The 2018 Chevrolet Corvette has 1 NHTSA recall campaign affecting an estimated 934 vehicles. Recall repairs are always free at any authorized dealer. Owners have filed 53 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the wheels. Last updated July 5, 2026.
Recall campaigns
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Defect
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2016-2018 Cadillac CTS, 2017-2018 Cadillac ATS, Chevrolet Camaro, and Chevrolet Corvette vehicles. The electric power steering (EPS) assist may fail.
Consequence
A loss of power steering assist can require greater steering effort, especially at low speeds, increasing the risk of a crash.
Remedy
Dealers will replace the power steering gear assembly, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 15, 2025. Owners may contact Cadilac customer service at 1-800-333-4223 or Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020. GM's number for this recall is N252497020.
Complaints by component
WHEELS
44
SERVICE BRAKES
2
1crashes
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
1
POWER TRAIN
1
STEERING
1
STRUCTURE:BODY
1
TIRES
1
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
1
WHEELS:RIM
1
Total complaints53
What owners report
Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal
information removed.
“Wheels on these cars commonly crack and break online. Mine have a visible crack in one of them and is losing air due to quality of wheel from chevrolet”
“Multiple rim cracks due to manufacturing error. General motors had acknowledged this but not made reimbursement possible nor provided information if defective rims are still being produced. My car was inspected and rim was repaired by a chevy dealer and confirmed to have a cracked rim in several…”
“Vehicle had a shake, and felt like it was shifting wrong. Apparently, two of the four rims have were confirmed cracked which led to an unsafe vehicle for travel. The vehicle had approximately 15,230 miles on the tires and rims when air was leaking out. All four tires were shot. All four tires and…”
“Inside lip of rear wheel cracked and wheel bent beyond repair, per wheel repair company. Oem make and model tire was in place and no noticeable impact was felt to cause this failure. This caused an air leak leaving me stranded at the side of the highway. Had to buy an expensive replacement wheel.”
“Rear wheel cracked in 4 places inside rim towards outside causing slow leak. Could eventually crack enough to cause wheel to fail.”
“Purchased the vehicle february 2018. In september 2019, I replaced the tires and within a few days, I started losing air pressure. Both rear wheels cracked. I tried to get gm to honor the 36 month bumper to bumper warranty but they refused. I purchased replacement wheels at my own expense. In june…”
“Failure was the right rear wheel cracked in two places causing tire to go flat on highway . A flat tire could cause the vehicle to go out of control in traffic resultion in a serious accident causing injury or death dealer bob huff chevolet of wrythville va diagnosed and confirmed the problem and…”
“I purchased my 20018 corvette z06 in december of 2020 and because this was a very expensive vehicle I also purchased an extended 6 year bumper to bumper warranty. I drove car off the lot and drove it for a very brief period of time and discovered that there was a slow leak in the driver rear tire…”
Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL,
FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 2018 Chevrolet Corvette as of
July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page
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