C8 engine failure
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C8 engine failure
After taking delivery of my C8 and making it to the 500 mile mark, my car had engine trouble at 504 miles. Car had to be towed to the local dealer. Two weeks later, a new engine is being ordered and could take 2 more weeks to get the car back. A piston came apart and ruined the block. I guess I will be starting my break in period one more time.
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Talk about bad luck. Hope all goes well with the engine replacement and no more problems for a long, long time.
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After taking delivery of my C8 and making it to the 500 mile mark, my car had engine trouble at 504 miles. Car had to be towed to the local dealer. Two weeks later, a new engine is being ordered and could take 2 more weeks to get the car back. A piston came apart and ruined the block. I guess I will be starting my break in period one more time.
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Did you at least get to experience full throttle and explore the upper end of the rev range at least once? That's very unfortunate! I am very thankful to have had a trouble-free 2k mile drive home from taking delivery.
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After taking delivery of my C8 and making it to the 500 mile mark, my car had engine trouble at 504 miles. Car had to be towed to the local dealer. Two weeks later, a new engine is being ordered and could take 2 more weeks to get the car back. A piston came apart and ruined the block. I guess I will be starting my break in period one more time.
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Really sorry your luck ran dry op, hopefully that 2 week timeline is a worst case scenario and you’re set to go after that 😔.
if this or a transmission issue happen to mine quickly after when I get it, I’m going to make GM buy it back and just swear off GM products. Never owned a GM product yet and I’m hoping they don’t deliver a subpar product for my first.
if this or a transmission issue happen to mine quickly after when I get it, I’m going to make GM buy it back and just swear off GM products. Never owned a GM product yet and I’m hoping they don’t deliver a subpar product for my first.
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All these mechanical failures are truly unbelievable to me. I've frequented Porsche, Jeep, Lexus and Subaru forums over the last 20 years. I'm still kind of a newbie here and keep going back and forth on whether or not I want a C8. I bought several new Chevy's in the '70's and '80's including Corvettes, then all the quality issues and generally poor build got me looking for something better.
Anyway, sorry for what you guys with problems are going through. I guess that's the price you pay for belonging to the C8 club. Luckily, most have issue free cars but the problem ones see to be far too many as a percentage of the total.
Anyway, sorry for what you guys with problems are going through. I guess that's the price you pay for belonging to the C8 club. Luckily, most have issue free cars but the problem ones see to be far too many as a percentage of the total.
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