Five problems related to steering have been reported for the 1997 Chevrolet Corvette. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
The contact owns a 1997 Chevrolet Corvette. While attempting to drive in reverse, the engine stalled and the steering warning indicator illuminated. The failure occurred on multiple occasions. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer stated that the vehicle was previously serviced according to NHTSA campaign number: 04v060000 (steering). The approximate failure mileage was 86,000.
When backing out of the drive way, the steering wheel locked up. The consumer had the vehicle, towed to the dealer for inspection. The consumer stated," that this is the second time the steering wheel had locked up". Please provide any further details.
Consumer states that while driving at 5mph on flat surface and without warning the steering wheel locked up causing a distraction to the consumer. Dealer notified. Ts ref. In ea02-031.
Lock (2nd incident occurred 2 months later first incident (see voq 10044868): (about 3000 miles after 1st incident) driving car about 15 minutes at about 35-40 mph. Turned right into restaurant parking. Went to turn right into parking space, but wheel would not turn at all. Had to park car in roadway of parking lot. Engine did not turn off. Turned off engine, restarted car, but wheel was still locked. Had car flat-bedded to dealer (bob hook Chevrolet). Dealer had car a few days and said it was repaired. (driver to send paperwork). Per phone call with cheryl tuosto (cat).
While driving to work on a 55 mph road consumer got onto another road going about 35 mph. Turned right into work parking lot and steering wheel locked up. After trying unsuccessfully to straighten out the wheels he applied pressure to the brakes and stopped the vehicle. Disc displayed a message. Did not hit anything, because nothing was in vehicle's path. Shut off and restarted vehicle to try to get wheels to unlock. Also tried to turn wheel back and forth, but it would not move. Towed vehicle to dealer. Dealer said he fixed the problem. Consumer sold vehicle so he did not know if problem has recurred.