The 2022 Corvette Stingray will have limited availability for the Rear Park Assist feature going forward, GM Authority can confirm.
From the January 24th production date onward, certain examples of the mid-engine sports car will be built without Rear Park Assist. Customers who receive these vehicles will be given a $50 credit in lieu of the feature’s absence. GM is expected to offer a retrofit of the feature to owners of affected vehicles before the end of the year, as well.
GM Authority covered the limited availability for Rear Park Assist in certain 2022 model-year Chevy vehicles in a previous article. The limited availability of this feature is the result of the ongoing global microchip shortage and General Motors’ efforts to keep its plants up and running whilst also having limited access to the critical electronic components. In addition to the Corvette, other Chevy models that have limited availability for this feature currently include the Chevy Camaro coupe, Chevy Silverado pickup, Chevy Trailblazer crossover as well as Chevy Tahoe and Chevy Suburban full-size SUVs.
GM said in its 2021 earnings report that it is observing an improvement in the chip supply and expects the availability of chips to improve significantly throughout 2022. For this reason, it’s possible Rear Park Assist will return to usual availability for the 2022 Corvette Stingray and other Chevy models in the next few weeks or months.
Rear Park Assist is the official name of a GM safety feature that is usually referred to as a backup sensor. When the vehicle senses a nearby object while in Reverse, the sensors will actively detect the distance to the object. The vehicle will then beep and increasingly quicker intervals as the vehicle approaches the object to indicate its physical distance to the vehicle. The vehicle’s instrument cluster also shows locations for front- or rear-detected objects close to the vehicle with a sequence of bars.
Production of the 2022 Corvette takes place at the GM Bowling Green Assembly plant in Kentucky.
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Let the (micro) chips fall where they may!
No one is safe anymore, not even the exotics from the shortsightedness of the manufacturers!
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The manufacturers were/ a small piece of the shortages. Supply of materials, labor availability, shipping, etc.
At least they are offering to retrofit .
With the rear visibility being what it is – Park Assist is a valuable system, but the rear view camera mirror will help a lot – unless of course one has a 1LT.
So my 22 C8 HTC was built on 1/28/22 And my invoice to pay for it had no indication of a $50 rebate or notice of the chip shortage. Did I get lucky and have this chip installed or do I have a wait and see vehicle? I guess I’ll find out in the next week or so when it gets to Florida! At least I’ll have 99% of what I ordered. Tomg
Your proofreader failed you. “Customers who receive these vehicles will be given a $50 credit in lieu of the feature’s absence.” is not true. You should have written “Customers who receive these vehicles will be given a $50 credit in lieu of the feature.”, or “Customers who receive these vehicles will be given a $50 credit because of the feature’s absence.” I’m just trying to help you sharpen your skill. Thanks for the article.
3000 dollar bundled packages, 50 dollar a la carte refund, the balls
The $25, $50 and $75 credits GM is offering are strictly to cover the inconvenience the purchaser has in having to bring back their vehicle at a future date to get the chips / features installed. These credits are not for covering the cost of the features. If this was the case, GM would be offering much larger credits than these!
GM will be retrofitting all vehicles affected by these chip shortages for free. They will not be charging customers down the road to have the retrofit done. I guess if you decide to not have them retrofit a feature down the road, you may have the option for a full refund of that parts price less the $50 credit you received, but I don’t know why anyone would want to do that!
Really would have been great if the GMA post provided that clarification. But as usual, they go with the least amount of intelligence and then just wing it.