered to first disengage the EPB. It made a loud bang and was quite shocking. I think it was actually stuck to the rotor.

 

Mine isn’t EPB. Pretty clear it is a mechanical shift from P to R.

 

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MOST SATISFYING
Chevrolet Corvette
94
Porsche 911
90
Kia Telluride
88
Rivian R1T
88
Ford Maverick Hybrid
88
Hyundai Ioniq 5
88
Polestar 2
88
Subaru BRZ
88
Toyota GR86
88
Toyota RAV4 Prime
87
Mazda MX-5 Miata
86
Dodge Challenger
86
LEAST SATISFYING
Kia Forte
51
Nissan Altima
51
Nissan Kicks
49
Volkswagen Taos
48
Kia Seltos
48
Jeep Compass
46
Mercedes-Benz GLA
45
Infiniti QX50
40
Mercedes-Benz GLB
39
Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport
38

Stand Out—and Deliver

For the second year in a row, the Chevrolet Corvette is the most satisfying vehicle in our survey. It’s unabashedly a high-performance sports car that, with its 2020 redesign, could be mistaken for a Ferrari or Lamborghini. Joining it at the top of the list are the iconic Porsche 911 and brawny Dodge Challenger, a modern take on the 1970s muscle car. People buy these cars for their performance and looks, and their high satisfaction scores prove they give their owners just what they want.

But big power isn’t a requirement for admittance to the most satisfying car club. The Subaru BRZ and Toyota GR86 sports car twins and the Mazda MX-5 Miata roadster also make the list of the most satisfying cars, even though they produce one-half to one-third less horsepower than the Corvette, 911, and Challenger. They prove there’s more to a fun sports car than just lots of power.

 

Thanks, good info. I do agree with the #1 standing. Having owned my 2020 for 3+ years of pure driving pleasure and never once visited the dealer for anything other than the 3 Fs (fluids, filters & flush) how else could I rate the C8?

Although... they must not have asked any of the Vette owners that lost DCTs.

 

I have a 3LT 2022 with just shy of 30,000 miles all trouble free, until now. I parked it came back to leave and it would not start, engine light is on says service transmission, dash says push start button again, which nothing happens, seat belt chime is going off and will not quite, lights are on front and tail lights. You can not open the funk with the button on the door panel or fob, and the button under the grill will not open it, and the same with the engine hood. Luckly you can get out. You have to pull the cable loop up by the brake pedal to open the funk, then remove the the plastic to get to the battery. Disconnect the nagetive battery terminal wait a couple of minutes, hook the terminal back up. As soon as you do that all the lights go off computer reboots and all is fine again. I was hoping. Trans fluid says it has a life of 35% yet. . Then two days later the same thing happened. So I will be takeing it in to my dealer as soon as they can get me in. My question is has any body heard of this happening before. If so what was the problem? Thanks. If things are spelled wrong don't jump on me, at 76 fingers don't always go where I tell them to.

 

are you keeping the car hooked up to a trickle charger when you’re not using it? This car uses a lot of battery when parked, so if you are keeping it parked for a while between drives, the battery could be getting low enough to where it’s getting the internal electronics flaky.

 

I lost a DCT and still the C8 Stingray was the most satisfying sports car I’ve ever owned… Until I got the Z06. once they replace the transmission, I had zero problems with it and hey: it’s a risk you take buying a first year model (which is, of course, why I turned around and did the same damn thing again with the Z06, but I am hoping this one will be fine).

 

Another Transmission bites the dust!

 

doesn’t sound like it to me, sounds like electrical gremlins given the come and go nature of them but we’ll see.

 

So much for your tiny data sample.
I've seen so many similar rankings over the years. The Corvette consistently has high owner satisfaction, just as does Tesla, yet Tesla's only model that is not worse or much worse than average is the Model 3. Owners love them because they out-accelerate most other vehicles on the road. And we all know how fast the Plaid versions are. As an owner of Corvettes for 33 years, and a longtime member of this forum, I know that owners tend to overlook issues from nuisance ones to failed transmissions. They are very loyal to the car and often to GM.

 

Here we go again. I’ve never trusted CR, highly persuasive toward Japanese cars. Again, this is for real world C8 problems, not brand bashing. I’m not loyal to any one brand but I have had enough vehicles (including Japanese) and not all good to make my own judgement, so please keep this thread to problems, or start a corvette/ GM bashing thread on the corvette forum.

 

If you don't trust CR, you don't trust the Corvette owners who filled out the surveys. CR doesn't take surveys and selectively throw out the ones that show good reliability. I'm a moderator in a Lexus forum because I was asked to be. There are very few, if any younger than 20 years of age. Hopefully, GM as a whole improves; I've always rooted for them since 1979 when I bought my 68 C3. I rented a 2022 C8 (Turo) and enjoyed driving it and giving it back to the owner whom I wished the best of luck.

 

I've Had a Lot of GM vehicles in my day. Most were bought used and lasted a very long time. Only one new GM vehicle was a problem child. I feel it was because the technology in 1985 was beyond the GM repair shops ability to diagnose and fix the issues. I wound up fixing it myself. A wire occasionally rubbing on the exhaust shielding causing a short.

My daughter had a Lexus, my other daughter Audi , both were worse then any GM vehicle I've owned. I tend to feel that if the vehicle is a problem, it's just a bad luck draw or improper tech support at the dealer.

A friends C7 was just overfilled with oil when the dealer changed the oil. Luckey he checked it . The list goes on.

I agree no car mass-produced is perfect. With all the car companies outsourcing parts, the problem goes universal. Just look at the air bags .


No, I don't trust CR, purchased one of their recommended washers, biggest POS ever. I do remember the Omni and Lexus 460 ,, read then at the doctors office.

 

I have a 23 C8 and wonder if anyone has these problems.
1. When I put the conv top back up…the passenger window will close then open about an inch. I try to close it band it opens back up about an inch. Have to close a few times before it actually stays closed.
2. When I get a full take of gas…the until empty never seems the same. It one day will show, say 388 until empty. The next time it could be as much as 425. I thought maybe the gas station pump didn’t fill all the way but when it’s in the 300s on full…I can drive 100 miles and the gauge will only go down maybe 30 miles Each time it’s different.

 

#1 Sounds like a problem...Take it to a dealer.

#2 Is not a problem...Those fill to empty figures are estimates based on your prior driving mpg history and will change accordingly after each fill up.......