Chevrolet Corvette Complaints

5,302 consumer complaints on file.

#10132607August 12, 2005
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
GM RECALL #04006A STEERING COLUMN LOCK UP. MY 1998 C5 CORVETTE IS PART OF THE RECALL - I HAD THE COLUMN LOCK UP WHILE DRIVING- TOWED IT TO THE NEAREST DEALER - THEY INSTALLED THE SO CALLED RECALL KIT - AND IT DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM - THEY ARE NOW SAYING IT IS SOMETHING ELSE AND I AM LIABLE FOR LABOR AND PARTS. THIS IS A FACTORY DEFECT/ FLAW THAT SHOULD BE FIXED BY GM! I FEEL GM DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX THIS PROBLEM AS MANY "C5" CORVETTE OWNERS HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN EVEN AFTER THE SO CALL FIX WAS ADDED. MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AS THE CAR WILL STILL RUN AND DRIVE WHEN THE COLUMN LOCKS UP! *NM
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#10131771August 6, 2005
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
THIS IS STATED ON MY WORK ORDER AS "GENERIC RECALL".ON DATE BELOW I TOOK MY 04 CORVETTE TO THE DEALER FOR THIS WORK TO BE DONE. THE C-5 GENERATION HAS HAD CHRONIC PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING WHEEL CONTINUING TO BE LOCKED AFTER INSERTING THE KEY. MANY MOTORISTS HAVE BEEN STRANDED IN BAD SITUATIONS WITH THIS FEATURE. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE AUTO. TRANS. THAT REMOVED THE PLATE FROM THE STEERING COLUMN SO THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NO LONGER LOCK. THE WISDOM BEING THE VEHICLE WOULD BE IN PARK ANYWAY AND NOT EASY TO STEAL. WHAT THEY DID FOR US WITH STRAIGHT SHIFTS WAS REPROGRAM IT SO IF THE COLUMN LOCKED UP THE FUEL WOULD BE SHUT OFF. I WANT TO STATE AT THIS POINT MY CAR HAS NOT LOCKED UP 13,00 MILES BUT I DON'T LIKE THE ODDS BEING AGAINST ME. WE ARE DEALING WITH A RELAY AND A SLIDING PIN THAT HAS A HISTORY OVER TIME BEING PROBLEMATIC. THERE ARE PRODUCTS ON THE AFTER MARKET THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE PURCHASED BUT I AM RELUCTANT TO BUY ONE MY SELF BECAUSE I'VE HEARD 1 THEY WON'T WORK IF YOU HAVE LET THE DEALER DO THE REPROGRAMMING 2 THEY COULD SCREW UP THE COMPUTER AT BIG$$$$ OR 3 IF THIS [XXX] THING EVER LOCKS UP WITH ME AT SPEED I WANT G M TOTALLY ON THE HOOK .GM WANTS TO SAY THIS IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE BUT IF THERE IS SOMETHING WITH A CAR THAT OVER TIME HAS PROVED TO STRAND PEOPLE IN AREAS THAT ARE NOT SAFE TO BE STRANDED IN THE TIMES WE LIVE IN YOUR SAFETY IS INVOLVED. LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF HOW I LOOK AT THIS. LETS SAY I KNOWINGLY HAVE A TIRE THAT HAS A SLOW LEAK AND I DON'T REPAIR IT THEN ONE DAY IT SUDDENLY LEAKS FAST AND I AM IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION THEN I'M REAL STUPID. WE ARE CAUGHT IN A BAD SITUATION THE FACTS ARE OUT THERE. MOST OWNERS WOULD PROBABLY BE GLAD TO SIGN A RELEASE NOT TO HOLD GM RESPONSIBLE IF OUR CAR IS STOLEN IF THEY REMOVE OUR LOCKING PLATES I KNOW I WOULD. REMEMBER THEY DID FOR THE AUTOMATICS ,THEY NEVER WOULD IF THIS WAS NOT A PROBLEM . MY BIGGEST CONCERN CONTINUES TO BE CAN THIS [XXX] THING LOCK UP AT SPEED. REMEMBER MURPHY'S LAW. PLEASE HELP US . *JB INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT T
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#10131705August 5, 2005
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
DT: THE CONTACT OWNED A 1998 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. HE RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL O4V060000 CONCERNING ELECTRONIC COLUMN LOCK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND RECALL REPAIR WORK WAS PERFORMED, BUT IT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED, AND THEY WERE TRYING TO FORCE CONTACT INTO SOME OTHER TYPE OF REPAIR THAT WAS GOING TO COST HIM A LOT OF MONEY. CONTACT FELT HE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS BECAUSE IT WAS A SAFETY DEFECT. *AK
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#10131746August 5, 2005
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
REGARDING A 2002 C5 CORVETTE. STEERING RANDOMLY LOCKS UP. THE CAR CAN ONLY BE TOWED THEN FIXED BY A DEALER. THIS CAN EVEN HAPPEN WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION. ANY CORVETTE ONLY FROM THE YEAR 97 TO PRESENT CAN BE AFFECTED. GM KNOWS THIS IS A PROBLEM AND WILL HAPPEN TO ALMOST EVERY VETTE OWNER. THIS IS EXTREMELY UNSAFE AND GM IS NOT TO DOING THERE JOB TO FIX THIS PROBLEM EVEN AFTER 8 YEAR FROM THE ORIGINAL DATE TO WHICH THIS FIRST OCCURRED. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. *NM
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#10131753August 5, 2005
STEERING:COLUMN
I HAVE A 2000 CHEVROLET CORVETTE WITH A 6-SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION THAT WAS RECALLED FOR A STEERING COLUMN LOCK PROBLEM. EVER SINCE THE RECALL SERVICE WAS PERFORMED THE STEERING COLUMN LOCK ENGAGES, RENDERING MY CAR INOPERABLE AND ME STRANDED IN UNSAFE PLACES. THIS HAS OCCURRED 5 TIMES. ONE OF THE TIMES, I WAS STRANDED OUT OF TOWN, AT NIGHT, AND IN A THUNDERSTORM. IT TOOK OVER 5 HOURS TO GET A TOW TRUCK TO MY LOCATION. MY VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALERSHIP FROM WHICH IT WAS PURCHASED WITH AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. I E-MAILED JIM SCHELL AT GM, AND A GM REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED, BUT MY CAR IS NOT REPAIRED AFTER TWO WEEKS. I NEED ASSISTANCE IN GETTING MY CAR REPAIRED OR COMPENSATED FOR MY LOSS OF A DEPENDABLE VEHICLE. *NM
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#10131764August 5, 2005
STEERING:COLUMN
BEFORE A GM DEALER SELLS A USED GM CAR, SHOULDN'T THEY HAVE TO RUN THE VIN TO SEE IF ANY RECALLS ARE OUTSTANDING ON THAT VEHICLE?? BOUGHT MY VETTE FROM MICHEAL CHEVROLET, CALLED ANOTHER DEALER TO FIND OUT THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK RECALL WAS NEVER DONE! I AM A VEHICLE REP. FOR FORD,AND AM RESPONSIBLE FOR 500 COMPANY LEASE VEHICLES. I WOULD BE IN A HUGE AMOUNT OF TROUBLE IF I SENT A USED VEHICLE BACK TO OUR B LOT OR OUT TO AUCTION WITHOUT ALL RECALLS BEING COMPLETED! *NM
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#10131345August 3, 2005
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
DT: CALLER HAD RECALL WORK DONE ON MAY 11, 2005. CALLER DID NOT HAVE THE PROBLEM UNTIL THE RECALL WORK WAS DONE. STEERING: ANTI-THEFT DEVICEFAILED. CALLER SAID THAT WHILE HE WAS PULLING OUT OF DRIVEWAY THE VEHICLE LOCKED. TURNED IT OFF, AND WHEN HE STARTED IT AGAIN IT CAME UNLOCKED. HE HAD TO HAVE VEHICLE HAULED TO DEALER. DEALER HAS VEHICLE NOW AND CAN NOT FIND PROBLEM. MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET. *AK
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#10131104August 2, 2005
STEERING
DT: 1999 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. CONTACT TOOK CAR TO A DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE STEERING FIXED ON JULY 15, 2005 AND THEY DID NOT FIX IT. THE SECOND TIME DEALERSHIP WORKED ON IT, AND THEN TOLD CONTACT THE CAR LOCKED AGAIN ON THEY WOULD COME OUT AND GET THE CAR. CONTACT TOOK IT TO DEALER THE FIRST TIME ON JULY 1, 2005. HE CITED RECALL 04V060000 REGARDING THE STEERING. CONTACTNEVER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER, BOUGHT THE CAR USED FROM A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP. *AK
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#10130839August 1, 2005
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
2000 CORVETTE I RECEIVED A GM RECALL NOTICE TO TAKE THE CORVETTE TO A QUALIFIED DEALER AND HAVE THE RECALL WORK DONE. I HAD NOT HAD ANY TROUBLE WITH THE CAR UP TO THAT POINT. AFTER THE RECALL WORK ON THE STEERING COLUMN LOCK WAS DONE, I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT TROUBLE. THE DIGITAL INFORMATION CENTER WILL READ, "SERVICE COLUMN LOCK", AND ALTHOUGH THE CAR STARTS AND RUNS, IT WILL NOT GO FASTER THAN 5 MPH AND THE FUEL PUMP SHUTS OFF. THIS DEFECT HAS LEFT ME STRANDED FOUR TIMES. THE FIRST TIME IT APPEARED, I TOOK THE CAR TO TRI-COUNTY CHEVROLET, WHO INDICATED THAT MARK HEITZ CHEVROLET (WHO HAD DONE THE RE-CALL WORK) HAD NOT PROPERLY PERFORMED THE RECALL. WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF TRI-COUNTY'S WORK, THE CAR IS AGAIN HAVING THE SAME STEERING COLUMN LOCK TROUBLE. THIS IS REALLY STRANGE, SINCE THE STEERING COLUMN ISN'T LOCKED. THIS IS AGGRAVATING; THIS CAR HAD A $ 47,514. STICKER PRICE AND CAN'T BE DEPENDED ON. WHAT'S REALLY MADDENING, I NEVER HAD A BIT OF TROUBLE OUT OF THE CAR UNTIL THE RECALL WORK WAS DONE ON IT. THE CORVETTE IS NOW SITTING ON A TRAILER AND ON IT'S WAY TO TRI-COUNTY. *JB
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#10130013July 25, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
DT: THE CONSUMER OWNS A 2005 CORVETTE C6. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ONBOARD COMPUTER THAT WOULD APPLY THE BRAKES TO ANY OF THE FOUR WHEELS IF THE CAR BEGINS TO SPIN. THE ONBOARD COMPUTER ACTIVATED THE RIGHT PASSENGER WHEEL AND MADE THE WHEEL LOCK UP. THE DIC ON THE DASH READ SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM. THE DEALERSHIP LOOKED AT IT FOR A HALF A DAY AND HOOKED THE COMPUTER ONTO THE CAR AND KNOW ERROR MESSAGE DISPLAYED. THEY TEST DROVE THE CAR AND STATED THERE WAS NO PROBLEM AND TOLD HIM TO COME AND PICK UP THE CAR. THAT AFTERNOON OF THE INCIDENT HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE HE PURCHASED THE CAR AND THEY HAD IT FOR 13 DAYS AND THEY TRIED TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM THEY CHANGED THE SENSOR IN THE STEERING COLUMN THAT WAS TIED TO ACTIVE THE BRAKING SYSTEM BUT THEY COULD NOT ASSURE HIM THAT THE PROBLEM WOULD NOT REOCCUR WITH A HUNDRED PERCENT CERTAINTY OR EVEN WITH A HIGH PERCENT CERTAINTY. SINCE THEY REPLACED THE SENSOR THIS HAS NOT OCCURRED BUT HE ALSO MANUALLY SHUT THE SYSTEM DOWN. WHEN THE CONSUMER FIRST STARTED THE CAR THE SYSTEM WAS IN THE ON POSITION AND HE DEACTIVATED IT MANUALLY EVERY TIME HE STARTS THE ENGINE. *JB
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#10129621July 21, 2005
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
DT: THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL 04V060600 APPROXIMATELY LATE LAST YEAR AND HE RECEIVED SEVERAL MORE SINCE THEN. THE PARTS WERE ON BACK ORDER. WHEN RECALL REPAIRS WERE ARRANGED, IN APRIL, THEY HAD TO ORDER PARTS, AND THE DEALERSHIP WAS SUPPOSE TO NOTIFY THE CONSUMER WHEN THE PARTS WERE IN. TWO WEEKS AGO CONSUMER CHECKED ON THE PARTS AND THEY WERE NOT IN. HE E-MAILED CHEVROLET, AND WAS CONTACTED AND TOLD THE PARTS WERE ON BACK ORDER. HE THEN GOT A CALL STATING THE PARTS WERE IN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BE REPAIRED JULY 20, 2005. THE STEERING COLUMN LOCK WOULD NOT RELEASE, IT STARTED AROUND MARCH. THE VEHICLE WOULD START, BUT THE CONSUMER DID NOT NOTICE UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED THAT THE STEERING WAS LOCKED. THE DEALERSHIP THOUGHT THEY HAD FIXED IT. HE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WHEN HE GOT IN THE VEHICLE LAST NIGHT. HE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD IT WAS A DIFFERENT PROBLEM AND IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. THEY PROBLEM WAS EXACTLY THE SAME, ALTHOUGH THE DEALERSHIP STATED OTHERWISE. *AK
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#10129638July 21, 2005
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
WENT TO DRIVE CAR AND DIC INFORMED ME THAT THE SERVICE COLUMN WAS LOCKED. HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP REPLACED PART #26089807 (COLUMN LOCK ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY) TO THE COST OF $425. ACCORDING TO THEM (NEWSOME AUTOMOTIVE, FLORENCE S.C.) THIS PART # WAS NOT ONE IN THE APRIL 04 RECAL. I FIND THAT HARD TO BELIEVE.
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#10129379July 19, 2005
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
DT: THE CONSUMER STATES THAT HE HAD MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 040006 REPAIRS PERFORMED ON 2000 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. SINCE THE RECALL THERE WAS A LIGHT ON THE DISC, BRINGING UP A CODE THAT SAID TO REMOVE KEY FOR 10 SECONDS, THE OTHER ONE SERVICE COLUMN LOCK. THE OWNER HAD NOT HAD ANY PROBLEMS PRIOR TO THE RECALL BEING PERFORMED. THIS PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT. THE OWNER HAD TAKEN THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, THE DEALER WANTED TO BE PAID FOR THE USE OF THE COMPUTER ON THE OWNER'S CAR. THE OWNER THOUGHT THAT THE RELAY SWITCH THAT WAS INSTALLED WAS FAULTY. THE OWNER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THEM. GM SAID THAT THEY WERE AWARE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM, BUT THERE WAS NO FIX FOR IT. VEHICLE WAS SHUTTING THE FUEL OFF WHEN THE DISC DISPLAYED THE REMOVE KEY LIGHT FOR 10 SECONDS. AFTER THE LIGHT CAME ON. STOPPED AND TURNED OFF THE CAR, REMOVED THE KEY FROM THE CAR AND THEN RESTARTED THE CAR. THE OWNER CALLED THE DEALER AGAIN TODAY. THE DEALER STILL WANTED TO CHARGE FOR THE CORRECTION ON THE CAR. CONSUMER MAINTAINED THERE SHOULD BE NO CHARGE FOR RECALLS THAT WERE PERFORMED AND DID NOT WORK. CONSUMER STATED THAT PRIOR TO RECALL THE VEHICLE WAS MORE UNSAFE THAN BEFORE. *AK
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#10128925July 15, 2005
STEERING:COLUMN
GM RECALLED MY 1998 CORVETTE FOR A STEERING COLULM LOCK, I HAD RECALL PERFORMED ON APRIL 12, 2005 BY TEAM CHEVROLET IN SCOTTSBLUFF NE. ON APRIL 23, 2005 MY STEERING COLUM LOKED UP WHILE AT CORVETTE FUNCTION IN BOWING GREEN KY. SOME GM ENGINEERS WERE ABLE TO UNLOCK IT BY UNPLUGING THE COMPUTER. I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO TEAM CHEVOLET TO HAVE IT RECHECKED, THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG. LATER THAT EVENING IT LOCKED UP. MOST OF THE TIME THE COLUM WOULD UNLOCK IF YOU PULLED KEY AND WAITED 10 SECONDS. THERE HAS BEEN TWO TIMES THAT THAT DIDNT WORK, ONCE IN BOWLING GREEN KY AND THE LAST TIME IN MY GARAGE. THE CAR IS NOW IN MY GARAGE WITH THE STEERING COLUM LOCKED UP. I SPOKE WITH TEAM CHVROLET AND JACKY JOHNSON CHEVOLET CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE (PHONE 1-313-667-7153) ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, BOTH STATED THAT THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED AND I WOULD MOST LIKELY BE CHARGED FOR A TOW TRUCK AND THE REPAIR BILL. MY COMPLAINT IS GM RECALLED THIS CAR FOR A STEERING COLUM LOCK WHICH I HAVE, I EXPECT MY STEERING COLUM TO BE FIXED FREE OF CHARGE AS NOTED IN THE RECALL LETTER. I EXPECT GM TO PAY FOR A TOW TRUCK SINCE I DID ALL I COULD TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM. I WENT TO THE DEALER TWICE AND HAD SEVERAL TALKS WITH JACKY JOHNSON WITH NO SATISFACTION L
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#10128516July 12, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS
DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVY CORVETTE. ON NOVEMBER 27 2004 THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT LET THEM GET INTO THE CAR AND THE ALARM WOULD NOT GO OFF. ALSO, THE COMPUTER IN THE CAR WOULD TELL THEM THAT THERE WAS NO TIRE PRESSURE AND THE TIRES WERE ON THE VEHICLE AND THE COMPUTER STATED THERE WAS NO PSI. THEY HAD TO CLIMB INTO THE HATCH TO OPEN THE DOOR BECAUSE THE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN WITH THE KEY. ON APRIL 5, 2005 THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE BATTERY AND IT DID CORRECT THE PROBLEM UNTIL APRIL 12,2005 AT THAT TIME THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY STATED BASICALLY IT WAS THE BATTERY AND THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SAME TYPE OF PROBLEM AGAIN THIS TIME. APRIL 16, 2005 THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE JUMPED STARTED. ON APRIL 20, 2005 THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT GET INTO THE VEHICLE, THE BATTERY VOLTAGE WAS SHOWING ZERO, AND THE PSI ON THREE TIRES WERE SHOWING THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE. ON MAY 23, 2005 WITH ONLY 2700 MILES ON THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY THE SERPENTINE BELT BROKE, IT OVER HEATED, THE ENGINE HAD BLEW AND THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. AROUND JULY 3RD OR 4TH WITH LESS THAN 3000 MILES, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT CORRECTLY AND IT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY STOP BECAUSE IT WOULD COME OUT OF CRUISE CONTROL, THE COMPUTER WOULD GIVE THEM STRANGE ERROR MESSAGES. WHEN THEY ARRIVED TO THE DEALERSHIP THAT IS WHEN THE HATCH ON THE BACK HAD CAME OPEN BY IT SELF AND IT HAD HAPPENED TWICE BEFORE THIS BUT THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD MAYBE ACCIDENTALLY OPENED IT. ON JULY 12, 2005 THE VEHICLE WAS PICKED UP FROM THE DEALERSHIP THE PASSENGER DRIVER SIDE WINDOW MOLDING WAS MESSED UP. THE CONTACT TOLD THEM TO KEEP THE VEHICLE UNTIL IT WAS FIXED. THEY HAVE NOTICED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE WITH THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEMS. ALSO, ON THE VEHICLE THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO PUT A FULL FUEL TANK OF GASOLINE IN THE VEHICLE SINCE DATE OF PURCHASE. SERVICE INVOICES ARE AVAILABLE IF NEEDED. *NM
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#10128205July 9, 2005
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:UNIT
TURN SIGNALS INTERMITTENTLY FAIL DUE TO FAULTY HAZARD WARNING FLASHER UNIT. MOST, IF NOT ALL STATES MANDATE THE USE OF TURN SIGNALS WHEN TURNING OR CHANGING LANES. FAILURE OF SIGNALS TO OPERATE WHEN ACTIVATED CAN LEAD TO TRAFFIC CITATIONS, INJURIES AND POSSIBLY DEATH WHEN OTHERS ARE NOT AWARE OF YOUR INTENTIONS.
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#10127660July 6, 2005
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
DT: IN 1991 THE CONSUMER RECEIVED NHTSA CAMPAIGN RECALL 91V143000 CONCERNING SAFETY BELTS. THE RECALL STATED THAT WHEN THE PROBLEM OCCURRED WITH THE VEHICLE IT WILL BE FIXED. TODAY THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT FAILED. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE AMERICAN CHEVROLET, THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP, AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THE RECALL. AT THAT POINT, THE CONSUMER CALLED GENERAL MOTORS AND THEY CALLED THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP, BUT THEY REFUSED TO HELP. THE CONSUMER HAS A FILE NUMBER AT GM 1-347-363-013. DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT FAILED APPROXIMATELY A WEEK AGO. CONSUMER'S DAUGHTER WAS HURT WHEN SHE WAS RIDING IN THE PASSENGER'S SEAT AND THE BRAKES HAD TO BE APPLIED QUICKLY. *AK
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#10127553July 5, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
DT: THE CONTACT HAD TRACTION CONTROL, HANDLING, AND ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. AS A RESULT THE BATTERY WENT DEAD, ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, SERVICE TRACTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED HANDLING PROBLEMS. *AK
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#10127559July 5, 2005
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST
DT: ELECTRIC SEAT SHOVED CONSUMER INTO STEERING WHEEL. THE SEAT'S MOTOR CONTINUED TO PUSH THE CONSUMER FORWARD EVEN AFTER THE SEAT HAD GOTTEN TO END OF IT'S TRACK. IT WAS HARD TO UNHOOK THE FUSE IN ORDER TO STOP SEAT MOTOR. ON JULY 2, 2005 THE CONSUMER MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE COMPUTER WAS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK
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#10126555June 24, 2005
SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:SPINDLE
DT: THE RIGHT REAR AXLE SNAPPED IN HALF. TOTAL LOSS OF ANY FORWARD MOVEMENT OR ACCELERATION. THE CAR STOPPED ON ITS ON. CAR WAS TAKEN BACK TO DEALER. THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED YET. DEALER SAID THERE WERE NO MANUFACTURING DEFECTS OR RECALLS. *AK
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