2007 Chevrolet Corvette: engine failure

5 of the 341 complaints about the 2007 Chevrolet Corvette describe engine failure.

owner complaints: 5
of this car's complaints: 1%
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 128 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Engine failure by model year

2022
1
2019
2
2017
1
2014
2
2013
4
2009
13
2008
8
2007
5
2006
9
2005
12
2004
6
2003
5
2002
7
2001
10
2000
15
1999
6
1998
8
1997
2
1991
1

What owners say

Filed Sep 15, 2022 · Engine · NM

The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Corvette. The contact stated the engine of the vehicle was replaced because he wanted to update the engine. The contact stated that once the engine was replaced the vehicle would not start. The dealer diagnosed the vehicle and stated that 5 cylinder fractured causing the engine to lock up. The manufacturer was contacted and provided no further assistance. The failure mileage was 0.

Filed Jun 21, 2022 · Engine · CA

On 2/24/18 while driving the vehicle in first gear taking off from a stoplight averaging a speed no higher than 30mph and not yet entering 2nd gear the vehicle made a loud screeching noise from the motor area and then abruptly stopped and shut off the engine. A dashboard warning of reduced motor speed appeared and the vehicle stayed in accessory mode only allowing the interior electrical systems to operate. The roadway that I was on being 3 lanes wide and at time of engine failure I was in the middle lane, I was forced to attempt to take vehicle off main roadway onto a side street. Being that the engine abruptly stopped, speed was lost rather quickly putting me in a dangerous situation where the vehicles behind me and next to me could potentially hit me endangering my safety. Additionally I had to cross over in front of oncoming traffic as the only available safe stop was a side street was on the opposite side of road. At that point I was able to stop the vehicle off the roadway onto a side street where the vehicle was then towed back to our residence. The vehicle was then later towed to our mechanic where bore scope inspection revealed a thrown piston and rod. At that time we authorized a tear down to be completed by the mechanic that revealed a thrown piston and rod in the 1st cylinder, which we have since found out is a known and common cylinder to fail. The rod was thrown through the block and piston shattering which made this catastrophic motor failure not allowing repair to be completed and the only option being a full motor replacement. The mechanic advised this was due to a faulty valve in the cylinder head. Symptoms I feel may have been related and ultimately contributed to this failure date back as far as the date I purchased the vehicle on 4/2/16 where vehicle engine made irregular noises. Vehicle was seen 4/18/16 by Chevy stating noises normal and characteristic to alternator, as well as 11/14/17 when a cylinder 3 injector malfunction was detected.

Filed Jun 10, 2022 · Transmission · 1,621 miles · PA

The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Corvette. The contact stated the transmission had been seized in the park(P) position intermittently. The transmission would eventually release after manipulating the gear shifter several times. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact had not taken the vehicle to the dealer. The vehicle had not been diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 1,621.

Filed May 7, 2020 · Engine · 62,000 miles · VA

I was participating in a high performance driving education (hpde) event and was driving my car going approximately 50 MPH on the virginia international raceway (vir) on tuesday afternoon, june 27, 2017, when it seemed to loose acceleration. I drove further on the track and still did not have normal acceleration and I saw blue smoke coming out the exhaust so I exited the track and when I got in the engine stopped. Several mechanic type people familiar with corvettes looked at my car engine and instructed me to try to start it, which I was able to do and again blue exhaust smoke came out. I turned off the engine and had it towed to my car dealer, holiday chevrolet in williamsburg, va. Their mechanics determined that the exhaust valve in cylinder #1 dropped from the head into the cylinder and eventually exited the engine through the exhaust port and into the catalytic converter. The mechanic determined that the engine block was damaged beyond repair and an entire engine replacement was required, which is what I did.

Filed Jul 26, 2013 · Driver assistance, Fuel system · 25,000 miles · TX

Gas gauge is showing erratic levels and then shows empty when there is in fact fuel in the tank,...works erratically and then stops working after more than 1/2 tank of gas has been used, if level of gas tank is below 1/2,...gas gauge shows no gas/empty,... This causes driver to not know how much gas is left in tank and so causes a very, very dangerous situation when traveling on highway at highway speeds, when traveling on george bush tollway here in plano texas USA, my car engine died completely causing me to drive to side with no power in heavy rush hour traffic. This is unacceptable and is a known issue with the fuel sending unit/ fuel sensors in the gas tanks of numerous corvettes for years 2005-2007. The cost to replace this defective sensor due to it being in the gas tank is >$1500 at dealer. Unacceptable.