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Service bulletin 01044

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id623553
Published by NHTSA2001-10-29
Manufacturer's number01044
Manufacturer's date2001-07-10
NHTSA componentSTEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR

NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE A CONDITION IN WHICH THE ELECTRONIC COLUMN LOCK MAY NOT FUNCTION AS INTENDED, THE CONDITION COULD RESULT IN THE FAILURE OF THE STEERING COLUMN TO UNLOCK DURING INITIAL KEY IN AND START UP, SHOULD THE COLUMN FAIL TO UNLOCK, THE ENGINE WILL STOP RUNNING IF THE VEHICLE STARTS TO MOVE. *SLC

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Steering, Steering column and wheel

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET CORVETTE1998, 1999, 2000

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
34752005-05-12. Service bulletin. TELESCOPING COLUMN MOVES WITH SEAT SWITCH. *TT