Several 2020 Corvette C8 Owners Are Claiming Their Frunk Pops Open While Driving - CarScoops

A number of 2020 Corvette Stingray owners are reporting that the frunks of their cars are flying open while driving – which certainly is not the best, or safest, experience you want to have behind the wheel.

This has prompted a number of Corvette owners to rig up simple carabiners that will make it impossible for the frunk to open.

As noted by Corvette Blogger, the C8 has three different positions that the hood can sit.

However, some 2020 Corvette owners have highlighted the various warnings the car gives off when the hood is open, saying that it’s simply not possible for the hood to open up by itself, with YouTuber Chevy Dude saying in one video that it is “100% user error.”.

Nevertheless, there have been eight (at the time of writing) separate complaints about the issued filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), where various owners have detailed their experiences of their frunks opening up and causing damage.

“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.

“While driving the 2020 Corvette at a low speed, the front hood flew open and impaired my visibility.

They failed to engineer the appropriate safety latch features into the hood that would prevent this from happening.

Hoods are required to have a secondary latch that must be physically operated to open completely,” noted another complaint.