C8 problems
Melting Slicks
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Except he has already given the car back to the dealer and gotten his money back - but has the first right to re-purchase when repaired. Could be the dealer is deliberately trying to delay repairing the car so as the OP gives up. They then repair the car and sell it with a hefty ADM. Wouldn't put it past the dealer to do this. If I were the OP I would send an email to Mary Barra as others have done in similar situations with very good results.
You are right...that is exactly what the dealer is doing - the part has been sitting in the sales manager's office and will go into the car the moment he says "I give up." ADM, here we come!
Melting Slicks
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If this happened to me, I would have gone to GM parts direct online and attempted to purchase an injector.
If I had received that injector, I would then have walked into the dealer to talk with manager again. If he fed me his line of BS again about parts not being available, I would have pulled the injector out and slapped it on the table and then talked about options for not being sued. Hopefully in a one-party consent state for video recording.
If I had received that injector, I would then have walked into the dealer to talk with manager again. If he fed me his line of BS again about parts not being available, I would have pulled the injector out and slapped it on the table and then talked about options for not being sued. Hopefully in a one-party consent state for video recording.
Melting Slicks
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From: Brentwood CA
In retrospect, maybe I f'd up in getting my money back, and maybe they would have been more diligent in pursuing a warranty replacement part. But, the heartburn I have is they're cranking these things out every day and they can't spare one injector? Is there anything special I'm missing? Do they need to be flow-matched where they have to replace all eight at once?
Racer
Joined: Oct 2019
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From: San Diego
Not talking specifically about any individual’s paint, or their ability to the evaluate the condition thereof-two different people could look at the same paint job and one may think it looks great while the other, perhaps with a more discerning eye, could find swirl marks/scratches at the right angle in the right light. Eye of the beholder.
Obviously it’s also going to vary greatly depending on what color you’re judging, black showing faults far more than light colors.
Moreover, the biggest culprit is often the dealership. D.I.S. Dealer installed swirls/scratches. Have you seen the terrible methods dealerships employ to destroy a brand new car’s paint? Often just spraying them down and wiping them with the same filthy rag, car after car.
I’m a bit of a detail nut, I felt as though my brand new (black) Q50 needed a full paint correction, which I did myself. Nearly everyone that I showed thought I was crazy and couldn’t believe that I would spend an entire weekend correcting a brand new car’s paint that they thought looked great.
Melting Slicks
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I’m also one whose dealer absolutely honored my instructions that they were not to touch the paint at all during pdi.
i suspect this is no coincidence.
Racer
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From: San Diego
That’s great to hear. My car sat for a while on the lot and I’m sure it was washed several times before I bought it. I talked to my salesman, that I met through an Infiniti forum and specifically asked that they not wash again before I flew from San Diego to Redlands to pick it up. It would just get filthy on the long drive back anyway.
Of course, it was throughly “detailed” before I got there. Now, I always make sure to tell my local dealer not to do the free wash when I bring it in for service.
Since then, I’ve vowed to do the same as you when buying my next car.
Melting Slicks
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That’s great to hear. My car sat for a while on the lot and I’m sure it was washed several times before I bought it. I talked to my salesman, that I met through an Infiniti forum and specifically asked that they not wash again before I flew from San Diego to Redlands to pick it up. It would just get filthy on the long drive back anyway.
Of course, it was throughly “detailed” before I got there. Now, I always make sure to tell my local dealer not to do the free wash when I bring it in for service.
Since then, I’ve vowed to do the same as you when buying my next car.
Of course, it was throughly “detailed” before I got there. Now, I always make sure to tell my local dealer not to do the free wash when I bring it in for service.
Since then, I’ve vowed to do the same as you when buying my next car.
Racer
Joined: Mar 2014
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From: Marco Island FL
If this happened to me, I would have gone to GM parts direct online and attempted to purchase an injector.
If I had received that injector, I would then have walked into the dealer to talk with manager again. If he fed me his line of BS again about parts not being available, I would have pulled the injector out and slapped it on the table and then talked about options for not being sued. Hopefully in a one-party consent state for video recording.
If I had received that injector, I would then have walked into the dealer to talk with manager again. If he fed me his line of BS again about parts not being available, I would have pulled the injector out and slapped it on the table and then talked about options for not being sued. Hopefully in a one-party consent state for video recording.
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From: DFW, TX
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Advanced
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From: NJ
Since I don't' think I have seen anyone else post it yet here, there are multiple owners with windshield distortion defects being reported in these other threads. My car suffers from this unfortunately, you can see a video I posted in there in the second link, its pretty bad:
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c8-general-discussion/4582752-windshield-distortion-defect.html
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c8-general-discussion/4519402-windshield-waves-in-glass.html
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c8-general-discussion/4582752-windshield-distortion-defect.html
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c8-general-discussion/4519402-windshield-waves-in-glass.html
Racer
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From: DFW, TX
Since I don't' think I have seen anyone else post it yet here, there are multiple owners with windshield distortion defects being reported in these other threads. My car suffers from this unfortunately, you can see a video I posted in there in the second link, its pretty bad:
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c8-general-discussion/4582752-windshield-distortion-defect.html
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c8-general-discussion/4519402-windshield-waves-in-glass.html
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c8-general-discussion/4582752-windshield-distortion-defect.html
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c8-general-discussion/4519402-windshield-waves-in-glass.html
Lazy dealers may try to say the position of that wave is on the side and "doesn't interfere with the drives view". I have anxiety that would happen to me and I'd have to fight to get it replaced.
Instructor
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NY has a 30 day threshold for Lemon Law , I'm already at day 8
, would rather not have to start over with another car but if the biggest car company on the planet can't get me a new fuel injector not sure I'm good with the car in the long haul...
4th Gear
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Before my brand new C8 left the dealership, they detected a transmission sensor failure and has been told by GM to replace all of the sensors. Requires disassembling, replacing the sensors, and reassembling the trans,. If this doesn't work I may be waiting for a new tranny too!
Racer
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From: Marco Island FL
Before my brand new C8 left the dealership, they detected a transmission sensor failure and has been told by GM to replace all of the sensors. Requires disassembling, replacing the sensors, and reassembling the trans,. If this doesn't work I may be waiting for a new tranny too!
Racer
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Before my brand new C8 left the dealership, they detected a transmission sensor failure and has been told by GM to replace all of the sensors. Requires disassembling, replacing the sensors, and reassembling the trans,. If this doesn't work I may be waiting for a new tranny too!
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Race Director
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I've been asking them to do the same for 13 years. As I tell people, as long as customers keep buying, there is little incentive for GM to improve quality/reliability.
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