1999 Chevrolet Corvette complaints

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING STEERING COLUMN LOCKED UP. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

1999 CHEVROLET CORVETTE, STEERING COLUMN LOCK MOTOR REPLACED ON RECALL IN 2002, LOCK MOTOR FAILED IN 2003 RENDERING COLUMN PERMANENTLY LOCKED. VEHICLE TOWED AND REPAIRED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. CONCERN IS THAT DESIGN DEFECT EXISTS AND THAT FAILURE ON THE ROAD WILL RESULT IN ACCIDENT/INJURY.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT DOES NOT LOCK. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

CLUTCH INTERMITTENTLY WILL NOT RETURN TO THE HOUSING UNIT. TRANSMISSION WILL BECOME STUCK. *AK

I HAVE A 1999 CORVETTE W/TARGA TOP. BOUGHT FROM A DEALERSHIP 6MOS AGO AND THIS EVENING WHILE TRYING TO BACK OUT AT A RESTRAUNT THE STEERING COLUMN LOCKED UP. CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE FOLLOWED ALL INSTRUCTIONS INCLUDING UNHOOKING THE BATTERY TO NO AVAIL. STEERING STILL DIDNT BUDGE. *AK

THE VEHICLES STEERING COLUMN LOCKED UP WITHOUT WARNING. THE PART WAS REPLACED, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *NLM GM HAD NO CONCERN TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY MANY GM REPRESENTATIVES, THE STEERING COLUMN PROBLEM WAS AN ISSUE AND WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN. THE TEMPERATURE CONTROL HAD GOTTEN STUCK ON 69 DEGREES, THE FOUND THE SENSOR HAD SHORTED. *SCC *JB

STEERING COLUMN LOCK UP. ON 7/17/03 I WENT TO START MY 1999 CORVETTE AND THE STEERING COLUMN WOULD NOT UNLOCK, AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS IT UNLOCK. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE IF IT DOESN'T UNLOCK FULLY IT MAY ENGAGE WHILE THE CAR IS MOVING. CHEVY KNOWS THIS IS A PROBLEM ,THEY REPLACED IT ONCE ALL READY, IF IT WAS A SAFETY CONCERN THEN IT SHOULD BE A SAFETY CONCERN NOW BY LOOKING AT THE NHTSA WEB SITE YOU HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ,IT'S NOT AN ASHTRAY OR THE RADIO THIS IS A MAJOR CONTROL PART OF THE VEHICLE GM SHOULD BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS INJURED OR KILLED. *JB

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE SERVICE COLUMN LOCK HAS FAILED, CAUSING THE STEERING COLUMN TO LOCK UP. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

STEERING COLUMN LOCKING UP REQUIRING THAT THE CAR BE TOWED INTO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE FIXED. THIS IS A KNOW ISSUE AND HAS HAPPENED TWICE IN THE PAST THREE YEARS. *AK

MY SON WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AND HE CROSSED THE MEDIAN AND WAS HIT BY ANOTHER CAR AND WAS KILLED, HIS PASSENGER WAS INJURED CRITICALLY AND REMEMBERS THAT AN INSTANT BEFORE THE CRASH AND THE CROSSING OF THE MEDIAN THAT THE CAR STEERING WAS LOCKED. *JB

THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK UNIT ENGAGES INTERMITTENTLY. OFTEN WITHOUT NOTICE. WHAT HAPPENS IF THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION? THIS WAS REPAIRED ONCE UNDER WARRANTY. BUT CHEVROLET REFUSES TO ASSIST IN REPAIRING THEIR REPAIRS. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR. *NLM REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

I HAVE A 1999 CORVETTE THAT AT 13,000 MILES. THE STEERING COLUMN LOCKED UP. IT HAS 40,000 MILES NOW AND IT HAS LOCKED UP AGAIN ALMOST CAUSING US TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. *NLM REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

WHILE DRIVING MY 1999 CHEVROLET CORVETTE I TURNED OFF THE HIGHWAY & INTO THE PARKING LOT OF A STORE UPON DOING SO MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. I NEVER RECEIVED ANY WARNINGS IN MY DIC ABOUT STEERING PROBLEMS I ALSO HAD THIS REPLACEMENT PART PER A RECALL NOTICE LESS THAN A YEAR AGO & AT THAT TIME FOUND OUT IT HAD BEEN REPLACED PRIOR TO THAT. THE DEALERSHIP TOWED THE CAR IN & INFORMED US THAT THEY HAD FIXED IT AGAIN! THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS VEHICLE! THE NOTES I READ ON YOUR SITE EVEN 1997 THROUGH 2002 MODELS WITH THIS PROBLEM NONE OF THE REPORTS WERE WHILE DRIVING THEY WERE WHEN PEOPLE GOT INTO THEIR CAR & STARTED IT THAT THE WHEEL DIDN'T UNLOCK. I HAVE AS I SAID BEFORE NEVER RECEIVED A MESSAGE IN THE DIC PRIOR TO ANY OF THE LOCK UP PROBLEM. I AM THE 2ND OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE & IN THE 18 MONTHS I HAVE HAD IT IT HAS BEEN REPLACED 2 TIMES THIS LAST TIME COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL TO BOTH MYSELF AND MY DAUGHTER! JUST 10 SECONDS EARLIER BEING ON THE HIGHWAY WITH SPEEDS OF 60 MPH WE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED! AT WHAT COST WILL IT TAKE FOR GENERAL MOTORS TO CORRECT THIS WRONG? MY DAUGHTER SAYS SHE WILL NOT GET BACK INTO THE CAR AGAIN! I MYSELF AM SCARED FOR MY LIFE TO TAKE THE CHANCE THAT THIS WILL OCCUR AGAIN! SO, I REFUSE TO DRIVE THE CAR ANYMORE. THESE ARE NOT CHEAP CARS TO BUY! I HAVE OWED SEVERAL OTHER CORVETTES & HAD A FEW MINOR PROBLEMS HERE & THERE, BUT NOT ANYTHING THAT COULD BE A LIFE THREATENING OR LIFE TAKING PROBLEM ESPECIALLY AFTER THE FIXES BEING DONE BY THE DEALERSHIP!

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE DELIVERY, COMPUTER SHUTS GAS LEVEL TO EMPTY AND THE VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN WHILE DRIVING. *JB

I HAVE A 1999 CORVETTE COUPE. I WAS DRIVING ON FOLSOM BLVD. (AT WATT AVENUE) IN SACRAMENTO, CA DURING RUSH-HOUR TRAFFIC (4:50 P.M.). I PULLED OUT INTO TRAFFIC AND MY CAR WENT COMPLETELY DEAD. LUCKILY, NO ONE REAR-ENDED ME. I WAS ABLE TO RE-START MY CAR BUT THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN AND A "STEERING COLUMN" LOCKED MESSAGE ON MY COMPUTER READ OUT INSTRUCTED ME TO WAIT 10 SECONDS THEN REMOVE THE KEY. SO I COMPLIED. I THEN AGAIN STARTED MY CAR, BUT THE "STEERING COLUMN" LOCKED MESSAGE CAME ON AND MY STEERING COLUMN WAS, INDEED, LOCKED. LUCKILY, MY STEERING WHEEL WAS AIMED IN A STRAIGHT LINE AND I COULD DRIVE FORWARD OUT OF THE BUSY INTERSECTION WHERE I STOPPED IN FRONT OF A GAS STATION. I CALLED FOLSOM CHEVROLET'S SERVICE DEPT. AND THEY ADVISED I WOULD NEED TO HAVE MY VEHICLE TOWED INTO THEIR SHOP. THIS PROBLEM COULD HAVE EASILY ENDED UP IN A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT HAD I NOT BEEN IN STOP-AND-GO TRAFFICE. CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT WOULD'VE HAPPENED IF I WAS ON THE FREEWAY DOING 65-70 MPH? REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

PURCHASED USED 1999 CHEVROLET CORVETTE COUPE (C5) IN FEBRUARY 2002 FROM DEALER. IN APRIL OF 2002, I GOT IN THE CAR, STARTED IT AND PROCEEDED TO DRIVE OFF. NOTICED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WAS LOCKED UP AND I COULDN'T STEER THE VEHICLE. HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE UPON THEY HAD TO REMOVE THE STEERING LOCK TO ALLOW THE CAR TO BE STEERABLE. THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM BUT AFTER READING AN ARTICLE IN THE FEBRUARY 2003 ISSUE OF CORVETTE FEVER, I THOUGHT IT BEST TO LET NHTSA KNOW OF THIS PARTICULAR INCIDENT. I WAS NOT HURT OR INJURED AND AM FILING THIS ONLY FOR THE PURPOSE TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF IT AND MAYBE TO HELP SOMEONE ELSE WHO OWNS ONE OF THESE VEHICLE TO BECOME AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

1999 CHEVROLET CORVETTE COUPE STEERING COLUMN LOCK PROBLEMS: TWICE IN TWO YEARS THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED, I FOLLOWED ALL PROCEEDURES SHARED BY FELLOW CORVETTE OWNERS AND THE MANUAL, I HAD TO REPEAT THIS PROCEDURE SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE IT WOULD UNLOCK. I THEN TOOK THE CAR INTO THE DEALER, THEY REPLACED THE STEERING COLUMN LOCK SYSTEM BUT TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NO OFFICAL RECALL ON THIS. ONE YEAR LATER, SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN, I TRIED AND TRIED TO GET THE STEERING COLUMN TO UNLOCK. IT WOULD NOT, CALLED THE DEALERSHIP, THEY WANTED THE CAR TO BE TOWED IN. THEY TOLD ME THAT SINCE THEY HAD ALREADY REPLACED THE SYSTEM, THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE IT AGAIN. (BY THE WAY THE CAR WAS STILL UNDER GM EXTENDED WARRANTY.) I DID NOT HAVE THE CAR TOWED RIGHT AWAY, BUT LATER THAT DAY I TRIED ALL OF THE SAME PROCEDURES AGAIN, WITHOUT SUCCESS. I WENT ONTO THE INTERNET TO A CORVETTE WEBSITE/DISCUSSION BOARD AND RESEARCHED IF OTHERS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND ANSWERS/IDEAS TRIED. LOCATING SEVERAL POSTINGS SUGGESTING TO PULL A SPECIFIC FUSE, WAIT 1 MINUTE, THEN RE-INSTALLED THE FUSE. BY DISCONNECTING THIS FUSE, THE COMPUTER BRAIN WOULD RESET ITSELF CONCERNING THIS TASK AND THE PIN SHOULD UNLOCK WHEN THE IGNITION KEY WAS RE-INSERTED. I TRIED THIS, SEVERAL TIMES, OVER AND OVER WITHOUT SUCCESS. FINALLY OUT OF FRUSTRATION I RESORTED TO "SHAKE THE STEERING WHEEL HARD BACK AND FORTH"UNTIL THE PIN WOULD RELEASE. AFTER A MINUTE OF SHAKING... THE PIN DID LET LOOSE AND THE STEERING COLUMN UNLOCKED. THE NEXT DAY

THE STEERING COLUMN ON MY 1999 CHEVROLET CORVETTE LOCKED AFTER STARTING IT AND THE CAR WAS IN DRIVE. REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, THE VEHICLES STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. CONSUMER HAD TO FORCEFULLY BREAK STEERING WHEEL LOOSE AND DROVE TO THE NEAREST CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED CONSUMER OPENED THE BACK LID AND IMMEDIATELY NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE SEAT. UPON CLOSER INSPECTION, CONSUMER NOTICED A BURN HOLE FORMING ON THE SEAT, CONSUMER THEN PLACED A PIECE OF PAPER ADJACENT TO THE BURN HOLE AND FULLY REOPENED BACK LID, ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THE PAPER STARTED TO BURN DUE TO THE SUNLIGHT HITTING IT THROUGH THE BACK LID GLASS. THE GLASS BEHAVED SIMILAR TO A MAGNIFYING GLASS, WHICH CAUSED THE SEAT AND PAPER TO BURN. TS *JB

WHILE ON VACATION, OUT-OF-STATE, I STARTED THE ENGINE OF MY CAR. WHEN I SHIFTED THE TRANSMISSION INTO GEAR, THE CAR STALLED. THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT UNLOCK OR TURN. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO A DEALER FOR REPAIR, WHICH TOOK THREE DAYS. MY WIFE AND I WERE STRANDED AND THE END OF OUR VACATION RUINED. DT REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

STEERING COLUMN LOCKED UP WHEN CAR STARTED. REPEATED PROBLEM. CONTACTED DEALER, WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE OR PROBLEM. COLUMN SOMETIMES LOCKS WITH WHEELS STRAIGHT, OTHER TIMES WITH WHEELS TURNED. CAUSED ME TO BE STRANDED IN 90 DEGREE HEAT WITH SMALL CHILD.*AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

CONSUMER STATES THERE IS A DESIGN FLAW IN THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION, CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO SHIFT FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR, GOES TO FOURTH GEAR INSTEAD. CONTACTED DEALER, WHO INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS WAS WHAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO DO THIS AS A FUEL SAVER.*JB *NLM

STEERING COLUMN LOCKED UP WHILE VEHICLE WAS MOVING AND WOULD NOT RELEASE LEAVING ME STRANDED ON THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND CAR HAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR SERVICE I SEE SO MANY COMPLAINTS I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW THIS IS NOT BEING RECALLED BY CHEVROLET THIS WAS A VEHICLE I PURCHASED FOR MY WIFE AND I WAS GOING TO PURCHASE HER A NEW ONE BUT WITH THIS SAFETY ISSUE I AM GOING TO LOOKING AT OTHER BRANDS INCLUDING IMPORTS. *AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

STEERING WHEEL WILL INTERMITTENTLY LOCK UP WHILE CONSUMER IS DRIVING, WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW CONSUMER TO CONTROL VEHICLE.*AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A PARKING SPACE IN A HOUSING AREA, PLACED IN PARK, AT THE TIME THE IGNITION WAS ABOUT TO BE TURNED OFF. THE CAR TOOK OFF AND FLEW OVER THE PARKING BARRIER, OVER A HEDGE AND INTO A TREE. THE CAR SIDE SWIPED A POLE WHICH DEMOLISHED THE ENTIRE LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, THE CAR CAME TO REST AGAINST A TREE, STRIKING THE LEFT FRONT. THE VEHICLE WAS STILL IN PARK, THE REAR WHEELS WERE STILL SPINNING, WHEN THE DRIVER WAS FINALLY ABLE TO TURN OFF THE KEY, GET OUT AND SEEK HELP. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT WORK EITHER.*AK

THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE TRANSMISSION WAS IN PARK, BEFORE THE CAR COULD BE SHUT OFF. THE CAR TOOK OFF SPINNING THE REAR WHEELS, JUMPED OVER A CONCRETE PARKING STOP AND OVER A SMALL HEDGE INTO A TREE, WHEN THE CAR HIT THE TREE THE CAR CONTINUED TO SPIN THE REAR TIRES (WHILE IN PARK) UNTIL THE KEY WAS SHUT OFF. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT INFLATE, THE CAR HAS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE, THE COMPUTER SHOWED TO SERVICE VEHICLE SOON WHEN STARTED, PREVIOUS DAY THE VEHICLE WAS FILLED WITH GAS AND THE GUAGE WENT CRAZY AND THE DASH LIGHTS BLINKED OFF AND ON WHILE BEEING DRIVEN ON THE FREEWAY. THE VEHILCE HAS BEEN RECALLED FOR THE STEERING LOCKING TWICE, ONCE BY MAIL, ONCE THE STEERING DID LOCK UP AND HAD TO BE TOWED INTO THE DEALERSHIP FOR 72HRS OF REPAIR, SOUNDS LIKE A LIE, BUT THIS REALLY HAPPENED, I AM AFRAID THE CAR HAS A MALFUNCTION IN THE COMPUTER AND IT WILL KILL SOMEONE IF FIXED AND DRIVEN AGAIN. *AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

REAR TIRE P275/40ZR18EMT,DOT # M60NACDR428 AND FRONT TIRE P245/45ZR17EMT, DOT #M68KACWR418 HAVE DEVELOPED CRACKS BETWEEN TREAD AND OUTER RIM.*AK ALL FOUR TIRES SHOW CRACKS BETWEEN TREAD AND BOTH OUTER SECTIONS OF TIRES. THE DEALER PRORATED THE TIRES AND REPLACED IT. *YH

STEERING KEEPS LOCKING UP AND CANNOT RELEASE STEERING WHEEL LOCK. BAD ACTUATOR AND RELAY, REPLACE ACTUATOR AND COLUMN LOCK RELAY AGAIN DUE TO POSS FAULTY RECALL PART. RECALL ON STEERING, HAD NO PROBLEM UNTIL AFTER THE RECALL WAS DONE. COLUMN LOCK LIGHT COMES ON, CAUSE SHORT, REPLACE COLUMN LOCK. ROOF LATCH RUBBER COVER FELL OFF, CAUSE BROKEN, REORDER RUBBER LATCH. REPLACE HAZARD WARNING SWITCH, REMOVE DASH PAD AND REPLACE HAZARD SWITCH. REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

MY FACTORY-INSTALLED DELCO BATTERY STARTED LEAKING ACID FROM THE POSITIVE TERMINAL RECENTLY. I DIDN'T REALIZE THE EXTENT OF THE LEAK UNTIL I DECIDED TO REPLACE THE BATTERY. UPON REMOVING MY OLD BATTERY, I NOTICED THE ACID HAD LEAKED UNDERNEATH THE TRAY. I DID SOME RESEARCH IN THE INTERNET, AND LEARNED THAT MANY CORVETTES (C5'S) SUFFER THE SAME PROBLEM. SOME OWNERS SPENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN REPAIRS. GM WILL COVER THE REPAIRS ONLY IF THE CAR IS UNDER WARRANTY. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT DELCO IS PRODUCING A CAR BATTERY THAT CAN POTENTIALLY DAMAGE A CAR BY ACID LEAK AND CAUSE AN EXTREME HUMAN HEALTH HAZARD. IF SULFURIC ACID, WHICH IS CONTAINED IN THESE BATTERIES, COMES IN CONTACT WITH SKIN, IT WITHDRAWS WATER, LEAVING A BLACK CHARRED CARBON RESIDUE IN PLACE OF LIVING TISSUE. THE HIGHER THE CONCENTRATION, THE GREATER THE DANGER. IF SULFURIC ACID COMES IN CONTACT WITH LARGE AREAS OF HUMAN TISSUE, DEATH CAN OCCUR. IF ACID FUMES ARE INHALED, SERIOUS LUNG AND BRONCHIAL DAMAGE CAN OCCUR. I BELIEVE THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED FOR ITS POTENTIAL HEALTH HAZARD. GM AND DELCO SHOULD BE LIABLE FOR ALL DAMAGES AS A RESULT OF THESE BATTERIES.*AK

PLEASE INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING COLOMN OF THE C5 CORVETTE. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL OF THIS COMPONENT BY CHEVROLET. THE STEERING COLUMN LOCKS!!*AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

GMC RECALL ON THIS ITEM SEEMS TO BE AN INEFFICIENT WAY TO HANDLE THIS PROBLEM. NO SAFETY DEFECT STATED. *AK

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

THE STEERING COLUMN LOCKING ASSEMBLY LOCKED...WHILE IN MOTION (REVERSE)...CAUSING THE CAR TO CUT OFF AND THE STEERING WHEEL TO LOCK IN PLACE...ONLY A QUICK REACTION PREVENTED ME FROM HITTING ANOTHER CAR THAT WAS TRAVELING BEHIND ME AS I WAS PULLING OUT ONTO A HIGHWAY, DOWN A HILL. YOU HAVE INVESTIGATED THIS CORVETTE PROBLEM AND CONLCUDED THAT THIS ISSUE DOES NOT HAPPEN WHILE IN MOTION. IT HAPPENED TO ME WHILE THE CAR WAS UNDER POWER. THIS MUST BE INVESTIGATED MORE FULLY. I HAVE A WITNESS TO THIS EVENT.*AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

CONSUMER WAS BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY, WHEELS TURNED SLIGHTLY, AND STEERING COLUMN LOCKED. THIS CAUSED VEHICLE TO BACK AT AN ANGLE. CONSUMER NARROWLY AVOIDED RUNNING OVER A SMALL CHILD THAT WAS WALKING ACROSS DRIVEWAY. DEALER WAS REPLACING COLUMN LOCK MECHANISM AT THIS TIME. *AK *SLC REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

WITHOUT WARNING, SERVICE COLUMN LOCK DISPLAYED ON DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER-- BECAUSE OF ANGLE OF FROMNT WHEELS, TOOK FOUR HOURS TO GET TOW VEHICLE TO DOLLY VEHICLE FROM PARKING SPOT INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE BACKING FROM PARKING SPOT AND COULD HAVE LED TO AN ACCIDENT WITH PEDESTRIANS INVOLVED. *AK

REAR SWAY BAR BUSHINGS ARE NOISY WHEN VEHICLE IS TURNING/STOPPING, OR ACCELERATING. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE STEERING WAS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL AND ERRATIC WHEN CROSSING OVER A BUMP. DEALERSHIP INSTALLED A STABILIZER IN VEHICLE AND REPLACED SWAY BAR BUSHINGS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

THIS IS MY SECOND FAILURE IN 2 WEEKS. I AM ANGERED THAT MINE AND ORIGINAL PE99066 WHERE CLOSED. THIS WILL BECOME A FATALITY ISSUE SOON. *AK

CAR ACCELERATED WIDE OPEN THROTTLE ON ITS OWN. AT 115 MPH ON CITY STREET I PUT TRANS IN NEUTRAL AND TURN OFF KEY. HAD NO POWER BRAKES OR ABS; NO POWER STEERING. WAS ABLE TO STOP CAR AND TURN OFF TO SIDE ROAD AND STOP WITHOUT ACCIDENT. TOWED TO DEALER. DEALER AND GM TECH SUPPORT COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM. DEALER PAID FOR TOW AND REPAIR ATTEMPT ALTHOUGH OUT OF FACTORY WARRANTY. TOOK VEHICLE AND NEXT EVENING [06/07/2001] DEFECT REOCCURED BUT I SHUT IT SHUT IT DOWN BEFORE HIGH SPEED WAS REACHED. CAR CANNOT BE SAELY DRIVEN WITHOUT CONCERN FOR PERSONAL SAFETY AND SAFETY OF PUBLIC. WHAT DO I DO?*AK

REMOVE KEY WAIT 10 SEC; SERVICE COLUMN LOCK DISPLAYED ON DIC. UNABLE TO MOVE CAR. HAPPENED 3 TIMES IN 2 DAYS. DEALER CAN'T FIX. TOLD ME THAT THIS CANNOT HAPPEN IN MOTION AND RELEASED CAR BACK TO ME. CAR BEING TOWED BACK TODAY FOR SAME PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER WAS BACKING OUT FROM GARAGE AND WENT TO TURN VEHICLE TO RIGHT, AND STEERING WHEEL COLUMN LOCKED UP. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP.*AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

AS YOU KNOW, C5 CORVETTES HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE COLUMN LOCK. *AK

STEERING COLUMN LOCK ANTI-THEFT DEVICE LOCKS EVEN WHEN PROPER KEY IS INSERTED IN IGNITION. APPEARS AGGRAVATED BY HIGH CABIN TEMPERATURE WHEN CAR IS PARKED IN SUNLIGHT. STEERING WHEEL ACTUALLY LOCKED WHEN CAR WAS PUT INTO DRIVE. HAD TO SHUT DOWN ENGINE AND REMOVE KEY. WARNING MESSAGE OF "SERVICE COLUMN LOCK" IDENTIFIED. DEALER, AS YET, CAN IDENTIFY NO SPECIFIC FIX OR REASON FOR FAILURE AND IS BASICALLY GUESSING THAT ELECTRICAL GROUNDING MAY BE LOSE. CAR NO LONGER STARTS WHEN ERROR MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED. REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AS CAR WAS BEING BACKED UP. THIS ALSO HAS HAPPENED TWICE TO A FRIEND WHO HAS THE SAME YR/MODEL. DEALER SAYS THEY ARE NOT SURE IF THIS CAN HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING. IS CHEVROLET GOING TO WAIT FOR SOMEONE TO GET KILLED BEFORE THEY FIX THIS DEFECT REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

PARKED CAR NOSE IN WITH WHEEL TURNED ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT. WHEN I GOT BACK IN TO THE CAR THE STEERING COLUMN LOCK ENGAGED. IT WOULD NOT DISENGAGE, AND THE WARNING MESSAGE SERVICE STEERING COLUMN APPEARED.*AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

STEERING COLUMN LOCKS UP AFTER VEHICLE IS STARTED. DIC SAYS SERVICE STEERING COLUMN. AFTER VEHICLE RUNS FOR A WHILE STEERING COLUMN WILL UNLOCK ITSELF. TOOK VEHICLE TO 2 DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENTS FOR REPAIR. THE FIRST ONE (DAVID STANLEY CHEVROLET) STATED LOW VOLTAGE & SECURED THE NEGATIVE BATTERY CABLE. TWO DAYS LATER THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO HUDIBURG CHEVROLET SERVICE DEPARTMENT THIS TIME. AFTER I LEFT THEY STATED THAT THE COLUMN LOCKED UP ON THEIR SERVICE DRIVE. THEY REPLACED THE COLUMN LOCK ACTUATOR. I PICKED UP MY VEHICLE ON 5/17/01, SO FAR PROBLEM HAS NOT OCCURRED AGAIN. TODAY IS 05/20/01.*AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

WHILE PULLING OUT OF DRIVEWAY AT 5 MPH STEERING LOCKED UP. *AK CONSUMER STATES STEERING WHEEL SECURITY LOCK ENGAGED, DEALER STATED WAS A SECURITY SYSTEM PROBLEM THEY HAVE HAD PREVIOUS OCCURANCES OF SAME PROBLEM. *SLC MOVED VEHICLE ABOUT 20 FEET BEFORE NOTICED THE STEERING WAS LOCKED. CAT REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

WHEN CONSUMER WENT TO START VEHICLE COMPUTER STARTED TO WAIT TEN SECONDS. THEN WHEN PUTTING VEHICLE INSIDE AFTER TEN SECONDS, COMPUTER INDICATED THAT STEERING COLUMN WAS LOCKED. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED FLAT BED. THIS HAPPENED TWICE. *AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

DIC MESSAGE SAID "SERVICE COLUMN LOCK" NEVER LOCKED UP ON ME BUT HAD TO REPLACE AN ACTUATOR. WHY ISN'T THIS A RECALL?*AK