NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Chevrolet Corvette Recalls
The 2002 Chevrolet Corvette has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 9, 2004.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Chevrolet Corvette. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 157
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
On a 2002 Chevrolet Corvette, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2002 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 2000–2001, 2003–2004 Corvette
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2004 Corvette, 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2004 Corvette, 46 other models
2002 Chevrolet Corvette complaints by year
NHTSA has received 157 owner complaints about the 2002 Chevrolet Corvette, the newest on August 6, 2025. Of these, 3 describe a crash (2%); owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2002 Chevrolet Corvette, the component group named most often is the steering (38%), followed by the wheels (22%) and the electrical system (11%).
1 of the 2002 Chevrolet Corvette's 3 recalls also concerns the steering.
Where 2002 Chevrolet Corvette owners gave the mileage (130 complaints), the median was 42,500 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering59
- Wheels35
- Electrical System17
- Fuel System, Gasoline9
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic9
- Electronic Stability Control (Esc)7
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 5 | |
| 2003 | 10 | |
| 2004 | 13 | |
| 2005 | 11 | |
| 2006 | 13 | |
| 2007 | 13 | |
| 2008 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 17 | |
| 2011 | 15 | |
| 2012 | 15 | |
| 2013 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 8 | |
| 2015 | 8 | |
| 2016 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2002 Chevrolet Corvette peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 17. 26% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Chevrolet Corvette drew 1.2× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Corvette year in the same window: 9th highest of the 21 ranked years.
The 157 complaints about the 2002 Chevrolet Corvette are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Corvette by model year
Other 2002 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: August 6, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted