NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Chevrolet Corvette Recalls
The 2016 Chevrolet Corvette has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 10, 2017.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Chevrolet Corvette. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 104
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2016 Chevrolet Corvette, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2016 Chevrolet Corvette
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 17V437000
- Reported
- July 10, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 40,683
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015, 2017 Corvette, 15 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 16V651000
- Reported
- September 8, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,640,162
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015, 2017 Corvette, 15 other models
2016 Chevrolet Corvette complaints by year
NHTSA has received 104 owner complaints about the 2016 Chevrolet Corvette, the newest on September 18, 2026. Of these, 1 describe a crash (1%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2016 Chevrolet Corvette, the component group named most often is the wheels (57%), followed by the fuel/propulsion system (13%) and the power train (12%).
None of the 2016 Chevrolet Corvette's 2 recalls concerns the wheels.
Where 2016 Chevrolet Corvette owners gave the mileage (72 complaints), the median was 14,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Wheels59
- Fuel/Propulsion System14
- Power Train12
- Electrical System6
- Engine6
- Steering5
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8 | |
| 2018 | 12 | |
| 2019 | 23 | |
| 2020 | 16 | |
| 2021 | 14 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 7 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 8 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2016 Chevrolet Corvette peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 23. 48% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Chevrolet Corvette drew 1.7× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Corvette year in the same window: 7th highest of the 21 ranked years.
The 104 complaints about the 2016 Chevrolet Corvette are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Corvette by model year
Other 2016 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: September 18, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted