Chevrolet Corvette key fob problems

Filed Aug 8, 2026 · Electrical, Engine · CO

While driving normally, I was in the middle of a busy highway/intersection when the vehicle suddenly lost power and came to a complete stop. The vehicle shut itself off without warning, leaving the Corvette disabled in the roadway and causing a complete blockage of the road/intersection. Traffic was actively traveling around me, creating a serious safety hazard and putting both myself and other motorists at risk of a collision. After the vehicle stopped, it would not restart. The instrument cluster displayed a theft-deterrent/immobilizer warning and a lock/security symbol, along with a message stating that there could be a problem with the theft-deterrent system and referring to Immobilizer Operation. The vehicle has full electrical power, but when attempting to start it, it only clicks and the engine does not crank or start. I placed the key fob in the designated backup location as instructed in the owner’s manual, but the vehicle still would not start. The exact failed component has not yet been diagnosed or confirmed. The vehicle is available for inspection. The sudden and unexpected loss of power while I was in the middle of a busy highway/intersection caused an immediate and serious safety concern because the vehicle became completely disabled and blocked the roadway.

Filed Aug 3, 2020 · Body, Visibility · 1,260 miles · CA

I just got my 2020 corvette delivered last week. I am the first owner of the car and today I was driving up pch towards malibu. Went up to 80-90 MPH at times. Drove for about 100 miles. I stopped to get something to eat. Got back in my car and proceeded up the canyons for some spirited driving. The car is already broken in at 1300 miles. I decided to pull off the road to take some pictures of the car. I put the car in park with the parking brake on and left the engine running with the key fob in the cupholder. After I got the shots I wanted, I proceeded to drive down the canyon and within 15 seconds I heard the front hood latch click/thump (same sound you hear when you press the button to pop the hood) right before I saw the hood fly up and heard a snap. Sudden loss of visibility almost caused my car to go off the cliff as I couldn't see the turn. Luckily I was able to stop the car before going off the road. The hood did not hit my front windshield, but there is severe hinge damage as well as damage to both fenders and the front hood. I had my windows down and my roof off, did not have the radio on and it was quiet road. There were no warning lights that the hood latch was open/disengaged. Even when the hood flew up, there was no indicator light or beeping. I put the hood back down as carefully as I could.I had no choice but to try my best to close the hood since I was in an area with no reception in order to keep driving. In the closed position, the hood is now about 3/4 to 1 inch lower than each fender. Super paranoid I tried to drive as slowly as I can home, but I did reach speed up to 55 MPH. Thankfully it did not happen again. Gm spokesperson blames it on user error. I guarantee you guys this is not user error

Filed Aug 8, 2016 · Electrical, Engine · 9,000 miles · NJ

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet corvette. While driving at an unknown speed, the vehicle stalled without warning. In addition, the vehicle failed to recognize the key fob when inserted. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 9,000.

Filed Feb 16, 2015 · Electrical · 8,120 miles · AL

Many strange things started happening -- some intermittently. The options button sometimes shows "unavailable"; at other times, it works! The passenger window suddenly stopped rolling up completely when the door is shut, and must now be closed manually. The "heads up" speed projection stopped working, but then started working again with a different configuration than we had set before. The entire left bank of buttons stopped working completely. During an oil change, the doors locked and would not open with the key fob appropriately inside of the vehicle; the dealership had to send a driver to our home to pick up the other key fob in order to make the locks open -- they said there was no other way to get into the vehicle. A local dealership/service center is currently working on the vehicle, and we hope to know more about these problems/issues within the next couple of days.

Filed Mar 2, 2014 · Electrical · 52,600 miles · FL

After the car was started and I began to drive ,it would shut off the motor and lock the steering wheel. All the lights would work fine,but the steering wheel locked until I came to a stop and would turn off the motor and restart the engine. It was very scary because I could not pull over to the side of the road and restart the motor. I would have to stop in the middle of the road and start it. When I took the car into the dealer they said it was the key and key fob that was pulling the key out of the ignition and had to replace the entire key switch. This cost me $341.28 . I asked about any recalls or other people having the same problem and the reported to me that it is a common occurrence in the corvette. Sounds like what was and is going on now and I think I should be paid back the money I spent by gm.

Filed Jan 31, 2011 · Driver assistance · 55,000 miles · TX

I purchased a 2006 corvette in june of 2010. Since then I have had various electrical problems including, high and low tire pressure warnings, flat tire warning (tires were fine), service active handling system (has happened twice while driving, front tires locked up.. Almost got rear ended. I was sitting at a light, when to turn left and front tires locked up. Pushed the clutch in several times but tires still locked up. Turned off the active handling .. Chose comp drive mode, problem went away. Several times lately the push button start does not start the engine, everything else comes on but nothing from the engine. Change to a different gear, push clutch back in, nothing.. After several attempts, it finally 'catches" and starts. The tires have locked up twice since june of 2010. The push button start began malfunctioning on a daily bases about 3 weeks ago. I do not wish to fly off the highway into a ditch before this can be fixed. (active handling).

Filed Aug 24, 2010 · Electrical · 4,900 miles · IL

2005 corvette push button start intermittently works . Pass key that allows you to walk up on the car and the doors automatically unlock doesn't work either. No over ride to the system to get the car to start. Had to have the vehicle towed from an airport area to 5 miles away and the vehicle started right up . This is not safe because I am afraid to take the car somewhere and have it not start. My 80k bmw has a pushbutton start and smart key and it doesn't have these issues. As a side note, when the tow truck driver picked up my car to tow it, he asked if it was a gm vehicle with a push button start and I said yes it is . He said he knew it, because of the area and he tows about 20 - 30 cars a week from the same area all gm vehicles .

Filed Dec 30, 2009 · HI

Push button start on corvette: no way to turn off motor if gas pedal sticks open.

Filed Dec 16, 2008 · Driver assistance · 24,000 miles · TX

Service active handling error appears on my dic at random times although nothing seems to be wrong. I can shut the engine down and turn it back on and the error does not appear. There are other times that it will reappear but the vehicle drives ok. I will turn active handling off when the error appears. It seems to appear only when I have key fob no 2 in my pocket. Because I've heard horror stories about active handling "taking over the vehicle" I'm very cautious about this function in the vehicle. I mentioned this to a dealer and they told me to ignore it since they couldn't get it to display.

Filed Sep 8, 2000 · Electrical, Lights · GA

Steering locked, headlights stuck open, short circuited and melted rearview mirror, dead battery in a brand new car reasons undetermined by dealer just replaced 2 batteries, smoke coming from vents smell of burning wires, key fob inoperable, multiple computer warnings for no apparent reason, tire pressure warnings, fuel gauge warnings, check engine warnings, driver seat motor groans loudly like its straining to move, steering wheel has a grinding/squealing noise when turned hard left or right, computer memory inoperable, seatbelts get stuck in or retract back, rearview mirror gets so hot you can't touch it, drivers seat won't move forward at times unless manually placed there then it will move back while I am driving making it impossible for my feet to touch the pedals. This car has major electrical problems and I would like gm to take responsiblitiy for the defects and refund my money. I don't believe these problems are fixable. The car is flawed and needs to be recalled. What are we waiting for someone to die in the process. It will happen if something isn't done promptly. You can't expect to pay this kind of money or any monies for something that is not safe to put on the road with all these problems. Especially steering and electrical problems that could possibly start a fire. If you can't drive it depenbably and safely what good is this absolutely beautiful car to its owners. Ref. In ea02-031