NHTSA Complaint #10273038 — 2005 CHEVROLET CORVETTE

A RECALL EXISTS FOR ALL 05-07 C6 OEM CORVETTE REMOVABLE TARGA TOPS. THE GLUE BOND HOLDING THE REMOVABLE TOP TO ITS FRAME BREAKS WITH TEMPERATURE CHANGES, AND THE TOPS BREAK AWAY AND FLY OFF THE CAR. OVER TIME, AIR AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AIR EVENTUALLY BLOWS UNDER THE TOP AND PULLS IT OFF THE FRAME. AS PART OF THE RECALL REPAIR, GM INJECTED FOAM UNDER THE THIN PLASTIC TOP INTO THE ROOF FRAME TO PREVENT THE AIR FROM ENTERING AND RIPPING THE TOP OFF. THEY DID NOT ADDRESS THE REAL PROBLEM WITH THE GLUE NOT HOLDING THE TOP ON. THEY ONLY ADDRESSED A SYMPTOM OF THE REAL PROBLEM TO AVOID THE COST OF REPLACEMENT. MY TOP HAD MONTHS OF AIR LEAKING UNDER IT, A LOT OF NOISE OVER THAT PERIOD, AND THE FOAM INJECT RECALL HAD BEEN PERFORMED WITH A PREVIOUS OWNER. GM DENIED MY SAFETY RECALL CLAIM STATING THEY INJECTED THE FOAM, BUT IN REALITY THEY ONLY TREATED A SYMPTOM. GM USED A LEGAL RUN-AROUND TO AVOID HAVING TO REPLACE THE TOP, SAYING THEY CORRECTED THE PROBLEM AND MET THE NHTSA RECALL. ALL THEY DID WAS INJECT SOME FOAM. THEY DID NOT CORRECT THE GLUE PROBLEM AND MEET THE BURDEN OF CORRECTION ACCORDING TO THE RECALL. I WAS ABLE TO GRAB ONTO THE TOP THROUGH MY DRIVERS WINDOW TO HOLD IT DOWN WHEN IT UNEXPECTEDLY STARTED TO RIP OFF, OR IT WOULD HAVE HIT TRAFFIC BEHIND ME, AND CAUSED WRECK(S). THANKS YOU FOR YOUR HELP AND CONSIDERATION IN ADDRESSING GMS RELUCTANCE TO CORRECT THEIR RECALL PROBLEM. *TR