2007 Chevrolet Corvette Driver assistance Problems

After starting the vehicle I am unable to shift out of park. This endangers both myself and a passenger if I need to move the car quickly in case of fire or another vehicle or object coming toward me. It also endangers other passengers in vehicles I may be blocking because they are unable to move. There are many other C6 Corvettes with this same problem documented per the Corvette Forum and YouTube.

NHTSA ID

11433201

Incident

Sep 15, 2021

SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM WARNING HAS BEEN ON NOW FOR BETTER THAN THREE WEEKS. WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION.

NHTSA ID

11361088

Incident

Aug 28, 2020

Mileage

34,000 mi

SERVICE VEHICLE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM WARNING IS ON IN VEHICLE. AFTER READING ONLINE THAT THE BRAKES CAN ACTIVATE ON THEIR OWN WITHOUT BRAKE LIGHTS I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE DRIVING THE CAR. A CASE NUMBER HASE BEEN GENERATED WITH GM CUSTOMER SERVICE.

NHTSA ID

11354465

Incident

Sep 3, 2020

Mileage

34,000 mi

EBCM FAILURE RESULTING IN LOSS OF ANTI SKID SYSTEM, ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM AND TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE WHICH DIRECTLY IMPACTS THE BRAKING SYSTEM AND STEERING. APPARENTLY IT'S A COMMON FAILURE AND GM HAS STOPPED MANUFACTURING OF THE NEEDED MODULES. THE RESULT IS THAT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE ARE EITHER UNSAFE NOW OR WILL BECOME UNSAFE WITHOUT ANY WARNING.

NHTSA ID

11319865

Incident

Feb 1, 2020

Mileage

150,000 mi

WHEN TURNING AT SLOW SPEEDS, THE ACTIVE SUSPENSION WILL EITHER ACTIVATE OR FORCE A DIC MESSAGE "SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM." SOMETIMES, THIS OCCURS SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH ABS ACTIVATION OF THE BRAKES. THIS HAS CAUSED ME TO DRIVE INTO HEAD- ON LANES, OR FORCED ME TO STOP IN MOVING TRAFFIC WITHOUT BRAKE LIGHTS. IT SEEMS WORSE IN COLD OR WET WEATHER. RESTARTING THE CAR WILL RESET THE DISPLAY.

NHTSA ID

11217531

Incident

Jun 1, 2019

Mileage

120,000 mi

OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR. MY TRANSMISSION IN MY CORVETTE WOULD NOT GO INTO PARK. I PUT IT INTO REVERSE AND BACKED IT OUT AND THEN COULD NOT PUT IT UP INTO PARK. I THEN PUT IT INTO DRIVE AND MOVED FORWARD SOME AND TRIED TO PUT IT INTO PARK. THIS TIME IT WOULD NOT GO EVEN INTO REVERSE. THE VEHICLE HAS 56220 MILES ON IT. I STAYS IN A GARAGE CLIMATE CONTROLLED AND HAS SEEN BAD WEATHER MAYBE 6 TIME (SNOW OR RAIN). SO OFF THE CAR WENT TO THE CHEVROLET DEALER TO GET REPAIRED. I GOOGLED THE PROBLEM TO DO A LITTLE RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT THAT THERE HAS BEEN LOTS OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH OUT ANY RESULTS. SO THERE IS A PLASTIC PIECE IN THE SHIFTIER MECHANISM THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY MUST BE REPLACED. SO AT $1068.00 LATER THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED. DID GM KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM, THEY SURE DID. THE SERVICE PERSON TOLD ME HE HAS REPLACED 2 THE SAME WEEK AND MORE THROUGH THE YEAR. MY GUT FEELING IS THAT THIS IS A HAZARD TO NOT ONLY THE OWNER BUT TO OTHER DRIVERS OUT THERE. I EVEN FEEL THAT IT COULD BE LIFE THREATENING TO EVERYONE. THE PIECE GETS STUCK IN THE UNIT AND ONE COULD DRIVE STRAIGHT INTO A WALL OR RUN OVER SOMEONE IN THE VEHICLES PATH.

NHTSA ID

11054856

Incident

Oct 11, 2017

TRACK CONTROL

NHTSA ID

11002978

Incident

Jun 20, 2017

Mileage

15,447 mi

ATTEMPTING TO ENTER AN EXPRESSWAY ENTRANCE RAMP, I ACCELERATED THE VEHICLE TO AVOID A CAR CLOSING RAPIDLY FROM BEHIND. THE CAR WAS HEADING STRAIGHT AND I MADE NO STEERING INPUT TO THE THE REAR END ABRUPTLY MOVED TO THE RIGHT AND I WAS UNABLE TO COUNTERSTEER SUFFICIENTLY TO AVOID HITTING A VEHICLE IN THE LANE TO MY RIGHT. THIS INITIAL COLLISION CAUSED FURTHER LOSS OF CONTROL WITHIN MY VEHICLE AND THE OTHER VEHICLE, AND WE COLLIDED A SECOND TIME.

NHTSA ID

10936619

Incident

Dec 18, 2016

Mileage

33,900 mi

THIS COMPLAINT IS WITH RESPECT TO MY 2007 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. TWICE WITHIN A THREE DAY PERIOD I RECEIVED A WARNING MESSAGE FROM MY CAR SAYING "SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM". IN THE FIRST CASE I WAS STARTING THE CAR (NOT MOVING) AND IN THE SECOND CASE I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT MOVING AT ABOUT 5MPH TURNING HARD TO THE LEFT. IN NEITHER CASE DID I EXPERIENCE ANY HANDLING ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE BUT AGAIN ONE TIME I WAS NOT MOVING AND THE SECOND ONLY TRAVELING AT 5 MPH SO IF ANYTHING SUCH AS AUTOMATIC BRAKE APPLICATION HAD OCCURRED I MAY NOT HAVE NOTICED IT. I'VE RESEARCHED THE ISSUE AND HAVE FOUND THAT MANY OTHER CORVETTE OWNERS (AND SOME CADILLAC XLR OWNERS) HAVE HAD THE SAME WARNING MESSAGE. IN SOME CASES BRAKES ARE APPLIED AUTOMATICALLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY AT HIGH SPREADS CREATING A REAL SAFETY ISSUE. ONE POSSIBLE REMEDY PER GM IS TSB 06-02-35-002 (RECALL N100118, 10118). BEING SAFETY RELATED I'M NOT SURE WHY THIS SERVICE USUALLY COSTS OWNERS. ALSO THIS TSB STOPS AT THE 2006 MODEL YEAR AND I HAVE A 2007 THAT WAS ORIGINALLY DELIVERED IN OCTOBER OF 2006. I HAVE CALLED MY LOCAL CHEVY DEALER ( [XXX] IN ATLANTA GA). I'M WAITING ON A RETURN CALL. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

NHTSA ID

10916568

Incident

Oct 14, 2016

Mileage

61,100 mi

ANY TIME I DRIVING OVER 30-40 THE CAR ACTIVATE THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM AND THE CAR ACTING STRANGE LIKE LOOSE TRACTION .NEED ACTIVATE THE DIFFERENT DRIVING SYSTEM TO KEEP DRIVE AND IS NOT NORMAL.

NHTSA ID

10903438

Incident

Aug 5, 2016

CAR TRACSION CONTROL KEEPS TURNING OFF AND GIVES ERROR MESSAGE "SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING"

NHTSA ID

10861339

Incident

Nov 9, 2011

I WAS DRIVING MY CORVETTE AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH. WHEN COMING OUT OF A CURVE ACCELERATED AND THE CAR PULLED TO THE RIGHT. WHEN APPLIED BRAKES PRESSURE IT HAD NO AFFECT ON STEERING AND STOPPING THE CAR. THE CAR CONTINUED TO GO TO THE RIGHT IN A CIRCLE UNTIL VEHICLE HIT THE GUARD RAIL. IT APPEARED THAT IT WAS IN A LIMP MODE THE CAR HAD A MIND OF ITS OWN THROUGH ACCELERATION THE TRANSMISSION AND BRAKE CONTROLS WHERE IN SYNC WITH EACH OTHER AND TOOK OVER CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND WOULDN'T STOP THE CAR. I AM FORTUNATE THAT DIDN'T OCCUR ON THE HIGHWAY WITH OTHER VEHICLES AROUND ME, WHICH COULD HAVE CREATED A CATASTROPHIC SITUATION. *TR

NHTSA ID

10703279

Incident

Jul 16, 2014

Mileage

15,000 mi

WHEN I START THE CAR ON THE DASH A WARNING APPEARS "SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM" I READ IN THE OWNERS BOOK I LOOSE HANDLING CONTROL AND OTHER PROBLEMS THE DEALER IS NO HELP? *TR

NHTSA ID

10648914

Incident

Oct 1, 2014

Mileage

41,500 mi

I WAS PULLING OUT OF A GAS STATION, ALL OF SUDDEN MY FRONT BREAKS LOCKED UP. THIS SCARES ME WHAT IF I AM ON THE HIGHWAY. *JS

NHTSA ID

10608474

Incident

Apr 10, 2014

Mileage

90,000 mi

ACTIVE HANDLING CAME ON AND CAR PULLED TO THE RIGHT. *TR

NHTSA ID

10594106

Incident

May 22, 2014

Mileage

13,000 mi

SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING/TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM WARNING CAME ON WHILE DRIVING AVERAGE SPEED (ABOUT 45MPH) GOING STRAIGHT ON A FLAT ROAD. LIGHT WENT OFF AFTER TURNING OFF VEHICLE. CAME BACK ON NUMEROUS TIMES AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS, SOME WHILE BRAKING AT A LIGHT, OTHER TIMES WHILE ACCELERATING. TOOK TO SHOP AND HAD RECOMMENDED FIX OF CLIP ON WIRE BELOW STEERING WHEEL COMPLETED. SHOP TEST DROVE CAR AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE ISSUE. ON WAY HOME, SERVICE LIGHT CAME BACK ON. THIS TIME I NOTICED THE BRAKE LIGHTS ALSO AFFECTED- LIGHTS ON WHILE DRIVING AND OFF WHEN DEPRESSING PEDAL. TOOK BACK TO SHOP WHERE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH UNDER PEDAL REPLACED AND BCM COMPUTER WAS FLASHED AND REPROGRAMMED (TO AVOID REPLACING). THIS SEEMED TO FIX THE PROBLEM.FOR ABOUT 5 MONTHS. SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL AGAIN CAME ON AND BECAME MORE FREQUENT OVER 2 WEEKS AND BY THE SECOND WEEK THE BRAKE LIGHTS STAYED ON AT ALL TIMES. RETURNED TO SHOP AND HAD TO PAY FOR NEW BCM COMPUTER. HAVE DRIVEN CAR TWICE SINCE THEN WITHOUT ISSUE. FOR OTHER ISSUES ALSO NOTED BY OTHER DRIVERS- HEADLIGHTS HAVE LITTLE CRACKS ALL THROUGH LENSES WHICH CANNOT BE REPLACED, MUST BUY NEW LIGHTS WITH ENTIRE HOUSING WHICH ARE VERY EXPENSIVE AND QUITE LABOR INTENSIVE TO REPLACE. ALSO HEAR LITTLE POPPING NOISES COMING FROM TOP AS NOTED BY RECALL ON FILE. *JS

NHTSA ID

10592559

Incident

Oct 9, 2013

Mileage

78,000 mi

MY CORVETTE IS EXPERIENCING BRAKE/ STABILITY CONTROL/ TRACTION CONTROL ISSUES. THE FIRST TIME I APPLY THE BRAKES AFTER STARTING THE CAR THEY PEDAL VIBRATES, THE BRAKES FEEL INEFFECTIVE, AND THE CAR DISABLES ANTI-LOCK BRAKES, ACTIVE HANDLING, AND TRACTION CONTROL. THE LIGHTS RESET AFTER SHUTTING THE VEHICLE OFF AND STARTING IT AGAIN, ONLY FOR ALL THESE SYSTEMS TO DISABLE UPON THE FIRST STOP. *TR

NHTSA ID

10564731

Incident

Feb 13, 2014

Mileage

57,021 mi

I'VE HAD SEVERAL INSTANCES OF THE "SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING WARNING" COME ON, ABOUT ONCE A WEEK FOR THE LAST MONTH ON MY CAR IN THE DRIVERS INFORMATION DISPLAY IN THE DASH. ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND HAD THE FIX PRESCRIBED BY GM, A CLIP ON THE CONNECTOR FOR THE STEERING POSITION SENSOR, INSTALLED. THAT STOPPED THE ISSUE UNTIL RECENTLY. YESTERDAY ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK THE SYSTEM KICKED ON AND LOCKED THE FRONT RIGHT WHEEL REPEATEDLY. IT JERKED THE CAR TO THE RIGHT, PULLING ME PARTWAY OFF THE ROAD AND ALMOST INTO A RAVINE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10551104

Incident

Nov 5, 2013

Mileage

59,000 mi

WHEN PRESSING IN THE CLUTCH TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP THE CLUTCH PEDDLE REMAINED ON THE FLOOR AND I HAD TO HOLD DOWN HARD ON THE BREAK PEDDLE TO STOP AND STALL THE ENGINE. THE CAR WAS IN GEAR AND AFTER STOPPING I WAS ABLE TO SHIFT INTO NATURAL (SIX SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION). I WAS GRATEFUL THIS OCCURRED AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED AND NO TRAFFIC BEHIND ME. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT COULD OF HAPPEN IF THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE IN TRAFFIC AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A CHEVY DEALER AND THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN SAID THE CLUTCH MASTER CYLINDER INTERNAL SEAL WAS RUPTURED AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. HE ALSO INDICATED THAT THE SLAVE CYLINDER MAY ALSO NEED TO BE REPLACED. THIS CAR HAS LESS THAN 12,000 MILES. *TR

NHTSA ID

10536196

Incident

Aug 18, 2013

Mileage

11,493 mi

USUALLY AFTER INITIAL START AND DURING LOW SPEED DRIVE AND OCCASIONALLY ON HIGHWAY SPEED THE SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING MESSAGE CAME ON THE DASH. SOMETIMES I COULD STOP, JUST SHUT THE MOTOR OFF AND RESTART IT AND THAT WOULD CLEAR THE MESSAGE. AFTER A FEW DAYS IT BEGAN WARNING MORE FREQUENT AND TOOK LONGER FOR THE MESSAGE TO CORRECT ITSELF. ON 3/26/2013... I HAD THE VEHICLE SERVICED, NEW TIRES AND THE WARNING MESSAGE LOOKED AT BY MY LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER AND THE FOLLOWING IS WHAT THEY REPORTED AND ASSUMED THE NEEDED REPAIR.: 3/27/2013 44876 CHECKED DTCS FOUND C0710 PERFORMED BULLETIN 06-02-35-002B AND INSTALLED "CLIP" IN STEERING WHEEL POSITION SENSOR AND CLEARED CODES AND TEST DROVE NO FURTHER REPAIR. COST FOR REPAIR WAS $107.63 (CLIP WAS $2.63) I HAVE NOT HAD ANY ISSUE SINCE REPAIR MADE BUT HAVE HEARD OTHERS COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE. STEERING TO ME WOULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE AND A $3 CLIP CURED THE PROBLEM... *TR

NHTSA ID

10535428

Incident

Mar 19, 2013

Mileage

44,876 mi

GAS GAUGE IS SHOWING ERRATIC LEVELS AND THEN SHOWS EMPTY WHEN THERE IS IN FACT FUEL IN THE TANK,...WORKS ERRATICALLY AND THEN STOPS WORKING AFTER MORE THAN 1/2 TANK OF GAS HAS BEEN USED, IF LEVEL OF GAS TANK IS BELOW 1/2,...GAS GAUGE SHOWS NO GAS/EMPTY,... THIS CAUSES DRIVER TO NOT KNOW HOW MUCH GAS IS LEFT IN TANK AND SO CAUSES A VERY, VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHEN TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, WHEN TRAVELING ON GEORGE BUSH TOLLWAY HERE IN PLANO TEXAS USA, MY CAR ENGINE DIED COMPLETELY CAUSING ME TO DRIVE TO SIDE WITH NO POWER IN HEAVY RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AND IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE FUEL SENDING UNIT/ FUEL SENSORS IN THE GAS TANKS OF NUMEROUS CORVETTES FOR YEARS 2005-2007. THE COST TO REPLACE THIS DEFECTIVE SENSOR DUE TO IT BEING IN THE GAS TANK IS >$1500 AT DEALER. UNACCEPTABLE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10531969

Incident

Jul 1, 2011

Mileage

25,000 mi

SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING APPEARED ON MY DIC. THE LIGHTS FOR THE ABS WERE ALSO LIT. THERE WAS NO TRACTION CONTROL ON MY VEHICLE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10522692

Incident

Jun 28, 2013

Mileage

35,000 mi

A VARIOUS TIMES THE MESSAGE, "SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING" APPEARED ON THE DISPLAY. THE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM WAS AUTOMATICALLY TURNED OFF BY THE COMPUTER. I READ ABOUT THE ISSUE ON THE CORVETTE FORUM AND THE CHEVROLET SERVICE BULLETIN CONCERNING THE ISSUE (BULLETIN # 06-02-35-002B). SINCE THIS IS AN EXTREME SAFETY ISSUE I WANTED THE REPAIR DONE. HENDRICK CHEVROLET OF CARY, NC COMPLETED THE REPAIR. THE SERVICE CODE HAD BEEN SET AND THE REPAIR INVOLVED PUTTING A LITTLE PLASTIC COMB AT THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION OF THE TELESCOPING STEERING COLUMN. THIS WAS NOT A RECALL ITEM, SO I WAS CHARGED. WHILE IT WAS $47.87 IT WAS TOO MUCH FOR A DEFECTIVE DESIGN ON CHEVROLET'S MOST ICONIC AUTOMOBILE, THE CORVETTE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10522237

Incident

Jun 14, 2013

Mileage

38,125 mi

INVESTIGATION EA09-002 THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT. THE "SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM" CAME ON. TOOK CAR TO RICHARD HIBBARD CHEVROLET (NOW OUT OF BUSINESS AS A CHEVROLET DEALER) IN CLAREMONT CALIFORNIA. THE DEALER INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ROTATION SENSOR (PART NO. 15231656, SENSOR 6.522) AND SAID THAT THE PART HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE SENSOR WAS REPLACED 05/11/2011 AT A COST OF $326.12. THERE HAS BEEN NO ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS. HOWEVER, THE SAME PROBLEM WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY REPAIR FOR EARLIER CARS. *TR

NHTSA ID

10497884

Incident

Apr 28, 2011

Mileage

41,759 mi

WHILE PULLING/TURNING INTO TRAFFIC ON A BUSY STREET.. MY CAR'S TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, AND I WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE, THUS ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. SINCE THE INCIDENT.. I HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS ISSUE A NUMBER OF TIMES. IT CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS, AS I NOW HAVE TO CONSIDER MY CAR UNSTABLE WHILE TURNING. *TR

NHTSA ID

10476988

Incident

May 31, 2012

Mileage

31,000 mi