Don't know if your on the Corvette Forum but this issue has been well documented over there. Something about it turns the Onstar "On" and it stays on and drains your battery unless you catch it.
Yes I saw that. Its an Onstar issue even if you aren't subscribed. But it must draw a hell of a lot of current to drain a fully charged battery in just 4 hours The other issue is Onstar warmed me of a low voltage battery --- 3 hours after I found the car dead. I think it could not warm me at the time because it was stuck in update mode. When we tried to jump the car the first time, the dead battery finally shut off Onstar and it reset to send the low voltage warning. Its all very weird. You would think the software would have some kind of cut off time or low voltage check to stop the process if something goes wrong. Last thing. The MyChevy app refuses to open. I'm guessing its because it can't get any data from Onstar.
If I look at all this realistically, from my point of view, I would rather do without a lot of the new tech and go back to the basics. Its nice to have all this new stuff but at what cost? This should not be happening but it is and its not just Chevy. My new Ferrari is having its share of Tech problems.
My issue is GM is one of the largest auto companies in the world. Ferrari is one of the smallest. GM shouldn't be sending out software that kills their own cars in a matter of hours. Yes, both are bad. But GM has little excuse given its vast resources. My Alfa 4c is REALLY basic. But one pin in the ECU broke and the dealer gave me an ESTIMATE of $10,000 to replace the box and the complete wiring loom on the car to fix one radiator fan from not coming on. RADIATOR FAN!
Really lame and I'd be pissed at GM. I expect this kind of thing from Ferrari but not from GM. Theya re dumb sometimes but to kill the fleet is just inexcusable.
Believe me the first night of this ordeal I was plenty pissed. Its lucky I really didn't need the car to go somewhere. It was completely inexcusable though. Some numb nut didn't do his job right.
At a huge corporation like GM, it got f'd up by committee most likely. Image Unavailable, Please Login .
So I'm driving this Chevy SUV they gave me and you can see all the same stuff in the C8. Like the start button, the window switches, the stalks, the TFT screen and software, the volume control, etc. Even rubber buttons to open the trunk are the same. Chevy lifted a lot from other cars but I don't blame them. Alfa did the same across their line for 40 years to make sports cars. And the goal was to get the car at a really good price so that's the sacrifice you make. But you would have thought they would have at least changed the graphics on the buttons. Everything looks really familiar.
Well documented issues over at corvette forum. Talked to a friend who works for Hendricks and problems are not uncommon with the C8.
The downside of being an early adopter. The price you pay for being the first on your block with the all new (except for a few switches ) cool toy. .
Chevy has been doing this on Corvette interiors since the C4. Not sure about the earlier ones. This was part of the overall GM plan from the late 70's to share across brands like forcing Pontiac, Olds and Buick to use the Chevy sorry GM corporate engines. Those purest hated it.
The old Corvette orange compares with the old Porsche color Tangerine and the new orange compares with Porsche Lava Orange. I had two Porsches in Tangerine and none in Lava and just has a discussion on this subject. The guys I talked to vastly preferred the more “red” Orange Tangerine and disliked the new Lava Orange but then that was Porsche guys not Corvette guys. I just ordered new car in Guards Red which is closer to Tangerine (now a PTS color @ $12k) and is not a premium color. So everyone’s preference is different- the new look in this venue seems to be the more orangie orange than the more red orange.
UPDATE: About 3PM today the dealer called. Said that everything has been done in the car (recharge the battery, complete the updates, check the AC, and replace 2 rims). The complete radio has to be replaced to fix my Home button issue (which I really want fixed). They should receive the replacement radio module on Monday but its the tech's day off. So they feel it might be done on Tuesday or at worst Wednesday. I really don't care as I have their SUV. So lets see what comes next!
Brought my C8 in for the wheel inspection today. Not sure it matter but I have the optional wheel design. No porosity or cracks found. Also, two other open recall items that were trivial were addressed (radio frequency printed incorrectly in owners manual, so it got a sticker printed and frunk recall was verified as done via over the air update previously). 1 hour inconvenience was not too bad. I guess I got lucky with mine.
