Wheel Cover/hubcaps Problems of Chevrolet Malibu

My wife, driving down a city street in our 2010 Chevrolet Malibu, had to swerve to her right to avoid a truck that was coming around a curve in her lane, and in the process of avoiding the oncoming vehicle , scrapped the curb with her right front tire. Upon checking the right front tire, the chrome on the plastic hub had peeled back and had sharp edges. Upon further examination it appears that the chrome from the hubcap, had cut the sidewall of tire so that I could see the cord. The hub cap extends out from the rim of the tire, and it seems like any extreme flexing of the tire, such as my wife had, or driving through and pot hole into the road, would cause the hubcap to cut the tire. I now have to purchase and new hub cap and new tire from the dealership at over $200. 00 if I had not noticed the damage and we were driving on the expressway and had a blowout the results could be serious.

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The contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Malibu. While driving 40 mph, the hub caps snapped off of the wheels. As a result, the hub caps rubbed against the outside of the wheels and caused the sidewalls to become worn. The contact is concerned that a blow out may occur. The current and failure mileages were 19,000.

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Due to a flat tire a tow truck had to be called to try to get the wheel covers off. The lug nuts can not be loosened without first getting the wheel covers off. The tow truck was unsuccessfull in getting the wheel covers off and vehicle had to be brought to the dealership to get the wheel cover and tire off. The service department admitted that there is a defect in the plastic components of the wheelcover that fasten to the lug nuts. If this had happened on the highway it could have resulted in a very serious situation. Myself, 3 male CO-workers and the tow truck driver could not get this wheel cover off to change the flat. Something needs to be done to rectify this situation. The dealer did give me a new wheel cover , but that doesn't solve future problems.

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