2019 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Complaints

I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE IN OCTOBER OF 2019. ON, OR ABOUT JANUARY 4, 2021, MY RIGHT REAR WHEEL STARTED TO LOSE AIR. I ASSUMED THAT THE TIRE NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED OR REPLACED. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO A TIRE SHOP AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE TIRE. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION, A HAIR-LINE CRACK WAS DISCOVERED IN THE WHEEL. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF AN IMPACT, OR DAMAGE ON THE SURFACE OF THE WHEEL ( ON THE INSIDE THE WHEEL NOR THE OUTSIDE OF THE WHEEL). MY CAR IS UNDER WARRANTY, SO I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO NELSON HALL CHEVROLET IN MERIDIAN FOR REPLACEMENT UNDER WARRANTY. I WAS INFORMED BY THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN THAT SHE HAD TO GET APPROVAL FROM GENERAL MOTORS BEFORE THEY COULD REPLACE THE WHEEL ON MY VEHICLE. GENERAL MOTORS REFUSED TO REPLACE THE WHEEL ON MY VEHICLE. I CALLED GENERAL MOTORS MYSELF AND FILED A COMPLAINT AND TO APPEAL THEIR DECISION NOT TO REPLACE MY WHEEL. AFTER REPEATED ATTEMPTS, GENERAL MOTORS STILL REFUSED TO REPLACE THE WHEEL ON MY VEHICLE. I HAVE A VEHICLE THAT IS UNDER WARRANTY, THAT I CAN NOT ENJOY BECAUSE OF GENERAL MOTORS' REFUSAL TO HONOR THE WARRANTY ON MY VEHICLE. PLEASE NOTE, THAT I HAVE NOT BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT, NOR IS THERE ANY DAMAGE ON THE SURFACE OF THE WHEEL. THIS IS A FACTORY OR A DESIGN DEFECT...I KEEP THE VEHICLE IN MY GARAGE.

I HAVE LESS THAN 5000 MILES ON MY 2019 CORVETTE ZO6 AND BECAUSE OF A VIBRATION I HAD MY TIRES AND RIMS CHECKED FOR BALANCING. I FOUND OUT THE DRIVERS FRONT AND BOTH REAR RIMS MUST BE BENT THAT WAS DETECTED ON THE BALANCING MACHINE. I HAVE NOT HIT ANY POTHOLES AND HAVE BEEN VERY CAREFUL AS THIS IS MY DREAM CAR. OF COURSE I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED ESPECIALLY AFTER READING SEVERAL OTHER OWNERS WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS!

II NOTICED UNEVEN AND EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR SO I TOOK MY 2019 CORVETTE GRAND SPORT IN AND THE TECHNICIAN POINTED OUT CRACKS IN BOTH REAR WHEELS, AT ABOUT 15,000 MILES OF NORMAL DRIVING. I HAD THE TIRES REPLACED AND A 4 WHEEL ALIGNMENT. AFTERWARDS THE TIRES WOULD NOT MAINTAIN AIR PRESSURE SO I HAD TO REPLACE THE WHEELS.

GAINING A LOT OF ATTENTION OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS BY C7 (2014-2019) CHEVROLET CORVETTE OWNERS, IS THE ISSUE OF WHEEL RIMS CRACKING, SPECIFICALLY ON THE Z06 AND GRAND SPORT MODELS. I HAVE BEEN READING A LOT OF ARTICLES REGARDING THIS ISSUE AND WHILE NOT CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING THE ISSUE WITH MY 2019 CORVETTE, I'M CONCERNED THAT I WILL EVENTUALLY EXPERIENCE THE PROBLEM. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THE NHTS COMMISSION WILL BE LOOKING INTO THIS PROBLEM. GM HAS ALREADY STATED THAT THIS ISSUE IS NOT RELATED TO DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT.

THE WHEEL ON MY 2019 GRAND SPORT HAS TWO CRACKS IN THE RIM THAT LEAKS AIR. THE CAR HAS 11600 MILES AND IS DRIVEN CAREFULLY THIS SEEMS TO BE A CURRENT PROBLEM FOR GM FOR GRAND SPORT AND Z06 MODEL TRIMS

TOOK CORVETTE TO THREEWAY CHEVROLET IN BAKERSFIELD ON 6/9/20 FOR ALIGNMENT AND WAS TOLD THAT ALL FOUR TRIMS ARE BENT AND CRACKED. AND EVEN THOUGH IT HAS BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY, THEY WON'T COVER THE TRIMS. I HAVE SINCE SPOKEN WITH THE MANAGER OF THREEWAY, AND HE AGREED THAT IT IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND SHOULD BE COVERED. HE SAID , NO WAY SOMEONE COULD BEND AND CRACK ALL 4 TIMES, AND NOT CAUSE ALOT OF DAMAGE TO CAR, AND AIRBAGS WOULD DEPLOY. CAN YOU HELP ME PLEASE.

I WAS DRIVING MY 2019 CHEVROLET GRAND SPORT CORVETTE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, IN OCTOBER 2020. MY TIRE PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE MY RIGHT REAR TIRE PRESSURE HAD DROPPED PRECARIOUSLY. I HAVE RUN FLAT MICHELIN TIRES AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME SAFELY. I INFLATED MY TIRE TO 30LBS PSI AND PARKED IT IN MY GARAGE. THE NEXT DAY I CHECKED MY TIRE PRESSURE OF ALL 4 TIRES AND ONCE AGAIN MY RIGHT REAR TIRE WAS LOW. IT WOULD NOT HOLD AIR. I CALLED CRISWELL CHEVROLET WHERE I PURCHASED MY CAR. THEY ASKED IF I COULD DRIVE MY CAR TO THEIR FACILITY IN MARYLAND. I LIVE IN NEW JERSY AND I DIDNT FEEL SAFE DRIVING MY CAR UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES TO THEM. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT WAS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE CRACKED / BENT WHEEL ISSUE AFFECTING C7 GRAND SPORT AND Z06 CORVETTES. I WAS ADVISED TO GO TO A LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AND HAVE THEM INSPECT MY WHEELS. I TOOK IT TO GLOBAL CHEVROLET IN NORTH PLAINFIELD ,N.J.. UPON INSPECTION, THEY DETERMINED I HAD A CRACKED RIGHT REAR WHEEL AND IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.. I DID /DO NOT ABUSE MY CAR.

TOOK WHEELS AND TIRES TO A TIRE SHOP TO HAVE THE WHEELS RECONDITIONED AFTER THE SAME SHOP HAD SCRATCHED THEM DURING INSTALLATION OF NEW TIRES. MANAGER HAS ADVISED ME THAT THE WHEEL RECONDITIONING SHOP HAS TOLD HIM THAT ALL FOUR WHEELS ARE BENT AND WILL HAVE TO BE TRUED BEFORE THEY ARE REPAINTED. RECONDITIONING SHOP TOLD HIM THAT THEY SEES IT A LOT WITH CORVETTE WHEELS. LESS THEN 10K MILES ON THE CAR.

FOUND TWO CRACKS IN REAR OEM WHEEL CAUSING LOSS OF AIR PRESSURE. WAS DRIVING THE CAR TO GET NEW TIRES AS I THOUGHT I HAD AN ISSUE WITH A TIRE. APPARENTLY THOUSANDS OF LATE MODEL GRAND SPORT AND 06 CORVETTES WITH THIS SAME ISSUE

ON 12/28/2020 I FOUND THAT THERE WAS ONLY 3 POUNDS OF PRESSURE IN THE RIGHT REAR TIRE. DISCOUNT TIRE FOUND A CRACK ON THE INSIDE EDGE OF THE RIM THAT WAS LEAKING AIR. THEY SAID THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF IMPACT OR DAMAGE TO THE TIRE OR THE RIM.