2018 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Problems & Recalls

Wheels on these cars commonly crack and break online. Mine have a visible crack in one of them and is losing air due to quality of wheel from Chevrolet

Multiple rim cracks due to manufacturing error. General Motors had acknowledged this but not made reimbursement possible nor provided information if defective rims are still being produced. My car was inspected and rim was repaired by a Chevy dealer and confirmed to have a cracked rim in several spo...

Inside lip of rear wheel cracked and wheel bent beyond repair, per wheel repair company. OEM make and model tire was in place and no noticeable impact was felt to cause this failure. This caused an air leak leaving me stranded at the side of the highway. Had to buy an expensive replacement wheel.

Vehicle had a shake, and felt like it was shifting wrong. Apparently, Two of the four rims have were confirmed cracked which led to an unsafe vehicle for travel. The vehicle had approximately 15,230 miles on the tires and rims when air was leaking out. All four tires were shot. All four tires and al...

Rear wheel cracked in 4 places inside rim towards outside causing slow leak. Could eventually crack enough to cause wheel to fail.

Purchased the vehicle February 2018. In September 2019, I replaced the tires and within a few days, I started losing air pressure. Both rear wheels cracked. I tried to get GM to honor the 36 month bumper to bumper warranty but they refused. I purchased replacement wheels at my own expense. In June 2...

Prior to warranty expiration I took my car to be checked for vibration at highway speed. McMulkin Chevrolet NH told me they had to change the fluid in the transmission. This did nothing for the problem. During this time the drivers side tires would lose tire pressure faster than what is acceptable...

Failure was the right rear wheel cracked in two places causing tire to go flat on highway . A flat tire could cause the vehicle to go out of control in traffic resultion in a serious accident causing injury or death Dealer Bob Huff Chevolet of Wrythville Va diagnosed and confirmed the problem and in...

I PURCHASED MY 20018 CORVETTE Z06 IN DECEMBER OF 2020 AND BECAUSE THIS WAS A VERY EXPENSIVE VEHICLE I ALSO PURCHASED AN EXTENDED 6 YEAR BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY. I DROVE CAR OFF THE LOT AND DROVE IT FOR A VERY BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME AND DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS A SLOW LEAK IN THE DRIVER REAR TIRE A...

I STARTED FEELING VIBRATIONS IN DEC 2018, TOOK IT TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT ONE OF MY RIMS IS BENT...TOOK IT TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP JUNE 2019 AND THAT DEALERSHIP CONFIRMED THAT THE RIMS WERE CRACKED...FINALLY JULY 2020 I PURCHASED FOUR NEW TIRES AND THAT'S WHEN IT WAS DISC...

Mileage: 26,126

4 CRACKS IN REAR WHEEL. 2ND OCCURANCE

Mileage: 20,000

THE RIM CRACKED SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING IT. IT'S WELL KNOWN THIS MODEL HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED WITH THIS PROBLEM. THE REPLACEMENT WAS COSTLY. 2018 GRAND SPORT, WHILE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE MY TIRE LOSS PRESSURE AND I HAD TO MAKE AND EMERGENCY EXIT AFTER BEING ALERTED BY THE VEHICLE.

Mileage: 46,000

4 BENT AND CRACKED RIMS UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. GM REFUSED TO REPLACE UNDER WARRANTY.

Mileage: 12,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THERE WAS A VIBRATION COMING FROM THE TIRES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN UNKNOWN TIRE SHOP WHERE THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE RIMS WERE BENT AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED...

Mileage: 2,800

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 CHEVROLET CORVETTE EQUIPPED WITH SATIN BLACK WHEELS W/ COLORED STRIPE - 19X8.5/20X10. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN HE WAS DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEED THE VEHICLE FELT THAT THE PASSENGER TIRE WAS FLAT. THE CONTACT GOT OUT THE VEHICLE LOOKED AT THE PASSENGER TIRE AND SEEN THE ...

Mileage: 25,000

NOTICED THAT REAR TIRE WAS LEAKING AIR. CHECKED FOR NAIL OR OTHER OBJECT IN TIRE. THE DEALERSHIP FOUND THAT THE REAR WHEELS WERE CRACKED AND LOSING AIR. PICS SENT TO GM WHO REFUSED TO REPAIR. I THEN HAD THEM WELDED IN AN EFFORT TO FIX THE PROBLEM. STILL LOSING AIR. I HAVE THE REPAIR INVOICE.

Mileage: 19,706

DEIVER REAR WHEEL BEGAN LOAING AIR PRESSURE SUDDENLY 1 WEEK AGO. TIRE PRESSURE WOULD DROP AROUND 1 PSI/HOUR. TOOK TO TIRE SHOP AND NO TIRE PROBLEMS WERE IDENTIFIED BUT THE WHEEL HAD 3 CRACKS IN THE INNER WHEEL LIP. INSPECTION OF PASSENGER REAR WHEEL REVEALED A SINGLE CRACK THAT HAD NOT YET CAUSED TI...

Mileage: 8,350

I HAD MY TIRES CHANGED OUT AT LESS THAN 16,000 MILES!! ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO AND 4,000 MILES LATER MY TPS LET ME KNOW I WAS LOSING TIRE PRESSURE IN MY REAR PASSENGER SIDE. I MONITORED IT AND REALIZED I WAS LOSING ABOUT 5 PSI PER WEEK. I HAVE THE ROAD HAZARD WARRANTY SO I TOOK IT BACK TO MY TIRE GUY. ...

Mileage: 19,500

AFTER ONLY 15683MI THE CAR HAS 2 BENT AND ONE CRACKED ALUMINUM WHEEL. THIS WAS NOTICED TODAY WHEN AFTER ALREADY HAVING TO PUT NEW TIRES ON THE CAR (15399 MILES)THE RIGHT REAR WAS AT 10PSI. AFTER TAKING THE CAR TO THE SHOP TO LOOK AT THE ISSUE AN APPROX 3CM CRACK WAS NOTED ON THE INNERMOST PORTION...

Mileage: 15,683

CRACKED LEFT REAR INSIDE RIM NOTICED AFTER TIRE PRESSURE MONITOR SYSTEM INDICATED LOW TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 20,178

I HAVE OWNED THE CAR SINCE NEW WHEN IT WAS PURCHASED IN THE SPRING OF 2019. SINCE THIS TIME, I HAVE DRIVEN THE CAR APPROXIMATELY 11000 ISSUE FREE MILES. AS OF 2 WEEKS AGO, I HAD ALL FOUR TIRES REPLACED AT A CHEVY DEALERSHIP. A FEW DAYS AFTER, I NOTED THAT THERE WAS A SLOW TIRE PRESSURE LEAK IN THE R...

Mileage: 12,000

AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE FROM KENTUCKY TO FLORIDA THE FOLLOWING DAY I RECIEVED AN ALERT ON MY PHONE SAYING MY RIGHT FRONT TIRE WAS FLAT. AFTER EXAMINING THE TIRE AND WHEEL I DISCOVERED A SIGNIFICANT CRACK ON THE INBOARD SIDE OF THE RIM. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DALE EARNHARDT JR CHEVROLET IN TALLAHASS...

Mileage: 15,000

REAR OEM WHEELS OF HAVE LIP CRACKS AND CHEVROLET WILL NOT HONOR NEW RIMS UNDER THE FULL FACTORY WARRANTY. THEY HAVE STATED THAT THE RIMS HAVE DEVELOPED CRACKS FROM HITTING POT HOLES. THIS IS NOT CORRECT BECAUSE I HAVE NOT HIT ANY "POTHOLES" OR ANY OTHER ROAD IMPERFECTIONS THAT WOULD CAUSE ALL OF T...

Mileage: 12,000

BOTH REAR RIMS (WHEELS) CRACKED, RESULTING IN REPEATED LOSS OF TIRE PRESSURE. DISCOVERED AT 13,500 MILES, STILL UNDER BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY, GM DECLINES WARRANTY COVERAGE STATING IT MUST HAVE OCCURRED FROM A ROAD HAZARD. CORVETTE FORUMS DISCUSS MULTIPLE 2018 GRAND SPORTS WITH SIMILAR CRACKED R...

Mileage: 13,600

I JUST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE 11-04-2019. THE TRUNK POPS OPEN WHEN I GET IN THE CAR AND SIT DOWN. THERE IS ALSO A PROBLEM WHEN BACKING UP TO PULL OFF AND TURNING TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT, THE CAR WILL START JERKING AND THERE'S A POPPING SOUND.

Mileage: 8,800

I JUST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE 11-04-2019. THE TRUNK POPS OPEN WHEN I GET IN THE CAR AND SIT DOWN. THERE IS ALSO A PROBLEM WHEN BACKING UP TO PULL OFF AND TURNING TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT, THE CAR WILL START JERKING AND THERE'S A POPPING SOUND.

Mileage: 8,800

WHILE GETTING NEW TIRES INSTALLED, THE TECHNICIAN NOTICED ONE OF MY WHEELS WAS CRACKED. I HAD NOT HIT ANY POTHOLES OR ANYTHING THAT WOULD CAUSE MAJOR STRESS TO THE WHEEL. IF I HAD NOT NEEDED NEW TIRES, THE CRACK LIKELY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN FOUND UNTIL IT CATASTROPHICALLY FAILED.

Mileage: 36,000

MY 2018 CORVETTE ZO6 UPON INSPECTION OF THE TIRE LOSING AIR, DEALERSHIP FOUND BOTH RIGHT SIDE WHEELS TO BE BENT..THESES ARE CHROME ALUMINUM WHEELS WITH 6,513 MILES ON THE CAR. DATE OF SERVICE WAS JUN 4, 2019. I PAYED TO HAVE THEM REPAIRED.. NEXT TIME, ON SEPT. 17, 2019, TIRE WAS LOSING AIR. THIS ...

Mileage: 8,716

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 CHEVROLET CORVETTE EQUIPPED WITH MICHELIN PILOT SUPERSPORT TIRES, SIZE: P285/30Z/R19 94Y (NA) FOR THE FRONT (DOT NUMBER: 4MLW) AND SIZE: 335/25Z 20 (NA) FOR THE REAR (DOT NUMBER: 4M2R). WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THERE WAS A VIOLENT VIBRATION IN ALL FOUR TIRES WITHOUT WARNING...

Mileage: 11,748

AT APPROXIMATELY 5700 MILES ON OCTOBER 10, 2019, INFLATE TIRE ALERT CAME ON INDICATING THERE WAS ONLY 17 LBS OF AIR IN DRIVER'S REAR TIRE. THIS WAS A DROP OF 13LBS PRESSURE IN 2 DAYS. UPON INSPECTION AT LOCAL TIRE SHOP, IT WAS REVEALED THAT THE LEFT (DRIVER'S) REAR WHEEL HAD TWO CRACKS NEAR HE TIRE...

Mileage: 5,722

VEHICLE WAS AT HIGHWAY SPEED WHEN DASH INDICATOR SHOWED THAT THE PASSENGER REAR TIRE WAS RAPIDLY LOSING AIR PRESSURE. CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP WHERE THEIR TECHNICIAN DISCOVERED THAT THE PASSENGER REAR WHEEL WAS CRACKED. THE CRACK WAS NOT DUE TO STRIKING ROAD DEBRIS OR A POTH...

Mileage: 10,000

9-23-19 WAS TOLD BY DISCOUNT TIRES THAT MY REAR WHEEL IS BENT, AND THERE IS CRACK ON ONE OF THE FRONT WHEEL. CAR IS ONLY 9200 MILES. AND GM WON'T COVER IT UNDER THEIR BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY.

Mileage: 9,257

07/08/19 ' I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO COGGIN CHEVROLET AT 10,053 MILES FOR A PROBLEM RIGHT REAR TIRE GOING FLAT. THEY COULD FIND NO PROBLEM. 09/17/19 ' TOOK VEHICLE TO TIRES PLUS IN PONTE VEDRA FL TO ANALYZE WHY PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE IS LOSING AIR AT A RAPID PACE. IT LOST 34 LBS. OF AIR IN 10 DAYS. T...

Mileage: 10,518

WHILE ON A ROAD TRIP NOTICED A VIBRATION THROUGH STEERING WHEEL. TOOK INTO DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. ALL 4 WHEELS WERE BENT. 2018 CORVETTE GRAND SPORT 4,450 MILES.

Mileage: 3,700

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WAS NOT HOLDING AIR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO GRAND PRIZE CHEVROLET BUICK GMC (32 NY-304, NANUET, NY 10954, (845) 623-6060) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHI...

Mileage: 4,450

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, NOTICED VIBRATION THAT APPEARED TO BE COMING FROM WHEELS. SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT WITH CLASSIC CHEVROLET GRAPEVINE TX. WAS ADVISED BY SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT ALL FOUR WHEELS WERE BENT. WHEELS HAS NO VISIBLE DAMAGE HOWEVER, THE WHEELS ARE BENT. VEHICLE ONLY HAD AROU...

I ATTENDED A TWO-DAY NCM TRACK EVENT AT VIR IN JUNE 2019. DURING THE SECOND SESSION ON DAY TWO MY 2018 Z06 HAD A POWER STEERING ISSUE. WITHOUT ANY WARNING, I FELT AND HEARD A LOUD THUMP THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL AS I APPROACHED TURN 3 FROM NO-NAME, I HAD VERY LITTLE STEERING ABILITY THAT REQUIRED H...

Mileage: 8,686

AT 21,000 MILES, I HAVE NOW REPLACED 3 REAR WHEELS DUE TO CRACKING. THESE ARE THE STOCK WHEELS. I AM A FREQUENT FREEWAY AND SURFACE ROAD DRIVER.

Mileage: 21,000

MOVING AT 55 MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HIT A SLIGHT BUMP IN THE ROAD CAUSING THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE RIM TO CRACK.

Mileage: 16,700

HI, I HAVE A 2018 CORVETTE (GRAND SPORT). I HAVE APROX 8000 MILES AND BROUGHT IN FOR SERVICE TO A LOCAL GM DEALER(BILL BUCK CHEVROLET). THEY TOLD ME ONE OF MY REAR WHEELS IS BENT. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THEY CAN'T GET ME A REPLACEMENT (THEY DON'T KNOW WHY) AND MY CAR HAS BEEN THERE FOR TWO WEEKS. I HAVE ...

Mileage: 8,000

DROVE APPROX 800 MI ON INTERSTATE ROADS. PARKED CAR FOR 2 DAYS, STARTED CAR LO TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT 23#. DID NOT DRIVE IT, WAITING TO TAKE TO CHEVY DEALER NEXT MORNING AS WE WERE PLANNING OUR RETURN 800 MI TRIP BACK HOME. LOW TIRE PRESSURE WARNING NOW AT 20#, RIGHT REAR PASSENGER TIRE. GO TO HEN...

Mileage: 5,300

AFTER DRIVING ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS CITY AND HIGHWAY I NOTICED MY TIRE PRESSURE TO BE DROPPING AFTER TAKING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE WHEEL/RIM WAS CRACKED.

Mileage: 10,000

8-SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION 'BUCKS' AND 'CLUNKS' DURING ACCELERATION OR DURING UP SHIFTING. IT DOES THIS EITHER IN FULL AUTOMATIC OR MANUAL SHIFTING MODE.

Mileage: 2,540

MY FATHER ([XXX]) DROVE HIS 2018 CORVETTE Z06 (18K MILES AND STILL UNDER CHEVROLET/GM MANUFACTURER'S FACTORY WARRANTY) TO A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT ON APRIL 11, 2019. UPON CONCLUDING HIS APPOINTMENT AND RETURNING TO HIS CAR, HE NOTICED HIS TIRE PRESSURE SENOR INSTRUMENTATION INDICATED THAT ONE OF HIS R...

Mileage: 18,000

WHEELS CRACKED AND BENT AT LESS THAN 3500 MILES. KNOWN PROBLEM WITHIN CORVETTE COMMUNITY. GM WONT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. FRONT BUMPER PAINT PEELING OFF, WHERE THE BUMPER MEETS FENDERS. THIS IS A KNOWN FACTORY DEFECT.

Mileage: 2,500

WHEELS CRACKED AND BENT AT LESS THAN 3500 MILES. KNOWN PROBLEM WITHIN CORVETTE COMMUNITY. GM WONT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. FRONT BUMPER PAINT PEELING OFF, WHERE THE BUMPER MEETS FENDERS. THIS IS A KNOWN FACTORY DEFECT.

Mileage: 2,500

THE BRAKES HAVE NOW FOUR TIMES FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. WHEN PRESSED THEY GET HARD, THEN GO DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND THERE'S A PULSATING FEELING. THE VEHICLE JUST CONTINUES TO GO TO THE FLOOR. ON THE THIRD OCCASION THAT IT HAPPENED, THE VEHICLE IN A NON-EMERGENCY SITUATION, WOULD NOT STOP IN TRAFFIC...

Mileage: 9,500

TWO SEPARATE WHEELS HAVE NOW CRACKED OR WARPED ON THE VEHICLE AT NO FAULT OF MY OWN. THIS IS HAPPENING IN NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS (COMMUTING) WITHOUT ANY ACCIDENT, SEVERE POT-HOLES, OR IMPACT DAMAGE. IT APPEARS THAT GM HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS FOR SOME TIME, AS THE TECHNICIAN AT THE DEALERSHIP INFORME...

Mileage: 9,500

REAR WHEEL BENT/CRACKED. DEALER/CHEVY BLAMES THE ROADS AND WON'T COVER UNDER WARRANTY.

Mileage: 10,000

WHILE TRAVELING ALONG 240 IN MEMPHIS,TN I HIT AN UNLEVEL PIECE OF PAVEMENT. MY SPEED WAS MAYBE 45 MPH. WHILE THE CAR WAS AT THE DEALER THEY SAID THAT I HAD 4 BEND RIMS. UPON INSPECTION OF THE WHEELS EACH WHEEL HAD BEEN BENT ON THE INSIDE OF THE RIMS. THIS WAS CAUSING THE CAR TO DRIVE POORLY AND CAUS...

Mileage: 3,585

CORVETTE GRAND SPORT WHEELS HAVE BENT SEVERAL TIMES IN NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. TWO WHEELS -1 FRONT, 1-REAR HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY OWNER. THE WHEELS SEEM TO BE NOT STRUCTURALLY STRONG ENOUGH FOR NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS

Mileage: 1,200

BOUGHT THE CAR APRIL 7TH 2018 WITHIN 500 MILES NOTICED A BAD VIBRATION, RETURNED TO THE DEALER AND THEY KEPT IT FOR A MONTH DISCOVERING THE LEFT REAR WHEEL WAS OUT OF ROUND /BENT WITH NO VISIBLE DAMAGE. THEY REPLACED IT AT NO CHARGE BECAUSE IT WAS WITHIN A WEEK OF DELIVERY. A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER ...

Mileage: 500

TWO BRAKE ROTORS ON 2018 CORVETTE GRAND SPORT HAVE PERMANENT RUST BANDS THAT DO NOT WEAR OFF UNDER BRAKING. THEY ARE SCORING AND GROOVING THE BRAKE PADS INSTEAD. GM BLAMES THE DEALER FOR POOR MAINTENANCE BUT NEITHER WILL REPLACE BECAUSE THEY SAY IT'S ONLY 'COSMETIC' ACCORDING TO THEM. THEY DID ADVI...

Mileage: 10