Owner-reported complaints naming the other system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports whose component NHTSA recorded as unknown, or that do not map to one of the categories above. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2006 Chevrolet Corvette submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 13 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
WHEN THE VEHICLE BE IN 1ST GEAR , IT MAKES A WEIRD NOISE, I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP,THEY REPLACED A SCREW ON THE REAR END BUT IT DID NO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE CAR ONLY HAS 16000 MILES ON IT NOW. I CALLED THE CAR MANUFACTURE SHE SAID IT WASNT NOTHING THEY CAN DO. IM AFRAID THE REAR END MIGHT FALL OFF.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET CORVETTE EQUIPPED WITH FOUR AFTERMARKET MHT F350 NITROUS SEC WHEELS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INNER WHEEL FAILED, WHICH CAUSED THE TIRES TO PUNCTURE AND BENT THE RIMS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE DRIVER SIDE TIRE AND WHEEL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FOUR TIRES FLATTENED DUE TO THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000. THE VIN, SERIAL NUMBER, AND PART NUMBER WERE NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 5/28/15 *TA UPDATED 11/23/2015*JS
APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR AGO, MY 2006 CORVETTE STARTED SHOWING THREE MESSAGES: SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING/SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL/SERVICE ABS. I WAS GOING TO HAVE THE DEALER TAKE A LOOK AT THE VEHICLE, BUT THEN THE MESSAGES WENT AWAY. THEY WOULD COME ON AND OFF, BUT IT WAS NOT A VERY FREQUENT OCCURRENCE. YESTERDAY, 07/28/2013, NOT ONLY DID THE MESSAGES APPEAR, BUT MY ABS KICKED IN WHILE GOING AROUND A CORNER AND I ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE. I SHUT DOWN THE VEHICLE AND RESTARTED IT, BUT ALL THREE MESSAGES CAME BACK ON WITHIN 30 SECONDS OF DRIVING IT. I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE DRIVING MY 2006 CORVETTE WITH ONLY 40,000 MILES ON IT. *TR
ACTIVE HANDLING WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR SUDDENLY PULLED TO THE RIGHT WITH NO WARNING AND PUT THE RIGHT FRONT BRAKE ON. *TR
ACCORDING TO CORVETTE FORUM, THIS IS ANOTHER WIDESPREAD PROBLEM- THE HARMONIC-BALANCER BECOMES WARPED AND REQUIRES REPLACEMENT... IF NOT DONE TIMELY, OTHER "PARTS" COULD BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED AS WELL... *TR
MY ACTIVE HANDLING COMES ON FOR NO APPARENT REASON IN MY CORVETTE CAUSING IMMEDIATE UNCONTROLLABLE BRAKING. IT RESULTS IN SWERVING AND DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. *TT
WHEN DRIVING THE SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT APPEARS ON THE DASH. I HAVE HAD THE ORIGINAL RECALL FIX PERFORMED ON MY CAR (ORANGE/RED CLIP) AND HAD THE STEERING WHEEL POSITIONING SENSOR REPLACED. THE PROBLEM IS NOW BACK AGAIN. *TR
I OWN A 2006 CORVETTE AND WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 270 IN GERMANTOWN, MD THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL OF THE CAR LOCKED UP FOR NO REASON. I WAS NOT BRAKING TURNING OR CHANGING SPEED. I WAS CRUISING AT A CONSTANT 60 MPH WHEN IT ALL OF A SUDDEN LOCKED UP THE FRONT RIGHT WHEEL. IT CAUSED THE CAR TO RUN OFF THE ROAD INTO THE SHOULDER! I WAS VERY LUCKY TO BE EXACTLY WHERE I WAS AT THE TIME OR SOMEONE MAY HAVE BEEN KILLED! I LOOKED INTO GM RECALL INFO AND FOUND THERE HAS BEEN 3 DIFFERENT FIXES FOR THIS PROBLEM. I ALSO FOUND THAT 2 OF THE 3 FIXES HAVE BEEN DONE TO THIS CAR BY THE PREVIOUS OWNER AND NEITHER FIX HAS WORKED. I AM BRINGING THE CAR INTO THE DEALER TOMORROW AFTER SOME QUICK RESEARCH I FOUND THIS PROBLEM TO BE VERY COMMON TO THE 2005-2008 CORVETTES. I CAN'T BELIEVE GM HAS DONE NOTHING ABOUT THIS! *TR
I PURCHASED A 2006 CORVETTE IN JUNE OF 2010. SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD VARIOUS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS INCLUDING, HIGH AND LOW TIRE PRESSURE WARNINGS, FLAT TIRE WARNING (TIRES WERE FINE), SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM (HAS HAPPENED TWICE WHILE DRIVING, FRONT TIRES LOCKED UP.. ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED. I WAS SITTING AT A LIGHT, WHEN TO TURN LEFT AND FRONT TIRES LOCKED UP. PUSHED THE CLUTCH IN SEVERAL TIMES BUT TIRES STILL LOCKED UP. TURNED OFF THE ACTIVE HANDLING .. CHOSE COMP DRIVE MODE, PROBLEM WENT AWAY. SEVERAL TIMES LATELY THE PUSH BUTTON START DOES NOT START THE ENGINE, EVERYTHING ELSE COMES ON BUT NOTHING FROM THE ENGINE. CHANGE TO A DIFFERENT GEAR, PUSH CLUTCH BACK IN, NOTHING.. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, IT FINALLY 'CATCHES" AND STARTS. THE TIRES HAVE LOCKED UP TWICE SINCE JUNE OF 2010. THE PUSH BUTTON START BEGAN MALFUNCTIONING ON A DAILY BASES ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO. I DO NOT WISH TO FLY OFF THE HIGHWAY INTO A DITCH BEFORE THIS CAN BE FIXED. (ACTIVE HANDLING). *TR
I OWN A 2006 CHEVY CORVETTE. I FIRST GOT THE SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING LIGHT WHEN I BOUGHT MY CAR USED AT 31K MI. I TOOK IT IN FOR SERVICE AND THE DEALER FIXED THE ISSUE BY PUTTING THE PLASTIC CLIP IN THE SWPS PLUG, AS LISTED IN THE TSB. APPROX 10 MONTHS LATER THE SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING CAME BACK ON. IT COMES ON SOMETIMES AND NOT OTHERS. FORTUNATELY NONE OF MY WHEELS HAVE LOCKED UP BUT I AM WORRIED FOR MY SAFETY AND MY FAMILIES SAFETY. OF COURSE MY CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY( 900 MILES OUT) AND I HAVE TO PAY TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM ON MY OWN DOLLAR AND WORRY THAT THE WHEELS COULD LOCK UP. *TR
2006 CORVETTE COUPE- FRONT LEFT TIRE LOCKED UP @ 35 MPH. THE RECALL CLIP HAD ALREADY BEEN INSTALLED BEFORE I PURCHASED THE CAR. THE TECH AT THE LOCAL GM DEALER CALLED GM.AND WAS TOLD TO REPLACE THE STEERING WHEEL POSITION SENSOR. *TR
ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO MY 2006 CORVETTE'S DIC SAID PLEASE SERVICE THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM AND THE TRACTION CONTROL OFF INDICATION LIGHT CAME ON. LATER THAT DAY I WENT TO TAKE THE CAR TO BE SERVICED. ON THE WAY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON BUT THE OTHER LIGHTS HAD GONE AWAY. AT THE DEALERSHIP IT WAS PLUGGED UP TO A COMPUTER I WAS TOLD IT SAID THERE WAS A LEAK FROM THE GAS CAP, WHICH DOESN'T CLOSE PROPERLY AT TIMES. I WAS ALSO TOLD THE COMPUTER SAID NOTHING ABOUT THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM AND JUST TO WATCH IT AND COME BACK ANOTHER TIME IF I KEPT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH IT. THE WARNING MESSAGE OR LIGHT DIDN'T COME ON AGAIN FOR ABOUT 4-5 WEEKS. WHEN IT DID I WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND AFTER HITTING A BUMP THE LIGHT AND WARNING CAME ON. WHEN THE CAR WAS TURN OFF AND RESTARTED IT WOULD GO AWAY. I HAD NOT BEEN DRIVING IT OFTEN BECAUSE I HAD ANOTHER CAR. THE PAST WEEK I HAD TO DRIVE IT EVERY DAY TO WORK DUE TO IT NOW BEING MY ONLY CAR. THE LIGHT AND WARNING NOW COMES ON ALMOST EVERY TIME IT IS DRIVEN. THE CAR IS TELLING ME THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM IS OFF, BUT WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING IT SOMETIMES PULLS THE CAR TO THE LEFT WITHOUT ME MOVING THE WHEEL. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE BREAK MAKES A GRINDING NOISE AND IF YOU PLACE YOUR FOOT ON TOP OF THE BREAK IT FEELS AS THOUGH IT IS BEING PUMPING UP AND DOWN. TWO TIMES NOW WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE TO WORK THE CAR HAS PULLED ITSELF OFF THE ROAD CAUSING ME TO ALMOST WRECK AND CAUSING OTHERS WRECK BEHIND ME. I HAVE SET UP AN APPOINTMENT FOR TOMORROW 11/17/2009 BEFORE GOING TO WORK BUT WAS TOLD THEY ARE UNSURE (EVEN THOUGH THIS IS MAJOR AND I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY) IF THEY WILL HAVE A RENTAL CAR SO I CAN GO TO WORK. IF THEY DON'T I WILL BE FORCE TO DRIVE MY CAR UNTIL THEY DO AND I CAN GET OFF WORK. I CAN'T LOSE MY PROFESSIONAL JOB OVER TRANSPORTATION. THIS REALLY UPSETS ME BECAUSE I HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE OF TRANSPORTATION AND IT PUTS NOT ONLY ME BUT OTHERS AT RISK BECAUSE THIS CAR WITH 33,000 MILES IS FAULTING. *TR
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND HIT A SMALL POT HOLE. THE ALLOY RIM OF MY NEW C6 CORVETTE SPLIT IN HALF AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE CAUSING PARTIAL LOSS OF CONTROL IN TRAFFIC. SPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 40 TO 50 MPH. IT APPEARS THE WHEEL INDUCTION WELDING IS FLAWED. I FEAR OTHER WHEELS HAVE THE SAME FLAW. AT SPEED, THIS COULD BE THE CAUSE OF A FATAL ACCIDENT. I AM A MECHANICAL ENGINEER AND IT APPEARS FLAWED TO ME. I HAVE THE WHEEL IN MY POSITION AND I HAVE PICTURES I CAN EMAIL.*JB
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