Chevrolet Corvette Complaints

5,302 consumer complaints on file.

#11307951February 8, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
AFTER FUELING AND FOR AT LEAST 100 MILES AFTERWARD THERE IS A DISTINCT GASOLINE SMELL INSIDE THE CAR AND IN THE GARAGE. NO LEAKAGE NOTICED UNDER THE CAR. TOOK IT TO A CHEVROLET DEALER WHO PERFORMED THE SMOKE TEST WHICH IT FAILED. THEY REPLACED THE PUMP AND SENDING UNIT AT NO CHARGE. THIS OFFER FROM CHEVROLET EXPIRES AFTER 10 YEARS OR 120000 MILES CURRENTLY. THIS REMEDIATION SHOULD BE A RECALL OR A PERMANENT TECHNICAL SOLUTION FOR ANY CORVETTE OF THIS MODEL THAT EXPERIENCES THIS INCREASINGLY SERIOUS PROBLEM, NO MATTER WHEN IT OCCURS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11307772February 7, 2020
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS DOWN A HILL THE BRAKES AND SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM SPONTANEOUSLY ENGAGED. IN ADDITION, WHILE IN REVERSE THE BRAKES ACTIVATED INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE TPMS WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE LOCAL DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000. *DT*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11307795February 7, 2020
WHEELS
WHEEL, MADE OF ALUMINUM, DEVELOPED A CRACK ON THE INSIDE OF THE RIGHT REAR TIRE, WITHOUT MY NOTICING ANY REASON. ONE DAY I JUST NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A SLOW LEAD IN THE RIGHT REAR. AMERICA'S TIRE WOULDN'T REPAIR THE LEAK AND SAID I HAD TO BUY NEW TIRES. I DID AND THE NEXT DAY THE RIGHT REAR WAS FLAT AGAIN. I TOOK IT BACK TO AMERICA'S TIRE AND THEY FOUND THE CRACK IN THE RIM. THE CAR HAD LESS THAN 26,500 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME. THE CHEVY DEALER TOOK PICTURES TO VERIFY FOR GM THAT THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF THE CAR BEING RACED OR ABUSED, BUT GM DECLINED TO REPLACE THE RIM SAYING IT WASN'T DEFECTIVE. THE CHEVY DEALER ULTIMATELY SOLD ME A NEW RIM ($1,000 ON MY CAR) AND CHARGED ME $50 EXTRA FOR A CORE CHARGE AS I WANTED TO KEEP THE CRACKED RIM SO I CAN SHOW ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SEE IT THAT THERE ISN'T ANY IMPACT MARKS ON THE MEDAL IN THE AREA OF THE CRACK, I.E., THE RIM JUST CRACKED. MY CAR IS A VERY EXPENSIVE LIMITED EDITION CAR WITH VERY BIG RIMS. I AM ATTACHING PICTURES OF THE CRACK, ONE WITH THE TIRE MOUNTED AND LEAKING AIR AND TWO WITH VIEWS OF THE CRACK ONCE THE TIRE WAS REMOVED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11307798February 7, 2020
AIR BAGS
AIRBAG SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT STAYS ON WHILE DRIVING. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AND APPEARS TO BE AFFECTED BY POSITIONING OF THE PASSENGER SEAT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11307563February 6, 2020
ENGINE, STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, WHEN "DISABLE RIDE SERVICE CONTROL" MESSAGE WAS DISPLAYED AS THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE CONTACT STATED SHE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, SPUN AROUND AND COLLIDING WITH A PARKED VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE LEFT THE GROUND AS THERE WAS NO VISIBLE SKID MARKS ON THE ROADWAY. THE AIR BAGS DID DEPLOYED. THE CONTACT MENTION THAT PREVIOUSLY THE 'SERVICE RIDE CONTROL' MESSAGE DISPLAYED AS WELL AS 'IGNITION SWITCH' AS VEHICLE LAST ALL POWER. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED LOWER BACK, WHOLE LEFT SIDE AND RIGHT KNEE WAS INJURED WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AS OF YET. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,902.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11307013February 4, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
WHEN TANK IS 1/2 OR FULL STATIONARY, FUEL SMELLS AND FUEL LEAKS. LEAVES SPOTS IN MY GARAGE AND THE SMELL IN GARAGE IS DISGUSTING. FUEL SMELL PENETRATES IN VEHICLE CABIN AS WELL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11306351January 31, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS I HAVE NOTICED A STRONG GASOLINE SMELL FROM THE OUTSIDE OF MY CAR. NOW THAT SMELL IS OCCURRING INSIDE THE CAR ALSO EVERTIME I FILL THE TANK. I HAVE CHECKED SEVERAL DATABASES ON LINE TO SEE IF OTHER CARS ARE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM AND IT HAS BEEN REPORTED SEVERAL TIMES.IT IS BECOMING STRONGER NOW THAN BEFORE, HOWEVER I CANNOT DETECT A LEAK UNDER THE CAR. I WILL BE CONTACTING A DEALER ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, HOWEVER IT IS NOT THE DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR. I PURCHASED THE CAR IN ANOTHER STATE. THE PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH OTHER VEHICLES LIKE THIS MAKE AND MODEL IS A SMALL LEAK AT THE VALVE ON THE FUEL TANK DUE TO A BROKEN OR CRACKED CONNECTOR OF SOME SORT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11302955January 30, 2020
WHEELS
AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE FROM KENTUCKY TO FLORIDA THE FOLLOWING DAY I RECIEVED AN ALERT ON MY PHONE SAYING MY RIGHT FRONT TIRE WAS FLAT. AFTER EXAMINING THE TIRE AND WHEEL I DISCOVERED A SIGNIFICANT CRACK ON THE INBOARD SIDE OF THE RIM. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DALE EARNHARDT JR CHEVROLET IN TALLAHASSEE FL. AFTER INSPECTING THE WHEEL THEY WOULD NOT COVER THE DAMAGE AS A DEFECTIVE WHEEL. I'VE OWNED THIS VEHICLE ALMOST 2 YEARS AND HAS 15,000 MILES. THIS WILL BE THE 2ND WHEEL THAT HAS CRACKED AND AND 3 THAT HAS BENT. GM REFUSED TO COVER ANY OF THEM. THE FIRST WHEEL BENT WITHIN 500 MILES OF PURCHASE, THE DEALER BOUGHT THAT REPLACEMENT WHEEL. I PURCHASED AN EXTRA WHEEL AND TIRE WARRANTY AFTER THAT AND THEY PAID FOR 2 BENT AND I CRACKED WHEEL. I BELIEVE THEY TOO NOW KNOW THESE Z06/GRAND SPORT WHEELS ARE DEFECTIVE AND ARE REFUSING TO PAY FOR THIS CURRENTLY CRACKED WHEEL. THIS RIM WAS CRACKED DURING MY DRIVE FROM KENTUCKY TO FLORIDA CAUSING THE FLAT TIRE. ONE DAY THIS ISSUE IS GOING TO CAUSE SOMEONE TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT AND GM WON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11303019January 30, 2020
WHEELS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS OR PARKED, THE INSIDE OF THE REAR WHEEL RIMS FRACTURED. THE TPMS WARNING INDICATOR LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO (JIM GLOVER CHEVROLET 707 W 51ST ST, TULSA, OK 74107 (918) 446-2200) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT WHEEL WAS DEFECTIVE. THE WHEEL WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11302876January 29, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
CAR SMELLS LIKE GAS AROUND THE DRIVER SIDE TIRE, IN COCKPIT ALSO UNDER THE GAS TANK WHEN THE CAR IS FILLED UP, NOTICED A FEW SMALL DROPS OF GAS THE OTHER DAY UNDER SAID LOCATION. GM AS STOPPED FIXING THIS, I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE A FULL RECALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11302896January 29, 2020
WHEELS
REAR TIRES OF MY 2017 CORVETTE GRAND SPORT WERE LEAKING AIR. CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE MECHANIC KNEW EXACTLY WHERE TO LOOK. BOTH REAR RIMS HAVE MULTIPLE CRACKS AND THE FRONT RIMS ARE BENT IN SEVERAL AREAS. ALTHOUGH THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THE FACTORY WILL NOT REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE WHEELS. AFTER ONLY 18K MILES THE ESTIMATE TO REPAIR IS $5,652. WITHOUT REPAIR I RISK TIRE BLOW OUTS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11302904January 29, 2020
WHEELS
WITH LESS THAN 15000 MILES I HAD 2 WHEELS WITH CRACKS IN THE LIP PORTION OF THE WHEEL. TIRE STORE INDICATED THE OTHER 2 WHEELS ARE OUT OF ROUND. GM REFUSES TO WARRANTY, AFTERMARKET WARRANTY DENIES COVERAGE SINCE THIS IS A CLEAR "FACTORY DEFECT." GM IS SELLING SUB QUALITY WHEELS THAT COULD FAIL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, AND NOT HONORING WARRANTY REGARDING FACTORY DEFECTS. MANY INSTANCES OF THIS PROBLEM ON CAR FORUMS. MANY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11302530January 28, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
A FEW MONTHS AGO, I FILLED MY 2008 CORVETTE C6 WITH GAS. I ONLY FILLED IT UNTIL THE PUMP CLICKED OFF. I WAS ALREADY AWARE OVERFILLING IS NOT GOOD FOR THE CAR NOR IS IT A SAFE PRACTICE. I DROVE ABOUT 25-30 MILES BEFORE RETURNING HOME. EVERYTHING SEEMED FINE UNTIL THE FOLLOWING MORNING WHEN I WENT OUT TO MY GARAGE. THE SMELL OF GAS WAS OVERPOWERING. I IMMEDIATELY OPENED BOTH DOORS IN THE GARAGE TO ALLOW IT TO AIR OUT. I THEN CHECKED THE GAS CAP. THE SMELL WAS COMING STRONGLY FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR. I CHECKED UNDER THE FUEL TANK AND FELT GAS. I PARKED THE CAR FOR A FEW WEEKS UNTIL I COULD GET IT INTO A GM DEALERSHIP. AFTER THEY CHECKED IT OUT, I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE CAR. I ASKED IF CHEVROLET HAD ISSUED ANY SAFETY RECALLS AND I WAS SHOCKED THAT ALTHOUGH CHEVROLET IS VERY AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, THEY DON'T THINK THEIR CUSTOMERS SAFETY IS WORTH TAKING AWAY FROM THE BOTTOM LINE. TO REITERATE, THE FUEL SYSTEM IS LEAKING, GM IS AWARE OF THE FAULT, AND IT'S FELT THAT THEY SHOULD RECALL THIS. IF SOMEONE HASN'T BEEN KILLED YET, SOMEONE WILL SOON.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11302192January 27, 2020
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
I OWN A 2012 CORVETTE GRANDSPORT PURCHASED NEW. CAR HAS 12,635 MILES IN IT. I WAS DRIVING INTO TOWN LAST NIGHT AND HEAD LIGHTS JUST SHUT OFF LEAVING ME IN COMPLETE DARKNESS. I WAS COMING INTO TUSCALOOSA AND MANAGED WAS FORTUNATE TO HAVE ENOUGH AREA LIGHTING TO SAFELY COME TO A STOP AND PULL INTO A PARKING LOT. I TRIED WHAT I KNEW TO TRY BUT LIGHTS WOULD NOT COME BACK ON. I WAS ABLE TO HOLD THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH IN THE FLASH POSITION TO GET HIGH BEAMS TO WORK. I TURNED AROUND AND HEADED BACK HOME CONTINUING TO HOLD TURN SIGNAL SWITCH IN FLASH POSITION. UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS BLINDING THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT MIGHT'VE HAPPENED IF I HAD BEEN ON A COUNTRY ROAD WITH NO LIGHTNING. I'VE BEEN READING ABOUT RECALL ISSUES ON EARLIER MODELS OF THE C6 I'VE ALSO READ THIS COULD BE A FAULTY RELAY PROBLEM. MY CAR HAS LOW MILES AND LESS THAN 25% OF THOSE MILES WERE NIGHT DRIVING. CAR IS GARAGE KEPT AND HAS NEVER BEEN DRIVEN IN THE RAIN SO I KNOW HOW WELL IT HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. PLEASE ADVISE IF OTHERS HAVE HAD SAME PROBLEM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11301853January 25, 2020
WHEELS
I OWN A 2017 GRAND SPORT CORVETTE AND FOUND A CRACK IN PASSENGER REAR RIM, PICTURE IS BELOW. IT IS A KNOWN FACT THAT THERE ARE TOO MANY CRACK C7 CORVETTE RIMS AND GM WILL DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. I WAS LUCKY AND NOTICED PSI IN TIRE LEAKING AND MONITORED, FINALLY WENT TO DEALERSHIP WHERE INSIDE RIM WAS CRACKED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11301715January 24, 2020
WHEELS
I WENT OUT TO MY VEHICLE TO DRIVE IT TO WORK AND SAW THAT I HAD A LOW TIRE PRESSURE WARNING. THE PRESSURE WAS 19 PSI, AND NORMAL SHOULD BE 30 PSI. I INFLATED THE TIRE TO NORMAL PRESSURE, AND A WEEK LATER THE PRESSURE HAD DROPPED TO 9PSI. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO DISCOUNT TIRE ASSUMING I HAD A TIRE PUNCTURE, BUT AFTER REMOVING THE WHEEL AND TIRE THEY IMMEDIATELY DETECTED A CRACK IN THE WHEEL. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE WHEEL NOTICED DURING THE MOST RECENT TIRE REPLACEMENT AT ~20.4K MILES AND THE PREVIOUS TIRES SHOWED NO DAMAGE FROM HARD OR SUDDEN IMPACT. NO HARD OR SUDDEN IMPACTS HAVE OCCURRED SINCE EITHER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11301377January 23, 2020
WHEELS
I TOOK MY WHEELS TO A SHOP WHERE THEY REPORTED THAT ALL 4 HAD BENT. IN TRYING TO REPAIR THEM THEY NOTED THAT THEY WOBBLED WHEN ON A MACHINE AND THAT THEY SEEMED PRONE TO BEING EASILY BENT. ALSO THE BLACK POWDER COATING WAS INCONSISTENT AND EASILY CHIPPED. I NOTED THAT OTHERS HAVE REPORTED ISSUES WITH THE GRAND SPORT WHEELS. REPAIR COST IS UNKNOWN, BUT I NOW AM CONCERNED WITH CONTINUED USE OF THE WHEELS DUE TO POTENTIAL BENDING AND CRACKING ISSUES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11300677January 21, 2020
WHEELS
AT JUST LESS THAN 5000 MILES I WAS EXPERIENCING VIBRATION SPECIALLY IN CARS SPORT MODE ON MY 2017 GRAND SPORT CORVETTE. TOOK TO TIRE SHOP FOR A WHEEL BALANCE AND WAS NOTIFIED THREE WHEELS WERE BENT. TOOK CAR TO DEALER WHO ACKNOWLEDGED ALSO WHEELS WERE BENT IN REPAIR ORDER. I WAS TOLD BY DEALER BENT WHEELS ARE NOT COVERED UNDER 3YR/ 36K MILE WARRANTY. DEALER SUGGESTED I CONTACT GM. LATER INTERNET SEARCH REVEALED MANY OTHER PEOPLE EXPERIENCING BENT WHEELS ON THIS PARTICULAR CORVETTE MODEL. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM AS WHEELS ARE CRACKING AND COULD FOIL COMPLETELY CAUSING UNCONTROLLABLE SITUATION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11300862January 21, 2020
STEERING
I'VE HAD 2 OCCURENCES WHERE I GET THE "SERVICE POWER STEERING. DRIVE CAREFULLY" MESSAGE AND THE CAR BECOMES HARDER TO STEER/TURN. ON THE FIRST OCCURENCE THE ISSUE WENT AWAY AFTER RESTARTING THE CAR. NOW, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON AND THE CAR REMAINS HARD TO STEER EVEN AFTER RESTARTING / WAITING A DAY. BOTH OCCURRENCES HAPPENED WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOTION. FIRST DRIVING ON THE STREET AND NOW IT HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11300381January 20, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
CAR IS LEAKING GAS DOWN THE SIDE OF THE DRIVER'S-SIDE FUEL TANK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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