Glen e

GM Recall announced today 6/27/2014

2014 Corvette

This recall is to replace the rear shock absorbers in 1,939 U.S. Chevy Corvettes from the 2014 model year that have the FE1 or FE3 suspension. GM says that a possible bad weld in the rear shocks could lead to a fracture and/or could reduce the shocks' service life. Also included are 33 2014 Corvettes in Canada and 82 that were exported. GM says it knows of no related crashes or injuries.

Chassis / Suspension

The 2014 Corvette Stingray has four available suspension systems. They are identified as follows:
Suspension System Soft Ride — RPO FE1
Suspension System Sport — RPO FE3
Suspension System Special Ride and Handling — RPO FE4 (Magnetic Selective Ride Control)

DocHolliday

Thanks Glen... Is there a way to determine by VIN what's bring recalled?

Glen e

That's what I'm waiting for too....I pity the service advisors on Monday morning, paranoia and terror will be rampant.....LOL

Steve_R

And on here. Cue the "The Sky Is Falling and All C7s Are Bad" trolls here. Cuz, you know, under 2,000 recalled out of over 30,000 is definitely falling sky news.

Glen e

Nothing showing here on my vin yet.

https://recalls.gm.com/?evar18=GMcom#/

kevingilmore

So no Z51's with magnetic ride will be on the list?

sandu002

Thank goodness I have the FE4.

KenHorse

Looks like of us with FE4 are good to go....

AFVETTE

Thank goodness my FE1 hasn't been built yet.

Glen e

But now is a good time to make sure you are in the GM system with your proper address. If you have received something like a thank you present from GM or some other comm, you're good. But if you have heard nothing, there is a potential your dealer might have messed up your address when he registered the car sold. After all, how GM knows you, is still a manual keypunch process done at the dealer by a "close to min wage" clerk.

check here to see if they know you:

my.gm.com

KenHorse

You're dating yourself

Virtual Geezer

This C7 recall is hopefully minor. But GM as a corporation is starting to look really bad. They just announced this today:

DETROIT -- General Motors is calling back 392,459 of its newest pickups and SUVs in the U.S. for a problem that could allow the trucks to slip into neutral unexpectedly, as the automaker continues a sweeping safety review in the wake of its bungled handling of a faulty ignition switch.

At 63, I've been a lifetime GM fanboy. But man, I'm really starting to wonder....

MikeK

This sounds like it is related to the yellow vert that was replaced by GM a month or so ago when the right rear wheel turned off the suspension. That particular thread got pretty heated and was deleted by the OP and no resolution info ever came from it. This sounds like the resolution.

Glen e

Wonder what that VIN was?

bob guzzy

First year cars have always had there share of problems, the price you pay for being the first people to own the cars, it never changed and never will.

If it was something super serious I would be worried, but a shock not at all, what are you worried about, a ride that is a little hard when you hit a pothole.

The suppliers should be the people who are worried, and I'm sure the only thing they are worried about is if there shocks will be on the rest of the c7's.

icecream_kon

So is it basically all the cars except the magnetic ride? That can't be right? I have mine with a TPW of 6/30. Hope it doesn't slow things down or affect my car. Could this be connected with the guy who has a safety hold due to a weld?

lbzraptor

I thought he got a new car

W88fixer

Maybe I should know but what is the number for the base car suspension? Search isn’t very useful. Don

btorlv

He did one of the forum dealers had posted they had ordered him a new unit.

Chevy Cust Svc

Hey y'all,

We are more than happy to help out! Shoot us a PM with your VIN and we will run it for you. We will give you the most up to date information!

Thanks and have a great weekend,

Kelly J
Chevrolet Customer Care