2005 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Complaints

WHILE DRIVING SLOWLY INTO THE ENTRANCE ROAD OF MY APARTMENT COMPLEX, THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT. OTHER LIGHTS CONTINUED TO WORK. THE DASH INDICATOR THAT LIGHTS WERE WORKING REMAINED ON. THE LIGHTS WORKED PROPERLY ON THE FOLLOWING DAY, HOWEVER, THEY DID NOT WORK THE DAY AFTER LATE. THE NEXT DAY, THE LOW BEAM LIGHTS WORKED PERFECTLY AND HAVE CONTINUED TO FUNCTION PROPERLY SINCE. *TR

AFTER TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 100 MILES, WE ENTERED THE TUNNEL FROM THE YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK ENTRANCE TO THE VALLEY FLOOR, THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED TO COME ON FROM THE AUTOMATIC SETTING EVEN THOUGH THE HEADLIGHT ICON ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH BOARD. AFTER SOME CONFUSION, THE FOG LIGHTS WERE TURNED ON. THE INITIAL TUNNEL ENTRANCE FROM FULL DAYLIGHT TO DARKNESS WAS PROBLEMATIC FOR ASCERTAINING THE SIDES OF THE ROADWAY. HIGH BEAMS WERE NOT ADVISABLE DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR BLINDING THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE AUTOMATIC SYSTEMS ARE STRONGLY SAFETY ORIENTED DUE TO THE DRIVER DEPENDENCE AND CONFIDENCE IN THE SYSTEMS. THE COMPLETE AND RANDOM FAILURE OF THE SYSTEM AND RESULTANT FAILURE OF BOTH HEADLIGHTS AS OPPOSED TO A SINGLE FAILURE EXPECTED OF A MANUAL SYSTEM PUTS THE DRIVER AND ADJACENT TRAVELERS IN A DANGEROUS AND UNEXPECTED SITUATION. A SECOND FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED ABOUT ONE WEEK LATER ON EXITING FROM A WELL LIGHT PARKING AREA ONTO AN URBAN ROADWAY. AGAIN THE FAILURE WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY PERCEIVED DUE TO THE ILLUMINATION OF THE DASHBOARD ICON INDICATING THAT THE LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE LIGHTS OF THE ADJACENT HEAVY TRAFFIC MINIMIZED THE ABILITY TO PERCEIVE THE LIGHTING FAILURE BUT CLEARLY THE ADJACENT DRIVERS PERCEPTION OF THE APPROACHING CAR WAS AFFECTED. ONCE AGAIN, THE REMEDIAL ACTION WAS TO ILLUMINATE THE FOG LIGHTS AFTER CYCLING THE MANUAL CONTROL TO NO EFFECT. THE NEXT MORNING, THE SYSTEM WAS PERFORMING NORMALLY. RANDOM FAILURES HAVE A MUCH STRONGER SAFETY IMPACT DUE TO THE UNEXPECTED NATURE OF THE FAILURE. A TRIVIAL INVESTIGATION ON THE INTERNET REVEALED THAT THIS FAILURE HAS BEEN REPORTED BOTH TO THE NHTSA AND THE MANUFACTURER, CHEVROLET, TO NO EFFECT. FAILURE HAS BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO A FUSE BLOCK. THE FAILURE THEN APPEARS TO BE A DESIGN FLAW IN THE PACKAGING OF THE FUSE BLOCK. *TR

AT APPROXIMATELY 30MPH THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT IN AUTO MODE. I IMMEDIATELY TRIED TO GO TO MANUAL MODE BUT THEY WERE STILL OUT. I PULLED OVER AT AN AUTO PARTS STORE, CHECKED FUSES (ALL FINE) AND FINALLY HAD TO RESORT TO USING FOG LIGHTS. THE NEXT MORNING I TOOK IT TO A REPAIR SHOP, WHERE THEY WERE FOUND TO BE WORKING FINE. THEY FOUND NO ISSUE. ABOUT A WEEK LATER I WAS DRIVING ON THE 405 FREEWAY WHEN THEY WENT OUT AGAIN. I AGAIN USED THE FOG LIGHTS. I WAS PARKED FOR ABOUT 2 HOURS AND WHEN I GOT BACK IN THE CAR THE LOW BEAMS WORKED AGAIN. AFTER ABOUT 20 MINUTES OF DRIVING, HOWEVER, THEY WENT OUT AGAIN. AFTER USING THE FOGS TO GET HOME, THE LOW BEAMS HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS BUT I'M SURE IT WILL KEEP HAPPENING. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AT NIGHT THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS BOTH SHUT OFF AT THE SAME TIME. MY FOG LIGHTS AND HIGH BEAMS STILL WORKED. GLADLY THERE WAS NO ONE AROUND, BUT THIS WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. I HEADED HOME IMMEDIATELY INTERMITTENTLY PUTTING MY HIGH BEAMS ON. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET INJURED IN THE FUTURE IF THIS IS NOT ADDRESSED BY GM. *TR

I HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO LUCK. THE C6 CORVETTE WAS PRODUCED FROM LATE 2004 UNTIL EARLY 2013 AND APPROXIMATELY 215,000 WERE PRODUCED. THE CHECK AIR BAG LIGHT HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FROM DAY ONE. MANY OWNERS HAVE HAD OR HAVE THE PROBLEM. MANY DEALERS SAY THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT. IN MY CASE I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES AND WAS TOLD IF THE LIGHT WASN'T ON WHEN I TOOK IT IN THEY COULDN'T HELP ME. FINALLY AFTER MY THEE YEARS WARRANTY WAS UP THEY WERE ABLE TO GET A CODE. A PRE-TENSIONER WAS REPLACED AND ALL WAS WELL FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. BY THIS TIME MEMBERS OF THE CORVETTE FORUM DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS DEFECTIVE CONNECTORS UNDER THE SEAT. AS THE SEAT MOVED IN AND OUT THEY WOULD COME LOOSE. I CAME UP WITH A PLAN TO ZIP TIE THE CONNECTORS. MANY MEMBERS USED MY METHOD AND WERE HAPPY. AFTER SEVERAL YEARS I HAD TO REDO MINE WITH HEAVER ZIP TIES BECAUSE THE CHECK AIR BAG LIGHT CAME BACK. MANY MEMBERS STILL HAVE THE PROBLEM AS DO MANY OTHERS. DO A GOOGLE SEARCH AND YOU WILL SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. WHEN WILL SOMEONE BE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED? I SEE MANY OTHER AUTOS HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THE SAME ISSUE. PROBABLY BECAUSE THEY ARE HIGHER PRODUCTION AUTOS. I HOPE SOMETHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS BEFORE SOMETHING SERIOUS HAPPENS. *TR

WHEN FIRST STARTING THE CAR THE HEAD LIGHT COME ON, AFTER DRIVING FOR ABOUT 20 MIN. AND THE ENGINE GETS HOT THE HEAD LIGHTS GO OUT AND WILL NOT COME BACK ON. DASH BOARD STES HEAD LIGHTS SUGGESTED. *TR

LOW BEAM LIGHTS STOP WORKING WHILE DRIVING, LEAVING ONLY THE PARKING LIGHTS ON UNLESS YOU HAVE THE HIGH BEAMS ON. LOW BEAMS WILL COME BACK ON BRIEFLY AFTER TURNING THE ENGINE OFF & LOCKING THE CAR. THEN PUSHING THE UNLOCK BUTTON ON THE FOB WILL CAUSE THE LOW BEAMS TO WORK BUT ONLY UNTIL THE TIMER EXPIRES NO MATTER IF THE SWITCH IS IN AUTO OR ON POSITION. THIS PROVES THE BULBS ARE STILL FUNCTIONAL & IT HAS AN ELECTRONIC DEFECT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT PERFORMED ONLINE RESEARCH AND DISCOVERED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V172000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED HIM THAT HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL CAMPAIGN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 75,700. UPDATED 6/14/13 *CN UPDATED 07/11/2013 *JS

TURN SIGNAL INDICATOR BEGAN FLASHING RAPIDLY TO INDICATE THE TURN SIGNAL WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THE FRONT TURN SIGNAL WAS NOT WORKING. THE TURN SIGNAL BULB MELTED THE INTERNAL SOCKET SO THE INTERNAL HARNESS SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. CHEVROLET NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL TO CHANGE THE SPECIFICATIONS USED FOR THE TURN SIGNAL LIGHT BULB SO THEY DO NOT MELT AND RUIN THE SYSTEM. *TR

WENT OUT TO DRIVE MY 2005 CORVETTE, TURNED INTO AN OFFICE PARK TO TURN AROUND AND THE FRONT BRAKE(S) APPLIED ON THEIR OWN AND THE ENGINE REDUCED POWER.I ALSO HEARD SOME "GRINDING" WHICH I BELIEVE WERE THE BRAKES ENGAGING, FELT LIKE I WAS DRIVING THRU "MOLASSES".THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE--NHTSA ACTION NUMBER EITHER PE08056 OR EA09-002.I HAD THE MESSAGE "SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING" ON MY DASH BEFORE BUT NO BRAKE LOCKING..VERY UN-NERVING.I SHUT THE CAR DOWN AND TURNED OFF THE TRACTION CONTROL AND IT RESOLVED FOR NOW.I WILL BE CONTACTING CHEVROLET FOR RECALL CONSIDERATIONS AND HOPEFULLY SOME RESOLUTION.THANK GOD FOR "CORVETTE FORUMS" OR I WOULDN'T OF KNOWN ABOUT THIS.-THANKYOU. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR