NHTSA Complaint #11180116 — 2019 CHEVROLET CORVETTE

VEHICLE MAKES A BUMPING , GRINDING METALIC NOISE WHEN TURNING SLOWLY IN EITHER DIRECTION. OR IN REVERSE. IT HAS BEEN SEEN BY TWO DEALERS ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE LAST TIME I WAS GIVEN A BULLETIN (#14-03-10-001D) 3-2-17, FROM CHEVROLET STATING THAT THIS WAS TYPICAL OF MANY CORVETTES DUE TO "ACKERMANN EFFECT" CAUSING TIRE CHATTER WHEN TURNING SLOWLY AT A TIGHT ANGLE. MY VEHICLE DID NOT EXHIBIT THIS PROBLEM UNTIL APPROX.1,000 MILES AND HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE AND IT NOW HAS OVER 4,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. I HAVE DRIVEN THIS CAR IN A DRIVING RAIN WITH SLICK PAVEMENT, AND THE NOISE IS EVEN LOUDER, SO THAT IF TIRE CHATTER WERE THE PROBLEM, I WOULD THINK THAT THE NOISE WOULD GO AWAY, OR AT LEAST LESSEN SOMEWHAT. IT DID NOT. IT IS MY OPINION THAT AT SOME POINT, THIS CAR'S FRONT SUSPENSION WILL BREAK, POSSIBLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT.