2006 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Complaints

I WAS TRAVELING AT 55 MILES PER HOUR WHEN THE LOW BEAMS SUDDENLY TURNED OFF. I HAD TO PULL OVER TO EMERGENC Y LANE TO FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM. I HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES. I HAD TO USE HIGH BEAM TO GET HOME. LIGHTS RESUMED NEXT MORNING. THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE. *TR

FIRST THE ROOF BLEW OFF.THE COMMUNICATION MESSAGE CENTER GIVES MIS INFORMATION.THE CAR HAS ALWAYS MADE A GRINDING SOUND UNDER HOOD AT START UP.PROBLEMSM ACTIVATING EELECTRICAL STABILITY SYSTEM.ALSO AFTER ROOF REPAIR ROOF RATTLES AND ALWAYS SOUND LOOSE. *TR

I WAS LEAVING MY FRIENDS HOME THIS EVENING AND MY HEADLIGHTS WOULDN'T COME ON. MY HIGH BEAMS AND FOG LIGHT WORK BUT I HAVE NO HEADLIGHTS. I WAS AN HOUR FROM HOME AND HAD TO DRIVE THE ENTIRE WAY WITH MY HIGH BEAMS ON. *TR

THE RED AIRBAG / SRS INDICATOR WILL INTERMITTENTLY DISPLAY ON THE DASH (THIS BEGAN APPROXIMATELY 2 YEARS AGO). INITIAL DISPLAYS WOULD RESET UPON CYCLING THE IGNITION. THE DISPLAY HAS NOW BEEN ON FOR THREE DAYS AND HAS NOT RESET. THE DEALER ONLY SPECULATES AS TO THE PROBLEM AND IT HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. AUTOMOTIVE FORUMS INDICATE THAT THIS IS A CHRONIC AND ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR MAKE, MODEL, AND YEAR VEHICLE. THE CONCERN IS THAT THE SRS SYSTEM IS NON-FUNCTIONAL DURING THESE INTERMITTENT TIMES AND PRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT DRIVER SAFETY CONCERN. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE HEADLIGHTS JUST QUIT. THIS TIME I HAD HIGH BEAMS BUT NO LOW BEAMS. THE NEXT TIME I DROVE THE CAR I HAD NO LOW OR HIGH BEAMS. THE LAST TIME I DROVE THE CAR BOTH LIGHTS WORKED AS I STARTED THE CAR BUT STOPPED WORKING WITHIN ABOUT 2 MINUTES. *TR

FIRST INCIDENT 15000 MILES, SECOND INCIDENT 38000 MILES. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DOES NOT GO INTO PARK. LOCKED IN NEUTRAL OR DRIVE ONLY. TRANSMISSION CABLE OR REVERSE LOCK OUT SOLENOID GOES BAD. WILL NOT START IN NEUTRAL. CAR CANNOT BE PLACED INTO PARK AND MUST BE LEFT IN A NEUTRAL MODE UNTIL CAR IS TRANSPORTED TO SERVICE CENTER FOR REPAIRS. *TR

THE SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING WARNING LIGHT CAME ON WHILE I WAS DRIVEING. I LOOKED UP THE VIN NUMBER AND ACCORDING TO CHEVROLET MY VEHICLE IS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. THIS IS ODD DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE SAME MODEL AND YEAR BUILT IN JANUARY 2006 HAS THE SAME ISSUE. CHEVROLET HAS REFUSED TO FIX THIS ISSUE WHICH ONLY TAKES A SMALL CLIP INSTALLED TO REPAIR. ACCORDING TO BLOGS IT COULD CAUSE THE CARS BRAKES TO MAKE THE CARE VEAR TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS DANGEROUS THAT IT MAY HAPPEN. *TR

THE HARMONIC DAMPER ON 2006 CORVETTE WITH LS2 ENGINE FAILED RESULTING IN POWER STEERING DRIVE BELT COMING OFF PULLEY CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING. THE HIGH EFFORT REQUIRED TO STEER VEHICLE ALMOST RESULTED IN CRASH. THIS HARMONIC DAMPER ISSUE IS DOCUMENTED IN NUMEROUS INTERNET FORUMS AND IS BELIEVED TO BE A WIDESPREAD ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED AND CORRECTED BY THE MANUFACTURER. *JS

IN MID FEBRUARY OF 2014 MY RIGHT LOW BEAM HEADLAMP ON MY 2006 CHEVROLET CORVETTE STARTING TURNING OFF WITHIN 5-10 MINUTES OF THE HEADLAMPS TURNING ON AND STAYING OFF. DAILY, EACH TIME THE HEADLAMPS CAME ON THE LOW BEAM WOULD WORK THEN GO OUT. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP EXPLAINING THE RIGHT LOW BEAM GOES OUT MINUTES AFTER IT COMES ON DAILY AT DAWN OR DUSK BELOW IS WHAT THE LOCAL CHEVROLET INVOICE C46040 DATED FEBRUARY 25, 2014 STATES: CONCERN: CUSTOMER STATES THE RIGHT LOW BEAM HEAD LIGHT IS INOP ADVISE CAUSE: RF LOW BEAM BULB INOP CORRECTION: REPLACE RF LOW BEAM BULB, ALL LIGHTS OPERATING AT THIS TIME PARTS: 000 025735604 BULB TECH: XXX I PAID $441.36 TO REPLACE A LOW BEAM HEADLAMP THAT GMC/CHEVROLET KNEW WAS CAUSING ISSUES SINCE MAY 2013 GMC/CHEVROLET HAS DONE NOTHING TO THIS DATE ABOUT ANNOUNCING A RECALL BUT ADMITS TO THE GOVERNMENT THAT THE INTERMITTENT HEADLIGHT FAILURE WAS DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE ENGINE BAY. AT THIS SAME TIME MY LOW JACK TRACKING DEVICE STARTED HAVING ISSUES AND LOW JACK REPAIRED THE ISSUE AT NO COST BUT CHEVROLET CHARGED ME FOR THEIR EVALUATION OF THE ISSUE AND SAID IT WAS NOT THE FAULT OF THE CAR. I DISAGREE. I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT THE ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE ENGINE BAY IS ALSO THE CULPRIT IN THIS SITUATION. I DRIVE COMMUTE THREE TIMES A WEEK ROUND TRIP 112 MILES, THE FIRST 30 ARE BEFORE DAWN AND THE LAST 56 ARE AT NIGHT. I WAS DRIVING WITH A FAULTY LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT THAT COULD STOP WORKING AT ANY TIME AND PRESENTED A SAFETY RISK TO ME AND OTHER CARS. I HAVE CALLED GMC MULTIPLE TIMES ASKING FOR VERIFICATION OF THIS PARTICULAR RECALL AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THERE IS NO RECALL. I FEEL THAT GMC/CHEVROLET MUST PROVIDE A RECALL TO PREVENT MORE CORVETTE DRIVERS FROM EXPERIENCING SITUATIONS LIKE MINE. *TR

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS WOULDN'T COME ON AFTER DRIVING. I PARKED THE CAR AND WHEN I WENT TO DRIVE THAT EVENING THE LOW BEAMS WOULDN'T GO ON. *TR