2018 Chevrolet Corvette problems
Owners have filed 53 complaints with NHTSA about the 2018 Chevrolet Corvette. Wheels is the most reported problem area, at 85% of complaints. Next are brakes (4%) and drivetrain & axles (2%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 53 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Wheels 85% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 10,000 miles 43 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 36 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 6 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 1 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 0 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 43 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 10,000 miles. For wheels specifically, the median reported mileage is about 10,000 miles (36 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 1 complaint mentions a crash. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 95% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2018 ranks 17th most-complained-about out of 32 model years of the Chevrolet Corvette with enough data (51 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
The brakes have now four times failed to stop the vehicle. When pressed they get hard, then go down to the floor and there's a pulsating feeling. The vehicle just continues to go to the floor. On the third occasion that it happened, the vehicle in a non-emergency situation, would not stop in traffic and rear-ended another vehicle. It is dangerous and GM is no help.
Two brake rotors on 2018 corvette grand sport have permanent rust bands that do not wear off under braking. They are scoring and grooving the brake pads instead. GM blames the dealer for poor maintenance but neither will replace because they say it's only 'cosmetic' according to them. They did advise me to replace the rotors myself at a cost of $4000 on a brand new car! It has had the band since day 1! When the car is washed or the rotor gets wet it fuses to the pads and locks the wheel.
Bought the car april 7th 2018 within 500 miles noticed a bad vibration, returned to the dealer and they kept it for a month discovering the left rear wheel was out of round /bent with no visible damage. They replaced it at no charge because it was within a week of delivery. A couple of months later the car at around 4000 miles developed another bad vibration. I took it to tire discounters which was much closer than the dealership and they told me both left side wheels were out of round with no visible damage.
Two separate wheels have now cracked or warped on the vehicle at no fault of my own. This is happening in normal driving conditions (commuting) without any accident, severe pot-holes, or impact damage. It appears that GM has known about this for some time, as the technician at the dealership informed me that "that's just the way these cars are, expect to replace a lot of rims". When it happens, you can either gradually or suddenly lose complete air pressure in your wheel. That is dangerous.
I just purchased the vehicle 11-04-2019. The trunk pops open when I get in the car and sit down. There is also a problem when backing up to pull off and turning to the left or right, the car will start jerking and there's a popping sound.