1998 Chevrolet Corvette complaints

UNINTENDED ACCELERATION: WHILE STOPPED IN TRAFFIC WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, THE CAR REVVED UP UNTIL I TURNED OFF THE IGNITION.

STEERING COLUM LOCK UP AND SHIFTER LOCK UP REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

STEERING COLUMN LOCK UP. PH REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

PURCHASED CAR NEW.AT ABOUT 5000MILES STARTED TO NOTICE VIBARATION IN STEERING WHEEL WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED . AT ABOUT 10000MILES VIBRATION WAS SEVERE UNDER HARD BRAKING.DEALER[JON HALL CHEVROLET] DETERMINED ALL 4 ROTORS WERE WARPED AND RESURFACED AT NO CHARGE.AT ABOUT 15000 MILES STARTED TO NOTICE VIBRATION AGAIN.CAR NOW HAS 22000 MILES IS OUT OF WARRANTEE AND VIBRATION IS AGAIN SEVERE UNDER HARD BRAKING. I WOULD LIKE A GENERAL MOTORS REPRESENTATIVE TO LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM. DEALER INFORMED ME THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH 1998 MODELS.I BELEIVE THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY DEFECT WHICH COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT DURING HIGH SPEED [60-70MPH] BRAKING AND A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED TO REPLACE WHAT IS AN OBVIOUS DESIGN DEFECT.

CONSUMER HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING. ALSO STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING WAS INVOLVED INTO A COLLISION WHICH HE THINKS IT WAS CAUSED DO TO STEERING PROBLEMS. DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED AT THE TIME OF THIS CALLED. TS *TT

STEERING COLUMN LOCKED UP 1998 CORVETTE. CAR STARTED AND WAS ABLE TO MOVE, BUT THERE WAS NO STEERING AS THE COLUMN LOCKED UP. TS REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

STEERING COLUMN LOCKUP. WITH THE KEY IN THE INGNITION AND THE ENGINE RUNNING, THE STEERING COLUMN LOCK FAILS TO RELEASE. THUS MAKING THE VEHICLE INPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE. REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

REAR SPRING BROKE WHILE DRIVING, THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SLUMP ON TOP OF REAR TIRES. OWNER HAD TALKED TO BOTH MANUFACTURER AND DEALERSHIP ,AND NEITHER HAVE MADE ANY ATTEMPTS TO ASSIST CONSUMER DUE TO THE MILEAGE ON VEHICLE.TS *TT *JB

STEERING COLUMN LOCKED UP AND COULD NOT BE UNLOCKED. CAR WAS IN PARKING LOT AT THE TIME. *JB ***DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS****770778 REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING THE SAME DEFECT STATED IN RECALL #92 V 160 000 FOR THE STEERING HOSE UNIT, HOWEVER VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO THE VIN. MR THE VEHICLE COULD BE DRIVEN WHILE THE STEERING WHEEL WAS IN THE LOCKED POSITION. *JG *JB REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER NOTICED THAT ENGINE CHECK LIGHT HAD COME ON. AFTER TAKING VEHICLE IN FOR A DIAGNOSIS, CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT A STEERING WHEEL POSITION SENSOR WAS NEEDED. STEERING SENSOR UNCORRELATED MALFUNCTIONED/SENSOR SHORTED-PER INVOICE. CONSUMER FELT THAT THIS WAS A DEFECT BECUASE VEHICLE HAD LOW MILEAGE, AND KNEW OF OTHERS WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS. MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE AND WAS WILLING TO SPLIT THE BILL 50/50, BUT CONSUMER FELT IF DEALER DIDN'T COVER ALL CHARGES THEN FURTHER ACTION WILL BE TAKEN. COST OF TOTAL REPAIRS WAS $1256.36. *SCC...*AK

CAR ACCELERATED UNEXPECTEDLY CASUING LOSS OF CONTROL AND CRASH. ALSO HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH A 1999 CADILLAC. DT

TS

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THE SEAT MOVE BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS. TS

NOT ABLE TO MOVE STEERING WHEEL. MR REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

WHILE BACKING VEHICLE UP AND TURNING, THE STEERING COLUMN LOCKED. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHICH THEN TOLD HIM THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO A STEERING ACTUATOR. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS

CONSUMER STATES PURCHASED VEHICLE FROM DLR IN 07/02. DLR CHECKED RECALL SYSTEM THAT VERIFIED RECALL ID 00V111000 HAD BEEN REMEDIED BY A PREVIOUS DLR. CURRENT DLR INSPECTED VEHICLE AND DETERMINED RECALL HAD NOT BEEN REMEDIED AT ALL.

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITH NO WARNING STEERING WHEEL WILL LOCK UP, AND CONSUMER WILL LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. IT COULD HAVE CAUSED CONSUMER TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE STEERING COLUMN WILL LOCK UP AND CAUSE THE STEERING WHEEL NOT TO TURN, AND IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT DAMAGE A LOCKED STEERING COULD CAUSE HIMSELF AND OTHERS IN A PHYSICAL /PROPERTY DAMAGE. CONSUMER ALSO FEEL HE SHOULD BE COMPENSATED WITH REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE REOCCURING PROBLEM. *SCC REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

CAR REPORTED "STEERING COLUMN LOCKED" (WHICH IT WAS). THIS CAR HAS AN ELECTRONIC LOCK, NOT PHYSICALLY CONNECTED TO THE IGNITION KEY. LOCK ENGAGED AND WOULD NOT DISENGAGE AFTER STARTING CAR. HAD TO TOW CAR TO DEALER. TOW TRUCK DRIVER CITED ANOTHER EXAMPLE WITH SAME CAR MODEL IN WHICH LOCK ENGAGED WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON STREET., AND NARROWLY MISSED AN ACCIDENT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION, AND IS APPARENTLY QUITE COMMON IN THIS MODEL CORVETTE. NLM REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

STEERING COLUMN LOCKED TWICE SINCE 1999. LAST TIME (08/2002) WAS WHILE CAR WAS IN REVERSE AND BACKING UP. HAD TO PAY AROUND $450 TO HAVE CORRECTED. GM SAID THERE HAD NOT BEEN ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS RE: THIS PROBLEM; BUT I JUST READ AN ARTICLE IN AUTOMOTIVE NEWS TITLED "FEDS EXAMINE VETTE STREERING".*AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

WHILE TRAVELING AT 75 MPH COMPUTER ILLUMINATED, TELLING DRIVER TO REDUCE SPEED. A SECOND LATER, VEHICLE'S SPEED DROPPED FROM 75 TO 30 MPH. CONSUMER HAD NO CONTROL OVER CHANGE IN SPEED. CONSUMER FELT THIS WAS UNSAFE, WAS ALMOST HIT BY ONCOMING VEHICLES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

COMSUMER STATES WHILE PULLING OUT OF HER DRIVE WAY THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP.*JB REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

DASH DISPLAY SAID TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM INOPERATIVE AND THEN 'REDUCED POWER MODE'. POWER DROPPED TO ZERO, ALTHOUGH ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN. WE WERE IN THE CENTER LANE OF A CROWDED FREEWAY AND JUST MANAGED TO GET TO THE SHOULDER. IT WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IT HAPPENED SEVERAL MORE TIMES ON THE WAY HOME. THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM WAS NOT ACTIVE (SUMMER, DRY, STRAIGHT ROAD). DISABLING THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM HAD NO EFFECT. IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ENDANGER THOSE ON THE ROAD BY DROPPING THE POWER TO ZERO FOR A TRIVIAL REASON.*AK

STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AFTER STARTING VEHICLE AND WAS ABLE TO SHIFT TO DRIVE WITH STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. I AM CONCERNED WITH THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKING WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND CAUSING AN ACCIDENT.*AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

FAILURE OF THE STEERING LOCK COLUMN DURING INITIAL START-UP. *AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

THE STEERING COULMN BOX LOCKED UP WHEN I HAD IT IN REVERSE AND BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPOT. . I HAD IT TOWED TO CHEVY DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE 98 VETTE WORKED ON. I WAS TOLD I HAD TO REPLACE THE STEERING BOX . WHICH WAS A $270 PART. IF I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AND THE STEERING LOCKED UP ON ME. THEN WHAT? . THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. *AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

STEERING COLUMN HAS LOCKED-UP "FROZEN" ON ME THREE TIMES. *AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

STEERING WHEEL COLUMN LOCKED UP, UNABLE TO STEER . CONTACTED DEALER.*AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP UPON STARTUP, THE DEALER INSTALLED HARNESS KIT AND RELAY. *AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

ON 08/02/02 I WAS BACKING MY VEHICLE OUT OF A PARKING SPACE WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND WOULD NOT UNLOCK. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP TO BE REPAIRED. THE DEALERSHIP, TERRY CULLEN CHEVROLET IN MORROW GA, STATED THAT THIS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE CORVETTE. I CONTACTED CHEVROLET AND THEY REFUSED TO ADMIT THAT THERE IS A PROBELM WITH THIS PART EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM IN 1997 AND APPARENTLY ON SOME 98 MODELS.*AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

SPRING LOADED OUTSIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR MOUNTS HAVE FAILED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE VEHICLE (ONE YEAR APPART). THEY SAG DOWN AND ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO USE LEADING TO A VISION HAZARD.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 5 MPH IN REVERSE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, AND CONSUMER COULD NOT CONTROL VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

WHILE DRIVING STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. CONTACTED DEALER. AS A RESULT OF STEERING LOCKING UP MOTOR WAS DEFECTIVE.*AKCONSUMER STATES THERE IS A RECALL REGARDING THIS DEFECT, BUT THIS VEHICLE DOES NOT FALL UNDER THE PARAMETERS OF THE RECALL. *JG REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

VEHICLE WAS PARKED. AFTER STARTING THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN. DASHBORD MESSAGE STATED "REMOVE KEY WAIT TEN SECONDS." I DID AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE BUT THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN. DASHBOARD MESSAGE STATED "SERVICE STEERING COLUMN." AFTER REPEATED ATTEMPTS OF STOPPING, STARTING VEHICLE AND TRYING TO TURN THE WHEEL IT REMAINED LOCKED. I CALLED AAA FOR A TOW TRUCK - WHILE WAITING FOR IT TO ARRIVE I CONTINUED TO TRY TO UNLOCK THE WHEEL. AFTER AROUND TWENTY MINUTES OF TRYING IT FINALLY UNLOCKED. I CANCELLED THE TOW TRUCK AND DROVE TO THE DEALER. IF I HAD KNOWN THE STEERING WHEEL COULD LOCK AGAIN WHILE I WAS DRIVING, AS I DETERMINED BY SUBSEQUENT INTERNET RESEARCH, I WOULD NOT HAVE DRIVEN TO THE DEALER. MY OUT OF POCKET COST FOR THE DEALER'S REPLACEMENT OF THE STEERING COLUMN LOCK WAS $100 BECAUSE I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN AND SHOULD BE THE SUBJECT OF A RECALL.*AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

THE FUEL GAUGE FLUCTUATES BETWEEN FULL AND EMPTY WHIL DRIVING, THE DEALER HAS REPLACED UNKNOWN COMPONENTS YET THE PROBLEM HAS REOCCURED. NLM

STEERING COLUMN REMAINS LOCKED AFTER CAR IS STARTED. THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE APPEARS: "SERVICE COLUMN LOCK". THE COLUMN LOCK DOES NOT DISENGAGE. THE CAR IS BEING TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

MY STEERING COLUMN LOCKED UP WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING CAUSING A TOTAL LOSS OF STEERING. THE FRONT OF THE CAR WAS SLIGHTLY DAMAGED BECAUSE OF THIS. IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM BY GM AFFECTING MANY VEHICLES OUTSIDE OF THEIR SO CALLED POOL OF VIN. #'S. IT IS A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE INNOCENT PEOPLE ARE HARMED BY THIS IF IT HAS NOT HAPPENED ALREADY.*AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

THE CONSUMER HAS REPEATEDLY RECIEVED BAD SERVICES FROM HIS LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERS AND IS REQUESTING THE PARTS AND INSTRUCTIONS TO PERFORM HIS OWN RECALL REPAIR (00V-111) FOR THE SEAT BELT. NLM

PARKING BRAKE WAS FULLY ENGAGED, GOT OUT OF CAR, BRAKE LET GO, CAR ROLLED BACKWARDS INTO NEIGHBORS CHAIN LINK FENCE. I WAS INJURED AS THE CAR HIT ME, ALMOST RUNNING OVER ME.*AK

WHILE STARTING VEHICLE STEERING LOCKED UP, AND CONSUMER COULD NO LONGER TURN WHEEL OR CONTROL VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

STEERING COLUMN LOCKS UP WHEN STARTING UP. CAN'T MOVE STEERING WHEEL. DEALER CONTACTED. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

STEERING COLUMN LOCKED UP WHILE BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY. *AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

BOTH EXHAUST PIPES ARE SEPARATED FROM FLANGE IN FRONT OF REAR AXLE. PIPES KEEP MUFFLER OFF GROUND. WHEN SEPARATE AND MUFFLER HITS GROUND, IT CAN DAMAGE REAR OF VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE IN PATH. ALSO FUMES ARE LEAKING FROM EXHAUST PIPES. DEALER CONTACTED.*AKTHE INSPECTOR AT THE INPECTION STATION INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS WAS COMMON IN CORVETTES WITH THE SAME BODY STYLE, AND THE FAILURE IS DUE TO FAULTY EXHAUST WELDS ALLOWING EXHAUST PIPE SEPERATION. *JG

I INSERTED THE KEY, LIKE NORMAL, STARTED THE ENGINE, PUT INTO REVERSE, AND BACKED UP AND WHILE BACKING, THE STEERING COLUMN LOCKED UP VIA COMPUTER CONTROL. I'VE HEARD OF THIS HAPPENING TO OTHER OWNERS/DRIVERS WHILE THEY WERE DRIVING. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE! I CANNOT GET ANY CO-OPERATION FROM GENERAL MOTORS AT ALL!!! REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

GM HAS RECALLED VEHICLE BEGINNING WITH VIN# W5123355. THE STEERING COLUMN WILL NOT UNLOCK WHEN VEHICLE HAS BEEN STARTED.*AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

STEERING COLUMN LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING! *AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

BACK OF SEATS LOCK, BUT STILL MOVE FORWARD ABOUT 8 INCHES. IN OWNERS MANUAL SEAT IS NOT SUPPOSED TO MOVE. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK *JB

ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AND UPON STARTING VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP. CONSUMER HAS TO CUT OFF CAR AND RESTART IT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS