2000 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Steering Problems

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 55 MPH, THE STEERING COLUMN FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE NEAREST DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED INCORRECTLY ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V060000 (STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE). UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION BY THE DEALER, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE INITIAL RECALL REMEDY WAS SURPASSED AND THE PIECES NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE RECALL WERE MISSING. THE DEALER FROM WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT HE COULD RETURN THE VEHICLE FOR A FULL REFUND. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE LESS THAN 53,000.

I OWN A 2000 CORVETTE. I STOPPED TO FUEL UP THE VEHICLE. WHEN I GOT BACK IN AND STARTED THE VEHICLE I RECEIVED A WARNING ON MY DASH TO SERVICE THE STEERING COLUMN LOCK. THIS OF COURSE LOCKED THE STEERING WHEEL SO IT COULD NOT BE TURNED AT ALL. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A DEALER. I RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM AND FOUND THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL RECALLS ON THIS ISSUE. THE DEALER CLAIMS THE ITEM SHOWS IT HAS BEEN REPAIRED IN 2004. HOWEVER THE FIX IN 2004 DID NOT ACTUAL REPAIR THE PROBLEM SO IN 2006 ANOTHER RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR THIS SAME COMPLAINT ON THE VETTE. I HAVE ONLY HAD THE VEHICLE FOR TWO YEARS SO THE REPAIR WAS SUPPOSEDLY DONE BEFORE I PURCHASED IT. IF THE RECALL HAD BEEN REPAIRED PROPERLY I WOULD NOT BE HAVING THIS PROBLEM AGAIN. THE DEALER AND CHEVY ARE TELLING ME...

2000 CHEVROLET CORVETTE THE STEERING COLUMN LOCK FEATURE IS MALFUNCTIONING. THE CAR WILL START BUT IMMEDIATELY DIES IF MOVED. THE MESSAGE DISPLAYED READS :SERVICE STEERING COLUMN LOCK. THIS SAME PROBLEM AROSE APPROX. 10 DAYS AGO, BUT RE-SET. APPROX. 2 YEARS AGO, FOLLOWING THE SAME PROBLEMS, GM PERFORMED A RE-CALL, AND INSTALLED SOME KIND OF 'FIX'. IT'S DOING EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS RECALLED FOR. THE FIX DOESN'T WORK, AT LEAST FOR LONG. I LOVE THE CAR, BUT WITH THIS PROBLEM, IT IS UNRELIABLE AND DANGEROUS. GM SHOULD BE MADE TO PERMANENTLY FIX THIS PROBLEM. MY RESEARCH INDICATES THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS WIDE-SPREAD OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS WITH THE CORVETTE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. WHEN THE CONTACT TURNED THE IGNITION SWITCH, THE ELECTRONIC COLUMN LOCK SYSTEMS CAUSED THE STEERING COLUMN TO LOCK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V060000 (STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE), ALTHOUGH THE FAILURES WERE IDENTICAL. THE CONTACT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR COSTS. HE IS IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING THE VEHICLE REPAIRED AND IS AWAITING A RESPONSE FROM THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 31,600.

THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE STEERING LOCK COLUMN ON MY 2000 CHEVY CORVETTE. I PURCHASED MY CAR IN 2003 AND THE CAR HAD 10,000 MILES. I STILL HAD THE WARRANTY ON IT. IN 2005 MY STEERING COLUMN LOCKED UP AND WOULD NOT START. I HAD IT TOWED IN TO KELLEY CHEVORLET. THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE LOCK SYSTEM. THEY REPLACED THE HARNESS AND LOKE PLATE AND ACTUATOR. FEW MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I HAD IT TOWED AGAIN THEY FIXED IT AGAIN AND DID THE SAME THING. IT HAPPENED AGAIN AND THEY REPLACED THE SAME PARTS AGAIN...THE LAST TIME IT WAS THERE. BUT THIS TIME THEY TOOK THE LOCK PLATE OUT COMPLETELY, THEY SAID THAT GM TOLD THEM TO DO IT TO FIX THE RECALL..NOW ITS JULY 08 AND AGAIN IT HAD TO BE TOWED IN AND THEY REPLACED THE SAME PARTS AGAIN...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UNEXPECTEDLY IN A PARKING LOT. THROUGH RESEARCH, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED A RECALL FOR AN IDENTICAL FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE RECALL WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED BY ITS PREVIOUS OWNER AND THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR IT FOR FREE. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY STILL IN THE PARKING LOT. THE RECALL NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 55,000.

GM CORVETTE 2000 STEERING WHEEL AND COLUMN LOCKED . *BF THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR . ABOUT TWO YEARS LATER THE PROBLEM RECURRED. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD AT THAT TIME THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE STEERING RECALL. THE CONSUMER HAD TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR. *NM

THE CONSUMER NOTICED AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN LEFT OR RIGHT. AFTER THE ENGINE RAN FOR A FEW SECONDS IT WOULD STALL. *AK

CONSUMER STATES STEERING COLUMN LOCKED WHILE DRIVING. AS A RESULT VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE CROSSED THE MEDIAN AND HIT A JEEP HEAD ON. THE JEEP CAUGHT FIRE AND THE CONSUMER'S CORVETTE WAS TOTALED. THE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY CAUSING CONSUMER TO SUSTAIN INJURIES TO THE HEAD AND A SPRAINED ANKLE FOR 3 WEEKS. CONSUMER LOST CONSCIOUSNESS FOR APPROX. 20 MINUTES. *PH *NLM DUPLICATE VOQ. SEE ODI# 10031977 FOR OTHER DETAILS. CAT

THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE. *AK THIS HAD ONLY OCCURRED AT START UP. THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THIS OCCURRING WHILE IN MOTION. *SCC *JB

THE CONVERTIBLE TOP SQUEALED,THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLE HAD COME LOOSE, THE RIGHT FRONT TURN SIGNAL HAD GONE OUT, THE VEHICLE EXCESSIVELY USED OIL, THE VEHICLE HAD A RECALL ON THE STEERING IGNITION LOCK, ULTIMATELY THE STEERING LOCKED AND THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN WHILE BEING BACKED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE GAS GUAGE MALFUNCTIONED, THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT HAD COME ON, THE VEHICLE STALLED, AND THE BATTERY LEAKED ACID. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED TO BE COMPENSATED FOR THE INCONVENIENCE. SCC REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED, DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*JB REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

IN REVERSE STEERING LOCKED UP.VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

STEERING LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING 65-70 MPH, VEHICLE STRUCK POLE IN MEDIAN AND SPUN OUT. NO INJURIES, DAMAGE TO VEHICLE WAS $ 1000.00. *AK