2017 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Complaints

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

MY 2017 CORVETTE Z06 CONVERTIBLE HAS 4 BENT WHEELS, INCLUDING ONE THAT IS CRACKED AND LEAKING AIR. I HAVE NOT HIT ANY POT HOLES OR ANYTHING THAT WOULD CAUSE THE WHEELS TO BEND OR CRACK. GM HAD DENIED 3/36 BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY CLAIM TO REPLACE THE WHEELS AT 4000 MILES IN 6/2019. CAR PRESENTLY HAS 6000 MILES ON IT. THE CRACKED WHEEL WILL EVENTUALLY GET WORSE, POSSIBLY CAUSING A CATASTROPHIC WHEEL FAILURE WHILE DRIVING.

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.