occur throughout the entire C5 production from the automatic standpoint?

Thanks,

 

Read the sticky on the subject.

 

Automatics from 1997 through 2000 had the potential for the problem. 2001 and newer automatics cannot have the problem.

 

Thanks, exactly what I was looking for.

 

As a new C-5 owner I heard GM had a recall on C-5's for this problem. Does anyone know if there is a way to find out if your car was taken in for this recall? My '99 has a manual trans. I am pretty sure the manual trans version also had the recall. Wonder if GM still honors that recall 11years later such as in my case?

 

The recall was nothing but a crock of poo. It didn't fix the problem. Mine had the recall done by the previous owner and the column locked shortly after I got the car (2000 m6). GM would not stand behind it. I even wrote to the Customer Service Dept. Needless to say, I don't use their service department at all anymore. The only real fix is a CLB.

 

4 KRUSIN pretty much said it. The GM recall ( all variations as there were at least 4 different ones) were a total failure and do NOT provide a permanent solution.

Unlikely that your car does NOT have the recall done but you can call the GM 1-800 customer service line and check your VIN to see if there are any outstanding recalls. Only way to know what has been done to your car relative to the column lock is to pull down the drivers side knee bolster and look. They may have installed a GM K Harness between the BCM and the lock motor (actuator). If so it will look like this:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...ky-please.html

Then scroll down to the first pic.

If it is installed and connected up it will eventually fail and leave you stranded somewhere.

If there is no K Harness then check to see if a precious owner has installed a CLB. It will look like the square box with the single connector in the following link:

http://www.corvettesofdallas.com/pro...6303f36f038a56

If that is installed you are all set.

If no CLB yet then check in the passenger footwell for the presence of the spliced purple wire with a relay that has a purple wire in the wiring base going into the splice. It will be above the BCM (large silver box) and will look exactly like this:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...please-52.html

Then scroll to post 1030

If you have that mod then if you deide to install a CLB you will need to bypass the relay inorder for the CLB to work properly. Heres detail on bypassing the relay:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...-was-done.html

Then scroll to post #3

 

If you can turn the steering wheel while the ignition switch is off, the harness is probably in place that will bypass the column lock.

 

Not a legitimate set of assumptions.

There are variations of the GM column lock recall service that replaced the lock plate with the smaller diameter one even on manual trans. cars. Column locking or not does not follow whether a K Harness is installed or not. A properly installed CLB does mean that the column was unlocked and then the actuator disconnected so that the column no longer can lock.

 

My '03 does not have the CL problem.