NHTSA Complaint #10416999 — 2005 CHEVROLET CORVETTE

TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON AT 68 MPH THE LEFT FRONT BRAKE LOCKED UP CAUSING CAR TO TURN LEFT AND REAR END START TO SWING AROUND. A MOMENT LATER BRAKE IS RELEASED AND I REGAIN CONTROL OF VEHICLE. CHIME AND LIGHT ON DASH GO ON AND STATED "SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING". THE NEXT DAY I TOOK VEHICLE TO LOCAL DEALER THEY ADVISED I NEEDED A STEERING WHEEL POSITION SENSOR AND A YAW SENSOR FOR A COST OF $1100.00. MY CONCERN IS AFTER I REPLACE THESE SENSORS WHAT HAPPENS THE NEXT TIME THEY FAIL AND A FRONT BRAKE LOCKS UP. SHOULDN'T THIS BE A FAIL SAFE SYSTEM. WHEN IT FAILS A LIGHT SHOULD COME ON TO WARN ME BUT NOT TRY TO WRECK ME. CONTACTED CHEVROLET CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY THEN PUT ME IN TOUCH WITH THE LOCAL CHEVROLET DISTRICT OFFICE. ALL I GOT FROM THEM WAS THEY CUT THE ESTIMATE TO $550.00. THEY WOULD NOT ADDRESS THE SAFETY FACTOR OF LOCKING ONE FRONT WHEEL. THERE WAS A RECALL LAST YEAR WITH THE SAME SYMPTOMS OF ONE FRONT BRAKE LOCKING. I HAD THE CAR SERVICED LAST YEAR FOR THIS. IT DEALT WITH WIRING IN THE STEERING COLUMN. THEY PUT A CLIP ON IT TO STOP CHAFFING. DEALER SAID THIS IS NOT RELATED TO MY CURRENT PROBLEM. *TR