NHTSA Complaint #10247187 — 1999 CHEVROLET CORVETTE

BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY IN MY 1999 CORVETTE, STEERING COLUMN LOCKED CAUSING ME TO GO OVER A CURB. WARNING LIGHT CAME ON DASH BOARD. I HAD CAR TOWED TO NEAREST CHEVY DEALER WHERE THEY PROCEEDED TO CHANGE THE STEERING COLUMN LOCK MOTOR. THEY TOLD ME THAT A RECALL (#04006B ON FEB/2004)ON THIS CAR WAS PERFORMED AND IT WAS NO LONGER COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. WHEN I INQUIRED AS TO A SECOND POSTED RECALL #04006C) SERVICE MGR TOLD ME HE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT SECOND RECALL. THEY CHARGED ME $579.79 TO REPAIR AND DID NOT FOLLOW THE GUIDE LINES STATED IN THE SECOND RECALL, WHERE AS THE COLUMN LOCK ASSEMBLY IS TO BE RENDERED INOPERATIVE. I FEEL I WAS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF AND CHEVROLET REFUSES TO REIMBURSE ME AND DISABLE THE LOCK ASSEMBLY. TALKING TO OTHER PEOPLE ON LINE, THIS PROBLEM HAS RETURNED ON MANY VEHICLES AFTER RECALL WAS PERFORMED. I AM WEARY OF DRIVING MY CAR BECAUSE I NEVER KNOW IF AND WHEN MY STEERING COLUMN WILL LOCK CAUSING AN ACCIDENT OR POSSIBLE LOSS OF LIFE. GM MUST BE FORCED TO DO THE RIGHT THING HERE AND I WANT MY MONEY BACK. *TR