NHTSA Complaint #11364409 — 2019 CHEVROLET CORVETTE

MY 2019 CORVETTE GRAND SPORT HAS HAD ISSUES WITH THE RIMS FROM DAY ONE. CURRENTLY THERE IS LES THAN 10,000 MILES. EACH RIM HAS BENT & NOW WE HAVE A CRACKED RIM (ABOUT 1 1/2 INCH LONG). THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED WE HAD ONLY DRIVE THE CAR ABOUT 500 & WAS TOLD WE HAD 2 BENT RIMS. THIS HAPPENED THE FOLLOWING YEAR AND AGAIN THIS YEAR. BUT THIS TIME WE HAVE A 1 1/2 INCH CRACK ON THE RIM. WHEN WE DISCUSS THIS WITH THE DEALERSHIP WE WERE TOLD THAT GM WOULD NOT COVER ANY COSTS RELATED TO THE RIMS. THESE CAST RIMS ARE VERY WEAK, WHICH COULD CAUSE A LIFE THREATING ACCIDENT. THANKFULLY, IT HASN'T HAPPENED TO US. BUT I HAVE NOW SPENT ALMOST $1000 TO FIX THEM. SINCE THIS WILL OCCUR EVERY YEAR THAT I DRIVE IT. I MOST LIKELY WILL HAVE TO BUY NEW RIMS AT A COST OF ABOUT $1,250 PER RIM. CONSIDERING THE COST OF ANY CORVETTE YOU WOULD THINK THAT GM WOULD EITHER COVER THE COST TO REPLACE. OR WOULD HAVE PROVIDED FORGED RIMS FOR A VEHICLE OF THIS TYPE AS PART OF THE CORVETTE. I WOULD THINK THAT GM WOULD HAVE CONSIDERED THE SAFETY FEATURE ON A PERFORMANCE VEHICLE AND PROVIDED A MUCH STRONGER RIM.