Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / CORVETTE / 1998

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 001076364 Incident Date: Jul, 07 2001
Consumer's City: ARLINGTON Consumer's State: TX
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: CORVETTE Model Year: 1998
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Steering: steering wheel/handle bar
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G1YY22G0W5 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jul, 26 2001 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: May, 31 2001
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I have read reports of many incidents concerning the steering column-lock problem on the corvettes by the owners themselves. some have even reported that this problem has occurred while in motion, which scares the hell out of me! i did have mine in for this repair and i can only hope that it does not happen again. luckily, mine happened while the vehicle was parked. please do something about this before someone gets hurt or killed!!!*ak ref. in ea02-031 *cjs