2017 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Complaints

BOTH REAR RIMS CRACKED. NO ROAD HAZARDS INVOLVED. SIMPLE MANUFACTURING DEFECTS. VERY COMPLICATED ISSUE BECAUSE GM REFUSES TO REPLACE RIMS & I HAD TO PAY FOR AFTERMARKET RIMS FOR $4000. WHAT IS WORSE IS THAT THE DEALERSHIP BLAMED THE CRACKED RIMS ON MY DRIVING HABITS. IN 26 YEARS OF DRIVING, I HAVE NEVER HAD A DAMAGED RIM ON ANY OF MY VEHICLES. I RECEIVED INFO ABOUT THE CRACKED RIMS FROM A FELLOW CORVETTE OWNER WHO ALSO DISCOVERED HIS RIMS WERE CRACKED. SO I INSPECTED MY RIMS AS WELL. SURE ENOUGH, CRACKED. MARY BARRA FOR PRISON!

CENTER SCREEN COMPLETELY DEAD. NO AUDIO, VIDEO OR REVERSE VIEW THEREBY CAUSING A SAFETY PROBLEM. THE REVERSE CAMERA DOES NOT COME ON AND THERE IS NO DISPLAY. UNABLE TO SEE ANYTHING WHILE REVERSING DUE TO THE WAY THE CAR IS DESIGNED.

REAR RIMS ARE CRACKING TIRES LOSING AIR. POSSIBLY HAVE A TIRE BLOW OUT. TIRES HAVE BEEN LEAKING FOR OVER 12 MONTHS SLOWLY. FINALLY FOUND THE PROBLEM

THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL WAS ALWAYS SHOWING IT WAS LOW ON AIR . I TOOK OFF THE WHEEL AND NOTICED IT WAS CRACKED AND LEAKING AIR.

THE RIGHT REAR TIRE IS LEAKING AIR. I BROUGHT IT TO BE REPAIRED AND WAS TOLD THE WHEEL IS CRACKED AND WILL NOT HOLD AIR. THE AIR LEAKS WHEN STATIONARY, MOVING ON CITY STREETS AND HIGHWAYS.

JUST DISCOVERED THAT ONE OF MY TIRES IS LEAKING AIR BECAUSE OF A CRACK IN THE WHEEL. THIS CAR HAS NEVER BEEN TRACKED OR RACED AND HAS NEVER BEEN DRIVEN IN ROUGH CONDITIONS OR RECEIVED DAMAGE. THERE IS NO JUSTIFIABLE REASON FOR THE CRACKED WHEEL. THE WHEEL ONLY HAS ~10,000 MILES ON IT. THIS CRACK COULD LEAK TO A BLOWOUT ON THE ROAD AND IS DUE TO MANUFACTURING DEFECTS, BUT GM IS REFUSING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ISSUE / ISSUE A RECALL. THE DEFECT IS ALSO NOT COVERED UNDER THEIR WARRANTIES. THIS IS A MASSIVE SAFETY HAZARD THAT WILL EVENTUALLY SPREAD TO THE REST OF MY WHEELS (VERY COMMON ISSUE FOR WIDE BODY C7 CORVETTES).

I'VE HAD ALL FOUR WHEELS ON MY 2017 CHEVROLET GRAND SPORT CRACK OR BEND (TWO CRACKED (ONE WHEEL HAS THREE CRACKS), FOUR BENT). THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM: HTTPS://WWW.CORVETTEFORUM.COM/FORUMS/C7-GENERAL-DISCUSSION/4322291-C7-BENT-CRACKED-WHEEL-ROLL-CALL.HTML. I DRIVE THIS CAR INFREQUENTLY, CAREFULLY, AND ONLY ON GOOD ROADS. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER (BOARDWALK CHEVROLET) TO SEE IF THEY WOULD FIX THEM UNDER WARRANTY, AND THE SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD ME: "THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND IT HAPPENS ON *ALL* OF THEM. GM WON'T DO THE RIGHT THING AND REPLACE THEM. WE'VE PUT IN SEVERAL CLAIMS AND THEY ALL ARE REJECTED. YOU WILL NEED TO REPLACE THE WHEELS AT ABOUT $1000 PER WHEEL, AND IT WILL PROBABLY HAPPEN AGAIN BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T FIXED THE DESIGN." THERE ALSO IS A CLASS ACTION SUIT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THIS ISSUE.

MY VEHICLE DOESN'T SEE HARSH ROAD CONDITIONS IN FACT IT IS KEPT IN THE GARAGE 100% OF THE TIME AND GETS MAYBE 5-7K MILES PER YEAR. NEVER TRACKED OR ABUSED. SINCE I'VE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE I HAVE HAD TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR LOW TIRE PRESSURE AND THE DEALER CONSTANTLY SAYS THERE'S NOTHING WRONG.

CRACKED REAR LEFT WHEEL AT 25K, INSIDE RIM - AUG 2020 CRACKED REAR RIGHT WHEEL AT 26K, INSIDE RIM - OCT 2020 BOTH WHEELS STARTED LEAKING AIR, NO POTHOLE, NO DAMAGE, JUST NORMAL DRIVING CAR IS A DAILY DRIVER IN SAN DIEGO, CA

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED ABNORMALLY. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO INGERSOLL AUTO OF DANBURY (84 FEDERAL RD, DANBURY, CT 06810, (203) 885-7774) WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE RIMS WERE BENT. THE RIMS WERE REPLACED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED FIVE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ALLOY WHEEL REPAIR SPECIALISTS OF DANBURY (297 WHITE ST, DANBURY, CT 06810, (203) 826-7242) WHERE THE RIMS WERE STRAIGHTENED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000.