Thanks, I must have overlooked this in the manual. My 3rd Vette, best one yet!

 

Performance Algorithm Liftfoot is normal in automatic engines. While in Sport mode, you accelerate rapidly and then take your foot off of the pedal. The engine revs at high RPM's for a few seconds before it returns back to normal. Don't worry, your car is performing the way it was intended. You will see a message in the DIC stating "Performance Shift Active". You can easily get out of this mode and return to driving aggressively by clicking the right (+) paddle shifter.

 

That explains my SHO--I thought something was wrong with the tranny.

 

1 thing the new VETTE does is raise my heart beat

 

Bump for new owners

 

Glen, I have a 2015 c7 3LT. Love it. Two problems. Fresh air from outside, with no air con is hot no matter how I set temperature. I do not like running AC when not necessary. Second is GPS symbol on Nav. has a red X through it?
Thank you,

Gary

 

Take your car into the dealer re the GPS. They have a fix. As to the fresh air being hot, ensure that your fan is running not off as well as your AC if you are running it that way and the recirc is also off. Should, at least in the start of the day when it is typically cooler in Florida run normal and not hot unless your Vette has been sitting in the sun.

 

bump for new owners

 

It's normal for steam to come out of the hood vent when the coolant is hot, you're stopped, and it's raining.

 

Add the annoying first-to-fourth forced shift in an M7 is normal if you are driving Miss Daisy. Drive seriously and with intention and this won't happen.

 

The click heard when using the directional signals is synthetically created through the driver side radio speaker. I was surprised to read this in a post on the Cadillac Forum. This may be the case on all GM vehicles and not unique to the Stingray. The three vehicle sample in my garage all do this: 2013 Cadillac SRX, 2014 Stingray, and 2015 GMC Canyon.

 

thanks Glen e for starting this thread...good to know this stuff ahead of time!

 

the tight 1-2 shift on the stick is normal, that is normal for the tremec trans. every tremec I had was always tight 1-2 shift. it lossens up a little when it gets warm

 

I'd love to contribute, alas I am a new vette owner and I appreciate the input in this thread.
Brake dust on the wheels seems to be frequent, thus resulting in a cleaning.
It's a love/hate relationship; Hate seeing them a bit dusty, but my OCD kicks in and LOVES making them shiny, new, and gloss black again.

 

Lived with my Z51 brake dust for 1 year. Two trips into town (~75 miles) and I had to clean my black wheels! If I let it go much longer besides looking bad it got harder to remove! Then I changed to CarboTech 1521 ceramic pads! Have had installed for 10 months. What a difference. 75 to 80% less dust and it comes off easy. Now typically cleaning the wheels when I wash the car! Stops even better when cold, IMO and very linear. Here is a PDF of my install: http://netwelding.com/Ceramic_Pads.pdf If you have a late 2014 or 2015 very easy pad removal-there is no double sided tape on the front pads to pistons. Just like I show for the rears, once the wheel is off the pads come out in minutes!

 

I would add that my Corvette savy dealer tells me that a Chev corporate tech claims that a certain amount of headlight internal fogging and moisture is considered normal.? Chev has recently returned an entire batch of headlight pods to there supplier due to leaky seals. My '15 shows fogging and even running drops of water after driving in rain or even washing during high humidity days. My dealer has obtained authorization to replace one of them at a time under warranty, but they are currently on back-order due to the above mentioned issue. Why they won't approve two at once is beyond me, as they clearly have an issue with moisture inside the pods.

 

Have some residue from earlier cosndensarion on both of my headlights, and know of more than a few other forum members who similalry have the same issue. Thankfully the residue is only seen at a limited, few angles.

As we know, headlight replacement involves front fascia removal too, and why I (and I know several others) have so far no done anything. Probably will have them replaced just before my three year warranty is up.

 

Have some residue from earlier condensation on both of my headlights, and know of more than a few other forum members who similarly have the same problem and consequence. Thankfully the residue is only seen from a few angles.

As we know, headlight replacement involves front fascia removal too, and why I (and I know several others) have so far no done anything. Probably will have them replaced just before my three year warranty is up.

 

Also if you have z51 with the dry sump you will hear a gurgling noise on start up it is the oil in the pan being returned to the tan

 

I have another item that I don't think has been mentioned in this thread. Sometimes, not always, when I close the drivers side door the horn will chirp about 3-4 times. Anyone else experiencing this?

 

Doesn't it do that as a warning that a key is left in the car? It is a configurable setting.

 

John.. The thought of having the front facia removed gives me a headache worrying about getting everything back together properly!

 

I thought the three chirps is the doors being locked, mine does it need to confirm now! My fob is always in my pocket!

 

If it is the door being locked wouldn't it chirp all the time? The fob is always in my pocket, by the way.

 

I always have my FOB in my pocket and notice that when I get out to put gas in the car, then get back in the car and shut the door I get an annoying multi chirp thing. I haven't figured out how to solve that one.

 

Mine also does this occasionally. No idea why.

 

multipile chirps when the key is out of car with you can mean a door, window, trunk or hood may be open.

 

Does it to me too... Noticed it mostly when I get gas and leave the door open. So here is the scenario... Turn off car, exit car with door open... Wait a few mins... enter car, close door... car honks 3 times quickly. Fob is in pocket the entire time.

 

I believe what is going on is that since the door is open until you get back in the car to take off from the gas station you are getting a reminder that your key is still in the car. Since it doesn't realize that you are sitting in the car getting ready to drive off. Same action that takes place if you were to leave the second transponder in the car when traveling.

If you get out close the door and then get back into the car you probably wont get the triple chirp sound, just be sure to open the gas tank cover before it locks other wise you have to unlock the car.

 

I'm pretty sure I remember resolving this by changing something somewhere in the many various remote unlock/start settings. I think it might still happen when I have the top in the trunk.