Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / CORVETTE / 2001

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004310097 Incident Date: Nov, 26 2004
Consumer's City: VERO BEACH Consumer's State: FL
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: CORVETTE Model Year: 2001
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Steering:column locking:anti-theft device
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G1YY12S115 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Nov, 27 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Oct, 14 2002
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Events leading up to failure- just picked it up from the shop ( palm bay chevrolet) on 11-26-2004 for the same thing was assured that it was fixed. service advisor said my wife seamed a little apprehensive at the time of pick up ,and she told him she was not a little apprehensive she was alot apprehensive. she was scared of the car now.because of research she had done on the recall issue of the column lock she learned that it could happen while you were driving down the road and result in an accident. she was assured by the service advisor that this could not happen. my wife is the main driver of this car, back and forth to work. when we picked the car up we drove it straight home, and my wife drove it to work the next morning 11-27-2004 at 6:00am upon getting off work at 3:00pm and starting the car it system column locked again less then 24 hours upon picking it up from the dealership. we will call the dealership again tommorrow 11-29-2004 and see what they have to say. my wife is scared of the car completely now, and affriad to drive. it even if it is fixed.*ak