Was Leaving A Friends Tonight When My Steering Locked Up. When I Got Home I Went Through My Paper Work And Saw The Previous Owner Had It Serviced In 2006. Does This Happen Every So Many Miles, Years, Or What??? Am I Just Unlucky That It Happened Twice. Should The Dealer Fix It For Free If Its Not Supposed To Happen After The Recall?

 

I'll answer your question after you do two things .....

1) Explain how you get every word to start with a capital letter ... and why .....

2) Have you read the sticky at the top of this forum concerning the "column lock" ?????

 

ha dont know how that happened with the caps pretty wierd when i saw that. and sorry just saw the post up on top.. sorry guys!!!!!

 

No problem ... and since you answered me ... I'll give you the "Reader's Digest" version ....

The GM recall has turned out to be more trouble than it's worth. Part of the recall (assuming it was 04006c that was performed) included adding some wiring to the steering column (called the K harness) that was SUPPOSED to solve the problem

Well, good old GM went "cheap" on us, and whoever made the harnesses appears to have used parts from a former Soviet electrical parts maker ..... many of the harnesses fail after a couple of years or so.

GM's current "policy" is "we did the recall - if something is broken on the car it is the owner's responsibility to fix it". People on the forum have reported varying levels of dealer response .... sSome dealer's, apparently as part of a "customer care" policy, will repair the column lock for free, others will do a "deal" such as you pay parts, they'll cover labor, and others just take the GM line and say if it's broke, you gotta pay to fix it. Call your dealer and ask their policy.

In general, though, most people find that the best (and most permanent fix) is to buy and install a CLB kit.

Here's one that is popular ....

http://www.corvettesofhouston.com/index.php?cPath=29_42

Let us know if you need more info .....

 

We just went through this last week with a customers car.The dealer said that the recall was performed on the car over a year ago, and they only do it one time for free,but the problem could resurface.The customer has to pay for the second repair. John

 

The dealer does the first repair for free.The same problem could happen again, but the owner must pay for the second repair. John

 

Your car did not have all three recalls done
- you still have the locking plate
- first off don't drive car
- order a CLB from either thunder racing or corvettes of huston
-Once you have the CLB your ready to start install once you go online and print out the neat how to.
www.ls1howtwo.com, over on the right hand side is a area that says C5 you will see Item 5 is the column lock - click on instructions and then print out.
The guy who wrote this is the one that builds the CLB for Thunder Racing and that is why I bought mine from Thunder racing. Now your ready to install.

If column is still locked insert and turn key- jerk wheel left and right and hopefully it will free up the wheel and the pin will retract - follow the install directions.

 

All You Have To Do Is Type An Entire Post In All Caps And It Will Change It To Only The First Letter Of Every Word. It Is Supposed To Be Less Annoying But I Think It Is Even Worse.

 

Adding 2 cents on the successful use of the CLB.

When I purchased my car in April 2000 I installed the CLB immediately. After 8 years, I've never had any issue with the Column Lock circuit, and I've never let GM touch the lock with any of their bogus recalls. Since my car is an MN6 they would not have removed the locking plate as they do on A4s so there still would have been a risk of lock-up.

Just passing on my successful experience with the CLB solution.