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CarsLore / Chevrolet / Corvette / 1985

1985 Chevrolet Corvette

16 owner complaints — #35 of 43 Corvette model years. 1 recall, 1 service bulletin.

16complaints · 0 crashes, 0 fires
1recalls
1manufacturer bulletins
92,000 mimedian mileage at failure

Problems owners report

Complaints filed with NHTSA about the 1985 Chevrolet Corvette, by the system named in each complaint. One complaint can name several.

  • Seat belts8
  • Steering2
  • Power train2
  • Unknown or other1
  • Exterior lighting1
  • Parking brake1
  • Suspension1

NHTSA ODI complaints (public domain) · updated 23 Oct 2026 · 0 injuries and 0 deaths reported

Compared with other years

’81’85’86’89’92’95’98’01’04’07’10’13’16’19’22’2516’81’85’86’89’92’95’98’01’04’07’10’13’16’19’22’2516
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NHTSA ODI complaints by model year

Fatal crashes in the US

From 2020 to 2023, 4 1985 Corvette vehicles were involved in crashes on US public roads in which someone died; 3 people died inside them, and 1 of the vehicles rolled over. This is a count, not a crash rate: it grows with the number of cars on the road.

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), crash years 2020–2023 (public domain)

New York safety inspections

At its first New York inspection the 1985 Chevrolet Corvette failed the safety check 0.60% of the time — 21% less often than the average 1985 passenger car (0.76%). Median odometer at inspection: 77,694 miles.

2,005first inspections
0.60%failed on safety
77,694 mimedian odometer
0.0%0.4%0.8%’81’84’85’86’88’90’92’94’96’98’00’02’04’06’08’10’12’14’16’18’20’22’24’26’270.6%0.0%0.4%0.8%’81’85’88’91’94’97’00’03’06’09’12’15’18’21’24’270.6%

NY DMV Vehicle Inspections (vezn-fmmk), initial inspections since Aug 2021 · how we count

Engines

The most common engines in 1985 Chevrolet Corvette cars on Dutch roads are the 5.7 petrol (148 kW, 198 hp) and 5.7 petrol (183 kW, 245 hp).

EnginePowerCarsShare
5.7 petrol148 kW 198 hp3156%
5.7 petrol183 kW 245 hp2444%

RDW Open Data (CC0): registered passenger cars and their fuel data · engine size rounded to 0.1 litre, net maximum power · versions with at least 20 cars

In the Netherlands

98 first registered in 1985 are on Dutch roads; 99% arrived later as imports.

37.8%had an APK defect recorded since June 2022
0.0%logical odometer history
0.0%with a recall still open

Most common APK defects

Colours

Red 26%Black 24%Blue 12%Grey 10%Brown 8%White 5%

RDW Open Data: registered vehicles and APK defects (CC0) · defect descriptions in the RDW's Dutch wording

In Finland

35 of these cars first registered in 1985 were in use in Finland on 30 Jun 2026, with an average of 107,000 km on the odometer at their last inspection.

Traficom (Finnish Transport and Communications Agency), open data on vehicles in use · CC BY 4.0

In New Zealand

115 1985 cars are on the New Zealand register; 92% arrived as used imports, 0% were sold new in New Zealand.

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi, Motor Vehicle Register (March 2026) · CC BY 4.0

Recalls in Canada

3 Transport Canada recalls for the 1985 Chevrolet Corvette.

1991126
11 Sept 1991		Seats And Restraints
NOTE: OWNER SELF INSPECTION - REPAIR ONLY IF PROBLEM OCCURS. THE SEAT BELT MAY LOCK-UP OR JAM IN THE RETRACTOR. IF THIS OCCURS, VEHICLE OCCUPANTS WILL BE UNA…
1986092
19 Aug 1986		Engine
Certain Camaro, Firebird, Monte Carlo and Grand Prix equipped with a 5.0L engine, and 5.7L Corvettes. High ignition coil temperatures combined with the stress …
1985101
18 Sept 1985		Not Entered
CORROSION AND DETERIORATION OF AN ELECTRONIC COMPONENT WITHIN THE MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR RESULTS IN A LOW SIGNAL VOLTAGE TO THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE REDUCING…

Transport Canada Vehicle Recalls Database · Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada

Recalls

91V143000 · Seat belts4 Sept 1991 · 231,833 vehicles

UNDER CERTAIN VEHICLE OPERATIONS AND OCCUPANT USAGE CONDITIONS, THE SAFETY BELTS CAN LOCKUP OR JAM IN THE SAFETY BELT RETRACTOR.

Whether a recall was fixed on a particular car is known only to the manufacturer: check the VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

NHTSA recalls · summaries in NHTSA's own words

Service bulletins

What Chevrolet told its dealers about the 1985 Chevrolet Corvette: known faults, fixes and updates.

BulletinSummary
39547 REAR LIFT WINDOW HARD TO OPEN/HINGE LOOSE TO GLASS. *TW

NHTSA manufacturer communications (public domain)

NHTSA investigations

DP96006 · Service brakes, hydraulicopened 14 May 1996 · closed 18 Oct 1996

BRAKE PULL

EA92005 · Vehicle speed control:linkagesopened 30 Jan 1992 · closed 29 Jan 1993

THROTTLE STICKING

EA90033 · Seat belts:front:retractoropened 11 Jun 1990 · closed 9 Sept 1991

SAFETY BELT RETRACTOR FAIL

PE90032 · Suspensionopened 12 Jan 1990 · closed 22 Mar 1990

TIE ROD SOCKET FAILURE

NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation