2005 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Complaints

SERVICE ACTIVE TRACTION CONTROL ALARM APPEARS AFTER ACCELERATING. IT BEGAN WITH ROUGHLY 38,000 MILES AT HIGH SPEEDS (ACCELERATING PAST 90MPH. THEN BEGAN APPEARING AT LESS SPEEDS. NOW APPEARS AT 45MPH. AFTER WARNING APPEARS, THE TRANSMISSION SEAMS TO SLAM WHEN GEAR CHANGES

PROBLEM WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION GETTING STUCK IN PARK. TAKES A MINUTE OR SO TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF PARK AND IN TO GEAR

CAR WILL NO LONGER SHIFT OUT OF PARK TO REVERSE OR DRIVE. STARTED HAPPENING AT 20,000 MILES INTERMITTENTLY AND BY 25.000 MILES NO LONGER FUNCTIONS. REPLACEMENT IS IN THE $1000 RANGE AND SHOULD BE A RECALL AS IT IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECTIVE SHIFTER ASSEMBLY. I HAD TO REMOVE THE CENTER CONSOLE TO ACCESS THE SHIFTER ASSEMBLY AND DRILL A HOLE THRU THE LOCK MECHANISM AND TIE 30 LB TEST FISHING LINE THRU THE HOLE AND RUN THE LINE IN TO THE STORAGE AREA AND ON TO A LARGE PLASTIC WASHER. NOW EVERY TIME I WANT TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK, NO MATTER WHEN OR WHERE, DOESN'T MATTER, I HAVE TO OPEN THE LID TO THE CONSOLE AND PULL THE WASHER WITH MY RIGHT HAND AND MOVE THE SHIFTER OUT OF PARK WITH MY LEFT HAND.

UNABLE TO SHIFT OUT OF "PARK", HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY. SAME SYMPTOMS AS OTHER POSTERS. STARTED AT ABOUT 40,000 MILES AND CONTINUES TO HAPPEN, NOW HAVE ABOUT 45,000 MILES AND IT HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 12 TIMES.

SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM MESSAGE APPEARS INTERMITTINGLY, VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. DIDN'T NOTICE ANY HANDLING ISSUE BUT I AM CONCERNED THAT THE CAR WILL BEHAVE IN AN UNSAFE MANOR.

GAS OVERFLOWS WHEN AN ATTENDENT TRYS TO FILL TANK FURTHER AFTER NOZZLE CLICKS GAS FLOW INSIDE FENDER AND OUT ABOVE ROCKER PANEL MELTS SOUND DEADENING

UNABLE TO SHIFT THE CAR OUT OF "PARK" LEAVING ME STRANDED. IT HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY, AND HAPPENS 50% OF THE TIME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND BLINKED ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,000.

VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK. CAR HAS 79,000 MILES. USUALLY ABLE TO SHUT CAR OFF AND RESTART THE CAR TO ALLOW IT TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK, AND SOMETIMES CAN BUMP THE SHIFTER TOWARDS THE DASH WITH MY HAND WHICH ALLOWS - SOMEHOW - THE LOCKING MECHANISM TO RELEASE. VEHICLE IS STATIONARY ON FLAT GROUND USUALLY WHEN THIS OCCURS. HAS HAPPENED IN PARKING LOTS, AT HOME, IN DRIVE THROUGHS, ETC.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE ROOF PANEL SEPARATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V491000 (STRUCTURE). IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES ENGAGED INDEPENDENTLY AND PULLED THE VEHICLE TO THE RIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE STEERING REPOSITION SENSOR, CALIPERS, AND ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,835.