Three problems related to anti-theft controller have been reported for the 2001 Chevrolet Corvette. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2001 Chevrolet Corvette based on all problems reported for the 2001 Corvette.
Recall number 04v060000 recall date 02/09/2004 component steering:column locking:anti-theft device summary. Steering locked at exiting freeway. The fuel supply shut off so the vehicle cannot moved. The vehicle cannot be steered.
The vehicle is a 2001 Chevrolet Corvette. Upon driving the steering column locked preventing the car from being controlled at speed. After researching the issue and investigating the matter with Chevrolet customer service I found that this steering lock antitheft device was found to be dangerous as I described. The NHTSA forced gm to recall vehicles, mine in 2003, recall numberr 4006. Subsequently gm concluded that this recall was not effective and issued two more recalls however customers were never notified by mail. Recall number 4006c issued in Feb 08 2006 superceeds all previous recalls instructing dealers and service technicians to remove the locking mechanism. However gm fails to take responsibility to assure that this latter recall is provided to my vehicle. After numerous calls to customer service 866 790 5700 they will not authorize repair of my vehicle. After $1700 out of pocket expenses my car is still in a situation that the steering column can lock while being driven and gm fails to respond. I have been bounced around to 8 to 9 representatives in customer service from peru , texas and detroit all with no action. All owners of 1999 to 2004 Corvettes whose theft deterent system is still in operation, meaning the steerign column locks when the key is removed should be aware that the car may lock when driving and crash. This is from gm's own service recall number 4006c. These vehicle should not be driven.
"service column lock" - car starts and runs but completely shuts down once the clutch is realeased. Car has 8,374 miles on it and has been to Chevrolet for this problem 4 times in the last 600 miles. Each time I was told it was fixed except for the last time where the service tech couldn't tell me what they did for the car but stated "it seems to be working now". That was 200 miles ago - now back at Chevrolet.