Model years Chevrolet Corvette
2006 Chevrolet Corvette
Complaints about this year name roof far more often than the other years of this generation — 12% of them, about 30× the usual rate of 0.4%.
Generation 1 of the Chevrolet Corvette, which began in 2005 and ran to 2013. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 413 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 64 |
| Involving a crash | 15 |
| Involving a fire | 4 |
| Recalls | 5 |
| EPA combined | 19 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- roof — 18.6% of this year's complaints, against 5.3% across the other years of this generation (3.5×). Owners wrote it as: roof, panel, roof panel, frame.
- z06 — 7% of this year's complaints, against 1.8% across the other years of this generation (3.8×). Owners wrote it as: z06, corvette z06, 2006 z06, expensive.
- corvette driving — 6.1% of this year's complaints, against 1.3% across the other years of this generation (4.8×).
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
Also unusual this year
- active handling — 20% of complaints, 4× usual
- service active — 16% of complaints, 3× usual
- handling system — 12% of complaints, 4× usual
What owners wrote
A RECALL ON 2005/2006 CORVETTES FOR THE 'SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM" EXISTS. MY CAR IS NOT LISTED ON THAT RECALL. MY CAR HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM FOR OVER A YEAR AND I HAVE NOTICED A DIFFERENCE. THE LIGHT FOR "SERVICE" OF THE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM IS NOW ON A…
WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE DISPLAYED. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE [VIN] WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMP…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 14V251000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 10V172000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.
- 09V491000 STRUCTURE Fixed free of charge.
- 05V455000 STEERING
- 06V181000 STRUCTURE Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Chevrolet Corvette was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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