2007 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Complaints

AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE RELATED TO AIR BAG CONNECTOR BENEATH DRIVERS SEAT. MOVING THE SEAT POSITION WILL CAUSE THE WARNING LAMP TO COME ON OR TURN OFF. I'M AFRAID THAT ONE DAY I'M GOING TO NEED MY AIR BAG AND IT'S NOT GOING TO DEPLOY. IT APPEARS, FROM COMPLAINTS ON AN CORVETTE OWNERS FORUM, TO BE A VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH THE C6 CORVETTE AND THE MANUFACTURER DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ADDRESSING IT.*JB

WHEN PRESSING IN THE CLUTCH TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP THE CLUTCH PEDDLE REMAINED ON THE FLOOR AND I HAD TO HOLD DOWN HARD ON THE BREAK PEDDLE TO STOP AND STALL THE ENGINE. THE CAR WAS IN GEAR AND AFTER STOPPING I WAS ABLE TO SHIFT INTO NATURAL (SIX SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION). I WAS GRATEFUL THIS OCCURRED AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED AND NO TRAFFIC BEHIND ME. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT COULD OF HAPPEN IF THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE IN TRAFFIC AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A CHEVY DEALER AND THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN SAID THE CLUTCH MASTER CYLINDER INTERNAL SEAL WAS RUPTURED AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. HE ALSO INDICATED THAT THE SLAVE CYLINDER MAY ALSO NEED TO BE REPLACED. THIS CAR HAS LESS THAN 12,000 MILES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT SMELLED GAS INSIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE IT WAS STATED THAT THE SEALS IN THE FUEL TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,000.

SUBMISSION FROM CONSTITUENT RE REPAIRS ON HIS 2007 CHEVROLET CORVETTE (THE ENGINE "DROPPED A VALVE") *SMD THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED, THE ENTIRE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $18,722. INSTEAD OF REPLACING THE ENGINE, AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER, GENERAL MOTORS OFFERED TO PICK UP 45% OF THE COST, LEAVING THE CONSUMER TO PAY THE BALANCE OF $10,630. THE CONSUMER STATED GM ISSUED AN INTERNAL BULLETIN AS FAR BACK AS FEBRUARY 2008, THAT SHOWED THEY WERE AWARE OF THE Z06 ENGINE FAILURES AND SHORT LIFE EXPECTANCY.

USUALLY AFTER INITIAL START AND DURING LOW SPEED DRIVE AND OCCASIONALLY ON HIGHWAY SPEED THE SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING MESSAGE CAME ON THE DASH. SOMETIMES I COULD STOP, JUST SHUT THE MOTOR OFF AND RESTART IT AND THAT WOULD CLEAR THE MESSAGE. AFTER A FEW DAYS IT BEGAN WARNING MORE FREQUENT AND TOOK LONGER FOR THE MESSAGE TO CORRECT ITSELF. ON 3/26/2013... I HAD THE VEHICLE SERVICED, NEW TIRES AND THE WARNING MESSAGE LOOKED AT BY MY LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER AND THE FOLLOWING IS WHAT THEY REPORTED AND ASSUMED THE NEEDED REPAIR.: 3/27/2013 44876 CHECKED DTCS FOUND C0710 PERFORMED BULLETIN 06-02-35-002B AND INSTALLED "CLIP" IN STEERING WHEEL POSITION SENSOR AND CLEARED CODES AND TEST DROVE NO FURTHER REPAIR. COST FOR REPAIR WAS $107.63 (CLIP WAS $2.63) I HAVE NOT HAD ANY ISSUE SINCE REPAIR MADE BUT HAVE HEARD OTHERS COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE. STEERING TO ME WOULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE AND A $3 CLIP CURED THE PROBLEM... *TR

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS SIMULTANEOUSLY STOPPED WORKING. HIGH BEAM AND FOG LIGHTS CONTINUED TO WORK. *TR

GAS GAUGE IS SHOWING ERRATIC LEVELS AND THEN SHOWS EMPTY WHEN THERE IS IN FACT FUEL IN THE TANK,...WORKS ERRATICALLY AND THEN STOPS WORKING AFTER MORE THAN 1/2 TANK OF GAS HAS BEEN USED, IF LEVEL OF GAS TANK IS BELOW 1/2,...GAS GAUGE SHOWS NO GAS/EMPTY,... THIS CAUSES DRIVER TO NOT KNOW HOW MUCH GAS IS LEFT IN TANK AND SO CAUSES A VERY, VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHEN TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, WHEN TRAVELING ON GEORGE BUSH TOLLWAY HERE IN PLANO TEXAS USA, MY CAR ENGINE DIED COMPLETELY CAUSING ME TO DRIVE TO SIDE WITH NO POWER IN HEAVY RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AND IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE FUEL SENDING UNIT/ FUEL SENSORS IN THE GAS TANKS OF NUMEROUS CORVETTES FOR YEARS 2005-2007. THE COST TO REPLACE THIS DEFECTIVE SENSOR DUE TO IT BEING IN THE GAS TANK IS >$1500 AT DEALER. UNACCEPTABLE. *TR

OWNER OF 2007 CORVETTE COUPE. VEHICLE HEADLIGHTS WENT COMPLETELY OUT WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY.THE NEXT DAY HEADLIGHTS WORKED UNTIL THE CAR WAS WARMED UP THEN FAILED AGAIN. AFTER REVIEWING ONLINE CORVETTE FORUM THERE WERE MANY MANY COMPLAINTS OF THE PROBLEM WHICH IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE FAULTY WIRING INSIDE THE FUSE BOX UNDER THE HOOD. HAD TO REPLACE THE FUSE BOX AT A COST OF $400. BUT THIS ISSUE WILL LIKELY RE OCCUR BECAUSE THE NEW FUSE BOX WILL DEVELOP THE SAME PROBLEM OVER TIME SINCE IT HAS NOT BEEN REDESIGNED. *TR

SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING APPEARED ON MY DIC. THE LIGHTS FOR THE ABS WERE ALSO LIT. THERE WAS NO TRACTION CONTROL ON MY VEHICLE. *TR

A VARIOUS TIMES THE MESSAGE, "SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING" APPEARED ON THE DISPLAY. THE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM WAS AUTOMATICALLY TURNED OFF BY THE COMPUTER. I READ ABOUT THE ISSUE ON THE CORVETTE FORUM AND THE CHEVROLET SERVICE BULLETIN CONCERNING THE ISSUE (BULLETIN # 06-02-35-002B). SINCE THIS IS AN EXTREME SAFETY ISSUE I WANTED THE REPAIR DONE. HENDRICK CHEVROLET OF CARY, NC COMPLETED THE REPAIR. THE SERVICE CODE HAD BEEN SET AND THE REPAIR INVOLVED PUTTING A LITTLE PLASTIC COMB AT THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION OF THE TELESCOPING STEERING COLUMN. THIS WAS NOT A RECALL ITEM, SO I WAS CHARGED. WHILE IT WAS $47.87 IT WAS TOO MUCH FOR A DEFECTIVE DESIGN ON CHEVROLET'S MOST ICONIC AUTOMOBILE, THE CORVETTE. *TR