Chevrolet Corvette Complaints (1999)

308 consumer complaints on file.

#10019126May 22, 2003
STEERING
THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK UNIT ENGAGES INTERMITTENTLY. OFTEN WITHOUT NOTICE. WHAT HAPPENS IF THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION? THIS WAS REPAIRED ONCE UNDER WARRANTY. BUT CHEVROLET REFUSES TO ASSIST IN REPAIRING THEIR REPAIRS. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR. *NLM REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10016601April 27, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN
I HAVE A 1999 CORVETTE THAT AT 13,000 MILES. THE STEERING COLUMN LOCKED UP. IT HAS 40,000 MILES NOW AND IT HAS LOCKED UP AGAIN ALMOST CAUSING US TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. *NLM REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10016529April 26, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:ANTI-THEFT DEVICES
WHILE DRIVING MY 1999 CHEVROLET CORVETTE I TURNED OFF THE HIGHWAY & INTO THE PARKING LOT OF A STORE UPON DOING SO MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. I NEVER RECEIVED ANY WARNINGS IN MY DIC ABOUT STEERING PROBLEMS I ALSO HAD THIS REPLACEMENT PART PER A RECALL NOTICE LESS THAN A YEAR AGO & AT THAT TIME FOUND OUT IT HAD BEEN REPLACED PRIOR TO THAT. THE DEALERSHIP TOWED THE CAR IN & INFORMED US THAT THEY HAD FIXED IT AGAIN! THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS VEHICLE! THE NOTES I READ ON YOUR SITE EVEN 1997 THROUGH 2002 MODELS WITH THIS PROBLEM NONE OF THE REPORTS WERE WHILE DRIVING THEY WERE WHEN PEOPLE GOT INTO THEIR CAR & STARTED IT THAT THE WHEEL DIDN'T UNLOCK. I HAVE AS I SAID BEFORE NEVER RECEIVED A MESSAGE IN THE DIC PRIOR TO ANY OF THE LOCK UP PROBLEM. I AM THE 2ND OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE & IN THE 18 MONTHS I HAVE HAD IT IT HAS BEEN REPLACED 2 TIMES THIS LAST TIME COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL TO BOTH MYSELF AND MY DAUGHTER! JUST 10 SECONDS EARLIER BEING ON THE HIGHWAY WITH SPEEDS OF 60 MPH WE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED! AT WHAT COST WILL IT TAKE FOR GENERAL MOTORS TO CORRECT THIS WRONG? MY DAUGHTER SAYS SHE WILL NOT GET BACK INTO THE CAR AGAIN! I MYSELF AM SCARED FOR MY LIFE TO TAKE THE CHANCE THAT THIS WILL OCCUR AGAIN! SO, I REFUSE TO DRIVE THE CAR ANYMORE. THESE ARE NOT CHEAP CARS TO BUY! I HAVE OWED SEVERAL OTHER CORVETTES & HAD A FEW MINOR PROBLEMS HERE & THERE, BUT NOT ANYTHING THAT COULD BE A LIFE THREATENING OR LIFE TAKING PROBLEM ESPECIALLY AFTER THE FIXES BEING DONE BY THE DEALERSHIP! ANOTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO ASK OF YOU, IF YOU HAVE AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ON THIS CAR, IS IT NOT SUPPOSED TO BE LOCKED WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL IS? I DID ALL THE SO-CALLED THINGS, OF KEY REMOVAL & WAIT, ETC & IT DID NOT UNLOCK THE STEERING, BUT YOU COULD PUT IT IN ANY GEAR TO MOVE IT. JUST STRAIGHT FORWARD & BACKWARD DO TO NO STEERING. I CAN'T SEEM TO GET A REAL ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION. *NLM REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10013974April 4, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE DELIVERY, COMPUTER SHUTS GAS LEVEL TO EMPTY AND THE VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN WHILE DRIVING. *JB
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
#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
#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
#10002658January 14, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
THE STEERING COLUMN ON MY 1999 CHEVROLET CORVETTE LOCKED AFTER STARTING IT AND THE CAR WAS IN DRIVE. REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10001459December 24, 2002
STEERING
WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, THE VEHICLES STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. CONSUMER HAD TO FORCEFULLY BREAK STEERING WHEEL LOOSE AND DROVE TO THE NEAREST CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8023538December 2, 2002
VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR
WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED CONSUMER OPENED THE BACK LID AND IMMEDIATELY NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE SEAT. UPON CLOSER INSPECTION, CONSUMER NOTICED A BURN HOLE FORMING ON THE SEAT, CONSUMER THEN PLACED A PIECE OF PAPER ADJACENT TO THE BURN HOLE AND FULLY REOPENED BACK LID, ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THE PAPER STARTED TO BURN DUE TO THE SUNLIGHT HITTING IT THROUGH THE BACK LID GLASS. THE GLASS BEHAVED SIMILAR TO A MAGNIFYING GLASS, WHICH CAUSED THE SEAT AND PAPER TO BURN. TS *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#770211November 27, 2002
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
WHILE ON VACATION, OUT-OF-STATE, I STARTED THE ENGINE OF MY CAR. WHEN I SHIFTED THE TRANSMISSION INTO GEAR, THE CAR STALLED. THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT UNLOCK OR TURN. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO A DEALER FOR REPAIR, WHICH TOOK THREE DAYS. MY WIFE AND I WERE STRANDED AND THE END OF OUR VACATION RUINED. DT REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#766825September 7, 2002
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
STEERING COLUMN LOCKED UP WHEN CAR STARTED. REPEATED PROBLEM. CONTACTED DEALER, WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE OR PROBLEM. COLUMN SOMETIMES LOCKS WITH WHEELS STRAIGHT, OTHER TIMES WITH WHEELS TURNED. CAUSED ME TO BE STRANDED IN 90 DEGREE HEAT WITH SMALL CHILD.*AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8017992September 5, 2002
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER STATES THERE IS A DESIGN FLAW IN THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION, CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO SHIFT FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR, GOES TO FOURTH GEAR INSTEAD. CONTACTED DEALER, WHO INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS WAS WHAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO DO THIS AS A FUEL SAVER.*JB *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#766568September 2, 2002
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
STEERING COLUMN LOCKED UP WHILE VEHICLE WAS MOVING AND WOULD NOT RELEASE LEAVING ME STRANDED ON THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND CAR HAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR SERVICE I SEE SO MANY COMPLAINTS I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW THIS IS NOT BEING RECALLED BY CHEVROLET THIS WAS A VEHICLE I PURCHASED FOR MY WIFE AND I WAS GOING TO PURCHASE HER A NEW ONE BUT WITH THIS SAFETY ISSUE I AM GOING TO LOOKING AT OTHER BRANDS INCLUDING IMPORTS. *AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8012856June 28, 2002
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
STEERING WHEEL WILL INTERMITTENTLY LOCK UP WHILE CONSUMER IS DRIVING, WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW CONSUMER TO CONTROL VEHICLE.*AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759538March 19, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A PARKING SPACE IN A HOUSING AREA, PLACED IN PARK, AT THE TIME THE IGNITION WAS ABOUT TO BE TURNED OFF. THE CAR TOOK OFF AND FLEW OVER THE PARKING BARRIER, OVER A HEDGE AND INTO A TREE. THE CAR SIDE SWIPED A POLE WHICH DEMOLISHED THE ENTIRE LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, THE CAR CAME TO REST AGAINST A TREE, STRIKING THE LEFT FRONT. THE VEHICLE WAS STILL IN PARK, THE REAR WHEELS WERE STILL SPINNING, WHEN THE DRIVER WAS FINALLY ABLE TO TURN OFF THE KEY, GET OUT AND SEEK HELP. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT WORK EITHER.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#759226March 11, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE TRANSMISSION WAS IN PARK, BEFORE THE CAR COULD BE SHUT OFF. THE CAR TOOK OFF SPINNING THE REAR WHEELS, JUMPED OVER A CONCRETE PARKING STOP AND OVER A SMALL HEDGE INTO A TREE, WHEN THE CAR HIT THE TREE THE CAR CONTINUED TO SPIN THE REAR TIRES (WHILE IN PARK) UNTIL THE KEY WAS SHUT OFF. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT INFLATE, THE CAR HAS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE, THE COMPUTER SHOWED TO SERVICE VEHICLE SOON WHEN STARTED, PREVIOUS DAY THE VEHICLE WAS FILLED WITH GAS AND THE GUAGE WENT CRAZY AND THE DASH LIGHTS BLINKED OFF AND ON WHILE BEEING DRIVEN ON THE FREEWAY. THE VEHILCE HAS BEEN RECALLED FOR THE STEERING LOCKING TWICE, ONCE BY MAIL, ONCE THE STEERING DID LOCK UP AND HAD TO BE TOWED INTO THE DEALERSHIP FOR 72HRS OF REPAIR, SOUNDS LIKE A LIE, BUT THIS REALLY HAPPENED, I AM AFRAID THE CAR HAS A MALFUNCTION IN THE COMPUTER AND IT WILL KILL SOMEONE IF FIXED AND DRIVEN AGAIN. *AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#8004688February 27, 2002
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
REAR TIRE P275/40ZR18EMT,DOT # M60NACDR428 AND FRONT TIRE P245/45ZR17EMT, DOT #M68KACWR418 HAVE DEVELOPED CRACKS BETWEEN TREAD AND OUTER RIM.*AK ALL FOUR TIRES SHOW CRACKS BETWEEN TREAD AND BOTH OUTER SECTIONS OF TIRES. THE DEALER PRORATED THE TIRES AND REPLACED IT. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#9005928February 11, 2002
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR, STEERING, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS, STRUCTURE:BODY
STEERING KEEPS LOCKING UP AND CANNOT RELEASE STEERING WHEEL LOCK. BAD ACTUATOR AND RELAY, REPLACE ACTUATOR AND COLUMN LOCK RELAY AGAIN DUE TO POSS FAULTY RECALL PART. RECALL ON STEERING, HAD NO PROBLEM UNTIL AFTER THE RECALL WAS DONE. COLUMN LOCK LIGHT COMES ON, CAUSE SHORT, REPLACE COLUMN LOCK. ROOF LATCH RUBBER COVER FELL OFF, CAUSE BROKEN, REORDER RUBBER LATCH. REPLACE HAZARD WARNING SWITCH, REMOVE DASH PAD AND REPLACE HAZARD SWITCH. REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#752666September 28, 2001
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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