1996 C4 Defect Reports
ODI ID: 504418
Make: CHEVROLET
Model: CORVETTE
Year: 1996
Date of Failure: Friday, April 19, 1996
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT
Summary: TRANSMISSION CONTROLLED BY COMPUTERIZED EPA SHIFTING WHICH
FORCED TRANSMISSION INTO TWO GEARS AT ONCE, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. *SD
ODI ID: 511603
Make: CHEVROLET
Model: CORVETTE
Year: 1996
Date of Failure:
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: STRUCTURE:BODY ROOF
Summary: WHEN ROOF PANEL IS REMOVED, VEHICLE EXHIBITS EXTREME
VIBRATION WHENEVER ANY ROAD BUMPS ARE ENCOUNTED, ANY SPEED UP TO 35MPH THE ENTIRE VEHICLE
VIBRATES, DUE TO
ODI ID: 602718
Make: CHEVROLET
Model: CORVETTE
Year: 1996
Date of Failure: Wednesday, January 01, 1997
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: FUEL:FUEL PUMP
Summary: FUEL PUMP FAILED.
ODI ID: 602718
Make: CHEVROLET
Model: CORVETTE
Year: 1996
Date of Failure: Wednesday, January 01, 1997
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: EQUIPMENT:ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT:RADIO:TAPE DECK ETC.
Summary: RADIO INOPERATIVE.
ODI ID: 603051
Make: CHEVROLET
Model: CORVETTE
Year: 1996
Date of Failure: Thursday, January 02, 1997
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: STRUCTURE:BODY ROOF
Summary: FRONT ROOF LINE OBSTRUCTS TRAFFIC LIGHT VIEWS FOR TALL
DRIVER'S.
ODI ID: 603064
Make: CHEVROLET
Model: CORVETTE
Year: 1996
Date of Failure: Saturday, June 01, 1996
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: LIGHTING:GENERAL OR UNKNOWN COMPONENT:COURTESY LIGHTS
Summary: INTERIOR LIGHT SENSOR FAILED.
ODI ID: 604191
Make: CHEVROLET
Model: CORVETTE
Year: 1996
Date of Failure:
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: INTERIOR SYSTEMS:INSTRUMENT PANEL:GAUGE:INDICATOR:OIL
Summary: DASH ALERT (GAUGE) FOR OIL EXCHANGE.
ODI ID: 604928
Make: CHEVROLET
Model: CORVETTE
Year: 1996
Date of Failure: Wednesday, December 04, 1996
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: FUEL:CARBURETOR:SINGLE:MANIFOLD:INTAKE
Summary: INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILED.
ODI ID: 604928
Make: CHEVROLET
Model: CORVETTE
Year: 1996
Date of Failure: Wednesday, December 04, 1996
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: COMMUNICATIONS:HORN ASSEMBLY
Summary: HORN FAILED.
ODI ID: 605184
Make: CHEVROLET
Model: CORVETTE
Year: 1996
Date of Failure: Sunday, September 01, 1996
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: POWER TRAIN:TRANSMISSION:AUTOMATIC
Summary: TRANSMISSION FAILED IN 2ND GEAR.
ODI ID: 605268
Make: CHEVROLET
Model: CORVETTE
Year: 1996
Date of Failure: Saturday, June 01, 1996
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
Summary: MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND CLUTCH FAILED.
ODI ID: 605268
Make: CHEVROLET
Model: CORVETTE
Year: 1996
Date of Failure: Saturday, June 01, 1996
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: POWER TRAIN:TRANSMISSION:STANDARD:MANUAL
Summary: MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND CLUTCH FAILED.
ODI ID: 605301
Make: CHEVROLET
Model: CORVETTE
Year: 1996
Date of Failure: Tuesday, October 01, 1996
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: SUSPENSION:INDEPENDENT FRONT CONTROL ARM UPPER:BALL
JOINT
Summary: UPPER LEFT BALL JOINT FAILED.
ODI ID: 605301
Make: CHEVROLET
Model: CORVETTE
Year: 1996
Date of Failure: Sunday, December 01, 1996
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: STRUCTURE:BODY ROOF:CONVERTIBLE TOP
Summary: ROOF SEAL FAILED.
ODI ID: 606082
Make: CHEVROLET
Model: CORVETTE
Year: 1996
Date of Failure: Thursday, August 01, 1996
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: EQUIPMENT:ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT:RADIO:TAPE DECK ETC.
Summary: RADIO FAILED.
ODI ID: 800448
Make: CHEVROLET
Model: CORVETTE
Year: 1996
Date of Failure: Thursday, July 04, 1996
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: SUSPENSION:INDEPENDENT FRONT
Summary: THE CAR IS A CONVERIBLE HARD TOP. WHEN TOP IS NOT ON THE
STEERING WHEEL AND THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE SHAKES OUT OF CONTROL. WHEN THE TOP IS ON ,
THIS DOES NOT H
ODI ID: 800448
Make: CHEVROLET
Model: CORVETTE
Year: 1996
Date of Failure: Thursday, July 04, 1996
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: STRUCTURE:BODY ROOF:CONVERTIBLE TOP
Summary: THE CAR IS A CONVERIBLE HARD TOP. WHEN TOP IS NOT ON THE
STEERING WHEEL AND THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE SHAKES OUT OF CONTROL. WHEN THE TOP IS ON ,
THIS DOES NOT H
ODI ID: 802992
Make: CHEVROLET
Model: CORVETTE
Year: 1996
Date of Failure: Monday, July 15, 1996
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: STEERING
Summary: THERE'S A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHCIH CAUSES THE CAR
TO HOP AT ANY SPEED. PLEAE GIVE MORE INFORMATION. *AK
ODI ID: 810226
Make: CHEVROLET
Model: CORVETTE
Year: 1996
Date of Failure: Sunday, March 16, 1997
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: ENGINE:OIL FILTER/BRACKET
Summary: WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY THERE WAS A BANGING NOISE IN THE
BACK OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE OIL FILTER POPPING OUT WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, ALMOST CAUSED
THE VEHICL
ODI ID: 810827
Make: CHEVROLET
Model: CORVETTE
Year: 1996
Date of Failure:
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: POWER TRAIN:TRANSMISSION:AUTOMATIC
Summary: TRANSMISSION SKIPS GEARS INTERMITTENTLY, CAUSE IS UNKNOWN.
*AK
ODI ID: 811568
Make: CHEVROLET
Model: CORVETTE
Year: 1996
Date of Failure: Thursday, March 13, 1997
Incident: Yes
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 1
Component: STEERING:POWER ASSIST:PUMP
Summary: CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND AIR BAGS DID NOT
DEPLOY, HIT 2 TREES AND CONSUMER WAS INJURED. *AK
ODI ID: 811568
Make: CHEVROLET
Model: CORVETTE
Year: 1996
Date of Failure: Thursday, March 13, 1997
Incident: Yes
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 1
Component: INTERIOR SYSTEMS:PASSENGER RESTRAINTS:AIR BAG:FRONTAL
Summary: CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND AIR BAGS DID NOT
DEPLOY, HIT 2 TREES AND CONSUMER WAS INJURED. *AK
ODI ID: 811568
Make: CHEVROLET
Model: CORVETTE
Year: 1996
Date of Failure: Thursday, March 13, 1997
Incident: Yes
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 1
Component: INTERIOR SYSTEMS:PASSENGER RESTRAINTS:AIR
BAG:FRONTAL:PASSENGER
Summary: CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND AIR BAGS DID NOT
DEPLOY, HIT 2 TREES AND CONSUMER WAS INJURED. *AK
ODI ID: 813521
Make: CHEVROLET
Model: CORVETTE
Year: 1996
Date of Failure: Sunday, June 22, 1997
Incident: Yes
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: BRAKES:HYDRAULIC SYSTEM
Summary: WHEN DRIVING ON A STRIGHT AWAY AND UPON DEPRESSING THE
BRAKE PEDAL THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY PULLED TO THE LEFT, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HAVE AN
ACCIDENT. DP 96
ODI ID: 818294
Make: CHEVROLET
Model: CORVETTE
Year: 1996
Date of Failure: Tuesday, October 07, 1997
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: INTERIOR SYSTEMS:SEAT TRACKS AND ANCHORS
Summary: WAS MOVING OUT OF PARKING AREA AT 10MPH. DRIVER STARTED
STRETCHING WHEN SEAT CRACKED IN HALF. TOOK TO DEALER 7 INFORMED IT WAS ALREADY CRACKED
BEFORE DRIVER BRO
ODI ID: 818649
Make: CHEVROLET
Model: CORVETTE
Year: 1996
Date of Failure: Saturday, August 09, 1997
Incident: No
Fire: Yes
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT
Summary: WHILE PARKED AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE COMPUTER SYSTEM
CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CATCH ON FIRE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
ODI ID: 822502
Make: CHEVROLET
Model: CORVETTE
Year: 1996
Date of Failure:
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: STEERING:POWER ASSIST
Summary: WHEN MAKING A RIGHT OR LEFT TURN VEHICLE WILL
UNEXPECETEDLY LOSE POWER STEERING CONTROL, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY ANY
PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FU