Summary
The Chevrolet Corvette has 17 recalls spanning 2005 through 2026, with the most serious recent issue affecting 2023-2026 models where excess fuel can spill into the filler pocket during refueling and ignite against hot engine or exhaust components, raising the risk of a fire.
On 2024-2025 models, the driver and passenger seat belt retractors can lock in a stowed position, leaving occupants unable to buckle in. The 2025 model year also has a software issue where the turn signal indicator flashes at a steady rate even when a rear turn signal bulb has burned out, masking the failure. Going back slightly, 2021-2022 models have rear half-shaft assemblies that can be missing ball bearings, causing a sudden loss of drive power. On 2020 models, a software defect allows the front trunk lid to be driven with while unlatched, and at speed the lid can fly open and block the driver's forward view. That same model year also has a driver's seat belt retractor that can fail to lock in a crash, along with an interior front trunk release that may stop functioning after the car sits for ten minutes.
The 2019 ZR1 has an airbag sensing module that can enter a fault state under hard braking or acceleration, disabling airbag deployment in a crash. The 2015 model year has three separate issues: a rear suspension toe link that can loosen and separate, sharply reducing steering control; a parking brake cable that may engage only one rear wheel, allowing the car to roll on steep grades; and a driver airbag back plate that can fracture during deployment and cause the airbag to detach from the steering wheel.
On 2014 models, certain examples built during a short window have a shock absorber tube that can separate from its bracket, producing a sudden and unpredictable change in handling. Other 2014 vehicles have an airbag sensing module prone to internal short-circuiting that disables both airbags and seat belt pretensioners, and sport-seat-equipped 2014s can expose an unbelted young child to elevated neck injury risk when side airbags deploy. The 2011-2012 coupe has rear hatch hinges that may not hold the hatch in a crash, and the 2005-2007 models have an underhood electrical housing that can expand and bend the low-beam headlight wiring, causing headlights to go dark. The 2005-2006 models equipped with the tilt and telescoping steering column have a wiring path inside the column that can lose signal after repeated adjustment, potentially cutting power steering assist without warning.
