Chevrolet Corvette Complaints (2019)

148 consumer complaints on file.

#11364343October 14, 2020
WHEELS:RIM
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.
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#11364386October 14, 2020
WHEELS
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.
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#11364395October 14, 2020
WHEELS
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.
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0
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0
#11364409October 14, 2020
WHEELS
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 A COST OF ABOUT $1,250 PER RIM. CONSIDERING THE COST OF ANY CORVETTE YOU WOULD THINK THAT GM WOULD EITHER COVER THE COST TO REPLACE. OR WOULD HAVE PROVIDED FORGED RIMS FOR A VEHICLE OF THIS TYPE AS PART OF THE CORVETTE. I WOULD THINK THAT GM WOULD HAVE CONSIDERED THE SAFETY FEATURE ON A PERFORMANCE VEHICLE AND PROVIDED A MUCH STRONGER RIM.
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0
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#11364110October 13, 2020
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.
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0
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#11364165October 13, 2020
WHEELS
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.
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0
#11364097October 13, 2020
WHEELS
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.
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0
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#11363868October 12, 2020
WHEELS
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.
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0
#11363883October 12, 2020
WHEELS
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.
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#11363930October 12, 2020
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.
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Injuries:
0
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0
#11363842October 11, 2020
WHEELS
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.
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0
Deaths:
0
#11363672October 10, 2020
WHEELS
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.
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11363727October 10, 2020
WHEELS
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.
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0
#11362780October 5, 2020
WHEELS
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/
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0
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#11362537October 3, 2020
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
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Deaths:
0
#11362200October 1, 2020
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
Crash:
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11360920September 24, 2020
WHEELS
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
Crash:
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11354775September 13, 2020
WHEELS
CRACKED REAR DRIVERS WHEEL ON 2019 CORVETTE Z06. JUST STARTED TO LOSE AIR PRESSURE. REMOVED WHEEL TO FIND THAT IT WAS CRACKED
Crash:
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11352904September 3, 2020
STRUCTURE:BODY, STEERING, WHEELS
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 DURING PRE-DELIVERY INSPECTION WHICH WE BELIEVE CREATES A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. WE HAVE INFORMED CHEVY ABOUT THIS SAFETY ISSUE BUT THEY HAVE NOT RESPONDED.
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11353019September 3, 2020
WHEELS
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.
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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