Chevrolet Corvette Complaints

5,302 consumer complaints on file.

#11243295August 12, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
2005 CORVETTE, AUTO TRANSMISSION SHIFTER STUCK AND CAN NOT GET OUT OF PARK - PROBLEM CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE W/O ANY WARNING: IN TRAFFIC, PARKING, DANGEROUS PROBLEM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11243286August 12, 2019
WHEELS
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BALANCE TIRES, FOUND FRONT RIGHT WHEEL BENT. UNABLE TO PROPERLY BALANCE IT UNTIL REPAIRED. POSES SAFETY RISK IF THE WHEEL BREAKS OR FURTHER BENDS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11243319August 12, 2019
WHEELS
RIGHT REAR TIRE BEGAN LOOSING AIR. UPON INSPECTION, FOUND THAT THE INSIDE OF THE WHEEL HAD A CRACK. REPLACED ALL FOUR WHEELS AT MY OWN EXPENSE. THE VEHICLE COULD NOT HOLD AIR FOR MORE THAN A FEW HOURS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11243077August 11, 2019
WHEELS
CORVETTE CRACKED WHEEL: ONE OF MY WHEELS ON MY 2016 CORVETTE Z06 CRACKED FOR NO APPARENT REASON.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11243085August 11, 2019
WHEELS
BOTH REAR WHEELS HAVE CRACKED!!! GM REFUSED TO COVER VIA THEIR "BUMPER-TO-BUMPER" WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THE 2017 CORVETTES THAT HAVE SUFFERED THIS SERIOUS, DANGEROUS PROBLEM! THESE WHEELS (MADE IN CHINA????) NEED TO BE RECALLED AND REPLACED BY GM BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT! NOTE THIS IS THE 2ND WHEEL PROBLEM WITH THESE WHEELS. THE OTHER REAR WHEEL CRACKED BACK ON 6/1/2019.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11242886August 9, 2019
STEERING
THE STEERING LOCKED UP AND WONT STEER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11242608August 8, 2019
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN WAS MALFUNCTIONING. THE LOCKING PIN FOR THE ANTI-THEFT DEVICE FOR THE STEERING COLUMN WAS NOT WORKING AND STOPPED THE VEHICLE FROM MOVING. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,200.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11241962August 6, 2019
WHEELS
BROUGHT MY CAR TO THE CHEVY DEALER FOR A RECALL. WHEN I PICKED UP THE CAR, I WAS TOLD, AND THE INVOICE EVIDENCES IT, THAT I HAD THREE BENT WHEELS AND ONE CRACKED WHEEL. I DRIVE PRIMARILY ON HIGHWAY ROADS AND DON'T RECALL HITTING ANY POTHOLES. I DON'T TRACK THE CAR. THE ORIGINAL FACTORY TIRES ARE STILL ON THE CAR (TIRE LIFE IS ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND 10,000 MILES) AND CURRENTLY HAVE 13,000 MILES ON THEM. THERE IS STILL DECENT TREAD LEFT ON THE TIRES WHICH PROVES THAT THERE IS NO AGGRESSIVE DRIVING. I'VE ATTACHED THE INVOICE FROM MY DEALER. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THE CORVETTE C7 FORUM ABOUT THE 2016 Z06 AND 2017-19 Z06 AND GRAND SPORT WHEELS HAVING BENT AND CRACKED WHEELS, MANY WITH LESS THAN 1,000 MILES ON THE CAR. GENERAL MOTORS REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ISSUE IN SPITE OF THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE COMPANY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11242128August 6, 2019
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED, SHUT OFF, AND THE WRENCH WARNING ICON ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND WAS INFORMED THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE TO ASSIST. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11241847August 5, 2019
WHEELS
OEM CHROME WHEELS. THREE ARE BENT, CAUSING VIBRATION. NO KNOWN CAUSE, DIDN'T HIT ANY CURB, OBSTACLE, LARGE POTHOLE. DISCOUNT TIRE OBSERVED THE ISSUE WHILE TRYING TO BALANCE THE WHEELS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11241574August 4, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
IF I PUT MORE THAN 1/2 TANK OF FUEL THERE IS A STRONG ODOR OF FUEL COMING FROM THE CAR AND INSIDE THE PASSENGER CABIN. THE SMELL IS SO STRONG THAT I CAN'T DRIVE THE CAR WITH THE WINDOWS UP. IF I PARK THE CAR IN MY GARAGE, THE GARAGE FILLS WITH FUMES FROM THE GAS. I SEE FUEL PUDDLES UNDER THE CAR IN FRONT OF THE DRIVER REAR WHEEL. THE FUEL SMELL IS IN THE CAR WHETHER THE CAR IS MOVING OR NOT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11241123August 1, 2019
POWER TRAIN
THE VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH AN 8L90 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. IT HAS A SEVERE SHUDDER PROBLEM WHEN CRUISING DOWN THE ROAD AT 50 TO 70 MPH. CAN GET ALMOST UNDRIVABLE. ALSO WILL NOT UPSHIFT AFTER A PERFORMANCE DOWNSHIFT. DEALER FLUSHED TRANSMISSION PER GM BULLETIN BUT PROBLEM IS STILL THERE. LOOKS LIKE ALMOST ALL OF GM 8 SPEED TRANSMISSIONS HAVE THIS PROBLEM CIRCA 2015-2016.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11241165August 1, 2019
STEERING
MY 2000 CHEVROLET CORVETTE HAS APPROXIMATELY 57,500 ORIGINAL MILES ON IT. RECALL #04006 WAS COMPLETED ON MY VEHICLE BY DEALER CODE 20385 BACK IN 2004. I DID SEE THEY RELEASED RECALL'S #04006B AND 04006C AS WELL. I STARTED MY CAR ON 7/30/2019 AND I WAS SITTING IN THE GARAGE WHEN I SAW THE "STEERING COLUMN LOCK" MESSAGE ON THE DASHBOARD. THE CAR WAS STARTED AND NOW THE STEERING WHEEL IS LOCKED AND CAN NOT BE TURNED. I REACHED OUT TO TWO LOCAL SAN DIEGO CHEVROLET DEALERSHIPS; BOB STALL CHEVROLET AND JIMMIE JOHNSON CHEVROLET, CORPORATE GM, CORPORATE CHEVROLET AND THE NTSB. THEY ALL TOLD ME THE RECALL WAS COMPLETED AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO, THEY SAID I WILL HAVE TO REPAIR THE ISSUE. THIS IS UNSATISFACTORY! I COULD HAVE TAKEN THE CAR OUT FOR A DRIVE AND HAD THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK UP AS IM DRIVING. DOING RESEARCH ONLINE AND READING THE RECALL BULLETIN IS IT POSSIBLE THE REPAIR WAS NOT DONE PROPERLY? I DON'T KNOW, I DID NOT OWN THE CAR WHEN THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED. I WAS GIVEN A CASE # OF [XXX] WHEN I CALLED 1-800-630-2438. PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED PICTURES. CONTACT HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR FOR 10 MONTHS. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TT *LN*JB *LN*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11240796July 31, 2019
WHEELS
MY TIRE ON THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE HAD A LEAK SO WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND FOUND A CRACK IN THE RIM. WE PARKED IN THE GARAGE AND WAITED FOR THE NEW RIM. THE CAR DID NOT MOVE UNTIL I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER TO GET IT FIXED. WHEN THEY TOOK THE RIM OFF THEY CHECKED ALL THE OTHER TIRES AND FOUND THE REAR DRIVERS RIM WAS CRACKED IN 4 PLACES AND THE PASSENGER SIDE HAD AN OTHER CRACK. THE DEALER SAID IT WAS A FACTORY DEFECT IN THE RIMS. GM WILL NOT COVER THE EXPENSE AND THE CAR IS STILL UNDER THE BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY. WE HAD PLANNED ON TAKING THE CAR ON VACATION TO YELLOWSTONE. I ASKED THE DEALER WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED AND HE SAID WE WOULD NOT HAVE MADE IT AND I WOULD NOT BE STANDING THERE TALKING TO THEM. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE TIRES. THE CAR HAD BEEN SITTING IN THE GARAGE NOT MOVING BECAUSE WE WERE ON VACATION IN YELLOWSTONE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11240867July 31, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
THE FUEL TANK LEAKS WHEN THE ENGINE IS RUNNING. IN 2010, THIS CONDITION RESULTED IN AN ADDITIONAL WARRANTY FOR THE ISSUE THAT EXPIRED IN 2014, BUT I HAVE A LOWER MILEAGE CAR (LESS THAN 18,000 MILES) SO THE ISSUE DID NOT OCCUR UNTIL NOW. THE PROBLEM EMERGED SUDDENLY AFTER FULLY REFILLING THE FUEL TANK RECENTLY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11235285July 27, 2019
WHEELS
MY 2017 ZO6 HAS APPROXIMATELY TEN THOUSAND MILES ON IT. OVER THE LAST YEAR I'VE HAD MY TIRES BALANCED MANY TIMES TO TRY TO FIX A VIBRATION. I TOOK IT TO A WHEEL SPECIALIST ONLY TO FIND ALL FOUR OF MY RIMS ARE NOT ROUND, THEY ARE ALL BENT. MY 3 YEAR WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED AND GM WILL DO NOTHING ABOUT IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11235081July 26, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
REAR DIFFERENTIAL ASSEMBLY PER GM'S SERVICE BULLETIN NO: 13384 "SUMMARY: THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL ASSEMBLY IN CERTAIN 2014 CHEVROLET CORVETTES WERE SHIPPED WITH IMPROPER FLUID LEVELS. OPERATING THE VEHICLE WITHOUT SUFFICIENT FLUID IN THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL ASSEMBLY COULD PRODUCE A LOUD WHINE AND/OR GEAR OR BEARING NOISE." THESE VEHICLES WERE THEN TOPPED OFF WITH FLUID AND SOME STILL HAD NOISES PRESENT REQUIRING DIFFERENTIAL ASSEMBLIES TO BE REPLACED HOWEVER THE ISSUE PERSISTS. DEALERS AND THE MANUFACTER WERE TELLING CUSTOMERS THE "WARBLE" SOUND THEY HEAR IS JUST DUE TO ENGINE NOISE/VIBRATION AND THE CYLINDER DEACTIVATION. NOW THAT VEHICLES ARE OUT OF WARRANTY THE ISSUE IS THAT DIFFERENTIALS INTERNALS ARE BEYOND REPAIR AND NEED REPLACING. GM HAS CHOOSEN NOT TO ISSUE A STANDARD RECALL, EVEN THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED 2014 MODELS WERE NOTIFIED, HANDLED AT DEALERS, AND PUT A STOP SALE ON VEHICLES FOR THE ISSUE BUT THEY ENDED THAT PROGRAM 11/30/2015. VEHICLES THAT EXPERIENCE THE ISSUE WILL COMMONLY HAVE A WARNING INDICATOR SAYING "SERVICE REAR AXLE" OR "REAR AXLE SYSTEM OFF" POP UP INDICATING WHERE THE ISSUE IS. COMMON CHECKS INCLUDE FLUID LEVEL, BATTERY CONNECTION, CONTROLLER/SENSOR PLUG CONNECTIONS AND MORE. VEHICLES THAT EXPERIENCE THIS ISSUE CAN LOSE ABILITY TO CONTROL THEIR VEHICLE AT SPEED OR HAVE THEIR DRIVE AXLES LOCK UP WHILE MOVING CAUSING INJURIES, FATALITIES, AND MORE AVOIDABLE DAMAGES
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11234959July 25, 2019
WHEELS
A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO A TIRE COMPANY FOUND A CRACK IN ONE OF THE REAR WHEELS OF MY 2017 CORVETTE GRAND SPORT. THE CRACK WAS PERPENDICULAR ACROSS THE INSIDE RIM OF THE WHEEL WHERE THE TIRE BEAD MEETS THE WHEEL. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A CHEVROLET DEALER WHO EXAMINED THE WHEELS AND FOUND ANOTHER IDENTICAL CRACK IN THE OTHER REAR WHEEL. OTHER THAN THE CRACKS, THE WHEELS WERE UNMARRED. WHILE CLEANING MY WHEELS, I NOTICED ANOTHER IDENTICAL CRACK IN THE IDENTICAL LOCATION ON ONE OF MY REPLACED REAR WHEELS. THE WHEEL WAS OTHERWISE UNMARRED. I TOOK THE CAR TO A CHEVROLET DEALER, WHO TOOK PHOTOS AND SENT THEM TO GM FOR WARRANTY REPLACEMENT APPROVAL. GM DECLINED TO COVER THE WHEEL UNDER WARRANTY. I APPEALED THE DENIAL WHICH WAS GIVEN GM CASE [XXX]. THE APPEAL WAS DENIED. I ASKED THAT IT BE ESCALATED AND THAT ESCALATED APPEAL WAS DENIED. GM STATED THAT AFTER EXAMINING THE PHOTOS, THEY DETERMINED THE CRACK WAS NOT A RESULT OF DEFECTS IN MATERIAL OR WORKMANSHIP. THESE CRACKED WHEELS CONSTITUTE A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD, PARTICULARLY SINCE THEY ARE IN AN AREA THAT MOST CONSUMERS WOULD NOT INSPECT. I BELIEVE THE CRACKS ARE A RESULT OF POOR DESIGN, SUBSTANDARD MATERIALS, POOR WORKMANSHIP OR A COMBINATION THEREOF. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11234478July 24, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I WAS SOLD A NON-FEDRAL EMISSIONS COMPLIANT CAR AND THE DEALER WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED PDF FILE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11234630July 24, 2019
POWER TRAIN
THE SHIFTER IS CONNECTED TO THE TRANSMISSION WITH A 4 FOOT CABLE, THIS CABLE IS HOUSED IN THE DRIVE SHAFT TUNNEL, THE CABLE HAS A PLASTIC BUSHING ON BOTH ENDS, THE HEAT IN THE TUNNEL BAKES THE PLASTIC BUSHING THAT CONNECTS THE SHIFTER TO THE TRANSMISSION CABLE, MY BUSHING BROKE INTO PIECES AND THE CAR COULD NOT SHIFT INTO OR OUT OF GEAR. MANY CORVETTES IN THE C5,C6 & C7 MODES HAVE THIS SAME ISSUE AND ARE FAILING EVERYDAY. MY CAR WAS IN THE GARAGE IN PARK, I HAD DRIVEN IT EARLIER IN THE DAY, I STARED THE CAR AND THE SHIFTER WOULD MOVE, BUT THE PLASTIC BUSHING HAD BROKEN INTO PIECES DUE TO THE HEAT FAILURE. I KNOW OF THE HAPPENING TO 4 OTHER CORVETTES AND THE SHOP I TOOK MY CAR TO WAS RECEIVING OTHER CALLS ON THE SAME ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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