2013 Chevrolet Corvette

Typical pattern

3.2% of complaints about the 2013 Chevrolet Corvette came in the first year, which is unremarkable for a 2013 vehicle — around the middle of the 210 model-years on record. The median complaint arrives at 6.5 yr in service. The most-reported system is fuel / propulsion (46 complaints), typically at 7.3 yr or about 35,000 miles.

Complaints: 94
Median age at failure: 6.5 yr
Median mileage: 18,500 n=54
Crash / fire / tow: 1.1% of reports
Safety recalls: 0

In owners’ own words

Fuel / propulsion 36,000 mi 2.9 yr in service

CONSTANT FRESH FUEL FUMES FILLING THE CAR AND THE GARAGE. NOT RECONGNIZED BY THE DEALER.

Fuel / propulsion 54,000 mi 3.1 yr in service

STRONG FUEL SMELL COMING FROM LEFT SIDE OF CAR. FUEL LEAKS FROM FITTING AT TOP OF FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY IN LEFT SIDE TANK. MANY OF US CORVETTE FORUM OWNERS HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN. THERE'S EVEN A YOU-TUBE VIDEO SHOWING WHERE THE "CRACK" OCCURS. NOT ACCEPTABLE TO HAVE TO REPAIR THIS AFTER ONLY 3 YEARS OF OWNERSHIP.

Fuel / propulsion 46,000 mi 3.9 yr in service

EVERY TIME I FILL UP WITH GAS I SMELL A STRONG ODOR OF GAS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS UNTIL THE FUEL LEVEL GOES DOWN (DRIVEN DAILY). I CAN SMELL THE GAS ODOR IN AND OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND IT ALSO FILLS UP MY GARAGE WITH GAS FUMES. I DO NOT OVERFILL WHEN PUTTING GAS IN. AFTER LOOKING INTO THIS IT APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH LEAKS IN THE FUEL PUMP TO FUEL TANK AREA OR CRACKS AROUND TANK FITTINGS, AND SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO AS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE.

Other Corvette model years

How to read this

This is what owners reported, not a reliability rating. People file with NHTSA about alarming failures, not routine ones, and complaint volume tracks how many cars were sold.
Failure ages come from the incident date on each complaint, populated on about 83% of records. Mileage is shown where reported — NHTSA’s 2021 system change cut mileage capture to roughly 15%, so it thins out sharply after MY2020.
Every rank compares this vehicle only against others of the same model year. A 2025 car has not had time to accumulate five-year failures, so comparing early-failure share across years is meaningless.
Fourteen make-months distorted by media storms and mass recalls — Toyota in February 2010 ran 11× normal volume across 33 models — are excluded.
Recalls are manufacturer actions and authoritative; complaints are not. A recall listed here may already have been performed on any individual car. Check a specific VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

2013 Chevrolet Corvette

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

In owners’ own words

Other Corvette model years

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