It seems that if we do this we ought to also leave the windows down, doors unlocked and keys in the ignition with a Mobil SpeedPass attached to the key ring....
I actually bought the bypass, but have not installed it. Seems to be very few lockups anymore? I think the plant must have made a change due to the problems encountered in the past years. So the bypass stays in the box.
------------------
2001 Torch Red/Mod TR Z06
Zaino;CAGS defeat;Lloyds Z06 front/cargo mats;CAU decals;Z06 exhaust plate;Valentine 1;BP Al Gas Pedal;power antenna;Dynamat Super interior.
Call me crazy, but I don't see how the column lock is going to stop a thief anyway. The only people it's stopped so far are the Vette owners.
I'll take the bypass as I prefer it to sitting on the side of the road for 3 hours waiting on a flatbed. Not to mention the additional damage the dealer is likely to do to the car when it's in for repair.
Better safe than sorry I think.
------------------ SSPORT IT UP!!!
E-Mail: [email protected]s.net
National Corvette Museum Member #4641 2001 Speeday White Z06 Corvette SS
2001 Navy Blue Metallic Coupe
I am with SS on this one, as one of the first to install the bypass about a year ago I would do it again, after I saw 2 new 2000 Vettes coming off a flat bed and scraping the hell out of the cars I said no thanks to that happening to my car. If a theif was stealing you car it would be a couple of seconds difference with or without a locking column. Did you know that you can take the wheel and turn it real hard side to side while the lock is on and break the column lock, I have seen this done at a junk yard with a 99 Vette. The only person that the column lock stops in the owner, sad but true.
The bottom line is that your car is no harder to steal with the column lock bypass or without.
------------------ Carl V. *****Authorized Zaino Distributor*****
Huntingdon Valley, PA.** 2000 Magnetic Red Convertible **
MN6,F45,QF5,AQ9,AG2,CJ2,T96,B34,AAB,UN0,U1S,JL4,UV6,T82,N37
** Corvette Club of Delaware Valley ** www.hcvind.com
E-Mail: [email protected]
[This message has been edited by hcvone (edited 02-03-2001).]
Lets hear all the column lock problems from the Z06'ers...well?
If it is very wide spread, I think installing it to fix it would be well worth it, but so far I have yet to see any direct posts about this problem being wide spread or as significant a problem as it was.
------------------
2001 Torch Red/Mod TR Z06
Zaino;CAGS defeat;Lloyds Z06 front/cargo mats;CAU decals;Z06 exhaust plate;Valentine 1;BP Al Gas Pedal;power antenna;Dynamat Super interior.
The Z06 and the standard C5, if you want to put in those terms share most of the same electrical parts, and most of the column lock problems are when the weather is warmer out as SS said. I am going to install a bypass for a customer of mine so I want to see if they changed the part for 01, or if it's still the same. I will post after I do the install.
------------------ Carl V. *****Authorized Zaino Distributor*****
Huntingdon Valley, PA.** 2000 Magnetic Red Convertible **
MN6,F45,QF5,AQ9,AG2,CJ2,T96,B34,AAB,UN0,U1S,JL4,UV6,T82,N37
** Corvette Club of Delaware Valley ** www.hcvind.com
E-Mail: [email protected]
I look at it this way. If GM had fixed the problem, they would have put the word out. Maybe not an all out recall, but the word of the imprved lock would be out. Those that do have the column lock problem get it fixed with exactly the same part that failed, only to have the problem happen again.
If you notice on the Corvette Forum, there also have not been any probelms with the column lock happening to any C5's lately. Probably because half the C5's are in hibernation and also becuase it's generally cool across the country. When the weather heats up and the locking pins start expanding, and the Vettes are on the road again, we'll be seeing the rash of column locks happening.
I'm a firm believer that I'd rather have insurance before the accident then after. What good will it do you then?
Here's a challenge to those of you who won't install the bypass. Will you actually adimit after stating that you would never install it, that your column locked up?
Granted I only have a little over 1000 miles. Yet I will not get a bypass untill it is a problem, Kinda like the trans overtemp... Untill it is a huge problem, I will not worry about it.
------------------
2001 ZO6
1998 Trans Am
1993 Z-28 Roadracing Car
--Car's in family--
1990 ZR-1
1971 LS6
1967 TRUE Original 327
Now that we have our own Forum, we will be better and more quickly able to identify problems unique to the Z. My biggest gripe about the C-Forum is that people often do not identify their problems with their cars relative to year, model and tranny. Don't get me wrong in that I have learned a great deal from everyone on the Forum but it would be easier to track applicability of problems if we knew which cars it was happening to.
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by levrac68: To tell you the truth, I haven't heard of one ZO6 owner having the bypass problem either.
Does anyone know if this has happened yet or not?
I will pass until I hear a few complaints.
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Hey! Don't jinkx us!
I agree, if a pro wants your car, he will get it. Only way to foil 'em is with a fuel shutoff, hidden away somewhere in the car. Just enough gas to start it, then crap out two blocks down the road. They will not stick around to fix it, but will haul a$$.
When I was washing the Z the second time a woman came up to me and asked me if I had experianced any trouble with the column locking up. I had only had it about a week and told her I hadn't. She told me that her and her husband had bought one from Elway and it had locked up 3 times. She said they traded it. I was shocked and didn't ask her when and what she traded for. "And thats all I know about that".
------------------
Hope to Z you soon
Ron
MYellow Z06, K40 stealth w/laser difusser front and rear, Clear conformal Licence plate cover (for the Laser D), 3m clear bra, CF shift knob, storage covers, window tint, 18" Billet antenna, and Lloyds rear deck carpet(to lower the volume inside)
We’re a forum community dedicated to the Chevy Z06 Corvette. Come check out discussions on performance, specifications, modifications, purchasing, maintenance and more!
