2000 Chevrolet Corvette

STEERING COLUMN LOCK ISSUE - HAD LATEST 2006 RECALL WORK PERFORMED BY DEALER. DID NOT SOLVE PROBLEM, SAME ERROR CODE READS ON DASH AND CAR SHUTS ITSELF OFF WHEN TRY TO MOVE IT MORE THAN 2 MPH. DEALER SAYS GM IS NOT COVERING IT. WANT TO CHARGE ME TO REPLACE SAME PART THEY PUT IN AS A PART OF THE RECALL!!! ALSO, WE HAD TO PAY FOR THE FLAT BED TOW FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM TWICE NOW! WE HAVE HAD RECALL WORK DONE 4 TIMES ON THIS SAME PROBLEM! NOW THEY SAY ITS NOT COVERED? HOW CAN THEY GET AWAY WITH THIS? THEY ARE DRAGGING THE CORVETTE NAME INTO THE DIRT! *TR

TURN SIGNALS ONLY WORK INTERMITTENTLY. WE NEVER KNOW WHEN THEY WILL STOP WORKING OR START. CAN'T FIX. HAVE OWNED THIS 2000 CORVETTE FOR 7 YEARS NOW. WE HAVE HAD THE TURN SIGNALS REPLACED TRYING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, OVER AND OVER AGAIN, BUT THEY STILL WILL JUST ONLY WORK INTERMITTENTLY. MY HUSBAND IS HARD OF HEARING AND HE DOESN'T REALIZE THEY ARE NOT WORKING. I AM WORRIED ABOUT HIS SAFETY. IN ADDITION, IT HAS BEEN VERY COSTLY AND FRUSTRATING TO US TO KEEP TRYING AND TRYING TO FIX IT WITH NO AVAIL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER REGARDING NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04006C. THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE DRIVER'S INFORMATION CENTER (DIC) ILLUMINATED AND DISPLAYED "SERVICE COLUMN LOCK, PULL KEY AND WAIT 10 SECONDS." THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE NHTSA RECALL NUMBER WAS NOT FOUND. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 77,000.

IN AUGUST 07 MY 2000 CORVETTE COUPE EBCM FAILED. THE CAR HAS ONLY 40,000 MILES ON IT & IS ONLY DRIVEN ON WEEKENDS. I AM A MECHANIC BY TRADE. I REMOVED THE MODULE & HAD IT REBUILT FOR $200 SINCE GM QUOTED ME $1300 FOR A NEW ONE. THE REPAIRS I MADE FIXED THE PROBLEM. *JB *UPDATED 12/12/07 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRACTION CONTROL, ACTIVE HANDLING AND ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. UPDATED 12/12/07

IN EARLY APRIL I HAD A RECALL WORK COMPLETED ON MY 2000 CORVETTE DONE BY BUSS CHEVEROLET OF SHAWANO, A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER THE RECALL WORK FAILED, SO PARSON'S CHEVY OF ANTIGO, WE REDID THE RECALL WORK. NOW ON 08-27-07 THE RECALL WORK FAILED AGAIN! THIS WILL BE THE THIRD TIME IN LESS THAN 6 MONTHS I WILL HAVE TO HAVE RECALL WORK DONE ON MY CAR FOR THE COLUMN LOCK FAILURE. THIS PROBLEM IS WELL KNOWN TO OWNERS OF C5 BODY STYLE CORVETTES AND MOST OF THESE OWNERS GO AND PURCHASE THEIR OWN BYPASS SO IT GETS FIXED CORRECTLY. EVERYONE I HAVE SPOKEN TO INDICATES THAT WHEN THE DEALERSHIP COMPLETES THE WORK ACCORDING TO GENERAL MOTORS DIRECTION THE RECALL WORK ALWAYS FAIL! WHEN WILL GENERAL MOTORS GET IT RIGHT? I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO TAKE MY CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES TO HAVE RECALL WORK DONE, ESPECIALLY WHEN ITS A NHTSA ORDERED RECALL! *TR

I AM WRITING THIS COMPLAINT ABOUT A KNOWN FAULTY COMPONENT WITHIN THE C5 CHEVROLET CORVETTES. THIS PART, THE EBCM, CAUSES THE LOSS OF ABS AND TCS. THIS FAILURE IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND HAS HAPPENED TO MANY C5 CORVETTE OWNERS. IN FACT, GM EVEN HAS A POLICY KNOWN AS HE GOODWILL POLICY IN WHICH THEY WILL RANDOMLY OFFER DISCOUNTS TO CORVETTE OWNERS. SOME WILL RECEIVE THE DISCOUNT AND OTHERS WILL NOT. WHEN WE HAD THE CAR DIAGNOSED AT A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AS DIRECTED BY GM OFFICIALS WE WERE TOLD THAT THEY WOULDN'T REPLACE THE PART DUE TO THE NUMBER OF MILES ON THE CAR. THIS PROBLEM HAD ORIGINALLY OCCURRED WHEN THE CAR HAD AROUND 30,000 MILES ON IT, APPEARING TO BE AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM, AND THEN AFTER MONTHS OF DRIVING THE FAULTS WOULD NOT RESET. THE INDIVIDUALS AT GM SAID THAT THEY KNEW THERE WAS A PROBLEM, BUT THEY WOULD REPLACE THE PART ON CASE BY CASE BASIS. THE INDIVIDUAL AT GM CLAIMED THAT HE CONTACTED THE TECHNICIAN AT JAMES WOODS AND WAS TOLD THAT THE PART FAILURE WAS NORMAL, AND THAT THE PART FAILED AT AROUND 60,000 MILES. THERE WERE MANY FAILURES WITH LESS MILES THAN THAT. MY PROBLEM WASN'T THE FACT THAT THEY WOULDN'T OFFER ANY DISCOUNT, BUT THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM THAT AFFECTED THE SAFETY OF DRIVERS, AND THEY WILL NOT ACT TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. . I AM A FREQUENT POSTER ON THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE AND YOU COULD VERIFY THAT THERE WA S INDEED A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE EBCM. THE WEBSITE WAS CORVETTEFORUM.COM. IF YOU PERFORM D A SEARCH ON THE WEBSITE UNDER THE C5 SECTION YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE WERE MANY CASES OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM. I COULD NOT GIVE AN ACCURATE ACCOUNT OF ANY ACCIDENTS OR DEATHS DUE TO THIS PROBLEM, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THE IMPACT WAS EXTREMELY HIGH OR THAT THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ACCIDENT DUE TO ABSENCE OF ABS WAS EXTREMELY HIGH. *AK

TL*-THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE HAD A PROBLEM WITH SMELLING FUMES FROM THE 2000 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. WHEN APPROACHING THE VEHICLE HE COULD SMELL THE FUMES COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS INFORMED BY THE SERVICE MECHANIC AT JN CHEVROLET, THAT THE RIGHT EXHAUST PIPE WAS TOO CLOSE TO FUEL TANK WHICH CAUSED THE TANK TO HEAT UP AND EXPAND, AND THAT CAUSED THE SMELL OF GASOLINE. THE CONTACT HAS HAD 3 REPAIRS DONE TO THE VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THESE FUMES. THEY REPLACED THE FUEL CAP, AND THE O2 SENSOR. THE CONTACT FOUND OUT THAT HE NEEDED THE FUEL TANK REPLACED ON 10/20/06. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALERSHIP ORDERED THE TANK AT THAT TIME, AND AS OF 2/16/07 HAD NOT RECEIVED THE FUEL TANK. THE CONTACT HAD CALLED THE DEALERSHIP ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS ,AND THEY CONTINUE TO TELL HIM THE TANK HADN'T ARRIVED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT IT SHOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN THIS LONG. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 40000.*AK