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2017 Chevrolet Corvette

Gas Sports car

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Specs & fuel economyRecallsComplaintsCrash ratings
D
Safety Signal
68 / 100
DSafety Signal · 68 / 100
4Recalls · NHTSA campaigns
256Complaints · owner reports
—Crash rating · NHTSA overall
19 mpgFuel economy · best combined

The 2017 Chevrolet Corvette is sold in the U.S. as a gas sports car with 4 EPA-rated configurations. The most efficient version, the Corvette, is EPA-rated at 19 mpg combined. NHTSA lists 4 recall campaigns for this model year, which gives it a Safety Signal grade of D. Owners have filed 256 complaints, most often about wheels.

Specs & fuel economy (EPA)

ConfigurationPowertrainDriveEngine / motorCityHwyCombAnnual fuel*
CorvetteGasRWD6.2L 8-cyl152619$4,100
CorvetteGasRWD6.2L 8-cyl162519$4,100
CorvetteGasRWD6.2L 8-cyl152218$4,300
CorvetteGasRWD6.2L 8-cyl132316$4,850

*EPA estimate at 15,000 miles/year and EPA reference fuel/electricity prices. Source: fueleconomy.gov vehicle records.

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Recalls (4)

Steering

high
934 vehicles

Problem: 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.

NHTSA campaign 25V175000 · reported Mar 20, 2025 · General Motors, LLC

Steering

high
26,772 vehicles

Problem: General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2016-2018 Cadillac CTS, and 2017 Cadillac ATS, Chevrolet Camaro, and Chevrolet Corvette vehicles. The electric power steering (EPS) assist system may fail.

Risk: Loss of power steering assist would require a higher steering effort, especially at lower speeds, which may increase the risk of a crash.

Fix: GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the power steering gear assembly, free of charge. The recall began June 13, 2019. GM' number for this recall is N182182760.

NHTSA campaign 19V086000 · reported Feb 7, 2019 · General Motors LLC

Air Bags

high
40,683 vehicles

Problem: General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2014-2016 Buick Lacrosse and Chevrolet Spark EV, Caprice PPV and SS vehicles, 2014-2017 Buick Encore and Chevrolet Corvette, Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra 1500 vehicles, 2015-2016 Cadillac Escalade and Escalade ESV, Chevrolet Tahoe, Trax, Suburban and Silverado 2500 and 3500 and GMC Yukon and Yukon XL vehicles, and 2015-2017 GMC Sierra HD 2500 and 3500 vehicles. While being previously remedied for recall 16V-651, the affected vehicles may not have received the complete software update necessary to remedy the recall condition. Without the update, certain driving conditions may cause the air bag sensing and diagnostic module (SDM) softw

Risk: A failure of the front air bags or seat belt pretensioners to deploy in the event of a crash necessitating deployment increases the risk of injury to the driver and front passenger.

Fix: GM will notify owners, and dealers will reflash the SDM software. Vehicles that have had a previous air bag deployment will have the SDM replaced. These repairs will be performed free of charge. The recall began on August 4, 2017. Owners may contact Buick customer service at 1-800-521-7300, Cadillac customer service at 1-800-458-8006, Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020, or GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is 17287.

NHTSA campaign 17V437000 · reported Jul 10, 2017 · General Motors LLC

Air Bags

high
3,640,162 vehicles

Problem: General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2015-2017 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD, 3500 HD, Tahoe, Suburban, GMC Sierra 2500 HD and 3500 HD, GMC Yukon, GMC Yukon XL, Cadillac Escalade and Cadillac Escalade ESV vehicles and 2014-2017 Chevrolet Corvette, Silverado 1500, Trax, Caprice Police Pursuit Vehicle, GMC Sierra 1500, Buick Encore, and 2014-2016 Buick Lacrosse, Chevrolet Spark EV and SS vehicles. In the affected vehicles, certain driving conditions may cause the air bag sensing and diagnostic module (SDM) software to activate a diagnostic test. During this test, deployment of the frontal air bags and the seat belt pretensioners would not occur in the event of a crash.

Risk: A failure of the front air bags or seat belt pretensioners to deploy in the event of a crash necessitating deployment increases the risk of injury to the driver and front passenger.

Fix: GM will notify owners, and dealers will reflash the SDM software. Vehicles that have had a previous air bag deployment will have the SDM replaced. These repairs will be performed free of charge. The recall began on October 13, 2016. Owners may contact Buick customer service at 1-800-521-7300, Cadillac customer service at 1-800-458-8006, Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020, or GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is 16007.

NHTSA campaign 16V651000 · reported Sep 8, 2016 · General Motors LLC

Owner complaints

256 complaints filed

3 involved a crash, 0 a fire, 2 injuries, 0 deaths reported by owners.

Filed by year — 2017: 8 · 2018: 10 · 2019: 105 · 2020: 61 · 2021: 22 · 2022: 16 · 2023: 12 · 2024: 11 · 2025: 7 · 2026: 4

Most-cited components

  • Wheels — 224
  • Steering — 18
  • Electrical System — 4
  • Electronic Stability Control (Esc) — 3
  • Engine — 3
“GM IS PUTTING DEFECTIVE WHEELS ON GRAND SPORT AND Z06 CORVETTES. THESE WHEELS WILL NOT WITHSTAND NORMAL DRIVING ON ANY HIGHWAY. THE ISSUE IS THAT THESE WHEELS BEND ON IMPACT, BE IT EXPANSION JOINTS ALONG BRIDGES OR SMALL IMPERFECTIONS IN THE ROADWAY THAT OTHER CARS HANDLE EVERY DAY. THE ISSUE IS THAT GM SAYS THESE ARE …”Oct 18, 2018 · Wheels · NHTSA owner report
“LEFT FRONT AND LEFT REAR WHEELS BENT AFTER VERY MINOR DEFECT IN HIGHWAY, HAD TO REPLACE WHEELS”Sep 27, 2018 · Wheels · NHTSA owner report
“HAD 3 OF THE 4 RIMS BEND, PER THE DEALER DIAGNOSIS, FOR NO APPARENT REASON. CAR HAD 2,000 MILES ON IT. IT SEEMS TO BE A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM. THERE ARE MULTIPLE POSTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE, ALONG WITH THE WHEELS CRACKING FOR NO REASON, AT THE FOLLOWING INTERNET FORUM; HTTPS://WWW.CORVETTEFORUM.COM/FORUMS/C7-GENERAL-DISCUSSION-1…”Sep 27, 2018 · Wheels · NHTSA owner report

Complaint counts are raw owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects, and scale with how many were sold. Use them to spot patterns, not to rank.

Crash ratings

NHTSA has not published 5-Star crash ratings for this model year.

Other Corvette model years

A

2027 Corvette

0 recalls · 0 complaints

C

2026 Corvette

3 recalls · 2 complaints

C

2025 Corvette

3 recalls · 10 complaints

C

2024 Corvette

2 recalls · 21 complaints

B

2023 Corvette

1 recalls · 24 complaints

A

2022 Corvette

1 recalls · 20 complaints

B

2021 Corvette

2 recalls · 12 complaints

C

2020 Corvette

4 recalls · 34 complaints

A

2019 Corvette

1 recalls · 147 complaints

A

2018 Corvette

1 recalls · 51 complaints

B

2016 Corvette

2 recalls · 103 complaints

Sources & method

Safety Signal starts every model-year at 100 and subtracts points per open NHTSA recall campaign by severity: critical 15 (fire risk, park-outside or do-not-drive advisories), high 8 (brakes, steering, airbags, loss of drive power, structure, battery), moderate 6, minor 3 (software, labels, lighting fixed by an update). Floor 35. A ≥ 90, B ≥ 80, C ≥ 70, D ≥ 60, otherwise F. Complaint counts and NHTSA crash ratings are shown separately and are not blended into the grade.

EPA figures come from fueleconomy.gov vehicle records (ids 37869, 37870, 37871, 37872). Recalls, complaints, investigations and crash ratings come from NHTSA's public flat files, refreshed weekly.

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