I am new to the forum and am looking for suggestions.

I have owned my 1999 Vette for over 4 years with no major problems.

A couple of months ago, in the middle of the day the AC and radio stopped while I was in stop and go traffic. The volts dropped to 10.3. After driving a block or two, the AC came =back on and the radio started working. I took it to the local dealer, no codes.

About a month later, it took 4 or 5 attempts to start and sometimes when it did start, the displays would be dim. I took it back to the dealer. This time when they pulled it into the bay, it almost didn’t start and the dash light were dim, confirming my complaint.

Long story short, they said my power distribution box was bad. Replaced it that did not correct the problems. Actually, things are worse. Now my Vette will start sometimes and idle just fine but as soon as it is moved about3-5 feet it shuts off and the fuel pump relay stats clicking rapidly. The dealer cannot find the problem(s) so they towed it to an automotive electrical shop. After a week, they called and claimed they could not find the problems but they claim the dealer screwed everything up.

I’m ready to have it towed to my house and try to figure the problem(s) out.

Has anyone encountered these problems and what did you do to have them corrected.

Thanks

 

The answer to your problem is on this forum. Do searches on starting,charging, battery acid leak, water leak on BCM and bad grounds.

I do not know where to tell you to start but the easiest so you know is to start with the battery.

If a dealer had to send it out to a repair shop be afraid of that dealer

 

I'm having the same problem. Please let me know what you find out.

 

You have a bad ground some where most likely

Are you running the stock battery?

 

Try a new Key sounds like Vats Issue.
They replaced the Fuse Box?
Sounds Like a bad ground or Battey Cables, Maybe even Battery.

 

Battery, battery connections...have you attempted to pull the codes yet? The moving 3-5 feet then it dies sounds like the security system or the column lock issue.

 

Send a PM to Bill Curlee. He's an expert on this kind of stuff.

Good luck.

 

Have you reset the FOB & then pressed unlock? Anytime the battery dies the VATS defaults to disable mode & the car will start & run, but will only move a few feet before it kills.

Try it & report back.

 

I had the Corvette towed to another dealer. I checked with a couple of people in town that Corvettes and say this dealer is really knows his stuff. Over the phone, he said he thinks it is a bad relay connected to the steering wheel locking system. After reading some of the posts, it might be part of the problems, coupled with a bad ground somewhere. I’ll keep everyone updated. With luck, I should get my Vette back in a day. Thanks for all ideas.

 

You may want to rephrase this, Found out my battery is bad I left interior light on for short time had to get jump. Been driving ever since jump.

 

If the battery dies totally or is disconected. And you are correct, sometimes it is fine w/out the reset....We see this all the time at the shop, and we have a high volume of vettes go through. 2 weeks ago we had 21 cars in the shop & only have 16 bays.

 

Thanks for posting the info on the FOB as one of the things to keep in mind when dead battery or changing.