Brake Electric Antilock Problems of Chevrolet Corvette

Consumer writes in regards to safety issues for 2002 and 2004 Chevrolet Corvettes. The consumer stated he experienced a failure of a module which controlled the abs and traction control systems.

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Anti lock brakes no longer operable on 2000 Chevrolet Corvette. General motors aware of multiple occurrences but no longer manufactures the replacement part () ecbm and will not accept any responsibility for remedy.

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Ebcm issues on the c5 Chevrolet Corvette. Getting abs/ah/tc errors on disk. This is a common issue that should have been a recall for saftey reason. . Read more...

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Have failure of abs system on 2000 Corvette. Appears to be related to failure of the ebcm. Not repaired at this time due to $1800. 00 plus cost. Currently the cars abs and traction control system has been disabled by the cars computer.

2001 Chevrolet Corvette coupe with 50,000 miles service abs, active handling and traction control warning appeared intermittently, about 6 times in the last 3 months. Longest it stayed that way was for a week. Abs, traction control and active handling were disabled which I believe was a serious safety issue. It could happen just before or during an emergency situation. Many other owners of this model had the same problem - see Corvette forums.

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I am writing this complaint about a known faulty component within the c5 Chevrolet Corvettes. This part, the ebcm, causes the loss of abs and tcs. This failure is a known problem and has happened to many c5 Corvette owners. In fact, gm even has a policy known as he goodwill policy in which they will randomly offer discounts to Corvette owners. Some will receive the discount and others will not. When we had the car diagnosed at a Chevrolet dealership as directed by gm officials we were told that they wouldn't replace the part due to the number of miles on the car. This problem had originally occurred when the car had around 30,000 miles on it, appearing to be an intermittent problem, and then after months of driving the faults would not reset. The individuals at gm said that they knew there was a problem, but they would replace the part on case by case basis. The individual at gm claimed that he contacted the technician at james woods and was told that the part failure was normal, and that the part failed at around 60,000 miles. There were many failures with less miles than that. My problem wasn't the fact that they wouldn't offer any discount, but the fact that there was a known problem that affected the safety of drivers, and they will not act to correct the problem. . I am a frequent poster on the following website and you could verify that there wa s indeed a known problem with the ebcm. The website was Corvetteforum. Com. If you perform d a search on the website under the c5 section you will see that there were many cases of individuals who have experienced this problem. I could not give an accurate account of any accidents or deaths due to this problem, but I do know that the impact was extremely high or that the possibility of an accident due to absence of abs was extremely high.

Without warning steering wheel and brakes locked up. Consumer down shifted, and was able to pull off the road. Consumer con had vehicle towed to the dealership, and dealership was unable to duplicate the problem.

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Sometimes. After turning into an intersection, the abs engage and slows the vehicle to 5 mph and there is oncoming traffic.

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The car was on the freeway at 70mph when the anti skid light came on and the car suddenly decelerated to 15mph. Several attempts were made to correct the problem to no avail.

Brake pedal "sticks" often when applied causing unintended deceleration, activation of active handling system, premature brake wear, rotor warpage, and brake fade.

Upon application of brakes at highway speeds, when the driver then lets off of the brakes, the pedal stays down and the brakes are still applied.

Brake pedal sticks when you just tap it to slow down. Pedal does not spring back up after inital tap. I have to place my foot behind brake pedal to lift t pedal back up.

Brakes do not fully release. When brakes applied and repleased, they stuck and continued to brake. Dealer acknowledged problem, but will not replace brake booster which seemed to be culprit because it appeared to be operational to spec.

Brakes were dragging to the point of locking up, and rotors got real hot. Pulled over, and disengaged active handling of vehicle. Dealer will order all new parts & run tests to find out the cause of the problem.

Vehicles brakes locked up, causing severe flat spot on tires. This should be a safety concern, as the car is nearly uncontrollable at the time of lockup. This vehicle was driven from the manufacturers plant in bowling green, ky to lyman, SC, approximately 400 miles, by way of nashville, TN. It sat in the garage the following week. The next weekend, the brakes locked up. Taken to the Chevrolet dealership the following Monday, it remained there for two full weeks while they repaired the abs system. While at the dealership, the system again failed after the first attempts to repair were unsuccessfull. The second attempt required parts that were to be back ordered. The parts were located at the Corvette plant, however, and the repairs made. The vehicles brake system now appears to be normal. The last part of the brake system, the tires, have not been repaired at this time. Only a "good will offer" of $75 has been offered, towards the cost of $1600 worth of tires, on a $46,000 car.

Started to experience a vibration in the front end upon application of brakes at approximately 5000 miles. This condition continued to occur. The front brake rotors were resurfaced at 8678 miles. This was a temporary solution. By 15000 miles the same condition returned, front end vibration causing the steering wheel to shake when applying the brakes. This was very noticable at freeway speeds. The dealer replaced the front rotors at 15613 miles. At around 20,000 miles this condition returned, front end vibration steering wheel shake when brakes applied. Once again the front rotors were resurfaced. They do not seem to grasp the fact that this is not correcting the problem. In addition to the front rotors there have been two occasions that upon hard (emergency) type braking the abs system did not appear to function correct. On both occasions there was an excessive amount of brake release which nearly caused an collison.

Abs brakes locked up/failed.

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Vehicle will pull to left or right while braking. Consumer must hold steering wheel tightly even at low speeds or will lose control of vehicle. The tire manufacturer and the independent alignment specialists state that the problem is with the suspension.