2008 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Complaints

NO HIGH BEAM HEAD LIGHTS. FUSE DID NOT BLOW, BULBS CHECKED AND ARE GOOD, BUT WILL NOT LIGHT. HAD CHECKED, AND FOUND SHORT IN WIRING HARNESS AND FUSE BOX. DEALER WILL NOT REPAIR. *TR

THE AIR BAG READINESS LIGHT STAYS ON INTERMITTENTLY WITH THE FREQUENCY INCREASING. AS OF TODAY, 08/15/14 IT IS ON CONSTANTLY. I HAVE NO IDEA IF THIS IS JUST A WARNING FAILURE OR IF THERE IS REALLY A PROBLEM WITH THE AIR BAG SYSTEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS FAILED. THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V251000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS GO OUT AND WON'T GO BACK ON EITHER MANUALLY OR AUTOMATICALLY UNTIL THE CAR COOLS DOWN. THIS JUST STARTED HAPPENING RECENTLY. MY DEALER SAID THAT FOR SLIGHTLY OLDER CORVETTE YEARS, THERE WAS A RECALL TO REPLACE THE FUSE BLOCK ITSELF. APPARENTLY THERE WERE ENOUGH COMPLAINTS ABOUT LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS GOING OUT FOR NO REASON. I HAD THE FUSE BLOCK REPLACED AND IT APPARENTLY HAS SOLVED THE PROBLEM - BUT AT A COST OF OVER $500. AFTER READING OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ABOUT 2008 CORVETTES, IT WOULD SEEM THAT THE RECALL SHOULD ALSO COVER THAT MODEL YEAR AS WELL. SIMI VALLEY, CA. *TR

ON THIS DAY, I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY GOING ABOUT 100 MPH (GERMAN AUTOBAHN) WHEN THE VEHICLE FOR NO APPARENT REASON DECIDED TO LOCK UP THE BRAKES. I ALSO LOST POWER STEERING. LUCKILY THERE WERE NO CARS AROUND ME. THE "SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING" SENSOR HAS BEEN ON AND OFF SINCE THEN AND I AM LOOKING AT GETTING IT LOOKED AT TOMORROW. I HAVE JUST READ FORUMS OF OTHER 2005-2008 CORVETTES HAVING THIS SIMILAR PROBLEM. IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO ABOUT GETTING THIS CAR SERVICED? I AM IN GERMANY AND I HAVE YET TO FIND A CORVETTE MECHANIC. WOULD APPRECIATE ANY ADVICE. THANK YOU *TR

WHEN CAR GETS HOT, THE LOW BEAM LIGHTS WILL NOT TURN ON. THERE IS AN EXISTING RECALL FOR CORVETTE C6 MODELS FROM 08-13. BUT THERE ARE NONE FOR CORVETTE C6 Z06 MODELS FROM 08-13 EVEN THOUGH THE FUSEBOX, HEADLIGHT WIRING IS IDENTICAL. *TR

I KEEP GETTING A RED LIGHT ON THE DASH SAYING THE AIR BAG IS NOT ACTIVE. I HAVE FOUND THAT BY WIGGLING THE CONNECTOR UNDER THE DRIVER'S SEAT THE LIGHT GOES OUT. I SUSPECT THERE IS A BAD CONNECTOR AND IT NEVER FAILS WHILE I AM AT THE DEALERSHIP. THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP SAYS THEIR IS NO RECALL AND THEY WANT AT LEAST $125 TO STRAIT CHECKING. THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP SAYS THEIR IS NO RECALL AND THEY WANT AT LEAST $125 TO STRAIT CHECKING BUT THEY DON'T KNOW OF A FIX. *TR

MY NEW (TO ME - SECOND OWNER) 2008 CORVETTE WAS STUCK IN PARK IN A GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT. I FINALLY HAD TO FORCE IT OUT AND THIS DAMAGED THE SHIFT ASSEMBLY THAT HAD TO BE REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE. THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE ELECTRONIC MODULE THAT IS PART OF THE SHIFT ASSEMBLY THAT CONTROLS THE HOLD BRAKE BEFORE STARTING. I FOUND OUT AFTER THE FACT THAT A NUMBER OF CORVETTE OWNERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

AFTER CRANKING MY DAILY COMMUTE CORVETTE AROUND 8PM, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE EVENING IN ABOUT A MONTH. I NOTICED THE LOW BEAM LIGHTS DID NOT COME ON. AFTER CHECKING THE LIGHTS AND FUSES, I FOUND A INTERMITTENT SHORT IN THE FUSE BOX. *TR

2008 NEW CORVETTE HAD FUSE BLOCK SHORT, HEADLIGHTS WOULD NOT GO OUT AND HAD NO LOW BEAMS. HAD TO PULL FUSE TO GET LIGHTS OFF. SOUND RELATED TO CURRENT RECALL OF 05-07 AND SOME 08'S. ISSUE WOULD COME AND GO AND WAS FIXED AS SOON AS DEALER COULD SEE PROBLEM. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR