The rim cracked several months after purchasing it. It's well known this model has been identified with this problem. The replacement was costly. 2018 grand sport, while traveling on the interstate my tire loss pressure and I had to make and emergency exit after being alerted by the vehicle.
2018 Chevrolet Corvette wheels complaints
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4 bent and cracked rims under normal driving conditions. Gm refused to replace under warranty.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 chevrolet corvette. The contact stated while driving at unknown speeds, there was a vibration coming from the tires. The vehicle was taken to an unknown tire shop where the mechanic informed the contact that the rims were bent and needed to be replaced. The contact stated the rims were changed twice within a year. Friendly chevrolet (7501 hwy 65 ne, fridley, mn 55432 612) 276-2955) was contacted and informed them of the failure. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 2,800.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 chevrolet corvette equipped with satin black wheels w/ colored stripe - 19x8.5/20x10. The contact stated that when he was driving at various speed the vehicle felt that the passenger tire was flat. The contact got out the vehicle looked at the passenger tire and seen the rim cracked. The vehicle was taken to the dealer horne auto center 651 w deuce of clubs, show low, az 85901. Was contacted and confirmed that no recalls was under the VIN. The vehicle was not repaired. The vehicle then was taken to an independent mechanic where the rim was replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The mileage was approximately 25,000.
Noticed that rear tire was leaking air. Checked for nail or other object in tire. The dealership found that the rear wheels were cracked and losing air. Pics sent to gm who refused to repair. I then had them welded in an effort to fix the problem. Still losing air. I have the repair invoice.
Deiver rear wheel began loaing air pressure suddenly 1 week ago. Tire pressure would drop around 1 psi/hour. Took to tire shop and no tire problems were identified but the wheel had 3 cracks in the inner wheel lip. Inspection of passenger rear wheel revealed a single crack that had not yet caused tire pressure loss. The wheel cracking issue is well known and a class action lawsuit has been filed but no recall yet. I fear that my safety could have been in jeopardy with a wheel cracking at speed. Problem first identified when starting a stationary vehicle as the TPMS notified of a low pressure. Problem continued until I section of wheels identified cracks.
I had my tires changed out at less than 16,000 miles!! About 2 weeks ago and 4,000 miles later my tps let me know I was losing tire pressure in my rear passenger side. I monitored it and realized I was losing about 5 psi per week. I have the road hazard warranty so I took it back to my tire guy. After pulling the wheel and tire off, they sprayed some soapy water on it. They found two cracks on the inner lip of the rim. The cracks are about 3 inches in length going from the inner lip heading out. The cracks are about 10 inches apart from each other.
After only 15683mi the car has 2 bent and one cracked aluminum wheel. This was noticed today when after already having to put new tires on the car (15399 miles)the right rear was at 10psi. After taking the car to the shop to look at the issue an approx 3cm crack was noted on the innermost portion of the rim on the bead.
Cracked left rear inside rim noticed after tire pressure monitor system indicated low tire.
I have owned the car since new when it was purchased in the spring of 2019. Since this time, I have driven the car approximately 11000 issue free miles. As of 2 weeks ago, I had all four tires replaced at a chevy dealership. A few days after, I noted that there was a slow tire pressure leak in the rear passenger side tire. Upon taking it to the dealership today to have it looked at, it was discovered that there were 2 large cracks in that wheel, causing the leak. Because of this, we inspected the remaining 3 wheels to find that the other rear wheel also had a crack. There has never been any impact to the wheels (potholes, debris impact, etc.), that would have ever indicated to me to check for damage. This appears to be a workmanship issue from chevrolet that could have severe safety implications if it were to tail catastrophically at speed.
After driving the vehicle from kentucky to florida the following day I recieved an alert on my phone saying my right front tire was flat. After examining the tire and wheel I discovered a significant crack on the inboard side of the rim. I took the vehicle to dale earnhardt jr chevrolet in tallahassee fl. After inspecting the wheel they would not cover the damage as a defective wheel. I've owned this vehicle almost 2 years and has 15,000 miles. This will be the 2nd wheel that has cracked and and 3 that has bent. Gm refused to cover any of them. The first wheel bent within 500 miles of purchase, the dealer bought that replacement wheel. I purchased an extra wheel and tire warranty after that and they paid for 2 bent and I cracked wheel. I believe they too now know these z06/grand sport wheels are defective and are refusing to pay for this currently cracked wheel. This rim was cracked during my drive from kentucky to florida causing the flat tire. One day this issue is going to cause someone to have an accident and gm won't do anything about it.
Rear oem wheels of have lip cracks and chevrolet will not honor new rims under the full factory warranty. They have stated that the rims have developed cracks from hitting pot holes. This is not correct because I have not hit any "potholes" or any other road imperfections that would cause all of these lip cracks. There are hundreds of the same complaints. This seems to be an ongoing issue with the wheels that are on the grand sport model. Three dealerships have told me that I need to buy new rims at thousands of dollars. I paid $55,000 for a car that should not need new rims. The issue is that if I buy new oem rims, many other corvette owners have done this and the same cracks appear on the new replacement wheels. This is just wrong and chevrolet knows they have a problem yet fail to take ownership. Very disappointing and frustrating to say the least. Both wheels lost air pressure and one went completely flat. Very dangerous to drive of defective wheels are expressway speeds. I went to many shops to get them repaired and no-one will even touch them!
Both rear rims (wheels) cracked, resulting in repeated loss of tire pressure. Discovered at 13,500 miles, still under bumper to bumper warranty, gm declines warranty coverage stating it must have occurred from a road hazard. Corvette forums discuss multiple 2018 grand sports with similar cracked rims. Documentation from dealer available on request.
I just purchased the vehicle 11-04-2019. The trunk pops open when I get in the car and sit down. There is also a problem when backing up to pull off and turning to the left or right, the car will start jerking and there's a popping sound.
While getting new tires installed, the technician noticed one of my wheels was cracked. I had not hit any potholes or anything that would cause major stress to the wheel. If I had not needed new tires, the crack likely wouldn't have been found until it catastrophically failed.
My 2018 corvette zo6 upon inspection of the tire losing air, dealership found both right side wheels to be bent..theses are chrome aluminum wheels with 6,513 miles on the car. Date of service was jun 4, 2019. I payed to have them repaired.. Next time, on sept. 17, 2019, tire was losing air. This time the dealership found the rim to be cracked..I then had to pay for a new rim. Dealership doesn't stand behind there customers and neither does gm. Absolutely a problem in the manufacturing.. That happened with only 8716 miles on my car..
At approximately 5700 miles on october 10, 2019, inflate tire alert came on indicating there was only 17 lbs of air in driver's rear tire. This was a drop of 13lbs pressure in 2 days. Upon inspection at local tire shop, it was revealed that the left (driver's) rear wheel had two cracks near he tire bead sealing area on the inner side of the wheel, allowing air to slowly leak out of the tire.
Vehicle was at highway speed when dash indicator showed that the passenger rear tire was rapidly losing air pressure. Car was taken to the local chevrolet dealership where their technician discovered that the passenger rear wheel was cracked. The crack was not due to striking road debris or a pothole. The vehicle has not been in an accident. The dealer refused to acknowledge that the cost of a replacement wheel should have been covered as part of the vehicle warranty because of a manufacturer's defect.
9-23-19 was told by discount tires that my rear wheel is bent, and there is crack on one of the front wheel. Car is only 9200 miles. And gm won't cover it under their bumper to bumper warranty.
07/08/19 ' I took the vehicle to coggin chevrolet at 10,053 miles for a problem right rear tire going flat. They could find no problem. 09/17/19 ' took vehicle to tires plus in ponte vedra fl to analyze why passenger side rear tire is losing air at a rapid pace. It lost 34 lbs. Of air in 10 days. They advised that the wheel was cracked. 09/19/19 - I just received a call at 3:18 p.m. From melanie vergotz, service advisor, coggin chevrolet. She says gm refuses to fix the wheels (there are now 2 with cracks and are bent, (the right front and rear). Gm claims the damage is a result of impact. That's what I figured they would say. I told the service advisor that she should inform the service manager that they are telling me I must drive an unsafe vehicle. I have never, never, hit a pothole or any road condition that would cause these wheels to be damaged.
While on a road trip noticed a vibration through steering wheel. Took into dealer for diagnosis. All 4 wheels were bent. 2018 corvette grand sport 4,450 miles.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 chevrolet corvette. The contact noticed that the rear passenger side tire was not holding air. The vehicle was taken to grand prize chevrolet buick gmc (32 ny-304, nanuet, ny 10954, (845) 623-6060) and was informed that the vehicle was not covered under warranty. The vehicle was later taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the rear passenger side wheel was fractured and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and provided case number: [xxx]. The approximate failure mileage was 4,450. *bf the consumer stated the manufacturer was out of the necessary tires and was unaware when they would be available. The consumer purchased after market wheels. *js information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6)
While driving at highway speeds, noticed vibration that appeared to be coming from wheels. Scheduled appointment with classic chevrolet grapevine tx. Was advised by service department that all four wheels were bent. Wheels has no visible damage however, the wheels are bent. Vehicle only had around 8500 miles when I noticed the issue. Made contact with chevrolet consumer affairs regarding issue. Was advised issue not covered under warranty. Chevrolet offered 750.00 voucher for the purchase of accessories. I am aware of the class action lawsuit being filed in california regarding the same issues on the corvette grand sport (which I have) and the corvette zo6.
At 21,000 miles, I have now replaced 3 rear wheels due to cracking. These are the stock wheels. I am a frequent freeway and surface road driver.
Moving at 55 MPH on highway and hit a slight bump in the road causing the rear passenger side rim to crack.
Hi, I have a 2018 corvette (grand sport). I have aprox 8000 miles and brought in for service to a local gm dealer(bill buck chevrolet). They told me one of my rear wheels is bent. They also told me they can't get me a replacement (they don't know why) and my car has been there for two weeks. I have a case open with gm, but so far have not received any help from them. I am shocked that my wheel is bent as there are no pot holes around and I only drive around town and do not race or ever ran over anything, etc. I have heard a lot of other corvette owners complain about their wheels bent or cracked as well, so feel this is a major safety issue. I felt the need to make sure you are aware of this. Thank you.
Drove approx 800 mi on interstate roads. Parked car for 2 days, started car lo tire pressure light 23#. Did not drive it, waiting to take to chevy dealer next morning as we were planning our return 800 mi trip back home. Low tire pressure warning now at 20#, right rear passenger tire. Go to hendrick chevy, charleston sc, approx 1 mi from hotel. They come back and tell us nothing wrong w/ tire, the inside of the rim is cracked. Less than 5500 miles on 2018 gs; black rims. Ordered new rim to be shipped in. Bringing damaged rim back to in to show to dealer where we purchased car from, ed martin chevrolet, anderson, in. To the best of our knowledge we did not hit any potholes or road debris on the drive down. Low tire pressure light did not come on at any time during the 2 days of driving the 800 mile trip from in to sc. The car was parked at the hotel on the evening of 5/19 and was not moved or started until the evening of 5/14 when we were packing up in anticipation of heading home on 5/15. That is the first time the light came on dash and onstar sent a message to our phones & emails. Car is in shop now, expected to be replaced late today; will take pics of the rim w/ crack.
After driving on normal road conditions city and highway I noticed my tire pressure to be dropping after taking it to the dealership they informed me that the wheel/rim was cracked.
My father ([xxx]) drove his 2018 corvette z06 (18k miles and still under chevrolet/gm manufacturer's factory warranty) to a doctor's appointment on april 11, 2019. Upon concluding his appointment and returning to his car, he noticed his tire pressure senor instrumentation indicated that one of his rear tires had low pressure. He immediately drove to the dealer (jn chevrolet - honolulu, hawaii) as he suspected he had a leak. Upon arriving at the dealership and having their service team looking at the tire, they discovered small cracks in the rear rim. There were/are no other signs of damage or impact. They also discovered that the other rear rim had similar cracks. The dealer said it was probably due to hitting potholes and it would not be covered under the warranty. We requested the warranty claim be escalated to gm. Gm responded (reference attached pdf) that it was not covered under the warranty. They failed to provide any reasons as to why it was not covered. I also personally elevated to gm and the verbally responded that it was considered normal wear and tear'not a warranty item. This seemed an odd response especially since there was no visible signs of damage and nothing to indicated there was impact to cause a crack. In reviewing other complaints, this seems to be a common safety issue and my sense is gm is not willing to address due to the scope of the problem. Hoping this report can be used to inform any ongoing discussions. Thank you. [xxx] registered owner: [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
Wheels cracked and bent at less than 3500 miles. Known problem within corvette community. Gm wont do anything about it. Front bumper paint peeling off, where the bumper meets fenders. This is a known factory defect.
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