First the roof blew off.the communication message center gives mis information.the car has always made a grinding sound under hood at start up.problemsm activating eelectrical stability system.also after roof repair roof rattles and always sound loose.
2006 Chevrolet Corvette driver assistance complaints
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The service active handling warning light came on while I was driveing. I looked up the VIN number and according to chevrolet my vehicle is not part of the recall. This is odd due to the fact that the same model and year built in january 2006 has the same issue. Chevrolet has refused to fix this issue which only takes a small clip installed to repair. According to blogs it could cause the cars brakes to make the care vear to the left or right while driving. This is dangerous that it may happen.
Approximately one year ago, my 2006 corvette started showing three messages: service active handling/service traction control/service ABS. I was going to have the dealer take a look at the vehicle, but then the messages went away. They would come on and off, but it was not a very frequent occurrence. Yesterday, 07/28/2013, not only did the messages appear, but my ABS kicked in while going around a corner and I almost lost control of my vehicle. I shut down the vehicle and restarted it, but all three messages came back on within 30 seconds of driving it. I no longer feel safe driving my 2006 corvette with only 40,000 miles on it.
I own a 2006 corvette manufactured in february of 2006. From early 2009 (just prior to the vehicle going out of warranty) I began experiencing problems with the service active handling system (sahs) warning light coming on. Initially this occurred when the vehicle was making a turn or when it hit a bump on the highway and the warning would clear itself periodically. I took the vehicle in to two separate chevrolet dealerships (groth bros. Chevrolet, livermore, ca and dublin chevrolet cadillac, dublin, ca). Neither facility was able to definitively diagnose or correct the problem. Dublin chevrolet cadillac did perform the recall service in which they added a retention clip to the wiring harness in the tilt/telescopic steering column. They performed this repair at my insistence and at a cost to me because my vehicle was manufactured the month after the last manufacturing month of the recall. The addition of the retention clip remedied the problem temporarily but it did return. The sahs warning now comes on and stays on nearly all the time. I have significant concerns over the fact that gm has been unable to definitively determine the cause of the problem especially now that I have learned that many owners of 2005/2006 corvettes have had a related issue with the front brakes locking up. I have not experienced this phenomenon yet but believe that it probably will eventually occur. I brought all of this to the attention of gm?s corporate service complaint department, asking that they find a way to repair the vehicle once and for all, at their expense, in light of the fact that it began at the time the warranty was ending. The request was denied.
On wednesday 7 nov 2012, I was driving home from work at approx 4:30pm and while changing lanes (from the rh lane to the lh lane, to make a left turn in approx half a mile) when the front driver's side tires popped and I spun, crossed the median, cross two southbound lanes, struck an electricity pole, spun again and finally came to rest on the sidewalk & grass. Neither stability control nor traction control activated once the car began to spin (counter clockwise) which created an uncontrollable and unrecoverable spin. The failure of these systems activate and operate properly could have killed me and destroyed the car. Both systems were fully operational and on. Also, the side airbag did not deploy when the impacted the pole on the driver's side door.
Frequently service active handling indicator comes on and stability control is disabled. Has been taken in for service several times over the past 5 years, but problem has never been fixed by dealer. The last 2 times this happened a front wheel locked up for a few seconds causing car to abruptly swerve.
The "service active handling system" warning activates on my dash and car drives erratic. If I pull of the road and turn car off and then turn the car back on, the system will reset itself. Unfortunately the warning re-activates a day or so later. The car only has 16,500 miles on it.
My active handling comes on for no apparent reason in my corvette causing immediate uncontrollable braking. It results in swerving and dangerous conditions.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chevrolet corvette. The contact stated that the service active handling system light would illuminate on the instrumental panel while stopped. The vehicle had not been inspected by a dealer nor had it been repaired. The manufacturer had not been notified. The failure mileage was approximately 17,000. Updated 08/01/11*lj the consumer reported the problem to the dealer and they claimed they fixed the problem, but the problem continued. Updated 08/11/11
When driving the service active handling system warning light appears on the dash. I have had the original recall fix performed on my car (orange/red clip) and had the steering wheel positioning sensor replaced. The problem is now back again.
I own a 2006 corvette and while driving on highway 270 in germantown, md the right front wheel of the car locked up for no reason. I was not braking turning or changing speed. I was cruising at a constant 60 MPH when it all of a sudden locked up the front right wheel. It caused the car to run off the road into the shoulder! I was very lucky to be exactly where I was at the time or someone may have been killed! I looked into gm recall info and found there has been 3 different fixes for this problem. I also found that 2 of the 3 fixes have been done to this car by the previous owner and neither fix has worked. I am bringing the car into the dealer tomorrow after some quick research I found this problem to be very common to the 2005-2008 corvettes. I can't believe gm has done nothing about this!
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 chevrolet corvette. The contact stated the vehicle had a recurring failure with the stability control immediately after 6,500 miles. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for the failure, numerous times but the dealer stated the vehicle was normal; however, the failure became severe. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 48,000 and the current mileage was 47,750.
2006 chevrolet corvette 79,000 miles, service active handling light comes on the display and also the traction control light at same time, once the rear wheel seized at 5mph, I was told by other corvette owners that this was a problem with 2005-2009 corvettes with tilt and telescopic steering column , however my car only has tilt steering and the problem seems to be the same as the recall that general motors applied to the cars with tilt and telescopic steering column.
I drive a 2006 chevy corvette. I was driving out of a gas station when I applied some extra gas, giving the car some unwanted acceleration as I turned. The "active handling" sign lit up and the car bucked from left to right, and back again. Thankfully I was on a wide road and was able to come to a stop without injury to myself or others (or the car). Afterwards, a message popped up reading "service active handling system" and did not go away until I had shut the car off for a while. The problem has not happened since, but it did worry me enough to share the story here. Hope it helps.
I purchased a 2006 corvette in june of 2010. Since then I have had various electrical problems including, high and low tire pressure warnings, flat tire warning (tires were fine), service active handling system (has happened twice while driving, front tires locked up.. Almost got rear ended. I was sitting at a light, when to turn left and front tires locked up. Pushed the clutch in several times but tires still locked up. Turned off the active handling .. Chose comp drive mode, problem went away. Several times lately the push button start does not start the engine, everything else comes on but nothing from the engine. Change to a different gear, push clutch back in, nothing.. After several attempts, it finally 'catches" and starts. The tires have locked up twice since june of 2010. The push button start began malfunctioning on a daily bases about 3 weeks ago. I do not wish to fly off the highway into a ditch before this can be fixed. (active handling).
My son owns a 2006 corvette c6. He was driving for 2 years when his car went out of control and suffered a traumatic brain injury, in a coma for 6 months. His car had a "service traction stability control" indication on the dic twice within a 30 day period. He was quick to service this warning immediately with the chevrolet dealership as the car was under warranty. Now I understand there is a real problem with the traction stability control for 2006 corvette and gm has now issued a recall. To late my son has brain damage.
While driving my 2006 corvette with 15,000 miles it suddenly veered to the right pulling the car off the road. The "check stability control system" came on the in dash computer.
Back in 2007 I took my 2006 corvette in to have it serviced because I had a message come up that said to service active handling system. There ended up being a recall on this and it was fixed. This lasted for just over a year and the message came up again, I went by the dealer who did the work and they said they would have to charge me for fixing it again because it had been over a year. My question is; has chevrolet got a fix for this or just a bandaid? I have read that this can be a dangerous situation.
I own a 2006 chevy corvette. I first got the service active handling light when I bought my car used at 31k mi. I took it in for service and the dealer fixed the issue by putting the plastic clip in the swps plug, as listed in the tsb. Approx 10 months later the service active handling came back on. It comes on sometimes and not others. Fortunately none of my wheels have locked up but I am worried for my safety and my families safety. Of course my car is out of warranty( 900 miles out) and I have to pay to solve this problem on my own dollar and worry that the wheels could lock up.
Service active handling error message on 2006 corvette.
2006 corvette coupe- front left tire locked up @ 35 MPH. The recall clip had already been installed before I purchased the car. The tech at the local gm dealer called gm.and was told to replace the steering wheel position sensor.
I have a 2006 corvette and the "service active handling" message is displayed on my dic. When this message is diplayed it also turns off my traction control. This message displays about once every three times I drive the car. I have about 28k miles on the vehicle. I have noticed the message since about 22k. The message would go off so I didn't worry about it. Now that I have done some research, I can tell this is a serious problem. I have also noticed that I have a lite clicking noise in the rear when I 'm driving slow. I have no idea if this is related to this "service active handling" issue that everyone is experiencing. And after doing research I'm one of the lucky one that have not felt the repercusions of this defect. I refer to repercussions as wrecking my vehicle, hurting someone else, or hurting myself. Based on the seriousness of this problem gm should conduct a recall of the corvettes that are affected by this issue. On behalf of the all corvette owners please look into this issue, before anyone gets seriously injuried or killed.
About 3 months ago my 2006 corvette's dic said please service the traction control system and the traction control off indication light came on. Later that day I went to take the car to be serviced. On the way the check engine light came on but the other lights had gone away. At the dealership it was plugged up to a computer I was told it said there was a leak from the gas cap, which doesn't close properly at times. I was also told the computer said nothing about the traction control system and just to watch it and come back another time if I kept having problems with it. The warning message or light didn't come on again for about 4-5 weeks. When it did I was driving the car and after hitting a bump the light and warning came on. When the car was turn off and restarted it would go away. I had not been driving it often because I had another car. The past week I had to drive it every day to work due to it now being my only car. The light and warning now comes on almost every time it is driven. The car is telling me the traction control system is off, but when you are driving it sometimes pulls the car to the left without me moving the wheel. When this happens the break makes a grinding noise and if you place your foot on top of the break it feels as though it is being pumping up and down. Two times now while driving down the interstate to work the car has pulled itself off the road causing me to almost wreck and causing others wreck behind me. I have set up an appointment for tomorrow 11/17/2009 before going to work but was told they are unsure (even though this is major and I have an extended warranty) if they will have a rental car so I can go to work. If they don't I will be force to drive my car until they do and I can get off work. I can't lose my professional job over transportation. This really upsets me because I have no other choice of transportation and it puts not only me but others at risk because this car with 33,000 miles is faulting.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Message of "service active handling" comes up in display while driving. Usually during or after making turn. Message does not appear when car is restarted. It will appear at odd times without warning or noise.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 chevrolet corvette. While attempting to make a small u-turn at 5 MPH, the contact heard a loud banging noise near the rear of the vehicle. He noticed that the electronic control warning indicator was illuminated on the instrument panel. At anytime while driving, unwarranted brake activation could occur and increase the risk of a crash. The contact is in the process of taking the vehicle to the dealer to have it properly diagnosed and remedied. The failure and current mileages were 18,000. Updated 5/14/09 *cn updated 05/14/09.
Driving back from lunch to the office I was changing lanes on a heavily traffic area. Was going about 30mph when the car started to fish tail out of control going sideways into the side of the road and slamming into a electrical post. Both myself and my passenger were in awe. I could not control the car and it seems eventhough I took my foot off the gas it kept increasing. The hit was so hard it damaged the post and the car severely. I still do not know what happened since it has traction control it should have never fishtailed and at that low speed. No tire marks or any sign of acceleration were found. I am trying to find answers to what happened. Its scary.
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