1998 Chevrolet Corvette defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 1998 Chevrolet Corvette. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• STEERING COLUMN LOCKUP
  Engineering Analysis EA02031 · opened Nov 15, 2002 · closed Mar 11, 2004 · led to recall 04V060000

  In 2001, general motors (gm) issued customer service campaigns 1044 and 1044a to address a condition where the steering column would fail to unlock during the initial key-in and start-up in certain my 1998-2000 corvette vehicles.however, odi continued to receive complaints concerning steering column lockup on corvette …

• STEERING COLUMN LOCKUP
  Preliminary Evaluation PE02054 · opened Jul 1, 2002 · closed Nov 15, 2002

  See resume in repository.

• FRONT LAP BELT MALFUNCTION
  Engineering Analysis EA00009 · opened Mar 16, 2000 · closed Apr 18, 2000 · led to recall 00V111000

  Odi opened this ea00-009 on march 16, 2000, to continue analyses begun under preliminary evaluation pe99-076.the alleged defect: lap belt webbing in both seating positions tends to fold over while entering the retractor opening.these folds frequently impede proper webbing retraction.if the retractor has been inadverten…

• FRONT LAP BELT MALFUNCTION
  Preliminary Evaluation PE99076 · opened Dec 10, 1999 · closed Mar 16, 2000

  There is no summary currently available

• STEERING COLUMN LOCK MODULE
  Preliminary Evaluation PE99066 · opened Nov 8, 1999 · closed Jul 21, 2000

  There is no summary currently available