general problems of the 2003 Chevrolet Corvette

A very strong smell of gasoline in the cabin area and in the trunk after filling the Corvette with gasoline. The strong smell of gasoline was at it's strongest scent when the deck lid was open. I stood on the rear right of the Corvette with my head barely inside the trunk. So basically rear right sector of the Corvette, just passed the rear right wheel well. The Corvette was parked on a level concrete pad at the gas station. I did not overfill. Pump nozzle stopped. Approximately 14. 6 gallons of fuel was pumped into the Corvette.

The car has developed a condition where the steering column lock fails to unlock the steering column when the vehicle is started. A message appears in the dic display telling you to pull the key and wait 10 seconds. It shuts off the fuel supply if you attempt to drive it. Chevrolet acknowledged this condition existed in 2006 via a letter. The car only had a little over 5k miles on it at the time and now has only 43k on the odometer. Per my phone call with them today they feel they are no longer responsible. The first time this happened I had backed into the road and the car died leaving me in dire jeapordy. Can anything be done to make them honor this defect in this very expensive automobile? note. . . . This has been happening since the summer of 2018 intermittently.

I was backing out my driveway and my steering column locked and I could not control the car. I pulled up the emergency brake and stopped the car because I could not control the car. Myself and a neighbor was able to push the car back in the driveway. The computer gave the message . . Steering column lock message and then the car would not start anymore. . . Meaning it would crank but just immediately shut off. This is a recall safety problem with this car and chevorlet is aware recall number 4006 a, b, c and special provision policy 05081.

I inherited my fathers 2003 Corvette convertible in January of 2017, I have not driven it much and it only has 14000 miles on it. I recently filled it up after about an hour long drive. The day and weeks following my garage has smelled heavily of gas fumes. I recently began doing some research on this topic and found that apparently this is a common problem with this year model Corvette. The online forums I have read point out this could cause a fire while driving as well as create a explosion hazard in your garage. One even suggested there might have been a recall on this problem, but after researching I found no such recall. I am fearful that if this problem is a common problem someone will or may have already died due to this issue.

Tl-the contact owns a 2003 Chevrolet Corvette. The contact stated while the vehicle was parked, the contact smelled a strong fuel odor. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 106,996. Ak.