Chevrolet Corvette Complaints

5,302 consumer complaints on file.

#718177February 1, 2000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
SINCE ORDERING THIS VEHICLE THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS FACTORY DEFECTS AND OVERSIGHTS WHICH CONTINUE TO PLAGUE THE AUTOMOBILE. NO SAFETY DEFECT (S) LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855085January 19, 2000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEAT BELTS WILL NOT RELEASE FROM THE RETRACTING MECHANISM, CAUSING THE SEAT BELTS TO BECOME INOPERABLE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717253January 12, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:UNIVERSAL JOINT
FIRST WHEEL BEARING HUB FAILED ON MARCH 26, 1999. SERVICE TECHNICIAN REPORTED THAT WHEEL COULD HAVE COME OFF OF VEHICLE DURING TRANSPORTATION. REPLACED BY DEALER AT CONSUMER'S COST. LETTER SENT TO VEHICLE MANUFACTURER WITH FAILED PART. NO RESPONSE RECEIVED BY CONSUMER. REPLACEMENT DIAGNOSED AS FAILED ON JANUARY 12, 2000. DURING DIAGNOSIS, DEALER REPORTS THAT ALL UNIVERSAL JOINTS (ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT) ARE FAILING. ALL ASSEMBLIES SHOULD LAST MUCH LONGER THAN 3 YEARS/55,000 MILES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717135January 10, 2000
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL
STERING COLUMN DID MOVE, BUT DRIVERS INFORMATION CENTER (DIC) ON DASH REPORTED STEERING COLUMN LOCKED/FAILED. FIXED BY DEALER, BUT NOT FIRST COMPLAINT I HAVE HEARD OF. I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS MAY OCCUR WHEN THE VEHICLE IS MOVING. *AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717172January 10, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, TIRES
VEHICLES BRAKES LOCKED UP, CAUSING SEVERE FLAT SPOT ON TIRES. THIS SHOULD BE A SAFETY CONCERN, AS THE CAR IS NEARLY UNCONTROLLABLE AT THE TIME OF LOCKUP. THIS VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN FROM THE MANUFACTURERS PLANT IN BOWLING GREEN, KY TO LYMAN, SC, APPROXIMATELY 400 MILES, BY WAY OF NASHVILLE, TN. IT SAT IN THE GARAGE THE FOLLOWING WEEK. THE NEXT WEEKEND, THE BRAKES LOCKED UP. TAKEN TO THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP THE FOLLOWING MONDAY, IT REMAINED THERE FOR TWO FULL WEEKS WHILE THEY REPAIRED THE ABS SYSTEM. WHILE AT THE DEALERSHIP, THE SYSTEM AGAIN FAILED AFTER THE FIRST ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR WERE UNSUCCESSFULL. THE SECOND ATTEMPT REQUIRED PARTS THAT WERE TO BE BACK ORDERED. THE PARTS WERE LOCATED AT THE CORVETTE PLANT, HOWEVER, AND THE REPAIRS MADE. THE VEHICLES BRAKE SYSTEM NOW APPEARS TO BE NORMAL. THE LAST PART OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM, THE TIRES, HAVE NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THIS TIME. ONLY A "GOOD WILL OFFER" OF $75 HAS BEEN OFFERED, TOWARDS THE COST OF $1600 WORTH OF TIRES, ON A $46,000 CAR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#550129December 30, 1999
STRUCTURE:BODY
WHILE DRIVING AND DOING A SUDDEN TWIST THE FIBERGLASS ROOF SNAPPED. MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716653December 30, 1999
POWER TRAIN
THE SPEEDOMETER CONTINUES TO READ AT A CERTAIN SPEED ALTHOUGH THE CAR IS AT FULL STOP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716627December 29, 1999
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
THE STEERING RACK AND PINION HAS FAILED IN MY 1987 CORVETTE. THE CONDITION IS PREVALENT IN ALL 1984 TO 1991 CORVETTES. THE PROBLEM IS REFERRED TO AS GM "MORNING SICKNESS". THE PROBLEM CAN CAUSE A LOSS OF CONTROL IN THE VEHICAL. GM CHANGED THE DESIGN OF THE STEERING RACK (REPLACED HARD SEALS) FOR MODEL YEAR 1992 DUE TO NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#854299December 22, 1999
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL
PE99066, STEERING COLUMN LOCK MODULE; CONSUMER IS RECEIVEING MESSAGES TO SERVICE THE STEERING COLUMN LOCK. THIS PROBLEM HAS NOT STOPPED CONSUMER FROM DRIVING THE VEHICLE. BUT, DEALER DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO CORRECT PROBLEM AT THIS TIME. *AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716087December 15, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
INTERMITTENT NO-START PROBLEM. DEFECTIVE IGNITION PARTS INSTALLED AT FACTORY PER CHEVROLET BULLETIN 88-292-8A. CHEVROLET CONTACTED AND REFUSED TO COVER REPLACEMENT OF PARTS PER BULLETIN. FEE PAID TO GM FOR WARRATY TRANSFER AND EXTENSION TO 60,000 MILES. 25,000 MILES NOW ON VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#854009December 13, 1999
TIRES, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR SERIVCE. WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR PART IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. THE PART IS #10161856. COMPANY WENT OUT OF BUSINESS. RECEIVED WARNING WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#853987December 10, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL
WHILE DRIVING DOWN ON INTERSTATE IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. THE INFORMATION WARNING SYSTEM DISPLAYED A MESSAGE THAT READ ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM WAS MALFUNCTIONING. ATER DISPLAY MESSAGE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, THEN ENGINE LOST POWER. CONSUMER FELT THAT IF SYSTEMS FAILED IT COULD LOCK UP THE BRAKES AND POSIBLE INJURIES COULD OCCUR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#853726December 6, 1999
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR, STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH, STEERING:COLUMN, STEERING
THE STEERING WHEEL COLUMN LOCKED UP, CAUSING A COLLISION WHICH RESULTED IN INJURY. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED SEVERALTIMES FOR STEERING LOCKING UP PRIOR TO THE COLLISION. ALSO, DEALER HAS REPLACED THE IGNITION AND THE STEERING LOCK ACTUATOR. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK *YC REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#715683December 6, 1999
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
HIT TELEPHONE POLE HEAD ON HAD CONCUSSION AND AMENESIA
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#715251November 25, 1999
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE STEERING COLUMN HAS FAILED TO UNLOCK UPON STARTING THE ENGINE. FORTUNATELY, BOTH TIMES WERE IN THE GARAGE. THE COMPUTER DETECTS THE FAILED COLUMN LOCK AND PREVENTS THE CAR FROM BEING DRIVEN BY SHUTTING THE ENGINE DOWN AFTER MOVING A COUPLE OF FEET. MY CONCERN IS THIS HAS BEEN REPAIRED ONCE. IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THE COLUMN COULD LOCK WHILE DRIVING ? EVEN IF THE ENGINE SHUTS DOWN, I WOULD STILL BE IN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#852313November 22, 1999
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
STEERING COLUMN LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BECOME UNDRIVEABLE. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE STEERING LOCK MODULE AND ROCKER STUDS. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714787November 15, 1999
TIRES
CAR CAME FACTORY EQUIPPED WITH EMT (RUN-FLAT) TIRES. MANUFACTURER HAS DISCONTINUED PART NUMBER 10161856 "TIRE SENSOR" NEEDED TO INDICATE IF A TIRE LOSES PRESSURE. AS THERE IS NO OUTWARD INDICATION OF A LOSS OF PRESSURE IN A TIRE, LOSS OF PRESSURE WILL EVENTUALLY RESULT IN CATASTROPHIC TIRE FAILURE WHICH MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. CHEVROLET CUSTOMER CARE HAS CONFIRMED THE PART HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED AND THAT THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO PLANS FOR A REPLACEMENT PART. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#852811November 12, 1999
TIRES
THE TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR HAS BROKEN, AND THE PART HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED BY THE MANUFACTURER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714678November 12, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
THE CENTER VALVE ON THE MASTER CYLINDER LEAKS BRAKE FLUID.THE MASTER CYLINDER AND THE CENTER VALVE HAD TO BE REPLACED.THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM.I CONTACTED THE CHEVROLET CO. BUT THEY SAID THERE ISNT A RECALL .BUT YOU SAY THERE IS. WHO IS TELLING THE TRUTH???PLEASE HELP.TIM THE CAMPAIGN # IS 86V120000
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714589November 10, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST, POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
NO SUMMARY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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