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Engine
05/15/2015
The contact owned a 2006 Chevrolet Corvette. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle lost motive power. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the exhaust valve had fractured in cylinder # 6, damaging the piston, crankshaft, and engine block. The dealer informed the contact that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 34,678.
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Engine
07/15/2022
2006 CHEVROLET CORVETTE, CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARD TO DEFECTIVE CRANKSHAFT PULLY. THE CONSUMER WAS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT FOR A CRANKSHAFT SAFETY RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DECLINED ANY ASSISTANCE.
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Fuel/propulsion System
07/01/2022
I recently purchased the car. I am noticing a strong smell of fuel from the rear driver's side. It is random. No leak on my garage floor. Reading forums and it has been an issue with other corvettes. Concerned as it could be a safety issue.
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Service Brakes, Air
05/05/2022
The service active handling and the traction control error is appearing on my cars instrument panel. Causing the cars ABS system to activate the front brakes while driving.This reaction causes the car to pull to the left, nearly causing an accident. It has random affected my car here recently. In that years that I have owned the car I have not had an issue. However, I see that this issue has been widely reported on this generation. Although I don’t see a recall for this issue. I do see that this is very dangerous. I feel lucky that this did not happen as I was traveling at a higher rate of speed or I probably would have wrecked the car.
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Structure
12/06/2021
THIS COMPLAINT IS BEING MARKED FOR DELETION BECAUSE IT IS AN INADVERTENT DUPLICATE OF ODI# 11442986*DJR The contact owns a 2006 Chevrolet Corvette. The contact stated the roof panel is delaminated. The contact stated that wind was entering the vehicle with window closed. The contact called the local dealer but vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified however, provided no further assistance The approximate failure mileage was 55,000. The contact stated the failure was similar to NHTSA Campaign number 09V491000 (Structure). The contact was concerned about the roof detaching,
