Chevrolet Corvette Complaints

5,302 consumer complaints on file.

#10019929July 11, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN
THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING COLUMN. THE COLUMN LOCKED APPROXIMATELY 24 TIMES WITHIN 4 YEARS DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *NLM *CB *JB REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10026941July 10, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
CONSUMER STATES THAT THERE IS A RECALL OR A MANUFACTURER'S NOTIFICATION FOR THE STEERING COLUMN LOCKING UP. CONSUMER'S VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN; ALTHOUGH, HAS EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10026667July 7, 2003
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:POWER STEERING FLUID
CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE SERVICE COLUMN LOCK HAS FAILED, CAUSING THE STEERING COLUMN TO LOCK UP. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10026487July 2, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN
DEALER REPLACE STEERING COLUMN ABOUT YEAR AGO AT COST OF $ 500.00. A YEAR LATER THE SAME PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10025273July 2, 2003
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST
DRIVER SIDE POWER SEAT MOVES DURING MODERATE ACCERLERATION AND BRAKING. I ATTEMPTED TO GET IT CORRECTED UNDER CHEVY TECHANICAL BULLETIN NO. 02-08-50-002 DATED 3/13/02 BECAUSE I WAS UNAWARE UNTIL A FRIEND MENTIONED TO ME THAT HE HAD TO GET HIS SEAT FIXED ON HIS VETTE UNDER THE SAME BULLETIN NO. WHEN I TRIED TO GET IT FIXED THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT "COVERED" UNDER THAT BULLETIN NO. AND THAT I WOULD NEED TO CONTACT CHEVROLET. MY FRIEND OWNES THE EXACT SAME CAR AS I DO, HIS CAN GET FIXED BUT MINE CAN'T? I HAVE NEVER OWNED A CAR THAT THE SEAT MOVES UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE THING BREAKS ONE DAY IF I HAVE TO BREAK HARD? I END UP THRU THE WINDOW? I'M MORE CURIOUS WHY THE DEALER WOULD NOT FIX IT? THEY ADMITTED THAT MY SEAT MOVES BUT SAID IT DOES NOT MOVE ENOUGH TO WARRANT FALLING IN THE BULLETIN REPAIR. HOW MUCH DOES IT NEED TO MOVE? *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10026255June 30, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
WHILE DRIVING STEERING WHEEL BECOMES LOCKED. THERE IS NO WARNING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10025023June 26, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023835June 26, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
STEERING COLUMN LOCKING UP REQUIRING THAT THE CAR BE TOWED INTO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE FIXED. THIS IS A KNOW ISSUE AND HAS HAPPENED TWICE IN THE PAST THREE YEARS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023750June 25, 2003
STEERING
MY 1998 CORVETTE, MANULA TRANSMISSION, WAS TAKEN TO GEORGE MOORE CHEVROLET ON JUNE 23 FOR WARRANTY WINDOW REPAIR. UPON PICK-UP, THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO RELEASE MY CAR DUE TO STEERING WHEEL COLUMN LOCK-UP, DURING INITIAL KEY-IN AND START-UP. KATHLEEN DEMETER ACKNOWLEDGES THIS CONCERN IN HER LETTER TO JAY EHLE, DATED FEB.5,2003 (NVS-213, EA02-031). EVERY ATTEMPT TO FIX/ADDRESS THE PROBLEM RESULTED IN NO FIX. GM STATS THIS PROBLEM WAS NOT UNDER RECALL. I CONTEND IT MUST BE FOR GM TO HAVE FOUND THE SAME ERROR IN EARLIER/LATER MODEL YEARS. IT NOW IS COSTING ME $500.00 TO FIX IT. CAN YOU ASSIST ME? *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023670June 24, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
MY SON WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AND HE CROSSED THE MEDIAN AND WAS HIT BY ANOTHER CAR AND WAS KILLED, HIS PASSENGER WAS INJURED CRITICALLY AND REMEMBERS THAT AN INSTANT BEFORE THE CRASH AND THE CROSSING OF THE MEDIAN THAT THE CAR STEERING WAS LOCKED. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
1
#10024554June 20, 2003
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE TURN SIGNALS WOULD NOT WORK.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10024584June 20, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN
CONSUMER STATES "THE STEERING COLUMN LOCKS UP, LIGHT HAS ILLUMINATED. CONSUMER FEELS STEERING COULD LOCK UP AT ANYTIME. *AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10024485June 19, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN
STEERING COLUMN LOCKED UP AFTER VEHICLE WAS ENGAGED. CAR IS CURRENTLY BEING CHECKED BY DEALER. *AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023317June 18, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WE JUST PURCHASED A 2001 CORVETTE COUPE 2 MONTHS AGO. I HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WHEN THE SIGNAL LIGHTS (BOTH) JUST QUIT OPERATING--NO LIGHTS, NO CLICKING, NOTHING, IN AN INSTANT. AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME, THEY WILL WORK AGAIN. HAVE TAKEN THE FUSE OUT AND REINSTALLED IT IN CASE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN LOOSE. SEEMED TO WORK FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS WITHOUT A PROBLEM, THEN SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING AGAIN. THERE IS NO LOGICAL SEQUENCE OF EVENTS WHEN THIS HAPPENS. GM DEALERSHIP PUT IT ON THE COMPUTER BUT COULD NOT DETECT ANYTHING. THEY INDICATED THAT THE SIGNALS WOULD HAVE TO BE 'NOT WORKING' WHEN I BROUGHT IT IN FOR THEM TO TELL WHAT WAS HAPPENING. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION, ESPECIALLY DURING HIGHWAY DRIVING. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10024455June 17, 2003
SEATS, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM), ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM, STEERING:COLUMN, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS, VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
NAR 06/19/2003. *MR THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS IN NEED OF NUMEROUS REPAIRS. VOLUNTARY EMISSION RECALL- REPROGRAM THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE. EXCESSIVE ENGINE OIL CONSUMPTION. ENGINE KNOCKING NOISE. FUEL GAUGE DROPPED TO EMPTY, DRIVER SEAT IS COMING APART, STEERING COLUMN LOCK. AIR CONDITIONER HAS A BAD ODOR. INABILITY TO LOCK CAR DOORS. RADIO PRODUCES LOUD STATIC, AND SPEAKERS RATTLE. HEADLIGHTS HAVE A BAD BATTERY AND THE REAR VIEW MIRROR DOESN'T DIM. *CB *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023253June 17, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
MY 1997 C-5 CORVETTE HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKING UP. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPEN WHEN MY WIFE HAD IT AT WORK, WHEN SHE WENT TO LEAVE SHE STARTED OUT BUT COULD NOT STEER. THE DASHBOARD READER DISPLAY SAID "COLUMN FAILURE". WHEN CHECKING THE OWNERS MANUAL WE FOUND "COLUMN FAILURE" AND IT SAID TO HAVE VEHICLE TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP FOR SERVICE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT MY EXPENSE BECAUSE GENERAL MOTORS WOULD NOT ADMIT TO A PROBLEM. THERE IS AN ACTIVE RECALL FOR 1998-2002 C-5 CORVETTES FOR STEERING COLUMN LOCKUP, BUT THEY SAID THAT MINE WAS CAUSED BY A DIFFERENT PART AND THEY WOULD NOT HONOR THE RECALL. ON TUESDAY 10 JUNE THE STEERING COLUMN LOCKED UP AGAIN THIS TIME WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING. SHE HAD JUST PULLED INTO TRAFFIC AND HEARD A CLICK AT WHICH TIME THE STEERING LOCKED UP. FORTUNATELY SHE WAS ABLE TO STOP WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE CAR HAD TO SIT PART WAY IN THE ROAD UNTIL A WRECKER WAS DISPATCHED TO TOW IT IN AGAIN. THE SERVICE DEALER HAS HAD THE CAR SINCE THAT TIME AND WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHEN OR IF IT WILL BE FIXED. *JB REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10021459June 12, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN
1998 CORVETTE STEERING COLUMN LOCKED UP. THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED TO SO MANY PEOPLE THAT I THINK SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT IT. I HAD TO PAY $700 DOLLARS OUT OF MY POCKET TO GET THIS PROBLEM FIXED. IF AND WHEN THEIR IS A LAWSUIT I HOPE TO BE INVOLVED. THANK YOU, [XXX]. *NLM REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10021423June 11, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
ANTI-THEFT STEERING COLUMN LOCK. *AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10022859June 11, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN
VEHICLE WILL NOT START DO TO A FAULTY STEERING COLUMN. *AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10022866June 11, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN
VEHICLE FAILES TO START DUETO A DEFAULT IN THE STEERING COLUMN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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