general problems of the 2000 Chevrolet Corvette

I experienced loss of control by skidding and almost leaving the road toward a dropoff while applying the brake since the abs, active handling, traction control systems have been malfunctioning at 35mph on a mountain road applying the brake as I was going around a sharp curve I believe the cause of this malfunction of the abs/ah system is a faulty ebcm which is known by countless members of the Corvette owners community as a safety issue that should have been recalled a long time ago. If I would have known about this issue without an active recall I would not have bought the car. Several times this has happened in varied situations and I cannot rely on these safety features to save my life if something occurs that would send me out of control into another vehicle or over a steep cliff like in the close call I mentioned earlier in this text. Gm does not value my life as much as I do and this recall would have bankrupted them shortly after 2000. I'm sure there are hundreds of thousands of wrecked Corvettes and loss of life due to this failure to recall them so they should be able to afford it 20 years later.

The abs tcs system on my 2000 Corvette has malfunctioned. I've been told that this can't be repaired. After researching this seems to be a chronic problem on this vehicle. My Corvette only has 49000 miles on it and this is a serious safety issue involving control of the vehicle during an emergency braking condition, especially on wet roads.

I was driving on a main street this summer at about 40 mph and put on the brakes and they lock up, my car when sideways at 40 mph, very lucky know one was hurt!! went to the dealer to have the car checked out and was told the ebcm was bad and there was no fix for it !!! so now I and I'm sure a lot of others have a very unsafe and dangerous vehicle that Chevrolet seems to have no obligation to supply a repair for. You would think NHTSA would step on and force Chevrolet to resolve this issue , or is it going to take a death to make someone act ?.

I read in the newspaper today that the government is taking action against general motors for the ignition key problem. I experienced a similar problem with my Corvette. The engine will shut off while in gear and in motion, disabling power steering, brakes and the ability to move the car out of the way. A message "service steering column lock" appears. The car has been recalled for this problem and has been repaired several times. This has been done long after the warranty expired at no cost to me. Last year the problem occurred again in melbourne near the vette doctor Corvette repair shop. The dealer I bought the car from, fischer in titusville was not a Chevrolet dealer anymore. The car was repaired for about $800 and I contacted gm and was told to make a claim at the bob steele dealership in cocoa. The claim was rejected. Gm had continued to fix the problem and one time when I was in sarasota I was reimbursed for rental car expenses to get home, this was when the car was seven years old. I would like to get help with my expenses.

The abs and traction control sys. Fail in all of these cars. Gm does not provide a fix or replacement part for the 99-2000 ebcm which means I have to drive my car without needed safety features required by the state of va to pass vehicle state inspection. The majority of 99-2000 Corvettes are driving around without abs and traction control because of lack of support from gm. This is an issue that needs to be resolved.

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.

Warning lights in dash alerted me to the active handling/traction control not working. This is the second failure of the ebtcm module. Called the gm dealer for the module only to find out is it no longer available & there is no alternative or replacement available. I am currently driving the car with the fuse pulled to render the safety braking system inoperative.

At normal hwy. Speed (65 - 70 ) I am loosing the safety of my abs and traction control. This is due to manufactures fault in the ebcm (electronic brake control module ). This could lead to an handling issue!.

Ebcm failure, no traction control, no abs. Gm no longer makes parts! ebcm is not repairable. Becoming a real problem with 1997-200 Corvettes.

I own, as do 75 other customers of tony's Corvette shop in maryland, a 2000 c-5 Corvette. ( currently 32,000 miles)the abs/traction control module for this vehicle has been discontinued by gm. My module as well as the other owners has failed and is no longer available for replacement. Further operation of these vehicles invites safety related ramifications as they will not perform as designed for safe operation. The shop owner searched across the nation and there are no replacements available. Why has gm failed to meet the safety needs of the public for its vehicles?.

Tl- the contact owns a 2000 Chevrolet Corvette. The contact stated upon start up the vehicle warning "abs and traction control" light indicator illuminated on the contact's instrumental panel. The contact took his vehicle to his dealer for diagnostic test. The dealer stated they could not repair the vehicle because of the age of the vehicle. The contact then took his vehicle to an independent mechanic. The mechanic stated the electric control module would need to be repaired however, the part no longer producing by anyone. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 38,000. The VIN was not available. Az.

The contact owns a 2000 Chevrolet Corvette. The contact stated that the abs and traction control indicators illuminated on the instrument panel. The dealer stated that the bpmv needed to be replaced along with other unknown failures. The manufacturer stated that the part needed for the repair was discontinued. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 25,000.

My 2000 Corvette coupe's abs system became inoperative, and despite the safety aspect of this failure, gm has done nothing to repair, assist people who would like to repair -- or at least give notice of available repairers -- to the large and growing number of owners whose abs systems have stopped working. Gm's position is that the abs module was manufactured by delco which is now o/o business, and that they have no interest or responsibility for in any way dealing w/the matter. "go fly a kite" is hardly the position gm should be permitted to take when there are now thousands of Corvette 00 and earlier models who receive no help, and can do nothing to repair, reprogram, purchase or otherwise provide abs braking. There's not a Corvette repair facility unaware of the problem, and none can do anything but tell their customers to check w/craig's list or junkyards in the hope of getting the module. Even the website absfixer. Com that largely exists because of gm abs system breakdowns can't help; it can only repair post-2001 modules. No member of the "corvette forum" site -- an active group of highly sophisticated Corvette owners -- can help. Some of gm's most active parts people have called high level gm officials, and beside the "go fly a kite" response, they were given web sites that, when called, make clear that they can't help. Finally: on Friday, by sheer accident, I may have found a person able to repair the modules -- if he can, he's the only person in the world who can do so. But my question is this: why do people like me have to hunt down possible repairers for hours? why isn't gm obligated to provide technical assistance to people who would like to repair safety-oriented parts like abs modules. And, at a minimum, why isn't gm required to use best efforts to search for repair information and relay it to their parts and repair people? [note: I've heard that the same problem may exist for other gm cars and trucks. ].