Chevrolet Corvette Complaints

5,302 consumer complaints on file.

#10038755September 12, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
STEERING COLUMN LOCK W/ A DIC CODE OF 2592. *PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10038758September 12, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
THE STEERING COLUMN ON MY 2002 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 WOULD NOT UNLOCK. *PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10037574September 10, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
STEERING WHEEL WILL NOT UNLOCK AFTER ENTRY OF KEY. COMPUTER READS " SERVICE COLUMN LOCK" * JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10037580September 10, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
I OWN A 2000 CORVETTE WITH 15,000 MILES AND HAVE TWICE WITHIN ONE DAY HAD MY STEERING WHEEL NOT UNLOCK UPON STARTING THE CAR. WENT TO A CORVETTE SHOP FOR HELP WAS TOLD ITS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH CORVETTES AND THAT I SHOULD PULL THE STEERING WHEEL CLOCKWISE WHILE INSERTING THE KEY INTO THE IGNITION, IT WORKED. MY QUESTION IS THERE A PERMANENT FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM, I UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM CONCERNING CORVETTES. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10039643September 10, 2003
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
BOTH RETRACTORS ARE BROKEN DUE TO LAB BELT WEBBING TWISTED AND JAMMED. DEALER ADMITTED RECALL 00-V-111-000, AND INSTALLED INSERTS TO THE BELT WEB GUIDE OF EACH LAP BELT RETRACTOR, BUT DID NOT REPLACE THE RETRACTORS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10038670September 10, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
STEERING COLUMN LOCK ACTUATOR FAILED. WAS TOLD NO RECALL, BUT THIS HAPPENS ALOT ON THIS CAR AND THE PART WAS UPDATED FOR THE NEWER CARS SO THIS WOULDN'T HAPPEN ANYMORE. HAD TO HAVE STEERING LOCK ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY REPLACED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10038536September 9, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE GARAGE ENGINE SHUT OFF. CONSUMER PULLED KEY OUT OF IGNITION, WAITED 10 SECONDS, AND TRIED TO RESTART VEHICLE. DASHBOARD LIT UP, AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS INVESTIGATION EA02031 THAT EXPLAINED THE EXACT PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10038433September 8, 2003
STEERING, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE CONSUMER NOTICED AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN LEFT OR RIGHT. AFTER THE ENGINE RAN FOR A FEW SECONDS IT WOULD STALL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10037322September 6, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
THE STEERING COLUMN HAS LOCKED ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS AND I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED ALL THREE TIMES. I WAS TOLD BY THE FIRST TWO DEALERSHIPS THAT IT HAD BEEN REPAIRED AND I WAS NOT CHARGED FOR THE WORK. THIS TIME, HOWEVER, I HAVE BEEN CHARGED $297.41 AND DO NOT KNOW WHETHER IT HAS BEEN FIXED THIS TIME EITHER. I RESENT HAVING TO PAY FOR TOWING AND REPAIRS SO MANY TIMES AND WOULD LIKE A RESOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM AND A REFUND OF MY MONEY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10037250September 4, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10038119September 3, 2003
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
WINDOWS WILL COME UP AND DOWN INTERMITTENTLY ON DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10037040September 2, 2003
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY
I HAVE A RECALL ON MY 1989 CHEVROLET CORVETTE AND WHEN I TOOK IT IN TO THE LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER THEY SAID THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE THAT RECALL. IT WAS THE ONE FOR THE REAR SUSPENSION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10029388September 2, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, STEERING
CONSUMER STATES STEERING COLUMN LOCKED WHILE DRIVING. AS A RESULT VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE CROSSED THE MEDIAN AND HIT A JEEP HEAD ON. THE JEEP CAUGHT FIRE AND THE CONSUMER'S CORVETTE WAS TOTALED. THE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY CAUSING CONSUMER TO SUSTAIN INJURIES TO THE HEAD AND A SPRAINED ANKLE FOR 3 WEEKS. CONSUMER LOST CONSCIOUSNESS FOR APPROX. 20 MINUTES. *PH *NLM DUPLICATE VOQ. SEE ODI# 10031977 FOR OTHER DETAILS. CAT
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10024939September 2, 2003
STEERING
THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE. *AK THIS HAD ONLY OCCURRED AT START UP. THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THIS OCCURRING WHILE IN MOTION. *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10036856August 29, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
STEERING COLUMN LOCKUP ON 2002 CHEVROLET CORVETTE, A MODEL YEAR NOT COVERED UNDER CURRENT TSB/RECALL CAMPAIGN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10032830August 29, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
ON 8-6-03 I WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT AND MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED-UP. I ENDED UP HAVING MY CORVETTE TOWED HOME. ON 8-7-03 AFTER SPEAKING TO SOME SERVICE TECH'S AT A COUPLE OF GARAGES FOUND OUT THAT MY PROBLEM IS A PART THAT HAS HAD A RECALL ISSUED AND SUPPOSEDLY ALREADY REPLACED ON MY CAR. THE RECALL # IS 01044. THE PART WAS SUPPOSEDLY REPLACED ON 1-17-02 WHEN MY CAR HAD APPROX. 43K MI. ON IT. I PURCHASED THE CAR 5-03 FROM AN INDIVIDUAL AND HAD NO IDEA THAT ANYTHING HAD EVER BEEN WORKED ON. LOCAL DEALERSHIP WON'T HONOR RECALL ANYMORE SO I THEN CONTACTED GM. SPOKE TO KEVIN MAY @800-222-1020 ON 8-8 AND 8-11-03 ABOUT HONORING THE RECALL AGAIN BECAUSE THE EVIDENTLY DIDN'T CORRECT THE PROBLEM AND GM WON'T HONOR AGAIN. THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS TO ME! THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A PROBLEM WITH THIS PART AND I FEEL THEY SHOULD STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCTS AND WORK. WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO PAY SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR A PROBLEM THEY SHOULD FIX? WHAT IF I HAD BEEN DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE OR BEEN IN HEAVY TRAFFIC? I CAN'T AFFORD TO SPEND SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS EVERY 7K MI. OR SO BECAUSE GM WON'T TAKE CARE OF THEIR CUSTOMERS AND I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO!!! THIS IS WRONG FOR THEM TO DO AND I HOPE SOMEONE CAN HELP. *AK *SCC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10037842August 28, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
WHEN TURNING RIGHT STEERING COLUMN SUDDENLY LOCKED UP AND CONSUMER LOST CONTROL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10037891August 28, 2003
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
WHEN INITIALLY MOVING THE VEHICLE AT 1000 RPMS MANUAL TRANSMISSION MADE A TERRIBLE RATTLE NOISE. DEALER STATED THAT WAS THE WAY THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION WAS DESIGNED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10037918August 28, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN
THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK POSITION AND STEERING COLUMN LOCKED UP WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. *AK *NLM THIS ALSO HAPPENED ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO WITH ABOUT 20,000 MILES ON THE CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10036621August 26, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN
I WAS IN A SINGLE CAR ACCIDENT IN MY 2001 CORVETTE. I BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW. THE INJURIES I SUFFERED WERE NEARLY FATAL. I WAS AIR LIFTED TO A SHOCK TRAUMA UNIT, IN A COMA AND ON A RESPIRATOR FOR 21 DAYS AND REHABILITATION FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER. I HAVE SUSTAINED SOME PERMANENT INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THIS ACCIDENT. THIS WAS A SINGLE CAR ACCIDENT INVOLVING ONLY MY VEHICLE. THE EVIDENCE POINTS TO A POSSIBLE STEERING COLUMN LOCK UP WHICH RENDERED ME UNABLE TO STEER THE CAR. THE VEHICLE RIGHT HAND SIDE WENT OVER A ROCK WALL ON A DRIVEWAY AND THEN WENT PERFECTLY STRAIGHT INTO TREE WHICH BEGAN TIPPING THE CAR OVER. NEXT TO THE TREE WAS A VERY LARGE TREE STUMP WHICH CAUGHT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CAR'S UNDERSIDE AND FINISHED ROLLING THE CAR. I WAS THROWN FROM THE CAR AS I WASN'T BELTED IN. (I HAD TROUBLE WITH THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT IN THIS CAR ALSO.) THE ESTIMATED SPEED AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH WOULD BE AROUND 20 MPH. *NLM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0

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