NHTSA Complaint #10469099 — 1999 CHEVROLET CORVETTE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING SEIZED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH. THE FAILURE WOULD RECUR SPORADICALLY AND OFTEN WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS FIRST STARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON NUMEROUS OCCASION WHERE THEY REPLACED THE STEERING RELAY AND THE ACTUATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS SCHEDULED TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 04V060000 (STEERING: COLUMN LOCKING: ANTI-THEFT DEVICE). THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER THE RECALL BUT BECAUSE OF THE RECURRENCE OF THE FAILURE EACH THE CONTACT WAS HELD LIABLE FOR REPAIR COSTS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THEY REPAIRED THE VEHICLE PREVIOUSLY UNDER THE RECALL CAMPAIGN AND THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR UNDER THE RECALL ANY FURTHER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,731 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 15,000.