Chevrolet Corvette Complaints

5,302 consumer complaints on file.

#10733005July 9, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE PASSENGER SIDE BRAKE CALIPER ENGAGED AND THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT UNKNOWN WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10732386July 7, 2015
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE CONTACT STARTED THE ENGINE AND THE MESSAGE "PULL KEY AND WAIT TEN SECONDS" APPEARED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT FOLLOWED THE INSTRUCTIONS AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL DISPLAYED THE MESSAGE "SERVICE COLUMN LOCK". THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO REVERSE AND APPLIED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AS THE ENGINE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE, BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 46,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10732419July 7, 2015
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. WHILE STARTING THE IGNITION, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND A WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE STEERING UNLOCKED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON A SEPARATE OCCASION; HOWEVER, THE STEERING FAILED TO UNLOCK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL MOTOR WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 04V060000 (STEERING). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10732144July 6, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
AFTER FUELING MY 2008 C6 CORVETTE AND PARKING IN THE GARAGE THERE IS A STRONG FUEL SMELL. AS A TEST REMOVED IT FROM GARAGE AND SMELL STOPPED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10732323July 6, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
A STRONG FUME ODOR ENTER MY HOUSE AS IF SOMETHING WAS BURNING, MY CORVETTE WAS IN MY GARAGE IT HASNT BEEN USED IN MORE THAN 3DAYS.....I NOTICED IT WAS COMING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR, AND IN EFFECT IT WAS! CONTACTED MY MECHANIC AND HE ADVISED ME THAT IT WAS THE ABS SYSTEM CAUGHT ON FIRE DAMAGING THE CONECTOR, MODULE AND REGULATOR. HE FOUND A LEAK OF BRAKE FLUID THRU THE MODULATOR THAT CAUSE THE MODULES CABLES BURNED THE CONNECTOR. HAD TO CHANGE ALL THE ABS SYSTEM SINCE CHEVROLET MODIFIED THE PREVIOUS ABS SYSTEM CAUSE IT WAS DEFECTIVE. HOWEVER NO RECALL HAS BEEN MADE TO THIS SYSTEM. AN APROX $3500. IN REPAIRS FOR A SYSTEM THAT THEY KNOW IS DEFECTIVE. WE WERE LUCKY NOTHING ELSE IN OUR GARAGE/HOUSE GOT DAMAGE IT WAS AN SCARY SITUATION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10731497July 1, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO MAKE AN ABNORMAL SNAPPING SOUND AND A WIND NOISE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,888.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10731145June 30, 2015
SEATS
WHEN THE VEHICLE TAKES OFF FROM A DEAD STOP OR COMES TO A STOP THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT MOVE IN THE TRACK ABOUT A QUARTER INCH OR SO CREATING AN UNEASY AND UNSAFE FEELING WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE. AFTER DOING EXTENSIVE ONLINE RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT PLAGUES JUST ABOUT EVERY 1997-2004 CHEVROLET CORVETTE EQUIPPED WITH POWER SEATS. I DISCOVERED THAT THE BUSHINGS THAT WERE USED IN THE SEAT TRACKS WERE MADE FROM INFERIOR MATERIALS AND DISINTEGRATE OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND ALLOW THE SEAT TO MOVE IN THE TRACK WHILE TAKING OFF OR STOPPING. IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF IF IT WILL HAPPEN BUT WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN. TO MY UNDERSTANDING GENERAL MOTORS HAS MADE NO EFFORT TO FIX THIS PROBLEM ON THEIR OWN. I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME WERE REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY BY REPLACING THE SEAT TRACK BUT THE NEW TRACK WOULD DO THE SAME THING IN TIME. I PURCHASED THIS CAR USED AND WELL OUT OF WARRANTY AND IF IT WERE AN ISOLATED PROBLEM THEN I WOULD ACCEPT THAT AND TRY TO HAVE IT REPAIRED, BUT IT'S NOT. IT HAS HAPPENED TO JUST ABOUT ALL CORVETTES BUILT BETWEEN 1997-2004. IN FACT THERE IS AN AFTERMARKET REPAIR KIT FOR THIS BUT IT REQUIRES THE REMOVAL OF THE SEAT AND DISASSEMBLY OF THE SEAT TRACK AND A VERY CAREFUL REASSEMBLY AFTER THE BUSHINGS ARE REPLACED. WE ARE NOT ALL MECHANICS NOR CAN WE ALL AFFORD THE 600.00 PER SEAT TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. SOME OF US DO WELL JUST TO BE ABLE TO BUY A CAR LIKE THAT. THAT'S WHY IT'S A 1999 AND NOT A 2015. I LOVE THIS CAR, IT SEEMS A SHAME THAT A CAR THAT COST 40,000.00 WHEN IT WAS NEW SHOULD HAVE SUCH A PROBLEM THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED WITH SLIGHTLY BETTER QUALITY. THANK YOU FOR READING THIS AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL LOOK INTO THIS MATTER. THE PARTS COST FOR G.M. ON THIS REPAIR WOULD NOT BE OUT OF THE QUESTION FOR THEM, HOWEVER THE LABOR INVOLVED FOR THEM TO DO THE REPAIRS WOULD PROBABLY BE WHAT THEY WOULD BALK AT. THANK YOU AGAIN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10731369June 30, 2015
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY SERVICED UNDER A RECALL FOR A STEERING FAILURE THAT REPLACED THE RELAY HARNESS AND ELECTRONIC COLUMN LOCK. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN SERVICED UNDER ANOTHER RECALL FOR STEERING FAILURE AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPROGRAMMED. WHEN THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE, THE DISPLAY READ "REMOVE KEY AND WAIT TEN SECONDS". THE CONTACT RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE DISPLAY THEN READ "SERVICE STEERING COLUMN LOCKED". THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND FAILED TO MOVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10730928June 29, 2015
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE ECL SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED DUE TO THE PART NOT BEING AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS AT THE DEALER FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH AWAITING THE REPAIR PART. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 04V060000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10731029June 29, 2015
POWER TRAIN
VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT TO PARK AFTER STARTING ENGINE AND ENGAGING THE BRAKE. TRIED RESTARTING AND SHIFTING THE CAR INTO REVERSE SEVERAL TIMES AND IT FINALLY WENT INTO REVERSE AFTER APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES OF TRYING. THE VEHICLE WAS ON A FLAT SURFACE. AFTER READING NEWS AND FORUM ARTICLES, THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMONLY KNOWN PROBLEM, WITH THE ONLY FIX BEING TO REPLACE THE SHIFTER ASSEMBLY. GM DOES NOT HOWEVER WANT TO ADDRESS THIS. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10730826June 28, 2015
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
MY CAR STARTS STARTS BEEPING RAPIDLY, MY HEADS UP DISPLAY SAYS TO CHECK GAUGES, MY DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER SAYS "SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM". THIS HAS HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY 6 TIMES SINCE THE FIRST TIME IN NOVEMBER. I JUST STARTED HEARING STORIES ABOUT THIS IN THE ONLINE FORUMS, AND THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SYSTEMS THAT HAVE CAUSED ACCIDENTS. IS IT SAFE TO DRIVE THIS CAR? I HAVE SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT WITH MY LOCAL DEALER FOR THIS AND ANOTHER RECALL NOTICE ABOUT MY LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS FAILING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10730364June 25, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
UPON FILLING MY FUEL TANK FULL OF GASOLINE, I PARKED THE CAR IN MY GARAGE AND NOTICED A VERY PREDOMINATE FUEL VAPRO SMELL THAT SEEMS TO BE COMING FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE. THERE NEVER HAS BEEN ANY EVIDENCE OF FUEL LEAKAGE OR POOLING ON THE FLORR BELOW THE CAR. WHEN I INADVERTENTLY FILL THE FUEL TANK FULL, I HAVE TO TAKE A DRIVE AND PUT ABOUT 30MILES ON THE CAR THEN THE FUEL VAPOR ODOR PROBLEM IS SOLVED FROM READING THE INTERNET BLOGS, IT WOULD APPEAR THAT I AM NOT ALONE IN THE SYMPTOMS FOR MY CAR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10726272June 19, 2015
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE STEERING COLUMN LOCK INDICATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND DISPLAY "SERVICE NEEDED". THE CONTACT COASTED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT RESTARTED THE ENGINE, BUT IT FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND THEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 04V060000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10726098June 18, 2015
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH, THE SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SIGNAL INTERRUPTION WITHIN THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V172000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10725499June 16, 2015
POWER TRAIN
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WILL INTERMITTENTLY STICK IN PARK. I'VE SEEN MANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET AND WOULD THINK GM SHOULD HAVE A SERVICE NOTICE AND A RECOMMENDED FIX AT NO COST. THE CAR HAS LESS THAN 28,500 MILES AND ONLY 500 MILES SINCE THE LAST REPAIR. I'VE HAD THIS IN TO THE DEALER TWICE IN THE LAST 2 MONTHS FOR THE SAME ISSUE. I'M UP TO $1500 IN REPAIR COSTS WITH NO RESOLUTION ON A WIDESPREAD ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10725635June 16, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
CORVETTE HAS FUEL LEAKING FROM THE TOP OF THE TANK DUE TO HAIRLINE CRACKS ON TOP OF FUEL PUMP ELBOW. CAR CAN NOT BE TOPPED OFF SPRAYS OUT UNDER PRESSURE. PRESENTS A FIRE HAZARD AND SHOULD BE LOOKED IN TO BY NHTSA FOR RECALL. SO IT DOES NOT HURT ANY ONE OR SOME ONES CAR CATCHES ON FIRE. GM SHOULD HAVE THIS FIXED THERE WAS ALSO AN ISSUES WITH THE C5 CORVETTES PREVIOUS GENERATION THAT WAS RECALLED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10724987June 12, 2015
EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I BECAME TRAPPED INSIDE THIS LATE MODEL CORVETTE. I OPENED, ENTERED, SAT IN AND SIMPLY CLOSED THE UNLOCKED DRIVERS DOOR OF THIS CAR LOCATED IN THE FOR SALE SECTION OF THE CARMAX STORE IN WAUKESHA WI. THE DOORS LOCKED APPROXIMATELY 1 MINUTE AFTER ENTRY. ALL ATTEMPTS TO UNLOCK VIA THE UNLOCKING DOOR SWITCH AND INTERIOR DOOR LOCK STEM AT INTERIOR DOOR SILL FAILED TO UNLOCK AND GRANT EXIT. A FEMALE STORE VISITOR FLAGGED A FEMALE SALES ASSOCIATE 5 MINUTES LATER TO UNLOCK THE VEHICLE AND OPEN THE DOOR. OXYGEN LEVELS DECREASED RAPIDLY IN ITS WINDOWS UP/DOORS CLOSED CONFIGURATION. I WAS IN A NEAR PANIC STATE. I WAS FORTUNATE TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE 60'S AND CLOUD COVER WAS HIGH. I FEARED FOR MY SAFETY AND BELIEVE FATAL CONSEQUENCE CAN EASILY RESULT FROM THIS ENGINEERING DEFECT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10725035June 12, 2015
ENGINE
THE LS7 ENGINE IS KNOWN TO HAVE BAD 2 PIECE EXHAUST VALVES THAT COME APART AND FALL INTO THE CYLINDER RESULTING IN A CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE THAT REQUIRES AN ENTIRE NEW ENGINE. THIS HAPPENED TO ME THIS PAST MARCH 2015. GM NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE, THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS ENGINE FAILURES AS A RESULT OF A DROPPED VALVE INTO A CYLINDER WHICH CAN CAUSE ACCIDENTS AND FIRES. GM IS VERY AWARE OF THIS ISSUE, BUT REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS HUGE SAFETY RISK TO DRIVERS, PASSENGERS, AND NEARBY VEHICLES IF THE ENGINE FAILS GOING DOWN THE ROAD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10724291June 9, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
THERE IS A FUEL LEAK FROM THE FUEL TANK ON MY 2005 C6 CORVETTE. YOU CAN SMELL IT IN THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING IT. IT'S VERY DANGEROUS TO HAVE IT IN CONFINED AREAS LIKE A GARAGE NEAR A WATER HEATER OF ANY KIND OR JUST ANY TYPE OF IGNITION SOURCE. THERE IS NOT A MANUFACTURER RECALL YET BUT THERE SHOULD BE ONE SHORTLY. FROM ALL THE CORVETTE OWNERS BLOG PAGES THIS SEEMS TO BE AFFECTING 2005-2008 C6 CORVETTES. GET YOUR VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP IMMEDIATELY. IT'S NOT SAFE OUTSIDE YOUR GARAGE EITHER TO OTHERS. THE FUEL TANK NEEDS TO BE DRAINED FOR IT TO BE COMPLETELY SAFE. DO NOT ATTEMPT DRAINING YOURSELF.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10724130June 8, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
MY 2008 CHEVY CORVETTE HAS A BAD GAS SMELL EVERYTIME I GET IN AND OUT OF THE VEHICLE. I HAVE READ THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE THIS SAME ISSUE AND ITS CAUSED BY THE PLASTIC USED FOR THE GAS TANK. GETS A CRACK AND LEAKS FROM THE BACK DOWN TO THE EXHAUST. POSSIBLE FIRE HAZARD. LET ME KNOW ASAP OF ANY RECALLS ETC. THANK YOU
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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