Chevrolet Corvette Complaints

5,302 consumer complaints on file.

#11170492January 17, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
VERY STRONG FUEL SMELL WHEN GAS TANK OVER HALF FULL EXPLOSION HAZARD
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0
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#11170187January 15, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
AFTER FILLING UP THE TANK ON MY CORVETTE, I STARTED SMELLING GAS FUMES INSIDE THE CAR, AND LATER IN MY GARAGE. I LEFT THE CAR PARKED OUTSIDE FOR A DAY, AND AFTER PUTTING IT BACK INSIDE THE GARAGE, IT CONTINUED TO HAVE A STRONG SMELL OF GAS. I CHECKED THE GAS CAP AND IT WAS SECURE. DEALER SAID TO BRING IT IN IMMEDIATELY.
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0
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#11169904January 14, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
BOUGHT A 2011 CORVETTE . HAD A STRONG GAS SMELL WHEN PARKED . INSIDE AND OUT OF CAR . TOOK CAR IN FOR INSPECTION . TECH SAID IT'S A COMMON PROBLEM ON C6 SERIES CORVETTES THAT THE FUEL PUMP AREA HAS GAS LEAKS . I PARKED CAR INSIDE GARAGE AND THE GAS SMELL IS SO STRONG , I'M AFRAID TO PARK IT INSIDE BECAUSE OF FIRE HAZARDS . I HAVE PICTURES OF PROBLEM . CHEVROLET IS AWARE OF THESE CARS DOING THIS . IT'S IN THE WEB SIGHTS OF CORVETTE OWNERS FOR SAME PROBLEMS. THEY NEED TO RECALL THESE FOR REPAIR FOR FIRE HAZARD TO CAR , HOUSE AND INJURY TO PERSON OWNING THEM .
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No
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0
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0
#11166746January 13, 2019
SERVICE BRAKES
PARKING BRAKES DON'T WORK.
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No
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0
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#11166455January 11, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
MY CORVETTE EMITS A VERY STRONG FUEL SMELL BOTH WHILE DRIVING AND WHILE STATIONARY. IT IS MOST NOTICEABLE WHEN THE CAR IS PARKED IN THE GARAGE AND SHORTLY AFTER DRIVING. THE ISSUE IS ONGOING AND OCCURS MOST FREQUENTLY WHEN THE TANKS ARE FULL OR NEAR FULL. THE FUMES ARE SO STRONG IN MY GARAGE THAT I GET LIGHT HEADED AND NAUSEOUS. I TOOK THE CAR TO A DEALER MECHANIC TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT. ISSUE WAS IDENTIFIED AS A LEAK IN THE LEFT FUEL TANK. FROM THE INVOICE I RECEIVED "FOUND FUEL LEAK AT LEFT TANK. REMOVE DRIVE LINE AND REMOVE LEFT TANK. FOUND FUEL MODULE LEAKING. REPLACE MODULE AND TANK HOSES WITH DRIVE LINE REMOVED. REMOVE RIGHT TANK AND REPLACE SENDING UNIT AND ALL PLASTIC HOSES. ALSO NECESSARY TO REPLACE LEFT TANK HARNESS DUE TO FUEL CONTAMINATION." THIS REPAIR COST $3,300. THE DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT DISCOUNT ANY MONEY OFF OF THE REPAIR EVEN THOUGH THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE CAR WAS NOT DRIVEABLE IN ITS CURRENT STATE AND WOULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE TO OPERATE OR STORE. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT HE SEES MANY 2007 CORVETTES IN FOR THIS SAME ISSUE. THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED CASE. I HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS LOGGED ABOUT THIS ISSUE. IT SEEMS LIKE A RECALL NEEDS TO BE DONE TO SOLVE THIS.
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11166176January 10, 2019
WHEELS
BOTH OF MY OEM REAR WHEELS (SPECTRA GRAY - 10 SPOKE), HAVE DEVELOPED CRACKS REQUIRING REPLACEMENT AT MY EXPENSE. DESPITE MY CORVETTE BEING ON WARRANTY AND A HIGH PERFORMANCE, SPORTS CAR WHICH IS REGULARLY SERVICED, THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO REPLACE THESE WHEELS, EXCEPT AT MY EXPENSE, CITING THAT POOR ROAD CONDITIONS IN CALIFORNIA ARE BLAME FOR THE FRACTURES, RUNNING HORIZONTALLY ON THE RIM LIP. THE FRACTURES CREATE A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION GIVEN HIGH TORQUE LEVELS, LOW PROFILE TIRES WITH A WIDE STANCE. THE TIRES AND THE SUSPENSION ARE DESIGNED FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE, AND HIGH G FORCE, BUT WHEELS ARE APPARENTLY FLAWED FOR THE DESIGNED TOLERANCES IMPOSED BY DRIVING A HIGH PERFORMANCE CORVETTE. MY CAR RAPIDLY LOSS AIR PRESSURE AT FREEWAY SPEEDS AND THE AIR PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT ACTIVATED IN BOTH OCCASIONS, WARNING OF THE HAZARDOUS CONDITION.
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11166393January 10, 2019
WHEELS
DURING A ROUTINE TIRE INSTALLATION, THE SERVICE DEPT OF THE DEALER FROM WHICH THE CAR WAS PURCHASED BENT (3) OF OUR GRAND SPORT WHEELS LATERALLY. WE HAVE READ OTHER REPORTS ON CORVETTE FORUMS ABOUT THESE PARTICULAR RIMS CRACKING AND BENDING WITH LITTLE OR NO REASON FOR THEM TO DO SO. WE'VE ALSO READ WHERE THE AHTSA HAS BEEN NOTIFIED BY OTHER CORVETTE OWNERS CONCERNING THIS PROBLEM AND YET TO DATE NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN TO RECTIFY THE SITUATION. CORVETTE FORUMS HAVE ALSO STATED THAT THESE WHEELS CAN BEND EASILY DURATION THE VEHICLE OPERATION. THESE ARE HIGH PERFORMANCE VEHICLES WITH WHEELS THAT ARE SUBSTANDARD. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO GET INJURED OR DIE DUE TO THESE DEFECTIVE WHEELS BEFORE YOUR AGENCY FORCES GM TO MAKE DEFINITIVE CHANGES FOR THE CONSUMER?
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11166163January 9, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
WHEN I FILL THE TANK I GET A STRONG SMELL OF FUEL. MY GARAGE IS ATTACHED TO MY TOWNHOUSE ANS THE SMELL OF FUEL AND BE SMELLED THROUGHOUT THE GARAGE AND HOUSE.
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11164793January 7, 2019
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), STEERING
I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE AT APPROXIMATELY 68 MPH IN A STRAIGHT LINE ON THE HIGHWAY. THE ROAD CONDITIONS WERE DRY AND COLD. I WAS DRIVING STRAIGHT AND DID NOT HIT ANY BUMPS IN THE ROAD WHEN SUDDENLY I FELT THE STEERING PULLING MY CAR ABOUT 1/4 TURN TO THE LEFT AND ABOUT A 1/2 TURN TO THE RIGHT AND BRAKES WERE APPLIED, NOT BY ME. I THEN HEARD A CHIMING NOISE AND SAW AN ERROR CODE ON MY DASH SAYING "SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM". I GAINED CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE AND EXITED THE HIGHWAY. I READ ON MANY FORUMS THAT OTHER C6 OWNERS, ESPECIALLY YEARS '05-'06 HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE AND THAT THE DEFECT MAY LIE IN THE STEERING WHEEL POSITION SENSOR CONNECTOR. MY VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH A TELESCOPING STEERING WHEEL WHERE THIS ISSUE SEEMS TO ARISE.
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11164878January 7, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
"TAKATA RECALL" FOR SOME REASON I HAVE NOTICED WHEN I GO IN MY GARAGE WHERE MY CORVETTE IS PARKED THERE IS A STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE AND THERE ARE TIMES WHEN IT'S IN A CLOSED AREA I GET THE SMELL I HAVE READ THAT IT'S A COMMON PROBLEMS IN THESE C 6S
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11164886January 7, 2019
WHEELS
DRIVING DOWN A STREET IN AIKEN SC (YORK ST) I RAN ACROSS A MANHOLE THAT WAS BELOW STREET GRADE. IMMEDIATELY UPON SPEEDING UP, NOTICED VIBRATION. TOOK THE CAR TO LOCAL TIRE DEALERSHIP THAT SPECIALIZES IN CORVETTE TIRES AND THEY VERIFIED THAT BOTH WHEELS ON THE LEFT SIDE WERE BENT. THEY WERE BOTH BENT ON THE INSIDE OF THE WHEEL AWAY FROM THE SPOKES. I WAS GOING LESS THAN 25 MPH WHEN I RAN OVER THE RECESSED MANHOLE. GM DOES NOT RECOMMEND REPAIRING THESES WHEELS SINCE ACCORDING TO THEM WILL EVENTUALLY FAIL IF REPAIRED. THAT MEANS I HAVE TO BUY TWO NEW WHEELS FOR OVER $1800 OUT OF POCKET.
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11165330January 5, 2019
WHEELS
CRACKED WHEEL AFTER DRIVING OVER SMALL POTHOLE ON THE INTERSTATE CAUSING CRACK IN RIM AND SLOW LOSS OF TIRE AIR PRESSURE. CRACK IN REAR WHEEL INBOARD FLANGE, WHEEL WAS NOT BENT OR WARPED.
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11165566January 4, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
CONSTANT SMELL OF GASOLINE COMING FROM THE LEFT REAR OF THE CAR.
Crash:
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11165721January 3, 2019
WHEELS
I HAD 3 BENT WHEELS AND 1 CRACKED WHEEL AFTER ABOUT 10,000 MILES
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11165723January 3, 2019
WHEELS
REAR WHEEL BENT/CRACKED. DEALER/CHEVY BLAMES THE ROADS AND WON'T COVER UNDER WARRANTY.
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11164658January 2, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TAKATA RECALL WHEN THE FUEL TANK IS ABOVE 1/2 IS SMELL LIKE FUEL IN MY GARAGE THERE A RECALL I HAVE IT AT THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE WRITER CALL GMC AND TOLD HIM THAT THEY ONLY COVER 30 %,IT WAS DO AT THE END OF THE YEAR OR 120,000MIL I DON'T HAVE NONE OF THOSE IT BELOW MIL AND TIME
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
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#11164421January 2, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
THE VEHICLE SMELLS LIKE FUEL WHEN FUEL TANK IS FULL REGARDLESS IF THE VEHICLE IS ON OR OFF.
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11164516January 2, 2019
WHEELS
WHILE TRAVELING ALONG 240 IN MEMPHIS,TN I HIT AN UNLEVEL PIECE OF PAVEMENT. MY SPEED WAS MAYBE 45 MPH. WHILE THE CAR WAS AT THE DEALER THEY SAID THAT I HAD 4 BEND RIMS. UPON INSPECTION OF THE WHEELS EACH WHEEL HAD BEEN BENT ON THE INSIDE OF THE RIMS. THIS WAS CAUSING THE CAR TO DRIVE POORLY AND CAUSE THE STEERING WHEEL TO VIBRATE.
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11163942December 29, 2018
POWER TRAIN
AFTER A COUPLE OF WEEKS I WHAT TO DRIVE THE CAR. I HAVE TO KEEP PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL A FEW TIMES BEFORE I CAN GET THE SHIFT LEVER OUT OF PARK.
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11163967December 29, 2018
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FUEL PUMPS ON LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE . CRACKS IN FUEL I LINES AND PUMPS NOT WORKING. REPLACED BOTH FUEL PUMPS BECAUSE OF GAS LEAKAGE AND GAS SMELL IN GARAGE.PLUS PUMPS WOULD NOT EQUALIZE FUEL SO IT WOULD'T START. COST $C2666.54 TO FIX!!
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
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