C8 problems
Le Mans Master
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Yes - two pushes but I didn't hold it longer on the second push. I'll try that because the trunk opens no problem with the key fob. Thanks!
Yes I did and it was a great experience. Unfortunately Chris was on vacation when my car arrived last week and there was a couple of bungled hand-offs, but when I got to the dealership to pick up the car everything went very smoothly.
Racer
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From: Atlanta, GA
Fast Dawg, about your frunk not opening w/the key fob... I don't want to insult your intelligence because maybe you've already thought of these possible ideas. If you have another key fob, will it open the frunk? If so, problem found, its the key fob. Have you tried to open the frunk with the button on the front of the car and/or with the manual pull release inside below the dash, driver's side? If these both work, it is probably not the frunk latch. If none of these work, it probably is something wrong with the frunk release or latch. I know they had some early problems with the frunk opening while people were driving the car and I read where they have corrected this issue. Hope you get this worked out o.k. w/o too much trouble. You need to be able to get into the frunk in case you need to charge the battery, otherwise you're out of business!
Le Mans Master
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Fast Dawg, about your frunk not opening w/the key fob... I don't want to insult your intelligence because maybe you've already thought of these possible ideas. If you have another key fob, will it open the frunk? If so, problem found, its the key fob. Have you tried to open the frunk with the button on the front of the car and/or with the manual pull release inside below the dash, driver's side? If these both work, it is probably not the frunk latch. If none of these work, it probably is something wrong with the frunk release or latch. I know they had some early problems with the frunk opening while people were driving the car and I read where they have corrected this issue. Hope you get this worked out o.k. w/o too much trouble. You need to be able to get into the frunk in case you need to charge the battery, otherwise you're out of business!
To answer your question, no I haven't tried the other key fob. I picked the car up from the dealer on Tuesday, drove it a lot that day, and you know how the weather has been since then. I stayed home and read the owner's manual!!
I took it back out yesterday. There are four of us here on the forum who regularly converse on the Rick Hendrick Duluth thread on this forum because we all recently took delivery of our C8s from Chris at RHD. We took him to lunch yesterday and had a great time. I left there and went to Athens for the UGA shellacking of South Carolina. I didn't discover the fob wouldn't open the frunk until I was parked in my parking deck there. The button on the driver's door opens it just fine and it closes without any problems. It was so humid yesterday - and again today - that I'll go out and try the other key fob tomorrow. I sweated enough at the game to last a week.
Thanks for the suggestions!!
Racer
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Sorry to hear, Sin City, same thing happened to me, twice now (luckily the second one was repairable)....one of the hazards of wider tires w/softer tread: higher odds they'll run over something and easier for it to penetrate the softer rubber. 
Drifting
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Engine Ticking?
At the risk of being redundant, I did check the search function and did not find what I was looking for so I apologize if my question has been asked/answered. So, I have about 370 miles on my 2021 C8 and I notice a ticking sound coming from the engine bay while driving at lower speeds. Seems to go away once I speed up but this may be because of wind noise. The car drives great and I don't notice any roughness or sporadic power loss etc. Is the ticking the direct injection orders anyone think I may have a problem brewing??? Thanks for the help guys... E
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Drifting
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I've plugged worse than that with a plug kit. Pretty easy if you do it yourself. The tires are Run Flats and have never heard of (or had) an issue with plugging them. I'd say the worst that would happen is it starts leaking again. Of course the retailers will want to sell you a tire.
Racer
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I've plugged worse than that with a plug kit. Pretty easy if you do it yourself. The tires are Run Flats and have never heard of (or had) an issue with plugging them. I'd say the worst that would happen is it starts leaking again. Of course the retailers will want to sell you a tire.
Here are official US Tire Manufacturers' Guidelines for tire puncture repair:
https://www.ustires.org/sites/defaul...handout_17.pdf
Last edited by improviz; Sep 20, 2021 at 04:50 PM.
Safety Car
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At the risk of being redundant, I did check the search function and did not find what I was looking for so I apologize if my question has been asked/answered. So, I have about 370 miles on my 2021 C8 and I notice a ticking sound coming from the engine bay while driving at lower speeds. Seems to go away once I speed up but this may be because of wind noise. The car drives great and I don't notice any roughness or sporadic power loss etc. Is the ticking the direct injection orders anyone think I may have a problem brewing??? Thanks for the help guys... E
Instructor
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From: BRIGHTWATERS NY
Update on allocation #'s...My allocation went from 377 down to 220 within the past 30 days at Macmulkin Chevrolet in Nashua NH..and they are starting the build outs on the 2022 Model Year...I sent in my $2k deposit in February 2021...Lets hope all the bugs are out of the 2022 model year...
Safety Car
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From: Virginia Beach, VA & Port Charlotte, FL
Update on allocation #'s...My allocation went from 377 down to 220 within the past 30 days at Macmulkin Chevrolet in Nashua NH..and they are starting the build outs on the 2022 Model Year...I sent in my $2k deposit in February 2021...Lets hope all the bugs are out of the 2022 model year...
Le Mans Master
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Got my car back. Took a day to get a tire. $671.
Glovebox not fixed. Some part is "backordered" Don't know which part but my feeling is its the switch. No idea when its available. Frustrating.
Car = great. Chevy service = not so much.
Glovebox not fixed. Some part is "backordered" Don't know which part but my feeling is its the switch. No idea when its available. Frustrating.
Car = great. Chevy service = not so much.
Last edited by Sin City; Sep 21, 2021 at 08:43 PM.
Safety Car
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I've plugged worse than that with a plug kit. Pretty easy if you do it yourself. The tires are Run Flats and have never heard of (or had) an issue with plugging them. I'd say the worst that would happen is it starts leaking again. Of course the retailers will want to sell you a tire.
The edge of the tire is being deformed in two directions (along the tread and up the sidewall) every time the bottom of the tire hits the ground. With a plug in it, you’re creating a stress increase around the plug at the tread to sidewall transition while it’s being deformed, that’s why they consider that area non repairable,
If they just wanted to sell you a tire, they’d just say the entire tire is unrepairable.
Last edited by Majestic94; Sep 22, 2021 at 07:16 PM.
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