NHTSA Complaint #10945311 — 2012 CHEVROLET MALIBU

A LEFT FRONT FLAT TIRE IN DECEMBER 2016 (FOUR TIRES BOUGHT NEW IN MAY 2016) WAS DISCOVERED TO NOT BE A PROBLEM WITH THE TIRE, BUT THE FACTORY-INSTALLED, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT RIM WITH A SEAM CRACK. NOW TODAY IN JANUARY 2017, A FLAT TIRE ON THE RIGHT FRONT WAS DIAGNOSED AS THE RESULT OF A SECOND BAD RIM, AGAIN ONE OF THE FOUR FACTORY-INSTALLED ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT RIMS (TWO MORE TO GO?). IT WAS NECESSARY TO REPLACE BOTH THE RIM AND THE VALVE STEM EACH TIME. RESEARCH IS SHOWING ANOTHER COMPLAINT HAS BEEN FILED FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH THE OTHER REPORT HAVING HAD TO REPLACE THREE RIMS SO FAR. THIS DEFINITELY APPEARS TO BE A SUPPLIER/MANUFACTURING DEFECT. THE PROBLEM WAS SHOWN TO ME AFTER THE RIM WITH THE TIRE ON IT HAD BEEN SUBMERGED IN WATER, AND BUBBLES FORMED AT THE DEFECTIVE AREA. UNFORTUNATELY I DID NOT TAKE A PICTURE, NOT KNOWING ABOUT THIS WEBSITE UNTIL I GOT HOME AFTER THIS SECOND REPAIR/REPLACEMENT AND STARTED MY RESEARCH. MY ONLY DOCUMENTATION ARE MY TWO REPAIR BILLS, WHICH I CAN SEND IF NEEDED.