Originally Posted by 8VETTE7

Actually, if the car has never been serviced by GM for the recall you CAN go to them and they MUST do the recall at no charge to you. The recall was a NHTSA forced safety recall and they never expire. What GM was successful in doing is to say they will no longer repair free of charge any vehicle that has ALREADY had the GM recall service done that is experiencing problems with the column lock system. They can do that because their "fix" for the safety issue was the fuel shutoff. That has 100% corrected the issue that NHTSA wanted fixed, namely it prevents the car from being driven if the BCM thinks the column is locked. Unfortunately it also prevents the car from being driven under many false circumstances as well. Call up our dealer and give them your VIN and ask them. If they say no, ask them why since the car has never had the recall service done.

Hopefully you have never had the car serviced by a GM dealership since the recall was issued in Jan 2004 because the recall service may well have been done without your knowledge. The dealerships do NOT have to tell you that they have applied a NHTSA recall though most would note it on the service report you receive.

Personally I would NOT let GM touch the car. They will reflash the PCM to set the fuel shutoff speed to 1.5 MPH. Additionally they will remove the lock ring ( variation 04006C of the GM recall) and may add a K harness that will fail somewhere down the road. If it were my car I would buy and install a CLB and be done with it.

Originally Posted by 8VETTE7

Hopefully you have never had the car serviced by a GM dealership since the recall was issued in Jan 2004 because the recall service may well have been done without your knowledge.

Originally Posted by Shylor

Nope it never was. No Stealership service department goon will ever touch my car if I can help it.

Originally Posted by Shylor

Nope it never was. No Stealership service department goon will ever touch my car if I can help it.

Originally Posted by Shylor

I never did have the column lock recall done on my 2003 Z06. I used to get the notices all the time and just filed them away. I wonder if they would still do it for free?