2004 Chevrolet Corvette defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2004 Chevrolet Corvette. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• Fuel Tank Leak
  Preliminary Evaluation PE10015 · opened May 12, 2010 · closed Sep 10, 2010

  In its June 30, 2010 response to ODI's Information Request letter, General Motors (GM) identified the leak source as cracks in either the fuel tank cross-over tube quick connector (connector) and/or the hot-plate weld joint of the connector to the tank.The root causes are attributed to errors in connector material proc…

• 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 …