2017 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Wheels Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE WHEEL CRACKED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED NOR WAS THE WHEEL REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 65,000.

CAR WAS VIBRATING WHILE DRIVING AND GETTING WORSE. TOOK TO LOCAL TIRE SHOP FOR BALANCE. TIRE SHOP INFORMED ME I HAD 2 FRONT AND 1 REAR BENT WHEELS. NEXT TRIP TO DEALER FOR WARRANTY WORK ASKED TO HAVE BENT WHEELS REPLACED. BENT WHEELS WERE DOCUMENTED ON WORK INVOICE BUT REPLACEMENT WAS DENIED. NOTE WHEELS HAVE NEVER BEEN INSPECTED FOR CRACKS BUT DO CURRENTLY HOLD AIR.

THE REAR PASSENGER WHEEL DEVELOPED TWO CRACKS IN THE INNER OUTSIDE EDGE OF RIM. CRACKS APPEARED WITH NO NOTICEABLE ROAD TRAUMA/DEBRIS/COLLISION. FIRST INDICATION WAS SLOW LEAK OF AIR FROM TIRE. TIRE WAS INFLATED AND VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TWO MORE TIMES. ON THE SECOND DRIVE OF APPROX 10 MILES, AIR HAD LEAKED OUT OF THE TIRE. ON THE THIRD DRIVE OF APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES, THE TIRE WOULD NOT HOLD AIR. TIRE WAS REMOVED AND CRACKS DISCOVERED IN RIM.

BOTH REAR RIMS CRACKED. NO ROAD HAZARDS INVOLVED. SIMPLE MANUFACTURING DEFECTS. VERY COMPLICATED ISSUE BECAUSE GM REFUSES TO REPLACE RIMS & I HAD TO PAY FOR AFTERMARKET RIMS FOR $4000. WHAT IS WORSE IS THAT THE DEALERSHIP BLAMED THE CRACKED RIMS ON MY DRIVING HABITS. IN 26 YEARS OF DRIVING, I HAVE NEVER HAD A DAMAGED RIM ON ANY OF MY VEHICLES. I RECEIVED INFO ABOUT THE CRACKED RIMS FROM A FELLOW CORVETTE OWNER WHO ALSO DISCOVERED HIS RIMS WERE CRACKED. SO I INSPECTED MY RIMS AS WELL. SURE ENOUGH, CRACKED. MARY BARRA FOR PRISON!

REAR RIMS ARE CRACKING TIRES LOSING AIR. POSSIBLY HAVE A TIRE BLOW OUT. TIRES HAVE BEEN LEAKING FOR OVER 12 MONTHS SLOWLY. FINALLY FOUND THE PROBLEM

THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL WAS ALWAYS SHOWING IT WAS LOW ON AIR . I TOOK OFF THE WHEEL AND NOTICED IT WAS CRACKED AND LEAKING AIR.

BENT AND CRACKED CORVETTE GRAND SPORT RIMS

THE RIGHT REAR TIRE IS LEAKING AIR. I BROUGHT IT TO BE REPAIRED AND WAS TOLD THE WHEEL IS CRACKED AND WILL NOT HOLD AIR. THE AIR LEAKS WHEN STATIONARY, MOVING ON CITY STREETS AND HIGHWAYS.

JUST DISCOVERED THAT ONE OF MY TIRES IS LEAKING AIR BECAUSE OF A CRACK IN THE WHEEL. THIS CAR HAS NEVER BEEN TRACKED OR RACED AND HAS NEVER BEEN DRIVEN IN ROUGH CONDITIONS OR RECEIVED DAMAGE. THERE IS NO JUSTIFIABLE REASON FOR THE CRACKED WHEEL. THE WHEEL ONLY HAS ~10,000 MILES ON IT. THIS CRACK COULD LEAK TO A BLOWOUT ON THE ROAD AND IS DUE TO MANUFACTURING DEFECTS, BUT GM IS REFUSING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ISSUE / ISSUE A RECALL. THE DEFECT IS ALSO NOT COVERED UNDER THEIR WARRANTIES. THIS IS A MASSIVE SAFETY HAZARD THAT WILL EVENTUALLY SPREAD TO THE REST OF MY WHEELS (VERY COMMON ISSUE FOR WIDE BODY C7 CORVETTES).

I'VE HAD ALL FOUR WHEELS ON MY 2017 CHEVROLET GRAND SPORT CRACK OR BEND (TWO CRACKED (ONE WHEEL HAS THREE CRACKS), FOUR BENT). THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM: HTTPS://WWW.CORVETTEFORUM.COM/FORUMS/C7-GENERAL-DISCUSSION/4322291-C7-BENT-CRACKED-WHEEL-ROLL-CALL.HTML. I DRIVE THIS CAR INFREQUENTLY, CAREFULLY, AND ONLY ON GOOD ROADS. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER (BOARDWALK CHEVROLET) TO SEE IF THEY WOULD FIX THEM UNDER WARRANTY, AND THE SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD ME: "THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND IT HAPPENS ON *ALL* OF THEM. GM WON'T DO THE RIGHT THING AND REPLACE THEM. WE'VE PUT IN SEVERAL CLAIMS AND THEY ALL ARE REJECTED. YOU WILL NEED TO REPLACE THE WHEELS AT ABOUT $1000 PER WHEEL, AND IT WILL PROBABLY HAPPEN AGAIN BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T FIXED THE DESIGN." THERE ALSO IS A CLASS ACTION SUIT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THIS ISSUE.

MY VEHICLE DOESN'T SEE HARSH ROAD CONDITIONS IN FACT IT IS KEPT IN THE GARAGE 100% OF THE TIME AND GETS MAYBE 5-7K MILES PER YEAR. NEVER TRACKED OR ABUSED. SINCE I'VE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE I HAVE HAD TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR LOW TIRE PRESSURE AND THE DEALER CONSTANTLY SAYS THERE'S NOTHING WRONG.

CRACKED REAR LEFT WHEEL AT 25K, INSIDE RIM - AUG 2020 CRACKED REAR RIGHT WHEEL AT 26K, INSIDE RIM - OCT 2020 BOTH WHEELS STARTED LEAKING AIR, NO POTHOLE, NO DAMAGE, JUST NORMAL DRIVING CAR IS A DAILY DRIVER IN SAN DIEGO, CA

AIR WAS LEAKING OUT OF THE TIRE. WE KEPT REFILLING IT AND TOOK IT TO LES SCHWAB TODAY ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT THE RIM WAS CRACKED. WE DRIVE THIS CORVETTE CAREFULLY AND HAVE NEVER HIT A POT HOLE.

I HAVE 2 CRACKED REAR WHEELS AND 1 BENT FRONT WHEEL 2017 CORVETTE ZO6

I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE TWO WHEELS BECAUSE OF BEING CRACKED AND BENT CAUSING WHEEL VIBRATIONS AND LEAKS. THIS WAS FROM NORMAL DRIVING ON VARIOUS HIGHWAYS.

3 HAIRLINE CRACKS WERE IDENTIFIED DUE TO A SLOW AIR LEAK IN THE RIGHT REAR TIRE. DISCOUNT TIRE SHOP EXAMINED THE WHEEL BY SUBMERGING IT IN WATER. I CONTACTED THE CHEVROLET DEALER TO INQUIRE ABOUT A POTENTIAL RECALL, BUT NO LUCK. ONE OEM WHEEL WAS QUOTED AT $688.00. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN PRIMARILY DRIVEN ON HIGHWAYS.

I WAS DRIVING ALONG IN WASHINGTON DC ON BENNING RD SE. WHEN I HIT A SMALL BUMP ON THE ROAD AT ABOUT 25 MHP. AFTER THAT I EXPERIENCED A WOBBLE OR SHAKE AT AROUND 50 MHP. I WAS ON A CITY STREET DRIVING STRAIGHT AHEAD. AT THE TIME I ONLY HAD 3700 MILES ON THE CAR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE DEFLATED AND AFTER INFLATING. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT REAR DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL WAS CRACKED CAUSING THE AIR TO LEAK. THE CONTACT ALSO INDICATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SEVERE VIBRATION DUE TO THE CRACKED WHEEL. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE LOCAL DEALER MCGUIRE CHEVROLET LOCATED AT 63 HAMPTON HOUSE, HAMPTON, NJ 07860 AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,000.

BENT AND CRACKED RIGHT REAR WHEEL. ALL OTHER WHEELS ARE OUT-OF-ROUND. HAPPENED UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. DEALER WOULDN'T COVER UNDER MANUFACTURER WARRANTY. STATED IT WAS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR, BUT OFFERED TO SELL ME A TIRE AND WHEEL PROTECTION PACKAGE TO COVER FUTURE DAMAGE FOR $2500.00. I REPLACE ALL FOUR WHEELS WITH GM 2013 CORVETTE ZR-1 WHEELS. I RETAINED THE DEFECTIVE WHEELS IN MY GARAGE.

I HAD TO REPLACE TWO WHEELS BECAUSE THEY WERE CRACKING AND THE AIR LEAKS OUT.

BOTH REAR WHEELS CRACKED AND I HAD TO SPEND MORE MONEY TO REPLACE THEM

REAR RIM HAS CRACKED, HAVE GOTTEN REPAIRED TWICE AND CRACKED AGAIN. CAR ALSO HAS A VIBRATION AS IF OTHER RIMS ON MY CAR ARE BENT OR CRACKED. I CURRENTLY DO NOT DRIVE THE CAR VERY FAR BECAUSE I'M AFRAID OF GETTING STRAINED SOMEWHERE. I HAVE REPLACED THE CRACKED RIM WITH ANOTHER RIM FROM A RIM SHOP THAT SALES REPLICA WHEELS

CRACKED RIMS AND SHAKING CAR

THREE (3) CRACKED WHEELS. THREE WHEELS CRACKED AT DIFFERENT TIMES.

PURCHASED MY 2017 GRAND SPORT IN DECEMBER 2019. IT HAD ABOUT 5,000 MILES ON IT. I NOT EVER HIT ANY ROAD DEFECTS OF NOTE IN ANY OF THESE CASES. I HAD TO REPLACE MY FIRST WHEEL WITHIN THE 1ST MONTHS (WAS LEAKING AIR FROM A CRACK IN THE WHEEL). A COUPLE MONTHS AFTER THAT I TOOK MY CAR IN TO GET NEW TIRES AND WAS INFORMED THAT TWO MORE WHEELS HAD CRACKS IN THEM. I HAD THEM WELDED. IN JULY, I WAS LOSING AIR IN ANOTHER WHEEL AND FOUND IT HAD A CRACK AND HAD TO HAVE THE WHEEL REPLACED. I ONLY DRIVE IN TOUR MODE (SOFTER SUSPENSION) AND EVEN PAID TO GET A SUSPENSION SOFTWARE UPDATE FROM GM IN THE SUMMER TO SUPPOSEDLY SOFTEN THE RIDE AFTER READING OF OTHERS HAVING THIS ISSUE, IT DID NOT HELP TO STOP THE ISSUES. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING IN THE SAME AREAS...

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR, I CONTINUED TO NOTICE A VIBRATION. IT VARIED WITH SPEED AND AT TIMES WOULD BE WORSE THAN AT OTHER TIMES. THIS IS KNOWN AS A "BEAT FREQUENCY". I FINALLY BECAME VERY CONCERNED, RAISED THE CAR AND FOUND BOTH PASSENGER SIDE RIMS TO BE BENT. I HAD ONLY HAD THE CAR FOR 6 MONTHS. IT CAME FROM A HENDRICK DEALERSHIP. IT IS MORE THAN APPARENT THIS IS ANOTHER COVER UP BY GM. I HAVE A 2012 KIA FORTE THAT IS DRIVEN ON THE SAME EXACT ROADS. IT COST $12,OOO AND HAS NEVER BENT A WHEEL. THE CORVETTE Z06 MSRP WAS $105,000. I HAD TO PURCHASE ANOTHER SET OF WHEELS. GM IS NOT CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A CAR THAT IS ENGINEERED CORRECTLY.

WHEN DRIVING THE CAR VIBRATED. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE LOCAL CHEVY DEALER TO GET THE WHEELS BALANCED AND WAS TOLD TWO OF THE WHEELS COULD NOT BE BALANCED BECAUSE THEY WERE BENT. IN SPITE OF MY 3YR, 36K MILE BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY (WHICH WAS IN FORCE) I WAS TOLD CHEVY WOULD NOT COVER THE COST OF REPAIRS.

SOON AFTER BUYING THE CAR IN MAY 2018, HAD TO REPLACE 3 OF THE 4 RIMS FOR BEING BENT. I DIDN'T HIT ANY POTHOLES OR ANYTHING. HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET BECAUSE GM WOULD NOT WARRANTY THE RIMS. ON SEP 26,2020; ONE OF THE REPLACED RIMS (MENTIONED ABOVE) CRACKED AND STARTED LEAKING (LEFT REAR). ALL I DO IS NORMAL DRIVING AND DO NOT HIT POT HOLES ETC. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A DEFECT IN THESE RIMS. THE CAR ONLY HAS 45K MILES AND I'VE REPLACED 4 RIMS DUE TO A DEFECT THAT THE MANUFACTURER WILL NOT COVER.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR WHEEL, PART NUMBER: 84073058, FRACTURED UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITION DUE TO THE MANUFACTURER DESIGN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR TIRE BECAME DEFLATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A TIRE SHOP AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR WHEEL WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER TAKEN TO BELLAMY STRICKLAND CHEVROLET BUICK GMC (145 INDUSTRIAL BLVD, MCDONOUGH, GA 30253), AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE WHEEL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE REPAIR WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED A CASE NUMBER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 22,600.

RIGHT REAR WHEEL HAS CRACKED, AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. I TOOK CAR IN TO MY LOCAL TIRE STORE BECAUSE I THOUGH I MIGHT HAVE PICKED UP A NAIL, AS THE CAR WAS REPORTING LOW PRESSURE IN THAT TIRE. TIRE STORE UNMOUNTED THE WHEEL AND SHOWED ME TWO CRACKS FROM INSIDE EDGE OF THE RIM TOWARDS CENTER. APX 2" EACH. NO VISIBLE DAMAGE TO TIRE OR WHEEL INDICTIVE OF A POT HOLE OR OTHER IMPACT. I DROVE THE CAR TO TAKE MY GIRFRIEND OUT TO DINNER THE NIGHT BEFORE AND SHE ALSO STATED I DIDN'T HIT ANYTHING. BASED ON MANY MANY REPORTS OF SIMILAR FAILURES ON CORVETTE FORUMS AND PENDING CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS, I BELIEVE THE WHEELS WERE DEFECTIVE WHEN NEW. BECAUSE I HAVE THREE OTHER WHEELS WHICH MAY HAVE THE SAME ISSUE, I WILL HAVE TO PURCHASE AFTERMARKET WHEELS AND HOPE THEY ARE A MORE ROBUST DESIGN.

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...

DRIVING ON REGULAR ROAD WITH NO POT HOLE THE RIGHT REAR STARTED TO LEAK TO FIND OUT AFTER TWO DAYS FOUND OUT AFTER THE WHEEL WAS REMOVED TO SEE IF IT WAS THE TIRE TO FIND OUT THE RIM CRACKED WITH 7200 MILES, THEM A MONTH THE LEFT WHEEL STARTED TO LOOSE AIR TO FIND OUT THE LEFT RIM WITH 2 CRACKS . WITH 7215 MILES. NO REFUND OR ASSISTANCE FROM THE CHEVY DEALER. THANK GOODNESS I HAD PURCHASED TIRE INSURANCE. THERE MUST BE A DEFECT IN THE CHEAP CHINESE STEEL. WHILE I WAS IN THE TIRE REPAIR SHOP, 3 OTHERS CORVETTES WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS. ONE VET HAD THE RIM WELDED 3 TIMES BEFORE HE PURCHASED A NEW SET. GM SHOULD HAVE THIS ON RECALL OR HIGH SAFETY CONCERNS

HAD A CONSTANT SLOW LEAK FOR THE PAST 7-8 MONTHS, FINALLY TOOK IT IN BECAUSE I AM PLANNING A CROSS COUNTRY DRIVE AND FOUND OUT THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL IS CRACKED. *TR

2017 CORVETTE WITH 6800 MILES ON IT AND THE LEFT WHEEL IS BENT CAUSING A VIBRATION WHEN THE CAR IS MOVING. DISCOUNT TIRE SAID WHEEL COULD NOT BE REPAIRED. LEFT FRONT WHEEL NO BENT. *TR

NORMAL DRIVING CAUSED MAJOR/MINOR CRACKS IN 2 RIMS WITH MODERATE LOSS OF AIR PRESSURE OVER COURSE OF ONLY A FEW MILES REQUIRING IMMEDIATE EXIT FROM HIGHWAY TO ADDRESS UNSAFE CONDITION OF CAR. MILEAGE OF ONLY 18693 ON THE CAR AS OF 6/11/2020. NO COVERAGE PER GM EVEN UNDER NEW CAR 3 YEAR/36000 MILE WARRANTY OR THE EXTENDED WARRANTY WE PURCHASED. COST TO ME OF $1501.30. PICTURES OF CRACKS AVAILABLE AS ARE THE ACTUAL RIMS (TIRE SERVICE SAID THEY'D NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT IN 40 YEARS). LAWSUITS PENDING AGAINST GM CURRENTLY (CLASS ACTION). WHEN THEY DEBUTED THE 2017 GRAND SPORT MODEL ON A 40000 MILE TEST RUN THEY HAD A TOTAL OF 10 CRACKED OR BENT RIMS DUE TO POOR RIM CONSTRUCTION. I FEAR THAT I'LL LOSE A RIM, PUNCTURE A TIRE AND HAVE AN ACCIDENT.

MY WHEELS HAVE DEVELOPED CRACKS UNDER NORMAL USE WITHIN 2000 MILES OF NEW. THESE LEAKS HAVE RESULTED IN AIR LOSS. *TR

BOTH REAR WHEELS HAVE CRACKS FROM THE INNER EDGE TO THE TIRE BEAD AREA. BOTH REAR WHEELS ARE LEAKING AIR AT OVER 4 PSI PER WEEK AS VERIFIED BY BUBBLE TESTING OF THE CRACKS AND TIRE PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS. BOTH REAR WHEELS AND TIRES ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH NO DAMAGE OF ANY KIND FROM IMPACTS. REAR TIRE TREAD AT 12,000 MILES IS STILL SAFE, BUT CLOSE TO WEAR OUT LIMITS. MY TIRE SHOP CANNOT INSTALL NEW REAR TIRES ON THE CRACKED WHEELS. MARTIN CHEVROLET IN TORRANCE CA REDUCED THEIR DIAGNOSTIC FEE TO $90 FOR TAKING PHOTOS AND PROCESSING A WARRANTY CLAIM WITH GM. 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. GM SUPPORT REPRESENTATIVE REGISTERED MY CASE NUMBER 9-5956196745 AND SUGGESTED THAT I HAVE THE WHEELS WELDED OR BUY TWO...

THE PASSENGER REAR TIRE KEPT GOING FLAT AND THE LEAK COULD NOT BE FOUND. A TIRE SERVICE CENTER EVENTUALLY FOUND 2 CRACKS ON THE INSIDE LIP OF THE WHEEL THAT EXTENDED INWARDS 1.5" INTO THE BARREL AREA OF THE WHEEL WHICH CAUSED THE LEAK. THIS COULD LEAD TO A WHEEL CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. THE SHOP MANAGER SAID THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP FOR A WARRANTY CLAIM. THE SHOP FOREMAN FILED THE CLAIM BUT GM DENIED IT. THE FOREMAN ALSO INDICATED THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. I PURCHASED A NEW WHEEL AND KEPT THE OLD ONE. THE WHITE MARKS IN THE PICTURES ARE JUST A WAY TO HIGHLIGHT THE CRACKS. THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS OF IMPACTS THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THIS ISSUE. *TR

I PURCHASE THE CAR AS A ONE OWNER USED. AT THE TIME OF PICK UP THE MESSAGE ON THE DASH READ LOW RR TIRE. THE SERVICE DEPT TOOK THE CAR FOR INSPECTION. THE TECH CAME BACK AND SAID HE DIDN'T SEE A PROBLEM. HE STATED HE FILLED THE TIRE AND REFLASHED THE COMPUTER AS PRECAUTION. AFTER A 5 HOUR TRIP HOME WITH THE CAR IN AN ENCLOSED TRAILER, I IMMEDIATELY PUT THE CAR IN HEATED STORAGE FOR THE BALANCE OF THE WINTER. I DIDN'T THINK MUCH ABOUT THE TIRE SITUATION. WHEN I BROUGHT THE CAR OUT THIS SPRING THE DASH MESSAGE SAID FLAT RR TIRE. I TOOK THE CAR TO A REPUTABLE TIRE SHOP TO SEE IF THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING IN IT. HE CALLED ABOUT AN HOUR LATER TELLING ME THERE WERE 2 CRACKS IN THE REAR OF THE WHEEL. AFTER CHECKING ON THE CORVETTE FORUM I SEE WHERE...

THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL CRACK TEARING THE TIRE. I WAS NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM UNTIL MY CAR SENT ME AN EMAIL.. I HAD NOT DRIVEN MY CAR FOR 2 DAYS. MY CAR WAS STATIONARY AT THE TIME.

NORMAL DRIVING CAUSED 4 MAJOR/MINOR CRACKS IN 1 WHEEL/RIM WITH SLOW LOSS OF AIR PRESSURE. WITH MILEAGE OF ONLY 14599 ON THE CAR AS OF 10/12/2018. NO WARRANTY PER GM EVEN UNDER NEW CAR 3 YEAR/36000 MILE WARRANTY. COST TO ME OF $881.81. PICTURES OF CRACKS AVAILABLE. LAWSUITS PENDING AGAINST GM CURRENTLY (CLASS ACTION). WHEN THEY DEBUTED THE 2017 GRAND SPORT MODEL ON A 40000 MILE TEST RUN THEY HAD A TOTAL OF 10 CRACKED OR BENT RIMS DUE TO POOR RIM CONSTRUCTION BY RONAL IN MEXICO, REPORT AVAILABLE. THIS PROBLEM IS NOT GOING AWAY. I FEAR THAT I'LL LOSE A RIM, PUNCTURE A TIRE AND HAVE AN ACCIDENT. WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS?

JUST STARTED TO NOTICED A SLIGHT LEAK FROM THE DRIVER SIDE REAR TIRE OVER A FEW DAYS, THE LEAK PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE. I DECIDED TO GO GET IT TAKEN CARE OF. DISCOUNT TIRE COULDN'T FIND AN ISSUE WITH THE TIRES. THEN WHILE WORKING ON THE TIRE THEY NOTICED SEVERAL STRESS FRACTURES ON THE INSIDE OF THE WHEEL. IT ENDED UP BEING ON BOTH REAR TIRES AND A WHEEL IN THE FRONT HAD DAMAGE AS WELL. TRIED TO GO THROUGH THE DEALERSHIP TO GET IT FIXED SINCE THE CAR HAS BUMBER TO BUMBER WARRANTY AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS FROM POTHOLES AND THEY COULDN'T COVER THE DAMAGE. THE CAR WAS BOTH STATIONARY AND IN MOTION WHEN I NOTICED THE LEAKING. THE VEHICLE HAS ONLY BEEN DRIVEN ON PATHED ROADS.

PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL CRACKED, FRONT DRIVER SIDE WHEEL CRACKED, CRACKS FOUND WHEN I TOOK CAR TO SHOP FOR LEAKING TIRE

WHILE GETTING NEW TIRES (15K MILES) AT THE TIRE STORE ON MY CORVETTE Z06 THE MANAGER TOLD ME THAT I HAD A BENT FRONT WHEEL. I DIDN'T RECALL HITTING ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THIS. HE STATED THAT HE COULD BALANCE IT BUT COULDN'T BE SURE IT WOULDN'T HAVE ISSUES. I BEGAN TO NOTICE A TIRE NOISE THAT WAS COMING FROM THAT SAME WHEEL. I MADE SOME MEASUREMENTS (RADIAL RUN-OUT) AND REALIZED IT WAS QUITE BENT (.057IN RUN-OUT). IT IS COMMON KNOWLEDGE BASED THAT GM REFUSES TO ADMIT THAT THEY HAVE A DESIGN FLAW SO I DECIDED TO BUY SOME AFTERMARKET WHEELS AS I DIDN'T WANT TO PAY FOR THE POOR AND DANGEROUS DESIGN. AT THE TIME OF INSTALLING THE NEW WHEELS I MEASURED EACH OLD WHEEL TO SEE IF THEY ARE BENT. AT LEAST THREE IF NOT ALL FOUR ARE BENT TO VARYING DEGREES AND ONCE AGAIN I...

3/19/19 DISCOUNT TIRE ALERTED ME OF CRACK IN MY PASSENGER REAR WHEEL 02/12/20 DISCOUNTED TIRE ALERTED ME OF A CRACK IN MY DRIVERS SIDE REAR WHEEL

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS OR PARKED, THE INSIDE OF THE REAR WHEEL RIMS FRACTURED. THE TPMS WARNING INDICATOR LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO (JIM GLOVER CHEVROLET 707 W 51ST ST, TULSA, OK 74107 (918) 446-2200) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT WHEEL WAS DEFECTIVE. THE WHEEL WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

REAR TIRES OF MY 2017 CORVETTE GRAND SPORT WERE LEAKING AIR. CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE MECHANIC KNEW EXACTLY WHERE TO LOOK. BOTH REAR RIMS HAVE MULTIPLE CRACKS AND THE FRONT RIMS ARE BENT IN SEVERAL AREAS. ALTHOUGH THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THE FACTORY WILL NOT REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE WHEELS. AFTER ONLY 18K MILES THE ESTIMATE TO REPAIR IS $5,652. WITHOUT REPAIR I RISK TIRE BLOW OUTS.

WITH LESS THAN 15000 MILES I HAD 2 WHEELS WITH CRACKS IN THE LIP PORTION OF THE WHEEL. TIRE STORE INDICATED THE OTHER 2 WHEELS ARE OUT OF ROUND. GM REFUSES TO WARRANTY, AFTERMARKET WARRANTY DENIES COVERAGE SINCE THIS IS A CLEAR "FACTORY DEFECT." GM IS SELLING SUB QUALITY WHEELS THAT COULD FAIL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, AND NOT HONORING WARRANTY REGARDING FACTORY DEFECTS. MANY INSTANCES OF THIS PROBLEM ON CAR FORUMS. MANY.

I OWN A 2017 GRAND SPORT CORVETTE AND FOUND A CRACK IN PASSENGER REAR RIM, PICTURE IS BELOW. IT IS A KNOWN FACT THAT THERE ARE TOO MANY CRACK C7 CORVETTE RIMS AND GM WILL DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. I WAS LUCKY AND NOTICED PSI IN TIRE LEAKING AND MONITORED, FINALLY WENT TO DEALERSHIP WHERE INSIDE RIM WAS CRACKED.

I WENT OUT TO MY VEHICLE TO DRIVE IT TO WORK AND SAW THAT I HAD A LOW TIRE PRESSURE WARNING. THE PRESSURE WAS 19 PSI, AND NORMAL SHOULD BE 30 PSI. I INFLATED THE TIRE TO NORMAL PRESSURE, AND A WEEK LATER THE PRESSURE HAD DROPPED TO 9PSI. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO DISCOUNT TIRE ASSUMING I HAD A TIRE PUNCTURE, BUT AFTER REMOVING THE WHEEL AND TIRE THEY IMMEDIATELY DETECTED A CRACK IN THE WHEEL. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE WHEEL NOTICED DURING THE MOST RECENT TIRE REPLACEMENT AT ~20.4K MILES AND THE PREVIOUS TIRES SHOWED NO DAMAGE FROM HARD OR SUDDEN IMPACT. NO HARD OR SUDDEN IMPACTS HAVE OCCURRED SINCE EITHER.