NHTSA Complaint #11350837 — 2017 CHEVROLET CORVETTE

THE CAR WAS STATIONARY WHEN I GOT A LOW PRESSURE WARNING THAT MY RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD LOW TIRE PRESSURE. I WENT TO THE CORNER GAS STATION AND GOT AIR. THEN DROVE TO MY LOCAL TIRE REPAIR TO GET THE TIRE REPAIRED. THEY REMOVED THE TIRE AND WHEEL FROM THE CAR AND DISCOVERED THE WHEEL WAS CRACKED IN 2 PLACES. I WENT TO A WHEEL REPAIR SHOP AND HE TOLD ME THAT HE WOULD NOT REPAIR A WHEEL WITH 2 CRACKS. I KNEW THIS WAS A PROBLEM FOR GRAND SPORTS SINCE I HAVE A FRIEND WHO HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH LESS THAN 1000 MILES ON HIS 2019 GRAND SPORT. I HAVE ALL SO READ ON THE CORVETTE FORUMS THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH EITHER CRACKED OR BENT WHEELS. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY GENERAL MOTORS IS BACKING THEIR WHEELS WITH THEIR WARRANTY. I HAVE DRIVEN CORVETTES SINCE 1977 EXCLUSIVELY AND NEVER HAD A WHEEL PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS STILL WITHIN THE 3 YEAR WARRANTY, BUT GM REJECTED THE CLAIM AND REFUSED ANY KIND OF COMPENSATION FOR THE DESIGN DEFECT OF CORVETTE C7 WHEELS. I HAVE SINCE PURCHASED A NEW WHEEL BUT I AM WORRIED THAT THIS PROBLEM MAY HAPPEN AGAIN WITH DIFFERENT CONSEQUENCES. MY OPINION IS THAT THESE WHEELS ARE NOT DESIGNED FOR THE VEHICLE.