Seventh generation (C7)
2019 Chevrolet Corvette
The most reported problem on the 2019 Chevrolet Corvette is wheels, with 125 complaints, usually around 9,000 miles.
- 148owner complaints
- 1recalls
- 0involved a crash
- 9,500median miles at failure
Newest report Sep 23, 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 2019 model year.
Is the 2019 Chevrolet Corvette reliable?
Of the 12 Corvette model years since 2014, it has the 2nd 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 2018 and 2020
- The 2019 stands out from the model years on either side. It draws 18 complaints for each year on the road, while the 2018 draws 6 and the 2020 5.
- Top problem
- One problem takes up much of the file: wheels, named in 125 of the 148 complaints (84%). Wheels tends to show up early. Of the 105 owners who gave a mileage for it, half were under about 9,000 miles and a quarter under about 5,000.
- Crash, fire and injury reports
- Only 2 of the 148 complaints (1%) report a crash, a fire or an injury, well under the 6% typical of vehicles on this site.
- 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 2020 at 48 (full calendar years only). In 2025 there were 10. So far in 2026, 4 more have 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, 125 complaints.
middle half of reports, median tick. The heavier grey bars have 75 or more reports.
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How this compares
148 complaints is 1.6 times fewer than the median 2019 model on this site. Among the 3 Corvette model years here it ranks 2nd 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 2019 Chevrolet Corvette
Chevrolet filed 791 bulletins and other notices with NHTSA that list the 2019 Chevrolet Corvette. 25 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 10 bulletins · 125 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.
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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 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.
Transmission shudders, slips or shifts hard 15 bulletins · 7 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.
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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 service bulletin provides a repair procedure to correct a customer concern of Delayed and/or Harsh Engagement of Transmission Shift After Vehicle Sitting with Engine Off.
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 a repair procedure to correct a customer concern of Delayed and/or Harsh Engagement of Transmission Shift After Vehicle Sitting with Engine Off.
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 ...
Plus 3 older ones not listed here.
Complaints filed by year
48 complaints came in 2020. 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 2019 Chevrolet Corvette
Whether your car is included depends on its VIN. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 vehicles. Hard braking or acceleration may cause the sensing diagnostic module (SDM) to enter a fault state. As a result, the SDM will not provide crash sensing or deploy the necessary air bags in the event of a crash.
Risk and remedy
Remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will reprogram the SDM with updated software, free of charge. The recall began on June 29, 2018. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020. GM's number for this recall is 18195.
The recall on the 2019 Chevrolet Corvette, with the owner complaints on each recalled system
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Questions
What is the most common problem on the 2019 Chevrolet Corvette?
Wheels, with 125 of the 148 complaints. Owners who gave a mileage for it put the median at about 9,000 miles.
At what mileage do 2019 Chevrolet Corvette problems start?
Of the 115 complaints that give a mileage, a quarter came by about 5,000 miles and half by about 10,000.
Is the 2019 Chevrolet Corvette better or worse than the 2018 and 2020?
Counted per year on the road, the 2019 has more complaints than both the 2018 and the 2020: 18 a year against 6 and 5.
How many 2019 Chevrolet Corvette complaints involve a crash, fire or injury?
2 of them (1%). The typical vehicle on this site is at 6%.
Is there a recall for wheels on the 2019 Chevrolet Corvette?
No recall on file for the 2019 Chevrolet Corvette is on the same system as wheels. Another recall may still cover your car, so check its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.