Corvette Owners having issues with their DCTs, GT500 owners impacted also?

[93 347 Cobra]

C8 Corvette Transmission Investigation Underway

Ever since Chevrolet started making the C8, owners of the Stingray have reported leaky transmissions and DCT filters that get contaminated long before the 7,500-mile service recommended by General Motors. Better late than never, GM has notified the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration...

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They seem to be having some semi-serious issues with the Tremec DCT 8-speed. Any GT500 guys seeing the same?

 

[biminiLX]

Doesn’t seem to be a GT500 issue. First year bugs but still an amazingly impressive piece from Tremec!
-J

 

[SID297]

The GT500 DTC is a solid unit as long as you let it work as it was designed.

 

[07 Black Beauty]

The GT500 DTC is a solid unit as long as you let it work as it was designed.

So are you saying not to use the paddles?

 

[Tob]

 

[99BOSS]

The C8 unit is a transaxle design, a lot different than the 7 speed version the GT500 got. Our trans is bolted up right behind the engine like a conventional transmission. The transmission in the last few generation corvettes is NOT behind the engine but bolted to the differential instead. A torque tube connects the engine to this transaxle setup. So its quite possible this is a corvette only issue.

 

[biminiLX]

Yes and as soon as I read the C8 DCT shares it’s fluid with the diff then I’d assume that design choice is partially to blame and not connected to the Shelby DCT. But….we will see.
-J