2005 Chevrolet Corvette complaints

LETTER REGARDING PROBLEMS SHE STILL HAVING WITH 2005 CHEVROLET CORVETTE , WHICH WAS INVOLVED IN GM SAFETY RECALL 10118; SHE STILL HAS A RENTAL AND HAS BEEN UNABLE TO SPEAK WITH ANYONE TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER TOLD HER THE PROBLEM HAD BEEN CORRECTED REGARDING THE RECALL. HOWEVER, WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY BETWEEN 40- 50 MPH, THE BRAKES LOCKED UP AND THE STEERING WHEEL PULLED OUT OF HER HANDS AND THE VEHICLE DRIFTED INTO ANOTHER LANE. THE CONSUMER RETURNED TO VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER FOR THE SAME REASON IT WAS RECALLED FOR. *JB

2005 CORVETTE PUSH BUTTON START INTERMITTENTLY WORKS . PASS KEY THAT ALLOWS YOU TO WALK UP ON THE CAR AND THE DOORS AUTOMATICALLY UNLOCK DOESN'T WORK EITHER. NO OVER RIDE TO THE SYSTEM TO GET THE CAR TO START. HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED FROM AN AIRPORT AREA TO 5 MILES AWAY AND THE VEHICLE STARTED RIGHT UP . THIS IS NOT SAFE BECAUSE I AM AFRAID TO TAKE THE CAR SOMEWHERE AND HAVE IT NOT START. MY 80K BMW HAS A PUSHBUTTON START AND SMART KEY AND IT DOESN'T HAVE THESE ISSUES. AS A SIDE NOTE, WHEN THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER PICKED UP MY CAR TO TOW IT, HE ASKED IF IT WAS A GM VEHICLE WITH A PUSH BUTTON START AND I SAID YES IT IS . HE SAID HE KNEW IT, BECAUSE OF THE AREA AND HE TOWS ABOUT 20 - 30 CARS A WEEK FROM THE SAME AREA ALL GM VEHICLES . *TR

2005 CORVETTE STEERING COLUMN LOCK WOULD NOT ALLOW ENGINE TO START BUT WOULD ALLOW STEERING WHEEL TO MOVE. DEALER REPLACED COLUMN LOCK SYSTEM, WORKED OK FOR 10 DAYS. CAR WOULD NOT START AGAIN, COLUMN LOCK WOULD NOT RELEASE STEERING WHEEL. I UNDERSTAND EARLIER MODEL VETTES RECALLED TO FIX THIS WITH A BYPASS. LATER MODEL VETTES DO NOT HAVE THIS LOCKING SYSTEM. PART IS OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE FOR 2005. I AM CONCERNED THAT COLUMN LOCK WILL ENGAGE WHILE I AM DRIVING. HAVE THERE BEEN ANY CRASHES RESULTING FROM THIS? I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR. *TR

DRIVING DOWN TWO LANE ROAD BRAKE LOCKS JERKING ME ALMOST INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM GOES ON AND OFF WITHOUT ME DEPRESSING BUTTON, BRAKES LOCK WITHOUT REASON. BRAKE LIGHTS STAY ON CONSTANTLY. SAW RECALL AND TOOK TO CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID EVERYTHING WAS FINE. STILL DOES IT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN ENTERING HIS VEHICLE FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE THE DOOR BECAME JAMMED INTO THE FRONT RIGHT FENDER WHERE THEY MEET. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE DOORS ARE NOT ALIGNED THE CORRECT WAY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. CHEVROLET WAS NOTIFIED AND THE OWNER WAS WAITING FOR A RETURN CALL. CHEVROLET FILED CLAIM # 71854922568. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 64,000.

I OWN A 2005 CHEVROLET CORVETTE THAT I PURCHASED FROM A GMC DEALERSHIP AS A CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED VEHICLE. THE CAR WAS PURCHASED ON 05/22/2010. APPROXIMATELY 2 WEEKS LATER I SAW A WARNING ON THE DASHBOARD INDICATING "SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM". I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP CLOSEST TO WHERE I WORK AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR A RECALL THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE. THE WORK WAS COMPLETED ON 06/15/2010. ON 07/09/2010, AND 07/11/2010, THE WARNING REAPPEARED. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE ON 07/12/2010 BUT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT WAS UNABLE TO REPAIR IT AT THAT TIME BECAUSE NO "CODES" WERE BEING FOUND INDICATING A PROBLEM. I UNDERSTAND, THROUGH RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET THAT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF BRAKES LOCKING UP DUE TO THIS PROBLEM, AND THIS CAUSES ME CONCERN. THEY ARE STILL GOING TO TRY TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM AND ARE VERY COOPERATIVE AT THIS TIME. I BELIEVE THERE IS A CURRENT INVESTIGATION UNDER INVESTIGATION NUMBER EA09-002. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THE RECALL IS NOT CORRECTING THE PROBLEM, AS IT DID NOT DO SO IN MY CAR, NOR HAS IT BEEN EFFECTIVE IN OTHERS THAT I HAVE FOUND THROUGH THE INTERNET. AT THIS TIME I HAVE NOT HAD AN ISSUE WITH BRAKES LOCKING, IT IS ONLY THE DASHBOARD WARNING AT THIS TIME. *TR

2005 CORVETTE--SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM LIGHT CAME ON ,WARNING ME OF A PROBLEM. BEFORE ANY SERVICE COULD BE DONE THE VEHICLES RIGHT FRONT WHEEL LOCKED UP CAUSING ME TO BE OUT OF CONTROL AND VEERING TO THE RIGHT. I HAD IT REPAIRED BY THE DEALER AND SEVERAL WEEKS LATER RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL FOR THE IDENTICAL PROBLEM. THE DEALER CHECKED THE VEHICLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RECALL AND INDICATED THAT I HAD THE REPAIRS DONE AT MY EXPENSE PRIOR TO THE RECALL. I FILED FOR REIMBURSEMENT AND WAS DENIED BECAUSE THE REPAIR WAS NOT FOR A CLIP,BUT FOR THE SENSOR. HOWEVER, THE SYMPTOMS ARE IDENTICAL TO THE RECALL. FURTHERMORE NO CLIP WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER. THEY INDICATED ONLY THAT THE RECALL SITUATION WAS TAKEN CARE OF PREVIOUSLY AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE. *TR

RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE FROM CHEVY FOR MY 2005 CORVETTE. SAFETY RECALL 10118. GENERAL MOTORS HAS DECIDED THAT A DEFECT, WHICH RELATES TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY, EXISTS IN CERTAIN 2005 CHEVROLET CORVETTES EQUIPPED WITH A TILT AND TELESCOPING STEERING COLUMN. AS A RESULT GM IS CONDUCTING A SAFETY RECALL. IN RARE CASES, REPEATED MOVEMENT OF THE STEERING COLUMN MAY CAUSE A SIGNAL INTERRUPTION WITHIN THE COLUMN. IF THIS OCCURS, THE MESSAGE, "SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM" WILL APPEAR, AND ONE OR MORE OF THE BRAKES MAY APPLY , POSSIBLY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO PULL TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT. IF THE DRIVER DOES NOT RESPOND TO THE CHANGE IN VEHICLE MOVEMENT, A CRASH COULD OCCUR. CHEVROLET WILL INSPECT THE WIRE CONNECTION IN THE STEERING COLUMN, AND IF NECESSARY, INSTALL AN ADDITIONAL CLIP. *TR

CORVETTE 2005, C-6 = SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON, NO BODY SEEMS TO FIGURE THIS OUT WHY IT DOES IT. *TR

I WAS ON THE TRIMBLE ROAD ON RAMP IN SAN JOSE, CA MERGING ONTO FREEWAY 101 AT APPROXIMATELY 1235 PM PST AND 793 FEET FROM THE DE LA CRUZ/TRIMBLE ROAD TRAFFIC LIGHT. TRAFFIC CONDITIONS WERE LIGHT, WEATHER WAS DRY AND ROAD CONDITIONS WERE EXCELLENT. THE ON RAMP IS APPROXIMATELY AN 1/4TH OF A MILE LONG. I PULLED INTO THE COMMUTER LANE TO PASS 2 VEHICLES THAT WERE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 40-45 MPH. I PASSED THE FIRST VEHICLE AND WAS ABOUT TO PASS THE SECOND WHEN MY 2005 CORVETTE STEERED TO THE RIGHT CAUSING THE RIGHT FRONT OF MY CAR TO IMPACT A 1984 4 DOOR SEDAN TOYOTA ON THE LEFT REAR QUARTER PANEL/BUMPER, BEHIND THE LEFT REAR WHEEL. THE TOYOTA STARTED TO SLIDE RIGHT AND WHEN THE WHEELS WENT FROM ASPHALT TO DIRT CAUSED THE TOYOTA TO ROLL OVER COMING TO REST ON ITS' WHEELS IN THE MEDIAN ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ON RAMP. MY CAR CAME TO REST IN THE DIRT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD APPROXIMATELY HALF WAY ON THE ON RAMP. THE DRIVER OF THE TOYOTA HAD A CUT ON ONE OF HER FINGERS AND WAS EXTREMELY EMOTIONAL. I WAS NOT INJURED. MY CAR IS EQUIPPED WITH ON-STAR WHICH DID NOT ACTIVATE DUE TO THE CRASH. NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED IN MY CAR. ON OCTOBER 4TH, 2007 I TOOK MY CAR TO COURTESY CHEVROLET IN SAN JOSE, CA; I TOLD THE SERVICE REP THAT I HAD RECEIVED 2 NOTICES IN THE DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER DISPLAY TO SERVICE THE "ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM SOON" AND THAT I HAD IMPACTED A CURB. THE SERVICE REP ASKED ME IF THE MESSAGE RECURRED AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AND I TOLD THEM NO

TIRE PRESSURE SENSORS FAIL WITHOUT INDICATION. THE SENSOR REGISTERS PRESSURE WHEN IT IS ACTUALLY ZERO. WITH RUN FLAT TIRES THIS CAUSES AN UNSAFE CONDITION. *TR

SNAPPING SOUND COMING FROM TRANSPARENT ROOF TOP ON 2005 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. *TR

OVER THE LAST YEAR MY " SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM" LIGHT HAS COME ON. AFTER A WHILE IT GOES OFF. TEN DAYS AGO IT CAME ON AGAIN FOR A WHILE, THEN WENT OFF. AFTER THAT I WAS TRAVELING ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ON. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR SWERVED TO THE RIGHT. LIGHT CAME ON SAYING "DISENGAGE CRUISE CONTROL", WHICH I DID AND GAINED CONTROL OF THE CAR. I WAS IN THE PASSING LANE AND WAS LUCKY NO ONE WAS BESIDE ME WHEN IT SWERVED TO THE RIGHT OR I WOULD HAVE HIT THEM. I WAS ALSO LUCKY IT DIDN'T SWERVE LEFT OR I WOULD HAVE HIT THE GUARD RAIL. TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL DEALER WITH THE BULLETIN #06-02-35-002B. THEY SAID IT WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED OR SOMEONE WILL GET KILLED. *TR

2005 CHEVROLET CORVETTE HAS SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM ON DIC MULTIPLE TIMES. GM HAS ISSUED TSB 06.02.35.002B TO INSERT A CLIP IN SWPS TO NO AVAIL. THIS IS A STEERING AND ABS RELATED PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED. I HAVE HEARD OF INSTANCES WHERE WHEELS CAN LOCK AT HIGH SPEED. GM SHOULD THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATE AND RECALL FOR REPAIR. *TR

05 CORVETTE - SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING MESSAGE CAME ON AFTER GOING OVER A LARGE BUMP. IT COMES ON EVERYTIME I GO OVER A SPEED BUMP OR HIT A POTHOLE THAT IS BIG ENOUGH TO JAR THE CAR. I DID HAVE THE CAR SWERVE EVER SO SLIGHTLY WHILE I WAS TRYING TO DRIVE STRAIGHT. *TR

MY 2005 CORVETTE C-6 COUPE HAS BEEN PERIODICALLY GIVING "ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM" WARNINGS. THE DEALER COULDN'T FIND ANY REASON FOR THE PROBLEM BUT DID REPLACE THE "COMPUTER" MODULE JUST PRIOR TO THE WARRANTY EXPIRING. THE PROBLEM SEEMED FIXED FOR A WHILE THEN STARTED AGAIN ABOUT A YEAR AGO. THE WARNING COMES ON ALMOST EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE CAR NOW. READING SOME OF THE OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THIS SUBJECT MAKES ME FEAR DRIVING THE VEHICLE. *TR

SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM MESSAGE COMES ON FREQUENTLY. I HAD BEEN IGNORING IT, BUT NOW THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM IS BEGINNING TO ENGAGE DURING NORMAL BRAKING AND CAUSES MY 2005 CORVETTE TO SHIFT SIDEWAYS. *TR

SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING KEEPS COMING UP ON MY 2005 CORVETTE. THEY SAY THE WHEEL POSITIONING SENSOR IS BAD AND MUST BE REPLACED... *TR

MOVEMENT OF STEERING COLUMN CAUSES FAILURE OF WIRE CONNECTOR HARNESS FOR THE STEERING WHEEL POSITION SENSOR. THIS FAILURE CAUSES INCORRECT POSITION READINGS IN THE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING UP A RAMP AT SPEEDS OF 45 MPH, THE LEFT REAR WHEEL LOCKED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SPIN AND VEER OFF OF THE ROAD. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS PRECEDING THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE DEACTIVATED THE MANUAL ACTIVE HANDLING PROGRAM AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS LEFT IN POSSESSION OF THE DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING A DIAGNOSIS OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,000.

WHEN DRIVING APPROX. 5000RPM ACTIVE HANDLING WILL KICK ON FOLLOWED BY A "SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING" MESSAGE. WHEN ACTIVE HANDLING ACTIVATES IT CAUSES THE CAR TO APPLY BRAKES AND THE REAR END TO SWERVE. I HAVE HAD THE SENSOR REPLACE A FEW TIMES AND NOTHING SEEMS TO WORK.

HEADLIGHT CRAZING DIMINISHES LIGHT OUTPUT

CAR WENT TO GM CHEVROLET SUBSTITUTE DEALER BIG ISLAND TOYOTA KONA FOR ANNUAL SERVICE. DISCUSSED WIND NOISE THROUGH ROOF. WEATHER STRIPPING ORDERED THROUGH DEALER. TOP BLEW OFF AT 40 MPH ON WAY HOME. CHEVROLET CORVETTE 13,200 MILES. DEALER FAILED TO NOTIFY OF RECALL. GM ISLAND CHEVROLET WHERE CAR HAD ANNUAL SERVICE SHUT DOWN LAST YEAR. MANY CALLS AND EMAILS TO GM CHEVROLET NO RESPONSE TO ALERTED SAFETY ALARM. .T TOP ROOF RETRIEVED NO DAMAGE TO OTHER VEHICLES OR INDIVIDUALS OR PROPERTY JUST CRITICAL SAFETY PROBLEM. BLEW MY TOP. *TR

1 ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM ENGAGED WITHOUT CAUSE AND REDIRECTED DIRECTION OF VEHICLE ENGAGED BRAKES TO ONE SIDE OF CAR- 2.REAR END BLEW OUT HOUSING LOST ALL OIL AND GEARS, PRIOR REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY- 3. TRANSMISSION REPAIRED BY DEALER2 TIMES FOR SHIFTING FORKS BENT, WARRANTY REPAIR THEN HAD TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION AGAIN AFTER WARRANTY EXPIRED AT 5K! 4. DRIVELINE TUNNEL BRACE WELD FAILED CAUSING MASSIVE DRIVELINE DAMAGE TO HOUSING AND DRIVESHAFT REPLACEMENT. *TR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR 2005 CORVETTE ON A STRAIGHT ROAD AT ABOUT 50 MILES PER HOUR WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY SHOT OFF TO THE LEFT LANE TOWARDS ANOTHER VEHICLE. SHE LOST ALL CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND RETURNED ACROSS THE TWO LANE ROAD HITTING THE CURB, WHICH WAS ABOUT 6" TALL, THE CAR THEN LEFT THE GROUND AND MADE CONTACT WITH A GUARD RAIL THAT WAS TWO RAILS HIGH. THE IMPACT ON THE GUARD RAIL WAS AT THE TOP ABOUT 3' FROM THE GROUND. BEHIND THE GUARD RAIL IS A 75' DROP TO A GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT. THE CAR THEN CAME BACK ACROSS THE ROAD AND STOPPED IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION TRAFFIC. THE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE NOW STANDS AT $20,000.00. SHE STATES THAT IT FELT AS IF THE FRONT LEFT TIRE LOCKED UP AND HAS NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED FROM THAT POINT ON. SHE WAS JUST HOLDING ON FOR DEAR LIFE. BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AND SHE HAS HAD A SORE BACK SINCE THE ACCIDENT. I NOW LEARNED OF THE INVESTIGATION EA09-002 THAT HAS BEEN OPENED AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO DONE NOW!! *TR

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). WHILE MAKING A TIGHT U-TURN TO THE LEFT IN MY 2005 CORVETTE THE RIGHT FRONT BRAKES LOCKED AND WOULD NOT RELEASE. AT THE SAME TIME THE "SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING" MESSAGE APPEARED ON THE DIC (DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER). THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO PULL HARD AND MADE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO PULL OFF THE ROAD SAFELY. MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS THAT I BLEW OUT A TIRE. THOUGH DIFFICULT I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE OFF INTO A PARKING LOT WHERE I TURNED OFF THE CAR. I THEN RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND EVERYTHING WAS BACK TO NORMAL. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT MY SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN WHEN THERE WAS ONCOMING TRAFFIC OR AT HIGHER SPEEDS. THERE WAS ONE TIME A COUPLE OF DAYS PRIOR THAT THE "SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING" MESSAGE SHOWED OF THE DIC BUT NO NOTICEABLE PROBLEMS CAME ABOUT. I TALKED TO MY LOCAL DEALER'S SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY SAID THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS AN ERROR FROM DRIVING ON WET ROADS SINCE THE LIGHT DIDN'T APPEAR AGAIN AFTER RESTARTING THE CAR. I BELIEVED THIS AND RETURNED TO DRIVING UNTIL YESTERDAY WHEN THIS HAPPENED. YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION TO THIS MATTER IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF GM WILL ISSUE A PROPER FIX. I HAVE RESEARCHED ONLINE TODAY AND HAVE FOUND A TSB ABOUT INSTALLING A CLIP IN THE STEERING COLUMN WHERE THE WIRES PLUG INTO THE STEERING SENSOR BUT THAT THIS MAY NOT BE THE FIX FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM. MY C

SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING LIGHT COMES ON. GM HAS A TSB ON THE ISSUE BUT IS NOT REPAIRING THE ISSUE AT THEIR EXPENSE. IT IS KNOWN THAT THIS ISSUE LEADS TO WHEELS LOCKING UP RANDOMLY. *TR

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). I HAVE A 2005 CORVETTE WITH THE ELECTRIC TELESCOPIC STEERING COLUMN. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING MY VETTE, I HAVE GOTTEN A 'SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM' WARNING IN THE DIC. ON SOME OCCASIONS I CAN SIMPLY RESET THE DIC AND THE MESSAGE ENDS. ON AT LEAST ONE OCCASION I HAD TO STOP THE CAR, SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE, AND RESTART AGAIN TO CLEAR THE MESSAGE. I HAVE HAD AT LEAST SEVEN OCCASIONS THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED. [XXX] THE CAR GOES TO THE DEALER IN THE SPRING TO BE WORKED ON. IF YOU DESIRE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME. [XXX] *TR

ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2010 I WAS DRIVING UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS AND THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM ON MY 2005 CORVETTE SHUT DOWN. POWER TO THE CAR WAS CUT OFF LEAVING ME WITH NO CONTROL OVER THE VEHICLE. I COULD NOT STEER, BRAKE OR EVEN EXIT THE CAR AS EVERYTHING IS ELECTRICALLY CONTROLLED. IN ORDER TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT THE ONLY WAY I HAD OF STOPPING THE CAR WAS TO THROW IT INTO PARK AT ABOUT 35 MPH. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE CAR, HOWEVER, THIS PRESENTS A LARGE SAFETY CONCERN. HAD I BEEN TRAVELING FASTER OR HAD BEEN ON THE FREEWAY THE RESULTS COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DIFFERENT. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME IT HAD TO DO WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, HOWEVER, THEY DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S WRONG AND DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX IT. THEY BASICALLY ARE SUGGESTING I DRIVE IT AWAY. I TOLD THEM IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN IT COULD KILL ME AND THEIR RESPONSE WAS, "YEAH, SOMETIMES THAT HAPPENS". CHEVY IS NOT OFFERING TO FIX THE PROBLEM FOR ME AND I REFUSE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE SINCE IT WOULD BE UNSAFE TO DO SO. *TR

I HAVE HAD TOW INCIDENTS WHERE MY "SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING" ERROR HAS COME UP. LAST WEEK I HAD MY WHEELS LOCK UP AFTER TRYING TO COMPLETE A U TURN AND HAD TO PULL OVER AND RESTART MY CAR TO CORRECT THE BRAKING ISSUE AS BEST AS I CAN DESCRIBE IT WAS CORRECTED. SUBSEQUENTLY THE "SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING" HAS COME ON A NUMBER OF TIMES AND CLEARS AS THE CAR IS RESTARTED. I HAVE TAKEN IT IN AND THEY ARE ABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM BUT HAVE YET TO FIND A SOLUTION FROM IT OCCURRING AGAIN. I HAVE HAD TO USE MY EXTENDED SERVICE CONTRACT TO COVER THE EXPENSES BOTH TIMES. *TR

2005 CORVETTE, 45,224 MILES. SQUEAKING NOISE FROM ENGINE ACCESSORY DRIVE BELTS, CLUNKING/ KNOCKING NOISE AT LOWER FRONT OF ENGINE. FOUND CRANKSHAFT BALANCER RETAINING BOLT BACKED OUT, CRANKSHAFT BALANCER MOVING FORWARD. HAD THIS BOLT COME OUT FURTHER, IT WOULD HAVE DAMAGED THE STEERING RACK, ACCESSORY BELTS COMING OFF, LOSS OF POWER STEERING, ELECTRICAL, BRAKING. THIS ISSUE IS KNOWN BY GM/CHEVROLET, TSB 05-06-01-001D. VEHICLE WAS FLAT BED TOWED TO DEALER, THEY DENIED THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE BOLT, IT JUST NEEDED NEW BELTS. AFTER THREATENING THE DEALER & GM WITH A LAWSUIT IF THE PULLEY CAME OFF AND RESULTED IN PROPERTY DAMAGE OR BODILY INJURY, THEY WOULD REPLACE THE PULLEY WITH THE UPGRADED ONE & A NEW BOLT PER THE TSB, BUT AT CUSTOMER EXPENSE. REPAIRS COMPLETED 2/10/2010. THIS VEHICLE WAS WITHIN THE VIN NUMBER RANGE FOR THE TSB, BUT THE DEALER WAS MORE CONCERNED WHERE THE PAPER COPY OF GM TSB 05-06-01-001D CAME FROM- THIS IS PUBLIC INFORMATION. PLEASE- MAKE THIS ISSUE A FORMAL RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. NHTSA DATABASE SHOWS AT LEAST 6 SIMILAR INCIDENTS, MANY OTHERS HAVE NOT BEEN REPORTED TO NHTSA. *TR

PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT I EXPERIENCED THE SERVICE TRACTION LIGHT WOULD COME ON MAYBE A HANDFUL OF TIMES A MONTH. UNTIL THE INCIDENT I HAD TO ACTUAL ISSUES AND FIGURED THAT MY EXHAUST BEING AS LOUD AS IT IS CAUSED SOMETHING TO SET IT OFF. *TR ON FEBRUARY 8TH THE SERVICE TRACTION LIGHT CAME ON ONCE AGAIN HOWEVER I HAD TO ISSUES THAT DAY. IT WASN'T TILL THE NEXT DAY THAT AS I WAS DRIVING NORMAL SPEEDS ABOUT 35MPH APPROACHING A STOP SIGN BEFORE I WOULD ENTER THE FEEDER ROAD TO ENTER THE HIGHWAY. THE ROAD I WAS ON HAD A VERY SLIGHT CURVE TO THE LEFT AND THE GROUND WAS COMPLETELY DRY/ ALL CONDITIONS WERE NORMAL. OUT OF NO WHERE I FELT MY VEHICLE BEING FORCED HARD TO THE LEFT AS IF I WAS HYDROPLANNING AND HAD LOST THE ABILITY TO CONTROL THE BRAKING OF MY CAR. MY VEHICLE CROSSED THE NEXT LANE OVER AND WITH ABSOLUTELY NO CONTROL WHAT SO EVER I WAS FORCED OVER A CURB AND INTO A STREET SIGN. NO ONE WAS INJURED AS IT WAS A MINOR ACCIDENT HOWEVER IT CAME WITH A PRICE. AT THIS POINT THERE IS ESTIMATED TO BE $6500.00 IN DAMAGES TO MY VEHICLE DUE TO THIS. NO WORK HAS BEGUN ON MY VEHICLE. I HAVE UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM BEING INVESTIGATED ON OTHER CHEVROLET CORVETTE MODELS FROM 05 AND UP UNDER INVESTIGATION NUMBER EA09-002. I WOULD LIKE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT HAS HAPPENED AND BE SURE THAT MY VEHICLE IS SAFE AS IT WAS VERY FRIGHTENING TO HAVE LOST CONTROL IN PERFECTLY GOOD DRIVING CONDITIONS. LIKE I HAVE EARLIER STATED MY VEHICLE HAS NOT STARTED THE REPAIR PROCESS AND I WILL BE SURE

CONSTANT ELECTRICAL FAILURES AND PROBLEMS WITH ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (TRACTION CONTROL / ACTIVE HANDLING). COMPUTER SYSTEMS REPLACED, SAME FAILURES RETURN. MIRRORS MOVE BY THEMSELVES, CAR WONT START, TRACTION CONTROL FAILURE, *CN

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. WHENEVER THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED INCLUDING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, HE HEARD A CRACKING SOUND ON ROOF. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE CONTACT HAS NOTICED THE FAILURE SINCE THE DAY THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 57000.

MY SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING HAD BEEN COMING ON FOR A COUPLE WEEKS AND THEN WOULD GO AWAY. ABOUT A WEEK AGO I WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 35 MPH AND I SLOWED DOWN TO TURN. IT WAS ABOUT 10:00 NOT VERY MANY PEOPLE ON THE ROAD "THANK GOD". AFTER TURNING I RETURNED TO AROUND 35MPH AND THEN MY SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING LIGHT CAME ON FOLLOWED BY FRONT DRIVER SIDE LOCKING UP. I WAS IN THE RIGHT LANE AND ENDED UP ALMOST ON THE CURB ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LEFT LANE. TW*

ON 01/07/2010, THE SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING MESSAGE CAME ON CROSSING OVER A RAILROAD TRACK AT AROUND FIVE MPH. THE MESSAGE STAYED ON UNTIL RESTARTING THE CAR. ON 01/08/2010, WHILE SLOWING THE CAR THROUGH 55 MPH TO EXIT THE HIGHWAY, THE FRONT RIGHT BRAKE APPLIED FOR APPROXIMATELY HALF OF A SECOND PULLING ME INTO THE RIGHT EXIT LANE. "ACTIVE HANDLING-ON" MESSAGE DISPLAYED AND STAYED ON FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS. LUCKILY, NO OTHER CARS WERE NEAR AND NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT I WAS DRIVING STRAIT. HOWEVER, I DO REMEMBER HITTING A ROUGH PATCH OF HIGHWAY RIGHT BEFORE THE BRAKE APPLIED. I HAD THE CAR SERVICED AT THE CHEVROLET DEALER. THE STEERING WHEEL POSITION SENSOR WAS REPLACED. THE CAR IS A 2005 CORVETTE WITH THE Z51 PACKAGE AND TELESCOPIC STEERING WHEEL. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 CORVETTE. CHEVROLET HAS RECALLED 22,000 CORVETTES FOR THE ROOF PANEL. THEY SAID THAT THE ROOF WILL BREAK LOOSE AND COULD BLOW OFF. MY TOP HAS BROKE LOOSE BECAUSE AIR IS LEAKING THREW. THERE IS SO MUCH AIR COMING IN THAT YOU CAN NOT HERE THE RADIO. I HAVE CALLED THE 800 NUMBER THEY SAID MY CORVETTE MUST NOT BE ON THE LIST. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE MY CORVETTE OVER 50 MPH. CAN YOU HELP ME?THANK YOU . PLEASE E-MAIL ME OR CALL ME. *TR

SEVERE SWERVE TO THE LEFT FOLLOWED BY SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. BRAKES LOCK UP DURING SWERVE. SHUTTING DOWN ACTIVE HANDLING DOES NOT HELP AS THE SAME ERROR CAN OCCUR VERY QUICKLY AGAIN. THIS HAPPENS REPEATEDLY, AND MORE SO AT COLDER TEMPERATURES. *TR

TAIL LIGHTS ON 2005 CORVETTE WENT OUT, SEEMS TO BE COMMON ON THE CORVETTE MODEL.. LOTS OF PEOPLE WITH SAME ISSUE ON THE CORVETTE FORUMS.. *TR

(ENTERED BY SMCH FROM E-MAIL, TRIMMED TO FIT AVAILABLE CONTENT LENGTH) I PURCHASED MY 2005 CORVETTE NEW IN LOS ANGELES FIVE YEARS AGO. HAVE BEEN HAVING THE "SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING" PROBLEM NOW FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF. AT SPEEDS OF 30MPH OR LESS...THUS FAR SSUDDENLY BRAKES AND PULLS HARD TO THE LEFT WHILE PULSING ON AND OFF THE BRAKES. THIS HAS BEEN VERY SCARY, NEEDLESS TO SAY, AND I HAVE NARROWLY AVOIDED BEING FORCED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC OR BEING REAR-ENDED BY THE SUDDEN BRAKING. I TOOK MY CAR TO A DEALERSHIP FOR THE FIFTH TIME OVER THIS CONCERN AND HAVE HEARD THE SAME STORY.; THAT THERE IS NO CODE OR RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. (UPDATE FROM E-MAIL) I HAVE HAD THE REPAIR COMPLETED. I WAS TOLD IT WAS A FAULT IN THE STEERING COLUMN (TELESCOPING) AND WOULD BE FIXED WITH A COUPLE OF ZIP TIES, BUT THE PROCESS REQUIRED A LOT TO BE REMOVED AND WHILE I DID IT I SHOULD REPLACE THE TIRE SENSOR AS WELL, AS THAT COULD BE PART OF THE ISSUE. I HAD THE REPAIR DONE OUT OF FEAR THAT IF I DIDN'T , IT WOULD ENDANGER MY FAMILY. WHEN THE BRAKES SELF APPLIED, THE STEERING WOULD PULL HARD TO THE LEFT. THEY WOULD REMAIN THAT WAY UNTIL I EITHER TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF OR HELD DOWN THE TRACTION CONTROL BUTTON FOR SEVEN SECONDS WHICH TURNS OFF TRACTION CONTROL AND ACTIVE HANDLING. IF THIS WASN'T DONE, AND ANY GAS WAS APPLIED, THE BRAKES WOULD LOCK HARDER, PULSING OFF AND ON INTERMITTENTLY. THE PULL WAS DRASTIC ENOUGH TO HAVE PULLED ABOUT TEN DEGREES OFF OF CENTER-LINE, BUT SINCE IT HAPPENED AT LOW S

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE MAIN PULLEY UNDER THE VEHICLE WAS UNSTABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT BECAUSE THERE WERE NO ASSOCIATED RECALLS, HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST OF THE REPAIR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,000.

WHILE SLOWING TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED/STOPPED TEMPORARILY...COULD HAVE CAUSED COLLISION IF THE STALL/STOP HAPPENED A SECOND LATER WHEN I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE OPPOSING LAND. IT HAS HAPPENED TWICE. I HAD THE CAR REPAIRED AT EDWARDS CHEVROLET IN BIRMINGHAM. I WAS TOLD BY THEM THAT A WIRE IN THE STEERING COLUMN HAD CORRODED.*TR

ON 2005/06 CORVETTE THE TELESCOPING STEERING WHEEL SENSOR SHORTS OUT CAUSING THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM TO FAIL LOCKING UP THE GEAR SHIFT AND OTHER PROBLEMS. SERVICE BULLETIN 06-02-35-002 EXPLAINS THE CORRECTIVE ACTION AND A PART IF AVAILABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, IT DOESN'T WORK. SYSTEM STILL FAILS MAKING THE CAR INOPERABLE, AND ALWAYS AT THE MOST IMPORTUNE TIME. ACCORDING TO THE FORUMS, THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. CHEVROLET NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL AND FIX IT PERMANENTLY. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 45 MILES PER HOUR ON A TWO-LANE PAVED HIGHWAY, THE CAR VOLUNTARILY LOCKED THE LEFT FRONT BRAKE FOR A PERIOD OF APPROXIMATELY 5 SECONDS. CAR SLID FORWARD (SUPPOSE TO BE TURNING RIGHT) INTO LEFT TRAFFIC LANE. FORTUNATELY THERE WAS NO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND THEREFORE NO SERIOUS DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. JUST PRIOR TO THIS ACTION, THE CAR DISPLAYED A MESSAGE, "SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM." *TR

MY SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING LIGHT CAME ON 11/13/09.ON 11/14/09 I WAS TRAVELING ACROSS A BRIDGE AT 55 MILES PER HOUR WHEN MY BRAKES AND STEERING LOCKED UP. I HAD NO CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I EVENTUALLY SLID TO A STOP CAUSING TRAFFIC BEHIND ME TO SWERVE INTO THE NEXT LANE. I COULD BARELY GET THE CAR OFF THE ROAD BECAUSE THE BRAKES WOULD NOT RELEASE. THIS IS A 2005 CHEVROLET CORVETTE WITH 33,000 MILES. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THE STEERING SENSOR INSIDE THE STEERING COLUMN WAS BAD AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THE WIRES NEEDED TO BE CHECKED AND RE TIGHTENED. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN MORE SEVERE OR EVEN FATAL IF NOT FOR THE TIME OF DAY AND THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC. I COULD NOT BELIEVE SOMETHING SO DANGEROUS WAS NOT RECALLED. I AM SURE OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND CRASHED THEIR CARS AND HAD NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED, IF NOT FOR MY QUICK REACTIONS OR LUCK, I MIGHT HAVE RAN OFF THE BRIDGE AND KILLED MYSELF OR INJURED SOMEONE ELSE. THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST THING I CHECKED ON ANY 2005 CORVETTE THAT HAD AN UNEXPLAINED CRASH WHERE THE DRIVER SIMPLY LOST CONTROL. I WAS NOT ACCELERATING OR DOING ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY WHEN MY INCIDENT OCCURRED. THE REPAIR COST ME $612.00, COSTLY FOR WHAT APPEARS TO BE AN ENGINEERING FLAW. I AM NOT EXAGGERATING WHEN I SAY HE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY OUT OF MY CONTROL! THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT CHEVROLET OR ANY DEALERSHIP SHOULD PROFIT FROM THIS LIFE THREATENING DEFECT. *TR

2005 CHEVY CORVETTE, DRIVING IN STRAIGHT LINE AT 5 MPH AND THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE LOCKS UP BECAUSE THE COMPUTER APPLIED THE BRAKES. THE DASH DISPLAY INDICATES "ACTIVE HANDLING". STOPPED CAR. TRIED TO DRIVE AGAIN. FRONT TIRE LOCKS UP AGAIN. TURNED CAR OFF. RESTARTED CAR. NOW IT WORKS FINE, LOCKUP PROBLEM GONE. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 CORVETTE. SOMETIMES, WHEN I AM APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDDLE, IF MY FOOT IS SLANTED SIDEWAYS, THEN I WILL ALSO HIT THE THROTTLE PEDAL ALSO. WHEN IT FIRST HAPPENED, I WOULD PANIC AND PRESS HARDER ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, WHICH ALSO PRESSED HARDER ON THE THROTTLE PEDAL. NOW I KNOW TO SLIDE MY FOOT MORE TO THE LEFT OFF THE GAS. BUT IT STILL CAN CATCH ME OFF GUARD. LIKE TODAY, WHEN I ALMOST BACKED THROUGH THE REAR OF MY GARAGE. I HAVE HAD THE CAR SINCE 2005. I AM CONCERNED THAT OTHER PEOPLE MIGHT BE AT RISK. *TR

HARMONIC BALANCER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE VEHICLE HAS TWO DIFFERENT TRACTION CONTROLS AND ACTIVE HANDLING ON THE BRAKES. THERE WAS A CODE THAT CAME ON FOR THE ACTIVE HANDLING, WHICH CAN APPLY MORE THAN ONE BRAKE SYSTEM TO KEEP THE VEHICLE IN CONTROL. WHILE DECELERATING AT 30 MPH HE FELT THE ACTIVE HANDLING CONTROLS APPLY THE FRONT BRAKES, WHICH PULLED THE VEHICLE TO THE RIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, AND THE BRAKES RESET ITSELF. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, AND HE WAS REFERRED TO A DEALER. TSB # 06-02-35-002B REFERENCES THIS FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 9,638.

ON 10/09/2009 WHILE DRIVING AT 35MPH ON A SINGLE LANE ROAD WITHOUT WARNING THE ACTIVE HANDLING MESSAGE DISPLAYED ON THE DIC OF MY 2005 CHEVROLET CORVETTE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO VEER OFF THE ROAD. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO AVOID A COLLISION. THERE WAS NO WARNING AND THE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN NORMALLY. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED AND I HAVE NOT DRIVEN IT SINCE. *TR