NHTSA Complaint #11173202 — 2017 CHEVROLET CORVETTE

RIGHT REAR WHEEL CRACKED, NOT DUE TO HITTING ANYTHING I.E. CURB, POT HOLE ETC. NORMAL DRIVING AND TPMS SENSOR ACTIVATED INDICATING LOW TIRE PRESSURE. UPON CAREFUL INSPECTION I DISCOVERED THE WHEEL DEVELOPED A CRACK. VERY COMMON PROBLEM AMONGST OWNERS OF LATE MODEL CORVETTE GRAND SPORTS. I'VE READ OF SCORES OF CORVETTE OWNERS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM, SOME OWNERS EXPERIENCING CRACKED OR BENT WHEELS MANY TIMES ON THE SAME CAR EVEN AFTER SEVERAL REPLACEMENTS. ON THE CORVETTE FORUM SOME OWNERS HAVE HAD CRACKED WHEELS ON BRAND NEW CARS WITH ONLY A FEW HUNDRED MILES OR NEW CARS ONLY WEEKS OR MONTHS OLD IN THE MAJORITY OF CASES GM IS REFUSING TO COVER THE WHEELS UNDER WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH THE CARS ARE TECHNICALLY BRAND NEW AND STILL UNDER FACTORY WARRANTY. I'VE SPOKEN TO THE HEAD CORVETTE ENGINEER WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN OF THE CAR ABOUT THE PROBLEM. HIS REPLY IS THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT DON'T KNOW THE CAUSE YET THEY WON'T WARRANTY OR REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE WHEELS. MY CAR ONLY HAS 19,000 MILES ON IT AND IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. I'M AFRAID THE SAME PROBLEM WILL HAPPEN TO MY OTHER WHEELS. I DON'T WANT TO REPLACE THE WHEEL OUT OF MY OWN POCKET ONLY TO HAVE IT HAPPEN AGAIN.