Photo: Joey Annoreno
As you’re well aware, the key fob of the C8 Corvette is a bit on the lacking side of specialness. Arguably not up to the car’s price point, the six- or seven-button key fob is also prone to deteriorate prematurely.
C8 Corvette owner Joey Annoreno took to a Facebook group to complain about his key fob. “Has anyone else noticed that the button icons are already coming off? I’ve had the car since the first week of April and only used this key, but it’s a kind of annoying it already looks like this.”
When asked if he used hand sanitizer during his one-month ownership of the ‘Vette, Joey replied that he’d rarely used the key fob. “It goes in my pocket, I drive, and it goes right back out into the bowl with my other keys.” Another group member, Steven Michael Burns, reported this problem as well as providing photographic evidence of the icons coming off.
After 2,600 miles (4,185 kilometers) behind the wheel of the mid-engine sports car, Joey has “no real complaints other than this [key fob button icons deterioration] and the drunk guy who stitched my interior.” Joey isn’t the only owner who called out Chevy for uneven stitching, though.
General Motors is known to cut corners here and there, quite extensively in the past decade or so. And speaking of key fobs, GM had a bit of a headache with them if you remember the ignition-switch recall saga that started in February 2014 and ended with the recall of 30 million vehicles.
The biggest of the Big Three in Detroit was aware that the ignition switch didn’t meet two specific requirements. The key fob could easily turn in the ignition switch, shutting off the engine. General Motors first recommended owners to take off any object from the keychain, leaving only the key. That didn’t fix it, and ultimately, 124 deaths were linked to the defect.
Turning our attention back to the present, C8 Corvette owners have also complained about small dots in the paintwork, self-blowing horns, leaky transmissions, and a screw gouging the driver’s door paint.
When asked if he used hand sanitizer during his one-month ownership of the ‘Vette, Joey replied that he’d rarely used the key fob. “It goes in my pocket, I drive, and it goes right back out into the bowl with my other keys.” Another group member, Steven Michael Burns, reported this problem as well as providing photographic evidence of the icons coming off.
After 2,600 miles (4,185 kilometers) behind the wheel of the mid-engine sports car, Joey has “no real complaints other than this [key fob button icons deterioration] and the drunk guy who stitched my interior.” Joey isn’t the only owner who called out Chevy for uneven stitching, though.
General Motors is known to cut corners here and there, quite extensively in the past decade or so. And speaking of key fobs, GM had a bit of a headache with them if you remember the ignition-switch recall saga that started in February 2014 and ended with the recall of 30 million vehicles.
The biggest of the Big Three in Detroit was aware that the ignition switch didn’t meet two specific requirements. The key fob could easily turn in the ignition switch, shutting off the engine. General Motors first recommended owners to take off any object from the keychain, leaving only the key. That didn’t fix it, and ultimately, 124 deaths were linked to the defect.
Turning our attention back to the present, C8 Corvette owners have also complained about small dots in the paintwork, self-blowing horns, leaky transmissions, and a screw gouging the driver’s door paint.
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