Attention needed!! Active handling system very dangerous failure mode!!! Driving at 50mph the active handling system suddenly (and very violently) locks up both front and rear passenger wheels, bringing the car to a halt while throwing the vehicle to the left lane. The dealership said since they couldn't duplicate the event or find a computer code to verify, then can do nothing to help me. This is a very dangerous failure mode!! Very easily I could have killed a pedestrian / motorcyclist in the lane to my left!!!
2006 Chevrolet Corvette driver assistance complaints
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I was driving on interstate 40 going around 75mph when my car jumped to the right about 4 feet and then my brakes went crazy. It felt like I had 4 flat tires. I managed to pull to the shoulder and when I was stopped I noticed my service active handling warning was on. I had to disable the active handling to finish my trip. It was a good thing it was early in the morning or I would have wreck if there were other cars on the road. I took the car to the dealership and they replaced the active handling brake module. I have never had any problems with the car until this happened. This really scared me and I believed it should be checked out.
This is not about a specific car, rather there have been six reports this week in the corvette forum of owners who had their active handling system lock up all four wheels, pulsing violently and making their car uncontrollable. Two of these owners reported this happening at about 40+ MPH and had no control of the car as it entered oncoming traffic before coming to a stop. This is a very, very dangerous situation that could very easily take the lives of drivers and pedestrians.
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