2006 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET CORVETTE COUPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ROOF PANEL SEPARATED NEAR THE REAR LATCH ATTACHMENT. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 09V491000 (STRUCTURE). THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE STRIKER ADJUSTER WOULD NEED TO BE REDESIGNED IN ORDER TO INSTALL THE NEW ROOF PANEL. THE CONTACT WAS DISPLEASED WITH THE REMEDY BECAUSE THE NEW ROOF PANEL WOULD NOT FIT PROPERLY WITH THE ADDITIONAL REPAIRS REQUIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000. UPDATED 08/27/13 LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE NARRATIVE WAS WRONG AND HE REQUESTED TO HAVE THE COMPLAINT CANCELLED.

APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR AGO, MY 2006 CORVETTE STARTED SHOWING THREE MESSAGES: SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING/SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL/SERVICE ABS. I WAS GOING TO HAVE THE DEALER TAKE A LOOK AT THE VEHICLE, BUT THEN THE MESSAGES WENT AWAY. THEY WOULD COME ON AND OFF, BUT IT WAS NOT A VERY FREQUENT OCCURRENCE. YESTERDAY, 07/28/2013, NOT ONLY DID THE MESSAGES APPEAR, BUT MY ABS KICKED IN WHILE GOING AROUND A CORNER AND I ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE. I SHUT DOWN THE VEHICLE AND RESTARTED IT, BUT ALL THREE MESSAGES CAME BACK ON WITHIN 30 SECONDS OF DRIVING IT. I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE DRIVING MY 2006 CORVETTE WITH ONLY 40,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

ACTIVE HANDLING WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR SUDDENLY PULLED TO THE RIGHT WITH NO WARNING AND PUT THE RIGHT FRONT BRAKE ON. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE ROOF BECAME DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS ADVISED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE CONTACT DID NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION OR REPAIRS. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN I.D. NUMBER 09V491000 (STRUCTURE) BUT WAS ADVISED BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 13,678.

ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM APPEARED AND MY BRAKES FELT DIFFERENT. THE CAR IDLED DIFFERENTLY TOO. FELT LIKE IT WAS MISSING A CYLINDER. I BELIEVE THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM AND IS DANGEROUS. *TR

WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY DRIVING LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING WITHOUT WARNING, COULD HAVE LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT. I THEN TRIED MY HIGH BEAMS AND THOSE WORKED SO I CONTINUED DRIVING WITH MY HIGH BEAMS ONLY TO GET MY SELF HOME. *TR

I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM YOU ARE INVESTIGATING WHEN THE CAR WARMS UP I HAVE NO LOW BEAM HEADLAMPS. *TR

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS WOULD NOT TURN OFF IN 2012. EVEN WITH THE KEY OFF THE LOW BEAMS WOULD NOT TURN OFF. REPLACED THE FUSE BOX. IN MAY 2013 LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS TURNED OFF WHILE DRIVING AND WOULD COME BACK ON LATER. DROVE WITH HIGH BEAMS TO GET THE VEHICLE HOME. FUSE BOX INCLUDING LOW BEAM RELAY GETS VERY HOT. *TR

WHILE DRIVE STRAIGHT AND AT HIGHWAY SPEED, THE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM ENGAGED CAUSING THE CAR TO VIOLENTLY VEER RIGHT. I FOUGHT FOR CONTROL FOR ABOUT 4 SECONDS UNTIL THE SYSTEM FINALLY DISENGAGED. HAD A MESSAGE OF SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING. THIS IS THE SECOND OCCURRENCE AND BOTH TIMES COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A CRASH. THERE HAS BEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE AND GM DOES NOT WANT TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. I BELIEVE IT IS TIME FOR OUR GOVERNMENT TO STEP IN AND SAVE OUR LIVES. THIS CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ACTION TAKEN BEFORE WE HAVE INNOCENT PEOPLE KILLED. PLEASE HELP US! *TR

LOW BEAM OPERATION IS INTERMITTENT, HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR SOME TIME OVER THE PAST YEARS, NEVER RESOLVED CAUSE AS LOW BEAMS ALWAYS WORKED WHEN VEHICLE WAS AT DEALERSHIP, DID NOT RELATE TO CAR BEING HOT OR COLD. *TR