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Chevrolet Corvette

Model years 1960–2025 · 48 recall campaigns · 3,834 complaints · 22 investigations · filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

The Chevrolet Corvette appears on NHTSA's register for model years 1960 to 2025: 48 recall campaigns (86 model-year entries) and 3,834 consumer complaints.

The component named most often in complaints is steering (219.6 per 1,000 component mentions), followed by fuel/propulsion system (107.6).

The 2005 model year has the most complaints (481). Recall campaigns peaked in 2014 with 6; complaints were received in the largest number in 2014 (361). Within Chevrolet, this line ranks 13 of 177 by total complaints.

Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.

Model years

Model yearRecallsComplaintsvs line averageUnits in campaigns
1960 Chevrolet Corvette NHTSA record011%—
1964 Chevrolet Corvette NHTSA record011%—
1966 Chevrolet Corvette NHTSA record011%—
1968 Chevrolet Corvette NHTSA record100%2,781
1969 Chevrolet Corvette NHTSA record100%4,420
1974 Chevrolet Corvette NHTSA record100%2,937
1975 Chevrolet Corvette NHTSA record023%—
1976 Chevrolet Corvette NHTSA record011%—
1977 Chevrolet Corvette NHTSA record111%15,484
1978 Chevrolet Corvette NHTSA record011%—
1979 Chevrolet Corvette NHTSA record034%—
1980 Chevrolet Corvette NHTSA record034%—
1981 Chevrolet Corvette NHTSA record069%—
1984 Chevrolet Corvette51319%344,362
1985 Chevrolet Corvette NHTSA record11522%231,833
1986 Chevrolet Corvette31522%343,373
1987 Chevrolet Corvette NHTSA record12029%231,833
1988 Chevrolet Corvette31014%282,703
1989 Chevrolet Corvette21522%277,802
1990 Chevrolet Corvette23347%232,046
1991 Chevrolet Corvette NHTSA record12333%231,833
1992 Chevrolet Corvette NHTSA record1710%5,152
1993 Chevrolet Corvette NHTSA record12130%5,152
1994 Chevrolet Corvette02840%—
1995 Chevrolet Corvette03246%—
1996 Chevrolet Corvette04463%—
1997 Chevrolet Corvette5151217%207,768
1998 Chevrolet Corvette2388557%198,193
1999 Chevrolet Corvette2299429%198,193
2000 Chevrolet Corvette2262376%198,193
2001 Chevrolet Corvette1194278%126,624
2002 Chevrolet Corvette1151217%126,624
2003 Chevrolet Corvette178112%126,624
2004 Chevrolet Corvette2187268%168,552
2005 Chevrolet Corvette6481690%324,886
2006 Chevrolet Corvette5301432%319,661
2007 Chevrolet Corvette2260373%125,248
2008 Chevrolet Corvette0354508%—
2009 Chevrolet Corvette0109156%—
2010 Chevrolet Corvette05376%—
2011 Chevrolet Corvette14159%5,755
2012 Chevrolet Corvette12739%5,755
2013 Chevrolet Corvette03855%—
2014 Chevrolet Corvette53652%3,683,529
2015 Chevrolet Corvette52739%3,681,760
2016 Chevrolet Corvette23753%3,680,845
2017 Chevrolet Corvette44463%3,708,551
2018 Chevrolet Corvette NHTSA record11014%934
2019 Chevrolet Corvette NHTSA record11014%498
2020 Chevrolet Corvette400%15,894
2021 Chevrolet Corvette200%285,644
2022 Chevrolet Corvette NHTSA record100%22
2023 Chevrolet Corvette NHTSA record100%23,656
2024 Chevrolet Corvette200%37,120
2025 Chevrolet Corvette300%70,108

"vs line average" is the model year's complaints as a share of the line's average per model year (100% = average). A campaign covering several model years counts once per year. Model years with one campaign and fewer than 25 complaints are listed but have no page of their own; the NHTSA link opens the agency's record.

Components most reported

Per 1,000 component mentions across all Chevrolet Corvette complaints (4,805 mentions).

Campaigns by year reported

90
94
98
02
06
10
14
18
22
26
Distinct NHTSA campaigns naming the Chevrolet Corvette, by the year the Part 573 report was received.

Complaints by year received

95
99
03
07
11
15
19
23
Complaints about any Chevrolet Corvette model year, by year received.

Other Chevrolet model lines

All 177 Chevrolet model lines

Questions and answers

Which Chevrolet Corvette model years have the most recalls?

2005 (6), 1984 (5), 1997 (5). Across model years 1960–2025 there are 48 distinct campaigns.

Which Chevrolet Corvette model year has the most complaints?

2005, with 481 of the line's 3,834 complaints. Newer model years have had less time to accumulate reports.

What do owners of the Chevrolet Corvette complain about?

steering (219.6 per 1,000 mentions), fuel/propulsion system (107.6 per 1,000 mentions), electrical system (88 per 1,000 mentions). Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.

Where does this data come from?

NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation recall and complaint flat files, public domain, dated 24 Sep 2026 and 15 May 2019.

Provenance

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation recall, complaint and investigation flat files, public domain, dated 24 Sep 2026 and 15 May 2019. Model names are as NHTSA records them; variants such as "Accord" and "Accord Hybrid" are separate lines. See the methodology.