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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005029004 | Incident Date: Apr, 22 2005 |
| Consumer's City: ALLIANCE | Consumer's State: NE |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: CORVETTE | Model Year: 1998 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Steering:column |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1G1YY22G0W5 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jul, 14 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jul, 19 1998 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 8 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Gm recalled my 1998 corvette for a steering colulm lock, i had recall performed on april 12, 2005 by team chevrolet in scottsbluff ne. on april 23, 2005 my steering colum loked up while at corvette function in bowing green ky. some gm engineers were able to unlock it by unpluging the computer. i took the car back to team chevolet to have it rechecked, they found nothing wrong. later that evening it locked up. most of the time the colum would unlock if you pulled key and waited 10 seconds. there has been two times that that didnt work, once in bowling green ky and the last time in my garage. the car is now in my garage with the steering colum locked up. i spoke with team chvrolet and jacky johnson chevolet customer assistance (phone 1-313-667-7153) about this problem, both stated that the recall was performed and i would most likely be charged for a tow truck and the repair bill. my complaint is gm recalled this car for a steering colum lock which i have, i expect my steering colum to be fixed free of charge as noted in the recall letter. i expect gm to pay for a tow truck since i did all i could to resolve this problem. i went to the dealer twice and had several talks with jacky johnson with no satisfaction l |
