NHTSA Safety Recalls
2000 Chevrolet Corvette Recalls
The 2000 Chevrolet Corvette has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 9, 2004.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Chevrolet Corvette. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 278
- Crashes reported
- 15
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
On a 2000 Chevrolet Corvette, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2000 Chevrolet Corvette
Steering: column locking: anti-theft device
- Campaign
- 04V060000
- Reported
- February 9, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 126,624
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2004 Corvette
Seat belts: front
- Campaign
- 00V111000
- Reported
- April 17, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 71,569
- Same campaign
- only the 2000 Chevrolet Corvette
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2004 Corvette, 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2004 Corvette, 46 other models
2000 Chevrolet Corvette complaints by year
NHTSA has received 278 owner complaints about the 2000 Chevrolet Corvette, the newest on September 24, 2026. Of these, 15 describe a crash (5%); owners reported 12 injuries.
In complaints about the 2000 Chevrolet Corvette, the component group named most often is the steering (61%), followed by the electrical system (9%) and the exterior lighting (6%).
1 of the 2000 Chevrolet Corvette's 4 recalls also concerns the steering.
Where 2000 Chevrolet Corvette owners gave the mileage (173 complaints), the median was 39,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering169
- Electrical System24
- Exterior Lighting17
- Service Brakes17
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic13
- Electronic Stability Control (Esc)11
Complaints received, by year
| 1999 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 26 | |
| 2001 | 16 | |
| 2002 | 14 | |
| 2003 | 38 | |
| 2004 | 40 | |
| 2005 | 16 | |
| 2006 | 6 | |
| 2007 | 10 | |
| 2008 | 8 | |
| 2009 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 7 | |
| 2011 | 12 | |
| 2012 | 12 | |
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 13 | |
| 2015 | 17 | |
| 2016 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 9 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2000 Chevrolet Corvette peaked in 2004, when NHTSA received 40. 34% arrived between 1999 and 2003, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2000 vehicles, the 2000 Chevrolet Corvette drew 2.4× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Corvette year in the same window: 6th highest of the 21 ranked years.
That makes 2000 one of the Chevrolet Corvette years to avoid by our method.
The 278 complaints about the 2000 Chevrolet Corvette are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Corvette by model year
Other 2000 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: September 24, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted