NHTSA Complaint #10492262 — 2006 CHEVROLET CORVETTE

I OWN A 2006 CORVETTE MANUFACTURED IN FEBRUARY OF 2006. FROM EARLY 2009 (JUST PRIOR TO THE VEHICLE GOING OUT OF WARRANTY) I BEGAN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM (SAHS) WARNING LIGHT COMING ON. INITIALLY THIS OCCURRED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS MAKING A TURN OR WHEN IT HIT A BUMP ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE WARNING WOULD CLEAR ITSELF PERIODICALLY. I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN TO TWO SEPARATE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIPS (GROTH BROS. CHEVROLET, LIVERMORE, CA AND DUBLIN CHEVROLET CADILLAC, DUBLIN, CA). NEITHER FACILITY WAS ABLE TO DEFINITIVELY DIAGNOSE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM. DUBLIN CHEVROLET CADILLAC DID PERFORM THE RECALL SERVICE IN WHICH THEY ADDED A RETENTION CLIP TO THE WIRING HARNESS IN THE TILT/TELESCOPIC STEERING COLUMN. THEY PERFORMED THIS REPAIR AT MY INSISTENCE AND AT A COST TO ME BECAUSE MY VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED THE MONTH AFTER THE LAST MANUFACTURING MONTH OF THE RECALL. THE ADDITION OF THE RETENTION CLIP REMEDIED THE PROBLEM TEMPORARILY BUT IT DID RETURN. THE SAHS WARNING NOW COMES ON AND STAYS ON NEARLY ALL THE TIME. I HAVE SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS OVER THE FACT THAT GM HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DEFINITIVELY DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM ESPECIALLY NOW THAT I HAVE LEARNED THAT MANY OWNERS OF 2005/2006 CORVETTES HAVE HAD A RELATED ISSUE WITH THE FRONT BRAKES LOCKING UP. I HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED THIS PHENOMENON YET BUT BELIEVE THAT IT PROBABLY WILL EVENTUALLY OCCUR. I BROUGHT ALL OF THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF GM?S CORPORATE SERVICE COMPLAINT DEPARTMENT, ASKING THAT THEY FIND A WAY TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE ONCE AND FOR ALL, AT THEIR EXPENSE, IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT IT BEGAN AT THE TIME THE WARRANTY WAS ENDING. THE REQUEST WAS DENIED. *TR