2000 Chevrolet Corvette

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING FROM A RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY, THE STEERING COLUMN SEIZED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 04V060000 (STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE) . THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 20,750. UPDATED 11/19/12 *BF UPDATED 11/20/2012 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2000 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 04V060000 (STEERING COLUMN: LOCKING ANTI THEFT DEVICE) IN MARCH 2005. THE CONTACT STATED THAT MOST RECENTLY, THE STEERING FAILED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE LOCK LINK NEEDED TO BE COMPLETELY REMOVED. THE DEALER ALSO STATED THAT THERE WAS A SECOND RECALL ISSUED BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT STATED THAT THE LOCK LINK NEEDED TO BE REMOVED BUT THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 44,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.

I UNDERSTAND NHTSA IS AUTHORIZED TO ORDER MANUFACTURERS TO RECALL AND REPAIR VEHICLES WITH SERIOUS SAFETY DEFECTS IN THE DESIGN. I HAVE ALSO BEEN TOLD THAT THE "COLUMN LOCK RECALL" ON MANY YEARS OF THE CHEVY CORVETTE IS A GOVERNMENT MANDATED RECALL THAT THERE IS NO EXPIRATION OF GM RESPONSIBILITY TO FIX THE PROBLEM WITH THIS RECALL. I OWN A 2000 CHEVY CORVETTE WHICH I BOUGHT SECOND HANDED IN 2006 FROM A CHEVY DEALER IN MY AREA. THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL ON THIS CAR FOR THE COLUMN LOCK BEFORE I PURCHASED IT AND I WAS UNAWARE OF IT OR I WOULD NOT HAVE PURCHASED IT BECAUSE OF THE SERIOUSNESS OF THIS ISSUE WHICH THE CAR SHUTS DOWN COMPLETELY REGARDLESS WHETHER YOU ARE AT 0 MPH OR 60 MPH. I FEEL I WAS SOLD THIS VEHICLE AS A WAY TO JUST PASS THIS ISSUE ON TO SOMEONE ELSE. MY FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH THIS ISSUED STARTED THREE YEARS AGO WHICH WAS THREE YEARS AFTER I BOUGHT IT. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER NOT KNOWING ABOUT THE BEFORE RECALL AND HAD IT REPAIRED AT A CHARGE OF $1,700. AFTER I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE RECALL I QUESTIONED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS NOT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY. WITHIN A YEARS TIME SAME ISSUE RECURRED SO THIS TIME I REACHED OUT TO GM AND THEY STOOD BEHIND IT AND TOLD THE DEALERSHIP TO FIX IT AT NO CHARGE. I JUST WENT THROUGH THIS SAME ISSUE AGAIN FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW THIS TIME COSTING US $1,300. IF THERE IS NO EXPIRATION TO GENERAL MOTORS RESPONSIBILITY TO FIX THE RECALL PROBLEM WHY IS IT COMING OUT OF MY WALLET. FURTHERMORE THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY DEFECT AND I CANNOT UNDERSTAND HOW A MANUFACTURER CAN CONTINUE TO PRODUCE THESE CARS YEAR AFTER YEAR WITH THIS SAME ISSUE. SOMEONE NEEDS TO SEE THAT SOMETHING IS DONE BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED IF THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ALREADY. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD LOCK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL ACTUATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 04V060000 (STEERING: COLUMN LOCKING: ANTI-THEFT DEVICE) HOWEVER THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE WHO STATED TO THE CONTACT THAT ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER THE RECALL PREVIOUSLY, ANY FURTHER REPAIRS WOULD BE AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT STEERING COLUMN SEIZED AS SOON AS THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT AUTO MECHANIC WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE STEERING COLUMN LOCK PLATE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. IN 2001, THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER WAS 04V060000 (STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE). THE TECHNICIAN ALSO STATED THAT THE PREVIOUS RECALL REPAIR WAS NOT PERFORMED PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED FOR THE MOST RECENT FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,000.

WARNING LIGHTS IN DASH ALERTED ME TO THE ACTIVE HANDLING/TRACTION CONTROL NOT WORKING. THIS IS THE SECOND FAILURE OF THE EBTCM MODULE. CALLED THE GM DEALER FOR THE MODULE ONLY TO FIND OUT IS IT NO LONGER AVAILABLE & THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE OR REPLACEMENT AVAILABLE. I AM CURRENTLY DRIVING THE CAR WITH THE FUSE PULLED TO RENDER THE SAFETY BRAKING SYSTEM INOPERATIVE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED AND REPAIRED UNDER THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V060000 (STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE). AFTER THE REPAIR, THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE RECALL REPAIR WOULD HAVE TO BE PERFORMED A SECOND TIME, BUT THE CONTACT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST OF REPAIR. THE REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER COVERED THE SECOND REPAIRS UNDER WARRANTY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED A THIRD TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

THIS CAR WAS RECALLED BY GM UNDER RECALL BULLETIN # 04006 (4/19/2004). WEBER CHEVY INSTALLED A HARNESS KIT ON 10/28/04 ALTHOUGH THE BULLETIN SAID "AUTOMATICS ONLY". THIS CAR IS A MANUAL 6 SPEED. IN FEBRUARY 2006 GM ISSUED A NEW PRODUCT SAFETY RECALL (GM RECALL BULLETIN # 04006C) ON THE STEERING COLUMN LOCK SYSTEM FOR 1997-2000 CORVETTES WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS. THIS BULLETIN STATED THAT IT CANCELS AND REPLACES BULLETIN 04006B FOR MANUAL TRANSMISSION VEHICLES. THIS NEW RECALL STATES THAT DEALERS SHOULD REMOVE THE COLUMN LOCK PLATE BECAUSE "A CRASH COULD OCCUR WITHOUT WARNING". MY LOCAL GM DEALER REFUSED TO DO THIS RECALL BECAUSE HE SAID THAT THE CAR WAS ALREADY REPAIRED UNDER THE FIRST RECALL # 04006 (A) AND THAT GM WOULD NOT PAY FOR IT. PLEASE ASSIST ME IN HAVING THE CAR REPAIRED PROPERLY BY GM UNDER THE CURRENT RECALL WHICH CLEARLY STATES THAT THE ORIGINAL REPAIR WAS NOT ADEQUATE FOR VEHICLE SAFETY. *TR