2018 Chevrolet Corvette problems, complaints & recalls
Most-reported problem areas: Wheels (44) · Service Brakes (2) · Wheels:rim (1)
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🛣️ Complaints by mileage
41 NHTSA complaints that reported an odometer reading.
Safety recalls (1)
Steering:electric Power Assist System 2025-03-20 · campaign 25V175000 · 934 vehicles
Defect: General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2016-2018 Cadillac CTS, 2017-2018 Cadillac ATS, Chevrolet Camaro, and Chevrolet Corvette vehicles. The electric power steering (EPS) assist may fail.
Risk: A loss of power steering assist can require greater steering effort, especially at low speeds, increasing the risk of a crash.
Fix: Dealers will replace the power steering gear assembly, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 15, 2025. Owners may contact Cadilac customer service at 1-800-333-4223 or Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020. GM's number for this recall is N252497020.
Service bulletins (1,010)
Technical service bulletins are repair instructions manufacturers send dealers for known issues. Unlike recalls, the fix is not automatically free — but naming the bulletin at the service desk can save diagnosis time and support goodwill repairs.
Unknown Or Other 2026-09-26 · PIT5698F · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this pi provides diagnostics tips on how the lin bus works and how to diagnosis it.
Unknown Or Other 2026-09-21 · PIP5700H · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this pi communicates the proper part numbers for transmission connectors and internal harness to prevent confusion when ordering
Unknown Or Other 2026-09-04 · PIP4902W · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this preliminary information advises a dealer on how to email gds2 session logs into technical assistance.
Unknown Or Other 2026-07-21 · PIT5099J · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
pi to help diagnose a/c concern
Unknown Or Other 2026-04-01 · PIT3271Q · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this preliminary information communicates information about how to determine if a wheel and tires size change is available.
Unknown Or Other 2026-03-09 · PIP6104 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this preliminary information communicates the steps on how to save a gds2 session log and upload to a technical assistance case in cx connect.
Showing the 6 most recent of 1,010 bulletins. Search all of them free at nhtsa.gov.
What owners report
2024-12-24 · Wheels“wheels on these cars commonly crack and break online. mine have a visible crack in one of them and is losing air due to quality of wheel from chevrolet …”
2024-11-26 · Unknown Or Other“multiple rim cracks due to manufacturing error. general motors had acknowledged this but not made reimbursement possible nor provided information if defective rims are still being produced. my car was inspected and rim was repaired by a chevy dealer and confirmed to have a cracked rim in several spots deemed not due to road damage or driver error. …”
2023-10-18 · Wheels“inside lip of rear wheel cracked and wheel bent beyond repair, per wheel repair company. oem make and model tire was in place and no noticeable impact was felt to cause this failure. this caused an air leak leaving me stranded at the side of the highway. had to buy an expensive replacement wheel.…”
2023-09-05 · Wheels“vehicle had a shake, and felt like it was shifting wrong. apparently, two of the four rims have were confirmed cracked which led to an unsafe vehicle for travel. the vehicle had approximately 15,230 miles on the tires and rims when air was leaking out. all four tires were shot. all four tires and all four rims had to be replaced.…”
2022-09-27 · Wheels“rear wheel cracked in 4 places inside rim towards outside causing slow leak. could eventually crack enough to cause wheel to fail.…”
2022-06-29 · Wheels“purchased the vehicle february 2018. in september 2019, i replaced the tires and within a few days, i started losing air pressure. both rear wheels cracked. i tried to get gm to honor the 36 month bumper to bumper warranty but they refused. i purchased replacement wheels at my own expense. in june 2022, after 9000 miles, the car started driving rou…”
2021-09-06 · Wheels“prior to warranty expiration i took my car to be checked for vibration at highway speed. mcmulkin chevrolet nh told me they had to change the fluid in the transmission. this did nothing for the problem. during this time the drivers side tires would lose tire pressure faster than what is acceptable. at no time did the dealer mention the wheel crac…”
2021-05-19 · Wheels“failure was the right rear wheel cracked in two places causing tire to go flat on highway . a flat tire could cause the vehicle to go out of control in traffic resultion in a serious accident causing injury or death dealer bob huff chevolet of wrythville va diagnosed and confirmed the problem and initially walmart tire and service attempted to diag…”
2021-03-13 · Wheels“i purchased my 20018 corvette z06 in december of 2020 and because this was a very expensive vehicle i also purchased an extended 6 year bumper to bumper warranty. i drove car off the lot and drove it for a very brief period of time and discovered that there was a slow leak in the driver rear tire and took it to be repaid and the discount tire comp…”
2020-12-28 · Wheels · 26,126 mi“i started feeling vibrations in dec 2018, took it to a local dealership and the dealership told me that one of my rims is bent...took it to another dealership june 2019 and that dealership confirmed that the rims were cracked...finally july 2020 i purchased four new tires and that's when it was discovered that my two front rims are bent and the two…”
Excerpts of consumer complaints filed with NHTSA, lightly truncated. They are owner statements, not verified findings.