Model years Chevrolet Corvette
2014 Chevrolet Corvette
This year drew an ordinary 61 complaints for a Chevrolet Corvette — the model's median is 82. What they were about is the unusual part: 18% of them mention fuel, against 2% across the other years of this generation.
First year of a new generation. The Chevrolet Corvette was redesigned for 2014. A first year carries problems nobody has found yet, and they are found by the people who buy it — which is worth knowing before you become one of them.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 61 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 82 |
| Involving a crash | 5 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 5 |
| EPA combined | 20.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- fuel — 18% of this year's complaints, against 2% across the other years of this generation (8.8×).
- assistance — 26.2% of this year's complaints, against 7.8% across the other years of this generation (3.3×). Owners wrote it as: assistance, own, camera, infotainment.
- fill — 13.1% of this year's complaints, against 1.9% across the other years of this generation (6.8×). Owners wrote it as: fill, corvette stingray, summary, matter.
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.
What owners wrote
2014 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO FAULLTY VALVE SPRING WHICH RESULTED IN AN EXPLOSION. THE CONSUMER STATED THE [VIN] WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ENGINE FAILURE PRIOR TO THE EXPLOSION. THE [VIN] DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE.
WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE INFOTAINMENT CENTER BECAME INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GPS AND BACK UP CAMERA WERE ALSO INOPERABLE. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. HERB JONES CHEVROLET (1601 N. DIXIE HWY, ELIZABETHTOWN, KY, 42701,…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 16V651000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 17V437000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 14V377000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
- 14V342000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 14V299000 AIR BAGS 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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