Model years Chevrolet Corvette
2016 Chevrolet Corvette
This year drew an ordinary 103 complaints for a Chevrolet Corvette — the model's median is 64. What they were about is the unusual part: 11.7% of them mention seems, against 3.4% across the other years of this generation.
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 | 103 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 64 |
| Involving a crash | 1 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 2 |
| EPA combined | 19 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- seems — 11.7% of this year's complaints, against 3.4% across the other years of this generation (3.4×). Owners wrote it as: seems, filling, miss, after filling.
- shudder — 8.7% of this year's complaints, against 2% across the other years of this generation (4.5×). Owners wrote it as: shudder, shake, recommended.
- forum — 7.8% of this year's complaints, against 1.6% across the other years of this generation (4.7×). Owners wrote it as: forum, php.
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
Fuel smells after filling up seems like there is a leak, received a letters from manufacturer but miss placed it, when we found it it was over the mileage limit. Now they will not fix the safety issue.
Transmission shudder a low acceleration. Requires Triple Transmission flush. Vehicle is 2016 Model with 10500 miles GM refused any responsibility. GM was aware they had an issue with the transmission fluid. It has gone through two reformulations to correct the…
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.
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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