2005 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Complaints

I WROTE TO YOU ON 5/17/2006 ABOUT MY CORVETTE TOP THAT FLEW OFF OF MY CAR ON 4/05/2006, ODI # 10157709. NOW, THE SECOND TOP THEY GAVE ME CAME APART. LUCKILY THIS TIME I SAW WHAT WAS HAPPENING BEFORE IT BLEW OFF. I KNOW THEY HAVE RECALLED THIS TOP, BUT TO HAVE IT HAPPEN 2 TIMES IS TERRIBLE! *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE'S ROOF HAD SEPARATED AND FLEW OFF WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME, THE VEHICLE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE ROOF. A NHTSA RECALL, # 06V181000 WAS PERFORMED IN 05/06 REGARDING, STRUCTURE BODY: ROOF AND PILLARS, HOWEVER THE RECALL DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT OFFER A SECOND REPAIR UNDER THE RECALL.

MY BROTHER SUGGESTED I REPORT THAT THE ENGINE IN MY CAR'S FRONT PULLEY COMES LOOSE AND FALLS OFF CAUSING LOSS OF ELECTRICAL PRODUCTION, A/C, AND WORST OF ALL POWER STEERING--ITS A CORVETTE-DONT KNOW IF IT HAPPENS A LOT TO OTHERS ALSO BUT MAYBE YOU WANT TO LOOK INTO IT-SEEMS TO BE A DANGEROUS SITUATION. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ROOF ON THE VEHICLE HAS FLOWN OFF FOUR TIMES. THERE WAS A RECALL # 06V181000; PERTAINING TO THE STRUCTURE: BODY: ROOF AND PILLARS. THE CONTACT WAS UNSURE IF A RECALL LETTER WAS RECEIVED. THE FIRST THREE TIMES THE ROOF FLEW OFF, THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE ROOF. DURING ONE INCIDENT, THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE WAY AND NO ONE WAS INJURED. THERE WAS NOT A POLICE REPORT FILED. *AK

ROOF SEPARATION. ROOF WAS REPLACED 3 MONTHS AGO DUE TO DELAMINATION AND THE REPLACEMENT ROOF HAS NOW DELAMINATED. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED RECALL WORK WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE AND ALTHOUGH NO FAILURE HAS OCCURRED, THE CONTACT IS NOT SATISFIED WITH THE SOLUTION. THE RECALL IS #06V181000 CONCERNING THE STRUCTURE; ROOF AND PILLARS.

ON 7/12/06 AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE'S PAINTED TOP BECAME DETACHED STRIKING A FOLLOWING VEHICLE CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE SECOND VEHICLE. BOTH DRIVERS WERE ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH OUT FURTHER INCIDENT AND WITH NO INJURIES. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS OF THE INCIDENT, OTHER THAN THE NOISE MADE AT TIME OF SEPARATION. THE LATCH WAS STILL INTACT. OWNER ALLEGES HAVING NO PRIOR NOTIFICATION OF RECALL 06V-181, AND THAT DEALER HAS YET TO BE ABLE TO REPLACE THE TOP. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW IN NOVEMBER 2005; RECALL CAMPAIGN INITIATED IN MAY 2006. *NM

I HAVE A 2005 CORVETTE COUPE. THE TOP IS SEPARATING FROM THE BODY OF THE CAR. THE DEALER REFUSES TO REPLACE THE TOP EVEN THOUGH THE PANEL HAS COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE FRAME AND THE CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE THE REPAIR PERFORMED BY THE DEALER HAS ALREADY FAILED ONCE. THE ONLY SOLUTION IS S NEW TOP, AND THEY REFUSED TO PROVIDE ME WITH ONE. X. *NM

MY 2005 CORVETTE REMOVABLE TOP PANEL IS DELAMINATING. IT COULD FALL OFF AT ANY TIME AT SPEED. GM IS BEING SLOW, AT BEST, IN TAKING CARE OF THIS PROBLEM. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED, THE INTERIOR HEAT CAUSED THE REMOVABLE ROOF TO WARP AND SEPARATE FROM THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE, ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE DEALER SERVICE TECHNICIAN STATED THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT PROVIDED A REPAIR SOLUTION. THE MANUFACTURER OFFERED AN ALTERNATE STYLE REPLACEMENT ROOF AT A DISCOUNT. THE CONTACT PURCHASED THE REPLACEMENT ROOF.