2003 Chevrolet Corvette: steering wheel locks up

Filed Oct 28, 2022 · Steering, Transmission · CA · crash

Gm refuse to repurchase below is a overview. they are refusing engineering assitance to the dealership to fix the problem. Next week the car will be there a month again. This is the 7th time on this repair which was a recall by your org. The last repair last 153 days. This problem make the car unsafe to drive the dealer also agrees it is unsafe to drive. My car is back at the dealership for the same recall situation. The corvette has been rendered undrivable due to the number of recall repairs that have failed. They are again waiting for a GM engineer. A new case has been opened at the CEO’s office. It was submitted last year for repurchase they not to. The dealership says they should I agree. Gm decline yesterday to repurchase the car. The dealer ship feels it is unsafe to drive Saul Saldano who run the repair shop at Mission Bay chevy. Owned by his family Saldana auto group. When I emailed the CEO and she referred it to their exec team you can who I worked with to get an engineer on site at the dealership last year. I will describe more in my overview below. Overview: I purchased the car in 2013 black on black corvette convertible 6 speed on the floor fully loaded. The car worked perfectly until August 2011 that work order is attached. The dealer performed a recall repair on the steering harness and column lock. They left the lock nut for the steering column off it was found later under the driver’s side seat. The steering came off in my wife’s hands while driving on 4hth st downtown San Diego. The car sustained damage lucky no one was hurt this occurred in 12/01/2011 that work order is attached. The harness failed several times afterwards however I only have records back to 2014. The dealership purged records before 2014. Since 2014 the car has consistently had to return to the dealership to have another lock and harness installed. I can send those work orders on another email. What happens when the steering lock engages is you cannot drive the car. It kill

Filed Nov 29, 2017 · Steering · 28,240 miles · NY

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 chevrolet corvette. The contact stated that the steering wheel seized without warning. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the steering wheel lock bypass needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and opened a case. The contact was also informed that an unknown recall repair was performed on the vehicle prior to the current owner. The failure mileage was 28,240. The VIN was not available.

Filed Apr 17, 2017 · Steering · 6,100 miles · NM

The steering locking mechanism seized and locked the tires in place while parking it in our druveway making the vehicle impossible to drive. Had to have it towed to dealership and was told our specific car VIN was not on the recall for the locking for steering and they would not correct the problem without a charge to us.

Filed Aug 5, 2014 · Steering · 81,000 miles · NY

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 chevrolet corvette. The contact stated that the steering wheel locked up and the service steering column warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 81,000.

Filed Dec 29, 2011 · Body, Engine · 56,592 miles · CO · crash

Accident on 8/9/2008 front impact hit another vehicle in virgina, 2/2/2011 accident left side impact hit a curb, and an object. 12/15/2011 consumer bought. Found out that cooling fan has been glued, cooling fan has been wired which makes the fan to be always on, air filter missing bolts, steering wheel locks and car gives error message and then just stops, informed dealer and they stated just to double click unlock b/c is just a security issue. Car was sold with broken rack and pinion. Dealer stated that is why you bought a 18k car and not a 60k car, you get it as is. They are using a bbb award and on website they are rated and f. Had one of their application processors check the car and stated everything was fine, he does not have certified mechanic license and was told that on 12/28/2011. More issues...

Filed Dec 31, 2009 · Airbags, Body · 34,000 miles · MO · crash

This is an amendment to your odi number 10297619. Our 2003 chevrolet corvette has sustained severe undercarraige damage as well as passenger side body damage and wheel and tire damage. Passenger door will not open and drivers door will open when much strength applied to pull it open. There were a couple of minutes after the crash that it was apparent the doors were not going to open without some kind of assistance. Just prior to the crashwe experienced a small fishing of of the rear of the car at which time the accelerator was disengaged and the brakes applied hard. The steering was locked in the position we were driving in at the time which was on a curve. The brakes failed to stop us, and at this time the RPM was racing upward on the car which was accelerating when no gas was being applied at all. One other time when we had to apply the brakes quickly, for a changing light, the RPM raced way up while we were stopped. Our computer said nothing at this time which indicated to us that there was nothing noted about the incident that we could see. Also airbags failed to open! Without our seatbelts, the 37 incident among corvettes would have been the first casuality in the steering lock failure. Most notably and critical of the failures is the steering lock fiailure no.1, no 2 is brakes failing to stop vehicle and no. 3 is airbags failing to deploy. No 4 is the RPM accelerating when brakes are to the floor. The vehicle is not driveable at this time and is currently in storage until there are resolutions to these failures. Date of crach dec. 11, 2009 about 9:30 am.

Filed Dec 30, 2009 · Driver assistance, Engine · 34,000 miles · MO · crash

There really wasn't any events leading up to our accident that I was aware of. I have not contacted general motors as of yet,my internet has been down and was only fixed this evening around 4:00. But back to my accident,my steering locked up on me and all lost all control of my car. Sorry I don't have more information. I just know my wife and I are lucky to be alive. Thank you!

Filed Dec 29, 2009 · Steering · 15,900 miles · CA

2003 corvette manual trans. I had the work done for the steering wheel lock recall program #04v060000 back in 2006. On dec. 24th 2009, the vehicle would start but not move forward. Possible fuel shut off due to harness lock failure. When I took it to the gmc dealer in watsonville calif. They advised me that this item was no longer under warranty. My question if the recall item has failed again why isn't the dealer or gm responsible for replacement at no cost to the customer? I was told that it was only for the first 12,000 miles or 12 months. Seems odd that this part that was replaced in 2006 has already failed when the car has had only 7,000 miles approx. Put on the vehicle since the recall work was completed. The total miles for this vehicle is only 15,900 miles. Has there been any reports that the replacement part was defective as well?

Filed Oct 26, 2005 · Steering · SC

After recall was done on 2003 chevrolet corvette the steering wheel locked while in motion. *ts the recall that was performed on 8/18/2004 was intended to prevent the steering wheel from locking up. There was no resulting accident or injury. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer on 12/21/2004. The repair order showed that the programming did not take on recall repair.(recall number 04v060000, recall 04006).

Filed Sep 19, 2005 · Steering · TX

Dt: the steering locked while driving the vehicle. This happened on september 18, 2005 while going 30 MPH, there was recall, and had the recall repairs performed on june 10, 2005. Contacted gm, and left a message with the general manager. This happened before while backing the vehicle out. Contacted the dealer, and that was when the consumer found out there was a recall.