NHTSA Complaint #11518633 — 2017 CHEVROLET CORVETTE

In may of 2020 I went to get new tire for this vehicle, the installer noticed i had a right rear cracked wheel. So I purchased a new wheel from GM, and had it installed, the wheel was about $800. The next spring, 2021, I took the car out of storage and noticed both rear wheels were very low on air pressure, both were at about 5 LBS each. So I inspected the wheels and found that both were cracked. I kept the old wheel that was cracked and decided to have all 3 welded by a professional shop. One of those wheels was cracked by the time I put the car back in storage in October, so I exchanged it with the other welded wheel I had on hand. The crack on this wheel propagated from a different area then the weld repair spot. All three rear wheels have cracked, two of them twice in different area. Now I believe I have another one cracked. I am going to replace these wheels with an aftermarket forged wheel. I did not have these inspected by anyone other then the national chain tire shop. Low tire pressure warnings were the reason I inspected the wheels. According to a few car websites, this is a reocuring problem with wheels on Z06 and Grand Sport Corvette models. Yes this is a safety problem.