NHTSA Complaint #11209651 — 2018 CHEVROLET CORVETTE

DROVE APPROX 800 MI ON INTERSTATE ROADS. PARKED CAR FOR 2 DAYS, STARTED CAR LO TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT 23#. DID NOT DRIVE IT, WAITING TO TAKE TO CHEVY DEALER NEXT MORNING AS WE WERE PLANNING OUR RETURN 800 MI TRIP BACK HOME. LOW TIRE PRESSURE WARNING NOW AT 20#, RIGHT REAR PASSENGER TIRE. GO TO HENDRICK CHEVY, CHARLESTON SC, APPROX 1 MI FROM HOTEL. THEY COME BACK AND TELL US NOTHING WRONG W/ TIRE, THE INSIDE OF THE RIM IS CRACKED. LESS THAN 5500 MILES ON 2018 GS; BLACK RIMS. ORDERED NEW RIM TO BE SHIPPED IN. BRINGING DAMAGED RIM BACK TO IN TO SHOW TO DEALER WHERE WE PURCHASED CAR FROM, ED MARTIN CHEVROLET, ANDERSON, IN. TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE WE DID NOT HIT ANY POTHOLES OR ROAD DEBRIS ON THE DRIVE DOWN. LOW TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT DID NOT COME ON AT ANY TIME DURING THE 2 DAYS OF DRIVING THE 800 MILE TRIP FROM IN TO SC. THE CAR WAS PARKED AT THE HOTEL ON THE EVENING OF 5/19 AND WAS NOT MOVED OR STARTED UNTIL THE EVENING OF 5/14 WHEN WE WERE PACKING UP IN ANTICIPATION OF HEADING HOME ON 5/15. THAT IS THE FIRST TIME THE LIGHT CAME ON DASH AND ONSTAR SENT A MESSAGE TO OUR PHONES & EMAILS. CAR IS IN SHOP NOW, EXPECTED TO BE REPLACED LATE TODAY; WILL TAKE PICS OF THE RIM W/ CRACK.