2005 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, THE SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE AS THE VEHICLE STARTED PULLING TO THE LEFT. THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES AND COASTED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,000.

I WAS NEARLY INVOLVED IN 2 ACCIDENTS IN THE PAST WEEK AND I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE DRIVING MY CAR. I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY CORVETTE WHICH HAS VERY LOW MILEAGE ON IT (~42,000) FOR HOW OLD IT IS. THE PROBLEM I AM EXPERIENCING EXACTLY MATCHES A RECALL LISTED FOR 2005 CHEVY CORVETTES HOWEVER BECAUSE MY VIN NUMBER DOES NOT LIST THAT RECALL CHEVY REFUSES TO HONOR IT. THIS RECALL: HTTP://WWW-ODI.NHTSA.DOT.GOV/CARS/PROBLEMS/DEFECT/RELATEDDEFECTSSUMMARY.CFM?RCL_ID=10V172000&DEFECTIDLIST=EA09002&MODULETYPE=VEHICLES&TYPE=VEHICLE BELOW ARE BRIEF SUMMARIES OF THE NEAR ACCIDENTS THAT OCCURRED: 1. I WAS SWITCHING LANES IN THE CITY AND THE CAR LOCKED THE STEERING WHEEL, APPLIED THE BREAKS, DID DOES NOT LET ME ACCELERATE SUCH THAT I WAS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF TWO LANE AND A CAR IN THE LANE I WAS TRYING TO CHANGE INTO NEARLY HIT ME AND HAD TO SWERVE AROUND ME. 2. I PULLED OUT OF THE GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT AND THE CAR DID THE SAME THING (LOCKED THE STEERING WHEEL /APPLIED THE BREAKS/REDUCED THROTTLE). ONCOMING TRAFFIC TURNING ONTO THE STREET ONCE AGAIN NEARLY HIT ME AS I COULD NOT ACCELERATE OR MOVE THE CAR WITHOUT RESTARTING IT. THIS HAS ALSO HAPPENED A FEW TIMES TO ME WHILE IN THE PARKING LOT. THE MESSAGE, "SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM" APPEARS ON THE DASHBOARD WHEN THIS HAPPENS. I WOULD LIKE TO GO ON RECORD STATING THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM IN CASE FUTURE PROBLEM CAUSES AN ACCIDENT. *TR

VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK, INTERMITTENTLY, BUT CONSISTENTLY. NUMEROUS FIXES HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTED, SEVERAL DEALERSHIPS NOTIFIED, BUT THEY SEEM TO THINK IT IS NORMAL. USING "ALTERNATIVE METHODS" TO SHIFT FROM PARK TO DRIVE DO NOT SEEM APPROPRIATE OR SAFE.

A STRONG FUME ODOR ENTER MY HOUSE AS IF SOMETHING WAS BURNING, MY CORVETTE WAS IN MY GARAGE IT HASNT BEEN USED IN MORE THAN 3DAYS.....I NOTICED IT WAS COMING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR, AND IN EFFECT IT WAS! CONTACTED MY MECHANIC AND HE ADVISED ME THAT IT WAS THE ABS SYSTEM CAUGHT ON FIRE DAMAGING THE CONECTOR, MODULE AND REGULATOR. HE FOUND A LEAK OF BRAKE FLUID THRU THE MODULATOR THAT CAUSE THE MODULES CABLES BURNED THE CONNECTOR. HAD TO CHANGE ALL THE ABS SYSTEM SINCE CHEVROLET MODIFIED THE PREVIOUS ABS SYSTEM CAUSE IT WAS DEFECTIVE. HOWEVER NO RECALL HAS BEEN MADE TO THIS SYSTEM. AN APROX $3500. IN REPAIRS FOR A SYSTEM THAT THEY KNOW IS DEFECTIVE. WE WERE LUCKY NOTHING ELSE IN OUR GARAGE/HOUSE GOT DAMAGE IT WAS AN SCARY SITUATION.

MY CAR STARTS STARTS BEEPING RAPIDLY, MY HEADS UP DISPLAY SAYS TO CHECK GAUGES, MY DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER SAYS "SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM". THIS HAS HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY 6 TIMES SINCE THE FIRST TIME IN NOVEMBER. I JUST STARTED HEARING STORIES ABOUT THIS IN THE ONLINE FORUMS, AND THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SYSTEMS THAT HAVE CAUSED ACCIDENTS. IS IT SAFE TO DRIVE THIS CAR? I HAVE SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT WITH MY LOCAL DEALER FOR THIS AND ANOTHER RECALL NOTICE ABOUT MY LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS FAILING.

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WILL INTERMITTENTLY STICK IN PARK. I'VE SEEN MANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET AND WOULD THINK GM SHOULD HAVE A SERVICE NOTICE AND A RECOMMENDED FIX AT NO COST. THE CAR HAS LESS THAN 28,500 MILES AND ONLY 500 MILES SINCE THE LAST REPAIR. I'VE HAD THIS IN TO THE DEALER TWICE IN THE LAST 2 MONTHS FOR THE SAME ISSUE. I'M UP TO $1500 IN REPAIR COSTS WITH NO RESOLUTION ON A WIDESPREAD ISSUE.

THERE IS A FUEL LEAK FROM THE FUEL TANK ON MY 2005 C6 CORVETTE. YOU CAN SMELL IT IN THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING IT. IT'S VERY DANGEROUS TO HAVE IT IN CONFINED AREAS LIKE A GARAGE NEAR A WATER HEATER OF ANY KIND OR JUST ANY TYPE OF IGNITION SOURCE. THERE IS NOT A MANUFACTURER RECALL YET BUT THERE SHOULD BE ONE SHORTLY. FROM ALL THE CORVETTE OWNERS BLOG PAGES THIS SEEMS TO BE AFFECTING 2005-2008 C6 CORVETTES. GET YOUR VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP IMMEDIATELY. IT'S NOT SAFE OUTSIDE YOUR GARAGE EITHER TO OTHERS. THE FUEL TANK NEEDS TO BE DRAINED FOR IT TO BE COMPLETELY SAFE. DO NOT ATTEMPT DRAINING YOURSELF.

THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED 4 OR MORE TIMES. HOWEVER, THIS LAST TIME, I WAS TRAVELING AT 75 MILES PER HOUR ON THE I95. THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM LIGHT CAME ON AND THEN THE CAR ENGINE DIED ON ME AS HAS HAPPENED ON A NUMBER OF OTHER OCCASIONS. I WAS IN THE LEFT LANE ON THE HIGHWAY. LUCKY FOR ME THERE WERE NO VEHICLES BEHIND OR TO THE RIGHT OF ME SO I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO A DEAD STOP ON THE SAFE SIDE OF THE ROAD SHOULDER (RIGHT). THE CAR NORMALLY WOULD START AGAIN AFTER THIS SYSTEM FAILURE. THIS TIME IT DID NOT AND I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE NEAREST GARAGE WHICH WAS A FORD DEALERSHIP. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN VERY SERIOUS HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR LIGHT TRAFFIC. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE SERVICE A NUMBER OF TIMES AT GM DEALERSHIPS FOR THE ENGINE LIGHT BEING ON. THE ISSUE IS STILL UNRESOLVED. I NO LONGER HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE VEHICLE AS TO ITS DRIVABILITY AND SAFETY.

AUTOMATIC GEAR SHIFT BROKE, 2005 CORVETTE WITH 26,000 MILES ON IT I'VE TOLD IT'S A $700 DOLLAR REPAIR AT MY GM DEALERSHIP. I'VE READ ITS AN UNANNOUNCED DEFECTIVE PART. PLEASE ADVISE.

I GOT IN MY VEHICLE, TRIED STARTING IT AND RECEIVED A MESSAGE ON MY DASH SCREEN THAT SAID, SERVICE COLUMN LOCK, THOUGHT I HAD A LOW BATTERY, I REMOVED THE BATTERY HAD IT CHECKED AND WAS TOLD THAT MY BATTERY WAS IN GOOD CONDITION. AFTER DOING A BIT OF RESEARCH I FOUND OUT THAT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS THAT PROBLEM, THERE IS A LARGE COMMUNITY OF CORVETTE OWNERS THAT HAVE THE SAME ISSUE, WE ALL ASK THE SAME QUESTION, WHY DOES GM NOT WANT TO DO A RECALL TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM?