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Hi, new to this site, but did see many posts on this and other corvette forums on the Steering Column Lock issue. I know their are many owners that had this happen more than once and some had the bypass installed to correct the problem for reoccuring. I have a 99 stick. In 2005 the steering column locked and I had it towed to the dealer. The recall was performed and they fix it. Last week same thing happened and I once again had it towed to the dealership. The dealership called and told me the problem was the actuator motor was bad and it would cost $575 to replace and it was not covered under the recall, but there was a special recall that expired Feb 2008 that it would have be covered by. I was pissed and called GM. GM called the dealer and then called me back and said there was no special recall and the actuator is not covered. Then I called the dealership and they said sorry GM said it was not covered. I decided to do a little research since I was puzzled by this whole lock out caused by this actuator and about this other recall (if there was one another and I wasn't notified). I found that the other recall was actually another policy that stated if the steering column locked they would remove the plate so it couldn't lock anymore. It wasn't a recall, just a policy because of all the reoccuring problems. So after reading about 200+ e-mails on different forums, I got the impression (and please correct me if I am wrong or someone knows different) that the actuator motor can't actuate if the plate was removed under that so called policy and plus it states in that policy that once plate is removed it won't lock anymore. I am going to call GM back, because this whole thing seems fishy. I would think it would have been corrected the first time, plus to say its this actuator motor went bad. Why would i even need the actuator if this new policy was sent out. I never did get that either. Are they just trying to play the game, that if it happens then the policy is good and we won't make it well known. Sorry this is so long. I guess my question is----Did this actuator need to be fixed if the said policy of removing the plate was done first. I printed out over 200 pages of complaints and documentation on this. From all the info I have I was going to tell the dealership I am not paying for this and I will tell GM the same thing. Oh another thing since the car was parked on an angle in my driveway (side car) garage. The tow people had to put (dollies) under the front and lift the front to push it down to straighten the car out, so the tow could back up and lift it. What a project that was!!!!! I can't imagine having to deal with this on a reoccuring basis. Thanks Mike