Wheel Rim Problems of Chevrolet Corvette - part 2

I have a 2002 Corvette I recently purchased from a friend of mine. While cleaning the car recently I noticed a small crack at the base of one of the spokes on my left rear rim. This crack had not been there previously. Worried about the structure I went to a local tire shop to order a replacement. While there I noticed a 2000 Corvette on the rack for tires. I went over to look at it's rims and saw that the left rear had 3 spokes cracked. I ordered a new aftermarket rim, mine are gm and went home. When I got home I rechecked the vehicle and now saw that the left had more fractures coming from the original crack, and now the right rear also had a crack at the base of the spoke. The car has 46,000 miles. The wheels have never been curbed and only one new set of tires has been put on at a reputable tire company. I checked on a Corvette web site and got many responses of additional Corvettes with the same problem.

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Wheels on my 2002 chevy Corvette are cracked and it is a widespread problem. Failure of this wheel while driving can have disastrous results.

I have a 2002 Chevrolet Corvette it has 31,000 miles on it I was going to have tires put on it for the first time and noticed both rear wheels are cracked I did not have the tires replaced yet but the dealer center Chevrolet got ahold of the gm rep and they will only buy one rim if I buy the other rim . This car is my wife's and has been very well taken care of , does this sound like there may be a problem with these wheels ( it is both back wheels)?? please let me know if I need to report this elsewhere.

Problem: o. E. M. Rear wheels on my 2002 Chevrolet Corvette coupe have developed hairline cracks. I recently noticed hairline cracks each about an inch long on the outer spokes near the edges on both rear wheels. The wheels are stock gm high polished 5 spoke wheels that have not been altered. This vehicle's suspension, wheels or brakes have not been modified. The two front 17 inch o. E. M. Wheels have not developed any cracks. Nothing has been done to correct the failure. Original parts are available but have not yet been replaced.

While the vehicle was parked driver noticed that both rear tires were deflated. Vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection, and mechanic determined that the rims cracked, and needed to be replaced.

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When driving at any speed, the consumer felt a vibration coming from the vehicle. Consumer took the vehicle to the dealer for inspection and the mechanic determined that all four rims were bent. The rims were bent from normal driving conditions.

Rear 18" aluminum wheels developed multiple cracks on inboard side .

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Dt: the consumer owns a 1998 chevy Corvette. The vehicle only has around 39000 miles on the vehicle. He took the vehicle to his mechanic to have it inspected and to have new tires put on the vehicle and the mechanic noticed that three out of the four rims had cracked. The consumer does not drive this vehicle in the winter months. He called gm and they wanted him to bring the vehicle to one of their dealers to have it inspected and the lady at gm would not answer his question if other vehicles had this problem.

Chevrolet Corvetter (1999) has oem alloy wheels. All (both front and rear) have cracks on the inside of the rims in the area of the bead. One wheel has three cracks, the others all have one crack. The cracks run from the inside edge toward the center of the wheel, and are about an inch long. There are no signs of any other damage to the rims (never hit curbs, road hazards, etc. ).

Dealer provided a replacement rim for a previously damaged rim after approximately 3000 miles of use the rim failed.