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2001 Chevrolet Corvette complaints

Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2001 record →

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline

Filed Nov 9, 2000NJ

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 65/70 MPH VEHICLE COMPELETELY TURNED OFF. VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP WAS NOT ABLE TO DETECT THE PROBLEM. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip

Filed Nov 1, 2000MD

BRAKES DO NOT FULLY RELEASE. WHEN BRAKES APPLIED AND REPLEASED, THEY STUCK AND CONTINUED TO BRAKE. DEALER ACKNOWLEDGED PROBLEM, BUT WILL NOT REPLACE BRAKE BOOSTER WHICH SEEMED TO BE CULPRIT BECAUSE IT APPEARED TO BE OPERATIONAL TO SPEC.*AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip

Filed Oct 31, 2000OH

DEFECT #1: BRAKES STICK CLOSED AT RANDOM TIMES. SEEMS RELATED TO ENGINE RPM AND TO DECELERATION. DEFECT #2: DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT & HARNESS WILL NOT EXTEND AT RANDOM INTERVALS. INERTIA REEL APPEARS TO LOCK SEVERAL TIMES AS THE BELT IS DEPLOYED.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc

Filed Oct 26, 2000NY

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar

Filed Sep 7, 2000VA

ALL 1997-2001 CORVETTES ARE BEING SHIPPED WITH A DEFECTIVE COLUMN LOCK, CAUSING STEERING WHEEL TO LOCK AND LEAVE OWNERS OF $50,000 SPORTS CARS STRANDED! GM WILL NOT ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS SITUATION. YOU WILL FIND NUMEROUS CASES OF FAILURE AND FIXES BY GM WITH THE ORIGIONAL DEFECTIVE PART. THESE THINGS FAIL REPEATEDLY! THANK YOU. REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

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NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

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