Chevrolet Corvette Complaints (2017)

257 consumer complaints on file.

#11162863December 20, 2018
WHEELS
2 BENT WHEELS TRAVELING FROM TUCSON TO MEMPHIS. POT HOLE ON INTERSTATE IN TENN. 2 MORE BENT WHEELS ON RETURN TRIP IN NM. A POT HOLE ON THE INTERSTATE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11161931December 17, 2018
WHEELS
NOTICED A VIBRATION IN THE CAR AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE WHEEL WAS BENT. SERVICE MANAGER STATED THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING TO MANY CORVETTES AND WAS DUE TO THE STIFFNESS OF THE TIRE AND THE WEAKNESS OF THE FACTORY WHEEL. GM HAS DENIED A CLAIM UNDER WARRANTY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11154522November 28, 2018
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE GM NAVIGATION SYSTEM DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THE ROUNDABOUT AT THE ENTRANCE TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS ROUNDABOUT WAS COMPLETED IN 2011, 5 YEARS BEFORE MY CORVETTE WAS BUILT. I SUBMIT THAT THE CORVETTE NAVIGATION SYSTEM IS FAULTY SINCE IT SUGGESTS I TURN LEFT ONTO OLD HUNDRED ROAD WHICH IS THE WRONG WAY ON THE ROUNDABOUT, I SUBMIT THAT THIS FAULT IS A SAFETY ISSUE.
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11145000November 2, 2018
WHEELS
2017-2019 CORVETTE GRAND SPORT HAS A HIGH NUMBER OF REPORT INSTANCES OF RIMS CRACKING AND BENDING THAT FORUM MEMBERS FEEL IS NOT NORMAL, NOT DUE TO HITTING POTHOLES OR ANYTHING. I HAD NEVER HIT ANY POTHOLES OR ANYTHING HARD, AND WHILE HAVING MY TIRES CHANGED, THE SHOP SHOWS ME A CRACK IN THE RIM. ON THE BLOG SITE "CORVETTE FORUM", THERE'S NUMEROUS PEOPLE AND PICTURES OF PEOPLE SHOWING THEIR CRACKED OR BENT RIMS. GM IS TELLING PEOPLE THIS IS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR AND NOT DEALING WITH IT. THIS IS NOT NORMAL. SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED MULTIPLE TIRES BENT OR CRACKED. PLEASE INVESTIGATE. I'M SURE GM DOES NOT HAVE ACCURATE DATA, PEOPLE MOST PEOPLE REPORT THE DEALER TURNS THEIR CLAIM AWAY AS NOT BEING COVERED, SO IT'S NOT GETTING FULLY REPORTED. THIS APPEARS TO BE A PROBLEM ONLY WITH THE GRAND SPORT MODEL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11145056November 2, 2018
WHEELS
AFTER DRIVING THE CAR THE TIRE PRESSURE WARNING CAME ON AND WE STARTED NOTICING THE TIRE PRESSURE LEAKING ON THE RIGHT REAR OF MY WIFE GRAND SPORT CORVETTE, THE WHEEL WAS TAKEN OFF TO INVESTIGATE THE CAUSE OF LEAK. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS A CRACK ALONE THE BEAD RING AREA OF THE INSIDE DRUM AREA OF THE WHEEL. THE DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO COVER UNDER WARRANTY AND DIDN'T OFFER REPAIRS. THE WHEEL WAS TAKEN TO A REPUTABLE WHEEL REPAIR SHOP WITH A GUARANTEE ON THE REPAIR. AFTER DRIVING THE CAR APPROXIMATELY 1000 MILE THE SAME WHEEL STARTED TO LEAK AGAIN. AFTER REMOVING THE WHEEL THERE WAS ANOTHER CRACK APPROXIMATELY 180 DEGREES FROM THE REPAIRED CRACK. AFTER REFUSING TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP WITH A CRACKED WHEEL, IT WAS REMOVED FROM THE CAR AND TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND ALSO CALLED THE GM PRIORITY CARE AT 866-636-2273. GM PRIORITY CARE GAVE ME THE CASE NUMBER 8-4778215369 . THE DEALERSHIP STILL REFUSED TO COVER THE WHEEL UNDER WARRANTY BUT OFFERED TO SELL ME ANOTHER WHEEL FOR $250. THE VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS 19000MILES AND IS MY WIFE'S DAILY DRIVER FOR WORK. THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN ABUSED OR INVOLVED IN ANY ACCIDENTS. IT HAS BEEN PAINTED DUE TO SCRATCHES FROM TORNADO WIND DAMAGE. I TOOK PICTURES BEFORE THE REPAIR WAS MADE AND ADDITIONAL PICTURE OF THE SECOND CRACK IN THE SAME WHEEL. IN MY OPINION THE DEALERSHIP SHOULD HAVE REPLACED THE WHEEL WHEN THE FIRST CRACK OCCURRED. NOW I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN THE QUALITY OF THE GRAND SPORT WHEELS AND WILL REFUSE THEIR OFFER OF GETTING A WHEEL FOR $250. AFTER CHECKING WITH AN AFTERMARKET WHEEL COMPANY FOR REPLACEMENT WHEELS, THEY NOTIFIED ME THAT GM IS AWARE THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE GRAND SPORT WHEEL AND THAT I SHOULD TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPLACEMENT. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY NOT SAFE TO DRIVE UNTIL I GET A REPLACEMENT WHEEL. SEE ATTACHED PHOTOS OF THE FIRST AND SECOND CRACK IN THE WHEEL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11141268October 18, 2018
WHEELS
GM IS PUTTING DEFECTIVE WHEELS ON GRAND SPORT AND Z06 CORVETTES. THESE WHEELS WILL NOT WITHSTAND NORMAL DRIVING ON ANY HIGHWAY. THE ISSUE IS THAT THESE WHEELS BEND ON IMPACT, BE IT EXPANSION JOINTS ALONG BRIDGES OR SMALL IMPERFECTIONS IN THE ROADWAY THAT OTHER CARS HANDLE EVERY DAY. THE ISSUE IS THAT GM SAYS THESE ARE ROAD HAZARDS AND THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE. THE WHEELS WERE NOT ENGINEERED TO TAKE NORMAL DRIVING ON ROADS ANYWHERE. THIS STARTED IN JUNE AFTER A TRIP I TOOK AND THE CAR PICKED UP A VIBRATION. TOOK IT TO S DEALER AND HE SAID THE WHEELS WERE BENT AND NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND WOULD SELL ME NEW ONES 2 FRONT WHEELS FOR ABOUT $1800. I THEN TOOK THE CAR HOME AND TOOK THE FRONT WHEELS OFF AND HAD THEM STRAIGHTENED AT A COST OF $110 EACH. I THOUGHT THAT TOOK CARE OF THE PROBLEM SO WE DROVE THE CAR ON ANOTHER TRIP TO NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA. WE WERE ON A TRIP AND LOST AIR IN THE LEFT FRONT TIRE ( PICTURE BELOW ) IT HAD WORN ALL THE WAY DOWN THROUGH ALL THE BELTS DUE TO THE WHEELS BEING BENT AGAIN. SEE ALL 3 PICTURES. THESE WHEELS ARE A SAFETY HAZARD FOR THESE CARS TO USE ON PUBLIC HIGHWAYS AS THEY DEVELOP CRACKS AND CAUSE SEVERE TIRE WEAR IN SHORT PERIODS OF TIME. I HAD ANOTHER SET OF BRAND NEW WHEELS AT HOME. I HAD TO COME BACK HOME AND GET THEM AND TAKE THEM BACK TO CANADA TO GET MY CAR HOME. ON THE 1700 MILE TRIP BACK THE CAR DEVELOPED A VIBRATION AND WHEN I TOOK IT BACK TO MY TIRE DEALER HE SAID THAT THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL WAS BENT. THE BIG ISSUE IS GM DOES NOT TRACK THESE ISSUES IF YOU DO NOT BUY THE NEW WHEELS FROM THEM AND IT GOES UNREPORTED. A FRIEND OF MINE WHO HAS LESS THAN 5000 MILES ON HIS 2019 NEEDS TO BUY 4 WHEELS AND 4 TIRES AND THE DEALER EVEN TOLD US THERE WERE 2 PEOPLE THE WEEK BEFORE THAT HAD BENT RIMS ON I-71.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11131987September 27, 2018
WHEELS
LEFT FRONT AND LEFT REAR WHEELS BENT AFTER VERY MINOR DEFECT IN HIGHWAY, HAD TO REPLACE WHEELS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11131995September 27, 2018
WHEELS
HAD 3 OF THE 4 RIMS BEND, PER THE DEALER DIAGNOSIS, FOR NO APPARENT REASON. CAR HAD 2,000 MILES ON IT. IT SEEMS TO BE A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM. THERE ARE MULTIPLE POSTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE, ALONG WITH THE WHEELS CRACKING FOR NO REASON, AT THE FOLLOWING INTERNET FORUM; HTTPS://WWW.CORVETTEFORUM.COM/FORUMS/C7-GENERAL-DISCUSSION-142/ IN MY INSTANCE THE CAR DROVE FINE THE EVENING BEFORE (I'D ACTUALLY PICKED IT UP FROM THE DEALER THE SAME DAY AS THEY REPAIRED ANOTHER ISSUE). GOT IN THE CAR THE NEXT MORNING TO GO TO WORK AND NOTICED THE BAD VIBRATION. I THOUGHT A WHEEL WEIGHT HAD FALLEN OFF. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND AFTER DIAGNOSIS THEY INFORMED ME THAT 3 OF THE 4 RIMS WERE BENT (BOTH PASSENGER SIDE AND DRIVER REAR).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11098155May 27, 2018
STEERING
AFTER DRIVING FOR 20 MIN AT LOCAL STREET SPEED 30-45 MPH COMPLETELY LOST MY POWER STEERING.DASH SHOWED POWER STEERING DRIVE SAFELY.ALMOST HIT ANOTHER CAR AS I WAS MAKING A TURN.GOT IT HOME AND PARKED, RESTARTED AN HOUR LATER AN IT WAS WORKING. NO LEAKS OR WARNINGS,VERY SCARY AND DANGEROUS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11055217December 18, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VISIBILITY/WIPER
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE PROGRAMMING THAT CONTROLLED THE HEATING INDEPENDENTLY FUNCTIONED AND WOULD NOT ALLOW THE OCCUPANT TO MANUALLY OPERATE IT. WHEN THE SWITCH THAT CONTROLLED THE ROOF WAS PRESSED, THE MANUAL CONTROL FEATURE RETURNED; HOWEVER, THE HEATING ELEMENT FUNCTIONED AT APPROXIMATELY 151 DEGREES INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PROGRAMMING THAT CONTROLLED THE SWITCH USED FOR THE ROOF INDEPENDENTLY CONTROLLED THE HEATING ELEMENTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VERBIAGE IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL DID NOT INDICATE THAT IN THE CLIMATE CONTROL SETTING SECTION. THE FAILURE RECURRED CONSTANTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO CHARLES AUTO FAMILY IN GARRETTSVILLE, OH, 330-577-5089, WHERE IT WAS STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS AN UNKNOWN ISSUE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE OPERATED AS DESIGNED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NO PLAN TO REMEDY THE FAILURE OR UPDATE THE OWNER'S MANUAL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11040447October 27, 2017
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), STEERING
2 OCCURRENCES I HAVE BEEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE, WITHOUT NOTICE I LOOSE ALL POWER STEERING FUNCTION, POWER BRAKES FUNCTION AND ALL ABS/TRACTION CONTROL. SEVERAL WARNING LIGHTS ARE DISPLAYED ON DASHBOARD. BOTH TIMES THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TOWED TO THE NEAREST CHEVROLET DEALER FOR REPAIRS. BOTH THESE OCCURRENCES HAVE HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING ON MAJOR STREETS, THE FIRST TIME I WAS GOING AROUND A CURVE ON THE STREET APPX 40-45 MPH, LOST ALL FUNCTIONS AND NEARLY LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11033140October 12, 2017
ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, STEERING
MY CORVETTE IS A Z06 THAT IS DESIGNED AND BUILT FOR TRACK USE. WHEN I USE IT ON TRACK IT OVERHEATS AND GOES INTO LIMP MODE AFTER ABOUT 15 MINS. SOMETIMES THE POWER STEER FAULTS MAKING IT DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS TO CONTROL THE CAR. I DO NOT USE IT REGULARLY ON THE STREET.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11024700September 20, 2017
WHEELS
BOTH LEFT WHEELS ON MY 2017 GRAND SPORT BENT IN NORMAL DRIVING OVER NORMAL ROADS. IN RESEARCHING THE ISSUE, THIS SEEMS TO BE A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH THE STOCK WHEELS ON 2017-2018 CORVETTE GRAND SPORTS AND 2015-18 CORVETTE Z06S. GM AGREED TO REPLACE THE FRONT WHEEL, BUT THE DEALER DIDN'T REALIZE THE REAR WAS ALSO BENT (NO VISIBLE DAMAGE TO EITHER WHEEL, THE WHEELS ARE JUST NOT STRONG ENOUGH). GM IS NOW CLAIMING THEY WON'T FIX/REPLACE THE REAR WHEEL. CAR VIBRATES BECAUSE OF THE BENT WHEEL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11022651September 11, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE SWITCH THAT CONTROLLED THE CONVERTIBLE TOP DID MORE THAN MAKE THE TOP GO UP OR DOWN. THE COMPUTER ALSO TURNED THE HEATER ON OR OFF AT RANDOM, EVEN WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND TURNED OFF, WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (CHARLES AUTO FAMILY, GARRETTSVILLE, OH, 330-577-5089) AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT IT WAS AN UNKNOWN ISSUE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE OPERATED AS DESIGNED. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10979997April 23, 2017
ENGINE
I HAVE ABOUT 500 MILES ON MY 2017 C7 CORVETTE AND OBVIOUSLY NEVER DROVE IT IN THE WINTER, ALWAYS GARAGED AND JUST TOOK IT OUT A VERY FEW TIMES OVER THE PAST 2 WEEKS DURING NICE WEATHER. I OPENED THE HOOD FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME AND SHOWED A FRIEND OF MINE THE ENGINE, HE WAS A MECHANIC FOR YEARS, AND WE BOTH IMMEDIATELY SEEN THE MANIFOLDS WERE RUSTY. THIS IS HORRIBLE THAT GM WOULD RELEASE A NEARLY $60,000 VEHICLE WITH SUCH A FLAW AND POSSIBLY NEAR FUTURE CATASTROPHIC ENGINE PROBLEMS BECAUSE OF IT!??????? PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED PHOTOS AND ADVISE ME IF YOU CAN PLEASE HAVE THESE MANIFOLD HEADERS REPLACED WITH ONES WHICH WON'T RUST HORRIFICALLY SUCH AS STAINLESS STEEL OR SIMILAR? ALL OVER THE INTERNET MANY CORVETTE OWNERS WITH NEW CORVETTES ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME CONCERNS AND ISSUES! PLEASE DO A NATIONWIDE RECALL AND HAVE CHEVROLET REPLACE ALL OF THESE MANIFOLD HEADERS WITH STAINLESS OR OTHER SUITABLE MATERIAL. PLEASE HELP EVERYONE???!!! THANKS!!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10980002April 23, 2017
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
STEVE WILLIAMS WITH DECADES OF EXPERIENCE CONFIRMED FROM BORLA EXHAUST ETC... AS WELL AS CORSO AND MAGNAFLOW EXHAUST EXPERT REPS SAID THE SAME THING ABOUT GM PLASTIC 4 ACTUATORS WHICH ARE LOCATED ON THE C7 CORVETTE MUFFLERS HAVE BEEN MELTING! MELTING CAN CAUSE A FIRE AND AT THE VERY LEAST CAUSES THE MUFFLER SYSTEM TO BE INOPERATIVE AND THE FOUR FLAPS WHICH OPEN AND CLOSE TO ALLOW AIR FLOW TO EITHER BE STUCK OPEN OR DAMAGED BECAUSE OF THE ACTUATORS LOCATED ON THE MUFFLERS MELTING! MINE ALTHOUGH THEY MIGHT BE INOPERATIVE AS I HEAR STICKING IN THE FLAPS OPENING AND CLOSING AS ENGINE ACCELERATES WHICH IS A SYMPTOM OF FAILURE OR POTENTIAL FAILURE! PLEASE ORDER A NATION WIDE RECALL TO AVOID SOMEONE'S LIFE BEING JEOPARDIZED AND ALSO ENGINES BEING RUINED BECAUSE OF THESE HORRIBLE DESIGN! CALL STEVE WILLIAMS 805 986 8600 AT BORLA A MUFFLER GURU AND EXPERT TO ADVISE YOU FURTHER. THIS PLASTIC NONSENSE GM PUT AS ACTUATORS HAS BEEN A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR A VERY LONG TIME, ESPECIALLY AFFECTING THE C7 2013 AND NEWER CORVETTES! PLEASE HELP PUT A STOP TO THIS AND ORDER GM TO FIX THESE PROBLEMS! SEE PHOTOS OF ACTUATORS ON VEHICLES WHICH HAVE MELTED. PLEASE HELP! THANKS!!! ONE OF MANY COMPLAINTS ON CORVETTE FORUMS! CHASSIS THIS IS AN IMPROPER DESIGN BY THE GM TEAM, PUTTING A PLASTIC CASED ELECTRONIC MODULE DIRECTLY ON THE EXHAUST PIPE. JUST BOUND TO FAIL WHEN THE GOING GETS HOT. ACTUATORS ARE EXPENSIVE WITH A LIST PRICE OF ALMOST $400 EACH, SO IT'S WELL OVER $1000 TO REPAIR EACH TIME AT THE DEALER FOR EVERY ONE OF MY TRACK OUTINGS. SO FAR IT'S COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, BUT THIS CAN'T REALLY CONTINUE. IF GM DOESN'T COME UP WITH A FIX, I MIGHT HAVE TO SELL THE CAR. I BOUGHT IT TO GO TO THE TRACK AND FOR NOW IT FAILS EVERY TIME I GO.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10958719March 5, 2017
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
I WAS GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND NOTICED THAT THE CORVETTE WAS GETTING REALLY HOT, THAN ABOUT 5 MIN LATER ONSTAR REPORTED A ENGINE, TRANS, AND REAR END PROBLEM ALONG WITH A LOUD CLANKING NOISE FROM THE MOTOR. NOW IT ONLY DOES ABOUT 65 THANK IT GOES TO 5K RPMS AND GOES NOWHERE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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