GM has never issued a "RECALL" notice on the steering column lock issue.
When I bought my 2002 Coupe I registered it with My GMlink.com. I regularyly check the recall section. According to the search there has never been a recall on my vette.
From reading all the horror stories on here about the various issues with the C5, especially the steering column locking up at the most inconvenient times - like in your garage and not being able to move the car. I got curious. First I called my dealership. Of course they play ignorant and know nothing about this issue. Next I go to the My GMlink.com and do a little research and fine a section to "contact us".
You can do this via e-mail but if you scroll down to the bottom of the form you will find a 1-800 number. Go to HELP, then Contact US, scroll to the bottom of the e-mail form for the number.
This will get you to the Chevrolet Customer Assistance Center: 1-800-222-1020. BTW they no nothing about your vehicle as enterd on the MY GMLink.com web site. You should re-register your vehicle with them by phone.

You will find out the following:

The steering column lock up issue is not a Recall, but a "Special Policy" of GM for service. Here is the kicker - GM will not do a thing until your steering column locks up. The good news is unlike other GM Special Policies, this one does not have an expiration date as of yet.

Word to the wise - always be pro-active never believe what the service techs at the dealership tell you - they are not the source for current information about your vehicle. Believe what your brothers and sisters here on Corvette Forum tell you about your vehicle and always always contact the source, in this case - the Customer Assistance Center for Chevrolet.

By the way - that Special Policy number is: 05081 "Electronic Steering Column Lock System".

 

Wanna bet?




If your '02 is an automatic, then no, it hasn't been recalled, since it has no steering lock.

 

Well, all I can tell you is exactly what the Customer Assistance Center at Chevrolet told me over the phone - if you have a recall notice number please POST the number!

 

Now you wanna bet? The automatics DO have an electronic steering column lock.

 

GM recall # 04006
There has been a few revisions to this recall, I think 04006C is the current one, revised Feb of this year.

And you can read more about this recall on the NHTSA site, although the "fix" as stated is the 04006a revision (outdated):

http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/pr...0&summary=true

2001/later A4's have the lock motor in place, yes...but the solid lock plate prevents it from physically locking the column. These cars are not affected by the recall.

 

I've received recall notices in regards to the steering column lock on both my 1999 automatic coupe, and my 2004 MN6 coupe.

 

Ok I am confused... is there any way to check if this so call recall has been done? Mines a 98/6sp...

I have the car 2 months! Now I'm worried!

 

Give your Vin # to any GM dealer. They can instantly tell you if there are any outstanding recalls.
There's a couple people on this forum that have access to that info as well, maybe they'll chime in.


My advice..if your steering column still locks when you remove the ignition key, look up Thunder racing, or Corvettes of Houston, and order a CLB (column lock bypass) and install it. It is without a doubt, the most relaible fix there is for this issue.
Even the latest current GM harness fix is proving to be less than reliable.

 

This is a "salt in the wound" issue that GM has got around. If not for this Corvette Forum I would not have got my column lock removed.

The latest is a "Service Bulletin" meaning that it is not a RECALL. You have to have a problem with the column lock before most dealers will remove it on the MN6. Just tell the dealer in a pissed off way that you have had it with your vette leaving you stranded and you want the "Service Buletin" done. If you balance your anger with a smile you will get it done.

Got to hand it to GM for being a bunch of crooks. This forum is great and if not for it GM would have got away with a lot more of its BS> Good Luck

 

wanna bet?? yes the earlier c5's have steering column locks across the board, i think 2002 or maybe 2001 but i cant remmember for sure, but anyway somewhere around there the lock was eliminated for automatics, just the manuals had it.

 

My 97 A4 had the lock. I put the CLB in and it has been fine for 3 years now. I also get those postcards regularly. Although I haven't gotten them since I wrote back and told them it is in storage. Doesn't matter to me. I won't let the dealer touch it.

 

Read this.......thoroughly, or just install the "CLB".

 

I had the early recall done on mine. Still installed the CLB and haven't worried about it.

 

There were numerous recalls on this and the dealer would perform them whether your column had locked up or not. Since it was a safety recall, my dealer automatically performed these recalls even if the car was in for routine service unless specifically instructed in advance not to.

 

Nope---not entirely true....

Only 2001 and newer A4 cars don't have to worry about column lock up. That's because the factory made them that way....

....All C5 manual shift cars are potential column lock problems (unless they've been modified/fixed)

End of story...

 

This is good to know

 

Our 99 coupe had the recall work done. I took the car in for an oil change and the dealership informed me they would do the recall work for the column lock. There was a second one also for the seatbelt mechanism. They did that also.