Chevrolet Corvette Complaints

5,302 consumer complaints on file.

#11365123October 19, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
STRONG FUEL SMELL COMING FROM VEHICLE WHILE ENGINE ISN'T RUNNING. GOOGLED AND WAS TOLD IT'S A SAFETY RECALL ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL CAR AND THAT I SHOULD FILE A COMPLAINT.
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#11364618October 16, 2020
WHEELS
THE CAR IS 2 YEARS OLD AND ONLY HAS 4,900 MILES. THE LEFT REAR WHEEL HAS 2 SMALL CRACKS. THE RIM WAS NOT DAMAGED BY ANY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE RIM WILL NO LONGER HOLD AIR AND IS STRUCTURALLY UNSOUND. THE CAR IS DRIVEN TO CAR SHOWS AND SUNDAY DRIVES, IT IS NOT ABUSED.*DT*JB
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#11364741October 16, 2020
WHEELS
AIR WAS LEAKING OUT OF THE TIRE. WE KEPT REFILLING IT AND TOOK IT TO LES SCHWAB TODAY ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT THE RIM WAS CRACKED. WE DRIVE THIS CORVETTE CAREFULLY AND HAVE NEVER HIT A POT HOLE.
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#11364443October 15, 2020
WHEELS
I HAVE 2 CRACKED REAR WHEELS AND 1 BENT FRONT WHEEL 2017 CORVETTE ZO6
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#11364502October 15, 2020
WHEELS:RIM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE REAR DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE RIMS CRACKED ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO ALLEN CHEVROLET CADILLAC (15180 S DIXIE HWY, MONROE, MI 48161) ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS TO HAVE BOTH RIMS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. *BF*JB
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#11364568October 15, 2020
WHEELS
I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE TWO WHEELS BECAUSE OF BEING CRACKED AND BENT CAUSING WHEEL VIBRATIONS AND LEAKS. THIS WAS FROM NORMAL DRIVING ON VARIOUS HIGHWAYS.
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#11364597October 15, 2020
WHEELS
BOTH REAR WHEELS ON MY 2019 CORVETTE GRAND SPORT ARE CRACKED. ONE WHEEL HAD A CRACK REPAIRED AT AROUND 24,000 MILES BEFORE I PURCHASED IT IN JANUARY 2020. IN AUGUST 2020 AT ABOUT 28,500 MILES, ONE REAR TIRE STARTED LOSING PRESSURE. UPON INSPECTION, THE WHEEL WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED IN TWO PLACES. IT CRACKED AT THE SAME SPOT WHERE IT WAS REPAIRED AND AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION. THE OTHER REAR WHEEL WAS HOLDING AIR, BUT WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED AS WELL. THAT WHEEL WAS NEVER REPAIRED BEFORE. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT AND NO POT HOLES OR ROAD HAZARDS HIT TO CREATE THESE CRACKS. I DRIVE THE SAME WELL MAINTAINED ROADS THAT I DROVE MY 2006 CORVETTE ON FOR 120,000 MILES WITHOUT IT EVER CRACKING A WHEEL. BOTH REAR WHEELS CRACKED IN THE 4,500 MILES THAT I HAVE DRIVEN THE CAR. THIS REPRESENTS A SAFETY HAZARD. AS OF TODAY, I WAS INFORMED THAT CHEVROLET ONLY OFFERS THE SAME CAST ALUMINUM WHEEL THAT HUNDREDS OF OTHERS HAVE ALSO REPORTED CRACKING OR BENDING AS A REPLACEMENT.
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0
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#11364599October 15, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
EVERY TIME I FUEL UP I GET A STRONG FUEL SMELL INSIDE MY CAR AND WHEN I OPEN MY TRUNK.
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#11364319October 14, 2020
WHEELS
DANGEROUS VIBRATION AS DRIVING AND BRAKING AT 6000 MILES. AFTER DEALER CLAIMED IT WAS BRAKES, PADS AND MY BAD DRIVING, REPLACED BOTH. DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM AND IT EVEN GOT MUCH WORSE OVER THE NEXT 6000 MILES. I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER DEALER FOR HELP AND FOUND THAT I HAVE 2 WARPED WHEELS. BOUGHT WHEEL AND TIRE PROTECTION PLAN AT THE TIME OF PURCHUSE BUT THEY WOULDN'T COVER THE WHEELS AS THE DAMAGE WASN'T FROM ROAD HASSARDS OR DRIVING. BUT GM WON'T COVER AS THEY SAY IT IS DRIVING AND ROAD DAMAGE. GM KNOWS OF THE WHEEL FLAWS FROM OTHER COMPLAINTS BUT WON'T STAND BY THEIR PRODUCT.
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#11364328October 14, 2020
WHEELS
LEFT REAR TIRE LEAKING AIR. PRESSURE WOULD FALL FROM 32PSI TO 14PSI IN ONLY TWO DAYS. TIRE REPAIR SHOP REPORTED GOOD TIRE, BUT NOTED 3 CRACKS ON INSIDE RIM OF WHEEL AT TIRE BEAD. CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP NOTED CRACKS AND SUBMITTED FOR WARRANTY WORK WHICH WAS DENIED. ONLY 16706 MILES ON 19 MONTH OLD CAR.
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#11364330October 14, 2020
WHEELS:RIM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THERE WAS A VIBRATION COMING FROM THE TIRES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN UNKNOWN TIRE SHOP WHERE THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE RIMS WERE BENT AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THE RIMS WERE CHANGED TWICE WITHIN A YEAR. FRIENDLY CHEVROLET (7501 HWY 65 NE, FRIDLEY, MN 55432 612) 276-2955) WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED THEM OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,800.
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0
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#11364343October 14, 2020
WHEELS:RIM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 CHEVROLET CORVETTE EQUIPPED WITH MICHELIN TIRES, TIRE LINE: PILOT SUPER SPORT, TIRE SIZE: P335/25/ZR20, DOT: 4M2R00RX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TREAD ON THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE WAS INSTALLED BACKWARDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR WHEEL WAS CRACKED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE AND SHOULD NOT BE DRIVEN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS INFORMED OF A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT ON THE WHEELS. GREGG YOUNG CHEVROLET, INC (17750 BURT ST, OMAHA, NE 68118, (800) 951-5257) DISMISSED THE CONTACT'S CONCERN AND SUGGESTED THAT THE WHEEL WAS POSSIBLY CRACKED WHILE DRIVING OVER A POTHOLE. THE DEALER PROMISED A CALLBACK HOWEVER, THE CONTACT HAD NOT YET RECEIVED A CALLBACK. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DENIED ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE ISSUE. THE WHEEL WAS NOT REPAIRED NOR REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,800.
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#11364360October 14, 2020
WHEELS:RIM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE DISCOVERED A LARGE CRACK ON THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE RIM. THE CONTACT FELT THAT THE TIRE WAS LOSING AIR WHILE HE WAS DRIVING. THE CONTACT WENT TO SUBURBAN CHEVROLET (12475 PLAZA DR, EDEN PRAIRIE, MN 55344, (952) 955-7373) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE RIM WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT ON THE RIMS. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED. THE RIM WAS REPLACED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 19,000. *BF*JB
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#11364351October 14, 2020
WHEELS:RIM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AIR WAS LEAKING FROM THE PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DISCOVER FOUR CRACKS ON THE INTERIOR SECTION OF THE WHEEL CAUSING THE AIR TO LEAK FROM THE TIRE. THE WHEEL WAS REPLACED HOWEVER, THE SAME FAILURE OCCURRED ON THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES WERE NOT DETERMINED. THE LOCAL DEALER COUGHLIN CHEVROLET OF PATASKALA (900 EAST BROAD ST, PATASKALA, OH 43062) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000.
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#11364386October 14, 2020
WHEELS
I BEGAN HAVING RIM PROBLEMS SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING MY 2019 CORVETTE IN SEPTEMBER 2018. THE CAR HAD A VIBRATION AND MY TIRE STORE SHOWED ME HOW ONE OF THE WHEELS WAS OUT OF ROUND, SO I ORDERED A NEW RIM. SEE UPLOADED PHOTO 0948. MY NEXT PROBLEM WITH VIBRATION OCCURRED WITH THREE OF THE RIMS BEING OUT OF ROUND, SO I TOOK IT TO A WHEEL REPAIR SHOP TO HAVE THEM STRAIGHTENED. SEE UPLOADED PHOTO 0949. LATER ON, VIBRATION CROPPED UP AGAIN, AND I HAD ONE OF THOSE THREE WHEEL AGAIN STRAIGHTENED, PLUS WELDED IN TWO PLACES TO REPAIR AIR LEAKING CRACKS IN THE RIM, SO THE RIM WOULD HOLD AIR. SEE UPLOADED PHOTO 0950. STILL LATER, THAT RIM BEGAN LEAKING AIR AGAIN, SO I HAD THE TIRE SHOP AGAIN STRAIGHTEN AND WELD THE LEAKING CRACK. SEE UPLOADED PHOTO 0969. STILL LATER, ANOTHER RIM WOULD NOT HOLD ANY AIR PRESSURE FOR LONGER THAN ABOUT FOUR HOURS, SO AGAIN THAT RIM WENT TO THE REPAIR SHOP TO BE WELDED. SEE UPLOADED PHOTO 0972. IN SUMMARY, IT SEEMS LIKELY THESE CORVETTE RIMS, WHICH COME WITH LOW PROFILE TIRES, ARE SUBJECT TO LOADS WHICH A CASTING CANNOT ABSORB WHEN ROLLING OVER POTHOLES, SPEEDBUMPS, AND OTHER ROAD ANOMALIES. WITH A NORMAL PROFILE TIRE, THIS WOULD UNLIKELY TO BE A PROBLEM, BUT WITH LOW PROFILE TIRES, THE RIMS ARE ONLY TWO INCHES FROM ANY ROAD ANOMALY. THEREFORE, THE CORVETTE RIMS SHOULD PROBABLY BE MANUFACTURED USING A FORGING PROCESS, RATHER THAN A CASTING PROCESS. OR, THE CORVETTES SHOULD BE DESIGNED TO USE NORMAL PROFILE TIRES INSTEAD OF LOW PROFILE TIRES.
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#11364376October 14, 2020
WHEELS
3 HAIRLINE CRACKS WERE IDENTIFIED DUE TO A SLOW AIR LEAK IN THE RIGHT REAR TIRE. DISCOUNT TIRE SHOP EXAMINED THE WHEEL BY SUBMERGING IT IN WATER. I CONTACTED THE CHEVROLET DEALER TO INQUIRE ABOUT A POTENTIAL RECALL, BUT NO LUCK. ONE OEM WHEEL WAS QUOTED AT $688.00. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN PRIMARILY DRIVEN ON HIGHWAYS.
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#11364393October 14, 2020
WHEELS
I WAS DRIVING ALONG IN WASHINGTON DC ON BENNING RD SE. WHEN I HIT A SMALL BUMP ON THE ROAD AT ABOUT 25 MHP. AFTER THAT I EXPERIENCED A WOBBLE OR SHAKE AT AROUND 50 MHP. I WAS ON A CITY STREET DRIVING STRAIGHT AHEAD. AT THE TIME I ONLY HAD 3700 MILES ON THE CAR.
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0
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#11364395October 14, 2020
WHEELS
MY 2019 CORVETTE WAS PURCHASED ON SEPTEMBER 20, 2018. I DROVE HOME THINKING I WOULDN'T HAVE ANY REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT PROBLEMS FOR SOME TIME ON THIS NEW CAR. A FEW DAYS LATER, AS I'M READING THE OWNER'S MANUAL, THERE ARE ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE PLACES IN THIS THICK MANUAL THAT SAYS MY TIRES ARE "SUMMER ONLY" TIRES, AND THAT IT COULD BE HAZARDOUS TO DRIVE ON THESE TIRE IN COLD OR WET WEATHER. WELL, SUMMER ENDED ONLY ABOUT 2-3 DAYS AFTER I PURCHASED THE CAR, SO I IMMEDIATELY FELT UNSAFE DRIVING ON THE SUMMER ONLY TIRES. I WENT TO MY TIRE STORE AND BOUGHT A SET OF ALL-WEATHER TIRES. SEE UPLOADED PHOTO 0973. I THINK IT IS UNREASONABLE FOR ALL NEW CORVETTES TO ONLY COME WITH SUMMER ONLY TIRES! NONE OF THE DEALERS I NEGOTIATED WITH FOR THIS CAR WOULD DELIVER MY CAR WITH ALL SEASON TIRES! LATER, RELATED TO MY COMPLAINT NUMBER 11364386 PERTAINING TO CORVETTE RIM DEFICIENCIES, I HAD TO PREMATURELY REPLACE EACH OF THE FOUR NEW ALL SEASON TIRES, ONE BY ONE, DUE TO RIM PROBLEMS CAUSING TIRE IRREGULARITIES WHERE THE TIRES MEETS THE RIMS. THERE WAS LOTS OF TREAD LEFT, BUT DAMAGE TO EACH OF THESE TIRES WHERE THEY CONTACTED THE OUT OF ROUND RIMS.
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0
Deaths:
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#11364409October 14, 2020
WHEELS
MY 2019 CORVETTE GRAND SPORT HAS HAD ISSUES WITH THE RIMS FROM DAY ONE. CURRENTLY THERE IS LES THAN 10,000 MILES. EACH RIM HAS BENT & NOW WE HAVE A CRACKED RIM (ABOUT 1 1/2 INCH LONG). THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED WE HAD ONLY DRIVE THE CAR ABOUT 500 & WAS TOLD WE HAD 2 BENT RIMS. THIS HAPPENED THE FOLLOWING YEAR AND AGAIN THIS YEAR. BUT THIS TIME WE HAVE A 1 1/2 INCH CRACK ON THE RIM. WHEN WE DISCUSS THIS WITH THE DEALERSHIP WE WERE TOLD THAT GM WOULD NOT COVER ANY COSTS RELATED TO THE RIMS. THESE CAST RIMS ARE VERY WEAK, WHICH COULD CAUSE A LIFE THREATING ACCIDENT. THANKFULLY, IT HASN'T HAPPENED TO US. BUT I HAVE NOW SPENT ALMOST $1000 TO FIX THEM. SINCE THIS WILL OCCUR EVERY YEAR THAT I DRIVE IT. I MOST LIKELY WILL HAVE TO BUY NEW RIMS AT A COST OF ABOUT $1,250 PER RIM. CONSIDERING THE COST OF ANY CORVETTE YOU WOULD THINK THAT GM WOULD EITHER COVER THE COST TO REPLACE. OR WOULD HAVE PROVIDED FORGED RIMS FOR A VEHICLE OF THIS TYPE AS PART OF THE CORVETTE. I WOULD THINK THAT GM WOULD HAVE CONSIDERED THE SAFETY FEATURE ON A PERFORMANCE VEHICLE AND PROVIDED A MUCH STRONGER RIM.
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11364419October 14, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FUEL SMELL IN THE CABIN
Crash:
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
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