2017 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Complaints

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.

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.

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.

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.

IN THE PAST YEAR MY REAR ALLOY WHEELS HAVE SUFFERED TWO SEPARATE CRACKS IN THE LEFT REAR WHEEL AND ONE CRACK IN THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL CAUSING FLAT TIRES. ON EACH OCCASION I WENT TO MY CHEVY DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS DAMAGE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER MY BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY. I HAD TO HAVE THE WHEELS REPAIRED AT MY OWN EXPENSE. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THESE WHEELS ARE FRAGILE BECAUSE THEY ARE LOW PROFILE. THIS CAR HAS NEVER BEEN DRIVEN OFF-ROAD OR TRACKED NOR HIT ANY MAJOR POTHOLES. I AM 76 YEARS OLD AND HAVE DRIVEN MILLIONS OF MILES AND OWNED DOZENS OF CARS AND HAVE NEVER HAD A BENT OR CRACKED WHEEL BEFORE. THESE INCIDENTS HAPPENED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2018, AUGUST OF 2019 AND OCTOBER OF 2019. I AM NOW AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR BECAUSE OF THE DANGER OF DRIVING ON UNSAFE WHEELS. BY THE WAY, THESE RIMS COST OVER $800 APIECE. I HAVE MET MANY OTHER OWNERS OF 2017-2018 CORVETTE GRAND SPORT AND Z06 MODELS THAT USE THE SAME WHEELS AND HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS OF CRACKED AND BENT WHEELS THAT WERE REFUSED WARRANTY COVERAGE BY CHEVROLET. ONLINE BLOGS HAVE STATED THAT CHEVROLET DOESN'T KEEP RECORDS OF ALL OF THESE CLAIMS THAT THEY REFUSE TO HONOR. IF CHEVROLET REFUSES TO DEAL WITH THESE PROBLEMS THERE SHOULD BE A GOVERNMENT RECALL TO FORCE THEM TO CORRECT THE SERIOUS DANGER POSED BY THESE SUBSTANDARD WHEELS. IT ALSO APPEARS THAT THERE IS A CLASS ACTION SUIT THAT IS BEING CREATED TO FORCE SOME ACTION AND REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE MANUFACTURER.

WHEN MY VEHICLE HAD AROUND 14K MILES ON IT MY REAR TIRES WE WORN BAD.SO I REPLACED BOTH REARS.THE TECHNICIAN TOLD ME TO COME LOOK AT THE 2 BENT RIMS I HAVE.I ASKED IF HE COULD BALANCE THEM.HE DID THE BEST HE COULD.I HAVE A BAD VIBRATION WHEN PASSING AT H WAY SPEED AND AFTER A NEW ALIGNMENT THE CAR WONDERS ALOT.COST OF 2 NEW RIMS AND BEING UNAVAILABLE FOR REPLACEMENT HAS PUT SAFTEY IN THE BACKSEAT. I AM VERY CAREFUL DRIVING TO AVOID POT HOLES AND PAVEMENT IMPERFECTIONS.REPORTS OF THESE RIMS CRACKING.HOPEFULLY NO ONE GETS KILLED BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE.GM WILL NOT HONOR ANY REPLACEMENTS EVEN IF YOU HAD 100 MILES ON VEHICLE.VERY POOR DESIGN TO PASS FOR USA STANDARDS RIMS ARE POORLY DESIGNED AND DEEMED UNSAFE. I BET MY FRONTS ARE BENT TOO? WHEN MY TIRES NEED REPLACING THEY WILL BE CHECKED

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.

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 CAR HAS ALMOST 2000 MILES ON IT. I HAD A SLIGHT VIBRATION THROUGHOUT THE CAR. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER EXPECTING A WHEEL BALANCE PROBLEM BUT FOUND OUT THAT I HAD 3 BENT WHEELS. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH I FOUND THIS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL CORVETTE. IT APPEARS TO BE A DESIGN, STRENGTH, ISSUE WITH THE WHEELS. SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR I CAN'T REMEMBER HITTING ANYTHING THAT WOULD BEND 3 WHEELS. I DON'T ABUSE THE CAR. I LEFT THE DEALERSHIP AFTER GETTING NO SATISFACTION. THEY TOOK NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROBLEM. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY GM. I ALSO WAS TOLD THAT THIS WOULD LIKELY HAPPEN AGAIN. I AM VERY LEARY ABOUT DRIVING THIS CAR. GM SHOULD BEAR SOME OF THE RESPONSIBILITY.