2019 Chevrolet Corvette

TOOK CORVETTE TO THREEWAY CHEVROLET IN BAKERSFIELD ON 6/9/20 FOR ALIGNMENT AND WAS TOLD THAT ALL FOUR TRIMS ARE BENT AND CRACKED. AND EVEN THOUGH IT HAS BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY, THEY WON'T COVER THE TRIMS. I HAVE SINCE SPOKEN WITH THE MANAGER OF THREEWAY, AND HE AGREED THAT IT IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND SHOULD BE COVERED. HE SAID , NO WAY SOMEONE COULD BEND AND CRACK ALL 4 TIMES, AND NOT CAUSE ALOT OF DAMAGE TO CAR, AND AIRBAGS WOULD DEPLOY. CAN YOU HELP ME PLEASE.

I WAS DRIVING MY 2019 CHEVROLET GRAND SPORT CORVETTE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, IN OCTOBER 2020. MY TIRE PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE MY RIGHT REAR TIRE PRESSURE HAD DROPPED PRECARIOUSLY. I HAVE RUN FLAT MICHELIN TIRES AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME SAFELY. I INFLATED MY TIRE TO 30LBS PSI AND PARKED IT IN MY GARAGE. THE NEXT DAY I CHECKED MY TIRE PRESSURE OF ALL 4 TIRES AND ONCE AGAIN MY RIGHT REAR TIRE WAS LOW. IT WOULD NOT HOLD AIR. I CALLED CRISWELL CHEVROLET WHERE I PURCHASED MY CAR. THEY ASKED IF I COULD DRIVE MY CAR TO THEIR FACILITY IN MARYLAND. I LIVE IN NEW JERSY AND I DIDNT FEEL SAFE DRIVING MY CAR UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES TO THEM. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT WAS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE CRACKED / BENT WHEEL ISSUE AFFECTING C7 GRAND SPORT AND Z06 CORVETTES. I WAS ADVISED TO GO TO A LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AND HAVE THEM INSPECT MY WHEELS. I TOOK IT TO GLOBAL CHEVROLET IN NORTH PLAINFIELD ,N.J.. UPON INSPECTION, THEY DETERMINED I HAD A CRACKED RIGHT REAR WHEEL AND IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.. I DID /DO NOT ABUSE MY CAR.

TOOK WHEELS AND TIRES TO A TIRE SHOP TO HAVE THE WHEELS RECONDITIONED AFTER THE SAME SHOP HAD SCRATCHED THEM DURING INSTALLATION OF NEW TIRES. MANAGER HAS ADVISED ME THAT THE WHEEL RECONDITIONING SHOP HAS TOLD HIM THAT ALL FOUR WHEELS ARE BENT AND WILL HAVE TO BE TRUED BEFORE THEY ARE REPAINTED. RECONDITIONING SHOP TOLD HIM THAT THEY SEES IT A LOT WITH CORVETTE WHEELS. LESS THEN 10K MILES ON THE CAR.

DRIVING INTERSTATE 75 ATLANTA SPEEDS70+MPH HEAVY TRAFFIC -- RF MICHELIN PILOT SPORT A/S 3+ 285/30/ZR19(94Y) DOT 4MLW00UX (2819) PURCHASED 4 NEW FROM DEALER AT DELIVERY -- 24K MILES NOW-- ALERT SYSTEM SHOWED RF TIRE DEFLATING 35 TO 0.WAS ABLE TO RUN ON THE ZR TIRE TO NEXT INTERSTATE EXIT. TIRE SIDEWALL WAS SPLIT IN MULTIPLE PLACES ABOUT AN 1/2 INCH DOWN FROM RIM. ON FURTHER INSPECTION THE RR MICHELIN PILOT SPORT A/S 3+ 335/25/ZR20(99Y) DOT 4MZR00VX(3019) SHOWED THE SAME CONDITION NOT LEAKING AIR YET. TOTALLY UNSAFE TO CONTINUE BACKED UP TRAFFIC TRUING TO GET FROM EXPRESS LANE TO EXIT OFF .RETURNED BOTH TIRES TO DEC TALLAHASSEE FL CURRENT THREAD 6/32.

THE WHEELS THAT CAME WITH THE 2019 C7 ZR1 -4 WHEELS BENT MULTIPLE TIMES MAKING THE CAR UNABLE TO BALANCE ALL 4 WHEELS. THIS MAKES THE CAR VIBRATE. I BOUGHT A SECOND SET OF OEM WHEELS WITH THE SAME ISSUE HAPPENING. THE DEALER WOULD NOT COVER THIS ISSUE. MY DEALER PURCHASED WHEEL PACKAGE ALSO DENIED MY CLAIM. THE CAR CAN NOT BE DRIVEN WITHOUT EXTREME VIBRATIONS. THERE WAS NO SIGNIFICANT INCIDENT THE CAR JUST SLOWLY BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND THE WHEELS COULD NOT BE BALANCED CORRECTLY BECAUSE OF WOBBLE IN THE WHEELS. TWO SETS OF WHEELS.

I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE OEM WHEELS ON MY 2019 CORVETTE Z06 BENDING/WARPING/CRACKING UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. I HAVE SPENT MONEY HAVING THE WHEELS "STRAIGHTENED". I PAID TO REPLACE ONE WHEEL THAT WAS CRACKED AND LOST AIR PRESSURE. I CONTACTED CHEVROLET/GM ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THEY INDICATE THAT IT IS A ROAD HAZARD ISSUE. I COULD BELIEVE THIS IF IT WAS ONLY 1 OR 2 WHEELS, BUT NOT ALL 4. THIS IS THE SUBJECT OF AT LEAST ONE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. I SEE REPORTS OF WHEELS LOSING AIR PRESSURE. APPARENTLY A BENT WHEEL CAN FATIGUE AND CRACK CAUSING LOSS OF TIRE PRESSURE. THE SYMPTOMS OF THE BENT WHEEL APPEAR AS ROAD NOISE AND ARE NOT OBVIOUS TO THE EVERYDAY DRIVER.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE FLOORS. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE AND REAR PASSENGER'S AND DRIVER'S SIDE TIRES WERE ALSO VIBRATING. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED HE CONTINUED DRIVING TO HIS DESTINATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER - HIGHWAY CHEVROLET BUICK GMC (100 S FORD DR, EL PASO, IL 61738; (309) 270-1847) WHERE THE MECHANIC ATTEMPTED TO BALANCE THE TIRES AND PROVIDE AN ALIGNMENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A TIRE SHOP AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE RIM AND REAR PASSENGER'S AND DRIVER'S SIDE RIMS WERE BENT. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 12,000.*DT*AS*DT*JB