1998 Chevrolet Corvette

RECALL ON COLUMN LOCK SYSTEM ON GM/CHEVY CORVETTE WAS PERFORMED ON 2-14-05 & NOT DONE PROPERLY. THE SOLUTION IS TO DISABLE THIS ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM AS IT CAN LOCK-UP ON YOU WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING. ON MY CORVETTE THIS WAS PERFORMED BUT NOT DISABLED, MY CAR LOCKED UP IN MY GARAGE 11/07...LUCKY ME! SO FOR WELL OVER 2 YEARS I WAS DRIVING A CAR THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FIXED PUTTING MY LIFE AS WELL AS MY FAMILY MEMBERS IN DANGER. NOW GM WANTS ME TO EAT THE COST OF REPAIRS BECAUSE OF THE TIME & MILES SINCE. I'M TALKING ABOUT $371.00, NOT MUCH REALLY BUT IT'S THE PRINCIPLE. THEY SHOULD BE MORE WORRIED THAT I'LL SUE FOR NEGLIGENCE! *TR

1998 CHEVROLET CORVETTE CUSTOMER STATES THAT THE STEERING COLUMN SUDDENLY LOCKED UP AND WAS UNABLE TO STEER THE VEHICLE**CC THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE PROBLEM HE EXPERIENCED WAS A RECALL ISSUE. THE PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED FREE OF CHARGE, HOWEVER THE CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE TOWING CHARGES. THE CLAIM FOR REIMBURSEMENT WAS DENIED BECAUSE THE CONSUMER DIDN'T HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A GM DEALER. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AFTER THE RECALL REMEDY REPAIR #04V060000 REGARDING THE STEERING; COLUMN LOCKING; ANTI THEFT DEVICE WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE ANOTHER PROBLEM APPEAR. WHILE DRIVING ANY SPEEDS THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THIS OCCURRED ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED OFF THE ROAD AND RESTARTED. THE DEALER WAS ALERTED. *AK

I HAVE A 1998 CORVETTE WHICH HAS HAD THE STEERING COLUMN LOCK RECALL PERFORMED TWICE. NOW THERE IS A UPDATED RECALL FOR MY CAR THAT I CANNOT GET COVERED BECAUSE THE DEALER SAYS THAT ONE OF THE PAST RECALLS HAVE BEEN PERFORMED IMPROPERLY. THE CAR HAS NEVER BEEN SERVICED ANY WHERE EXCEPT AUTHORIZED CHEVROLET DEALERS. THE DEALER SAYS IT NEEDS $439 WORTH OF REPAIRS THAT HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO CHEVROLET FOR EIGHT YEARS NOW AS A CONTINUES SAFETY ISSUE. THEY CONTINUED TO BUILD THE CORVETTES WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS AFTER THE FIRST RECALL WAS ANNOUNCED. THAT SHOWS INABILITY TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. IF YOU HAD THE PROBLEM FIXED YOU WOULD NOT CONTINUE TO BUILD NEW CARS WITH THE PROBLEM. *JB

I OWN A 98 M/T CORVETTE & I AM AN AUTOMOBILE EXPERT. THE C5 CORVETTE HAS AN ENGINEERING SAFETY DEFECT WITH THE ELECTO-MECHANICAL STEERING COLUMN LOCK SYSTEM. THERE HAD BEEN MANY INSTANCES OF THE STEERING COLUMN LOCK ENGAGING WHILE DRIVING ON THESE C5 & HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES ON MY C5 BEFORE THE ACCIDENT ON 12/25/05. NO FAIL SAFE SYSTEM FOR THE COLUMN LOCK EXISTS AND THE BCM OR BODY CONTROL MODULE HAS TOTAL CONTROL OVER THIS COLUMN LOCK. MANY VEHICLE MALFUNCTIONS WILL CAUSE THIS STEERING LOCK TO ENGAGE WHILE DRIVING. GMS RECALL FOR VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AN A/T THE COLUMN LOCK WAS ELIMINATED. GMS SUPPOSED FIX FOR THE M/T VEHICLES WAS TO REPROGRAM THE PCM'S WITH NEW SOFTWARE & THIS SOFTWARE CHANGE DID NOT PREVENT THE COLUMN LOCK FROM ENGAGING; IT JUST MADE SURE THAT THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF SHOULD THE STEERING LOCK ENGAGE. ABOUT 07/05 THE STEERING COLUMN LOCK HAD ENGAGED WHILE DRIVING & HAD LEFT THE CAR STUCK IN TRAFFIC. THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED AT HIS TIME. I WAS TOLD THE STEERING LOCKING PROBLEM HAD BEEN RESOLVED. ON 12/25/05 WHILE DRIVING ON A WET ROAD, WITHOUT WARNING, MY C5 SKIDDED WHEN THE ENGINE SUDDENLY STOPPED & I WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT THE SKID BECAUSE THE STEERING LOCK HAD ENGAGED & THE CAR WENT A CROSSED A DIVIDED ROADWAY INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC, STOPPED & THEN GOT HIT. THE OTHER VEHICLES THAT HIT MY C5 WERE DESTROYED & THE OCCUPANTS WERE INJURED. THIS ACCIDENT WILL HAPPEN EVENTUALLY WITH ALL C5 S. IF THE STEERING LOCK HAD JUST ENGAGED THIS WOULD HAVE OF NOT CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. IF IT HAD JUST LOCKED, & THE ENGINE HAD NOT SHUT OFF, THE CAR COULD STILL BE STOPPED SAFELY JUST BLOCKING TRAFFIC. HOWEVER, IF THE ROAD IS WET WHEN THE ENGINE STOPS & THE VEHICLE IS REAR WHEEL DRIVE WITH A M/T THE REAR WHEELS WILL SKID. IF A SKID OCCURS IT CAN BE EASILY CORRECTED BY TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TO KEEP THE VEHICLE IN A STRAIGHT PATH UNLESS THE STEERING IS LOCKED. IF THE RECALL HAD NOT BEEN PERFORMED THIS ACCIDENT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED.*JB

CRANE CHEVROLET IN WAYNE NJ PERFORMED THE ELECTRONIC COLUMN SYSTEM RECALL AND 1500 MILES LATER IT LOCKED UP AGAIN SO THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED FOR THE SECOND TIME AND TO MY SURPRISE THEY GAVE ME A BILL FOR$382. THEY CLAIMED IT WAS ECL MOTOR THAT HAD TO BE REPLACED AND IT WAS NOT UNDER THE RECALL ,THE SYSTEM WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DISABLED SO THIS WOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN, SHAME ON GM FOR PUTTING A SYSTEM ON THIS CAR THAT KEEP FAILING AND TRYING TO MAKE US PAY FOR IT .THERE ARE COUNTLESS AMOUNTS OF COMPLAINS HERE ALSO ON EVERY CORVETTE FORUM ,WHY ISN'T THE GOVERNMENT STEPPING IN AND MAKING GM TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS FAILURE, UNTIL THEY DO WE CAN NOT DRIVE THIS CARS WITH CONFIDENCE THAT WE WILL NOT GET STRANDED. *JB

I ANSWERED THE RECALL ON THE STEERING COLUMN LOCK FOR MY 1998 CORVETTE IN NOVEMBER 2004. IT HAS STRANDED ME 6 TIMES SINCE AND SAYS "STEERING COLUMN LOCK" ON THE MESSAGE BOARD. I NEVER KNOW WHEN IT IS GOING TO DO IT SO WE HAVE BASICALLY QUIT DRIVING THE CAR. IN 400 MILES SINCE NOVEMBER IT HAS FAILED 6 TIMES AND HAD TO BE TOWED IN TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE 7TH TIME WHEN I WENT TO PICK IT UP, IT FAILED AGAIN IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SO I HAD TO LEAVE IT AGAIN. NOW I DON'T TRUST IT TO DRIVE IT AND I CAN'T SELL IT FOR FEAR OF BEING SUED. WHAT DO I DO? GM SAYS THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE AND I WILL HAVE TO JUST KEEP TAKING IT BACK. THEY SAID ANY LEGAL CLAIMS WOULD HAVE TO BE DIRECTED AT THE DEALERSHIP. *NM