Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / CORVETTE / 2001

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0 Injured
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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005016758 Incident Date: Apr, 22 2005
Consumer's City: ORLANDO Consumer's State: FL
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: CORVETTE Model Year: 2001
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Wheels
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G1YY22G515 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Apr, 23 2005 Complaint Type: LETR
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Dec, 26 2000
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: While waxing the factory polished spoke wheels on my 2001 corvette yesterday (saturday april 23, 2005, i noticed one of the wheels, left rear, has a crack where the spoke joins the rim. based on information provided on the corvette forum by members with identical problems, i am very concerned. my vehicle is out of warranty by 16 months, but this still seems like a dangerous issue. the link to the particular forum posting is: http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=1072167&forum_id=103 the photo that appears first is of my wheel. it is currently approx. 3/4" long. *jb updated 05/01/06