PhilsFRC

Not an attorney, but if it gets bad enough, maybe class action suit. Diminshed value, loss of use, etc.

SIMM1

All I know, is I'm glad I'm not alone on this. Something has to be done. It's crazy!

LoneStarFRC

Non-starter plus you can still drive the car.

PhilsFRC

Oh well!

LoneStarFRC

Yeah, I know. Sux.

VGLNTE1

Go test drive a c5 and steal it

rebelheart

Actually your comment may be the dumbest ever posted! They do indeed make parts for older cars....common parts that are shared across car lines,not very specific year,and model parts. Sometimes a dealer can turn up NOS sitting on another dealers back shelves or warehouse if you are lucky.

rebelheart

Thirty five years in the business tells me you both havent a clue how things really work.

PhilsFRC

If you look at other threads on this subject, it appears there are three (IIRC) versions of this part: 97-98, 99-00 and 01 on. For whatever reason (used in other cars?) the only one not available is 99-00 and when it was, it was priced at like $375. The others are available in the aftermarket at less than $100--DOESN'T MAKE SENSE--unless that two year span was entirely a unique part to Corvette only. Heck all it is is a glorified resistor inside a piece of plastc.

Gordy M

By chance did you have any alignment work or had the steering wheel detached from the linkeage. Years ago that happened to me & I found they put the steering rod back together 360 deg out. After a search I found that by measuring the voltage I get everything back together and not a problem since.

PhilsFRC

I have NO issues with my car at this time. Just trying to accumulate parts for known problems before they become NLA.

Catnip

I have a 1967 Chevelle SS 396 and there isn't a part on that car I can't get either new or NOS. My neighbor has a 1957 Nash Metropolitian and parts are easily available. Lets face it..GM has abandoned the early c5's and don't give a ****.

Catnip

leadfoot4

Me too!


I just ordered a SWP for my '01 from Gene...should be on my front porch tomorrow.

rebelheart

Reman parts for classic cars are a big business,C5's wont be classics for many years!

Ironman433

After two months of constant searching high and low worldwide for this damn sensor, writing back and forth to Chevy (who as no help - gave me links to try checking... TO CLASSIC PICKUPS PARTS or OBSOLETE CARS 20 years older than my 1999!!) I even had GM PartsDirect make me do a pre-order confirmation and they said they had it until a week after I paid for it!! 4 other places took my money for it, too, and I'm still waiting on Corvette Specialties in CA to refund me $400 after a month!!

I found a used one on eBay that just arrived - tab is on the back of it - but I was hoping to get some info on putting it on here... I'm thinking I should take it to a dealer and have them give it a shot if it is possible to use a used one rather than screw up my only shot at fixing this for now anyway!

I did think it was weird that '97, '98, '01...'05 were all white plastic and $85 to buy but '99 and '00 are black plastic and $375...?? WTF?!

Ironman433

It was only used for two years - 1999 & 2000...

fendermender

Talking to a friend about this the other day. He was telling me this isn't just a C5 problem. GM has also abandoned many other vehicles that are still somewhat valuable...High End SUVs, Pickups and Cadillacs for instance. The answer by GM is those were built by the "Old GM" and we are now the "New GM" Seems anything built before the bailout is considered obsolete.

The attitude is evident when I call my local GM dealer which is one of the largest distributors in the area. I called to price the TPMS for my 99. The parts person cracked " I didn't know they had Tire Pressure Monitors on anything that old.

I think this is a general trend with manufacturers. I have 3 Sharpe HVLP spray guns I bought new some years ago. I recently went to the website looking for some service kits. According to Sharpe, these are obsolete but they give recomendations on which current models replace them. If they think I'll spend another grand or so with them, they are nuts. Typical in todays society...it breaks...toss it in the trash and get a new one.

Ironman433

Looking through eBay hoping to get lucky and find one of these, I think I may have stumbled onto the best solution yet to fix this discontinued sensor problem!! I'd like to get some feedback on my idea...

I happened to run across this on eBay:


I happened to notice that it already had a steering wheel position sensor on it and it was just like the ones you can still buy at Auto Zone for $85 all day long:


Not like this used one I paid $361 for!


The entire column - steering wheel, turn signals and all - was cheaper than that used sensor was and it says that they're all interchangable from '97 to '04, so it makes more sense to upgrade the steering colmn to one that you can still buy parts for to me...?? Right?!

Any input on that idea?!

NOTE:
I wrote the guy that I bought the used sensor from about exchanging it for a column (if he had one) and he replied:

"It was centered on removal so provided you install it just as you received it, it will work.
Can also be readjusted by anyone with a GM Tec II."

leadfoot4

I would think that you would have to make sure the electronics (SWPS) would be compatible between the car you have, and the car the column came out of....

bontrager

Do you have the auto zone part number?
They have a part number for a steering wheel sensor for a 2000 vert for $268.00 but claim they can't get if from the supplier

thank you