FaultScore

Worst years for a Chevrolet Corvette

Owners have filed 6,324 complaints about the Chevrolet Corvette with NHTSA across model years 1960 to 2025. More of them are about the fuel & propulsion than anything else.

Avoid

2000 Chevrolet Corvette

359 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly steering.

Cleanest on record

2022 Chevrolet Corvette

23 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Chevrolet Corvette year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2025 B 12 0 1 Fuel & Propulsion
2024 B 32 1 2 Fuel & Propulsion
2023 C 36 1 5 Transmission & Drivetrain
2022 A 23 0 0 Electrical System
2021 B 15 2 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
2020 B 43 2 0 1,050 Body & Structure
2019 C 151 0 0 7,200 Wheels
2018 B 53 1 0 10,000 Wheels
2017 D 272 5 0 13,178 Wheels
2016 B 114 1 1 15,000 Wheels
2015 C 72 6 0 11,750 Transmission & Drivetrain
2014 C 79 6 1 5,500 Fuel & Propulsion
2013 B 94 0 0 18,250 Fuel & Propulsion
2012 B 71 5 0 30,406 Fuel & Propulsion
2011 C 99 4 1 26,000 Fuel & Propulsion
2010 B 90 2 0 33,074 Fuel & Propulsion
2009 C 178 1 1 35,000 Fuel & Propulsion
2008 D 625 14 3 48,300 Fuel & Propulsion
2007 D 434 9 6 43,218 Fuel & Propulsion
2006 D 441 16 2 40,000 Body & Structure
2005 D 718 21 9 42,000 Stability & Traction Control
2004 C 257 7 1 35,400 Fuel & Propulsion
2003 D 127 23 1 34,000 Steering
2002 C 191 3 0 43,195 Steering
2001 D 281 10 4 42,000 Steering
2000 D 359 18 0 42,784 Steering
1999 D 389 19 3 44,500 Steering
1998 D 466 16 1 49,000 Steering
1997 C 196 4 0 41,053 Steering
1996 B 63 3 4 100,000 Electrical System
1995 C 48 18 2 53,000 Acceleration & Cruise Control
1994 B 38 3 1 77,000 Brakes
1993 C 26 4 0 Brakes
1992 8 1 1 Electrical System
1991 28 5 1 95,900 Seat Belts
1990 41 3 0 59,998 Airbags
1989 15 1 1 Brakes
1988 26 0 0 73,186 Seat Belts
1987 25 0 1 85,000 Seat Belts
1986 16 0 0 83,200 Brakes
1985 16 0 0 Seat Belts
1984 16 1 0 65,440 Seat Belts
1981 11 0 0 Fuel & Propulsion
1980 3 0 0 Body & Structure
1979 13 0 1 Engine & Cooling
1978 1 0 0 Body & Structure
1977 2 2 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
1976 1 1 0 Steering
1975 6 0 0 Tires
1966 1 1 0 Wheels
1964 1 0 0 Wheels
1960 1 0 0 Fuel & Propulsion

What breaks on a Chevrolet Corvette

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Fuel & Propulsion 1,174 18.6%

Worst in 2008

Steering 1,144 18.1%

Worst in 1998

Wheels 565 8.9%

Worst in 2017

Worst in 2005

Worst in 2005

Brakes 371 5.9%

Worst in 2005

Engine & Cooling 322 5.1%

Worst in 2001

Lights 321 5.1%

Worst in 2005

Worst in 2005

Body & Structure 236 3.7%

Worst in 2006

Airbags 218 3.4%

Worst in 2005

Seat Belts 158 2.5%

Worst in 1998

Worst in 2008

Worst in 2005

Exactly what failed on a Chevrolet Corvette

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Anti-Theft Device 324 31.6%
Steering Wheel/Handle BAR 238 23.2%
Roof AND Pillars 98 9.6%
Column 78 7.6%
Body 74 7.2%
RIM 56 5.5%
Gasoline 48 4.7%
Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 41 4.0%
Retractor 39 3.8%
Tank Assembly 29 2.8%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Chevrolet Corvette, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jan 1995 peak 77 Aug 2026

Chevrolet Corvette problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Chevrolet Corvette

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.