2003 Chevrolet Corvette transmission problems

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 Feb 6, 2015 · Steering, Transmission · 12,000 miles · TN

Tl*the contact owns a 2003 chevrolet corvette. The contact stated that while in first gear, he applied the accelerator pedal and the vehicle immediately jumped out of gear. The failure recurred multiple times. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the bushings were replaced in the transmission but the failure recurred. The contact also stated that the service steering column lock warning light illuminated. The contact was made aware of the federal safety agency campaign id number: 04v060000 (steering) however, the VIN was not included. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 12,000.

Filed Oct 2, 2004 · Transmission · 1 miles · MA

The car has never been hit or any type of property damage. The corvette has very loud rattles coming from the transmission. It can be heard 45 feet away from the car. Chevy is stating it's normal adn are ignoring all complaints because they don't want to deal with it. The dealer has given me a note from gm justifing the excessive noise. Website (service.gm.com/servlets/blobshtm1?shm1file=1297757&pubid=319) I have a $57,000 rattle box... What can I do?

Filed Sep 17, 2004 · Transmission · DC

The federal safety agency campaign 04v060000.*mr the consumer feel that the solution for the recall repair of the lock plate may not be adequate for manual transmission.

Filed May 19, 2004 · Transmission · 465 miles · TX

The manual transmission makes "marbles in a can" type noises. The transaxle was replaced at 465 miles for excessive noise. The noise is back, I have taken it back into the dealer numerous times over the last year for this and the dealer now says it is normal and refuses to do anything about it. I have elevated this to chevrolet corvette owner assistance but with no resolution.

Filed May 13, 2004 · Transmission · 500 miles · CA

While accelerating from a stop into an intersection the vehicle failed to shift from first gear into second gear. As a result, the vehicle became inoperative. *ak

Filed Apr 26, 2004 · Transmission · CA

While shifting from first gear to second gear vehicle jerked. Consumer took the vehicle to the dealer for inspection, and mechanic could not duplicate the problem.

Filed Jan 28, 2004 · Transmission · 10,000 miles · AZ

While driving at higher speeds and when shifting from fourth to fifth gear gear shift wanted to go into reverse. When this happened, there was a grinding sound coming from the gear mechanism. This problem occurred six times in the last three weeks.

Filed Aug 28, 2003 · Transmission · MI

When initially moving the vehicle at 1000 rpms manual transmission made a terrible rattle noise. Dealer stated that was the way the manual transmission was designed.

Filed Jul 13, 2003 · Suspension, Transmission · 2,750 miles · FL

Constant leak and failure of rear differential and suspension system becoming non operational.