2006 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Complaints

2006 CORVETTE WITHOUT TELESCOPING WHEEL. SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING AND SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS SHOW ON DASH DISPLAY. RANDOM POP UP WHEN DRIVING, SITTING AT STOP LIGHTS, IDLING. CAR HAS GONE INTO LIMP MODE. CAR HAS AN ELECTRONIC MALFUNCTION HISTORY DATING BACK TO 10/08 AND IS NOW BEGINNING TO DO THE SAME THING. *TR

CHANGING LANES ON A BUSY AVENUE AT LUNCH TIME GOING ABOUT 30MPG CAR LOST CONTROL FROM THE BACK AND ENDED HITTING A ELECTRICAL POST. AFTER TAKING TO SHOP AND BEING REPAIRED WHICH TOOK OVER 6 MONTHS I RETURNED TO THE SHOP DUE TO A NOISE IN THE RIGHT REAR WHERE THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AND FOUND THAT THE REAR AXLE WAS BROKEN. IT WAS DECIDED THAT THIS WAS THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT. *TR

MY FIBERGLASS ROOF (FIXED) ON MY 2006 Z06 FLEW OFF ON THE FREEWAY GOING ABOUT 60 MPH IN THE #4 (FAST) LANE. I HAD JUST TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER TO GET IF LOOKED AT AND THEY ORDERED ME A NEW ONE. WHILE WAITING, I HAD STRONG TAPE ACROSS THE FRONT SO NO AIR WOULD GET IN. AS I WAS DRIVING TODAY, I HEARD SOME WIND NOISE AND AS I SLOWED DOWN,IT COME OFF. I LOOKED IN MY REAR VIEW MIRROR AND I SAW THE TOP ABOUT 20 FEET IN THE AIR AND 50 YARDS BEHIND ME!!! I BEFORE THIS INCIDENT, I HAD TO GO TO 2 DEALERS AND GM THEMSELVES BEFORE I GOT HELP. IT IS A MIRACLE NO ONE WAS KILLED OR INJURED, LET ALONE NO ACCIDENTS OCCURRED. THIS HAPPENED IN WOODLAND HILL, CA WHILE TRAVELING N ON THE 101 FREEWAY. ON THE WAY HOME, I SAW WHAT REMAINS OF THE TOP IN THE S 101 FAST LANE!!! IT WENT INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THIS TOP HAD ALREADY BEEN IN FOR REPAIRS BY THE PREVIOUS OWN UNDER A RECALL. THEY DID THE "FOAM" FIX WHICH CAN BE SEEN HERE. HTTP://PHOTOBUCKET.COM/NVL_AV8R. *TR

2006 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO RIGHT BRAKE LOCK UP AFTER "SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING" APPEARING IN DISPLAY. I WAS DRIVING STRAIGHT DOWN THE ROAD AT ABOUT 15 MILES PER HOUR AND THE CAR SUDDENLY JERKED TO THE RIGHT. I APPLIED BRAKING AND STOPPED THE VEHICLE BEFORE I HIT A PARKED CAR. *TR

HI, THERE IS A KNOWN NHTSA BULLITEN ON 05-06 CORVETTES WITH ROOF DELAMINATION, WELL, MY 2006 DELAMINATED TODAY BUT I FOUND THE PROBLEM BEFORE IT FLEW OFF. I CALLED GM AND THEY SAID MY VIN WAS OUTSIDE THE RECALL BY ~500 UNITS. I THINK THE RECALL NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED AS MY PROBLEM IS EXACTLY WHAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN 06V181000 IS DISCUSSING AND COVERING. *TR

MY 2006 CORVETTE HAS PROBLEMS WITH THE "ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM". THE CAR HAS BEEN TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES WHEN THE "SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM" MESSAGE APPEARS ON THE DIC. THE DEALER FIX IS ONLY SHORT TERM BEFORE THE PROBLEM REAPPEARS. I FEEL THAT THIS COULD BE A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND NEEDS IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. THANK-YOU. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 CORVETTE, THE SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING MESSAGE CAME ON WHILE DRIVING . I CARRIED IT TO MY DEALER AND THEY INSTALLED A CLIP IN THE STEERING COLUMN AND CHARGED $130. *TR

6 MONTHS AGO MY SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM LIGHT CAME ON WENT TO DEALER THEY SAID IT WAS NO BIG DEAL AND SHUT THE LIGHT OFF, A MONTH LATER BACK ON ,SAME THING FROM THE DEALER NOW SUNDAY 7/19/2009 WITH MY SON IN THE CAR AT 55MPH LIGHT CAME ON CAR DARTED RIGHT LUCKY I SAVED IT SHUT THE CAR OFF WHEN WE STARTED BACK HOME IT WAS OFF BUT SOON CAME BACK ON SINCE THEN THIS HAS HAPPENED FOUR TIMES. CALLING THE DEALER TODAY 2006 CORVETTE COUPE MANUAL TRANS W/27K ON IT. *TR

2006 CORVETTE HAD THE ROOF RECALL (REF. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID# 06V181000) DONE ON 6/7/07. I RETURNED VEHICLE FOR RECHECK OF RECALL ON 11/1/07 AS THE ROOF DID HAVE SOME NOTICEABLE CREAK NOISES. THE DEALER REPORTED THE ROOF WAS NOT LOOSE AND LUBRICATED THE WEATHER STRIPS. ON 6/12/09, GETTING ON THE HIGHWAY, MY WIFE NOTICED WIND NOISE AND THEN SUDDENLY THE ROOF PANEL FLEW OFF AND OVER A PICK UP TRUCK THAT WAS FOLLOWING HER. SHE WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH AT THE TIME THE ROOF PANEL BLEW OFF. THE FRAME WHICH HOLDS THE REMOVABLE ROOF WAS IN PLACE IN THE VEHICLE. THE RECALL FOAM WAS IN PLACE IN THE FRAME. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN BACK TO THE SERVICING DEALER AND THE ENTIRE REMOVABLE ROOF HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEALER KEPT THE OLD FRAME. *TR

FROM TIME TO TIME I RECEIVE A DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER (DIC) MESSAGE "SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM". I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS MESSAGE AND HAVE FOUND THERE IS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ISSUED BY GM COVERING THIS ISSUE. I HAVE RESEATED THE CONNECTOR ON THE STEERING COLUMN OUTLINED BY THE TSB ELIMINATING THE DIC MESSAGE FOR A FEW MONTHS WHEN THE MESSAGE THEN RETURNS. WHILE THIS PROBLEM HAS NOT RESULTED IN CATASTROPHIC FAILURE, IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO DO SO. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THIS DIC MESSAGE AND THE POTENTIAL THAT ACTIVE HANDLING COULD BE COMPROMISED IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE DRIVER OF OUR VEHICLE COULD LOOSE CONTROL RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. ODI INVESTIGATION # EA09-002. *TR