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Originally Posted by Crawco
I have tried to place my order for a new 2021 ZL1 at two dealers in the San Francisco East Bay Area within the last week. Both have told me GM will not accept any orders for ZL1s as there are issues with the Brembo brake pads. The reason is different with each dealer. One told me California outlawed the car because the brake pads emit copper when braking. The other dealer that accepted my order and will hold it until production resumes stated it was a nationwide hold relating to the Brembo brake pads.
Being impatient I found a new ZL1 in southern California that was close to what I wanted. I drove 350 miles with my enclosed car carrier trailer and upon arrival I was told there was a stop sale recall on the engine. They described it as a valve adjustment and flash of the ECM. I can't find any information online about a recall or even a TSB for the LT4 engine. Not knowing the skill level of the mechanic at this dealership I did not want a car that the engine was screwed with that ends up being a lemon law suit. I drove home empty handed.
Are there any Chevrolet people that might know what is going on here?
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It seems to me like you're being fed lines of crap at every turn.
CA does have a law that has been on the books since 2010 requiring the continual decrease of Cu levels in brake "friction" (material). For pads that are SOLD after 1/1/2021, the level of Copper must be below 5%. However, the law EXPLICITLY excludes that material which was manufactured prior to the start of 2021. In other words, it will ONLY restrict the sale of brake materials that contain more than 5% Copper that were manufactured AFTER 1/1/21.
There is no production halt on cars as a result of this law as of right now.
There is also no "stop sale" order in place on the Camaro, the Corvette, or any one of the other multitude of vehicles in the GM fleet equipped with various V8 engines. There was what seems to be an issue with a batch of valve springs supplied to GM that made their way into many different motors, and these springs could fail in a few different ways. There is a TSB out in reference to how to handle the various issues that may arise, but that's it.
Those dealerships can't get cars and are making up BS stories about the low inventory in an attempt to get your money when they can finally get one. The dealer that told you they couldn't sell you the car in their inventory almost certainly had a full MSRP offer on it by the time you got there. Or, the motor failed on them before they could deliver it to a customer (it could have failed when they were going to prep it to sell to you, even) and it needs to be repaired...