2017 Chevrolet Corvette Complaint Log

I WENT OUT TO MY VEHICLE TO DRIVE IT TO WORK AND SAW THAT I HAD A LOW TIRE PRESSURE WARNING. THE PRESSURE WAS 19 PSI, AND NORMAL SHOULD BE 30 PSI. I INFLATED THE TIRE TO NORMAL PRESSURE, AND A WEEK LATER THE PRESSURE HAD DROPPED TO 9PSI. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO DISCOUNT TIRE ASSUMING I HAD A TIRE PUNCTURE, BUT AFTER REMOVING THE WHEEL AND TIRE THEY IMMEDIATELY DETECTED A CRACK IN THE WHEEL. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE WHEEL NOTICED DURING THE MOST RECENT TIRE REPLACEMENT AT ~20.4K MILES AND THE PREVIOUS TIRES SHOWED NO DAMAGE FROM HARD OR SUDDEN IMPACT. NO HARD OR SUDDEN IMPACTS HAVE OCCURRED SINCE EITHER.

I OWN A 2017 GRAND SPORT CORVETTE AND FOUND A CRACK IN PASSENGER REAR RIM, PICTURE IS BELOW. IT IS A KNOWN FACT THAT THERE ARE TOO MANY CRACK C7 CORVETTE RIMS AND GM WILL DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. I WAS LUCKY AND NOTICED PSI IN TIRE LEAKING AND MONITORED, FINALLY WENT TO DEALERSHIP WHERE INSIDE RIM WAS CRACKED.

I TOOK MY WHEELS TO A SHOP WHERE THEY REPORTED THAT ALL 4 HAD BENT. IN TRYING TO REPAIR THEM THEY NOTED THAT THEY WOBBLED WHEN ON A MACHINE AND THAT THEY SEEMED PRONE TO BEING EASILY BENT. ALSO THE BLACK POWDER COATING WAS INCONSISTENT AND EASILY CHIPPED. I NOTED THAT OTHERS HAVE REPORTED ISSUES WITH THE GRAND SPORT WHEELS. REPAIR COST IS UNKNOWN, BUT I NOW AM CONCERNED WITH CONTINUED USE OF THE WHEELS DUE TO POTENTIAL BENDING AND CRACKING ISSUES.

I'VE HAD 2 OCCURENCES WHERE I GET THE "SERVICE POWER STEERING. DRIVE CAREFULLY" MESSAGE AND THE CAR BECOMES HARDER TO STEER/TURN. ON THE FIRST OCCURENCE THE ISSUE WENT AWAY AFTER RESTARTING THE CAR. NOW, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON AND THE CAR REMAINS HARD TO STEER EVEN AFTER RESTARTING / WAITING A DAY. BOTH OCCURRENCES HAPPENED WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOTION. FIRST DRIVING ON THE STREET AND NOW IT HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY.

I HAVE 2017 CORVETTE GRAND SPORT. I BOUGHT THIS CAR DEC 2018, AND I AM SECOND OWNER. THERE HAS BEEN PROBLEM ON MY REAR WHEEL. I HAD TO CHANGE THE REAR WHEEL 3 TIMES FOR 1 YEAR. WHEN TIRE PRESSURE IS DEPRESSED, THERE WAS CRACK ON IT. I COMPLAINT TO THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. BUT THEY SAID IT'S NOT COVERED BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY. I PAID TO CHANGE NEW WHEEL ON MY CAR 3 TIMES. YESTERDAY I REALIZED THAT THE TIRE PRESSURE WAS DEFLATED AGAIN EVEN THE SAME WHEEL WHICH I CHANGED NEW WHEEL 1 MONTH AGO. FOR 1 YEAR , WHEEL BROKEN 3 TIMES IS TOO MANY AND NOT ACCEPTABLE. AND CUSTOMER HAS TO PAY ALL THINGS TO FIX AND CHANGE WHEEL.

BOTH REAR RIMS CRACKED. NO ROAD HAZARDS INVOLVED. SIMPLE MANUFACTURING DEFECTS. VERY COMPLICATED ISSUE BECAUSE GM REFUSES TO REPLACE RIMS & I HAD TO PAY FOR AFTERMARKET RIMS FOR $4000. WHAT IS WORSE IS THAT THE DEALERSHIP BLAMED THE CRACKED RIMS ON MY DRIVING HABITS. IN 26 YEARS OF DRIVING, I HAVE NEVER HAD A DAMAGED RIM ON ANY OF MY VEHICLES. I RECEIVED INFO ABOUT THE CRACKED RIMS FROM A FELLOW CORVETTE OWNER WHO ALSO DISCOVERED HIS RIMS WERE CRACKED. SO I INSPECTED MY RIMS AS WELL. SURE ENOUGH, CRACKED. MARY BARRA FOR PRISON!

I WAS TAKING A DRIVE ALONG THE COAST AND HIT A SMALL BUMP. THE NEXT DAY MY TIRE PRESSURE READ LOW SO I TOOK THE CAR TO A TIRE SHOP AND THEY SHOWED ME TWO CRACKS IN THE INSIDE OF THE RIM

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS OR PARKED, THE INSIDE OF THE REAR WHEEL RIMS FRACTURED. THE TPMS WARNING INDICATOR LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO (JIM GLOVER CHEVROLET 707 W 51ST ST, TULSA, OK 74107 (918) 446-2200) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT WHEEL WAS DEFECTIVE. THE WHEEL WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

MY REAR PASSANGER SIDE RIM HAS CRACKED FROM NORMAL DRIVING ON A 2017 WITH 6550 MILES ON IT. HAD THE TIRE REPLACED, NEXT MORNING THERE WAS NO AIR IN TIRE, TOOK TO GM DEALERSHIP WAS TOLD RIM WAS CRACKED, AND WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE B TO B WARRANTY

AN INTERMITTENT, SLOW LEAK IN THE PASSENGER REAR TIRE WAS DETERMINED TO BE DUE TO A CRACK IN THE RIM. NO EVIDENCE OF A HARD IMPACT CAN BE SEEN ON THE TIRE OR RIM , FAILURE FOUND ON 12/26/19

PURCHASED MY 2017 GRAND SPORT IN DECEMBER 2019. IT HAD ABOUT 5,000 MILES ON IT. I NOT EVER HIT ANY ROAD DEFECTS OF NOTE IN ANY OF THESE CASES. I HAD TO REPLACE MY FIRST WHEEL WITHIN THE 1ST MONTHS (WAS LEAKING AIR FROM A CRACK IN THE WHEEL). A COUPLE MONTHS AFTER THAT I TOOK MY CAR IN TO GET NEW TIRES AND WAS INFORMED THAT TWO MORE WHEELS HAD CRACKS IN THEM. I HAD THEM WELDED. IN JULY, I WAS LOSING AIR IN ANOTHER WHEEL AND FOUND IT HAD A CRACK AND HAD TO HAVE THE WHEEL REPLACED. I ONLY DRIVE IN TOUR MODE (SOFTER SUSPENSION) AND EVEN PAID TO GET A SUSPENSION SOFTWARE UPDATE FROM GM IN THE SUMMER TO SUPPOSEDLY SOFTEN THE RIDE AFTER READING OF OTHERS HAVING THIS ISSUE, IT DID NOT HELP TO STOP THE ISSUES. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING IN THE SAME AREAS FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS, HAD MULTIPLE OTHER SPORTS CARS AND NEVER HAD ANY OTHER DAMAGED WHEEL BESIDES THIS CAR. IT IS CLEAR THAT THE STOCK WHEELS ARE NOT STRONG ENOUGH FOR THIS HEAVY WIDE BODY CAR AND THEY NEED FORGED WHEELS THAT I CAN'T AFFORD. TO RECAP, I HAVE ABOUT 10,000 MILES ON THE CAR NOW AND OVER THE APPROX. 5,000 MILES THAT I HAVE DROVE IT, THERE HAVE BEEN 4 WHEELS THAT HAD CRACKS ON THE INNER SIDE OF THE WHEELS, WITH NO TIRE OR OTHER DAMAGE VISIBLE.

I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE IN DECEMBER OF 2017. AROUND DECEMBER 2019, MY LEFT REAR WHEEL STARTED TO LOSE AIR. I ASSUMED THAT THE TIRE NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED OR REPLACED. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO A TIRE SHOP AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE TIRE. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION, A HAIR-LINE CRACK WAS DISCOVERED IN THE WHEEL. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF AN IMPACT, OR DAMAGE ON THE SURFACE OF THE WHEEL, ON THE INSIDE THE WHEEL OR EVEN ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE WHEEL AND THEY ARE NOT BENT OR SCRATCHED ANYWHERE ON THE RIM. MY CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, SO I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND GENERAL MOTORS REFUSED TO REPLACE THE WHEEL ON MY VEHICLE. I CALLED GENERAL MOTORS MYSELF AND FILED A COMPLAINT AND TO APPEAL THEIR DECISION NOT TO REPLACE MY WHEEL. AFTER REPEATED ATTEMPTS, GENERAL MOTORS STILL REFUSED TO REPLACE THE WHEEL ON MY VEHICLE. MY VEHICLE IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND TWO ADDITIONAL WHEELS NOW HAVE THE SAME ISSUE, ONE WILL NO LONGER HOLD ANY AIR. I CANNOT DRIVE MY VEHICLE UNTIL MY RIMS ARE REPLACED. I ORDERED A NEW SET FOR $3K AT MY EXPENSE. PLEASE NOTE, THAT I HAVE NOT BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT, NOR IS THERE ANY DAMAGE ON THE SURFACE OF THE WHEEL. THERE MUST BE A MANUFACTURING OR DESIGN DEFECT...I KEEP THE VEHICLE IN MY GARAGE, IT'S PAMPERED AND GETS DRIVEN LESS THAN 7K MILES PER YEAR IN SUNNY FLORIDA WHERE THERE ARE NO POT HOLES OR TERRIBLE ROAD CONDITIONS; EVERYTHING IS FLAT AND SMOOTH. I BECAME AWARE THAT THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS OF THIS EXACT ISSUE WHILE READING THE CORVETTE FORUM FOR THESE RIMS. THERE IS POTENTIALLY A HORRIBLE RISK TO SOMEONES LIFE IS THIS ISSUE ISN'T CORRECTED FOR SOME UNKNOWING VICTIM. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THE ISSUE WITH THESE RIMS AND FORCE GM TO ISSUE A SAFETY RECAL FOR THIS SAFETY ISSUE. I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF UNSUSPECTING DRIVERS THAT HAVE THE SAME ISSUE WITH THIER VEHICLE THAT ARE UNAWARE OF THIS DEADLY SAFETY HAZARD. PLEASE HELP CORVETTE OWNERS DRIVING SAFETY, EVEN IF GM REFUSES TO DO SO!

LEFT REAR TIRE HAD BEEN LEAKING ABOUT 1 POUND A WEEK, TOOK IT TO DEALER AND HE FOUND A CRACK IN THE WHEEL. GM AND DEALER SAID IT WAS CAUSED BY POT HOLE OR SPEED BUMP EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS NO TIRE DAMAGE. THE CAR IS STILL IN DEALER SHOP WAITING TO HAVE NEW WHEEL INSTALLED.

AN INTERMITTENT, SLOW LEAK IN THE LEFT REAR TIRE WAS DETERMINED TO BE DUE TO A CRACK IN THE RIM. NO EVIDENCE OF A HARD IMPACT CAN BE SEEN ON THE TIRE OR RIM (INTERNALLY OR EXTERNALLY). NO SPECIFIC INSTANCE OF AN IMPACT WITH A ROAD HAZARD IS RECALLED OR ASSOCIATED WITH THE WHEEL FAILURE. FAILURE DISCOVERED ON 12/16/19

MY COMPLAINT CENTERS ON GM IGNORING SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUES WITH CRACKS IN DEFECTIVE WHEELS ON THEIR C7 CORVETTE Z06 AND GS MODELS POTENTIALLY CAUSING ACCIDENTS, INJURY AND DEATHS DUE TO DEFECTIVE WHEELS. I WAS HAVING MY TIRES REPLACED ON MY 2017 CORVETTE Z06 BY DISCOUNT TIRE (TXD56). MANAGER INFORMED ME THAT RIGHT PASSENGER WHEEL WAS CRACKED AND WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HOLD AIR AND COULD NOT BE REPAIRED, ONLY REPLACED. I TOOK CAR TO CLASSIC CHEVROLET - GRAPEVINE, TX. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT CONFIRMED CRACK BUT SAID THAT THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO MAKE A DECISION ON WARRANTY COVERAGE DUE TO GM POLICY SPECIFIC TO CORVETTE Z06 AND GS MODELS. THE DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT COMPLETED AN INSPECTION AND INCLUDED FOLLOWING COMMENT: 996 C/S PASS SIDE REAR WHEEL CRACKED. DID PRA THRU GM AND GM DECLINED TO ASSIST CUSTOMER. PHOTOS OF THE WHEEL CLEARLY SHOW THE CRACK BUT NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE WHEEL. I CALLED GM CUSTOMER ASSIST CENTER FOR FURTHER CLARIFICATION. GM SR. ADVISOR SENT A VOICEMAIL AND EMAIL SAYING THAT MY VEHICLE WAS "OUT OF WARRANTY" ( WHICH IS NOT TRUE, AS COVERAGE IS THRU DEC 22,2019.) AND THAT THERE ARE NO DEFECTS TO THE WHEEL. WHEN I FOLLOWED UP WITH ANOTHER CALL, SR. ADVISOR ACKNOWLEDGED THAT MY VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, BUT STILL DENIED COVERAGE UNDER BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY AND SAID WHEEL WAS DAMAGED. I TOLD THEM THAT BASED ON REVIEW OF PICTURES AND VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE WHEEL THERE IS NO VISIBLE DAMAGE TO THE WHEEL ONLY THE CRACK.(WHEEL STILL IN MY POSSESSION). BASED ON CORVETTE ORGANIZATIONS AND POSTINGS, CONSIDERABLE NUMBERS OF COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO GM OF DEFECTIVE WHEELS CAUSING AIR LEAKS. GM HAS DENIED NEARLY ALL OF THESE OCCURRENCES AS "DAMAGE" AND NOT A DEFECT. THERE ARE 2 CLASS ACTION SUITS FILED AGAINST GM FOR NOT CORRECTING DEFECTIVE 2015 - 2019 CORVETTE Z06 AND GS MODE WHEELS.

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 108 NEAR SONORA CALIFORNIA THE RIGHT REAR TIRE STARTED TO LOSE PRESSURE, UPON INSPECTION FOUND THE WHEEL TO BE CRACKED (1.5' LONG BY 1/16' WIDE) AT THE INNER BEAD AREA. WE HAD NOT HIT ANY POTHOLES OR OTHER OBSTRUCTIONS IN THE ROADWAY, ALSO NO DAMAGE TO TIRE WAS NOTED NOR WAS THERE A DENT IN THE AREA OF THE CRACK.I BELIEVE THAT IF THIS CRACK HAD GOTTEN ANY BIGGER THE TIRE COULD HAVE BEEN DAMAGED CAUSING AN ACCIDENT, CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT IT IS A RUNFLAT TIRE A REASONABLE PERSON MAY HAVE DRIVEN IT FOR UP TO 50 MILES TO GET REPAIRED OR REPLACED THINKING THAT IT WAS A NAIL IN THE TIRE, THIS COULD'VE LED TO A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE WHEEL. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE INSPECTED AT THE DEALERSHIP AMERICAN CHEVROLET IN MODESTO CALIFORNIA AND THEY STATED THAT THERE IS A CRACKED WHEEL AND ALL THREE OTHER WHEELS ARE BENT EVEN THOUGH WE NEVER HIT ANY OBJECTS ON THE ROAD. THEY CREATED A DEALER CASE NUMBER 9 - 5742425781. THEY CLAIM THAT GENERAL MOTORS IS UNAWARE OF THIS DEFECT, I BELIEVE THIS TO BE UNTRUE AS MANY FORUMS ARE REPORTING THE SAME PROBLEM THROUGHOUT THE MODEL YEARS OF THE C7 GENERATION GRAND SPORT AND Z06 MODELS.

WHILE GETTING NEW TIRES (15K MILES) AT THE TIRE STORE ON MY CORVETTE Z06 THE MANAGER TOLD ME THAT I HAD A BENT FRONT WHEEL. I DIDN'T RECALL HITTING ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THIS. HE STATED THAT HE COULD BALANCE IT BUT COULDN'T BE SURE IT WOULDN'T HAVE ISSUES. I BEGAN TO NOTICE A TIRE NOISE THAT WAS COMING FROM THAT SAME WHEEL. I MADE SOME MEASUREMENTS (RADIAL RUN-OUT) AND REALIZED IT WAS QUITE BENT (.057IN RUN-OUT). IT IS COMMON KNOWLEDGE BASED THAT GM REFUSES TO ADMIT THAT THEY HAVE A DESIGN FLAW SO I DECIDED TO BUY SOME AFTERMARKET WHEELS AS I DIDN'T WANT TO PAY FOR THE POOR AND DANGEROUS DESIGN. AT THE TIME OF INSTALLING THE NEW WHEELS I MEASURED EACH OLD WHEEL TO SEE IF THEY ARE BENT. AT LEAST THREE IF NOT ALL FOUR ARE BENT TO VARYING DEGREES AND ONCE AGAIN I DON'T RECALL HITTING ANYTHING. AS A MATTER OF FACT GM SELLS THIS MODEL OF CAR AND MAKES CLAIMS THAT IT IS THE BEST TRACK CAR (CORVETTE) THEY'VE EVER RELEASED. MY CAR HAS NEVER BEEN ON A RACE TRACK AND IS A NORMAL DAILY DRIVER. FROM A SAFETY PERSPECTIVE I REALIZED AT THAT TIME THAT ONE OF THE REAR WHEELS WAS ACTUALLY CRACKED AND VERY BENT. THE WHEEL COULD HAVE CAUSED ME TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT IF IT HAD CRACKED FURTHER AND AT THE WRONG TIME. I HAVE TAKEN THE WHEELS AND ALL MEASUREMENT DATA TO GM TO TRY TO GET THEM REPLACED AND GM'S STANCE AT THIS POINT IS THAT ALL BENT WHEELS ARE THE CUSTOMERS FAULT. TO MAKE IT MORE CONFUSING GM CAN'T GIVE A CONSISTENT STORY ON WHAT DEFINES A BENT WHEEL. AS OF FILING THIS COMPLAINT I FOUND 199 SIMILAR COMPLAINTS WITH THE SAME GENERATION OF CORVETTE. HOPEFULLY GM WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE POOR WHEEL DESIGN BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT BECAUSE OF A CRACKED WHEEL. I HAVE ATTACHED PICTURES OF THE WHEELS SHOWING THE CRACK AND MAX RUN-OUT ON EACH OF THE FOUR WHEELS.

LOOSING TIRE PRESSURE AND FOUND BOTH REAR WHEELS WERE CRACKED 3/20/2019. DEALER SAID I HIT A POTHOLE SO THEY WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. SUSPECT IT WAS BECAUSE I DROVE IN SPORT MODE. SINCE THEN, I HAVE BEEN DRIVING IN TOURING MODE AND FOUND ANOTHER CRACK TODAY 11/25/2019. I DON'T RECALL EVER HITTING A POTHOLE AND DRIVING CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN SAFE.

MY 2017 CORVETTE GRAND SPORT TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR (TPS) CAME ON FOR BOTH THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT AND REAR WHEELS. UPON INSPECTION OF THE TIRES LOSING AIR, THE AUTO SHOP FOUND THAT BOTH RIMS WERE BENT AND CRACKED. THEREFORE, I DECIDED TO INCUR THE EXPENSE AND GET BOTH REPAIRED UNTIL I CAN PURCHASE NEW WHEELS. SINCE I HAD NOT HIT ANY POTHOLES OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD CAUSE MAJOR STRESS TO THE WHEELS, MY MECHANIC AND I DETERMINED THAT THESE CRACKS MUST HAVE HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. BECAUSE THERE IS A LARGE NUMBER OF REPORTS OF CRACKED OR BENT WHEELS ON C7 (2014-2019) CORVETTES, I AM REPORTING WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO MY 2017 CORVETTE GRAND SPORT.

WITH ONLY 11K MILES MY CAR DEVELOPED A LEAK IN THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL, SO BAD THAT IT WOULD GO FROM 40 TO ZERO PSI IN 15 MINUTES. I DISCOVERED I HAD A CRACKED WHEEL IN THE RIGHT REAR. DURING REPAIR I FOUND BOTH FRONT WHEELS WERE BENT. I HAVE NEVER RUN OVER ANYTHING TO CAUSE THIS. CHEVROLET DENIED THE WARRANTY CLAIM, STATING I CAUSED THE DAMAGE. TO REPAIR THE CAR, I HAD TO BUY A USED SET OF WHEELS...OF WHICH ONE WAS ALSO CRACKED IN A SIMILAR FASHION. THERE IS A DESIGN FLAW WHICH IS A SAFETY CONCERN WITH THESE WHEELS. IN ADDITION, THE BENT WHEELS CAUSED 3 OUT OF 4 TIRES TO BE COMPLETELY SHREDDED IN ONLY 11,000 MILES. THE ONLY GOOD TIRE IS THE ONE ON THE UN-DAMAGED LEFT REAR WHEEL. I HAVE NEVER HAD A CAR SHRED 3 TIRES TO THE CORDS IRREGULARLY WHILE ONE HAS 80% TREAD REMAINING. THE ONE GOOD TIRE IS ON THE ONLY NON-DAMAGED RIM.

AT JUST LESS THAN 5000 MILES I WAS EXPERIENCING VIBRATION SPECIALLY IN CARS SPORT MODE ON MY 2017 GRAND SPORT CORVETTE. TOOK TO TIRE SHOP FOR A WHEEL BALANCE AND WAS NOTIFIED THREE WHEELS WERE BENT. TOOK CAR TO DEALER WHO ACKNOWLEDGED ALSO WHEELS WERE BENT IN REPAIR ORDER. I WAS TOLD BY DEALER BENT WHEELS ARE NOT COVERED UNDER 3YR/ 36K MILE WARRANTY. DEALER SUGGESTED I CONTACT GM. LATER INTERNET SEARCH REVEALED MANY OTHER PEOPLE EXPERIENCING BENT WHEELS ON THIS PARTICULAR CORVETTE MODEL. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM AS WHEELS ARE CRACKING AND COULD FOIL COMPLETELY CAUSING UNCONTROLLABLE SITUATION.

CRACKED RIMS AND SHAKING CAR

The contact owns a 2017 Chevrolet Corvette. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle, the TPMS warning light indicated that the rear driver’s side tire air pressure was low. Upon inspection, it was discovered that the inside section of the rear driver’s side wheel had cracked causing the air leak. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer who replaced the wheel and the failure was remedied. The cause of the failure was not determined. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The contact indicated that the failure had occurred on two other vehicles he owns of the same year, make, and model. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 20,000.

2017 OEM CORVETTE GRAND SPORT WHEELS ARE UNSAFE DUE TO SOFT MATERIAL. I HAVE HAD 3 BENT WHEELS STRAIGHTENED LAST YEAR, AND NOW I HAVE 1 BENT REAR WHEEL AND 1 CRACKED REAR WHEEL. CHEVROLET IS NOT CORRECTING THIS SITUATION UNDER WARRANTY. I HAVE A SECONDARY TIRE AND WHEEL CONTRACT THAT I BOUGHT FROM MY DEALER. THE PROVIDER IS STATING THAT THEY WILL ONLY PAY TO A MAXIMUM OF $600 IN CLAIMS FOR WHEEL REPAIR, UNLESS THE WHEELS/TIRES STOP HOLDING AIR. THIS IS GM'S PROBLEM TO FIX.

MY GRAND SPORT HAS MULTIPLE WHEEL ISSUES, SAFETY ISSUES. THE WHEELS ARE PRONE TO CRACKING AND BENDING. HAPPENS OFTEN, TWICE IN THE LAST WEEK ON 2 DIFFERENT WHEELS, TIRES GO FLAT, WHEEL HAS TO BE WELDED OR REPLACED EACH INCIDENT. TIRES ARE NOT CAPABLE OF REINSTALLING MULTIPLE TIMES FOR SAFETY. GM DOES NOT WANT TO WARRANTY THIS SITUATION, COSTING ME HOURS OF LOST WORK, INABILITY TO TRUST THE CAR FOR REGULAR OR PLEASURE DRIVING AND COSTING ME THOUSANDS $. NOW, GM HAS A MULTI MONTH BACK ORDER ON REPLACEMENT WHEELS (AT MY COST) AND THIS CAR HAS NO SPARE AS THESE ARE RUN FLAT TIRES. SO CAR BECOMES USELESS AND UNSAFE. I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE 'THOUSANDS' OF SIMILAR OWNER SITUATIONS ACCORDING TO CAPSTONE LAW FIRM WANTING TO ENLIST ME IN A CLASS ACTION. I PREFER A GM SWIFT AND FAIR SOLUTION. THIS IS RIDICULOUS FOR SUCH AN EXPENSIVE CAR AND FOR THE WAY THEY ARE TREATING US. DENYING ANY ISSUES. I DON'T TRACK OR RACE MY CAR, I'M AN OLDER DRIVER WHO ENJOYS DRIVING AND LIVE IN LOS ANGELES WHERE I DRIVE 50 MILES R/T DAILY TO WORK AT A WHOPPING SPEED OF MAYBE 20 MPH DUE TO TRAFFIC ON THE 101 FWY.

2017 CORVETTE GRAND SPORT 9,200 MILES. HAD SUDDEN AIR LEAK IN LEFT REAR TIRE. I TOOK THE CAR TO A LOCAL TIRE SHOP EXPECTING FOR THEM TO TELL ME I HAD A NAIL OR SOMETHING IN THE TIRE. MUCH TO MY SUPRISE HE SHOWED ME A CRACK ON THE INSIDE OF THE RIM. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE TIRE AND NOT EVEN A SCRATCH ON RIM JUST A CRACK. WE HAVE NOT HIT ANYTHING TO CAUSE ANY DAMAGE.

THE REAR TIRE ON MY GRAND SPORT STARTED LEAKING AIR. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD IT WAS REPAIRED. IT WAS LEAKING AGAIN THE NEXT DAY AND I TOOK IT BACK AGAIN AND I WAS AGAIN TOLD IT WAS FIXED. I TOOK IT BACK AND WAS ADVISED THE RIM HAD TWO CRACKS. ESTIMATED REPAIR COST 1,305 TO START OUT AND THAT IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. I CONTACTED CHEVROLET AND THE NEXT DAY I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE DEALERSHIP. LONG STORY SHORT THEY CUT ME A DEAL ON THE REPAIRS AND REDUCED MY COST TO 620.00. I WAS NOT HAPPY BUT I LOVE THE CAR AND I HATED TO HAVE AN EXPENSIVE CAR SITTING THE GARAGE AND ON TOP OF THAT UNRELIABLE. I GAVE IN AND PAID THE 620.00 BUCKS AND I AM CONCERNED ABOUT IT HAPPENING AGAIN OR TOO ONE OF THE OTHER RIMS. I AM DISAPPOINTED IN CHEVROLET. MY FRIEND IS AN EX SHERIFF AND TOLD ME TO BE CAREFUL BECAUSE IF A RIM IS CRACKED HE HAS SEEN NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS WHERE THE RIM DISINTEGRATES ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER SPEEDS. ALL FOUR RIMS SHOULD BE REPLACED BY CHEVROLET UNDER THE WARRANTY.

HAD A CONSTANT SLOW LEAK FOR THE PAST 7-8 MONTHS, FINALLY TOOK IT IN BECAUSE I AM PLANNING A CROSS COUNTRY DRIVE AND FOUND OUT THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL IS CRACKED. *TR

I HAVE HAD TO TAKE MY CAR INTO THE WHEEL REPAIR COMPANY 2 TIMES FOR CRACKS IN THE WHEELS. THE SECOND TIME THERE WERE 2 CRACKS IN THE SAME WHEEL AS THE FIRST TIME I TOOK IT IN. THEY WELDED THEM TO REPAIR.

CRACKED RIM

AFTER HAVING MY CORVETTE BACK TO THE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES BECAUSE OF A VIBRATION WHEN TRAVELING AROUND 55-60 MPH, I WAS TOLD I HAD FOUR BENT RIMS, AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. I CONTACTED GM AND THEY TOO SAID, THEY WOULD NOT COVER THE DEFECTIVE WHEELS. RECEIVED A WARNING ON MY INFORMATION CENTER THAT MY LEFT REAR TIRE WAS LOW ON AIR. I PROCEEDED TO REMOVE THE TIRE AND FOUND THREE CRACKS ON THE LEFT TIRE, AND I ALSO REMOVED ALL THE OTHER WHEELS AND FOUND THE RIGHT REAR ALSO WAS CRACKED. HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO TOM HESSER CHEVROLET, AND THEY SAID, THERE WASN'T ANYTHING THEY COULD DO.

HAD NEW TIRES PUT ON CAR AS THEY SHOWED WEAR ON THE INSIDE ONLY 19000 MILES BUT WAS TOLD I HAD TWO BENT RIMS AND THEY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. CAR HAS BEEN PAMPERED AND NO WAY SHOULD HAVE DAMAGED RIMS. CAR IS A WEEKEND DRIVER / SHOW CAR WITH ABOUT 6500 MILES A YEAR. THEY ARE UPGRADED ALUMINUM FACTORY RIMS. WARRANTY IS UP IN APRIL 2020 BUT ARE NOT COVERED AS DEALER SAYS ITS FROM MY USE.

I WAS DRIVING ALONG IN WASHINGTON DC ON BENNING RD SE. WHEN I HIT A SMALL BUMP ON THE ROAD AT ABOUT 25 MHP. AFTER THAT I EXPERIENCED A WOBBLE OR SHAKE AT AROUND 50 MHP. I WAS ON A CITY STREET DRIVING STRAIGHT AHEAD. AT THE TIME I ONLY HAD 3700 MILES ON THE CAR.

CAR WAS VIBRATING WHILE DRIVING AND GETTING WORSE. TOOK TO LOCAL TIRE SHOP FOR BALANCE. TIRE SHOP INFORMED ME I HAD 2 FRONT AND 1 REAR BENT WHEELS. NEXT TRIP TO DEALER FOR WARRANTY WORK ASKED TO HAVE BENT WHEELS REPLACED. BENT WHEELS WERE DOCUMENTED ON WORK INVOICE BUT REPLACEMENT WAS DENIED. NOTE WHEELS HAVE NEVER BEEN INSPECTED FOR CRACKS BUT DO CURRENTLY HOLD AIR.

I OWN A 2017 CHEVROLET CORVETTE GRAND SPORT. I HAVE APPROXIMATELY 12,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. IT CAME TIME FOR NEW REAR TIRES AND WHEN THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL WAS REMOVED FROM THE CAR A CRACK WAS IMMEDIATELY NOTICED. THE TIRES WERE NOT REMOVED AND THE CAR WENT TO THE DEALER. I HAD THEM CHECK ALL 4 WHEELS AND I WAS TOLD THAT 3 WHEELS WERE CRACKED. I WAS TOLD THAT THE WHEELS ARE NOT COVERED AND THAT GM BLAMES POTHOLES OR OPERATOR ERROR. THERE ARE NO MARK'S ON ANY TIRES OR SAME THAT WOULD SHOW POTHOLE DAMAGE. THE CAR IS MARKETED AS A TRACK CAR BUT DRIVING THE CAR AT ANY SPEED WITH CRACK WHEELS IS A HUGE SAFETY RISK AND COULD EASILY KILL SOMEONE. A RECALL NEEDS IMPLEMENTED ASAP AS I HAVE RESEARCHED AND FOUND THIS TO BE A VERY LARGE PROBLEM.

BOTH REAR RIMS CRACKED ON THE INNER SIDE , ODOMETER READING IS 18579. VEHICLE IS USED AS A TOURING CAR. CAR WAS BOUGHT NEW MARCH 2019 . GM WILL NOT WARRANTY THE RIMS.

ALL 4 WHEELS ARE BENT, INCLUDING ONE THAT IS ALSO CRACKED. 4600 MILES ON THE CAR. I HAVE NOT HIT ANY POT HOLES OR OTHER SERIOUS ROAD HAZARDS. CAR IS UNDER BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY. GM WILL NOT COVER REPAIR.

WITH LESS THAN 15000 MILES I HAD 2 WHEELS WITH CRACKS IN THE LIP PORTION OF THE WHEEL. TIRE STORE INDICATED THE OTHER 2 WHEELS ARE OUT OF ROUND. GM REFUSES TO WARRANTY, AFTERMARKET WARRANTY DENIES COVERAGE SINCE THIS IS A CLEAR "FACTORY DEFECT." GM IS SELLING SUB QUALITY WHEELS THAT COULD FAIL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, AND NOT HONORING WARRANTY REGARDING FACTORY DEFECTS. MANY INSTANCES OF THIS PROBLEM ON CAR FORUMS. MANY.

4 BENT OEM WHEELS, LESS THAN 2,000 MILES ON CAR. NEVER HIT A MAJOR ROAD HAZARD, NEVER TRACKED. CAR VIBRATED AT CERTAIN SPEEDS EVER SINCE I BOUGHT IT NEW AND I AM THE 1ST OWNER. I REPLACED ALL 4 WHEELS WITH AFTERMARKET FORGED WHEELS, NOW - NO VIBRATION AT ALL. WHEN YOU SPIN THE OEM RIMS YOU CAN SEE THEY ARE ALL SLIGHTLY OUT OF ROUND.

IN UNDER 15000 MILES THIS CRACK WAS FOUND AT A TIRE REPLACEMENT. I'M GLAD IT WAS CAUGHT BEFORE ANY KIND OF CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. THE WHEEL WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY SINCE THERE WERE NO OTHER SIGNS OF DAMAGE, ABUSE, OR BENDING.

THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL IS CRACKED. I NOTICED THAT I WAS LOSING TIRE PRESSURE FROM THE RIGHT REAR TIRE. I THOUGHT I HAD HIT A NAIL AND CAUSED A PUNCTURE. I TOOK IT FOR INSPECTION AND FOUND THE RIM HAD CRACKED. THE PRESSURE WAS LOST DURING THE TIME IT WAS PARKED OVERNIGHT IN MY GARAGE.

PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL CRACKED AROUND 20K MILES. NO DAMAGE TO THE TIRE OR RIM. I FOUND THE CRACK WHILE CLEANING THE INSIDE BARREL OF THE WHEEL.

WENT TO DEALER FOR VIBRATION WHEN DRIVING. WAS TOLD I HAVE 4 BENT WHEELS. READING CORVETTE FORUM INFORMATION IT IS A PROBLEM WITH THESE WHEEL. THEY BENT AND CRACK. THE CAR WAS NEVER OF ROAD OR ON A TRACK. THIS IS A NORMAL DRIVEN CAR WITH 17000 MILES.

WHILE RETURNING HOME FROM THE NATIONAL CORVETTE MUSEUM IN BOWLING GREEN KY TO CA, MY LEFT REAR WHEEL DEVELOPED A CRACK LOSING AIR PRESSURE EVERY 30-50 MILES. THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A CATASTROPHIC VEHICLE ACCIDENT DRIVING HOME TO CA. GM WILL NOT WARRANTY THE WHEEL EVEN THOUGH ITS ONLY DRIVEN ON CITY STREETS AND HIGHWAYS AND IS STILL UNDER THE BUMPER-TO-BUMPER WARRANTY PERIOD (17,000 MILES ON VEHICLE). BECAUSE I CANNOT TRUST ANY OF THESE WHEELS, I AM FORCED TO BUY AFTERMARKET FORGED WHEELS AT A COST OF $4800 LIKELY A COST THAT I WILL NEVER RECOUP. AS FAR AS I SEE IT, THIS IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN CAUGHT EARLY IN THE C7 DEVELOPMENT CYCLE. NONE OF MY PRIOR 6 CORVETTES HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE WHEELS DEVELOPING CRACKS.

REAR RT WHEEL CRACKED. WHEEL IS ON BACK ORDER AND MY DEALER SAID THEY HAVE REPLACED 50 0F THEM IN THE LAST FEW YEARS THERE MUST BE A DEFECT IF THAT MANY CRACK

THE FACTORY WHEELS ON THE VEHICLE ARE CRACKING WITHOUT BEING SUBJECTED TO HARSH ROAD CONDITIONS. IN THIS VEHICLES CASE ONE FRONT WHEEL WAS REPLACED AFTER A FLAT TIRE. THE REAR WHEELS HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY FLATS AND NEVER WERE SUBJECTED TO ANY BUMPS, POTHOLES, ETC. THE ONLY REASON THE CRACKS WERE FOUND WAS DUE TO THE TIRE INSTALLER FINDING THEM. THE CAR TECHNICALLY WAS BEING DRIVEN IN AN UNSAFE CONDITION UNTIL THE REAR WHEELS WERE DISCOVERED TO HAVE CRACKS DURING A BRAKE INSPECTION. 2017 CHEVROLET CORVETTE GRAND SPORT. MILEAGE: 25,000

2017 GRAND SPORT ALL 4 RIMS BENT LESS THAT 10000 MILES CHEVY NEEDS TO MAKE THIS RIGHT I EVEN FOUND AN ARTICLE FROM CAR AND DRIVER MAGAZINE DATED OCTOBER 15 2018 AND THEY EVEN HAD ISSUES WITH THE RIMS

CRACKS DISCOVERED ON REAR WHEELS. TIRE RETAILER DISCOVERED CRACKS IN THE VEHICLES REAR WHEELS AND RECOMMENDED THE WHEELS BE REPLACED/REPAIRED.

2 BENT WHEELS

THE LEFT REAR WHEEL (STOCK, OEM) CRACKED WHILE ON VACATION AND THERE BEING NO OTHER OPTION AND SINCE THE TIRE WAS LOSING AIR I HAD THE WHEEL WELDED. A FEW DAYS LATER, WHILE STILL ON VACATION, THE SAME TIRE WAS LOSING AIR AGAIN. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE WELD WAS INTACT BUT THAT THERE WERE THREE ADDITIONAL CRACKS. AFTER HAVING THOSE WELDED I LIMPED ALONG UNTIL I COULD ACQUIRE A NEW WHEEL. THE RIGHT SIDE REAR ALSO SHOW A CRACK WHEN I RETUNED FROM VACATION AND HAD OCCASION TO REPLACE ALL WHEELS. I SHIPPED THE WHEEL WITH 4 WELDED CRACKS HOME AND STILL HAVE IT FOR EVIDENCE IF NEEDED. ALL CRACKS HAVE HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAYS-BOTH GOING STRAIGHT AND TURNING. CRACKED WHEELS ON 2017 CHEVROLET CORVETTES HAVE HAPPENED ON TOO MANY DIFFERENT VEHICLES TO BE A COINCIDENCE AND, IN FACT, THERE IS A PENDING CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT REGARDING THEM.