NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Chevrolet Corvette Recalls
The 2003 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 2003 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
- 85
- Crashes reported
- 9
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2003 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 2003 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 2000–2002, 2004 Corvette
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002, 2004 Corvette, 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002, 2004 Corvette, 46 other models
2003 Chevrolet Corvette complaints by year
NHTSA has received 85 owner complaints about the 2003 Chevrolet Corvette, the newest on July 17, 2026. Of these, 9 describe a crash (11%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 1 injury and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2003 Chevrolet Corvette, the component group named most often is the steering (38%), followed by the electrical system (18%) and the power train (13%).
1 of the 2003 Chevrolet Corvette's 3 recalls also concerns the steering.
Where 2003 Chevrolet Corvette owners gave the mileage (66 complaints), the median was 30,089 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering32
- Electrical System15
- Power Train11
- Electronic Stability Control (Esc)10
- Fuel/Propulsion System8
- Structure6
Complaints received, by year
| 2003 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 10 | |
| 2005 | 4 | |
| 2006 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 7 | |
| 2010 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 6 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 9 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2003 Chevrolet Corvette peaked in 2004, when NHTSA received 10. 27% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2003 vehicles, the 2003 Chevrolet Corvette drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Corvette year in the same window: 14th highest of the 21 ranked years.
The 85 complaints about the 2003 Chevrolet Corvette are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Corvette by model year
Other 2003 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: July 17, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted