Other driver assistance problem on the 1999 Chevrolet Corvette
Only 6 reports for this mode came with an odometer reading, which is too few for percentiles to mean anything. The page is here because someone linked to it; treat the figures as anecdotes, and see the full report for this year instead.
When other driver assistance problem gets reported
There are 6 reports of other driver assistance problem on the 1999 Chevrolet Corvette, 6 with a mileage attached. That is too few to place the failure on the odometer with any confidence.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 45,000 miles. It is the 15th most-reported problem on this model year.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | 70,404 miles | — | — |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Putting it right typically runs $250–$1,800 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 13 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2017, at a median of 5,000 miles, and latest on the 1999 at 70,000 miles.
By volume the 2005 carries the most reports, with 68; the 1999 has 6. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
When I make a slow turn left or right sometimes the front brake would grab my car as the service active handling would show on my dash. The dealer classic chevrolet had my car for 2 weeks as they said it was the steering wheel position sensor (but gm has discontinued new parts for 1999 & 2000 models only). The dealer couldn't repair the problem even when I provided a used part as they say used sensors don't work. There are over 6,000 1999 & 2000 vettes that were sold so what are we supposed to do trash our $20,000.00 cars to the dumpster? Gm needs to take accountability and at least start offering this part for manufacturing. The reason gm quit make this part was due to a dispute between them & 2 manufacturers who claimed they would be able to manufacture this product for these year models. This gm dropped it but they still make it for other older & newer models. *tr
Service engine soon light is also active traction control warning is on. Dealer says car needs "steering angle sensor" which gm does not make anymore it comes up as discontinued part. I think it is dangerous to drive this car without active traction handling and would like it fixed if we could get the part. Frustrated *tr
After having the harmonic balancer replaced. After leaving baierl automotive service (wexford, pa) and 1/8 mile drive, the following warning messages appeared with alarm on my d.I.c. Active handling warming up' then "service vehicle soon " they have know they broke it when they dropped the steering but can't get the part to fix it. I found the parts, (used) required and paid way to much money for labor to have them install them. After around 200 miles my d.I.c. Now annunciate, active handling ,service ABS, service traction control. Do I need to get a lawyer for help. *tr
Also reported on the 1999 Chevrolet Corvette
Steering column or shaft failure
Other steering problem
Other electrical problem
Other body or interior problem
Control module (ECM/PCM/BCM) failure
Seat belt or retractor failure
How far this goes
This page is kept out of search results because 6 reports is not enough to publish percentiles from. It stays reachable because somebody looking at this exact car would rather see the reports than be told there are none.
Complaints are voluntary, so 6 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does other driver assistance problem happen on the 1999 Chevrolet Corvette?
Across 6 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 70,000 miles. A quarter were filed before — and a quarter after —. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other driver assistance problem on the 1999 Chevrolet Corvette?
6 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.7 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed