Corvette reliability
#41
Burning Brakes
There are many examples of corvettes abv 100K. I highest I know of is Chris Chesnoe of Callaway Cars, a 2010 Callway with well over 200K miles. Its a C6 but a great example on how well made the corvette really is if you follow sked mx. I suspect the C7 will follow into the 100K plus group for anyone that keeps theirs over the C8
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blkvet6 (07-12-2018)
#43
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Only issues that bother me are
1. Z06 overheating/heat soak issues
2. Z06/GS wheel bending issue
3. A8 seems to have some problems- IDK, I'm a manual driver.
Electronics are one of those things- it's either going to go out early or not at all. If it doesn't fail in the first 3 years, I doubt you'll have touch screen problems.
1. Z06 overheating/heat soak issues
2. Z06/GS wheel bending issue
3. A8 seems to have some problems- IDK, I'm a manual driver.
Electronics are one of those things- it's either going to go out early or not at all. If it doesn't fail in the first 3 years, I doubt you'll have touch screen problems.
#44
Intermediate
I've had 4 corvettes, 3x C5's and now my C7. Combined well over 100k miles, including a yearly road trip from Texas/Oklahoma to Las Vegas. I've driven on the Texas Motor Speedway several times and pushed them on other smaller tracks. I drive it for the fun car it is made to be, not like I'm protecting a vintage baseball card in a sleeve. Outside of normal maintenance, I have never had one in for service.
#45
Owners not Biased.
Consumer Reports can only publish the data they get from the letters they send out to owners asking for owner opinions. So how can that be biased. ...
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#46
Race Director
I had my C5 for 9 years and put 133k on it and only spent $2000 in repairs, and had my C6 for 4.5 years and spent $2500 in repairs. I'm hopeful that my C7 is reliable too and so far after 7 months and 5600 miles it has been flawless.
#47
Burning Brakes
My 2016 is a daily driver. 22 months, 28K miles...all happy, no issues. No one should have dependability issues with a new car. And if you do, that’s what the warranty is for. While I’ve used my tire insurance a few times, I have zero claims on my GM warranty, and hopefully it stays that way, but I’m already doing my extended warranty homework. Plan to buy one at the end of the summer.
#49
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I always love hearing about how their Corvettes broke down after 100s of laps around a race track in August in Texas. I really can't say much about reliability because I have only been driving it for 5 month, 5 GLORIOUS months. No complaints other than that damn hatch release button by my knee when I get in with out the seat back.
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I don't agree with the CR naysayers and have relied on their ratings on various products for decades. I suspect that some of the reports of electronics concerns may come from owners of earlier MYs that have issues that can be rectified by software updates. My 2015 had a couple and was fine thereafter, but none of it was what I would cause me to label it as unreliable. The A8 tranny was unreliable, however, and I bailed on the car just to get away from it. It may be okay on newer models, but I won't be finding out.
My current 2017 GS M7 has had no mechanical or electronic issues at all, and only a few very minor cosmetic quirks that most people would not even see and are not worth fooling with, IMO. The SM at a local dealership told me it takes about two years to get the software right on a new model like the C7 was in 2014, so maybe this holds true on later MYs like the 2018-19 the OP is contemplating. Based on my experience with my 2017 I would agree that it is.
My current 2017 GS M7 has had no mechanical or electronic issues at all, and only a few very minor cosmetic quirks that most people would not even see and are not worth fooling with, IMO. The SM at a local dealership told me it takes about two years to get the software right on a new model like the C7 was in 2014, so maybe this holds true on later MYs like the 2018-19 the OP is contemplating. Based on my experience with my 2017 I would agree that it is.
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#51
Le Mans Master
"CR can only publish the
Consumer Reports has clearly been biased in many instances in the past regarding automobiles (Re: Samurai, Ford Explorer) and I see no reason to believe they still don't color their "findings" according to their own biases.
Example of one of CR's "totally objective" statements: "One cheap way that automakers make an SUV less prone to rollover is to equip it with less-grippy tires". They didn't say "could" -- they stated that it IS happening. No proof, just "feels".
CR might be good for rating kitchen appliances and electric shavers, but their auto 'tests' have always been extremely suspect.
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mschuyler (07-12-2018)
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You should buy a car that Consumer Reports likes then. Perhaps a Toyota Corolla would be a good car for you. I think that a performance car, where many components are designed near their limits for performance reasons, would cause you worry on a daily basis.
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ptalar (07-14-2018)
#54
Drifting
I have a 2015 Z51 3lt M7, had 50k miles when I bought it in December 2017 . It now has 61k miles and runs like a champ no problems. Still looks new.
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Many years ago I saw a cartoon in one of the car mags: C&D, R&T, or MT, I forget which. Two guys in the foreground are talking. A few bespectacled, white-coated "scientists" are in the background with clipboards as you see cars being pushed off a cliff. One guy says to the other, "Oh, that's just Consumer Reports testing cars again."
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#57
Melting Slicks
The other thing about electronic complaints isn't necessarily an actual failure in the electronics but the failure of consumers to understand how the electronics actually work.
#58
Melting Slicks
2014 Corvette, M7 3LT base
Bought new in November 2013
53,000 miles
new infotainment screen under warranty
new water pump under warranty
as reliable as any car I have owned
Bought new in November 2013
53,000 miles
new infotainment screen under warranty
new water pump under warranty
as reliable as any car I have owned
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#60
Melting Slicks
And they don't show their data. How many cars per model are we talking about? Nobody knows.
For my needs, what they provide is better than any other guideline for picking products based on survey results and their on-site testing. It isn't my only source of information but one that helps me along to make a rational choice. I tend to research products I plan to buy more than most people, to a fault I'm told, so I'll take the CR info and digest it along with any other sources I can find. For example, I just purchased a mini-computer for my home theater setup, and it took me two weeks of research to finally make the decision. I read everything I could lay my hands on, and had I not done it that way with all the variables involved (OS compatibility, RAM, storage, etc.) I could easily have ended up with something that didn't fit my needs.
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