NHTSA Complaint #11299491 — 2018 CHEVROLET TRAX

WE PURCHASED OUR 2018 CHEVY TRAX JANUARY 2018. IN APPROX. JULY WE WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FACTORY RECALL FOR THE LOWER CONTROL ARMS. UP UNTIL THIS POINT WE HAVE BEEN BRINGING OUR TRAX IN FOR OIL CHANGES AND TIRE ROTATIONS TO DALE EARNHARDT JR CHEVROLET. THE DAY I DROPPED OFF MY TRAX FOR THE RECALL INSPECTION I WAS TOLD THAT BOTH MY FRONT TIRES WERE IN EXTREME HAZARDOUS CONDITION AND THEY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I DECLINED PURCHASING NEW TIRES AT THAT POINT BECAUSE I WANTED A SECOND OPINION. REASON BEING HOW COULD THEY BECOME "EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS" IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. AS IT BE UPON INSPECTION BOTH OF MY LOWER CONTROL ARMS WERE FOUND TO BE FAULTY. MY VEHICLE WAS KEPT FOR APPROX. 6 WEEKS FOR REPAIR. DURING THAT TIME I SPOKE WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT TIRE DEALERSHIPS REGARDING THE IMPACT THE CONTROL ARMS WOULD HAVE ON THE WEAR OF MY TIRES AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM CONCURRED THAT IT WOULD ABSOLUTELY HAVE A IMPACT ON THE WEAR OF MY TIRES. AT THAT POINT I HAD JUST ALITTLE OVER 40,000. PER THE TIRE EXPERTS NEW TIRES ARE EXPECTED TO LAST AT LEAST 50,000 MILES. I TALKED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY WOULD NOT COVER THE COST BUT OFFERED ME A DISCOUNTED RATE. I THEN OPENED A CASE WITH GM AND WAS TOLD GM WOULD NOT COVER THE COST OF THE TIRES EITHER. I AM TRYING TO FIND OUT WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING THIS DECISION. IF THE RECALL CLEARLY STATES A FAULTY CONTROL ARM 'COULD' CAUSE YOUR TIRES TO TOE OUT AND CREATE ISSUES WITH YOUR TIRE TREAD WHICH MINE DID WHY IS GM NOT COVERING THE COST OF THE TIRES. WOULD I HAVE HAD TO HAVE A CRASH TO HAVE THEM REPLACED?