NHTSA Complaint #10469216 — 2000 CHEVROLET CORVETTE

I UNDERSTAND NHTSA IS AUTHORIZED TO ORDER MANUFACTURERS TO RECALL AND REPAIR VEHICLES WITH SERIOUS SAFETY DEFECTS IN THE DESIGN. I HAVE ALSO BEEN TOLD THAT THE "COLUMN LOCK RECALL" ON MANY YEARS OF THE CHEVY CORVETTE IS A GOVERNMENT MANDATED RECALL THAT THERE IS NO EXPIRATION OF GM RESPONSIBILITY TO FIX THE PROBLEM WITH THIS RECALL. I OWN A 2000 CHEVY CORVETTE WHICH I BOUGHT SECOND HANDED IN 2006 FROM A CHEVY DEALER IN MY AREA. THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL ON THIS CAR FOR THE COLUMN LOCK BEFORE I PURCHASED IT AND I WAS UNAWARE OF IT OR I WOULD NOT HAVE PURCHASED IT BECAUSE OF THE SERIOUSNESS OF THIS ISSUE WHICH THE CAR SHUTS DOWN COMPLETELY REGARDLESS WHETHER YOU ARE AT 0 MPH OR 60 MPH. I FEEL I WAS SOLD THIS VEHICLE AS A WAY TO JUST PASS THIS ISSUE ON TO SOMEONE ELSE. MY FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH THIS ISSUED STARTED THREE YEARS AGO WHICH WAS THREE YEARS AFTER I BOUGHT IT. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER NOT KNOWING ABOUT THE BEFORE RECALL AND HAD IT REPAIRED AT A CHARGE OF $1,700. AFTER I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE RECALL I QUESTIONED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS NOT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY. WITHIN A YEARS TIME SAME ISSUE RECURRED SO THIS TIME I REACHED OUT TO GM AND THEY STOOD BEHIND IT AND TOLD THE DEALERSHIP TO FIX IT AT NO CHARGE. I JUST WENT THROUGH THIS SAME ISSUE AGAIN FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW THIS TIME COSTING US $1,300. IF THERE IS NO EXPIRATION TO GENERAL MOTORS RESPONSIBILITY TO FIX THE RECALL PROBLEM WHY IS IT COMING OUT OF MY WALLET. FURTHERMORE THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY DEFECT AND I CANNOT UNDERSTAND HOW A MANUFACTURER CAN CONTINUE TO PRODUCE THESE CARS YEAR AFTER YEAR WITH THIS SAME ISSUE. SOMEONE NEEDS TO SEE THAT SOMETHING IS DONE BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED IF THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ALREADY. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR