Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / CORVETTE / 2006

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006059036 Incident Date: Mar, 06 2006
Consumer's City: BOCA RATON Consumer's State: FL
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: CORVETTE Model Year: 2006
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:axle assembly
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G1YY26EX65 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 12 2006 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Nov, 20 2005
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Dt*: the contact stated the passenger side rear axel failed multiple times. the first failure occurred on november 26, 2005 at 357 miles. while driving over a pothole the rear axel fractured. the second occurrence was on december 13, 2005 at 1,305 miles. the third was on january 11, 2006 at 2,316 miles. after each failure the rear axel was replaced by a dealership and the part number of the replacement axel was different. the contact felt the change of part numbers could have reflected a different axel manufacturer. while driving at 35mph on march 7, 2006 the rear axel broke again. the vehicle is awaiting repairs at an independent repair shop.