2006 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Complaints

IT WAS SUNDAY NIGHT AND AS I WAS DRIVING HOME A CAR FLASHED IT LIGHTS AT ME. I GOT HOME AND PUT THE CAR IN THE GARAGE. SHORTLY AFTER, I WENT TO LEAVE AGAIN AND NOTICED WHEN LEAVING, SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY, THAT MY HEADLIGHTS WERE NOT ON. I HAD THEM SET ON AUTOMATIC. I TRIED TO FORCE THEM TO COME ON AND THEY WOULD NOT COME ON. I ALREADY WAS TAKING MY CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP (LONE STAR CHEVROLET IN CYPRESS TEXAS) AND ADDED THIS TO MY LIST OF PROBLEMS ON MONDAY WHEN I TOOK IT IN. ON MONDAY WHEN I DROVE THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP, THE LIGHTS WERE WORKING AGAIN. WHEN THEY WENT TO TEST THE CAR, THEY ONCE AGAIN HAD THE PROBLEM WITH THE LIGHTS AND COULD NOT TURN THEM ON. WHEN THEY CALLED WITH THE REPAIR COSTS, THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO REPLACE THE INTERMITTENT SWITCH ON THE LIGHTS. THEY HAD THE CAR FOR 3 DAYS. THEY SAID OTHER THAN ON THAT INITIAL INSPECTION THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AGAIN SO IN GOOD FAITH THEY COULD NOT JUSTIFY THAT REPLACING THE SWITCH WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM SO THEY DID NOTHING TO THE CAR TO FIX THE LIGHT PROBLEM. THE EVENING I GOT THE CAR BACK, WEDNESDAY 5/15, THE LIGHTS ONCE AGAIN WOULD NOT WORK. THIS MORNING, THURSDAY 5/16 THEY WORKED AGAIN. I WAS SEARCHING ON THE INTERNET TO SEE IF OTHERS HAD EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM AND TO SEE WHAT THE FIX WAS, AND I NOTICED THAT THE NHTSB WAS RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM CURRENTLY. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU WERE AWARE OF MY CAR AS WELL. I ALSO NOTICED THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE ON THE CORVETTE FORUM ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AS WELL. I WILL LET THEM KNOW TO COME TO THIS WEBSITE TO FILE A COMPLAINT AS WELL. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. THANKS YOU. *TR

I RARELY DRIVE MY CORVETTE AT NIGHT,BUT ON AT LEAST TWO OCCASIONS ONE OF MY LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT BULBS HAS FAILED TO OPERATE. THE HIGH BEAM BULBS WILL OPERATE. AFTER THE FIRST INCIDENT I REPLACED THE LOW BEAM BULBS. AFTER THE SECOND FAILURE I CHECKED THE LOW BEAM BULBS THE FOLLOWING MORNING AND THEY BOTH WORKED. *TR

ACCORDING TO CORVETTE FORUM, THIS IS ANOTHER WIDESPREAD PROBLEM- THE HARMONIC-BALANCER BECOMES WARPED AND REQUIRES REPLACEMENT... IF NOT DONE TIMELY, OTHER "PARTS" COULD BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED AS WELL... *TR

THE CAR WAS SITTING IN A PARKING LOT WHILE WE WERE SHOPPING. WHEN WE GOT BACK IN THE CAR IT WAS DARK. I BEGAN TO MOVE AND REALIZED THAT THE AUTOMATIC HEADLIGHTS WERE NOT ON. I COULD NOT TURN THEM ON MANUALLY, BOTH LOW AND HIGH BEAMS WOULD NOT TURN ON. THE ONLY HEADLIGHTS I COULD USE WERE HIGH BEAMS WHEN USING THE "FLASH TO PASS" BY PULLING THE LEFT HAND STALK TOWARD ME. I DROVE HOME IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WITH MY RUNNING LIGHTS AND FOG LIGHTS ON AND USED MY FLASH TO PASS HIGH BEAMS WHEN I COULD NOT SEE FORWARD. THE NEXT MORNING THE LIGHTS OPERATED NORMALLY. *TR

HEADLAMPS INTERMITTENT DUES TO WHAT IS REPORTEDLY A FAULTY CIRCUITBOARD WITHIN THE FUSE-BOX... SO FAR ONLY THE HEADLAMPS ARE AFFECTED (AS WELL AS THE DRIVER'S DOOR OPENING SYSTEM)... REPAIR-SHOP AND ONLINE FORUMS INDICATE IT A COMMON-PROBLEM WITH MANY C6 CORVETTES AND EXPENSIVE: $600+. *TR

NOTICED A LOUD TICKING FROM VALVE TRAIN. HAD HEADS REMOVED AND FOUND EXHAUST VALVE GUIDES WERE OUT OF SPECIFICATION AFTER 11,000 MILES BY 50%. HAD TO DO VALVE JOB ON HEADS BECAUSE CHEVY DENIED CLAIM. NOW A RECALL OUT FOR 08 AND NEWER BUT NO COVERAGE FOR 2006 AND 2007! *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON DARK ROAD MY LOW BEAM LIGHTS SHUT OFF. THIS WAS VERY DANGEROUS AND IT COULD HAVE EASILY COST ME MY LIFE. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL. HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL DIE BEFORE CHEVROLET DECIDES TO DO A RECALL?!!! *TR

RE: CURRENT INVESTIGATION NUMBER EA09-002. MULTIPLE INCIDENTS OF "SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING" MESSAGE ABOUT ONCE A MONTH. TOOK TO DEALER IN 2012, REPLACED STEERING ANGLE SENSOR - CHEVY SUPPOSEDLY PAID PART, CHARGED ME $400. PROBLEM IS STARTING TO OCCUR AGAIN. THIS VEHICLE WAS MADE IN MARCH 2006 AND WAS OUTSIDE THE RECALL VIN RANGE. LUCKILY NO HANDLING ISSUES. *TR

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS TURNED OFF WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES AFTER DRIVING FOR 20+ MINUTES. *TR

I OWN A 2006 CORVETTE MANUFACTURED IN FEBRUARY OF 2006. FROM EARLY 2009 (JUST PRIOR TO THE VEHICLE GOING OUT OF WARRANTY) I BEGAN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM (SAHS) WARNING LIGHT COMING ON. INITIALLY THIS OCCURRED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS MAKING A TURN OR WHEN IT HIT A BUMP ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE WARNING WOULD CLEAR ITSELF PERIODICALLY. I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN TO TWO SEPARATE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIPS (GROTH BROS. CHEVROLET, LIVERMORE, CA AND DUBLIN CHEVROLET CADILLAC, DUBLIN, CA). NEITHER FACILITY WAS ABLE TO DEFINITIVELY DIAGNOSE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM. DUBLIN CHEVROLET CADILLAC DID PERFORM THE RECALL SERVICE IN WHICH THEY ADDED A RETENTION CLIP TO THE WIRING HARNESS IN THE TILT/TELESCOPIC STEERING COLUMN. THEY PERFORMED THIS REPAIR AT MY INSISTENCE AND AT A COST TO ME BECAUSE MY VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED THE MONTH AFTER THE LAST MANUFACTURING MONTH OF THE RECALL. THE ADDITION OF THE RETENTION CLIP REMEDIED THE PROBLEM TEMPORARILY BUT IT DID RETURN. THE SAHS WARNING NOW COMES ON AND STAYS ON NEARLY ALL THE TIME. I HAVE SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS OVER THE FACT THAT GM HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DEFINITIVELY DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM ESPECIALLY NOW THAT I HAVE LEARNED THAT MANY OWNERS OF 2005/2006 CORVETTES HAVE HAD A RELATED ISSUE WITH THE FRONT BRAKES LOCKING UP. I HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED THIS PHENOMENON YET BUT BELIEVE THAT IT PROBABLY WILL EVENTUALLY OCCUR. I BROUGHT ALL OF THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF GM?S CORPORATE SERVICE COMPLAINT DEPARTMENT, ASKING THAT THEY FIND A WAY TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE ONCE AND FOR ALL, AT THEIR EXPENSE, IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT IT BEGAN AT THE TIME THE WARRANTY WAS ENDING. THE REQUEST WAS DENIED. *TR