C8 Paint runs

[Gilles27]

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[Gilles27]

If you're not stuck at 3000 like me and actually own the car here is a list of known areas that you can look out for issues, not hating in any way I copied this list FYI

1. Power window actuator cycling on own.
2. Rearview Mirror Camera issues.
3. Shotty interior Stitching.
4. Paint chipping on door from bolts that are too long from wheel wells.
5. Drive Belts falling off.
6. Coolant Leaks.
7. Transmission Leaks/low fluid lights.
8. Transmission Failures/Lockups.
9. Body Panels not lined up, Gaps in panels and around headlights.
10. Service Front Lift warning lights.
11. Excess water in engine area from large openings.
12. "Clumped up" seat material on both seats.
13. Self blowing horn while driving.
14. Rear backup camera flickering on screen.
15. Sounds like fan rubbing on the fan shroud in the front.
16. No 3rd pedal

***If anyone feels buyers remorse , DM me looking to purchase your C8 with gremlins ***

 

[Rruuff Day]

That self blowing horn actually sounds like a good idea... Would save me one of my hand movements every time some idiot cuts me off or pulls out in front of me...

 

[Black 03 Z06]

That is not a paint run it is in fact an aerodynamic assistance device. No warranty for you.

 

[ddgermann]

Finally a real list of first-run gremlins. There is some serious poop on that list but the missing 3rd pedal is the one that both made me laugh and almost cry at the same time.

Great post @Gilles27

 

[Sparro]

I like the list, with startup gonna happen in May, I need a PDI list like this. This is good to know and to check all these points while going over you car and before signing off on it. Only point 11 doesn't belong IMO... this is common on mid-engine cars with venting. Ferrari's suffer the same fate, just get used to that or buy a front-engine C7 and stop squaking. Mines a vert so this doesn't effect me.

 

[Murray20c8]

You can add the disappearing Dash display

 

[Rruuff Day]

I tend you use this a lot instead of the horn.View attachment 39279

Hand signals are much easier to interpret than a random horn blowing somewhere...lol

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Just the folks you want in front of you with the "self blowing horn".

 

[Rruuff Day]

Just the folks you want in front of you with the "self blowing horn".

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That's a new form of a friendly wave Murray. I see it in Alberta quite often.

 

[Murray20c8]

We have a "Club house" in Keswick and a "Business office" in Port Perry. I get the gentlemen and their incredibly noisy bikes driving by all day long as they traverse between the 2 sites. I give them that wave as they go by ... when they aren't looking.

 

[Icecap]

My C6 has a small almost identical run in the clear coat on my front bumper. I've done lots of spray painting and even painted a few cars trucks and vans. I don't see that as an actual run by its shape. I suspect that it could be a drip from their robotic paint head as liquid accumulates around the spray nozzle untill its large enough to drip off onto the painted surface.