Model years Chevrolet Corvette
2008 Chevrolet Corvette
Complaints about this year name parked garage far more often than the other years of this generation — 7% of them, about 3× the usual rate of 2.4%.
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 | 588 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 64 |
| Involving a crash | 15 |
| Involving a fire | 3 |
| Recalls | 0 |
| EPA combined | 18 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- fill — 9.9% of this year's complaints, against 3.8% across the other years of this generation (2.6×). Owners wrote it as: fill, after fill, fill tank.
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
- after filling — 8% of complaints, 3× usual
- hazard — 7% of complaints, 3× usual
- side fuel — 7% of complaints, 3× usual
What owners wrote
FUEL LEAK IN THE DRIVER'S SIDE FUEL PUMP CAUSING STRONG FUEL SMELL DUE TO [VIN] FUEL IN PANELS SURROUNDING THE DRIVER'S SIDE FUEL TANK. FIRE HAZARD POTENTIAL FOR DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY AND INJURY OR DEATH.
Intense fuel smell from driver side fuel door when fuel tanks are filled more than 1/2 capacity. Gasoline fumes fill inside of car and also garage. This is a commonly reported issue, is a manufacturing defect, and is a safety hazard. There was a recall issued…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
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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