Dealer Corvette technicians
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Dealer Corvette technicians
Corvette has done a great job of introducing this car but, I haven't heard anything about the Techs being trained to repair or make adjustments to these new cars once they all show up in Feb,March ?
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I thought GM forced the dealership to have someone go in for training before they are even to sell the new C8's.. I would assume they all or most have gone to this training already. Maybe some of the forum dealers can give more info as to when and how long the training is for.
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A buddy of mine said his son, a tech at a PA dealer, is being sent to Ron Fellows for training and driving experience with the C8.
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Spoke to my local dealer tech at the reveal last night. He hasn't received any C8 specific training yet, but is scheduled to and will be attending Ron Fellows as well to get a "feel" for the cars and what they can do.
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IIRC, for the C7 dealers that wanted to sell and service the Corvette were required to send two technicians to Spring Mountain for training on the car.
I know that for the C8 there is a specific set of tools the dealer has to buy in order to sell an service the C8, but I don't know what requirement for service technicians are.
I know that for the C8 there is a specific set of tools the dealer has to buy in order to sell an service the C8, but I don't know what requirement for service technicians are.
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You guys are over-thinking this. It isn't the space shuttle, it is a car. They will have a service manual and Chevy master techs. Their service manuals are great. I replaced a C5 engine with them.
I imagine that with a 10,12,13,14,15,18mm, a set of torx wrenches, and christmas tree fastener removal tool, I could go pretty far tearing a C8 down.....
I imagine that with a 10,12,13,14,15,18mm, a set of torx wrenches, and christmas tree fastener removal tool, I could go pretty far tearing a C8 down.....
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You guys are over-thinking this. It isn't the space shuttle, it is a car. They will have a service manual and Chevy master techs. Their service manuals are great. I replaced a C5 engine with them.
I imagine that with a 10,12,13,14,15,18mm, a set of torx wrenches, and christmas tree fastener removal tool, I could go pretty far tearing a C8 down.....
I imagine that with a 10,12,13,14,15,18mm, a set of torx wrenches, and christmas tree fastener removal tool, I could go pretty far tearing a C8 down.....
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Access to info isn't the issue. It's technicians getting paid warranty time and working as fast as they can to actually make a profit. On a new platform there is more chance for error. On mature platforms the techs all know how to do most service operations blind folded and know all their short-cuts. Case-in-point on my C7 the passenger bank primary O2 failed. FSM says remove the x-pipe, jack the motor, remove the cat-pipe, replace sensor. Finally gave up as the nuts were seized on the studs on mine and I had no access to get a torch in there... took it to dealer. He had it swapped in 15 minutes and had all the heat shielding properly snapped back in place in an area I couldn't get my hands into. He had a "proprietary" combination of flex headed tools that he was able to swap the sensor without taking any of the exhaust apart and had an assistant with tiny hands to the heat shielding
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My Camaro baffles the local Techs, FAR more accustomed to pickup trucks than performance cars.
My car was in it's 2nd year of production and the local Tech STILL wasn't aware that platform required specific jacking locations in order to not damage the car!
I'm REALLY wondering WHERE I would take mine for truly big issues. My nearest Dealer is too cheap to send Techs to the Corvette maintenance school. My next nearest dealer maybe sells 4-5 Corvettes a year.
My car was in it's 2nd year of production and the local Tech STILL wasn't aware that platform required specific jacking locations in order to not damage the car!
I'm REALLY wondering WHERE I would take mine for truly big issues. My nearest Dealer is too cheap to send Techs to the Corvette maintenance school. My next nearest dealer maybe sells 4-5 Corvettes a year.
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My Camaro baffles the local Techs, FAR more accustomed to pickup trucks than performance cars.
My car was in it's 2nd year of production and the local Tech STILL wasn't aware that platform required specific jacking locations in order to not damage the car!
I'm REALLY wondering WHERE I would take mine for truly big issues. My nearest Dealer is too cheap to send Techs to the Corvette maintenance school. My next nearest dealer maybe sells 4-5 Corvettes a year.
My car was in it's 2nd year of production and the local Tech STILL wasn't aware that platform required specific jacking locations in order to not damage the car!
I'm REALLY wondering WHERE I would take mine for truly big issues. My nearest Dealer is too cheap to send Techs to the Corvette maintenance school. My next nearest dealer maybe sells 4-5 Corvettes a year.
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So much is online today, including updates and notifications. Aside from actually touching the car a lot of mechanics today have direct knowledge of what to do.
Ferrari techs were told not even to open the DCT's and just send them back to the supplier. Why train a guy to fix one when the best in the world can do it cheaper and faster?
You guys are over-thinking this. It isn't the space shuttle, it is a car. They will have a service manual and Chevy master techs. Their service manuals are great. I replaced a C5 engine with them.
I imagine that with a 10,12,13,14,15,18mm, a set of torx wrenches, and christmas tree fastener removal tool, I could go pretty far tearing a C8 down.....
I imagine that with a 10,12,13,14,15,18mm, a set of torx wrenches, and christmas tree fastener removal tool, I could go pretty far tearing a C8 down.....
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Still not convinced the local dealer knows what needs to be done. Try to get someone who knows how to adjust the rear suspension.
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Dealer techs?
Took my GS in for a torque converter due to shudder. Not sure the shudder is fixed but it is now in the body shop for the damage done getting the rear facia off and chipped the he** out of the right side caliper. If he couldn't get the facia off without damaging it, what the he** did he do to my transaxle?
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Took my GS in for a torque converter due to shudder. Not sure the shudder is fixed but it is now in the body shop for the damage done getting the rear facia off and chipped the he** out of the right side caliper. If he couldn't get the facia off without damaging it, what the he** did he do to my transaxle?
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I feel for you guys that don’t have a competent Corvette Service Center within driving distance. My local dealer (within 10 miles) is a Top 50 Corvette Dealer and had fixed any issue I might have had on my current and previous Corvettes usually on the first visit. And if for some reason, they can’t fix it (which has never happened to me yet), I’m about 90 miles from MacMulkin in Nashua NH which is the 2nd largest Corvette Dealer. So between owning a highly reliable first model year C6 and an equally reliable first model year C7, and living in close proximity to knowledgable and dependable Corvette Service Centers / Dealers, I’m not too worried about owning a first year C8.