Fog Light Switch problems of the 2005 Chevrolet Corvette

When the car is completely warmed up and I'm driving about 10 minutes further. First the daylight running lights go out. Then the turn signals in front don't work. Then the high beams don't work. All work while the car is cold. I was driving down the highway at 70 miles an hour when suddenly the high beams went out. I was in a panic and quickly switched on the fog lights. I could not get the headlight to turn back on. About 2 years ago I had a similar problem with my low beams. After the car warmed up the low beams would suddenly turn off. I took it to the dealership and they said it was a safety recall item and they fixed it with a jumper cable.

Driving in the rain when the low beam headlights stopped working; high beams and fog lights operational. Same thing happened on 11-23-14 (except no rain). In both cases the lights worked fine the next day. Dealer says ther is a recall but that they have no part or guidance from gm.

Tl- the contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet Corvette. Tthe contact stated that he waited for months to receive notification of NHTSA campaign id number: 14v251000 (electrical system and exterior lighting ). The contact stated that the parts were not available for several months. The dealer did not give a specific date when the parts would become available. The contact indicated that if a bump was hit in the road the low beams and high beams intermittently shorted. The contact mentioned that when the failure recurred, there was only the use of the running lights and the fog lights each time the failure recurred. The failure was progressing while the contact waited for the recall to be performed. The contact replaced the battery twice due to the intermittent failure. The contact heard a clicking noise coming from the keyless ignition and was not able to get the vehicle to start. The contact also replaced the two front tires and noticed that the tpms sneosr was illuminating intermittently. The vehicle was taken to a repair shop who diagnosed that there was an intermittent electrical short and the alternator may need to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired yet and the contact was still waiting for the part to perform the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approxmate failure mileage was 129,469. Dyd.

My low beam headlights went out with no warning. The interior light monitor on the dash shows the low beams as working. The fog lights and the high beams continue to work. I had to drive home with my high beams on.

Beginning in Feb, 2014, my '05 Corvette began exhibiting loss of low beam headlights due to a problem identified by gm. May of 2014, a gm recall # 13146 was assigned to the problem with a commitment from gm that the underhood bussing electric center (ubec) would be modified for vehicle owners at no cost (see nhsta campaign number 14v251000). I have contacted Chevrolet a few times since then, the last contact being yesterday (10/29/14). I was issued a case number by Chevrolet/gm (not included in this description as it could lead to personal information). Despite being aware of the need to correct this safety issue, I was informed 10/29/14 that Chevrolet/gm still has not provided the re-worked ubec for replacement. Lack of low-beams is a real problem as I am unable to knowingly drive at night due to lack of sufficient illumination when using only the fog lights, or over-illumination using just the high beams (this causes other vehicles to "flash" me to let me know my brights are on). Occasionally, I will be caught after sundown and forced to drive with either only fog lights or high beams. I am frustrated and disappointed by gm's lack of movement on correcting this problem, which is why I am contacting the NHTSA.

While driving at an estimated speed of 35 mph at approximately 9:00pm, my low beam headlights went out and I was unable to turn them on manually. I had to turn on my fog lights in order to see the road a head of me. The low beams would not come on weather not I set them for automatic or manually. I tried unsuccessfully trying to get the lights to come on and had I not immediately turned on my fog lights, I would have probably missed a turn in the road and could have swerved into on-coming traffic. The next morning I planned on taking the car to pep boys for them to check my fuses, but when I turned on the car, my low beams automatically came on. I then researched the internet and found that this has been reported to the NHTSA on at least 95 occasions and that the NHTSA has been working with Chevrolet to determine the problem, but has not issued a recall! I suggest that a recall be initiated immediately and not wait for any major accident or deaths to happen before issuing a recall for the fuse box that is to near the engine which overheats the low beams wires. This has been reported to the NHTSA since at least may and a full investigation in August 2013. I'm extremely disappointed that the NHTSA has not insisted that Chevrolet issue a full recall on fixing the fuse box that is overheating and causing the low beams on the 2005 - 2007 Chevrolet Corvettes. My next step will to include the media on the lack of a recall when this is a serious safety violation that need to be quickly resolved.

After the engine heats up (approx. 15 minutes) the low beam headlights go out. High beams will still work as well as fog lights. Once the car sits for several hours and cools down, the low beams will work again.

I was driving at night then all of a sudden my low beam headlights both shut off at the same time. My fog lights and high beams still worked. Gladly there was no one around, but this was extremely dangerous. I headed home immediately intermittently putting my high beams on. Someone is going to get injured in the future if this is not addressed by gm.

After traveling approximately 100 miles, we entered the tunnel from the yosemite national park entrance to the valley floor, the headlights failed to come on from the automatic setting even though the headlight icon illuminated on the dash board. After some confusion, the fog lights were turned on. The initial tunnel entrance from full daylight to darkness was problematic for ascertaining the sides of the roadway. High beams were not advisable due to the potential for blinding the oncoming traffic. The automatic systems are strongly safety oriented due to the driver dependence and confidence in the systems. The complete and random failure of the system and resultant failure of both headlights as opposed to a single failure expected of a manual system puts the driver and adjacent travelers in a dangerous and unexpected situation. A second failure was experienced about one week later on exiting from a well light parking area onto an urban roadway. Again the failure was not immediately perceived due to the illumination of the dashboard icon indicating that the lights were illuminated. The lights of the adjacent heavy traffic minimized the ability to perceive the lighting failure but clearly the adjacent drivers perception of the approaching car was affected. Once again, the remedial action was to illuminate the fog lights after cycling the manual control to no effect. The next morning, the system was performing normally. Random failures have a much stronger safety impact due to the unexpected nature of the failure. A trivial investigation on the internet revealed that this failure has been reported both to the NHTSA and the manufacturer, Chevrolet, to no effect. Failure has been attributed to a fuse block. The failure then appears to be a design flaw in the packaging of the fuse block.

At approximately 30mph the low beam headlights went out in auto mode. I immediately tried to go to manual mode but they were still out. I pulled over at an auto parts store, checked fuses (all fine) and finally had to resort to using fog lights. The next morning I took it to a repair shop, where they were found to be working fine. They found no issue. About a week later I was driving on the 405 freeway when they went out again. I again used the fog lights. I was parked for about 2 hours and when I got back in the car the low beams worked again. After about 20 minutes of driving, however, they went out again. After using the fogs to get home, the low beams have been working for the past couple of days but I'm sure it will keep happening.

The contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet Corvette. The contact stated that the head lights and high beams failed, leaving only the fog lights in operation. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer where it was determined that the fuse box in the engine failed and once the engine became hot, the lights would fail. Once the engine cooled, the headlights would resume operation. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not available. The failure and the current mileages were 65,000.

Headlamps quit working while driving at night. Both headlamps did not turn on and I had to drive with the fog lights. I checked the relay and fuses which were all okay. This morning, they did work. I've researched other owner forums of which this incident has happened from a bad ground from an overheated fuse box in the engine compartment, with owners driving at night and driving lights going out inexplicably, which could lead to serious injury.

I was driving at night and the headlights turned off. After further incidents I discovered that the headlights work properly when the car is cold then after about 15 minutes the lo-beams go out. High beams and fog light function still works properly. The dash indicator on dash indicates lights are on even when they are not. It appears to be a thermal problem. You can drive a short distance and the headlights work properly. Park the car and drive it a short time later and the headlights don't work. I've discovered others on the internet have the same issue with the 2005 Corvette and they ended up having to replace the entire fuse box.