2017 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Complaints

RIGHT REAR WHEEL RIM ON Z06 CRACKED IN TWO PLACES. LOST AIR WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. TOOK TO DEALER THINKING HAD A NAIL OR SLOW LEAK IN TIRE AND DISCOVERED THE TWO CRACKS CAUSING RESULTING IN A DEFLATED TIRE. DID NOT HIT POTHOLES, BUMPS OR OTHER OBSTRUCTIONS.

WHEELS BENT AND CRACKED THIS IS A REOCCURRING PROBLEM. CRACKED WHEELS COULD PRESENT A SAFETY PROBLEM. SITUATION VERIFIED ON TUESDAY MAY 7TH 2019

OEM 2 REAR RIMS CRACKED ON BACKSIDE LIP IN 3 PLACES. CAR HAS BEEN DRIVE 2,000 MILES SINCE PURCHASED. 90% HIGHWAY DRIVING NO POTHOLES WERE HIT. I DID SEE THERE IS A LAWSUIT AGAINST GM, LLC ABOUT GRAND SPORT AND Z06 RIMS WAS FILED

CRACK IN DRIVER SIDE REAR WHEEL RIM. LOSS OF AIR PRESSURE WARNING CAME UP ON THE INFORMATION PANEL, WOULD NOT HOLD PRESSURE AFTER RE INFLATING TIRE .WHEN INSPECTED THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE RIM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V086000 (STEERING) HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED WITH THE POWER STEERING ASSIST NO LONGER AVAILABLE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS, THERE WAS EXTRA STRENGTH NEEDED WHEN STEERING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO W-K CHEVROLET BUICK GMC CADILLAC (3310 W BROADWAY BLVD, SEDALIA, MO 65301 (660) 826-8320) WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NOT A FIX FOR THE RECALL AND TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND IT WOULD FUNCTION NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS NOT A FIX. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 9,500. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. *BF *TR

HAD VIBRATION AND WAS TOLD I HAD 3 BENT WHEEL AT 6500 MILES. I AM 65 YEARS OLD AND NEVER IN MY LIFETIME DID I EVER HAVE A WHEEL PROBLEM. I WAS ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES. I USED "SMART DRIVER" TO DEFEND MY DRIVING HABITS. GM DID REPLACE MY WHEELS. NOW I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE MY 84K CAR

WITH APPROXIMATELY 9500 MILES ON OUR 2017 CORVETTE, WE PURCHASED NEW TIRES IN ANTICIPATION OF A LONG ROAD TRIP THIS SUMMER. WHEN THE CAR WAS PICKED UP FROM DISCOUNT TIRE, WE WERE TOLD THAT AT LEAST TWO BENT WHEELS. WE CONTACTED THE DEALER, WHO TOLD US THAT THE BENT WHEELS ARE NOT COVERED BY THE 3-YEAR 36,000 MILE BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY. THE WHEEL REPAIR FACILITY INFORMED US THAT 3 WHEELS WERE SEVERELY BENT AND ONE WAS SLIGHTLY BENT. WE PAID $400 FOR THE REPAIR TO ALL FOUR, AS WE CONSIDER IT A CRITICAL SAFETY ISSUE. AFTER THIS, WE SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND FOUND HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS, SOME ON CARS WITH UNDER 500 MILES. OTHERS REPORTED THAT THEY WERE TOLD BY A DEALERSHIP THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY OR RECALL BECAUSE GM IS NOT HEARING ABOUT THE ISSUE REPEATEDLY. A FEDERAL CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT HAS NOW BEEN FILED IN CALIFORNIA OVER THIS PROBLEM. OUR INVOICE FOR REPAIR IS ATTACHED.

MY VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW APRIL 2017 LAST YEAR THE REAR WHEELS WERE LEAKING AIR AND UPON INSPECTION IT WAS DISCOVERED THE INNER RIM WAS CRACKED IN SEVERAL PLACES. THIS WAS THE FIRST OCCURRENCE HAPPENING TO PASSENGER SIDE REAR. WITHIN 6 MONTHS ANOTHER ISSUE WITH THE DRIVER SIDE REAR RIM THIS HAD ONE CRACK UPON INSPECTION AND TAKING IT TO DEALER WHO WOULD SAY THAT IT'S DRIVER DRIVING HABITS AND ROAD CONDITIONS THAT IS THE CAUSE. DURING THE SECOND INCIDENT THE DEALER SERVICE AGENTS SAID THAT IT IS COMMON AND THEY GET A LOT OF THEM. THE ISSUE IS NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE ARE REPORTING IT OR KNOW THE PROCESS TO REPORT IT SO THE MANUFACTURER (GM) CAN BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR IT. ONCE I WAS ABLE TO CAPTURE PHOTOS OF THE WHEEL WITH THE 7 CRACKS AND SEND IT TO GM CORPORATE DID I GET ASSISTANCE FOR WARRANTY COVERAGE FOR THE WHEELS. MY CONCERN NOW IS THE WHEELS THAT ARE ON IT NOW. I HAVE A VEHICLE THAT I FEAR HAS DEFECTIVE UNSAFE WHEELS THAT CAN POSSIBLY CRACK AND FALL APART LIKE GLASS. I AM ATTACHING PHOTOS THAT SHOW THE WHEEL WITH THE SEVERAL CRACKS. CONFIRMATION OF ACTUAL DATES CAN BE OBTAINED UPON REQUEST.

THE CAR HAS HAD A VIBRATION SINCE NEW. THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS DUE TO FOUR BENT WHEELS AND THREE BAD TIRES. THE CAR HAD THE FOUR WHEELS AND TIRES REPLACED AT 3200 MILES. TWO WEEKS AND 400 MILES LATER I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE THE VIBRATION DID NOT GET SOLVED. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THREE OF THE REPLACED WERE BENT. THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID THAT DUE TO THE POOR DESIGN OF THE WHEELS THAT ARE VERY PRONE TO BENDING. NOW I AM NOT DRIVING THE CAR IN FEAR OF THE CONSTANT PROBLEM OF BENDING THE WHEELS. IN ONE MONTH THE CAR HAS HAD SEVEN WHEELS AND FOUR TIRES REPLACED.

CRACKED REAR WHEEL (INSIDE LIP). NO CURB RASH, NO MARKING ON TIRE. DEALER WILL NOT REPLACE IN WARRANTY.