Chevrolet Corvette Complaints (2017)

257 consumer complaints on file.

#11311228February 24, 2020
WHEELS
PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL CRACKED, FRONT DRIVER SIDE WHEEL CRACKED, CRACKS FOUND WHEN I TOOK CAR TO SHOP FOR LEAKING TIRE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11309997February 18, 2020
WHEELS
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 DON'T RECALL HITTING ANYTHING. AS A MATTER OF FACT GM SELLS THIS MODEL OF CAR AND MAKES CLAIMS THAT IT IS THE BEST TRACK CAR (CORVETTE) THEY'VE EVER RELEASED. MY CAR HAS NEVER BEEN ON A RACE TRACK AND IS A NORMAL DAILY DRIVER. FROM A SAFETY PERSPECTIVE I REALIZED AT THAT TIME THAT ONE OF THE REAR WHEELS WAS ACTUALLY CRACKED AND VERY BENT. THE WHEEL COULD HAVE CAUSED ME TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT IF IT HAD CRACKED FURTHER AND AT THE WRONG TIME. I HAVE TAKEN THE WHEELS AND ALL MEASUREMENT DATA TO GM TO TRY TO GET THEM REPLACED AND GM'S STANCE AT THIS POINT IS THAT ALL BENT WHEELS ARE THE CUSTOMERS FAULT. TO MAKE IT MORE CONFUSING GM CAN'T GIVE A CONSISTENT STORY ON WHAT DEFINES A BENT WHEEL. AS OF FILING THIS COMPLAINT I FOUND 199 SIMILAR COMPLAINTS WITH THE SAME GENERATION OF CORVETTE. HOPEFULLY GM WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE POOR WHEEL DESIGN BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT BECAUSE OF A CRACKED WHEEL. I HAVE ATTACHED PICTURES OF THE WHEELS SHOWING THE CRACK AND MAX RUN-OUT ON EACH OF THE FOUR WHEELS.
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11309524February 16, 2020
WHEELS
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11303019January 30, 2020
WHEELS
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.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11302896January 29, 2020
WHEELS
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.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11302904January 29, 2020
WHEELS
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.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11301853January 25, 2020
WHEELS
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.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11301715January 24, 2020
WHEELS
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.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11301377January 23, 2020
WHEELS
I TOOK MY WHEELS TO A SHOP WHERE THEY REPORTED THAT ALL 4 HAD BENT. IN TRYING TO REPAIR THEM THEY NOTED THAT THEY WOBBLED WHEN ON A MACHINE AND THAT THEY SEEMED PRONE TO BEING EASILY BENT. ALSO THE BLACK POWDER COATING WAS INCONSISTENT AND EASILY CHIPPED. I NOTED THAT OTHERS HAVE REPORTED ISSUES WITH THE GRAND SPORT WHEELS. REPAIR COST IS UNKNOWN, BUT I NOW AM CONCERNED WITH CONTINUED USE OF THE WHEELS DUE TO POTENTIAL BENDING AND CRACKING ISSUES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11300677January 21, 2020
WHEELS
AT JUST LESS THAN 5000 MILES I WAS EXPERIENCING VIBRATION SPECIALLY IN CARS SPORT MODE ON MY 2017 GRAND SPORT CORVETTE. TOOK TO TIRE SHOP FOR A WHEEL BALANCE AND WAS NOTIFIED THREE WHEELS WERE BENT. TOOK CAR TO DEALER WHO ACKNOWLEDGED ALSO WHEELS WERE BENT IN REPAIR ORDER. I WAS TOLD BY DEALER BENT WHEELS ARE NOT COVERED UNDER 3YR/ 36K MILE WARRANTY. DEALER SUGGESTED I CONTACT GM. LATER INTERNET SEARCH REVEALED MANY OTHER PEOPLE EXPERIENCING BENT WHEELS ON THIS PARTICULAR CORVETTE MODEL. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM AS WHEELS ARE CRACKING AND COULD FOIL COMPLETELY CAUSING UNCONTROLLABLE SITUATION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11300862January 21, 2020
STEERING
I'VE HAD 2 OCCURENCES WHERE I GET THE "SERVICE POWER STEERING. DRIVE CAREFULLY" MESSAGE AND THE CAR BECOMES HARDER TO STEER/TURN. ON THE FIRST OCCURENCE THE ISSUE WENT AWAY AFTER RESTARTING THE CAR. NOW, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON AND THE CAR REMAINS HARD TO STEER EVEN AFTER RESTARTING / WAITING A DAY. BOTH OCCURRENCES HAPPENED WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOTION. FIRST DRIVING ON THE STREET AND NOW IT HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11298851January 12, 2020
WHEELS
I WAS TAKING A DRIVE ALONG THE COAST AND HIT A SMALL BUMP. THE NEXT DAY MY TIRE PRESSURE READ LOW SO I TOOK THE CAR TO A TIRE SHOP AND THEY SHOWED ME TWO CRACKS IN THE INSIDE OF THE RIM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11298500January 10, 2020
WHEELS
WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 108 NEAR SONORA CALIFORNIA THE RIGHT REAR TIRE STARTED TO LOSE PRESSURE, UPON INSPECTION FOUND THE WHEEL TO BE CRACKED (1.5' LONG BY 1/16' WIDE) AT THE INNER BEAD AREA. WE HAD NOT HIT ANY POTHOLES OR OTHER OBSTRUCTIONS IN THE ROADWAY, ALSO NO DAMAGE TO TIRE WAS NOTED NOR WAS THERE A DENT IN THE AREA OF THE CRACK.I BELIEVE THAT IF THIS CRACK HAD GOTTEN ANY BIGGER THE TIRE COULD HAVE BEEN DAMAGED CAUSING AN ACCIDENT, CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT IT IS A RUNFLAT TIRE A REASONABLE PERSON MAY HAVE DRIVEN IT FOR UP TO 50 MILES TO GET REPAIRED OR REPLACED THINKING THAT IT WAS A NAIL IN THE TIRE, THIS COULD'VE LED TO A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE WHEEL. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE INSPECTED AT THE DEALERSHIP AMERICAN CHEVROLET IN MODESTO CALIFORNIA AND THEY STATED THAT THERE IS A CRACKED WHEEL AND ALL THREE OTHER WHEELS ARE BENT EVEN THOUGH WE NEVER HIT ANY OBJECTS ON THE ROAD. THEY CREATED A DEALER CASE NUMBER 9 - 5742425781. THEY CLAIM THAT GENERAL MOTORS IS UNAWARE OF THIS DEFECT, I BELIEVE THIS TO BE UNTRUE AS MANY FORUMS ARE REPORTING THE SAME PROBLEM THROUGHOUT THE MODEL YEARS OF THE C7 GENERATION GRAND SPORT AND Z06 MODELS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11298276January 9, 2020
WHEELS
I HAVE 2017 CORVETTE GRAND SPORT. I BOUGHT THIS CAR DEC 2018, AND I AM SECOND OWNER. THERE HAS BEEN PROBLEM ON MY REAR WHEEL. I HAD TO CHANGE THE REAR WHEEL 3 TIMES FOR 1 YEAR. WHEN TIRE PRESSURE IS DEPRESSED, THERE WAS CRACK ON IT. I COMPLAINT TO THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. BUT THEY SAID IT'S NOT COVERED BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY. I PAID TO CHANGE NEW WHEEL ON MY CAR 3 TIMES. YESTERDAY I REALIZED THAT THE TIRE PRESSURE WAS DEFLATED AGAIN EVEN THE SAME WHEEL WHICH I CHANGED NEW WHEEL 1 MONTH AGO. FOR 1 YEAR , WHEEL BROKEN 3 TIMES IS TOO MANY AND NOT ACCEPTABLE. AND CUSTOMER HAS TO PAY ALL THINGS TO FIX AND CHANGE WHEEL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11292164December 30, 2019
WHEELS
MY REAR PASSANGER SIDE RIM HAS CRACKED FROM NORMAL DRIVING ON A 2017 WITH 6550 MILES ON IT. HAD THE TIRE REPLACED, NEXT MORNING THERE WAS NO AIR IN TIRE, TOOK TO GM DEALERSHIP WAS TOLD RIM WAS CRACKED, AND WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE B TO B WARRANTY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11291409December 26, 2019
WHEELS
AN INTERMITTENT, SLOW LEAK IN THE PASSENGER REAR TIRE WAS DETERMINED TO BE DUE TO A CRACK IN THE RIM. NO EVIDENCE OF A HARD IMPACT CAN BE SEEN ON THE TIRE OR RIM , FAILURE FOUND ON 12/26/19
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11290724December 22, 2019
WHEELS
HAD NEW TIRES PUT ON CAR AS THEY SHOWED WEAR ON THE INSIDE ONLY 19000 MILES BUT WAS TOLD I HAD TWO BENT RIMS AND THEY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. CAR HAS BEEN PAMPERED AND NO WAY SHOULD HAVE DAMAGED RIMS. CAR IS A WEEKEND DRIVER / SHOW CAR WITH ABOUT 6500 MILES A YEAR. THEY ARE UPGRADED ALUMINUM FACTORY RIMS. WARRANTY IS UP IN APRIL 2020 BUT ARE NOT COVERED AS DEALER SAYS ITS FROM MY USE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11290574December 21, 2019
WHEELS
LEFT REAR TIRE HAD BEEN LEAKING ABOUT 1 POUND A WEEK, TOOK IT TO DEALER AND HE FOUND A CRACK IN THE WHEEL. GM AND DEALER SAID IT WAS CAUSED BY POT HOLE OR SPEED BUMP EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS NO TIRE DAMAGE. THE CAR IS STILL IN DEALER SHOP WAITING TO HAVE NEW WHEEL INSTALLED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11290408December 20, 2019
WHEELS
AN INTERMITTENT, SLOW LEAK IN THE LEFT REAR TIRE WAS DETERMINED TO BE DUE TO A CRACK IN THE RIM. NO EVIDENCE OF A HARD IMPACT CAN BE SEEN ON THE TIRE OR RIM (INTERNALLY OR EXTERNALLY). NO SPECIFIC INSTANCE OF AN IMPACT WITH A ROAD HAZARD IS RECALLED OR ASSOCIATED WITH THE WHEEL FAILURE. FAILURE DISCOVERED ON 12/16/19
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11289930December 18, 2019
WHEELS
MY COMPLAINT CENTERS ON GM IGNORING SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUES WITH CRACKS IN DEFECTIVE WHEELS ON THEIR C7 CORVETTE Z06 AND GS MODELS POTENTIALLY CAUSING ACCIDENTS, INJURY AND DEATHS DUE TO DEFECTIVE WHEELS. I WAS HAVING MY TIRES REPLACED ON MY 2017 CORVETTE Z06 BY DISCOUNT TIRE (TXD56). MANAGER INFORMED ME THAT RIGHT PASSENGER WHEEL WAS CRACKED AND WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HOLD AIR AND COULD NOT BE REPAIRED, ONLY REPLACED. I TOOK CAR TO CLASSIC CHEVROLET - GRAPEVINE, TX. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT CONFIRMED CRACK BUT SAID THAT THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO MAKE A DECISION ON WARRANTY COVERAGE DUE TO GM POLICY SPECIFIC TO CORVETTE Z06 AND GS MODELS. THE DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT COMPLETED AN INSPECTION AND INCLUDED FOLLOWING COMMENT: 996 C/S PASS SIDE REAR WHEEL CRACKED. DID PRA THRU GM AND GM DECLINED TO ASSIST CUSTOMER. PHOTOS OF THE WHEEL CLEARLY SHOW THE CRACK BUT NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE WHEEL. I CALLED GM CUSTOMER ASSIST CENTER FOR FURTHER CLARIFICATION. GM SR. ADVISOR SENT A VOICEMAIL AND EMAIL SAYING THAT MY VEHICLE WAS "OUT OF WARRANTY" ( WHICH IS NOT TRUE, AS COVERAGE IS THRU DEC 22,2019.) AND THAT THERE ARE NO DEFECTS TO THE WHEEL. WHEN I FOLLOWED UP WITH ANOTHER CALL, SR. ADVISOR ACKNOWLEDGED THAT MY VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, BUT STILL DENIED COVERAGE UNDER BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY AND SAID WHEEL WAS DAMAGED. I TOLD THEM THAT BASED ON REVIEW OF PICTURES AND VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE WHEEL THERE IS NO VISIBLE DAMAGE TO THE WHEEL ONLY THE CRACK.(WHEEL STILL IN MY POSSESSION). BASED ON CORVETTE ORGANIZATIONS AND POSTINGS, CONSIDERABLE NUMBERS OF COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO GM OF DEFECTIVE WHEELS CAUSING AIR LEAKS. GM HAS DENIED NEARLY ALL OF THESE OCCURRENCES AS "DAMAGE" AND NOT A DEFECT. THERE ARE 2 CLASS ACTION SUITS FILED AGAINST GM FOR NOT CORRECTING DEFECTIVE 2015 - 2019 CORVETTE Z06 AND GS MODE WHEELS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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