2013 Chevrolet Corvette Owner Complaints

CONSTANT FRESH FUEL FUMES FILLING THE CAR AND THE GARAGE. NOT RECONGNIZED BY THE DEALER.

9/1/2015

STRONG FUEL SMELL COMING FROM LEFT SIDE OF CAR. FUEL LEAKS FROM FITTING AT TOP OF FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY IN LEFT SIDE TANK. MANY OF US CORVETTE FORUM OWNERS HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN. THERE'S EVEN A YOU-TUBE VIDEO SHOWING WHERE THE "CRACK" OCCURS. NOT ACCEPTABLE TO HAVE TO REPAIR THIS AFTER ONLY 3 YEARS OF OWNERSHIP.

11/5/2015

AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON MOST OF THE TIME. DID A SEARCH THIS SEEMS TO BE AN ON GOING PROBLEM. *TR

5/22/2014

INDICATOR LIGHT WARNING THAT THE AIR BAG SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING BEGAN APPEARING INTERMITTENTLY. IT SEEMS TO COME ON AND OFF WHILE HITTING BUMPS OR BY READJUSTING THE SEAT BELT. *TR

7/5/2014

CENTER CONSOLE ON 2013 CORVETTE GRAND SPORT GRAND GETS VERY HOT WHEN DRIVING MORE THAN HALF HOUR. *TR

8/8/2014

THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL SITUATIONS WITH THE CORVETTE LS7 ENGINE THAT RESULTED IN DROPPED VALVES AND BLOWN ENGINES. MY SOURCE IS THE CORVETTE FORUM WHERE SEVERAL OWNERS HAVE HAD THE PROBLEM. THE FAULTY VALVE GUIDES HAVE BEEN TRACED BACK TO THE ENGINE HEAD SUPPLIER . WHEN THE VALVE DROPS THE ENGINE STOPS AND THE CAR BECOMES A SAFETY RISK AS THERE IS NO POWER BREAKS OR STEERING AND THERE IS DANGER OF A FIRE AND OR ACCIDENT. GENERAL MOTORS MUST BE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AS THEY HAVE REPLACED MANY ENGINES. THEY SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL TO CHECK THE VALVE GUIDE CLEARANCE (WOBBLE ) AND REPLACE THE FAULTY HEADS. THIS WOULD BE CHEAPER THAT REPLACING BLOWN ENGINES AND SAFER FOR THE TRAVELING PUBLIC. *TR

4/1/2015

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. WHILE THE VEHICLE'S OIL WAS BEING CHANGED AT SUBURBAN CHEVROLET (36936 US-26, SANDY, OR 97055), THE DEALER NOTICED THAT THE THREADS ON THE STUD BOLTS ON THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL HAD STRETCHED, FAILED, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,700.

6/22/2017

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. WHEN THE CONTACT ARRIVED AT DISCOUNT TIRE TO HAVE THE TIRES REPLACED, THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE TWO REAR OEM WHEELS HAD HAIRLINE FRACTURES ON THE INSIDE BARRELS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS NO LOSS OF TIRE PRESSURE. THREE YEARS LATER, THE TIRES BEGAN TO LOSE 3-5 POUNDS OF PRESSURE PER WEEK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO DISCOUNT TIRE WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE WHEEL FRACTURES HAD EXPANDED, WHICH CAUSED THE FAILURE IN THE WHEELS. BILL FOX CHEVROLET (725 S ROCHESTER RD, ROCHESTER HILLS, MI 48307, (248) 266-0563) WAS CONTACTED AND THE WHEELS WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34,000. *TT*JB

10/9/2018

MANY STRANGE THINGS STARTED HAPPENING -- SOME INTERMITTENTLY. THE OPTIONS BUTTON SOMETIMES SHOWS "UNAVAILABLE"; AT OTHER TIMES, IT WORKS! THE PASSENGER WINDOW SUDDENLY STOPPED ROLLING UP COMPLETELY WHEN THE DOOR IS SHUT, AND MUST NOW BE CLOSED MANUALLY. THE "HEADS UP" SPEED PROJECTION STOPPED WORKING, BUT THEN STARTED WORKING AGAIN WITH A DIFFERENT CONFIGURATION THAN WE HAD SET BEFORE. THE ENTIRE LEFT BANK OF BUTTONS STOPPED WORKING COMPLETELY. DURING AN OIL CHANGE, THE DOORS LOCKED AND WOULD NOT OPEN WITH THE KEY FOB APPROPRIATELY INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE; THE DEALERSHIP HAD TO SEND A DRIVER TO OUR HOME TO PICK UP THE OTHER KEY FOB IN ORDER TO MAKE THE LOCKS OPEN -- THEY SAID THERE WAS NO OTHER WAY TO GET INTO THE VEHICLE. A LOCAL DEALERSHIP/SERVICE CENTER IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE VEHICLE, AND WE HOPE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THESE PROBLEMS/ISSUES WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. *TR

2/16/2015

TWO MONTHS AGO, THE CAR WOULD CRANK, BUT NOT START. AFTER SEVERAL TRIES, AND WAITING OVERNIGHT TO CONTINUE TRYING, I HAD THE CAR TAKEN TO THE DEALER. TOW DRIVER DROPS CAR OFF FLATBED, SERVICE WRITER GETS IN TO CYCLE THROUGH TO GET MILEAGE, ETC, AND THE CAR STARTS. NO ERROR CODES. THEY KEEP IT FOR A FEW DAYS, BUT NO FURTHER PROBLEM. TEN DAYS AGO, SAME PROBLEM. TOW DRIVER TRIES TO START THE CAR TO DRIVE OFF FLATBED, WITHOUT SUCCESS. DEALER OBSERVES THE PROBLEM, BUT, AGAIN, CAR STARTS FOR THE SERVICE WRITER, AND NO CODES. LEAVE IT FOR SEVERAL DAYS, BUT NO REPEAT OF THE PROB. A FEW DAYS AGO, SAME PROBLEM, EXCEPT NOW THE CAR IS 'ON THE VERGE' OF STARTING, NOT JUST CRANKING, AND I CAN SMELL FUEL (THIS WAS NOT THE CASE PREVIOUSLY). THE CAR WAS LOW ON FUEL WHEN I LEFT, AND THE LOW FUEL WARNING HAD COME ON A FEW MILES BEFORE I STOPPED. SO, I GET SOME GAS IN THE CAR, EVENTUALLY 1/2 A TANK, AND NOW THE CAR IS JUST CRANKING, NOT 'ON THE VERGE', AND AAA IS CALLED TO TOW IT. AT THIS POINT, THE ATTEMPTS ARE TAKING THEIR TOLL ON THE BATTERY, BUT I CONTINUE TRYING, AND, WHILE THE TOW TRUCK IS EN ROUTE, IT STARTS JUST LIKE ALWAYS (PUSH BUTTON, ENGINE STARTS, NO LAG OR HESITATION). DEALER THINKS IT'S FUEL RELATED, BUT DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, SO HAS NO IDEA WHAT TO DO. ONLINE FORUMS SUGGEST THAT IT'S AN OVERHEATED FUEL PUMP RELAY, OR CONNECTORS THERETO, RESULTING ULTIMATELY IN A COMPLETE FUSE BOX REPLACEMENT.

7/23/2018

CAR PURCHASED IN MICHIGAN 01/21/2013. WHILE ON VACATION FROM MICHIGAN TO MONTANA TO CALIFORNIA BACK TO MICHIGAN VIA ROUTE 66 I ENCOUNTERED A REAR INTERIOR EXCESSIVE OVERHEATING PROBLEM. EXTERIOR TEMPERATURE UPPER 80'S TO UPPER 90'S THE TEMPERATURE OF THE CARPET AND ARM REST STORAGE AREA WOULD EXCEED 120 DEG. LIFT UP A SUITCASE OR PUT ARM ON CONSOLE STORAGE AREA WOULD BURN YOUR ARM OR HAND. IF YOU LIFTED THE SUITCASE AND TOUCHED THE BOTTOM OR ARM ON ARMREST WOULD BURN YOU HAND OR ARM. HEAT INSIDE STORAGE AREA EXCEEDED EST. OF 130 DEG AND BURNED SPOTS IN CELL PHONE SCREEN AND COMPUTER IN SUITCASE MELTED HARD DRIVE AND RUINED COMPUTER. THE AC ON INTERIOR HEAT WAS APPROX 75 DEGS, I HAVE A PRIVACY CURTAIN COVERING THE REAR STORAGE AREA THUS MAKING IT MUCH COOLER THAN ONE WITHOUT IT. ANYTHING TOUCHING CARPET IN REAR, INSIDE ARM REST OR PUTTING YOUR ARM ON THE REST WOULD BURN IT. YOU COULD NOT TOUCH UNDER SUITCASE OR HAVE SKIN TOUCHING THE REST WOULD BE VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. EXCESSIVE HEAT COMING FROM UNDER VEHICLE INTO THE TUNNEL WHERE TRANSMISSION AND EXHAUST ARE LOCATED DAMAGED THOSE ITEMS. THERE IS NOT SUFFICIENT INSULATION UNDER CARPET OR UNDER VEHICLE TUNNEL CAUSES EXCESSIVE OVERHEATING. THERE NEEDS TO HAVE MORE INSULATION UNDER CARPET OR UNDER VEHICLE IN THE TUNNEL. ALL OTHER SURFACES IN CAR WERE NOT EFFECTED. UNDER FLOOR MATS WAS BARELY WARM TO THE TOUCH. *JS

5/19/2014

MAGNETIC SHOCKS ARE LEAKING AT ONLY 24,000 MILES. DEALER SAYS THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED OUT OF WARRANTY AT OVER $400 PER SHOCK.

9/2/2019

CENTER CONSOLE ON 2013 CORVETTE GRAND SPORT GRAND GETS VERY HOT WHEN DRIVING MORE THAN HALF HOUR. *TR

8/8/2014

12000 MILES, ABRUPT AND TOTAL FAILURE OF CLUTCH SYSTEM WHILE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON MAJOR HIGHWAY. FELT VERY VULNERABLE AND UNSAFE WHILE GETTING TO SAFE AREA. CAR HAS MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND I WAS SHIFTING FROM 2ND TO 3RD BUT COULD NOT. TOWED AND REPAIRED WITH SAME PART #(NORMAN FREED, HOUSTON, TX). AT 18000MI, RECEIVED A LTR FROM CHEV(SPECIAL COVERAGE ADJUSTMENT, NOT RECALL) THAT DESCRIBED MY FAILURE EXACTLY. GOT COPY OF DEALER INSTRUCTION(DOC ID 4261587, #14717) WHICH SAYS TO "REPLACE THE CLUTCH MASTER CYLINDER WITH A REVISED UNIT THAT IS MORE ROBUST(DIFFERENT PART #). SINCE I HAD ALREADY HAD THE FAILURE, I ASSUMED THAT THEY(BOB STEELE, SELLING DEALER, COCOA FL) WOULD REPLACE MY PART WITH THE MORE ROBUST ONE. THEY WOULD, BUT AT MY COST SINCE THIS WAS A SPECIAL COVERAGE ADJUSTMENT-CLUTCH ACTIVATION SYSTEM, NOT A RECALL. THEY KNOW THEY HAVE A UNACCEPTABLE PART, AND I AM CONSTANTLY AWARE AND WORRIED THAT I WILL HAVE ANOTHER ABRUPT AND TOTAL FAILURE. THE ALTERNATIVE IS TO PAY $674.75 TO HAVE THE "MORE ROBUST" INSTALLED. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR LEGAL, MORAL OR ETHICAL REQUIREMENTS ARE, BUT SOMETHING IS CLEARLY WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE.

1/23/2016

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED. WITHOUT WARNING, THE STEERING WHEEL PULLED TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE REPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 900.

8/8/2014

I BOUGHT THIS USED CORVETTE BACK IN THE SUMMER OF 2015. AFTER I PURCHASED THE CAR I NOTICED VIBRATION PROBLEM AT VARIOUS SPEEDS ABOVE 60 MILES PER HOUR. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS NOT ONLY SHAKING ALL OVER THE PLACE. THE CAR WAS PHYSICALLY VIBRATING AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT BECAUSE IT ONLY HAD 1289 MILES ON IT. I NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD A VIBRATION PROBLEM EARLY ON AND WAS CHECKED AT 570 MILES AT STEVE SCHMITT CHEVY BUT NEVER SAW IT AGAIN. THOUGHT ISSUE WAS FIXED. I BROUGHT CAR BACK TO BILL STASEK CHEVY WHERE I PURCHASED CAR WITH FULL WARRANTY AND TOLD THEM ABOUT THE VIBRATION PROBLEM. THEY SAID THEY FIXED IT BY REPLACING 2 FRONT TIRES AND REBALANCING THE REAR TIRES.THEY DROVE IT AND SAID IT WAS FIXED. DROVE IT HOME AND IT WAS MUCH BETTER THAN BEFORE. SEVERAL WEEKS WENT BY AND ONCE AGAIN THE VIBRATION AND STEERING ISSUE RETURNED. SO I BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE SAME DEALER AND EXPLAINED THAT THE SAME VIBRATION PROBLEM HAD ONCE AGAIN RETURNED.THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY DID THE REPAIR VIA THE SERVICE BULLETIN THAT CAME OUT ON THAT VIBRATION ISSUE FROM GM.EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THAT WAS ALL THEY COULD DO AND THEY KNEW THERE IS A DEFECT IN THAT YEAR CAR BUT IT IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE. SO HERE I SIT WITH A 76,000 DOLLAR CORVETTE WITH 5000 MILES ON IT AND A VIBRATION THAT KNOW ONE CAN OR WILL FIX.I CAN'T FIND THE SERVICE BULLETIN BUT THE MECHANIC WHO DID THE WORK ON MY CAR DID SHOW IT TO ME AT THE DEALERSHIP. I THINK SOMEONE NEEDS TO LOOK INTO THIS.I FEEL IT'S UNSAFE AND IF THE CAR IS BUILT WITH THIS KNOWN DEFECT IT SHOULD BE FINED OR AT LEAST RECALL ALL C-6 CORVETTES WITH THIS ISSUE. I KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE BECAUSE I GET I CORVETTE FORUM AND HEARD OTHER OWNERS OF THIS MODEL HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM AS WELL.

6/16/2019

car only has 31,000 miles on it and it's leaking gas from the top of the gas tank. will need fuel pump replaced. not a safe thing to have cheap parks, spilling gas over the exhaust pipes. MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE TO ME! anti lock brake system is also giving issues for a couple years now, noted by previous owner. This car only has 31,000 miles!

7/28/2021

service active handling/service traction control

4/17/2023

CENTER CONSOLE ON 2013 CORVETTE GRAND SPORT GRAND GETS VERY HOT WHEN DRIVING MORE THAN HALF HOUR. *TR

8/8/2014

AFTER DRIVING THE CAR FOR A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME (30 TO 60 MINUTES), THE CENTER CONSOLE AREA IS EXTREMELY HOT TO THE TOUCH. I WOULD ONLY BE GUESSING AT THE TEMPERATURE OF THE CONSOLE WHEN IT IS SO HOT, BUT IT GETS SO UNCOMFORTABLY HOT, THAT I CANNOT KEEP MY HAND ON IT FOR MORE THAN JUST A FEW SECONDS! *TR

2/16/2015

FAILURE BY GENERAL MOTORS TO DISCLOSE THAT THE OEM TIRES DELIVERED WITH A NEW 32013 CORVETTE GRAND SPORT ARE UNSAFE IF USED WHEN THE TEMPERATURE IS BELOW 42 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. FAILURE TO CORRECT THIS DEFECTIVE CONDITION AFTER BEING PUT ON NOTICE AND REQUESTS FOR SAFE TIRES IGNORED. I KNOW OF THIS PROBLEM SO I CAN AVOID THE DANGER. YOU MUST RECALL ALL THESE CARS BECAUSE NOT ALL OWNERS ARE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM (I STUMBLED UPON IT BY ACCIDENT--IT IS DISCLOSED NO WHERE IS ANY SALES LITERATURE OR THE OWNERS MANUAL FOR THE CAR OR ANYWHERE ELSE THAT I AM AWARE OF AND I HAVE LOOKED AND ASKED CHEVROLET AND THEY IGNORED MY QUESTION) AND THEY TAKE THEIR LIVES AND THOSE OF INNOCENT BYSTANDERS IN THEIR HANDS IF THEY USE THE CAR BELOW 42 DEGREES F. WHERE I LIVE THAT IS 6 MONTHS OF THE YEAR. I HAVE EXTENSIVE CORRESPONDENCE WITH CHEVROLET IN WHICH THEY ADMIT THE PROBLEM EXISTS AND THAT THERE IS NO FIX FOR IT SO I AM OUT OF LUCK AND INNOCENT PEOPLE WILL BE KILLED AND GM COULD CARE LESS. I WILL BE HAPPY TO SHARE THIS CORRESPONDENCE WITH YOU, AND ENCOURAGE IT. THIS IS ABSOLUTE UNMITIGATED ARROGANCE ION GM'S PART AND SHOWS A CALLOUS AND WILLFUL DISREGARD FOR THE LIVES OF THEIR INNOCENT PURCHASERS AND BYSTANDERS AND MUST BE STOPPED. *TR

7/1/2013

PASSENGER SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT. INTERMITTENT LOCKING OF SEATBELT NOTICED PRIOR TO INCIDENT ON BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATBELTS. FAILURE INDICATES THAT SEATBELT MECHANISM WILL NOT FUNCTION IN AN ACCIDENT AND COULD CAUSE INJURY OR A FATALITY. *TR

6/30/2014

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. AFTER THE CONTACT FILLED THE VEHICLE WITH FUEL, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FUEL CAP CLICKED CLOSED; HOWEVER, IT WAS NOT CLOSED AND COULD BE LIFTED WITHOUT APPLYING ANY PRESSURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL CAP WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,000.

9/29/2015

MAGNETIC SHOCKS ARE LEAKING AT ONLY 24,000 MILES. DEALER SAYS THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED OUT OF WARRANTY AT OVER $400 PER SHOCK.

9/2/2019

TWICE THIS MONTH I FILLED UP MY GAS TANK AND BOTH TIMES I CAN SMELL THE GAS FUMES IN MY CAR AND WHEN PARKED IN GARAGE, IT SMELLS REALLY BAD OF GAS FUMES.

9/22/2020

The contact owns a 2013 Chevrolet Corvette. The contact received a TSB from the Manufacturer under Special Coverage Adjustment: 15682 (Primary Tank Module Flange Fuel and Vapor Leaks). The contact stated while refueling from the above half tank of fuel, there was an abnormal fuel odor inside and outside the vehicle. The contact took the vehicle to the local dealer to be inspected however, the mechanic was unable to duplicate the failure. The contact was informed to continue refueling the vehicle until the dealer was able to lift the vehicle and check for leaks. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 26,290.

9/15/2021