Seventh generation (C7)
2016 Chevrolet Corvette
The most reported problem on the 2016 Chevrolet Corvette is wheels, with 59 complaints, usually around 18,000 miles.
- 104owner complaints
- 2recalls
- 1involved a crash
- 15,000median miles at failure
Newest report Sep 18, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
What is your Corvette doing?
Each one opens a sheet built from the owner reports of that problem on the 2016 model year.
Is the 2016 Chevrolet Corvette reliable?
The 2016 Chevrolet Corvette has 104 owner complaints on file with NHTSA, below the median of 141 for 2016 coupes on this site. Of the 12 Corvette model years since 2014, it has the 3rd most complaints. Complaint counts rise with sales as well as faults, so read what owners report below before deciding.
At a glance
- Next to the 2017
- At 9 complaints for each year on the road, the 2016 runs well under the 2017 (26). That's the only adjacent model year with enough complaints to set beside it.
- Top problem
- One problem takes up much of the file: wheels, named in 59 of the 104 complaints (57%). A quarter of the 49 owners who gave a mileage for wheels saw it by about 12,000 miles, and half by about 18,000.
- Crash, fire and injury reports
- Only 2 of the 104 complaints (2%) report a crash, a fire or an injury, well under the 6% typical of vehicles on this site. Counted separately (one report can carry more than one), 1 report mentions a crash, 1 mentions a fire and 1 person was hurt.
- Recalls behind the top problems
- No recall on file is on the same system as wheels. For those, the complaints are all there is.
- When owners filed
- Filings peaked in 2019 at 23 (full calendar years only). In 2025 there were 8. So far in 2026, 1 more has come in.
When each problem shows up
Each bar covers the middle half of the mileages owners reported for that problem. A quarter saw it earlier, a quarter later. The tick is the median. Most reported: wheel bearing, tires or wheels, 59 complaints.
middle half of reports, median tick. The heavier grey bars have 75 or more reports.
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How this compares
104 complaints is 2.4 times fewer than the median 2016 model on this site and 1.4 times fewer than the median 2016 coupe. Among the 3 Corvette model years here it ranks 3rd for complaints. Counts follow sales volume as much as reliability, so a truck that sells 700,000 a year draws more reports than a sedan that sells 200,000.
Service bulletins for the 2016 Chevrolet Corvette
Chevrolet filed 1,463 bulletins and other notices with NHTSA that list the 2016 Chevrolet Corvette. 54 of them deal with a problem owners have reported on this car. Newest first.
Federal rules make a manufacturer send NHTSA a copy of any notice about a defect that goes to more than one dealer or owner. Most of these are service bulletins, the repair instructions manufacturers send to dealers. NHTSA generally leaves safety recall bulletins out of this file, and recalls are listed separately.
Wheel bearing, tires or wheels 26 bulletins · 59 complaints
This service bulletin provides a procedure on how to clean and resurface aluminum wheel bead seats for vehicles that have the condition of Tire Slowly Goes Flat, Tire Air Loss, Low Tire Pressure Warning Light Illuminated, Aluminum Wheel Bead Seat Corrosion.
This service bulletin provides information on summer tire performance and tire cold weather cracking.
24 more on this problem
This service bulletin provides information on Chemical Staining, Pitting, Corrosion and/or Spotted Appearance of Chromed Aluminum Wheels.
This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles with tire sidewall irregularities. This is a visual condition that will not affect durability, reliability or performance of the tires.
This service bulletin provides information for dealers/technicians on Vibration Shortly After Tires are Mounted/Preventing Vibration from Wheel Slip (Tire Sliding on Wheel).
This service bulletin provides information for dealers/technicians on Tire/Wheel Characteristics (Vibration, Balance, Shake, Flat Spotting) of GM Original Equipment Tires.
This informational bulletin provides information on Characteristics of Wide Low Aspect Ratio Tires, Vehicle Pulls Left or Right, Wanders, Follows Depressions in Road Surface, Tramlining.
This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician to not remove the torque converter bolts and start the engine as this may cause damage to the torque converter of the crankshaft on vehicles equipped with an automatic ...
This service bulletin provides information on tire cold weather cracking and the proper techniques on taking care of the tires and proper use.
This bulletin provides a procedure to clean the back side of the rims and rotors and to correct the customers concern of wheel clicking.
This informational bulletin explains the wheel Road Force balancers and what they can do for customer concerns.
This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about having difficulty seating the beads on the tires.
Plus 14 older ones not listed here.
Transmission shudders, slips or shifts hard 25 bulletins · 10 complaints
This service bulletin provides information on Transmission Adaptive Functions and Correcting Low Mileage Harsh Shifts, Slips, or Flares.
This service bulletin provides information on some vehicles that may rock or move slightly forward or rearward while in Park at start up after cold soak. This condition may be accompanied by a clunk noise.
23 more on this problem
This service bulletin provides information on Driveline Clunk Noise and what is acceptable and what is considered normal operation.
This service bulletin provides service /diagnostic information to aid with a Transmission Harsh 1-2 Shift Upon First Start Up/Shift of the Day Under Light Throttle.
This informational bulletin provides information for dealers, technicians and customers on the eLSD Wheel Slip Display in DIC.
This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician of a complaint of a sag or hesitation when accelerating.
This technical bulletin provides a service procedure to correct conditions of Manual Transmission Stalling, Clutch Chatter or Hard Shifting into 1st Gear/Reverse and Automatic Transmission Vibration on Launch or Engine Noise.
This informational bulletin provides information on Transmission Adaptive Functions and Correcting Low Mileage Harsh Shifts, Slips, or Flares.
This technical bulletin provides information for new transmission oil to use and a procedure for exchanging the old fluid and adding the new fluid to correct a shake/shudder during light throttle acceleration condition.
This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician on the steps need to diagnose and repair vehicles that may have stalling shudder and/or hard shifting into 1st gear or reverse vibration on launch (with excessive crankshaft end ...
Information on Transmission Adaptive Functions and Correcting Low Mileage Harsh Shifts, Slips, or Flares.
This informational bulletin provides information on Driveline Clunk Noise and what is acceptable and what is considered normal operations.
Plus 13 older ones not listed here.
Power steering cuts out or goes heavy 3 bulletins · 5 complaints
This preliminary information bulletin provides information for diagnosing a power steering fluid leak at the fluid reservoir.
This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicle that have an intermittent loss of power steering assist. Technician will need to check the X1 connector for damage and ensure it is fully seated when reinstalling.
1 more on this problem
This technical bulletin provides a procedure to install a new power steering gear cooling duct to correct a customer concern on a DIC message that reads ?Service Power Steering Gear? and/or feeling a reduction in steering assist while driving their vehicle on ...
Complaints filed by year
23 complaints came in 2019, 1.9 times the year before. Owners file in waves when a problem gets press or an investigation, so a spike measures attention as much as failures.
Recalls that include the 2016 Chevrolet Corvette
Whether your car is included depends on its VIN. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
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) 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 and remedy
Remedy: 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.
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 and remedy
Remedy: 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.
All 2 recalls on the 2016 Chevrolet Corvette, with the owner complaints on each recalled system
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Questions
What is the most common problem on the 2016 Chevrolet Corvette?
Wheels, with 59 of the 104 complaints. Owners who gave a mileage for it put the median at about 18,000 miles.
At what mileage do 2016 Chevrolet Corvette problems start?
Of the 80 complaints that give a mileage, a quarter came by about 6,000 miles and half by about 15,000.
Is the 2016 Chevrolet Corvette better or worse than the 2017?
Counted per year on the road, the 2016 has fewer complaints than the 2017: 9 a year against 26.
How many 2016 Chevrolet Corvette complaints involve a crash, fire or injury?
2 of them (2%). The typical vehicle on this site is at 6%.
Is there a recall for wheels on the 2016 Chevrolet Corvette?
No recall on file for the 2016 Chevrolet Corvette is on the same system as wheels. Another recall may still cover your car, so check its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.