Coincidentally, I read the Jalopnik article on the Hummer H3 recall as my 2004 Chevrolet Corvette was at a local dealership having a fuel leak diagnosed. I had a feeling it would be the well-known fuel tank crack at the quick connector which forced GM to issue a Special Coverage Adjustment bulletin in 2010. That coverage came with a limit of 100,000 miles or 10 years from the day the car went into service. I’m not close to the 100,000 mile limit, but according to GM my 10-year limit ended on January 29, 2014.

The dealership where my car is now said they’ll take a look at their pricing to see if they can cut me a break on parts and/or labor. The first was “maybe a 10% off” the entire cost deal. I contacted GM to see what they could do, and they are in the process of contacting the dealership to see if they can work out a deal on my behalf. Based on GM’s recent track record with recalls, I’m not holding my breath.

What still boggles my mind is that other GM vehicles, notably the 06-09 Cobalt (the 07-09 G5, 07 Equinox, 06 Pursuit, 07 Torrent and 06-07 Ion were part of this, too), also had Special Coverage bulletins issued for fuel leaks, but those have no mileage or time limits.

Guess I should’ve just driven around with the leak until something catastrophic happened. Maybe then GM would’ve reconsidered their stance on this serious safety issue.

Update 7/22/2015: GM’s Executive Office has extended me an offer of 20% off work performed at the dealership. Which is them basically saying they’ll pay me $694 to go away.