General Motors Forced to Stop Corvette Sales With No Fix In Sight For Issue Related to Rear Turn Signal
· Yahoo AutosThe 2025 and 2026 Corvettes have been put on a sales hold after General Motors found an issue with the system that notifies drivers when the rear turn signal bulbs stop working. A solution is being worked on, but a fix is not yet in sight. This has affected 3,324 Corvette C8s.
Apparently, a system that alerts drivers in case their rear turn signal bulbs malfunction is not working as it should. GM has flagged the issue as a significant safety concern, asking all dealers to stop the sale of Corvettes until a fix is in place.
According to a report by Carscoops, this is likely a software issue that GM could have solved through an over-the-air update. However, vehicle lighting and issues related to it are taken very seriously by the authorities.
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The Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 108 requires vehicles to notify drivers if the rear turn signal has stopped working. Thus, an issue with the turn signal warning could have severe repercussions for the brand, prompting GM to halt sales.
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The issue reportedly stems from the rear brake light outage detection system, which, upon failure, can stop notifying the driver if one of the rear turn signal lamps stops working. For the 2026 Corvettes, this can be fixed when an over-the-air software update is rolled out.
But owners of the 2025 model will have to visit the dealership when a solution is in place. That said, since the nature of the problem is related to the software, the remedy will also be similar-an update to the existing software. However, it is not known when GM will announce the fix.
Current 2025 and 2026 Corvette owners can check if they are affected by the turn signal outage detection system issue through GM’s recall lookup tool by using the program number N252541250, or the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recall number 26V213.
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Another manufacturer that recently stopped sales of one of its vehicles was Hyundai. It officially put a strict stop-sale on certain 2026 Palisade SUV variants after a tragic incident in Ohio, where a two-year-old child lost her life after being crushed by the vehicle’s power-folding rear seats.
MotorBiscuit reported that Palisade’s Limited and Calligraphy trims were affected, totaling 68,500 impacted vehicles, of which 60,500 are from the U.S., while another 8,000 are from Canada.