A Little More Clarity on Those New Corvettes Sent to Michigan

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A Little More Clarity on Those New Corvettes Sent to Michigan

Photo Credit: Craig Hodas / MidEngineCorvetteForum.com


Six weeks ago we learned that Chevrolet had started shipping Corvettes to Michigan for unknown update/repairs. More recently, photos of the parking lot where those Corvettes are stored showed at least 100 new vehicles parked in a fenced lot in Pontiac, Michigan.

There’s been a lot of speculation as to why those cars were sent to Michigan, and every time one of those owners was able to talk to GM about the issue, the representative would refuse to confirm. Now there’s been a change as at least two of those owners with cars parked in “Pontiac Purgatory” are now saying the issue all along has been the Dual Clutch Transmissions for the Stingray.

Those two owners confirmed that important news today in that gigantic thread on the subject at the MidEngineCorvetteForum.com. The owners are both saying that representatives from GM’s “Executive Resolution Board” have confirmed that their Corvettes were sent to Michigan due to a transmission problem. One of those owners writes that his car has finally moved inside the Penske Service Center for the repair just today.

We still don’t know if they are repairing or replacing the DCTs, but the reason for sending the cars to Michigan is that there was simply no room at the Corvette Assembly plant for that many cars to be fixed.

The fact that it is a DCT issue also explains why the cars up in Michigan were all Stingrays, which have their own unique transmission. Those transmissions for the Stingrays were updated for the 2024 model year and they feature a redesign with one of the benefits being that that it no longer necessitates the adding of two quarts of transmission fluid for those taking their cars to the track.

We also learned today that another two of the Pontiac Purgatory Corvettes have been released from the Penske shop and are now on the way back to the National Corvette Museum where they will finally be delivered to their new owners nearly three months after they rolled off the assembly line.


Source:
MidEngineCorvetteForum.com

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15 COMMENTS

  1. Unless I had specific details describing the problem and the repair, I would cancel my order and wait for a new Corvette.

  3. It would have been nice if Chevrolet had sent C7’s with the problematic 8 speed paddle shift automatic to Michigan for update/repairs instead of sticking all of us owners with these cars with faulty transmissions.

  4. I told you they send problem cars to alley garages to straighten them out…..they’ll probably be better and last longer than those supplied by the vendor, probably Muncie or Hydramatic!!!!!!!

  5. Just relieved it may be a problem to 2024’s and not my 2023 that may still be good to go. It has been so far,best vehicle I have owned in 79 years.I’m also sorry for those whose cars are sitting in Pontiac and find it disgusting Chevrolet didn’t tell them why from day one.

  6. Is GM going to compensate those that have already paid for the vehicles and still have not received them?

  7. You know what wouldn’t have had this problem? A C8 with a traditional manual transmission, like 25%+ of Corvette buyers wanted, and GM ignored.

  8. This transmission problem apparently has been going on since the 2020 model and Chevy has not corrected it yet. I have a 2023 and one morning I started it up and put it in Reverse and nothing. So I put it into drive and nothing, so I put it into neutral and nothing. Chevrolet had it towed to my local dealership for repair. 3 weeks and 2 days later I got my car returned. Nothing wrong with the transmission. It was the Transmission Control Module that sent signals to the transmission. This sits outside the transmission. Garbage in, Garbage out.
    When it was towed in I did an online Google check for “C8 transmission problems” and it lit up like a Christmas tree with numerous entries. Most going back to my same problem with the same fix as a new “Transmission Control Module. Here we are 5 years later with the exact same problems. Transmission Control Module took 2 hours to replace and reprogram once Chevrolet said that was the problem. Hence 3 weeks and 2 days later.

  9. Considering this debacle, older generation Vettes are beginning to look much more appealing. Though I like the C8 the roll out leaves alot to be desired. For similar kinds of money one could pick up a 63 that will need some work but what a car they would have- looks, driveability, reliability, etc

  10. Are we sure it is all transmission. It appears that almost all Vettes are white. Paint issues??

  14. Cars haven’t been delivered. Technically they are GM’s vehicles. Not the future owner’s. Not until delivered and signed for. So GM doesn’t have to tell anybody anything about what’s going on.
    Relax people. Would you rather get your new Corvette and have it breaking down? Or do you want trouble free Corvette?
    Speculation means nothing. So stop.

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