Model years Chevrolet Corvette
2017 Chevrolet Corvette
Complaints about this year name grand sport far more often than the other years of this generation — 20% of them, about 20× the usual rate of 1%.
Generation 2 of the Chevrolet Corvette, which began in 2014 and ran to 2019. 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 | 255 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 64 |
| Involving a crash | 3 |
| Recalls | 4 |
| EPA combined | 18.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- claim — 9% of this year's complaints, against 1.6% across the other years of this generation (5.5×). Owners wrote it as: claim, denied, warranty claim.
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
- corvette grand — 8% of complaints, 20× usual
- discovered — 13% of complaints, 4× usual
- wheel cracked — 13% of complaints, 3× usual
What owners wrote
I HAVE A 2017 GRAND SPORT WITH APPROX. 17,000 MILES, AND AM LOSING AIR IN THE REAR-LEFT TIRE. I PULLED THE WHEEL AND DISCOVERED FOUR CRACKS ON THE BACK RIM EDGE, LOCATED AT 12:00, 1:00, 5:00 AND 6:00. THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY NO SIGNS OF IMPACT TO THE TIRE OR RIM.
AT AROUND 10,000 MILES, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT ALL FOUR WHEELS WERE BENT. WHEN REPLACING THE REAR TIRES AT 17,000 MILES, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT ONE OF THE REAR WHEELS HAD TWO SIZEABLE CRACKS ON THE INSIDE LIP. BASED ON REPORTS FROM CORVETTEFORUM.COM, THIS A MA…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 19V086000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.
- 16V651000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 17V437000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 25V175000 STEERING 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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