Model years Chevrolet Corvette
2013 Chevrolet Corvette
This year drew an ordinary 82 complaints for a Chevrolet Corvette — the model's median is 64. What they were about is the unusual part: 20.7% of them mention area, against 7.1% across the other years of this generation.
Last year of its generation. This Chevrolet Corvette ran from 2005 to 2013, so it had the whole run for its faults to be found and fixed. Last years are usually the most sorted of a generation.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 82 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 64 |
| Recalls | 0 |
| EPA combined | 18 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- area — 20.7% of this year's complaints, against 7.1% across the other years of this generation (2.9×). Owners wrote it as: area, says, console, temperature.
- motors — 8.5% of this year's complaints, against 2.1% across the other years of this generation (4×). Owners wrote it as: motors, those, towed back.
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
STRONG GAS ODOR IN GARAGE AND CAR AFTER PARKING. DEALER SAID FUEL PUMP MODULE IS CRACKED, WHICH MEANS RAW GAS IS BEING SPRAYED IN AREA AROUND FUEL TANK AS YOU DRIVE. DEALER SAYS THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AS HE HAS 2 OTHER CUSTOMERS WITH SAME PROBLEM.
THREE WHEELS HAVE CRACKED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE 2 ORIGINAL 20 INCH REAR WHEELS INSTALLED BY GENERAL MOTORS CRACKED, LEAKED AIR AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. NOW ONE OF THOSE [VIN] WHEELS HAS CRACKED, LEAKS AIR AND HAS TO BE REPLACED. IN ALL CASES THERE HAVE BE…
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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