Other wheel or tire problem on the 2002 Chevrolet Corvette
When other wheel or tire problem gets reported
Owners of the 2002 Chevrolet Corvette report other wheel or tire problem at a median of 35,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 30,000 miles and a quarter after 47,500 miles, from 30 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 60,000 miles. It is the 2nd most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 25,000 miles at the tenth percentile to 60,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 34,105 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
A window that narrow is the signature of a part that fails on its own schedule rather than on how the car is driven — which is usually a design or supplier problem rather than wear and tear.
53% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26,195 miles | 29,125 miles | 34,750 miles | 47,375 miles | 60,300 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Putting it right typically runs $200–$1,500 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 15 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2014, at a median of 900 miles, and latest on the 1998 at 70,000 miles.
By volume the 2017 carries the most reports, with 190; the 2002 has 34. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
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. *ak the rims were bent from normal driving conditions. *sc *jb
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. *jb
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. *jb
Also reported on the 2002 Chevrolet Corvette
Steering column or shaft failure
Other steering problem
Other electrical problem
ABS module or sensor failure
Fuel leak or fuel odor
Fuel tank, filler or EVAP failure
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 34 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does other wheel or tire problem happen on the 2002 Chevrolet Corvette?
Across 30 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 35,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 30,000 miles and a quarter after 47,500 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other wheel or tire problem on the 2002 Chevrolet Corvette?
34 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 4.3 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed