2019 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Wheels Problems

I BEGAN HAVING RIM PROBLEMS SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING MY 2019 CORVETTE IN SEPTEMBER 2018. THE CAR HAD A VIBRATION AND MY TIRE STORE SHOWED ME HOW ONE OF THE WHEELS WAS OUT OF ROUND, SO I ORDERED A NEW RIM. SEE UPLOADED PHOTO 0948. MY NEXT PROBLEM WITH VIBRATION OCCURRED WITH THREE OF THE RIMS BEING OUT OF ROUND, SO I TOOK IT TO A WHEEL REPAIR SHOP TO HAVE THEM STRAIGHTENED. SEE UPLOADED PHOTO 0949. LATER ON, VIBRATION CROPPED UP AGAIN, AND I HAD ONE OF THOSE THREE WHEEL AGAIN STRAIGHTENED, PLUS WELDED IN TWO PLACES TO REPAIR AIR LEAKING CRACKS IN THE RIM, SO THE RIM WOULD HOLD AIR. SEE UPLOADED PHOTO 0950. STILL LATER, THAT RIM BEGAN LEAKING AIR AGAIN, SO I HAD THE TIRE SHOP AGAIN STRAIGHTEN AND WELD THE LEAKING CRACK. SEE UPLOADED PHOTO 0969. STILL LATER, ANOTHER RIM WOULD NOT HOLD ANY AIR PRESSURE...

MY 2019 CORVETTE WAS PURCHASED ON SEPTEMBER 20, 2018. I DROVE HOME THINKING I WOULDN'T HAVE ANY REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT PROBLEMS FOR SOME TIME ON THIS NEW CAR. A FEW DAYS LATER, AS I'M READING THE OWNER'S MANUAL, THERE ARE ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE PLACES IN THIS THICK MANUAL THAT SAYS MY TIRES ARE "SUMMER ONLY" TIRES, AND THAT IT COULD BE HAZARDOUS TO DRIVE ON THESE TIRE IN COLD OR WET WEATHER. WELL, SUMMER ENDED ONLY ABOUT 2-3 DAYS AFTER I PURCHASED THE CAR, SO I IMMEDIATELY FELT UNSAFE DRIVING ON THE SUMMER ONLY TIRES. I WENT TO MY TIRE STORE AND BOUGHT A SET OF ALL-WEATHER TIRES. SEE UPLOADED PHOTO 0973. I THINK IT IS UNREASONABLE FOR ALL NEW CORVETTES TO ONLY COME WITH SUMMER ONLY TIRES! NONE OF THE DEALERS I NEGOTIATED WITH FOR THIS CAR WOULD DELIVER MY CAR WITH ALL SEASON TIRES! LATER, RELATED TO...

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...

I BOUGHT A NEW 2019 CORVETTE GRAND SPORT, AFTER DRIVING IT A SHORT TIME I NOTICED A VIBRATION. I HAD THE TIRES AND WHEELS CHECKED OUT AND WAS TOLD ALL 4 OF MY WHEELS WERE BENT AND I NEEDED NEW WHEELS. I BOUGHT AFTER MARKET WHEELS BECAUSE I HAD HEARD ABOUT THE THE PROBLEM OF WHEELS COMING OUT BENT FROM THE MANUFACTURER, AND GENERAL MOTORS WAS NOT HONORING THE BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY ON THE WHEELS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR TIRE WAS LEAKING AIR. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A TIRE SHOP WHERE HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE WHEEL WAS CRACKED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT HAD THE WHEEL REPLACED OUT OF POCKET. THE CONTACT THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MEDVED CHEVROLET (11001 W INTERSTATE 70 FRONTAGE RD N, WHEAT RIDGE, CO 80033) WHERE THEY INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND MADE A REQUEST TO THE MANUFACTURER TO HAVE THE VEHICLE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE DEALER THEN NOTIFIED THE CONTACT THAT THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO COVER THE FAILURE UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 7,000.

3 BEND RIMS WERE OBSERVED WITH NO APPARENT REASON. BRAND NEW VEHICLE WITH LESS THAN 8000 MILES, DRIVEN ON GOOD HIGHWAYS ONLY. IT SEEMS TO ME A LOW QUALITY MATERIALS USED ON THE RIMS, VERY UNSAFE AND UNPLEASANT FOR A $76000 DOLLAR CAR.

AT 9212 MILES, MY LOW TIRE PRESSURE INDICATOR CAME ON. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO NORTHWEST TIRE, BISMARCK, ND. THEY REMOVED THE WHEEL AND FOUND THAT THE RIM WAS CRACKED. THE VEHICLE IS STILL UNDER FACTORY WARRANTY, ON 9-29-2020, I TOOK IT TO THE KUPPER CHEVROLET, MANDAN ND. THEY INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, FOUND NO DAMAGE. OTHER THAN THE CRACKED WHEEL. THEY CALLED GENERAL MOTORS FOR A WARRANTY REPAIR, WHICH GM DECLINED.

I FIRST NOTICED SOMETHING WAS OFF WITH MY 2019 CORVETTE GRAND SPORT WHEN IT BEGAN TO VIBRATE, SHIMMY, AND SHUTTER WHEN I WOULD DRIVE ABOVE 30 MPH. LATER THAT SAME DAY MY CAR BEGAN TO HAVE A SLOW LEAK IN THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE, I FIGURED I CAUGHT A NAIL OR SOMETHING FROM THE ROAD. I INSPECTED THE TREAD AREA OF THE TIRE AND DID NOT SEE ANY VISIBLE MARKINGS THAT COULD CAUSE A LEAK. I INSPECTED MY WHEELS WITHIN THE INSIDE WHEEL WELL AND NOTICED A CRACK IN THE BACK DRIVER SIDE RIM. I TOOK MY CAR TO A NEARBY GENERAL MOTORS DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR A REAR RIM. MY CAR IS BARELY DRIVEN, RELATIVELY NEW, WITH LOW MILES AND I DID NOT RECALL HITTING ANYTHING IN THE ROAD NOR HAVE ANY ROAD/CURB RASH...

ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS I HAVE HAD CRACKED WHEEL RIMS ON MY 2019 CORVETTE. BOTH TIMES I WAS DRIVING AT 65MPH AND A VIBRATION OCCURRED AND ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR. I WENT DIRECTLY TO THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP AND BOTH TIMES THEY TOLD ME THERE IS NO DEFECT ON THE RIMS AND THEY REFUSED TO REPLACE THEM. SOMEONE WILL BE SERIOUSLY INJURED AND POSSIBLY DIE. CHEVY NEEDS TO REPLACE THESE FAULTY RIMS.UNACCEPTABLE!!! I'M HOPING NTSB WILL ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY HURT.

VIBRATION STARTED A FEW MONTHS AGO THAT FELT LIKE WHEELS OUT OF BALANCE. HAD READ ABOUT ISSUES WITH BENT AND/OR CRACKED WHEELS ON GRAND SPORTS. BROUGHT CAR TO THE DEALER, AND ALSO A TIRE COMPANY. BOTH DETERMINED 3 OF 4 WHEELS WERE VISIBLY BENT WHEN ROTATED ON THE BALANCING MACHINE (I COULD SEE IT AS WELL). THE FOURTH WAS NOT PERFECT, BUT BETTER. THE CAR IS USED ON REGULAR ROADS, NEVER ON A TRACK, AND AT MOST HAS ONLY ENCOUNTERED ROUGH ROAD PATCHES. CAR ONLY HAS 4,500 MILES ON IT.

RIGHT REAR WHEEL CRACKED IN TWO PLACES. NOTICED AIR LEAK IN AUGUST 2020. OCCURRED DURING NORMAL DRIVING. NO RECOLLECTION OF ANY IMPACT SUFFICIENT TO CRACK WHEEL. INSPECTION REVEALED CRACKS ACROSS INNER RIM OF WHEEL. REPLACED ALL FOUR WHEELS AS PRECAUTION SINCE ISSUE APPARENTLY PREVALENT ACROSS ENTIRE C7 CORVETTE MODEL LINE.

ROUTINE INSPECTION DURING SERVICE REVEALED THAT THE LEFT REAR WHEEL HAD DEVELOPED A CRACK AT THE BEAD ON THE INBOARD EDGE. NO OTHER DAMAGE OR DEFECT WAS NOTED ON THE WHEEL AT THAT TIME. THE WHEELS WERE REMOVED FROM SERVICE AND REPLACED WITH AFTERMARKET FOR SAFETY.

THE NEWER C& CORVETTES, ESPECIALLY THE Z06 AND GRAND SPORT MODELS ARE EXTREMELY SUSCEPTIBLE TO CRACKED RIMS. I RECENTLY HAD TO PAY $170 TO HAVE A RIM A CRACKED AND LEAKING RIM WELDED TO FIX NUMEROUS CRACKS. THIS REPAIR WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AND THE LEAKING HAS BEGUN AGAIN. WHEN MOTORTREND MAGAZINE CONDUCTED AN EXTENDED TEST OF THE C7 CORVETTE GRAND SPORT CORVETTE, IT HAD NO LESS THAN SIX SEPARATE RIM PROBLEM INCLUDING EITHER BENT OR CRACKING PROBLEMS. THE CRACKED RIMS REQUIRED VERY EXPENSIVE REPLACEMENTS, NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THERE IS AN EXISTING CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT ABOUT THIS CONTINUING PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS ON BOTH CITY STREET AND ON HIGHWAYS WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTIONS AND COULD BE DISASTROUS IF THE RIM WERE TO TOTALLY FRACTURE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. HERE IS A LINK TO A COMMENT ABOUT THIS PROBLEMS. HTTPS://WWW.CORVETTEBLOGGER.COM/2019/05/10/ANOTHER-LAWSUIT-FILED-AGAINST-GM-OVER-CRACKED-CORVETTE-WHEELS/

3 BENT WHEELS AFTER 9500 MILES, 2 REAR AND PASSENGER FRONT TERRIBLE SHAKING AND INSTABILITY UNSAFE TO DRIVE MUST REPLACE WITH AFTER MARKET WHEELS

REPAIRED RIGHT REAR TIRE FOR A NAIL AND DISCOUNT TIRE INFORMED ME OF A CRACKED TIRE RIM. I TOOK CAR TO A AUTHORIZED CHEVROLET DEALER. THEY SAID MY 2019 GRAND SPORT CORVETTE WITH 9300 MILES WARRANTY DID NOT COVER THE RIM. I WAS LOSING TIRE PRESSURE AND THAT'S WHEN I WAS TOLD OF THE CRACKED RIM. AT MY EXPENSE I'M REPLACING THE RIM $985.10

NOTICED A RHYTHMIC VIBRATION AND WENT TO CHEVROLET DEALER TO INVESTIGATE. OEM REAR WHEELS HAVE WARPED OUT OF ROUND. CHEVROLET MECHANIC DID NOT FIND PHYSICAL DAMAGE BUT COULD SEE THAT THEY DID NOT SPIN IN A CIRCULAR MANNER. GM WILL NOT HONOR THE BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY. THIS CAR HAS 6,700 MILES ON IT AND HAS NOT BEEN ABUSED IN ANY MANNER. A VEHICLES WHEELS MUST BE ABLE TO SUPPORT NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS WITHOUT WARPING, BREAKING OR LEADING TO CATASTROPHIC FAILURE

CRACKED REAR DRIVERS WHEEL ON 2019 CORVETTE Z06. JUST STARTED TO LOSE AIR PRESSURE. REMOVED WHEEL TO FIND THAT IT WAS CRACKED

I AM THE OWNER OF A 2019 CORVETTE ZR1. I WAS DRIVING WHEN I HEARD A LOUD RATTLE SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT BUMPER AREA. DURING THIS TIME THE FRONT END OF MY CAR BECAME HARD TO CONTROL. I SLOWED DOWN, PARKED THE CAR AND INSPECTED THE FRONT END. UPON INSPECTION I SAW THAT MY FRONT SPLITTER HAD NEARLY DISCONNECTED FROM MY CAR. I TRIED TO DRIVE SLOWLY AND MAKE IT HOME BUT THE SPLITTER WAS SCRAPING AND I DIDN'T FEEL THAT IT WAS SAFE. I ALSO DIDNT WANT TO CAUSE ANY MORE DAMAGE. UPON INSPECTION FROM A SHOP IT WAS FOUND THAT THE CENTER SUPPORT BRACKET THAT HOLDS THE FRONT SPLITTER ON PROPERLY WAS NEVER INSTALLED ON MY DURING PRE-DELIVERY INSPECTION. AFTER SPEAKING WITH SEVERAL OTHER ZR1 OWNERS THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO WE NOW BELIEVE THAT SOME CHEVY DEALERS ARE FORGETTING TO PUT THIS CENTER SUPPORT BRACKET ON...

WITH APPROXIMATLY 12,000 MILES THE DEALER TOLD ME THE LR WHEEL WAS BENT WHEN I HAD IT IN FOR NEW TIRES. AT 13,600 MILES WHEN IN FOR ALIGNMENT I HAD TO REPLACE THE RF WHEEL DUE TO A CRACK. NOT COVERD UNDER WARRANTY, NO SERIOUS POT HOLE HITS, JUST NORMAL ROAD DRIVING. BASED ON NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON FOURMS THIS SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING EXCESSIVLY ON THE WIDE WHEEL EQUIPPED CORVETTES.

MUCH LIKE MANY OF THE HUNDREDS OF OTHER CORVETTE GRAND SPORT (C7) OWNERS WITH BENT OR CRACKED WHEEL COMPLAINTS, MY CAR HAS FALLEN VICTIM TO GM'S DEFECTIVE DESIGN ACCORDING TO THE CORVETTE SPECIALIST AT MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND AN INDEPENDENT INSPECTOR HIRED BY MY THIRD PARTY WARRANTY COMPANY TO REVIEW MY DAMAGE CLAIM. ALL FOUR WHEELS ON MY VEHICLE HAVE SUFFERED, "CATASTROPHIC" DAMAGE ACCORDING TO THE INVESTIGATION DONE BY AN UNBIASED THIRD PARTY AND REPORTED TO THE WARRANTY COMPANY, WHO SUBSEQUENTLY HAVE DENIED MY CLAIM FOR COVERAGE. ALL FOUR WHEELS ARE BENT ON THE INSIDE OF THE BARREL, WITH ONE ALSO BEING CRACKED (LEFT REAR WHEEL). ACCORDING TO THE INDEPENDENT INSPECTORS REPORT, THE DAMAGE WAS NOT CAUSED BY A ROAD HAZARD, BUT BY A DEFECTIVE OEM DESIGN. NOT ONLY IS THIS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD THAT SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING TO A BRAND NEW $75,000 VEHICLE, GM AND OTHER REGULATORY...

THE WHEELS ON MY 2019 CORVETTE GRAND SPORT ARE CRACKING. THE DEALERSHIP AND GM DON'T SEEM TO BE INTERESTED IN FIXING THEM. THIS CAR IS DRIVEN ON THE HIGHWAY, NEVER TRACKED AND NEVER DRIVEN HARD. THE WHEELS SHOULD BE ABLE TO STAND UP TO REGULAR DRIVING AS WELL AS THE TRACK SINCE THEY PROMOTED IT AS A TRACK READY CAR. SO FAR THE WHEELS ARE HOLDING AIR BUT FOR HOW LONG I DON'T KNOW. AND HOW SAFE IS IT TO BE DRIVING AROUND ON CRACKED WHEELS? I AM AWARE THAT THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM WITH GM AND THEY SHOULD BE TAKING CARE OF LOYAL CUSTOMERS.

II WENT TO HAVE NEW TIRES INSTALLED AND THE TWO REAR WHEELS WERE CRACKED. TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY FOUND THAT THE WHEELS WERE BENT AND CRACKED. NOW THE TIRES WILL NOT MAINTAIN AIR PRESSURE. DEALERSHIP SAID THIS WAS NOT COVERED IN BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY.

RIGHT REAR TIRE WOULD NOT HOLD AIR TOOK TO SHOP THEY FOUND A 3 INCH CRACK ON INSIDE OF RIM TOOK TO CHEVY BECAUSE ITS A SAFETY ISSUE THEY SAY ITS NOT THERE PROBLEM ON A 2019 CORVETTE IF RIM BREAKS OR SPLITS APART COULD CAUSE DEATH

LEFT REAR RIM AND FRONT RIGHT RIM ARE WEARING OUT TIRES OM THE INSIDE TO WHERE TIRE IS NO GOOD BUT HAS PLENTY OF LIFE OVER 75 PERCENT OF TIRE HAD ALIGNMENT DONE ON CAR GARAGE SAID ALIGNMENT IS NOT OUT SAID ITS GOTTA BE THE RIMS WHERE THERE SO WIDE THEY WARP AND CAUSING WEAR ON INSIDE

STARTED FEELING A HARMONIC VIBRATION AT ABOUT 3000 MILES. REPLACED RIGHT FRONT TIRE DUE TO FOREIGN OBJECT IN TREAD. ASKED THE DEALER TO LOOK INTO THE VIBRATION AND WAS TOLD ALL 4 WHEELS WERE BENT. DEALER INDICATED THAT THEY HAD CONTACTED GM AND THAT IT WAS A NON WARRANTY ITEM. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN DRIVEN NORMALLY ON REGULAR ROADS WITHOUT POTHOLES OR HEAVES

3 BENT RIMS ON A CAR THAT IS PLEASURE DRIVEN WITH ONLY 6,555 MILES.

TOOK MY NEW 2019 CHEVROLET GRAND SPORT CORVETTE, PURCHASED MAY 27 2020, TO THE DEALER FOR 500 MILE OIL CHANGE. INFORMED DEALER I HAD VIBRATION AT 65 MPH AND UP TO 75 MPH (MAYBE HIGHER). DEALER INFORMED ME THAT ALL 4 WHEELS ARE BENT OUT OF SPEC. DEALER REFERRED TO GM CORPORATE FOR WARRANTY CLAIM. GM DECLINED THE CLAIM. I FOLLOWED THE GM RECOMMENDED BRAKE IN PROCEDURE, DID NOT HIT ANYTHING, NO HARD BRAKING, NO WIDE OPEN THROTTLE, NO BURNOUTS, ETC. THE MAJORITY OF THE 500 MILE WAS ALL INTERSTATE VARYING THE SPEED FROM 55 MPH TO 75 MPH.

NEW CORVETTE HAD BENT THE RIGHT REAR RIM ON A SMALL BUMP IN PAVEMENT. SPEED WAS 20-25 MPH. RIM AND TIRE BOTH LOOKED VISUALLY FINE UNTIL THE CAR WAS RAISED AND WHEEL TURNED BY HAND REVELING A WOBBLE IN RIM. THIS CAUSED THE CAR TO VIBRATE ON THE ROAD. MADE A REPORT WITH GM TO DOCUMENT KNOW ISSUES WITH WEAK RIMS.

I PURCHASED MY CAR AS NEW FROM F.H. DAILEY (1ST TITLE WITH WARRANTY ON "CAPTURED TEST FLEET"). AS I DROVE HOME I REALIZED A LOT OF VIBRATION AND TRACKING ISSUES WITH THE CAR. THE NEXT MORNING I TOOK THE CAR TO COSTCO TO AIR UP THE TIRES. ALL PRESSURES WERE DIFFERENT AND FAR OFF THE REQUIRED 30 COLD PSI. I NOTICED THE BALANCING WEIGHTS WERE MISSING FROM THE FRONT WHEELS. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ABEL CHEVROLET TO CHECK THE WHEELS FOR SAFETY, AND IT WAS DISCOVERED ALL (4) WHEELS WERE BENT AND COULD NOT BE TRUE BALANCED. THE DEALERSHIP AND GM REFUSED TO REPLACE THESE WHEELS, WHICH PRESENTS A SAFETY ISSUE ON A HIGH PERFORMANCE ZR1 CORVETTE. 3339 MILES HAD BEEN PLACED ON THIS VEHICLE, AS EXECUTIVE VALIDATION BUILT,CORVETTE. ABEL CHEVROLET DETERMINED THAT THE CORVETTE WAS LIKELY "TRACKED" , CAUSING THE BENT RIMS/WHEELS, DAMAGED BY THE RAISED APEX(S) OF...

WITH 4600 MILES ON THE CAR ON SMOOTH ROADS HERE IN AZ I HAVE 2 BENT FRONT RIMS. I HAVE NOT CHECKED THE REARS YET.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE CONTACT BECAME AWARE OF HAIRLINE CRACKS TO THE REAR RIMS DUE TO LOW TIRE PRESSURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO RAY CHEVROLET (716 W SUMMERS DR, ABBEVILLE, LA 70510, (337) 385-9999) TO BE INSPECTED; HOWEVER, THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO REMOVE THE TIRE FROM THE RIM DUE TO ITS SIZE. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TAKEN TO A TIRE SERVICE LOCATION THAT HAS THE PROPER TOOLS. THE WHEEL WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED ONCE THE CONTACT ARRIVED HOME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

2X FLAT TIRES ON THE REAR R WHEEL. DEALER SAYING RIM IS "CRACKED" DUE TO ROAD HAZARDS/DRIVER USE. GM BLAMING "WEAR AND TEAR", GM CURRENTLY IN LAWSUIT FOR FAULTY RIMS THAT "CRACK" WITH EVERYDAY USE. DEALER CHARGING ME FULL PRICE TO FIX WHEEL. MULTIPLE CALLS HAVE BEEN MADE TO GM FOR THIS ISSUE WITHOUT RESOLVE. NEW RIM COST:936$. VEHICLE HAS 10100 MILES, NO TRACK/STREET RACING.

I HAVE A CRACKED RIGHT REAR WHEEL ON MY CAR. IT IS CRACKED IN TWO PLACES ON THE INNER RIM. THE WHEEL IS ALSO WARPED. THE WHEEL IS LEAKING AIR FROM MY TIRE, THEREFORE MAKING IT UNSAFE TO DRIVE.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT NIGHT, I HIT A POT HOLE WITH THE RIGHT FRONT AND RIGHT REAR TIRE. AFTER STRIKING THE HOLE AN IMMEDIATE VIBRATION THROUGH OUT THE CAR STARTED. NEXT DAY I RAISE THE FRONT AND REAR WHEELS OFF THE FLOOR AND SPUN THE WHEELS WITH A BOARD NEXT TO THE SIDE OF THE TIRE. BOTH WHEELS WHEN TURNING WOBBLE AGAINST THE BOARD INDICATING A BENT RIM. CLAIM # CM-1943186 HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO MY WHEEL INSURANCE POLICY. MANY W

I HAVE A NEW 2019 Z 06 CORVETTE PURCHASED NEW BY MYSELF. I HAVE 2400 MILES ON IT AND NOTICED A VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING. I WENT TO DISCOUNT TIRE TO HAVE TIRES BALANCED AND WAS TOLD MY RIGHT FRONT AND REAR RIMS WERE BENT AND IT WAS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AS THEY WILL LIKELY SPLIT IF I KEEP DRIVING ON THEM. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND NEEDS TO BE REMEDIED! THERE ARE FAR TOO MANY RIMS WITH SAME PROBLEM TO BE JUST TO DRIVERS FAULT FROM HITTING A POTHOLE. THIS IS THE ONLY CAR I HAVE OWNED THAT HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE OWNED 5 OTHER LATE MODEL CORVETTES AND PUT A LOT OF MILES ON THEM WITH NO WHEEL PROBLEMS ON THESE SAME ROADS. I HAVE A 2016 CAMARO WITH FACTORY RIMS AS WELL WITH 15K MILES ON IT AND NEVER HAD A PROBLEM EITHER. I HAVE A 2018...

AFTER 9,000 MILES, THE REAR DRIVER SIDE WHEEL WAS LEAKING AIR. UPON INSPECTION BY COMMUNITY CHEVROLET DEALER IN BURBANK, THE WHEEL WAS CRACKED IN A HANDFUL OF PLACES. THE DEALER CONCLUDED THAT THERE WAS NO MISUSE DAMAGE AND SUBMITTED THE REIMBURSEMENT CLAIM TO CHEVROLET HQ. HQ DENIED THE CLAIM TO REPLACE THE FAULTY WHEEL.

CORVETTE, 2019 ZO6: FOUR (4) BENT WHEELS AND ONE (1) BENT/CRACKED WHEEL IN LESS THAN 4000 MILES OF NORMAL DRIVING. THESE ARE ALL CAST ALUMINUM WHEELS THAT ARE TOO SOFT TO WITHSTAND NORMAL ROADS AND NORMAL DRIVING. I AM WORRIED ONE MAKE CRACK AT HIGH SPEED AND CAUSE A CRASH.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. UPON INSPECTION, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE INNER SECTION OF THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL/RIM WAS CRACKED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. MATICK CHEVROLET (14001 TELEGRAPH RD, REDFORD, MI) WAS CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,800.

WHEELS BENDING AND CRACKING.

I PURCHASED A NEW 2019 CORVETTE Z06 BACK IN FEBRUARY 2019. AS OF SEPT 07, 2019 I HAD APPROXIMATELY 3,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, THE MAJORITY OF WHICH WERE HIGHWAY MILES FROM A ROAD TRIP BETWEEN MI AND THE EAST COAST. I GOT AN UNEXPECTED "LOW TIRE PRESSURE" MESSAGE ON MY IP WHILE DRIVING DOWN A SMOOTH ROAD. I AIRED UP THE TIRE AND INSPECTED IT FOR A PUNCTURE BUT FOUND NOTHING. USING SOAPY WATER, I DETERMINED I WAS LEAKING AROUND THE INNER SIDE OF THE RIM. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE TO FIND THE ALUMINUM DIE CAST RIM HAD A SIGNIFICANT CRACK IN IT RESULTING IN THE LEAK. THE DEALERSHIP REPORTED THE CONDITION, WITH PICTURES, TO THEIR WARRANTY OFFICE WHO ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL MEASUREMENTS TO DETERMINE IF THE TIRE WAS OUT OF ROUND WHICH I AM SURE THEY WERE HOPING TO ATTRIBUTE TO SOME SORT OF ABUSE....

2 REAR TIRE RIMS HAVE CRACKED. UP THE SIDE AND ACROSS PART OF THE BARREL.. 2 FRONT TIRE RIMS ARE OUT OF ROUND.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. WHILE WASHING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE WAS MISSING A WHEEL WEIGHT. THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE TO BACHMAN CHEVROLET (9650 BLUEGRASS PKWY, LOUISVILLE, KY 40299, (502) 499-6161) WHERE THEY ASSURED HIM THAT THE WHEEL WAS BALANCED; HOWEVER, THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE HAD A BENT RIM. UPON RESEARCH, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT A BENT RIM COULD RESULT IN THE RIM CRACKING OVER TIME WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEEDS, WHICH COULD ULTIMATELY LEAD TO TIRE FAILURE. THE CONTACT REFUSED TO PURCHASE A NEW RIM. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 10,400. *JB

BENT LEFT FRONT WHEEL. THIS OCCURRED WITH NO OTHER VISIBLE DAMAGE AND I HAVE NOT HIT ANY POT HOLES OR ROAD DEBRIS.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BALANCE TIRES, FOUND FRONT RIGHT WHEEL BENT. UNABLE TO PROPERLY BALANCE IT UNTIL REPAIRED. POSES SAFETY RISK IF THE WHEEL BREAKS OR FURTHER BENDS.

OEM CHROME WHEELS. THREE ARE BENT, CAUSING VIBRATION. NO KNOWN CAUSE, DIDN'T HIT ANY CURB, OBSTACLE, LARGE POTHOLE. DISCOUNT TIRE OBSERVED THE ISSUE WHILE TRYING TO BALANCE THE WHEELS.

MY TIRE ON THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE HAD A LEAK SO WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND FOUND A CRACK IN THE RIM. WE PARKED IN THE GARAGE AND WAITED FOR THE NEW RIM. THE CAR DID NOT MOVE UNTIL I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER TO GET IT FIXED. WHEN THEY TOOK THE RIM OFF THEY CHECKED ALL THE OTHER TIRES AND FOUND THE REAR DRIVERS RIM WAS CRACKED IN 4 PLACES AND THE PASSENGER SIDE HAD AN OTHER CRACK. THE DEALER SAID IT WAS A FACTORY DEFECT IN THE RIMS. GM WILL NOT COVER THE EXPENSE AND THE CAR IS STILL UNDER THE BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY. WE HAD PLANNED ON TAKING THE CAR ON VACATION TO YELLOWSTONE. I ASKED THE DEALER WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED AND HE SAID WE WOULD NOT HAVE MADE IT AND I WOULD NOT BE STANDING THERE TALKING TO THEM. THERE...

7/11/19 - TRAVELLING ON THE INTERSTATE WITH APPROXIMATELY 1700 MILES ON A 2019 CORVETTE GRAND SPORT I STARTED TO NOTICE A VIBRATION WHILE TRAVELLING AROUND 65 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE. THE VEHICLE NOW HAS 3000 MILES ON IT AND THE VIBRATION HAS BECOME WORSE SO THAT IT IS NOTICEABLE AT ANY SPEED. THE VIBRATION CAN BE FELT THROUGH THE ENTIRE VEHICLE, AS WELL AS THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL. LOOKING AT THE STEERING WHEEL WHILE DRIVING ON A STRAIGHT SMOOTH ROAD IT IS POSSIBLE TO WATCH THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATE. ON A LONG ROAD TRIP THE VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL ALSO STARTED TO CAUSE NUMBNESS IN MY HANDS. 7/15/19 - MY FIRST COURSE OF ACTION WAS TO HAVE THE WHEELS CHECKED FOR BALANCE, SHIFTED OR BROKEN BELT IN THE TIRE. THE TIRE REPAIR FACILITY SAID THE BALANCE AND TIRES LOOKED GOOD. (NO CHARGE) 7/18/19 - NEXT STEP WAS TO HAVE...

AFTER JUST 3,910 MILES THE TIRES WERE WORN PAST THE POINT OF INSPECTION. GM HAS SAID THIS IS NORMAL WEAR, IF NOT FOR THE ANNUAL INSPECTION STICKER I WOULDN'T HAVE GIVEN THESE TIRES A SECOND THOUGHT. TIRES WORN OUT IN JUST 3,910 MILES IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND TO THINK THAT 3-4 SETS OF TIRES ANNUALLY FOR SOMEONE WHO WOULD DRIVE THIS TO WORK DAILY IS JUST RIDICULOUS.HOW CAN A MANUFACTURER INSTALL SUCH A TIRE ON A STREET DRIVEN AUTOMOBILE? THERE IS NO WARNING THAT THESE TIRES PREMATURELY WEAR ON THE SALES LITERATURE OR INSTRUCTED BY THE DEALER.

CRACKED RIGHT REAR WHEEL DIAGNOSED AFTER LOSING AIR ON A DAILY BASIS

CAR SAT STILL FOR THREE DAYS AND WHEN I WENT TO DRIVE IT, THE COMPUTER TOLD ME THAT MY LEFT REAR TIRE WAS DEFLATED TO ONLY 14 PSI INSTEAD OF 30 PSI. THEY ARE RUN FLAT TIRES, SO YOU CAN'T TELL IF THEY ARE FLAT. TOOK IT TO A CORVETTE MECHANIC AND WHEN HE REMOVED THE WHEEL, HE FOUND A GOOD SIZE CRACK IN THE INSIDE OF THE WHEEL AND AIR WAS LEAKING FROM THAT CRACK. I TOOK IT TO A DEALER AFTER I FILLED IT BACK TO 30 PSI AND ORDERED A NEW WHEEL. THIS MORNING I CHECKED THE COMPUTER AND THE PSI IS DOWN TO 20 OVERNIGHT. I HAVE NOT HIT ANY POTHOLES OR RACED THE CAR. THERE IS NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE WHEEL OR TIRE.