2019 Chevrolet Corvette

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 COMPLAINT NUMBER 11364386 PERTAINING TO CORVETTE RIM DEFICIENCIES, I HAD TO PREMATURELY REPLACE EACH OF THE FOUR NEW ALL SEASON TIRES, ONE BY ONE, DUE TO RIM PROBLEMS CAUSING TIRE IRREGULARITIES WHERE THE TIRES MEETS THE RIMS. THERE WAS LOTS OF TREAD LEFT, BUT DAMAGE TO EACH OF THESE TIRES WHERE THEY CONTACTED THE OUT OF ROUND RIMS.

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 FOR LONGER THAN ABOUT FOUR HOURS, SO AGAIN THAT RIM WENT TO THE REPAIR SHOP TO BE WELDED. SEE UPLOADED PHOTO 0972. IN SUMMARY, IT SEEMS LIKELY THESE CORVETTE RIMS, WHICH COME WITH LOW PROFILE TIRES, ARE SUBJECT TO LOADS WHICH A CASTING CANNOT ABSORB WHEN ROLLING OVER POTHOLES, SPEEDBUMPS, AND OTHER ROAD ANOMALIES. WITH A NORMAL PROFILE TIRE, THIS WOULD UNLIKELY TO BE A PROBLEM, BUT WITH LOW PROFILE TIRES, THE RIMS ARE ONLY TWO INCHES FROM ANY ROAD ANOMALY. THEREFORE, THE CORVETTE RIMS SHOULD PROBABLY BE MANUFACTURED USING A FORGING PROCESS, RATHER THAN A CASTING PROCESS. OR, THE CORVETTES SHOULD BE DESIGNED TO USE NORMAL PROFILE TIRES INSTEAD OF LOW PROFILE TIRES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 CHEVROLET CORVETTE EQUIPPED WITH MICHELIN TIRES, TIRE LINE: PILOT SUPER SPORT, TIRE SIZE: P335/25/ZR20, DOT: 4M2R00RX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TREAD ON THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE WAS INSTALLED BACKWARDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR WHEEL WAS CRACKED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE AND SHOULD NOT BE DRIVEN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS INFORMED OF A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT ON THE WHEELS. GREGG YOUNG CHEVROLET, INC (17750 BURT ST, OMAHA, NE 68118, (800) 951-5257) DISMISSED THE CONTACT'S CONCERN AND SUGGESTED THAT THE WHEEL WAS POSSIBLY CRACKED WHILE DRIVING OVER A POTHOLE. THE DEALER PROMISED A CALLBACK HOWEVER, THE CONTACT HAD NOT YET RECEIVED A CALLBACK. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DENIED ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE ISSUE. THE WHEEL WAS NOT REPAIRED NOR REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,800.

DANGEROUS VIBRATION AS DRIVING AND BRAKING AT 6000 MILES. AFTER DEALER CLAIMED IT WAS BRAKES, PADS AND MY BAD DRIVING, REPLACED BOTH. DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM AND IT EVEN GOT MUCH WORSE OVER THE NEXT 6000 MILES. I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER DEALER FOR HELP AND FOUND THAT I HAVE 2 WARPED WHEELS. BOUGHT WHEEL AND TIRE PROTECTION PLAN AT THE TIME OF PURCHUSE BUT THEY WOULDN'T COVER THE WHEELS AS THE DAMAGE WASN'T FROM ROAD HASSARDS OR DRIVING. BUT GM WON'T COVER AS THEY SAY IT IS DRIVING AND ROAD DAMAGE. GM KNOWS OF THE WHEEL FLAWS FROM OTHER COMPLAINTS BUT WON'T STAND BY THEIR PRODUCT.

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.

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.

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.

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 TO ANY OF MY WHEELS. RECENTLY, I SEARCHED ONLINE AND SAW AN ARTICLE POSTED IN A CORVETTE FORUM THAT CORVETTE Z06 AND GRAND SPORT OWNERS FILED A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST GENERAL MOTORS FOR DEFECTIVE WHEELS THAT ARE PRONE TO DEFORM AND CRACK, WITHOUT ANY IMPACT DAMAGE. LIKE OTHER CORVETTE OWNERS I WAS TOLD THAT I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE RIM AND HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO REPLACE IT WITH ANOTHER FACTORY RIM OR PURCHASE A SET OF COMPARABLE AFTERMARKET RIMS AT ~$6K. THESE RIMS ARE A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN AS THEY COULD PUNCTURE THE TIRES, CAUSE ADDITIONAL AIR LEAKS, AND POSSIBLE TIRE BLOWOUTS. GENERAL MOTORS SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO REPLACE THESE DEFECTIVE RIMS AS THEY ARE PUTTING THEIR CUSTOMERS IN HUGE RISK OF POSSIBLE INJURY OR DEATH TO THE OWNERS AS WELL AS OTHER MOTORISTS ON THE ROAD.