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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005029563 | Incident Date: May, 06 2005 |
| Consumer's City: SYOSSET | Consumer's State: NY |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: CORVETTE | Model Year: 2000 |
| 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#: 1G1YY22G8Y5 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jul, 18 2005 | Complaint Type: EVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Nov, 16 1999 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 8 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Dt: the consumer states that he had manufacturer's recall 040006 repairs performed on 2000 chevrolet corvette. since the recall there was a light on the disc, bringing up a code that said to remove key for 10 seconds, the other one service column lock. the owner had not had any problems prior to the recall being performed. this problem was intermittent. the owner had taken the car back to the dealership, the dealer wanted to be paid for the use of the computer on the owner's car. the owner thought that the relay switch that was installed was faulty. the owner contacted the manufacturer and filed a complaint with them. gm said that they were aware that there is a problem, but there was no fix for it. vehicle was shutting the fuel off when the disc displayed the remove key light for 10 seconds. after the light came on. stopped and turned off the car, removed the key from the car and then restarted the car. the owner called the dealer again today. the dealer still wanted to charge for the correction on the car. consumer maintained there should be no charge for recalls that were performed and did not work. consumer stated that prior to recall the vehicle was more unsafe than before. *ak |
