Gasoline Engine Problems of Chevrolet Corvette

Chevrolet Corvette owners have reported 12 problems related to gasoline engine (under the engine and engine cooling category). The most recently reported issues are listed below. Also please check out the statistics and reliability analysis of Chevrolet Corvette based on all problems reported for the Corvette.

1 Gasoline Engine problem of the 2002 Chevrolet Corvette

Failure Date: 12/30/2001

The engine emits a bird like churping noise irregardless if the vehicle is moving or idle. Possible getting louder over time. Chevrolet has known about this since 2/1/02. Still no fix. I call every 2-4 wks & receive the same story the engineers are working on it. Is this dangerous? totally frustrated.

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2 Gasoline Engine problem of the 2001 Chevrolet Corvette

Failure Date: 12/03/2001

Burns 1 to 1. 5 quarts of oil every 400 to 500 miles.

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3 Gasoline Engine problem of the 2001 Chevrolet Corvette

Failure Date: 10/29/2000

While driving about 65/70 mph vehicle compeletely turned off. Vehicle was brought to dealership. Dealership was not able to detect the problem.

4 Gasoline Engine problem of the 2001 Chevrolet Corvette

Failure Date: 09/22/2000

The vehicle has an engine defect which causes the vehicle to run rough, have poor gas mileage, smokes and has a oily tailpipe discharge, several repair attempts however the vehicle continues to experience problems, consumer has had two other Corvettes prior that have experienced problems (no VIN numbers available on other vehicles).

5 Gasoline Engine problem of the 1998 Chevrolet Corvette

Failure Date: 08/05/2000

Im started my car, put it in drive and drove off. I noticed my steering wheel was locked. The engine died almost right away. I was going about 3 mph. I restarted the engine several times trying to free the steering. Nothing worked. I had to back my car out of the street with no steering. The next morning the steering started working again. After talking to some Corvette club member, I found out that this is very common to happen on late model Corvettes. Ref. In ea02-031.

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6 Gasoline Engine problem of the 1997 Chevrolet Corvette

Failure Date: 07/27/2000

Vehicle suddenly loses power and dramatically decelerates to 5 mph at any time while driving, this failure has almost caused an accident, dealer can not remedy the problem.

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7 Gasoline Engine problem of the 1998 Chevrolet Corvette

Failure Date: 05/14/2000

While driving about 35 mph, all of a sudden there was a loss of power. Driver was able to pull to the side of the road safely. Vehicle was taken to the dealership for service. Please provide any further information.

8 Gasoline Engine problem of the 1998 Chevrolet Corvette

Failure Date: 10/27/1999

Noise in engine compartment due to loose rocker arm studs. Mjs.

9 Gasoline Engine problem of the 1997 Chevrolet Corvette

Failure Date: 09/21/1999

While driving vehicle loses power. If consumer was driving 50 mph vehicle would drop down to 5 mph and start to shake.

10 Gasoline Engine problem of the 1997 Chevrolet Corvette

Failure Date: 06/09/1999

Vehicle continually shuts down while driving 70-80 miles per hour, several remedy attempts (gas tanks, modulars, computer replacements) replacements, however no remedy at this time. Mjs.

11 Gasoline Engine problem of the 1997 Chevrolet Corvette

Failure Date: 02/24/1998

While driving the vehicle, for no particular reason, the car's check engine/reduced engine power/service traction system lights all come on at the same time. We have had the car serviced for the same problem 6 times, at 3 different dealers. Our major CO.

12 Gasoline Engine problem of the 1997 Chevrolet Corvette

Failure Date: 04/30/1997

Engine dies while driving at low speeds, have to wait for a few minutes and will restart, will die again after one half of ta block, dealer can not locate the problem.


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