Just received letter from GM stating my 2000 FRC MN6 may have this condition!! Duh! It also states; Do not take your vehicle to your Chevrolet dealer as a result of this letter unless you believe your vehicle has this condition. This is not a recall!!! It also states that GM is providing owners additional protection in the event that if the steering column fails to unlock when the vehicle is started. If this condition occurs on your 2000 Corvette, the condition will be repaired for you at no charge until 2/29/08. What kind of B.S. is this?? Has anyone else received same type letter??

 

My letter received today for my 2000 M6 Coupe states there is a new repair procedure and to take the car to the Chevy Dealer. Also, contains a form to submit if you paid to have the repair. Going to submit the cost of my Corvette's of Houston CLB and see what happens.

Fred

 

if you guys would just buy a CLB you wouldnt have these problems......5 years..no worries

 

no new letter yet for my '03, just the first recall and about 20 subsequent reminders. havent done anything yet.

 

I got a letter today as well.
It is clearly titled "SAFETY RECALL REMINDER"

It states that the car needs to be fixed and if you've paid to have this condition fixed you may be entitled to reimbursement and the form is attached.

 

Maybe the recall status makes a difference to the type of letter received. My 2000 MN6 has already had RC 04006 closed when harness kit and reprogrammed computer, but I thought the new recall voided all prior work and now removed the locking plate on all U.S. MN6's. I hear what others say about just buying the kit and installing it, but I'm trying to understand the process being used by GM.

 

The only fix my dealer has mentioned to me is removing the locking plate. They stated that would be performed for free.

 

I got my letter today. 03 mn6 tourch red coupe. I had the recall done on mine back when I got the orginal letter. I am told in my letter to put the letter in the glove box with the other warrenty items and it is good til 2/29/08.

 

me too. read my earlier post, do I deserve a refund.

 

That's what I received also!

 

I just completed reading and reading and reading the actual 'Product Safety Recall'.

Here is the link to it on the CAC: http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/....php?qstId=601

My interpretation is they are now removing the Column Lock's 'locking plate' on manual transmissions and bypassing the column lock motor.

I would guess the difference in notice wording some members have received is due to different dealerships distributing different letters of their own design and the dealership's individual goals and objectives (perhaps some of which are NOT customer focused).

Some of the important points are noted in the PDF link to the actual Product Safety Recall notice in the above link. Here's one such points:

CORRECTION
Dealers are to remove the column lock plate on U.S. and Canadian vehicles equipped with an automatic transmission and U.S. vehicles equipped with a manual transmission. After the service correction, the steering column will no longer lock when the key is removed.

On Canadian and export vehicles equipped with a manual transmission, and export vehicles equipped with an automatic transmission, dealers are to 1) reprogram the PCM, and 2) verify there is adequate lock plate clearance and, if necessary, replace the lock plate. After the service correction, the steering column will continue to lock when the key is
removed.

 

CLB installed 2 weeks after buying my used 01. My steering wheel no longer locks when key is removed.

Have not recieved "the letter" yet, but when I do it's going right into the round file!! Why take a chance of them F***ing something up to fix a problem that no longer exists????

 

I have read the official GM consumer letter notice, AND the entirity off the actual recall technical instructions. The new recall actually removes the lock plate from all US cars, manual or automatics. It also has a GM harness adapter similar to the CLB made by an aftermarket company. In previous times, Automatics had their lock motors deprogramed in the computer control. I am unsure if in some cases the actial locking ring removed. Manuals were required by the Feds to keep at least one method of disabeling the car with a key NOT in the tumber, so they could not have the column lock bypassed in any way. The feds have changed their tune on this, and now allow NO column lock on manuals.

The aftermarket "CLB" will indeed prevent an electrical signal to lock from getting to the servo motor., but if the motor and locking pawl drift over time, they can still catch on the notched ring on the steering shaft. Rare but possilbe. The new GM fix removes the notched locking ring entirely, and replaces it with a round one so no matter what, the column cannot lock. ...ever!