NHTSA Complaint #10574570 — 2000 CHEVROLET CORVETTE

2000 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE IGNITION PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW IN 2000, HE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH, ON A RANDOM BASIS, BUT WERE NOT CONSTANT. ON OCCASION, IT WOULD NOT START WHEN THE KEY WAS TURNED, AND HE WOULD HAVE TO KEEP TRYING, UNTIL IT DID START. SOMETIMES IT WOULD SHUT OFF ON ITS OWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO 3 DIFFERENT DEALERS, WHO SAID THE COULD NOT HELP HIM UNLESS THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED THE PROBLEM, WHILE IN THE SHOP. IT WASN'T UNTIL 3 YEARS AGO, WHEN THE IGNITION SWITCH, BECAME A REGULAR PROBLEM, WITH STARTING AND STOPPING AND CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO LOCK UP. THERE WERE TIMES, WHEN THE ENGINE WOULD NOT SHUT OFF, AFTER THE KEY WAS REMOVED. HE DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY, HOPING THAT RESOLVE IT, BUT IT DID NOT. THERE WERE TIMES WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUT OFF, WHILE DRIVING. *JB