2017 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Complaints

FRONT WHEELS (TIRES) RUB WHEN MAKING A SHARP TURN. DEALERSHIP REPORT THAT THE CONDITION IS "NORMAL". I FIND IT UNACCEPTABLE. I FILED THIS REPORT PREVIOUSLY [#11234279] BUT HAVEN'T RECEIVED A REPORT. WITH THIS REPORT I AM SUBMITTING THE MODERN DEALERSHIP SERVICE REPORT.

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.

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.

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

I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF A 2017 CORVETTE GRANDSPORT CONVERTIBLE. WITH UNDER 6,000 MILES, I NOTICED A WHIRRING SOUND FROM THE FRONT WHEELS IN JULY 2019. INITIALLY I THOUGHT IT WAS DUE TO THE ROAD. THEN I NOTICED A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL. I TOOK THE FRONT WHEELS OFF THE CAR AND TOOK THEM TO GOODYEAR TO CHECK THE BALANCE. I WAS SHOCKED TO LEARN THAT THE FRONT WHEELS WERE BENT, EVEN THOUGH THEY LOOKED PRISTINE. I THEN TOOK MY CAR TO A LOCAL DEALER TO GET THE WHEELS WARRANTIED. THEY DETERMINED ALL 4 WHEELS WERE OUT OF TOLERANCE FOR RUN OUT. MY SERVICE ORDER STATED THE 0.03' WAS THE SPECIFICATION. MY WORST WHEEL MEASURE 0.075' AND BEST WAS 0.035'. THE REAR WHEELS WERE BETWEEN THE HIGH AND LOW VALUES. THE SERVICE ORDER STATED THAT THE WHEELS NEEDED REPLACED TO CORRECT THE VIBRATION. I WORKED WITH GM CUSTOMER SERVICE DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2019. THEY INITIALLY TOLD ME THAT MY WHEELS WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE I REFUSED REPAIR. THE WHOLE POINT OF OF GOING TO THE DEALER WAS TO FIX MY WHEELS. THEN THEY TOLD ME THAT THE DEALER DENIED MY WARRANTY. I ASKED FOR TRANSCRIPTS OF MY CONVERSATION S WITH CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY SAID NO. IT TOOK A MONTH TO GET WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION THAT MY WARRANTY WAS DENIED AFTER NUMEROUS REQUESTS. GM CUSTOMER SERVICE IS AS BAD AS THEIR WHEELS. THEY TOLD ME REPLACEMENT WHEELS WERE UNAVAILABLE AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHEN THEY WOULD BE. I CALLED MY DEALER 3 TIMES BETWEEN 8/12/19 AND 9/16/19 TO CHECK WHEEL AVAILABILITY FOR MY CAR. EACH TIME THE DEALER STATED THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE AND THERE IS NO ETA. I STORE MY CAR IN THE WINTER. I CAN'T COMPLAIN ABOUT THE ROADS IN MY AREA. THE WORST ROADS HAVE PATCHED POTHOLES. I HAVE HIT NOTHING THAT WOULD EVEN CAUSE ME TO RAISE AN EYEBROW. SEE MY THREAD ON CORVETTEFORUM.COM UNDER C7 GENERAL DISCUSSION SECTION. THREAD TITLE IS GM DOES NOT HONOR WARRANTY.

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.

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.

IN APRIL 2019, MY CAR'S RIGHT REAR WHEEL LOST AIR PRESSURE WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE. I DISCOVERED THAT THE WHEEL HAD A HAIRLINE CRACK ON THE INSIDE LIP, SO I PAID OUT OF POCKET TO REPLACE THE WHEEL. IN SEPTEMBER 2019, MY CAR'S LEFT REAR WHEEL LOST AIR PRESSURE WHILE DRIVING LOCALLY. I DISCOVERED THAT THE WHEEL HAD 3 HAIRLINE CRACKS ON THE INSIDE LIP, SO AGAIN I PAID OUT OF POCKET TO REPLACE THE WHEEL.

ORDERED MY CAR AND PICKED UP @ BOWLING GREEN KY AS A FACTORY DELIVERY(AT CORVETTE MUSEUM) I HAD HAD PROBLEMS WITH WHEEL BENDING AND CRACKING. HAD A TIRE GOING FLAT. HAD ALL TIRES CHECKED AND REBALANCED AT DEALERSHIP, THEY INFORMED ME THEY WERE BENT. TALKED US INTO REPAIRING THEM. SHORT WILL LATE HAD TIRE COMPLETE FLAT ON THE DRIVE. TOOK TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. WHEEL BENT AGAIN AND SOME CRACKED. THEY SAY THE ARE NOT PART OF THE CAR. NEVER SEEN CAR GOING DOWN THE STREET WITHOUT WHEELS. THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR OR REPLACE AGAIN. I CAN'T KEEP PAYING FOR REPAIRS ON DEFECT WHEELS. I HAVE THE WHEELS STORED IN MY ATTIC IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO INVESTIGATE, THIS VERY DANGEROUS PRODUCT ON THESE CORVETTES. I COULD NOT CONTINUE TO DRIVE MY CAR SAFELY SO I REPLACED THE 4 WHEELS AT MY EXPENSE. GM DID NOT PAY FOR ANY REPAIRS, OR NEW WHEELS.

RIGHT, REAR WHEEL FAILED AT APPROX 9,000 MILES. TWO CRACKS ON INTERIOR SIDE APPROXIMATELY 2 INCHES LONG. THIS WAS NOTICED BECAUSE OF A SLOW LEAK. GM REFUSES TO COVER UNDER THE BUMPER TO BUMPER OR OTHER WARRANTY. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE OR EXCESSIVE WEAR TO THE TIRE.