2017 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Complaints

I TRIED TO CONTACT THE CHEVROLET DEALER TWICE, BUT THEY DIDN'T RESPOND TO MY REQUEST. WHEN I CALLED 1800 NUMBER, IT KEPT GETTING DISCONNECT

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

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

ON JULY 24, 2019 I STARTED MY 2017 C-7 GRAND SPORT CORVETTE AND NOTICED A RIGHT REAR TIRE LOW PRESSURE LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD. I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND DECIDED TO LEAVE IT IN THE GARAGE AND USE ONE OF MY OTHER VEHICLES BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO SERVICE THE TIRE AT THAT TIME. THE CAR HAS REMAINED PARKED DUE TO VACATION AND WORK SINCE THEN. TODAY, AUGUST 23, 2019 I CHECKED THE TIRE AND IT HAD ZERO PRESSURE. I REMOVED THE WHEEL AND NOTICED TWO CRACKS ON THE INSIDE EDGE OF THE WHEEL. I SPRAYED SOME SOAPY WATER AND VERIFIED THAT THE WHEEL IS LEAKING AIR FROM ONE OF THE CRACKS. I DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE TO SEE HOW TO GO ABOUT CONTACTING THE DEALERSHIP FOR WARRANTY REPAIRS AND NOTICED MULTIPLE ONLINE COMPLAINTS TO INCLUDE A CHEVROLET CORVETTE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT BY PLAINTIFF FILED ON 04/30/19 WHICH CLAIMS WHEELS EASILY BEND AND CRACK. I WILL CALL A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP TOMORROW TO INQUIRE ABOUT REPLACEMENT BUT IT DOES NOT LOOK PROMISING BASED ON EVERYTHING I'VE READ ON LINE. MY VEHICLE HAS 10,264 MILES AND I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY.

ALL 4 OEM FACTORY WHEELS ARE BENT. ADDITIONALLY, IN 2018 ONE OF THE REAR WHEELS WAS BENT. IT ULTIMATELY CRACKED AND WOULD NOT HOLD AIR PRESSURE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN "TRACKED" OR DRIVEN ON ROADS OR STREETS WITH LARGE POTHOLES.

BOTH REAR WHEELS HAVE CRACKED!!! GM REFUSED TO COVER VIA THEIR "BUMPER-TO-BUMPER" WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THE 2017 CORVETTES THAT HAVE SUFFERED THIS SERIOUS, DANGEROUS PROBLEM! THESE WHEELS (MADE IN CHINA????) NEED TO BE RECALLED AND REPLACED BY GM BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT! NOTE THIS IS THE 2ND WHEEL PROBLEM WITH THESE WHEELS. THE OTHER REAR WHEEL CRACKED BACK ON 6/1/2019.

BROUGHT MY CAR TO THE CHEVY DEALER FOR A RECALL. WHEN I PICKED UP THE CAR, I WAS TOLD, AND THE INVOICE EVIDENCES IT, THAT I HAD THREE BENT WHEELS AND ONE CRACKED WHEEL. I DRIVE PRIMARILY ON HIGHWAY ROADS AND DON'T RECALL HITTING ANY POTHOLES. I DON'T TRACK THE CAR. THE ORIGINAL FACTORY TIRES ARE STILL ON THE CAR (TIRE LIFE IS ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND 10,000 MILES) AND CURRENTLY HAVE 13,000 MILES ON THEM. THERE IS STILL DECENT TREAD LEFT ON THE TIRES WHICH PROVES THAT THERE IS NO AGGRESSIVE DRIVING. I'VE ATTACHED THE INVOICE FROM MY DEALER. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THE CORVETTE C7 FORUM ABOUT THE 2016 Z06 AND 2017-19 Z06 AND GRAND SPORT WHEELS HAVING BENT AND CRACKED WHEELS, MANY WITH LESS THAN 1,000 MILES ON THE CAR. GENERAL MOTORS REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ISSUE IN SPITE OF THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE COMPANY.

MY 2017 ZO6 HAS APPROXIMATELY TEN THOUSAND MILES ON IT. OVER THE LAST YEAR I'VE HAD MY TIRES BALANCED MANY TIMES TO TRY TO FIX A VIBRATION. I TOOK IT TO A WHEEL SPECIALIST ONLY TO FIND ALL FOUR OF MY RIMS ARE NOT ROUND, THEY ARE ALL BENT. MY 3 YEAR WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED AND GM WILL DO NOTHING ABOUT IT.

A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO A TIRE COMPANY FOUND A CRACK IN ONE OF THE REAR WHEELS OF MY 2017 CORVETTE GRAND SPORT. THE CRACK WAS PERPENDICULAR ACROSS THE INSIDE RIM OF THE WHEEL WHERE THE TIRE BEAD MEETS THE WHEEL. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A CHEVROLET DEALER WHO EXAMINED THE WHEELS AND FOUND ANOTHER IDENTICAL CRACK IN THE OTHER REAR WHEEL. OTHER THAN THE CRACKS, THE WHEELS WERE UNMARRED. WHILE CLEANING MY WHEELS, I NOTICED ANOTHER IDENTICAL CRACK IN THE IDENTICAL LOCATION ON ONE OF MY REPLACED REAR WHEELS. THE WHEEL WAS OTHERWISE UNMARRED. I TOOK THE CAR TO A CHEVROLET DEALER, WHO TOOK PHOTOS AND SENT THEM TO GM FOR WARRANTY REPLACEMENT APPROVAL. GM DECLINED TO COVER THE WHEEL UNDER WARRANTY. I APPEALED THE DENIAL WHICH WAS GIVEN GM CASE [XXX]. THE APPEAL WAS DENIED. I ASKED THAT IT BE ESCALATED AND THAT ESCALATED APPEAL WAS DENIED. GM STATED THAT AFTER EXAMINING THE PHOTOS, THEY DETERMINED THE CRACK WAS NOT A RESULT OF DEFECTS IN MATERIAL OR WORKMANSHIP. THESE CRACKED WHEELS CONSTITUTE A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD, PARTICULARLY SINCE THEY ARE IN AN AREA THAT MOST CONSUMERS WOULD NOT INSPECT. I BELIEVE THE CRACKS ARE A RESULT OF POOR DESIGN, SUBSTANDARD MATERIALS, POOR WORKMANSHIP OR A COMBINATION THEREOF. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TT