buyer beware - rickg210
I bought a 2005 c5 corvette at this lot... they were and worked fast. Until i called back the day after i drove my car home to san antonio. The rear differential was cracked and leaking oil all over the place, this could have just been a coincidence because the 05 c6 hats a very weak differential. They agreed to pay for half the repairs after i agreed to do the work myself,( mind you im a 100 percent disabled veteran, with no use of my left arm,) and get a used differential., it took almost two weeks to get the check from them, then i find out that they decided not to pay for even the half they agreed to pay for...even after i agreed to use used parts and do the work myself to save them money.
after looking more closely to the car, i was able to see that all of the exterior body panels are out of alignment from where they repainted what im sure was a wrecked maybe even totaled car even though carfax came back clean..when i was doing the repairs to the differential, i noticed gravel and debris shoved up into places it should not be... like stuck in the right calipers and trapped in joints indetween body panels on the right side of the car...the car probably slid sideways on the right and hit something
the interior panels a few were improperly installed...one i found just thrown into the back of the car.
when i test drove it , it drove and sounded great...the engine did not make any funny sounds at all.. its been 2 months give or take ..since i brought it home.. i have only put about 300 miles on it because its a complete lemon and i have done done nothing but buy parts for it.. transmission sensors and few other.
on one occasion the car would not shuut down because it wouldnt go into reverse. i had to buy two switches for it...while i was under there replacing them, i found a wire out of place that is attached to the fuel tank evap solenoid...the oriiginal is cut and another wire was very crappily run in its place up to the front to the ecm. dont know why
once that was fixed i found another blue wire behind the stereo that did not belong..so after tracing that one i found they the wire was run in place of the original wire that goes to the gas pedal drive by wire sensor to the ecm, so i had to remoce that and reattach and solder properly the original wire. to get the car running right..the way ot should be..
yesterday i started to notice a knocking sound coming from the engine..some noise is normal this engine from valvetrain noise etc etc..but this was a knock and was getting louder.. so i thought well it just needs an oil change...so i drain the oil and what comes out is definitely not 5w-30...and i was filled with gold looking glitter metal particulate.. i replace the oil and filter with mobil 1 5w-30... and the knock was gone until the engine fully warmed up...then it was even louder than before.. and now the oil pressure at idle had gone from 38 psi which is in its normal range to just 21psi which is way below normal...the metal flake coupled with the low oil pressure confirmed that the main and connecting rod bearings are destroyed. to check oil pressure a t higher rpm i ran it up to 5800 rpm, the oil pressure never rose above 41psi and it should have ben at least 65-75 psi. So they put probably 50 weight oil in it to mask the oil pressure problem.. and now with the proper thinner oil in it, it has started to smoke and burn oil...coming from the exhaust
the service active handling warning came in when i was test but the road was bumpy so attributed it to that, but now the warning just comes on for no reason and depending on what it wants to do ... i applies the front left or right brake which pulls me into either oncoming traffic or into the curb or ditch..(this is probably not the dealers faullt..the c6 is known for this deadly glitch
sad because the car is beautiful. but there is no way that they did not know about these problems... as a dealer who makes their money on car sales there is no way they did not know about this stuff.
i though i was getting somewhere after fixing so many things
to date ive had to replace the differential.
put all new seals in it to prevent leaking
spent two days degreasing and washing the underside of the car to clean all of the built up oil residue and filth, they washed the \undersode of the car where your could easily see from the sides and rear..so i did not the extent of the oil leaking problems
completely clean and degrease the entire rear suspension cradle
put all new seals in the transmission and separate it to reseal the center and front sections
spent at least 150 hours of trouble shooting and tracing wires that were hacked instead of properly fixing the problem
remove the seats to replace and trouble shoot bad seat heating modules and elements(these go out on a regular basis though )
buy a new proper rear caliper bolt...some crappy improperly sized bolt was used on the rear right brake caliper..
now the engine is no good..so i will have to remove it and a short block will cost me 3500 to 4000 dollars... the heads will need to be rebuilt as well..so im looking at close to 6000.00 for a vehicle i have put less than 500 miles on...and i have not even had a chance to abuse it..
so if your looking for a honesty ..do not go to Lot 6 Auto Group... im a 100 percent disabled veteran..this has been my dream car for a long time..now im stuck with a lemon and money pit that i cant even drive and still have to make payments on. im not a rich person, but i have earned the little money i get from my disability. It makes me sick just to look at the car. but what can i do at this point.
one star only because i cant use profane language here.. You should be ashamed of yourself Hollis. you have not heard the last of me. I hope a little money was worth screwing over a disabled veteran who sacrificed alot for the little bit of money i have.
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