2005 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Complaints

I AM DRIVING AT NIGHT ALL OF A SUDDEN MY LIGHTS GO OUT AND WILL NOT COME BACK ON..... COME TO FIND OUT THE FUSE BOX GETS TO HOT AND THE WIRES INSIDE ARE AFFECTED CAUSING IT TO FAIL THE DEALER SAYS ITS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND I THINK THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL.THIS ALMOST CAUSED ME TO CRASH INTO SOMEONE. IF I DID GET HURT BECAUSE OF THIS I WOULD FILE A LAW SUIT. *TR

THE AIR BAG LIGHT IS LIT SOLID WHEN THE CAR IS ON AND WILL NOT SHUT OFF. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH EARLY MODEL YEAR C6 CORVETTES (2005 - 2007) AND GM HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL ON IT. THERE ARE MANY MEMBERS ON THE CORVETTE FORUM WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.CORVETTEFORUM.COM/ WHO HAVE THE SAME EXACT ISSUES. GM HAS ISSUED MANY RECALLS IN THE PAST MONTH REGARDING LIT AIR BAG LIGHTS ON OTHER CARS. WHY HAS THE CORVETTE BEEN EXCLUDED? IT IS A BIG SAFETY ISSUE IF THE AIR BAG DOES NOT DEPLOY IN AN ACCIDENT. I WENT TO CRANE CHEVROLET IN NJ WITH THE AFTERMARKET WARRANTY THAT I BOUGHT WITH MY CAR FOR $2200 AND THEY REFUSED TO HONOR IT. AND THE DEALERSHIP WANTS $100 JUST TO RUN A SCAN TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. THEN IT CAN BE ANYWHERE FROM A FEW HUNDRED TO ALMOST A THOUSAND DOLLARS TO FIX DEPENDING ON WHAT PART OF THE AIR BAG SYSTEM IT IS. *TR

THIS IS IN REGARDS TO THE RECENT RECALL ON 2005-2007 CORVETTE HEAD LIGHT ASSEMBLY. I HAVE A SIMILAR PROBLEM THOUGH THE ELECTRIC SHORT IN THE LIGHT HARNESS CAUSED MY RIGHT BLINK TO NOT FUNCTION. THE GM DEALERSHIP THAT I TOOK IT TO STATED THE WHOLE LIGHT ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED. MY CORVETTE HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED AS OF YET AND WHEN I CONTACT GM THEY DON'T SEE TO UNDERSTAND MY CLAIM. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING THE HARNESS THAT IS CAUSING THE LOW BEAMS TO NOT WORK IS THE SAME HARNESS FOR THE ENTIRE LIGHT ASSEMBLY. I HAD THIS REPAIRED ALREADY AND LOOKING TO HELP TO GET SOME COMPENSATION BACK. *TR

HEADS UP DISPLAY KEEPS FALLING FROM ITS SET POSITION. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN IN MANY REAR END COLLISION TRYING TO RESET MY HEADS UP DISPLAY. NOW I DON'T EVEN USE THE HEADS UP DISPLAY SINCE IT IS SUCH A PIECE OF JUNK. I BELONG TO CORVETTE FORUM AND HAVE HERD FROM DOZENS OF CORVETTE OWNERS WHO ARE HAVING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. THESE HEADS UP DISPLAYS SHOULD BE RECALLED DUE TO POOR DESIGN, POOR MATERIALS DURING MANUFACTURING AND CHEAP MANUFACTURING. THE PROBLEM IS THE MIRROR ASSEMBLY IS BEING HINGED FROM TWO PLASTIC PINS ON EACH END OF THE ASSEMBLY. BASED OF THE SIZE AND WAIT OF THE MIRROR THESE PINS SHOULD BE MADE FROM SOME KIND OF METAL MATERIAL. THIS ISSUE IS BEING EXACERBATED BY THE STIFF RIDE OF THE CORVETTE AS YOU DRIVE THE MIRROR IS BEING BOUNCED AROUND AND IS WEARING DOWN THE PINS HOLDING THE MIRROR. *TR

CAR SOMETIMES WON'T SHIFT OUT OF PARK EVEN THOUGH THE BRAKE IS PRESSED. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, REPEATED PUMPING OF THE BRAKES AND SHAKING/HITTING ON THE SHIFT LEVER WILL EVENTUALLY CLEAR THE PROBLEM. THIS IS THE SAME ISSUE REPORTED IN THESE NHTSA ID NUMBERS FOR THE 2005 CORVETTE: 10592630, 10592213, 10588824, 10586012, 10585827, 10579307, 10578116, 10577960, 10575060, 10573555, 10567037, 10561669, 10558088, 10513088. CHEVROLET APPARENTLY HAS NO TSB OR RECALL FOR THIS COMMON ISSUE. *TR

THIS IS A RECURRING BUT INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH THE EXACT SAME SYMPTOMS AS DESCRIBED FOR NON-CORVETTE GM MODELS IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V252000 "THE BRAKE LIGHTS TO ILLUMINATE WITHOUT THE BRAKE PEDAL BEING PUSHED; THE BRAKE LIGHTS TO NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN THE PEDAL IS PUSHED; DIFFICULTY DISENGAGING THE CRUISE CONTROL; MOVING THE GEAR SHIFTER OUT OF THE 'PARK' POSITION WITHOUT PUSHING THE BRAKE; AND DISABLEMENT OF CRASH AVOIDANCE FEATURES SUCH AS TRACTION CONTROL, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, AND PANIC BRAKING ASSIST FEATURES." I HAVE NOTICED THAT THE PROBLEM OFTEN INITIATES WHEN DRIVING OVER A BUMP, SUGGESTING AN INTERMITTENT OPEN OR SHORT WIRING ISSUE. THEN LATER THINGS WILL RETURN TO NORMAL FOR DAYS OR WEEKS. CHEVY DEALER FIRST RECALIBRATED THE "BRAKE PEDAL POSITION SENSOR" THEN LATER REPLACED AND RECALIBRATED IT; BOTH NON-WARRANTY REPAIRS. THE PROBLEM CONTINUES WITH THE NEXT RECOMMENDED ACTION TO REPLACE THE BCM AT $700+ COST. *TR

WHILE MAKING A SLOW SPEED RIGHT TURN, THE RIGHT FRONT BRAKE GRABBED AND THE "SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING" WARNING WAS DISPLAYED ON THE DASH. TURNING OFF THE ENGINE AND RE-STARTING CLEARED THE MESSAGE. *TR

2005 CORVETTE WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. SHIFTER GETS STUCK IN PARK AND CANNOT BE RELEASED. HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES. CAN ONLY BE RELEASED BY FOLLOWING A SERIES OF STEPS AS OUTLINED IN MANUAL. BELIEVE THE CAUSE IS DUE TO A DEFECTIVE SOLENOID IN SHIFTER CONTROL UNIT. LOOKING AT DIFFERENT WEBSITES THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH MANY CORVETTE OWNERS. *TR

MY 2005 CORVETTE HAS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. AT TIMES AFTER I START THE CAR, THE SHIFTER GETS STUCK IN PARK. IT HAS HAPPENED WHEN THE ENGINE IS COLD IN THE MORNING AND ALSO IN EVENING AFTER DRIVING FOR A WHILE. IT FEELS LIKE IT IS LOCKED INTO PARK. *TR

I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER. MY 2005 C6 CORVETTE HAS AN ISSUE THAT I HAVE JUST FOUND OUT HUNDREDS OF OTHERS WITH THIS YEAR HAVE EXPERIENCING. MY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFT LEVER IS STUCK IN PARK, LEAVING ME STRANDED. I TRIED TO MOVE THE SHIFTER AND IT IS LOCKED IN PARK. I AM EXPERIENCED WITH THIS VEHICLE AND DID APPLY PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL. WHICH IS PROCEDURE TO START THE VEHICLE & THEN MOVE THE SHIFTER INTO DRIVE. IT STILL IS LOCKED IN PARK. I FOUND BLOGS ONLINE RELATED TO : "MY 2005 C6 CORVETTE IS LOCKED IN PARK. GM ISSUED A RECALL ON SATURNS FOR AUTO TRANSMISSIONS AND SHIFTER PROBLEMS, I AM SEEING MORE COMPLAINTS ONLINE. THIS IS ONE OF MANY BLOGS I FOUND. LINK: HTTP://M.CORVETTEFORUM.COM/C6-TECH-PERFORMANCE/3196793-2005-C6-AUTOS-STUCK-IN-PARK-SOLUTION-WITH-PICS-2.HTML THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION & FOLLOW UP ON MY ISSUE. *TR UPDATED 12/1/2014 *JS