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C8 DCT failures adding up

Posted By: teamzr1

C8 DCT failures adding up - 11/02/21 06:01 PM

GM opens official investigation into C8 Corvette transmission leaks after countless complaints since early C8 2020 MY

Problems appear to start with transmission pans and crap found in clogging filters

In March 2020, a month after Chevrolet began customer deliveries of the 2020 C8 Corvette, a GM dealer technician created a Reddit thread about a leaking gearbox in a Corvette with 32 miles. That car hadn't even been sold yet.
Since then, as a search of "C8 Corvette transmission leak" shows, it's been tales of woe for some owners.

Something in the Tremec TR-9080 transaxle in the back of the mid-engined Corvette doesn't work as it should, the fault able to cause codes that the transmission needs service, or that the driver needs to shift to park.
In some cases, the battery would die because of follow-on issues after the initial transmission code, that code preventing the car from powering down. As reported, GM filed paperwork with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (but did NOT inform the owners or buyers) in August to look into what's going on.

Between forum threads and GM's investigation document, there are several issues mentioned.

The most common appears to be the dual-clutch transmission leaking fluid due to gasket failures like the one suffered by one owner at 858 miles, and another for an owner currently enduring a second leaking transmission.
Many reported that Chevy engineers redesigned the TR-9080 pan, fitting Corvettes with the new unit at some point in the 2021 model year.

The original pan was a stamped steel unit affixed to the engine with two studs and 13 bolts, plus "reinforcement plates."
The updated pan is said to be a cast aluminum unit affixed with two studs and 17 bolts, omits the reinforcement plates, and gets a new machined new groove around its edge to seat the gasket seal.

The GM paperwork now at the NHTSA mentions a P1789 code, and says one reason for it could be "debris on the park position sensor magnet causing an incorrect position reading to the TCM." This might be caused by another issue mentioned in forums, which is clogged transmission filters.
GM gives instructions for returning transmission filters to the company, and a poster on one forum said the Corvette tech at the dealer where he bought his Corvette told him the automaker "requires every used transmission filter to be returned to GM."

Whatever's going on, the problems haven't stopped,
and they go beyond the P1789 code.
Over the weekend, a 2022 Corvette owner posted on Corvette Forums that he got a check engine light on his car after just 850 miles.
A trip to the dealer returned a "P1961 code [that] shows the transmission needs to be replaced."

Now there is known 2 major TSBs from GM

The worst is crap in tranny fluid is causing solenoid for park to jam up and prevent the controllers to power down and draining the battery frown





Description: DCT TSB 1
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Description: DCT TSB 2
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