Chevrolet Corvette Complaints

5,302 consumer complaints on file.

#766482August 30, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
DASH DISPLAY SAID TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM INOPERATIVE AND THEN 'REDUCED POWER MODE'. POWER DROPPED TO ZERO, ALTHOUGH ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN. WE WERE IN THE CENTER LANE OF A CROWDED FREEWAY AND JUST MANAGED TO GET TO THE SHOULDER. IT WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IT HAPPENED SEVERAL MORE TIMES ON THE WAY HOME. THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM WAS NOT ACTIVE (SUMMER, DRY, STRAIGHT ROAD). DISABLING THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM HAD NO EFFECT. IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ENDANGER THOSE ON THE ROAD BY DROPPING THE POWER TO ZERO FOR A TRIVIAL REASON.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8017590August 29, 2002
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
WHILE DRIVING AND WITH NO WARNING AIR CONDITIONER WILL NOT WORK AND IS LEAKING FLUID ONTO PASSENGER'S SIDE RUG, CAUSING MILDEW TO ACCUMULATE, LEAVING A STRONG FUME SMELL IN VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#766348August 28, 2002
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AFTER STARTING VEHICLE AND WAS ABLE TO SHIFT TO DRIVE WITH STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. I AM CONCERNED WITH THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKING WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND CAUSING AN ACCIDENT.*AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#766375August 28, 2002
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
FAILURE OF THE STEERING LOCK COLUMN DURING INITIAL START-UP. *AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#766170August 25, 2002
STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)
THE STEERING COULMN BOX LOCKED UP WHEN I HAD IT IN REVERSE AND BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPOT. . I HAD IT TOWED TO CHEVY DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE 98 VETTE WORKED ON. I WAS TOLD I HAD TO REPLACE THE STEERING BOX . WHICH WAS A $270 PART. IF I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AND THE STEERING LOCKED UP ON ME. THEN WHAT? . THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. *AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#766104August 23, 2002
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
STEERING COLUMN HAS LOCKED-UP "FROZEN" ON ME THREE TIMES. *AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#765957August 20, 2002
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
AC DRAIN CLOGS CAUSING COMPUTER FAILURE, ENGINE FAILURE, AND VENTS TO TOTALLY FOG WINDOWS. ALMOST CAUSED SERIOUS HIGHSPEED ACCIDENT ON INTERSTATE. THIS HAS CLOGGED 5 TIMES ON MY CORVETTE. MANY OTHER CORVETTE OWNERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. SOMEONE WILL GET KILLED IF THIS KEEPS HAPPENING. GM HAS NOT HELPED A BIT. THEY CAN'T SEEM TO KEEP THE AC DRAIN LINES FROM GETTING CLOGGED ON THESE CARS. THE AC PLENUM FILLS WITH WATER AS YOU DRIVE, AND THEN STARTS DRIPPING ON THE FLOORBOARD COMPUTERS AND FRIES THEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8016713August 20, 2002
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
STEERING WHEEL COLUMN LOCKED UP, UNABLE TO STEER . CONTACTED DEALER.*AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8016605August 19, 2002
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
CONSUMER STATED THE STEERING COLUMN FAILED TO UNLOCK, THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED.*AK *JB REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8016294August 14, 2002
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP UPON STARTUP, THE DEALER INSTALLED HARNESS KIT AND RELAY. *AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8016123August 13, 2002
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
WHILE BACKING UP VEHICLE STEERING COLUMN LOCKED AND VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ROLL. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS.*AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8016254August 13, 2002
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS
BRAKE LIGHTS WORK INTERMITTENTLY, SOMETIMES GOING DAYS WITHOUT FUNCTIONING. VEHICLE CHECKED BY DEALER, WHO WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8015789August 8, 2002
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
STEERING COLUMN WILL LOCK UP AFTER VEHICLE HAS BEEN PARKED FOR A WHILE. VEHICLE IS STILL ABLE TO BE DRIVEN. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#765393August 8, 2002
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
ON 08/02/02 I WAS BACKING MY VEHICLE OUT OF A PARKING SPACE WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND WOULD NOT UNLOCK. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP TO BE REPAIRED. THE DEALERSHIP, TERRY CULLEN CHEVROLET IN MORROW GA, STATED THAT THIS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE CORVETTE. I CONTACTED CHEVROLET AND THEY REFUSED TO ADMIT THAT THERE IS A PROBELM WITH THIS PART EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM IN 1997 AND APPARENTLY ON SOME 98 MODELS.*AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8015756August 7, 2002
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
AFTER RETURNING HOME AND PARKED VEHICLE CONSUMER TRIED TURN IGNITION AND STEERING COLUMN LOCKED. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8015613August 6, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR, STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:HIGH/LOW BEAM DIMMER SWITCH, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING 10-15 MPH ENGINE STARTED TO REV, THEN ACCELERATED. DRIVER APPLIED BRAKE, PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, BUT DID NOT STOP VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAD TO SHIFT TO PARK AFTER REARENDING ANOTHER VEHICLE. VEHICLE AT DEALERSHIP AT THIS TIME.*AK THE WIRING WAS COMING OFF OF THE WASHER HOSE, THERE WAS NO AIR COMING THROUGH THE VENTS, THE VACUUM CHECK VALVE WAS REPLACED, THE DRIVERS SIDE HIGH BEAM WAS REPLACED, THE STARTER WAS REPLACED THREE TIMES, THE SEAT BELT LIGHT WAS COMNG ON EVEN AFTER THE SEATBELT WAS BUCKLED, THE DRIVERS SIDE MIRROR WAS SHAKING, WATER PUMP WAS LEAKNG, THE FRONT BRAKES WERE REPLACED, THE HEATER WAS INOPERATIVE, THE SEAT LATCH WAS REPLACE, THE LEFT DOOR LOCK SCREWS WERE LOOSE, WHWN USIING THE REMOTE THERE IS A POPPING NOISE, THE HANDLE FOR THE CONVERTIBLE TOP HATCH LID WILL NOT RELEASE.*JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8015616August 6, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
BOTH FRONT ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES DUE TO VIBRATION WHEN BRAKING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#765280August 6, 2002
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED WHILE DRIVING THE CAR !! I BELEIVE THAT THIS MANUFACTURER DEFECT MAY HAVE CAUSED A CRASH, INJURY TO MY WIFE OR OTHER MOTORISTS. GM DOES NOT WANT TO FIX THE PROBLEM, THIS CAR IS VERY LOW MILEAGE AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURER PROBELM AND A NATION WIDE RECALL SHOUDL OCCUR TO ASSURE THAT NO ONE GETS THEIR STEERING WHEEL LOCKED WHILE DRIVING THEIR VEHICLE.*AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8015565August 5, 2002
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
WHILE PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. VEHICLE HAS NOT YET BEEN CHECKED BY DEALER.*AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#765166August 4, 2002
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR
SPRING LOADED OUTSIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR MOUNTS HAVE FAILED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE VEHICLE (ONE YEAR APPART). THEY SAG DOWN AND ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO USE LEADING TO A VISION HAZARD.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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