Chevrolet Corvette Complaints

5,302 consumer complaints on file.

#11385943December 31, 2020
WHEELS
CAR WAS VIBRATING WHILE DRIVING AND GETTING WORSE. TOOK TO LOCAL TIRE SHOP FOR BALANCE. TIRE SHOP INFORMED ME I HAD 2 FRONT AND 1 REAR BENT WHEELS. NEXT TRIP TO DEALER FOR WARRANTY WORK ASKED TO HAVE BENT WHEELS REPLACED. BENT WHEELS WERE DOCUMENTED ON WORK INVOICE BUT REPLACEMENT WAS DENIED. NOTE WHEELS HAVE NEVER BEEN INSPECTED FOR CRACKS BUT DO CURRENTLY HOLD AIR.
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Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11385574December 30, 2020
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
THERE IS A STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE IN THE TRUNK. THE SMELL IS STRONGER WHEN THE GAS TANK IS RECENTLY FILLED OR FULL.
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#11385615December 30, 2020
SERVICE BRAKES
ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2020, CHEVROLET ISSUED A RECALL FOR A POSSIBLE CONTAMINATED BRAKE BOOSTER MODULE ON NUMEROUS 2020 VEHICLES. THIS TO ME IS A SERIOUS MATTER WHEN IT DEALS WITH THE VEHICLES BRAKING SYSTEM. THERE HAVE BEEN CUSTOMERS ONLINE WHO HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS ISSUE, WITH ONE CUSTOMER STATED THAT HIS BRAKES DID FAIL AND IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO STOP. I HAVE MADE NUMEROUS CALLS TO GM AND NO ONE COULD GIVE ME ANY ACCURATE INFORMATION. I HAVE NOT BEEN DRIVING MY NEW 2020 CORVETTE VERY OFTEN BECAUSE OF FEAR OF BRAKE FAILURE. I WAS TOLD BY A GM REP THAT IF MODULE DID GO OUT THAT YOUR BRAKES WOULD STILL WORK. HE STATED THAT YOU WOULD JUST HAVE TO USE MORE FOOT PRESSURE ON BRAKES. IT HAS NOW BEEN OVER 90 DAYS AND I AM REQUESTING THAT THIS ISSUE GET RESOLVED FOR ALL NEW CAR OWNERS WHO HAVE THIS RECALL. GM IS TOO LARGE OF A COMPANY TO LET THIS JUST LINGER AS IF ITS NO BIG DEAL.
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0
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0
#11385493December 29, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
I FILLED THE CAR WITH GAS SEVERAL TIMES AND I BEGAN TO SMELL GAS IN MY GARAGE AND WHEN I STAND BESIDE THE CAR. A VERY HIGH AROMA EVEN WHEN DRIVING YOU CAN SMELL IT INSIDE THE VEHICLE.
Crash:
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11385542December 29, 2020
POWER TRAIN
AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT THE VEHICLE HAD 660 MILES. MOST OF THE ACCUMULATED MILES ARE: 60% STREET AND 40% HIWAY. I WAS INSPECTING THE WHEELS AND TIRE WHEN I SPOTTED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF GREY/BLACK COLORED GREASE RANDOMLY COVERING THE INNER WHEEL. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION I NOTICED THAT THE GREASE WAS SPLATTERED ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE UNIT, SENSORS AND WIRING HARNESS. THE GREASE WAS ISOLATED TO THE REAR PASSANGER AXLE. I SUSPECT THAT THE GREASE CAME FROM A DEFECTIVE CV BOOT. TOOK VEHICLE IN TO CHECKOUT THE PROBLEM AND THEY DETERMINED THE GREASE WAS FROM A DEFECTIVE CV BOOT. NEW AXLE WAS ORDERED.
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#11385224December 28, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
UPON INSPECTION, THE DRIVER SIDE FUEL TANK IS LEAKING. THE SYSTEM HAS LEAN CODES AND WAS ADVISED TO DROP THE FUEL TANK TO VERIFY FUEL LEAK LOCATION.
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11385359December 28, 2020
WHEELS
I STARTED FEELING VIBRATIONS IN DEC 2018, TOOK IT TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT ONE OF MY RIMS IS BENT...TOOK IT TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP JUNE 2019 AND THAT DEALERSHIP CONFIRMED THAT THE RIMS WERE CRACKED...FINALLY JULY 2020 I PURCHASED FOUR NEW TIRES AND THAT'S WHEN IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT MY TWO FRONT RIMS ARE BENT AND THE TWO REAR RIMS HAVE CRACKS IN THEM. GM WILL NOT REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE RIMS, SO I ENDED UP PURCHASING NEW RIMS.
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11385193December 28, 2020
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE STEERING WHEEL CEASED WITH THE SERVICE STEERING COLUMN WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO I.G. BURTON LEWES AUTOMALL (17861 COASTAL HWY, LEWES, DE 19958) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED AND THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED THREE ADDITIONAL TIMES HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 04V060000 (STEERING) AS A POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO THE FAILURE HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO THE DEALER FOR THE REPAIR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 7,000.
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11385097December 27, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
MY 2009 CORVETTE HAS AN INCREASING FUEL SMELL EMANATING FROM MY CORVETTE'S DRIVER SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL. THE FUEL VAPOR SMELL IS SO STRONG THAT CAN CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION WHEN THE CAR IS PARK IN THE GARAGE WHERE MY GAS HOT WATER HEATER IS LOCATED. AFTER RESEARCHING THE ISSUE, I'VE COME ACROSS NUMEROUS REPORTS OF COVETTE C6 OWNERS REPORTING THE SAME ISSUE. THE CONSENSUS SEEMS TO BE THAT HAIRLINE CRACKS DEVELOP ON THE TOP OF THE FUEL TANKS CAUSING FUEL TO LEAK ON AND DOWN THE SIDE OF THE TANK. OBVIOUSLY THIS COULD LEAD TO A SERIOUS FIRE HAZARD IF IT WERE TO LEAK ON TO THE VEHICLES EXHAUST. WITH THE AMOUNT OF C6 OWNERS REPORTING THIS SAME ISSUE AND THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME FIRE HAZARD, I FEEL THAT GENERAL MOTORS SHOULD ADDRESS THE ISSUE. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OFTHE CAR AND NEVER BEEN INFORMED BY GENERAL MOTORS ABOUT A RECALL OR A REPAIR TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I HOPE THAT FILING THIS REPORT WILL HELP GETTING THIS PROBLEM CORRECTED.
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11385039December 26, 2020
WHEELS
THE REAR PASSENGER WHEEL DEVELOPED TWO CRACKS IN THE INNER OUTSIDE EDGE OF RIM. CRACKS APPEARED WITH NO NOTICEABLE ROAD TRAUMA/DEBRIS/COLLISION. FIRST INDICATION WAS SLOW LEAK OF AIR FROM TIRE. TIRE WAS INFLATED AND VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TWO MORE TIMES. ON THE SECOND DRIVE OF APPROX 10 MILES, AIR HAD LEAKED OUT OF THE TIRE. ON THE THIRD DRIVE OF APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES, THE TIRE WOULD NOT HOLD AIR. TIRE WAS REMOVED AND CRACKS DISCOVERED IN RIM.
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11384118December 18, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN HAVING A GAS FUME SMELL IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT THAT HAS BECOME MORE AND MORE SEVERE WITHIN THE LAST 12 MONTHS. I RESEARCHED THE SYMPTOMS AND I DISCOVERED THAT GM IDENTIFIED A DEFECT IN THIS MODEL OF CAR AND ISSUES A SERVICE BULLETING AND SPECIAL COVERAGE FOR AFFECTED VEHICLES. UNFORTUNATELY, GM DID NOT CONTACT ME AS REQUIRED BY LAW TO ADVISE ME OF THIS SPECIAL COVERAGE WITHIN THE APPROPRIATE TIME FRAMES FOR THIS REPAIR TO HAVE BEEN COVERED. I HAVE LIVED AT THE SAME ADDRESS SINCE 2012, AND HAVE OWNED THIS CAR SINCE 2014, WELL WITHIN THE COVERAGE PERIOD OF THIS MANUFACTURE DEFECT. I HAVE CONTACTED GM ABOUT THIS, AND I WAS LED TO BELIEVE THERE WOULD BE SOME COST ASSISTANCE, BUT I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER TO GET DIAGNOSED FIRST. IN DOING SO, I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT A CAR FOR 10 DAYS, AND NOW ON DAY 10 I AM INFORMED BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT GM DENIED ANY COST ASSISTANCE, AND THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM GM HAS NOT EVEN BOTHERED TO CALL ME SO WE CAN DISCUSS THIS FURTHER. FRANKLY THIS HAS BEEN AN ENORMOUS WASTE OF TIME AND GM HAS MISLED ME, AND FURTHER WAS DECEPTIVE IN WILLFULLY NEGLECTING TO NOTIFY ME ABOUT MY SPECIAL COVERAGE IN TIME FOR ME TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. NOW I AM ON THE HOOK FOR $1500 IN REPAIRS, WHICH IS FRUSTRATING TO SAY THE LEAST. EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED, I CURRENTLY OWN 3 GM VEHICLES, JUST BOUGHT A NEW ONE IN MAY 2020 AND AFTER BEING TREATED LIKE THIS I CAN ASSURE GM THEY HAVE LOST A CUSTOMER FOR LIFE.
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11383937December 17, 2020
AIR BAGS
THE AIRBAG LIGHT KEEPS ILLUMINATING FOR NO REASON. FROM WHAT I READ, THE AIRBAG SYSTEM WILL NOT OPERATE WHEN THE RED INDICATOR LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD LITE
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11383997December 17, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
MY 2011 GRAND SPORT CORVETTE HAS A FUEL SMELL/LEAK ON THE DRIVER SIDE FUEL TANK. GM HAS ALREADY RECOGNIZED THIS DEFECT. I NEED THIS REPAIR MADE ON THIS DEFECT MADE AT GM'S EXPENSE.
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11383814December 16, 2020
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM LIGHT KEEPS COMING UP ON MY MESSAGE CENTER, WHILE I'M DRIVING MY CAR ON ANY CITY STREET OR ROAD!
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0
Deaths:
0
#11383419December 14, 2020
SERVICE BRAKES
THE FRONT RIGHT BRAKE HOSE THAT CONNECTS THE BRAKE 'HARD LINES' TO THE CALIPER FAILED. THE RUBBER PORTION SEPARATED FROM THE FITTING ON THE CALIPER CAUSING COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND ALL BRAKE FLUID DUMPED OUT ONTO THE GROUND AND INSIDE OF THE WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEED UNDER HARD BRAKE PRESSURE. MIRACULOUSLY, I WAS ABLE TO SWERVE AROUND OBSTACLES AND AVOID SERIOUS COLLISION. I'M LUCKY TO BE ALIVE TO WRITE THIS COMPLAINT. UPON REMOVING THE WHEEL, THE BRAKE HOSE WAS HANGING FREE OF THE CALIPER DRAINING WHAT WAS LEFT OF THE CONTENTS OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM ON THE GROUND.
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11383117December 12, 2020
WHEELS
THE WHEELS THAT CAME WITH THE 2019 C7 ZR1 -4 WHEELS BENT MULTIPLE TIMES MAKING THE CAR UNABLE TO BALANCE ALL 4 WHEELS. THIS MAKES THE CAR VIBRATE. I BOUGHT A SECOND SET OF OEM WHEELS WITH THE SAME ISSUE HAPPENING. THE DEALER WOULD NOT COVER THIS ISSUE. MY DEALER PURCHASED WHEEL PACKAGE ALSO DENIED MY CLAIM. THE CAR CAN NOT BE DRIVEN WITHOUT EXTREME VIBRATIONS. THERE WAS NO SIGNIFICANT INCIDENT THE CAR JUST SLOWLY BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND THE WHEELS COULD NOT BE BALANCED CORRECTLY BECAUSE OF WOBBLE IN THE WHEELS. TWO SETS OF WHEELS.
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11383119December 12, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FUEL SMELL AFTER FILLING UP GAS TANK. APPARENTLY THE GAS PUMP ON DRIVERS SIDE MADE OF PLASTIC HAS TENDENCY TO CRACK. GM HAD PREVIOUSLY PAID FOR THIS REPAIR BUT LIMITED COVERAGE TO 10 YRS AND/OR 120 THOUSAND MILES. BOUGHT NEW TO ME 2009 VETTE WITH 132K MILES, DELAER NOW WANTING TO CHARGE $3300 FOR PARTS/LABOR. CANNOT PARK IN GARAGE DUE TO GAS FUMES, ALSO DANGEROUS TO DRIVE.
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Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11383097December 11, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
STRONG GAS SMELL COMING FROM VEHICLE WHEN PARKED. IT IS NOT AN ISSUE WITH GAS CAP - I HAVE HAD IT REPLACED AND VERIFIED THAT IT IS PROPERLY FIT. I CAN NOT SAY FOR CERTAIN WHEN THIS BEGAN TO BE AN ISSUE AS THE CAR PREVIOUSLY WAS PARKED OUTSIDE AND THE SMELL WAS NOT NOTICEABLE.
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11382950December 10, 2020
WHEELS
THE FACTORY WHEELS ARE DEVELOPING HAIRLINE CRACKS. I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS ISSUE IN ANY PREVIOUS CAR, FACTORY OR AFTERMARKET WHEELS
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11378469December 8, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FUEL LEAK / FIRE HAZARD MY 2008 CORVETTE LS2 EMITS A STRONG GASOLINE SMELL AFTER I ADD MORE THAN A COUPLE OF GALLONS OF FUEL. THE ODOR IS STRONGEST NEAR THE FUEL DOOR AREA, INCLUDING INSIDE THE CAR. RECENTLY THE GASOLINE HAS BEGUN LEAKING ONTO MY GARAGE FLOOR, FILLING BOTH THE GARAGE AND MY HOUSE WITH FUMES. INTERNET RESEARCH REVEALS THIS IS A WIDELY REPORTED PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL, AND WEB FORUM POSTS AS WELL AS SERVICE TECHNICIANS I'VE JUST SPOKEN TO INSTRUCT ME NOT TO EVEN START THE CAR, AS THE LEAK POSES A SIGNIFICANT FIRE RISK. PREVIOUSLY, DRIVING THE CAR HELPED THE SMELL DISSIPATE, BUT IT RE-INTENSIFIES ONCE STATIONARY. TIMEFRAME: I STARTED EXPERIENCING THE ODOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. MILEAGE: ODOMETER CITED BELOW IN THIS FORM IS CURRENT; I DID NOT RECORD THE MILEAGE AT THE TIME THE ISSUE FIRST OCCURRED.
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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