Chevrolet Corvette Complaints

5,302 consumer complaints on file.

#10851165March 23, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
DEALER INDICATES A LEAK IN THE DRIVER SIDE FUEL TANK. STRONG SMELL OF GAS EVERY TIME VEHICLE IS REFUELED. VEHICLE HAS APPROX. 39000 MILES AND HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10851231March 23, 2016
POWER TRAIN
CAN NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK ON MY 2007 CORVETTE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. SOLENOID NOT RELEASING PARK LOCK. CAR WAS STATIONARY IN MY GARAGE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10850608March 20, 2016
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN A CITY STREET, MY CAR DIED CAUSING THE POWER STEERING TO GO OUT & I ALMOST HIT A PARKED CARCAR WOULD NOT RESTART, HAD TO BE JUMPED OFF.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10850634March 20, 2016
POWER TRAIN
OCASSIONALLY, THE CAR WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK. THE ENGINE WILL START AS NORMAL BUT IT'S HUNG IN PARK. AFTER WE TURN THE CAR OFF, GET OUT WAIT A FEW MINUTES WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR AND DRIVE HOME. SO FAR WE HAVE BEEN LUCKY AND NOT STRANDED, BUT REALIZE IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE WE ARE STRANDED IN A PARKING LOT OR REMOTE LOCATION AWAY FROM HOME OR HELP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10849891March 16, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FUEL SMELL ON DRIVER'S SIDE OF CAR...WHEN STATIONARY AND WHILE DRIVING. REPORTED TO DEALER DURING 1ST YEAR OF OWNERSHIP WHEN CAR WAS NEW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10850120March 16, 2016
AIR BAGS
AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON. CONNECTOR UNDER DRIVERS SEAT WIRING IS TOO SHORT AND WIRE BUNDLE PULLED WITH SEAT MOVEMENT. BUNDLE FRAYED AND ONE WIRE PULLED OUT. THE SEAT MOVES IN AND OUT EVERY TIME I GET INTO AND OUT OF THE CAR. OWNED THE CAR SINCE NEW AND DEALER HAD REMOVED THE SEAT FOR SERVICE SEVERAL YEARS AGO, POSSIBLY REINSTALLED INCORRECTLY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10849563March 14, 2016
POWER TRAIN
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTER STUCK IN PARK. IN THE 2006 MODEL BOTH OF THESE ISSUES WILL EVENTUALLY LEAD TO BEING "STUCK IN PARK" AND YOU CANNOT CONTROL WHEN OR WHERE. IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH GM AND THEY HAVE FAILED TO ISSUE A RECALL BECAUSE OF THE CARS AGE. IT IS STARTING TO EFFECT NEWER MODELS AND LIKELY THE SAME OR SIMILAR PART. THE SAFETY LOCKING SOLENOID GOES BAD, AND THE PART IS NOT REPLACEABLE ON ITS OWN. YOU HAVE TO BUY AN ENTIRE SHIFTER ASSEMBLY. IT WILL COST UPWARDS OF 700.00 OR MORE. IF YOU FORCE IT INTO GEAR YOU CAN ALSO BREAK THE SHIFTER CABLE AT A HIGHER COST.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10849669March 14, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FOLLOWING REFUELING, THE CABIN OF THE CAR FILLS WITH GASOLINE FUMES. IN MOST CASES, THE CAR MOST BE ALLOWED TO AIR-OUT FOR HOURS PRIOR TO DRIVING OR STORING IN THE GARAGE. THE QUANTITY AND CONCENTRATION OF FUMES SEEMS TO BE A SIGNIFICANT FIRE RISK. AS IT IS TRANSIENT, THE DEALER IS NOT ABLE TO PINPOINT, THUS FIX, THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE THAT WARRANTS REGULATORY INVOLVEMENT!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10846300March 13, 2016
POWER TRAIN
AUTOMATIC SHIFTER WILL NOT RETURN TO PARK OR REVERSE POSITION FROM NEUTRAL. ESSENTIALLY VEHICLE IS STUCK IN NEUTRAL. THE FAILURE IS IN THE SHIFTER MECHANISM AND NOT THE LINKAGE OR TRANSMISSION. THERE IS NO WAY TO SAFELY PARK THE VEHICLE IN THIS CONDITION OR RESTART THE CAR ONCE IT HAS BEEN TURNED OFF. ONCE IN THIS BAD STATE, THE VEHICLE REMAINS IN ACCESSORY MODE THEREFORE KILLING THE BATTERY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10846353March 13, 2016
ENGINE
ENGINE VALVES NOISY AND SHOWED EXCESSIVE WEAR AT 17,000 MILES. CONCERNS THAT THE ENGINE COULD FAIL WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION, RENDERING POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES INOPERABLE, RISKING A CRASH. HAD CYLINDER HEADS REPLACED AS A PRECAUTION TO PREVENT A POTENTIAL DROPPED VALVE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10846212March 11, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
AFTER A FUEL FILL UP AND PARKING THE 2008 CORVETTE IN THE GARAGE THERE IS A STRONG GASOLINE SMELL IN THE GARAGE AND INSIDE THE VEHICLE. IF I DO NOT DRIVE FOR A FEW DAYS THE SMELL STARTS TO DISSIPATE, BUT AFTER I DRIVE IT WILL BE STRONG AGAIN UNTIL THE FUEL LEVEL DROPS. MY CONCERN IS THE SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A FIRE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10845876March 10, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FUEL SMELL COMMING FROM GAS TANK WENT TO DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM IT WS A USED CAR DEALER TOLD ME IT WOULD IT WOULD ABOUT 4,000 DOLLER TO FIX IT WAS A CRACKED FILLER LINE AND CROSSOVER TUBE AFTER A LOT OF COMPLANING ABOUT IT ENDED UP COSTING ME 1200 DOLLERS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10845676March 9, 2016
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE DISPLAYED. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V172000 (STEERING). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10845578March 8, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
SMELLING GAS WHEN I FILL UP MY GAS TANK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10840026March 5, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
AFTER DRIVING MY CAR FOR A SUFFICIENT LENGTH OF TIME TO GET THE ENGINE HOT (NORMAL DRIVING) AND THEN PARK IT IN THE GARAGE, A VERY STRONG SMELL OF FUEL VAPOR IS EMITTED FROM THE REAR AREA OF THE CAR WHICH FILLS THE GARAGE AND PERMEATES THE HOUSE. THE ODOR ALSO INVADES THE CAR'S INTERIOR CABIN. THIS DANGEROUS CONDITION WAS REPORTED TO THE WATSON CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP IN TUCSON, AUGUST, 2015, MILEAGE 67289. AFTER LENGTHY INSPECTION AND COMMUNICATION WITH GM, CERTAIN COMPONENTS WERE REPLACED - AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR. THE CAR OPERATED SATISFACTORILY AND I OBSERVED NO MORE FUEL VAPORS UNTIL MARCH 4, 2016, MILEAGE 71448. FOLLOWING A TRIP OF 40 MILES, NORMAL CITY DRIVING, I PARKED THE CAR IN THE GARAGE AND THE SAME VERY STRONG FUEL VAPORS FILLED THE GARAGE. ONCE AGAIN, THE HOUSE WAS PERMEATED WITH THE ODOR, WHICH WE FOUND NECESSARY TO PURGE, AND TO REMOVE THE CAR FROM THE GARAGE UNTIL THE VAPOR DISSIPATED. I CONSIDER THIS TO BE A DANGEROUS SAFETY HAZARD. I'VE ALSO NOTED FROM VARIOUS CORVETTE FORUMS THAT MANY OTHER C6 CORVETTES HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS CONDITION AND IT MAYBE A COMMON PROBLEM. I BELIEVE CARS LIKE MINE SHOULD BE RECALLED FOR AN APPROPRIATE FIX BEFORE AN EXPLOSION OR OTHER UNFORTUNATE EVENT OCCURS. IT WON'T BE AN ACCIDENT!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10839999March 4, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
THERE IS A STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE COMING FROM THE CAR. IT IS DIFFICULT TO PINPOINT THE SOURCE, BUT I BELIEVE THERE IS A LEAK FROM THE GAS TANK AREA.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10839398March 2, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
SIDESWIPED AND T-BONED BY TRACTOR TRAILER, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10839491March 2, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE, THE SERVICE COLUMN LOCK WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 04V060000 (STEERING), HOWEVER THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,846.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10839174March 1, 2016
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
I PURCHASED MY CAR USED WITH 29000 MILES ON IT IN JULY 2015. GM DEALER STATED THAT ALL RECALLS WERE INCORPORATED. AFTER HAVING MY VEHICLE SERVICED MONTHS LATER, THE MESSAGE : SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM APPEARS ON MY DISPLAY AFTER READJUSTING MY STEERING COLUMN. CAR WAS NOT IN MOTION. I TURNED OFF THE IGNITION AND RESTARTED THE CAR. THE MESSAGE HAS NOT REAPPEARED SINCE, HOWEVER THE STEERING COLUMN HAS NOT BEEN READJUSTED SINCE EITHER. IS THIS POSSIBLY A FAULTY INCORPORATION OF THE NHTSA RECALL NOTICE 10V172000? I CURRENTLY HAVE 31450 MILES ON THE ODOMETER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10838852February 28, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
MY CORVETTE HAS EXTREMELY STRONG GAS SMELL COMING OUT OF IT, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S NOT MOVING. THE SMELL IS EXTREMELY BAD, WHICH MAKES ME WORRY ABOUT POSSIBLE COMBUSTION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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