Suggestion: Drive the Vette to Ca for a vacation.... there is a very competent dealer about 100 miles from my house I can recommend.

 

Ive Been a service manager for Chevrolet and been in several roles for Chevrolet . My techs at autonation in palm beach greenacres are some of the best in the business . Lou bachroot has some good techs also . Cant say the same for bomnin or greico .

 

Tale of woe with my ZR1: Local dealer prefers to not even flush the A8. Freeland in Nashville put in the wrong fluid. Three dealerships didn't even realize there is a difference in the C7 stingray and ZR1 capacities of fluids. Hendrix in Hoover (south of Birmingham) claims they are the only ones certified to service the C8 in Alabama. In my personal experience GM is woefully short on bringing the service departments up to snuff. I would imagine there are those that are driving around in ill serviced vehicles that don't even know the difference. I would advise every C8 owner to educate themselves on the service requirements of the vehicle.

 

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The ZR1 has the third flush in it. Last two with the correct fluid. At only 5K+ miles or so it still shudders after 10 miles or so down the interstate. Not as badly but enough to create concern. I have no faith that any dealer can fix it at this time. The latest TSB even states that changing out the 'glazed' torque convertor won't fix it long term. I got a refund from Freeland. Of course the car was great before they screwed it up at 3K on odometer. The second flush, GM picked up. The last (third) was out of my pocket. I will continue to track the car until it shuts down. I have the 56K/7yr GM warranty. The most expensive vehicle in my garage and the one I would not want to go long distance in. It would appear Chevy screwed this one from dealership education to service department cutting corners to save money. Not only is a competent dealership a hit and miss proposition, there is the communication problem among service writer, mechanic and the minimum wage fluid changer. I had called Freeland in Nashville to make sure they knew what was required to service the ZR1. Service writer said they had two ZR1 specialists and that one was in Atlanta for an ongoing training seminar the day I called. He stated that the procedure after the first track day was, indeed, a Triple Flush (which I knew). When I checked the receipt after experiencing problems I discovered they used the 3 year old fluid, only did a double flush (16 qts.) and only put in 2qts. of rear end fluid.