2001 Chevrolet Corvette

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. WHILE REVERSING AT APPROXIMATELY 1 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED FOLLOWED BY THE ILLUMINATION OF THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT. THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHIN SECONDS OF RESTARTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO LOCATE NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 04V060000 (STEERING: COLUMN LOCKING: ANTI-THEFT DEVICE) HOWEVER, THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 31,000. UPDATED 2/22/11 *CN UPDATED 05/23/11*JB

IN 2004 MY 2001 CHEVY CORVETTE WAS RECALLED DUE TO DEFECTS WHICH COULD CAUSE THE STEERING COLUMN TO LOCK UP WHILE DRIVING. I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR THE RECALLS AND WAS TOLD THE RECALLS WERE ACCOMPLISHED, BUT I DISCOVERED IN APRIL, 2010 THAT THE RECALLS HAD NOT BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. THE STEERING COLUMN OF THE CAR LOCKED UP WHILE BEING DRIVEN ON OR ABOUT APRIL 6, 2010. THE DEALER WHO CLAIMED TO HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THE RECALLS LIED AND PUT MY LIFE AND OTHER'S LIVES IN JEOPARDY. I DEMAND THAT ACTION BE TAKEN AGAINST THE DEALER AND AGAINST GM FOR THIS INTENTIONAL DISREGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE! *TR

ELECTRONIC COLUMN LOCK SYSTEM FAILURE. I GOT THE FAMOUS, "PULL KEY WAIT 10 SECOND" MESSAGE AND THEN THE COLUMN LOCKED. I LOOKED IT UP ON WWW.CORVETTEFORUM.COM AND FOUND A BUNCH OF INFORMATION REGARDING THIS ISSUE. APPARENTLY THIS IS BY FAR THE MOST COMMON SAFETY ISSUE WITH ANY C5 CORVETTE. AFTER UNHOOKING THE BATTERY AND SHAKING THE STEERING WHEEL VIGOROUSLY, I GOT THE STEERING WHEEL TO UNLOCK. I CALLED THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP (HENDRICK DURHAM AUTO MALL) AND EXPLAINED WHAT WAS GOING ON. THEY TOLD ME I HAD ALREADY HAD THE RECALL PERFORMED IN 2005. I INFORMED THEM THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER RECALL THAT WAS RELEASED IN 2006 THAT REMOVES THE LOCKING PLATE FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THEY FOUND THE RECALL THAT I WAS REFERRING TO AND AGREED TO TAKE A LOOK AT MY CAR. I DROPPED IT OFF AT THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE RECALL HAD EXPIRED AND NEEDED TO PAY THE DEALERSHIP TO PERFORM THE RECALL. I WAS NEVER INFORMED OF THIS RECALL, I FOUND IT ON THE INTERNET AND INFORMED THE DEALERSHIP. THE RECALL I HAD WAS 04006B, AND THE NEWEST RECALL WAS 04006C. IT LOOKS LIKE IN ORDER FOR ANYONE TO GET THE RECALL PERFORMED THEIR STEERING WHEEL HAD TO LOCK UP FROM 2006-2008 AND TO TAKE IT TO A DEALERSHIP TO GET THE RECALL DONE, OR PAY THE DEALERSHIP TO DO IT. IT SEEMS LIKE JUST ABOUT EVERY C5 CORVETTE OWNER HAS TO DEAL WITH THIS DEFECTIVE STEERING COLUMN SYSTEM SOONER OR LATER. THERE'S EVEN AFTERMARKET PRODUCTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO TRY AND REMEDY THIS PROBLEM SINCE GM CAN'T SEEM TO. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE STEERING COLUMN LOCK INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 04V060000 (STEERING COLUMN LOCKING, ANTI-THEFT DEVICE). THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 64,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 2 MPH IN REVERSE, THE "STEERING ANTI-THEFT" WARNING LIGHT INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. WITHIN MINUTES, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED; ALTHOUGH, THE STEERING SYSTEM WAS LOCKED THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATIONAL. THE CONTACT SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND NOTIFIED AN THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER OF THE FAILURES; HOWEVER, THERE WERE NO RESOLUTIONS. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V060000 (STEERING;COLUMN LOCKING;ANTI-THEFT DEVICE) REPAIR WAS PERFORMED AND THE RECALL REMEDY WAS INSUFFICIENT. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CONTACT HAD CONCERNS OF THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 42,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE HE NOTICED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED; HOWEVER, THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE OPERATING THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE COLUMN LOCK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 80000.

2001 CORVETTE MANUAL TRANSMISSION--HAD CAMPAIGN 004006 DONE FOR COLUMN LOCKING PROBLEM JAN 06--ONE MONTH LATER, THE SERVICE PROCEDURE FOR MANUAL TRANSMISSION CARS WAS CHANGED, AND THE NEW PROCEDURE NOT OFFERED TO ME/NEW INFORMATION NOT GIVEN TO ME. NOW NOV '08, COLUMN LOCKING PROBLEM RETURNS, AND DEALERSHIP IN SCOTTSDALE WILL NOT PERFORM THE NEWER RECALL PROCEDURE UNTIL THEY "FIND OUT WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT THIS TIME" THAT IS NOT APPROPRIATE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE CONTACT STARTED THE IGNITION AND NOTICED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN LOCKED WITHOUT WARNING. THE STEERING COLUMN FAILED TO UNLOCK. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER RECALL FOR THE SAME FAILURE. THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY INOPERABLE AND HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE RECALL REMEDY HAS NOT CORRECTED THE SAFETY DEFECT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 30,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH INTO THE GARAGE AND SHUTTING OFF AND RESTARTING IT, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. THE WARNING LIGHT MESSAGE READ, "PULL KEY WAIT 10 SECONDS" FOLLOWED BY "SERVICE COLUMN LOCKED". THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AND SHIFTED INTO GEAR; HOWEVER, THE STEERING WHEEL REMAINED LOCKED. DURING A SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALER ON SEPTEMBER 3, 2008, THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE, BUT THE STEERING LOCKED AFTER DRIVING HOME. THE DEALER STATED AT THE APPOINTMENT THAT THERE WAS A $135 DIAGNOSTIC FEE. GM ADVISED THE CONTACT TO PAY THE FEE AND THEY WOULD NOTIFY HER IF THERE WAS A $100 DEDUCTIBLE OR A 50/50 SPLIT. THE MANUFACTURER ALSO STATED THAT THE RECALL REPAIR RELATED TO THE STEERING WAS PERFORMED. WHEN CONFIRMING THE DATE THAT THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED, THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE RECALL WAS NOT PERFORMED AND THAT THE STEERING COLUMN WAS REPLACED ON APRIL 23, 2002. THE CONTACT HAS PHOTOS, WHICH INDICATE THE WARNING LIGHT MESSAGES ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE APPROXIMATE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 85,000.