Recall Register

1988 Chevrolet Corvette: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the 1988 Chevrolet Corvette. The newest campaign is 91V143000. NHTSA received the report on 4 Sep 1991. The NHTSA record gives the component Seat Belts / Front / Anchorage. NHTSA has 10 complaints on file for this model year. 3 NHTSA investigations name this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 91V143000, in the NHTSA record

Replace the safety belts if the lockup occurs.
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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

3 campaigns, newest first. 282,703 units in total.

  1. 91V143000Received . 231,833 units.

    Seat Belts / Front / Anchorage

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Under certain vehicle operations and occupant usage conditions, the safety belts can lockup or jam in the safety belt retractor.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    If lockup occurs, it is impossible to pull belt out ofthe retractor. The occupant of a seat with an unusable safety belt issubject to increased risk of injury or death in the event of a sudden stop oraccident.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Replace the safety belts if the lockup occurs.

    Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 90V032000Received . 45,969 units.

    Suspension / Rear / Springs / Leaf Spring Assembly

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Rear wheel tie rod assembly may fatigue and could fracture at the inboard bearing due to high inner joint rocking torque.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Fracture in this assembly could result in loss of vehicle control and a crash without prior warning.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Replace faulty tie rod assemblies.

    Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  3. 88V017000Received . 4,901 units.

    Wheels / Hubcap/Cover

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Missing weld that attaches wheel center to the rim could allow wheel center to separate from the rim.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    This could result in partial loss of steering controland brakes, loss of tire air pressure, and sudden change in vehicle direction,which could result in crash without prior warning.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Replace wheels with missing welds.

    Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

10 complaints, 20 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

1988 Chevrolet Corvette: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Electrical System4
Service Brakes, Hydraulic3
Seats2
Power Train2
Equipment2
Seat Belts2
Vehicle Speed Control1
Exterior Lighting1
Engine and Engine Cooling1
Steering1

The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 11.

Complaints that report a crash
0
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
24 Aug 2012

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 1988 Chevrolet Corvette, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2005, with 2 complaints.

Investigations

NHTSA investigations that name the 1988 Chevrolet Corvette
NumberTypeSubjectComponentOpenedClosedCampaign
DP96006Defect petitionBRAKE PULLService Brakes, Hydraulic14 May 199618 Oct 1996
EA92005Engineering analysisTHROTTLE STICKINGVehicle Speed Control / Linkages30 Jan 199229 Jan 1993
PE90032Preliminary evaluationTIE ROD SOCKET FAILURESuspension12 Jan 199022 Mar 199090V032000

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19600
  2. 19640
  3. 19660
  4. 19681
  5. 19691
  6. 19741
  7. 19750
  8. 19760
  9. 19771
  10. 19780
  11. 19790
  12. 19800
  13. 19810
  14. 19845
  15. 19851
  16. 19863
  17. 19871
  18. 19883
  19. 19892
  20. 19902
  21. 19911
  22. 19921
  23. 19931
  24. 19940
  25. 19950
  26. 19960
  27. 19975
  28. 19982
  29. 19992
  30. 20002
  31. 20011
  32. 20021
  33. 20031
  34. 20042
  35. 20056
  36. 20065
  37. 20072
  38. 20080
  39. 20090
  40. 20100
  41. 20111
  42. 20121
  43. 20130
  44. 20145
  45. 20155
  46. 20162
  47. 20174
  48. 20181
  49. 20191
  50. 20204
  51. 20212
  52. 20221
  53. 20231
  54. 20242
  55. 20253

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1988 Chevrolet Corvette: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/chevrolet/corvette/1988/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
15 May 2019
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1988 Chevrolet Corvette?
282,703 units in 3 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Chevrolet Corvette have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 48 recall campaigns for the Chevrolet Corvette, model years 1960 to 2025. 3 of them name the 1988 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1988 Chevrolet Corvette name most often?
Electrical System: 4 of 20 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1988 Chevrolet Corvette open?
No. Each of the 3 investigations that name this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.