Chevrolet Corvette Complaints

5,302 consumer complaints on file.

#10010884March 22, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED ON THE VEHICLE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10012140March 20, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING THE FUEL INDICATOR READ THE WRONG READING WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO RUN OUT OF FUEL. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10011366March 19, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES, INTERIOR LIGHTING, STRUCTURE:BODY, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
VEHICLE HAD THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS; REMOVABLE TOP SQUEAKED, DRIVER'S SIDE EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLE WAS LOOSE, RIGHT FRONT TURN SIGNAL FAILED, EXCESS OIL, AND STEERING/IGNITION INTERLOCK RECALL. ALSO DELCO BATTERY CABLE LEAKED ACID, CONTROL LIGHT MALFUNCTIONED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10010027March 18, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT
THE STABILIZER BAR AND SUPPORT ARM BROKE, VEHICLE SKIDDED INTO A MUDDY DITCH INTO AN EMBANKMENT. *AK *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10009529March 10, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS, SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
THE STEERING COLUMN LOCKED UP, THE FRONT HEADLIGHTS DID NOT ELEVATE AND THE DRIVER'S SEAT BACK BROKE. *DT *JB REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10011119March 7, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THE AC DELCO BATTERY LEAKED ACID ALL OVER THE WIRING HARNESS.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10007313March 5, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE DIAGNOSTIC ENERGY RESERVE MODULE MALFUNCTIONED. CONSUMER REQUESTED ASSISTANCE IN REIMBURSEMENT. *TT *JB *TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10007942February 21, 2003
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
FRONT STEERING LOCKS UP . AFTER CAR WARMS UP IT'S FINE ..I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A RECALL ON LATER MODLE YEAR CORVETTE . SAME PROBLEM FOR ALL 1987'S I HAVE LOOK AT . THEY GM NEEDS TO RECALL ALL 1987 CORVETTE AND FIX THIS STEERING PROBLEM .
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10007883February 20, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN
I HAVE A 1999 CORVETTE COUPE. I WAS DRIVING ON FOLSOM BLVD. (AT WATT AVENUE) IN SACRAMENTO, CA DURING RUSH-HOUR TRAFFIC (4:50 P.M.). I PULLED OUT INTO TRAFFIC AND MY CAR WENT COMPLETELY DEAD. LUCKILY, NO ONE REAR-ENDED ME. I WAS ABLE TO RE-START MY CAR BUT THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN AND A "STEERING COLUMN" LOCKED MESSAGE ON MY COMPUTER READ OUT INSTRUCTED ME TO WAIT 10 SECONDS THEN REMOVE THE KEY. SO I COMPLIED. I THEN AGAIN STARTED MY CAR, BUT THE "STEERING COLUMN" LOCKED MESSAGE CAME ON AND MY STEERING COLUMN WAS, INDEED, LOCKED. LUCKILY, MY STEERING WHEEL WAS AIMED IN A STRAIGHT LINE AND I COULD DRIVE FORWARD OUT OF THE BUSY INTERSECTION WHERE I STOPPED IN FRONT OF A GAS STATION. I CALLED FOLSOM CHEVROLET'S SERVICE DEPT. AND THEY ADVISED I WOULD NEED TO HAVE MY VEHICLE TOWED INTO THEIR SHOP. THIS PROBLEM COULD HAVE EASILY ENDED UP IN A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT HAD I NOT BEEN IN STOP-AND-GO TRAFFICE. CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT WOULD'VE HAPPENED IF I WAS ON THE FREEWAY DOING 65-70 MPH? REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10007811February 19, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
STEERING COLUMN LOCKED ON 1998 CORVETTE - DID NOT LOCK WHILE VEHICLE WAS MOVING - REMAINED LOCKED AFTER STARTING VEHICLE FROM PARKED POSITION REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10007821February 19, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
PURCHASED USED 1999 CHEVROLET CORVETTE COUPE (C5) IN FEBRUARY 2002 FROM DEALER. IN APRIL OF 2002, I GOT IN THE CAR, STARTED IT AND PROCEEDED TO DRIVE OFF. NOTICED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WAS LOCKED UP AND I COULDN'T STEER THE VEHICLE. HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE UPON THEY HAD TO REMOVE THE STEERING LOCK TO ALLOW THE CAR TO BE STEERABLE. THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM BUT AFTER READING AN ARTICLE IN THE FEBRUARY 2003 ISSUE OF CORVETTE FEVER, I THOUGHT IT BEST TO LET NHTSA KNOW OF THIS PARTICULAR INCIDENT. I WAS NOT HURT OR INJURED AND AM FILING THIS ONLY FOR THE PURPOSE TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF IT AND MAYBE TO HELP SOMEONE ELSE WHO OWNS ONE OF THESE VEHICLE TO BECOME AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10007630February 17, 2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
UNINTENDED ACCELERATION: WHILE STOPPED IN TRAFFIC WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, THE CAR REVVED UP UNTIL I TURNED OFF THE IGNITION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10007583February 16, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
THE STEERING COLUMN LOCKUP OCCURRED ON START UP. GM'S FIX FOR THIS CONDITION WAS PERFORMED BY THE DEALER AND THERE HAS BEEN NO FURTHER OCCURRENCE. HOWEVER, TWO OF MY FRIENDS HAVE HAD THE "DEALER FIX" PERFORMED, ONLY TO HAVE THE FAILURE HAPPEN A SECOND TIME. I AM WORRIED THAT THIS LOCKUP WILL HAPPEN AT SPEED. REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10007598February 16, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
STEERING COLUM LOCK UP AND SHIFTER LOCK UP REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10007556February 15, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
STEERING COLUMN LOCK UP. PH REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10005776February 13, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
1999 CHEVROLET CORVETTE COUPE STEERING COLUMN LOCK PROBLEMS: TWICE IN TWO YEARS THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED, I FOLLOWED ALL PROCEEDURES SHARED BY FELLOW CORVETTE OWNERS AND THE MANUAL, I HAD TO REPEAT THIS PROCEDURE SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE IT WOULD UNLOCK. I THEN TOOK THE CAR INTO THE DEALER, THEY REPLACED THE STEERING COLUMN LOCK SYSTEM BUT TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NO OFFICAL RECALL ON THIS. ONE YEAR LATER, SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN, I TRIED AND TRIED TO GET THE STEERING COLUMN TO UNLOCK. IT WOULD NOT, CALLED THE DEALERSHIP, THEY WANTED THE CAR TO BE TOWED IN. THEY TOLD ME THAT SINCE THEY HAD ALREADY REPLACED THE SYSTEM, THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE IT AGAIN. (BY THE WAY THE CAR WAS STILL UNDER GM EXTENDED WARRANTY.) I DID NOT HAVE THE CAR TOWED RIGHT AWAY, BUT LATER THAT DAY I TRIED ALL OF THE SAME PROCEDURES AGAIN, WITHOUT SUCCESS. I WENT ONTO THE INTERNET TO A CORVETTE WEBSITE/DISCUSSION BOARD AND RESEARCHED IF OTHERS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND ANSWERS/IDEAS TRIED. LOCATING SEVERAL POSTINGS SUGGESTING TO PULL A SPECIFIC FUSE, WAIT 1 MINUTE, THEN RE-INSTALLED THE FUSE. BY DISCONNECTING THIS FUSE, THE COMPUTER BRAIN WOULD RESET ITSELF CONCERNING THIS TASK AND THE PIN SHOULD UNLOCK WHEN THE IGNITION KEY WAS RE-INSERTED. I TRIED THIS, SEVERAL TIMES, OVER AND OVER WITHOUT SUCCESS. FINALLY OUT OF FRUSTRATION I RESORTED TO "SHAKE THE STEERING WHEEL HARD BACK AND FORTH"UNTIL THE PIN WOULD RELEASE. AFTER A MINUTE OF SHAKING... THE PIN DID LET LOOSE AND THE STEERING COLUMN UNLOCKED. THE NEXT DAY I TOOK THE CAR INTO THE DEALER AND INSISTED THAT THEY REPLACE THE STEERING COLUMN LOCK SYSTEM AGAIN, EVEN THOUGH THEY TOLD ME A DAY EARLIER THAT THEY WOULDN'T DO THAT, THEY DID CHANGE IT WHEN I CONFRONTED THEM. IT DOES NOT APPEAR TO ME THAT GM HAS NOT ADDRESSSED THIS PROBLEM OR ACKNOWLEDGE IT AS BEING A PROBLEM. WELL I AM HERE TO SAY THAT IT IS, THIS IS WHY I AM FILING THIS COMPAINT. REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10006863February 10, 2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS AT A STOP OR IN IDLE, THE VEHICLE WOULD LUNGE FOWARD.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10006782February 7, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:MOUNTING
THE FUEL TANK IS LEAKING GASOLINE. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10005255February 4, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
MESSAGE "SERVICE STEERING COLUMN LOCK". DEALER SAID RECALL DOES NOT INCLUDE THE '01 CORVETTE, JUST PREVIOUS YEARS. APPARENTLY THE PROBLEM WAS NOT CURED, JUST DROPPED THE RECALL. REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10005306February 4, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
LAST SUMMER,WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPOT, MY COLUMN LOCK FAILED TO RELEASE AND NEARLY CAUSED A COLLISION W/2 OTHER CARS. I CALLED THE LOCAL CHEV. DEALER AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT MY CORVETTE DIDN'T FALL WITHIN CERTAIN VIN NUMBERS FOR THAT RECALL FOR THAT VERY SAME PROBLEM AND THAT IT SHOULDN'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM. WELL, IT DOES HAVE THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS PROBLEM, BUT GM WONT FIX THEIR FAULTY DESIGN/PARTS AND WANT TO CHARGE ME $500 MINIMUM TO FIX! SO I HAD THE CAR TOWED HOME, ATE THE $100 FLAT BED TOW BILL, AND CALLED OTHER GM DEALERS-ALL DENY THE PROBLEM ON MY PARTICULAR CAR. CAN ANYBODY HELP ME? IF I WERE BACKING ONTO A BUSY ROAD, IT COULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS. MY CAR IS A 1997 C5 CORVETTE VIN# [XXX] W/APPROX ONLY 30,000 MILES. THANKS,[XXX] 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

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