2000 Chevrolet Corvette

I WAS REAR-ENDED (HIT & RUN) & MY 2000 CORVETTE WAS PUSHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER CAR. MY CAR WAS TOTALED, BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I NEED TO FIND OUT WHY THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I WAS INJURED & WAS TAKEN TO EMERGENCY FOR CARE & TREATMENT. I HAVE HAD ALL KNOWN RECALLS DONE, WELL MAINTAINED CAR, & HAVE KEPT ALL RECORDS OF RECALLS, REPAIRS, ETC.

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 75 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND IT CRASHED INTO GUARD RAIL AND FLIPPED THREE TIMES, LANDING IN A DITCH. UPON IMPACT, BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED HEAD AND NECK INJURIES, AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL. VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND TOTALED. *AK

WHILE WAITING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE WHO STATED THEIR BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED BRAKES. AS A RESULT, THE DECK LID THAT COVERED THE CONVERTIBLE TOP CAME FORWARD AND STRUCK THE CONSUMER'S WIFE WHO WAS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AND BROKE HER NECK. *AK *JB

CONSUMER STATES STEERING COLUMN LOCKED WHILE DRIVING. AS A RESULT VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE CROSSED THE MEDIAN AND HIT A JEEP HEAD ON. THE JEEP CAUGHT FIRE AND THE CONSUMER'S CORVETTE WAS TOTALED. THE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY CAUSING CONSUMER TO SUSTAIN INJURIES TO THE HEAD AND A SPRAINED ANKLE FOR 3 WEEKS. CONSUMER LOST CONSCIOUSNESS FOR APPROX. 20 MINUTES. *PH *NLM DUPLICATE VOQ. SEE ODI# 10031977 FOR OTHER DETAILS. CAT

WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP CAUSING VEHICLE TO CROSS THE MEDIAN AND HIT AN ONCOMING VEHICLE. BOTH CARS WERE TOTALED. CONSUMER SUGGEST A RECALL ON CHEVY CORVETTE. *MR *CB SEE ODI# 10029388 FOR ADD'L DETAILS.

STEERING WHEEL / COLUMN LOCKED UP AT 50 TO 60 MPH, FORCING CAR OFF ROAD INTO A FLAT SPIN, INJURIES TO MY BACK/ NECK, AND ARMS - WIFE SUSTAINED A BLACKENED RIGHT EYE. *AK REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

I HAVE A FUEL LEAK COMING FROM RIGHT BEHIND THE FUEL FILTER TOWARDS THE TOP OF THE PASSENGER FUEL TANK. THIS IS CREATING A FUEL VAPOR SMELL AND A SAFETY HAZARD .

I WAS LEAVING TO GO TO WORK AND WAS IDLING OUT OF THE PARKING LOT TO THE STOP SIGN BEFORE I PULLED OUT ONTO A VERY BUSY AND DANGEROUS STREET. THE STOP SIGN WAS AT THE BOTTOM OF A SMALL HILL, SO NO NEED FOR GAS BECAUSE IDLING AND GRAVITY WOULD GET ME TO THE STOP SIGN. I HAD NO BRAKES AT ALL! MY BRAKES WERE IN GOOD CONDITION AND NOT DUE FOR ANY MAINTENANCE PREVIOUS TO THIS EVENT. I ROLLED RIGHT OUT ONTO THE BUSY STREET WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO STOP. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE NEXT STREET OFF THE BUSY ROAD AND CRASHED INTO SOME SHRUBBERY TO STOP MY CAR. I CALLED AAA AND MY INSURANCE COMPANY AND HAD THE CAR TOWED TO MY MECHANIC. HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT I LITERALLY HAD NO BRAKES. HE ALMOST HIT THE WALL OF HIS REPAIR SHOP BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T STOP. HE EMPHATICALLY STATED THAT, "NO MATTER WHAT, YOUR MECHANICAL BRAKES SHOULD HAVE WORKED, EVEN IF THE ABS WAS MALFUNCTIONING." HE TOOK THE FUSES OUT AND MY MECHANICAL BRAKES STARTED WORKING AGAIN. HE TOOK A QUICK LOOK AND LET ME KNOW RIGHT AWAY THAT THE ABS MODULE HAD FRIED. HE SAID IT WAS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THEM DOCUMENT THE PROBLEM AND TAKE IT FROM THERE. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE BOB STALL CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP IN LA MESA, CALIFORNIA. THEY VERIFIED THAT THE MODULE WAS FRIED BUT THEY WOULD NOT COMMENT ON THE BRAKE SITUATION. THEY JUST KEPT INSISTING THAT THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND THE BRAKES WORKED FINE WHEN THE CAR CAME IN. THEY KEPT MY CAR FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS AND THEN FINALLY TOLD ME THAT THE PART THAT I NEEDED WAS NO LONGER MADE AND THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO REPAIR MY CAR. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT COULD HAPPEN AND NEITHER DOES ANYONE ELSE THAT I TALK TO, BUT I DO HAVE A WITNESS WHO DROVE THE CAR RIGHT AFTERWARDS AND WHO CAN ATTEST TO THE FACT THAT I HAD NO BRAKES AT ALL.

MY SON PURCHASED THIS CAR IN MAY 2012 AND WRECKED IT IN JUNE 2012 WHILE DRIVING TO WORK IN THE RAIN. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DESPITE HIS HITTING A LAMP POST AND A TREE. HE WAS NOT INJURED AND NO OTHER CARS WERE INVOLVED. WE ALWAYS WONDERED WHY THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY BUT DIDN'T PURSUE THAT BECAUSE WE WERE JUST GLAD NO ONE GOT HURT. MY SON NEVER QUITE UNDERSTOOD HOW THE WRECK HAPPENED AND NOW THAT WE HAVE LEARNED OF PROBLEMS WITH AIR BAGS NOT DEPLOYING IN SOME GM CARS, WE WONDER IF THERE MIGHT BE A PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED WITH REGARD TO CORVETTES AS WELL. WE GOT A CARFAX REPORT ON THE CAR BEFORE WE PURCHASED IT AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT IT HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY KIND OF INCIDENT THAT WOULD HAVE IMPACTED THE AIR BAGS. *TR

I WAS LEAVING MY HOUSE TO GO TO WORK AND WHEN I GOT TO THE BUSY STREET, THERE WAS COMPLETE AND TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE. I ENDED UP RUNNING OVER A CURB AND HITTING SOME TREES TO STOP MY CAR. I HAD AAA TOW MY CAR TO A MECHANIC'S SHOP AND HE TRIED WORKING ON IT FOR ABOUT A WEEK TO TEN DAYS AND COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHY I HAD NO BRAKES AT ALL. HE SAID THE ABS SYSTEM SEEMS TO BE MALFUNCTIONING, BUT IT SHOULDN'T LEAVE ME WITHOUT ANY BRAKES. HE SAID HE THOUGHT IT WAS A SAFETY ISSUE AND THAT GM WOULD NEED TO BE NOTIFIED ABOUT THIS AND HE URGED ME TO SEND MY CAR TO A GM DEALERSHIP TO TAKE CARE OF THE ISSUE. I HAD AAA TOW MY CAR TO BOB STALL CHEVROLET IN LA MESA, CA AND THEY VERIFIED THAT THE ABS SYSTEM WAS FRIED AND THAT I WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE UNIT. WHEN I ASKED IF GM WOULD HELP WITH THE COST OF THE REPLACEMENT SINCE IT WAS A SAFETY ISSUE, THEY SAID I WOULD HAVE TO CALL GM CUSTOMER SERVICE. I DID AND THEY SAID THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ASSIST BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP WAS TELLING THEM THAT THE CAR HAD BRAKES AND WORKED FINE WHEN THEY GOT IT. NOW I AM SERIOUSLY CONCERNED WITH THE SAFETY OF MY CAR AND THE BRAKES AND THE FACT THAT IF THE ABS GOES OUT OR FRIES, THAT I MIGHT POSSIBLY NOT HAVE BRAKES AT ALL. MY CAR HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR ALMOST A MONTH NOW AND THEY STILL HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIX IT YET. *TR

VEHICLE WITH FAILURE - MY 2000 CHEVROLET CORVETTE 2D HARDTOP 6MT MILEAGE - 35,972 (AFTER ACCIDENT) (1) PANIC STOP IN CENTER LANE OF CONGESTED TRAFFIC. DRIVER APPLIES BRAKES WITH MAXIMUM EFFORT AND CLUTCH IS DISENGAGED. IMPACT WITH THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AHEAD WAS AVOIDABLE GIVEN THE INITIAL VELOCITY AND DISTANCE FOR SEPARATION. (2) DRIVER FEELS A NOTICEABLE "POP" THROUGH THE BRAKE PEDAL AND WITH MAXIMUM EFFORT APPLIED, THE PEDAL DROPS QUICKLY TO THE VEHICLE FLOOR. THE BRAKE SYSTEM UP TO THIS POINT HAD DECREASED VEHICLE SPEED TO AT MOST 10 MPH. DRIVER MAINTAINS PEDAL EFFORT BUT THE REMAINING MOMENTUM CAUSES AN IMPACT WITH THE VEHICLE AHEAD DUE TO THE NEARLY 100% LOSS OF BRAKE PERFORMANCE. POST-IMPACT DRIVING AND INSPECTION LEADS TO THE DISCOVERY OFA RUPTURED FLEXIBLE BRAIDED HOSE, 1 OF 2 HOSES ROUTED ALONG THE DRIVER-SIDE FRAME RAIL, ADJACENT TO THE FRONT DRIVER-SIDE OF THE ENGINE. THESE TWO HOSES CONNECT THE STEEL TUBING FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER TO THE ABS CONTROLLER AND ARE PERMANENTLY ATTACHED TO THE STEEL TUBING. (3) THE COMPLETE BRAKE TUBING AND HOSE ASSEMBLY (WITH THE RUPTURED HOSE) FROM MASTER CYLINDER TO ABS CONTROLLER WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW ASSEMBLY BY THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT. THE FAILED COMPONENT, DESPITE THE VEHICLE OWNER REQUESTING OTHERWISE, WAS NOT KEPT FOR FURTHER INSPECTION. DIGITAL PICTURES AND VIDEO ARE AVAILABLE FROM IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ACCIDENT. THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT DIAGNOSED THE CAUSE OF THE RUPTURE AS ABRASION BETWEEN FRAME RAIL AND HOSE. *JB

I HAVE A 2000 CORVETTE AND THE STEERING COLUMN LOCKED-UP WHILE DRIVING. THE STEERING WHEEL WILL NOT TURN, AND THE DISPLAY ASKS TO "SERVICE COLUMN LOCK". AFTER 7 HOURS, I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND A CHEVY DEALER THAT SAYS THEY CAN HELP. IF THAT HAD HAPPENED A FEW MINUTES BEFORE WHEN I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE, I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM, AND I'VE GOTTEN NOWHERE ON GETTING THE CAR FIXED.*AK

CAR INCIDENT, DATED DECEMBER 8, 2001. HIGHWAY EXIT, 8.00 P.M., ON A STRAIGHT STREET, START FROM THE STAND. AFTER ABOUT 100 METRES, GOING INTO THE SECOND GEAR WITH A SPEED OF ABOUT 80 KM/H, THE CAR SUDDENLY SKIDDED TO THE RIGHT AND ROTATED. CRASHED AGAINST THE GUARD RAIL WITH THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL. THUS, FINALLY STOPS WITH THE FRONT REAR IN DRIVING DIRECTION IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROADWAY. MR

STEERING LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING 65-70 MPH, VEHICLE STRUCK POLE IN MEDIAN AND SPUN OUT. NO INJURIES, DAMAGE TO VEHICLE WAS $ 1000.00. *AK

COMPUTERIZED LIGHTING MADE DRIVING LIGHTS TURN OFF, AND HEADLAMP RETRACT DURING DRIVING; UNABLE TO SEE ROAD WHILE DRIVING. CAUSE DAMAGE AS LEFT SIDE OF CAR HIT CURB.

THE CONVERTIBLE TOP SQUEALED,THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLE HAD COME LOOSE, THE RIGHT FRONT TURN SIGNAL HAD GONE OUT, THE VEHICLE EXCESSIVELY USED OIL, THE VEHICLE HAD A RECALL ON THE STEERING IGNITION LOCK, ULTIMATELY THE STEERING LOCKED AND THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN WHILE BEING BACKED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE GAS GUAGE MALFUNCTIONED, THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT HAD COME ON, THE VEHICLE STALLED, AND THE BATTERY LEAKED ACID. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED TO BE COMPENSATED FOR THE INCONVENIENCE. SCC REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

WHILE DRIVING, STEERING COLUMN LOCKED UP CAUSING AN ACCIDENT AND INJURY, MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *TT REF. IN EA02-031 *CJS

The contact owned a 2000 Chevrolet Corvette. The contact stated while starting the vehicle, the steering wheel seized, with the steering column warning light illuminated. The contact was able to restart the vehicle and became aware that the steering wheel was difficult to turn. The dealer was contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact was referred to the manufacturer for assistance. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and referred the contact to the NHSTA Hotline for assistance. The approximate failure mileage was 21,000.

Fuel leaks from car when filled more than 5/8 full.

The Electronic Column Lock System (ECLS) failed. Car was recalled for this problem twice (2004 and 2006) My car was only included in 2004 recall, not the 2006 recall My car currently has 15,524 miles for an average of 675miles per year At time of 2004 recall my car had approx 2700 miles At time of 2006 recall my car had approx 4050 miles The failure of the ECLS is a prevalent problem in the 2000 Corvette I never had a problem until June 2023 I was told by Chevrolet that this could happen again I am under the understanding from my research the ECLS could fail while driving I want My car properly repaired to avoid a possible future catastrophe and to be reimbursed for towing and repairs