1998 Chevrolet Corvette complaints

RECALL CAMPAIGN: THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE(04V060000) ELECTRONIC COLUMN LOCK. NO PARTS AVAILABLE. SERVICE MANAGER JOE GIBSON. *NM

STEERING COLUMN LOCKED EVEN THOUGH THE CAR STARTED. *BF VEHICLE HAS STEERING PROBLEMS. SAFETY RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 04V060000. VEHICLE TOWED TO THE SHOP FOR REPAIR. *TC

WHEN TRYING TO START THE VEHICLE STEERING COLUMN LOCKED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED. A RECALL LETTER WAS RECEIVED. COLUMN LOCK WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER AT A COST TO THE CONSUMER. COLUMN WAS STILL DEFECTIVE.*AK RECALL NUMBER 04V060000 *TC

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

THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE RECALL REMEDY OF REMOVING THE COLUMN LOCK ALSO REMOVES ON OF THE VEHICLES THEFT DETERRENT FEATURES. *NM RECALL#04V060000. *SC

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

STEERING COLUMN LOCK ACTIVATED WHILE PARKING IN PARKING LOT. *AK THE LOCK WOULD NOT DISENGAGE EVEN AFTER REPEATED ATTEMPTS AT REMOVING THE KEY, MOVING THE STEERING WHEEL, ETC. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL (RECALL #04V060000)FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. *NM

CHEVROLET CORVETTES POSSIBLY HAVING DEFECTIVE ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN SYSTEMS PROPOSES TO CORRECT THE DEFECTIVE. RECALL# 04V060000. *AK *SC *JB

THE CONSUMER PROPOSED THAT RECALL REPAIRS FOR THE STEERING COLUMN LOCK FAILED DUE TO THE STEERING COLUMN NO LONGER LOCKING. *AK THE CONSUMER DID NOT AGREE WITH RECALL# 04V060000. *SC *JB

PROBLEM WITH ELECTRONIC COLUMN LOCK ON 1998 CORVETTE. *MR THE CONSUMER SUGGESTED THAT, IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ECL SYSTEM, THEN IT WOULD NEED TO BE FIXED, NOT REMOVED DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT WAS A FEATURE SOLD WITH THE VEHICLE. *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING STEERING COLUMN LOCKED, CAUSING THE STEERING TO BECOME INOPERATIVE. RECALL 04V060000 WAS ISSUED. CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM AS STATED IN THE RECALL. *AK

WHILE SHIFTING GEARS, THE STEERING COLUMN LOCKED. THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO UNLOCK THE STEERING COLUMN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A GARAGE AND THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT IT WAS A SECURITY PROBLEM. *AK THE VEHICLE WOULD ALSO SHUT OFF WHILE IN MOTION AND WENT INTO SECURITY MODE. *SC *JB

THE CONSUMER HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AS NHTSA CAMPAIGN #04V060000:ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH ELECTRONIC COLUMN LOCK SYSTEMS (ECL), WHEN THE IGNITION SWITCH IS TURNED TO LOCK, THE ECL PREVENTS TURNING OF THE STEERING SYSTEM. *JB THE SERVICE DEALER REPLACED THE STEERING LOCK ACTUATOR WHICH WAS INOPERATIVE AND WAS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. *SC *JB

THE FAILURE DESCRIBED IN THE ELECTRONIC COLUMN LOCK RECALL 04V060000 OCCURRED ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK THE STEERING COLUMN LOCKED UP. *SC *JB

STEERING COLUMN LOCKED UP WHILE VEHICLE RUNNING AND WON'T UNLOCK. VEHICLE IS A 1998 CHEVROLET CORVETTE CONVERTIBLE 6-SPEED. UNABLE TO STEER VEHICLE. VEHICLE STEERING COLUMN IS STILL LOCKED AND UDRIVEABLE. *JB

WHILE DRIVING STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP ON IT OWN. CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. CONSUMER PULLED OVER. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE STEERING SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

REAR 18" ALUMINUM WHEELS DEVELOPED MULTIPLE CRACKS ON INBOARD SIDE . *AK

RECALL 04 V 060 000 CONCERNING ELECTRONIC COLUMN LOCK. CONSUMER STATED STEERING COLUMN FAILED TO UNLOCK WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND REPAIRED AT THE DEALER. MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WA SNOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN THE HE STARTED THE VEHICLE, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. THE CONSUMER SUBMITTED A COMPLAINT ABOUT THIS PROBLEM ONCE BEFORE. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT APART OF THE RECALL. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TOWARDS THE LEFT, IT LOCKED, WHICH CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO DRIFT OFF THE ROAD. THE CONSUMER SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF, RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE STEERING WHEEL UNLOCKED. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE INSPECTED. *AK THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS A RECALL ON CORVETTE'S, HOWEVER HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. *JB

RECALL 04V060000, WHILE DRIVING, A WARNING NOTIFICATION DISPLAY ON THE DASHBOARD THAT READ REMOVE KEY AND WAIT 10 SECONDS APPEARED. DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THIS WAS A SYMPTOM THAT THE ELECTRONIC COLUMN LOCK FAILED. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK *LA

NHTSA RECALL 04V060000 CONCERNING ELECTRONIC COLUMN LOCK. VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING COLUMN LOCKING UP WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTED. DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. *AK

AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE AND AS IT WAS ACCELERATING THE STEERING COLUMN LOCKED. WHEN THIS OCCURRED VEHICLE STALLED. THE KEYS HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM IGNITION, FOLLOWED BY AGGRESSIVE SHAKING OF STEERING WHEEL TO UNLOCK IT. A RECALL WAS ISSUED BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK

AFTER DRIVING VEHICLE FOR SEVERAL HOURS, EXCESSIVE PRESSURE BUILDS IN THE GASOLINE TANK. PRESSURE IS HIGH ENOUGH THAT GASOLINE IS JETISONED FROM THE TANK. A PERSON UNAWARE OF THIS SITUATION COULD BE SPRAYED WITH GASOLINE. IN ADDITION, WHEN VEHICLE IS PARKED IN HOME GARAGE, GASOLINE FUMES ARE EXCESSIVE. SINCE PILOT LIGHTS FOR WATER HEATER AND FURNANCE ARE ALSO LOCATED IN GARAGE, THIS COULD LEAD TO AN EXPLOSION. *LA

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED STEERING COLUMN LOCKED. AS A RESULT, CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO TURN LEFT OR RIGHT. RECALL O4V06000 WAS ISSUED. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

CHEVROLET HAS REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE NHTSA RECALL, (#04V060000), ON MY 1998 COVETTE. THEY SAY IT ONLY COVERS THE 1997 MODEL YEAR DESPITE MY QUOTING YOUR RECALL NOTICE WHICH COVERS 1997-2004. THE SPECIFIC ITEM AND FAILURES LISTED IN THIS RECALL OCCURRED IN AUGUST 2002. I STARTED THE VEHICLE AND WHILE BACKING OUT OF MY GARAGE I TRIED TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL AND FOUND IT TO BE LOCKED! THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE REPAIRS TOTALED WELL OVER $650.00, (USING "GENUINE GM PARTS" WHICH DISABLE THE COLUMN LOCK.*AK

WHEN THE CONSUMER PULLED INTO A PARKING SPACE AT 2MP, THE STEERING COLUMN LOCKED IN PLACE WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE RELAY AND WIRING HARNESS. *NM THE COLUMN LOCKED WHILE IN DRIVE UNDER POWER. THERE WAS NO ENGINE SHUTDOWN. *SC *JB

RECALL 04V060000 CONCERNING STEERING COLUMN LOCKING. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE IS NOT ONCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL WOULDN'T MOVE, AND VEHICLE FAILED TO START WHEN THE KEYS WAS TURNED IN THE IGNITION. THIS OCCURRED DUE TO A DEFECT DESCRIBED IN THE ELECTRONIC COLUMN LOCK RECALL 04V060000. BUT, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

SOMETIMES. AFTER TURNING INTO AN INTERSECTION, THE ABS ENGAGE AND SLOWS THE VEHICLE TO 5 MPH AND THERE IS ONCOMING TRAFFIC. *JB

AFTER A COMPLETE FILL-UP OF THE GAS TANK AND DURING A CONTINUOUS DRIVE OF 50 MILES OR MORE THE FUEL GAGE RECALIBRATES TO EMPTY. I HAVE PERIODICALLY STOP AND FILL-UP AGAIN AND AGAIN OUT OF THE FEAR THE VEHICLE MIGHT RUN OUT OF GAS. *JB

RECALL NO.#04V060000, STEERING COLUMN/ANTI THEFT DEVICE: WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PUT IN REVERSE AND BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED TWICE WITH THIS VEHICLE. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE PROBLEM AT COST TO THE CONSUMER. *NM *NM

WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED THE VEHICLE AND STEERING COLUMN LOCKED UP. THE CONSUMER TRIED TO UNLOCK IT BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT A RECALL ISSUED WAS NOT FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK *NM

WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED A LIGHT FLASHED ON THE DASHBOARD AND THE STEERING COLUMN LOCKED. THE DRIVER TRIED TO UNLOCK IT BUT WAS UNABLE TO. THE DRIVER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE STEERING COLUMN LEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM *NM

THE STEERING LOCK REMAINED LOCKED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS ON. THE MFR HAS RECALLED THIS DEFECT, HOWEVER THE VIN# FOR THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. *NM *NM

STEERING WHEEL LOCK UP INDICATIONS ARE BEING EXHIBITED. DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER MESSAGE "REMOVE KEY AND WAIT 10 SECONDS" HAS APPEARED A HALF DOZEN TIMES OVER THE PAST 3 MONTHS. CAR IS ONLY DRIVEN ONCE OR TWICE PER WEEK. KNOWLEDGEABLE PEOPLE IN THIS AREA ADVISE ME THIS IS A PRECURSOR TO FAILURE OF THE STEERING COLUMN LOCK. LOCAL DEALER AND GM CUSTOMER SERVICE TELL ME MY VIN # IS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL. MY READING OF RECALL CAMPAIGN # 04V060000 INDICATES MY 1997 THRU 2000 WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS ARE SUBJECT TO THIS DEFECT. LOCAL DEALER AND GM CUSTOMER SERVICE REFUSE TO HELP WITH PROBLEM. *AK

POWER WINDOWS ON 1998 CHEVROLET CORVETTE BECAME INOPERATIVE. *MR THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO A BURNED OUT MOTOR. *SC *JB

1998 CORVETTE MT VIN:[XXX]. WHILE DRIVING CAR I EXPERIENCED STEERING COLUMN LOCKUP AS DESCRIBED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID: 04V060000 WAS TOLD BY LOCAL DEALER I AM NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. IT WAS SUGGESTED I PAY THE $650 REPAIR AND SUBMIT BILL TO GM. CALLS TO GM STATE I AM ALSO NOT PART OF RECALL EVEN THOUGH THE PROBLEM MATCHES GM RECALL 04006. GM INFO PROVIDED WAS VERY VAGUE AND EVASIVE. WOULD NOT SHOW ME RECALL NOTICE 04006 EVEN THOUGH I HAVE FOUND COPIES ON INTERNET. VERY FRUSTRATED CAN NOT DRIVE CAR NOR CAN I GET GM TO FIX IT WITHOUT PAYING.*AK UPDATED 07/25/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A STEERING COLUMN PROBLEM. THE STEERING COLUMN LOCKED. THIS YEAR 'S VEHICLE WAS BEING RECALLED. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY STEERING COLUMN LOCKED UP. CONSUMER TRIED TO UNLOCK IT BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING NORMALLY. CONSUMER INFORMED THE MECHANIC THAT THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, AND HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH,THE STEERING COLUMN LOCKED UP. THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO STEER OR TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. 45 MINUTES LATER THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO UNLOCK THE COLUMN AND DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME. THE DRIVER CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THE DEALER INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT ON RECALL AT THIS TIME. THE DRIVER INFORMED THE DEALER THAT THIS PROBLEM HAD OCCURRED MORE THAN ONCE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM

STEERING COLUMN LOCK FAILURE. (3RD EVENT) TODAY, MY STEERING COLUMN LOCK FAILED FOR THE THIRD TIME IN LAKE CITY FLORIDA. I CALLED THE CHEVROLETT DEALER IN THAT TOWN AND WAS UNABLE TO GET ASSISTANCE WITH THIS PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD TOW THE CAR IN ALTHOUGH IT WAS UNLIKELY THAT THE VENICLE WOULD BE REVIEWED ON THE NEXT DAY. THIS IS A MAJOR DEFECT THAT CONTINUALLY CAUSES ME PROBLEMS IN THE MOST UNFAVORABLE AREAS FOR SERVICE. I INFORMED A SERVICE WRITER A BILL HEARD CHAVROLETT ABOUT A RECALL ON MY CAR FOR THIS PROBLEM AT LEAST THREE MONTHS AGO AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON MY CAR FOR THIS MATTER. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS AND VERY INCONVIENT PROBLEMS THAT WARRANTS IMMEDIATE REPAIR.*AK

CONSUMER INDICATED THAT DEALERSHIP PERFORMED ELECTRONIC COLUMN LOCK RECALL 04V060000 REPAIRED 3 TIMES, BUT THE STEERING WHEEL CONTINUED TO LOCK UP WHILE DRIVING. *AK *LA

CONSUMER HAD JUST RECEIVED THE PASSENGER AIR BAG ON/OFF SWITCH. *PH *JB

WHILE STARTING UP THE VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO UNLOCK THE STEERING WHEEL. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND DEALER WAS UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

UPON STARTING CAR, THE STEERING COLUMN REMAINED LOCKED, SO THAT I COULD ONLY DRIVE IN A CIRCLE. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED AND A DEALERSHIP INSTALLED A "STEERING KIT" TO REPAIR THE DEFECT AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $300.00. CHEVROLET ADVISES THAT MY VEHICLE'S IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IS NOT INCLUDED UNDER THE RECENT RECALL FOR THIS DEFECT. (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V06000)(GM RECALL NO. 04006)

WHILE BACKING OUT GARAGE,THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO UNLOCK THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.*MR INCIDENT OCCURRED THREE TIMES. *LA

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A SEAT PROBLEM. THE SEAT SLID FORWARD AND BACKWARD WHEN ACCELERATING AND BRAKING. VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN EVALUATED AT THE DEALERSHIP. *AK *JB

WHILE DRIVING THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM

ELECTRIC MOTOR FOR THE PASSENGER SEAT TURNED HOT ENOUGH TO BLISTER MY FINGER. NO ONE WAS WORKING THE SWITCHES. TOOK OFF ON IT'S OWN. VERY CLOSE TO A FIRE HAZARD. THE CAR WAS NOT RUNNING AT THE TIME. IGNITION WAS OFF. *JB