Mechanic certification
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From: Murphy NC
Mechanic certification
Does GM have specific training for mechanics working on C8’s?
we live in a very rural area of Western NC. I’d love to be able to verify if a dealer has a mechanic on staff that is actually trained on the car.
thanks,
Tom H.
we live in a very rural area of Western NC. I’d love to be able to verify if a dealer has a mechanic on staff that is actually trained on the car.
thanks,
Tom H.
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The corvette tech at my local dealership was sent somewhere when the C8 came out, and there is on going training too, at my dealership it's one person, he has been taking care of my Corvette's for over 30 years, he is wonderful
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Pretty sure in order for a dealer to sell Vettes they have to have atleast one guy trained on them. I could be wrong but it use to be that way when I turned wrenches for GM, I was on the Pontiac/GMC side of the fence though so never got to go.
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Just ro give you an idea of how rural my area is, no corvette club within 80 miles and the nearest 3 Chevy dealers have never had a corvette allocation. Trucks and jeeps are the big sellers around here.
nearest dealer that sells corvettes is about 2 hours away.
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nearest dealer that sells corvettes is about 2 hours away.
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Yep, being a Chevrolet dealer does not make you a Corvette dealer. It's a separate certification with separate requirements one of which is having tech(s) trained to work on Corvettes. And if you think you have it bad, until very recently (2 months ago), my nearest Corvette dealer was 550 miles away.
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I have a friend who is a Corvette certified GM mechanic. A dealer cannot order a Corvette until a Tech is trained. That is not to say some dealers may try to just service never selling one. I would guess GM would deny paying the dealer for warranty work if the tech was not certified.
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I think I would want my car serviced by a tech that has specialized training on the platform. I know my local dealer has a couple of techs that work on Corvettes and they have received training from GM.
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Go to chevrolet.com and click on Find a Dealer, filter for Corvette Certified Dealer then look for a Corvette Signature dealer.
Just picking Marble NC the Find a Dealer gives me two Corvette Signature dealers less than 50 miles away.
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I tried to make an appointment with the dealer who the local Corvette club recommended to service my C8 and they were impossible to deal with. I was in the rural dealer that I use for service on my Silverado and my wife’s Denali getting an oil change so I asked the Service Advisors if they service the C8. I spent the next 10 minutes listening to everything they had to learn when the C8 first came out, the ongoing training they get, and they told me what they had to buy to service C8s. They have two certified mechanics who service C8s. I took my C8 there for its one year oil change and was very impressed with how well they treated me and my car. This dealer only sells C8s to people who ask to buy one. They do occasionally have a C8 on their used car lot.
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The dealer also needs the Corvette Tool package. The dealership can not work on nor sell a C8 unless they have purchased the C8 specific tool package for a total cost of $1,454.
To Find your nearest local Chevrolet Certified Service dealer.
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I would guess a dealer would not do warranty work if they would not get reimbursed by GM. I doubt that GM requires a tech to be certified since most jobs on the C8 would not require special in-advance training. Plus, GM's knowledge base [shop manual, technical service bulletins etc] would provide instructions to service personnel.
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I've had my local Buick dealer do some warranty work on my C7. Chevrolet customer assistance was telling me to play dealer roulette when I was having trouble getting some problems corrected and they told me any GM dealer could do the work if they were willing.
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The dealer also needs the Corvette Tool package. The dealership can not work on nor sell a C8 unless they have purchased the C8 specific tool package for a total cost of $1,454.To Find your nearest local Chevrolet Certified Service dealer. https://www.chevrolet.com/certified-...dealer-locator