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I have a 2019 GS with about 6000 km on it. I also have two bent rims, front and back on the LHS; I don't remember ever hitting anything, and I don't use Track Mode. There are no signs of trauma on the rims or the tires but the inside of the barrel is bent on both. Neither one is cracked yet but I haven't gone very far since I noticed the problem. For six months I went round and round with the selling dealer and GM Canada's VP of Sales, Service and Marketing. GM continues in their position that the damage was caused by road hazard and is not warrantable. With luck, between the selling dealer and GM I may get two rims as a "one- time only repair under customer enthusiasm". (Their words) The new rims if I get them will be identical to the old ones, not upgraded in any way. There are at least two class action lawsuits against them in the US but I asked this forum if anyone knew of anything similar in Canada and no one appeared to. I was at Spring Mountain last August and I asked them if they had any wheel problems on their GSs, Z06s or ZR1s. They talked about spoke failure from cornering on a couple of ZR1s but nothing on the GSs or Z06s. Their track is smooth as .... so I wouldn't expect the kind of failures we are seeing. Bottom line: these wide rims are not suitable for use on public roads. They bend easily and then cyclic loading causes the rim to crack. GM knows about it but won't step up to the plate. I'm not looking forward to $5,000 or $6,000 for forged rims but maybe that's what it's going to take.

<blockquote data-quote="RDA" data-source="post: 195105" data-attributes="member: 4567"><p>I have a 2019 GS with about 6000 km on it.&nbsp; I also have two bent rims, front and back on the LHS; I don&#039;t remember ever hitting anything, and I don&#039;t use Track Mode.&nbsp; There are no signs of trauma on the rims or the tires but the inside of the barrel is bent on both.&nbsp; Neither one is cracked yet but I haven&#039;t gone very far since I noticed the problem.&nbsp; For six months I went round and round with the selling dealer and GM Canada&#039;s VP of Sales, Service and Marketing.&nbsp; GM continues in their position that the damage was caused by road hazard and is not warrantable.&nbsp; With luck, between the selling dealer and GM I may get two rims as a &quot;one- time only repair under customer enthusiasm&quot;.&nbsp; (Their words)&nbsp; The new rims if I get them will be identical to the old ones, not upgraded in any way.&nbsp; There are at least two class action lawsuits against them in the US but I asked this forum if anyone knew of anything similar in Canada and no one appeared to.&nbsp; I was at Spring Mountain last August and I asked them if they had any wheel problems on their GSs, Z06s or ZR1s.&nbsp; They talked about spoke failure from cornering on a couple of ZR1s but nothing on the GSs or Z06s.&nbsp; Their track is smooth as .... so I wouldn&#039;t expect the kind of failures we are seeing.&nbsp; Bottom line:&nbsp; these wide rims are not suitable for use on public roads.&nbsp; They bend easily and then cyclic loading causes the rim to crack.&nbsp; GM knows about it but won&#039;t step up to the plate.&nbsp; I&#039;m not looking forward to $5,000 or $6,000 for forged rims but maybe that&#039;s what it&#039;s going to take.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="RDA, post: 195105, member: 4567"] I have a 2019 GS with about 6000 km on it. I also have two bent rims, front and back on the LHS; I don't remember ever hitting anything, and I don't use Track Mode. There are no signs of trauma on the rims or the tires but the inside of the barrel is bent on both. Neither one is cracked yet but I haven't gone very far since I noticed the problem. For six months I went round and round with the selling dealer and GM Canada's VP of Sales, Service and Marketing. GM continues in their position that the damage was caused by road hazard and is not warrantable. With luck, between the selling dealer and GM I may get two rims as a "one- time only repair under customer enthusiasm". (Their words) The new rims if I get them will be identical to the old ones, not upgraded in any way. There are at least two class action lawsuits against them in the US but I asked this forum if anyone knew of anything similar in Canada and no one appeared to. I was at Spring Mountain last August and I asked them if they had any wheel problems on their GSs, Z06s or ZR1s. They talked about spoke failure from cornering on a couple of ZR1s but nothing on the GSs or Z06s. Their track is smooth as .... so I wouldn't expect the kind of failures we are seeing. Bottom line: these wide rims are not suitable for use on public roads. They bend easily and then cyclic loading causes the rim to crack. GM knows about it but won't step up to the plate. I'm not looking forward to $5,000 or $6,000 for forged rims but maybe that's what it's going to take. [/QUOTE]

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