1998 Chevrolet Corvette

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

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

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

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

STEERING COLUMN WILL NOT UNLOCK AFTER STARTING VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS BACKED OUT OF THE GARAGE AND WHEEL COUULD NOT BE TURNED. KEY WAS TURNED OFF, TEN SECOND WAIT (FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS ON THE INFO CENTER) AND WHEEL STILL COULD NOT BE TURNED. WITH THE KEY OFF THE WHEEL WAS TURNED BACK AND FORTH AGAINST THE LOCK AND THEN RESTARTED. AFTER SEVERAL TRYS THE COLUMN UNLOCKED. THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD BOTH PHASES OF THE RECALL IMPLEMENTED. AFTER THIS FAILURE IT WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO INFORMED ME THAT EVERYTHING THAT HE COULD DO HAS BEEN DONE. HE SAID A POSSIBLE LOW BATTERY MAY HAVE CAUSED THE PROBLEM. THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED AND THE PROBLEM REOCCURED 2 DAYS LATER. THERE IS NO PREDICTABALITY OF THE DEFECT. IT COULD BE THE NEXT START OR A MONTH FROM NOW. THE ONLY SURE THING IS THAT WITH NO ACTION IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. THIS DEFECT COULD CAUSE A ACCIDENT WHEN PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE OR GARAGE DUE TO INABILITY TO TURN THE WHEEL EVEN AT LOW SPEED.

EARLY THIS YEAR I GOT IN MY CAR AND STARTED IT UP AND STARTED TO BACK UP AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP ON ME AND THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN.I HAD IT TOE IN AND REPAIRED AT A COST OF OVER $500.00.I LATER FOUND OUT ABOUT THE RECALL ON THE INTER-NET CONTACTED GENERAL MOTOR'S ABOUT GETTING SOME OF MY MONEY BACK THEY REFUSED.I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER CHEVY IF THAT IS THE WAY THEY TREAT PEOPLE.*AK

IN SHORT, I EXPERIENCED THE "STEERING COLUMN LOCK" ERROR THAT IS NOW RECALLED ON CERTAIN CHEVY CORVETTE. I HAD THIS REPAIRED AT MY COST. MY 1998 CHEVY CORVETTE VIN [XXX] FELL WITHIN GM'S VIN ON THE TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN 01-02-35-008, BUT MY REPAIRS WERE NOT PERFORMED FOR FREE, AS STATED IN THE BULLETIN. I HAVE CONTACTED GM SEVERAL TIMES ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT I AM NOT ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT. THEY CLAIM THAT MY VEHICLE WAS AND IS NOT PART OF ANY RECALL, BULLETIN, ETC. I BEG TO DIFFER. I HAVE RECEIPTS FOR EVERYTHING AND COPIES OF THE BULLETINS, RECALLS, ETC. BUT GM STILL REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MY CAR SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPAIRED FOR FREE. I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING WITH THEM FOR OVER A YEAR NOW AND I HAVE GOTTEN NOWHERE! *LA *SC *JB INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR