Engine Shut Off Without Warning Problems of Chevrolet 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.

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My 2007 Chevrolet Corvette z06 droped a valve while I was driving home. I was on a regular 45mph speed limit road in traffic when I realized the car was losing power and quickly pulled on the side of the road because there were cars in front and behind me. Luckily nobody was hurt but if I had been on a highway in the middle lane someone could have lost their life including me. From the second I realized the car was losing power to the point the engine shut off was a matter of 5 seconds maybe. After doing much research online I found out there is a very common problem with valve guides being out of spec in this model Corvette.

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While driving, the steering wheel suddenly locked and the engine shut off. The car was stuck in the roadway. The car was towed to the local dealer, who said a critical recall was never done. Although I am the original owner, I never received a recall notice from gm. The recall, which I later found to possibly affect 120,000 Corvettes from 1997 to 2004, was performed according to gm instructions. However, the recall only consisted of removing the steering lock pins. The likelihood of fuel system shut off still existed. The dealer said the gm recall was ineffective, gm was aware that the recall was insufficient, and said the entire mechanism needed to be replaced in order to prevent future recurrence. The replacement was then done at my cost. As a licensed professional engineer I believe the inadequate gm recall remediation is a serious safety defect. I was told by the dealer that the defect usually occurs after 60,000 to 80,000 miles. However, most Corvettes are driven well beyond this point. I wrote to gm, but they are not taking this potentially dangerous condition seriously.

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This car intermittently locks the steering column. No reason. The engine shuts off at speed.

While driving at highway speeds this vehicle will just shut down in the middle of the highway while moving. Dealer has been contacted.

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While backing out of the garage engine shut off. Consumer pulled key out of ignition, waited 10 seconds, and tried to restart vehicle. Dashboard lit up, and vehicle would not start. Consumer stated there was investigation ea02031 that explained the exact problem.