2015 Tahoe Wheels

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Anyone having trouble with cracked wheels in the 22 inch ones, not due to hitting or driving over something. Actually could be defective wheels.
 

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It would be a bit surprising for a wheel to just crack, the only potential for a wheel to just crack is if the wheel is not properly load rated and is fit to the wrong vehicle application. The 22 inch wheels from the factory still have a sufficient amount of tire sidewall that should give the wheels decent cushion from potholes, railroad tracks etc, if GM is having wheels crack under normal driving load of the vehicle, then that is going to be a big costly problem for them to resolve. Good thing you caught this before the wheel came apart. Did it happen on all 4 wheels, or just one or two on the same side?
 
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It would be a bit surprising for a wheel to just crack, the only potential for a wheel to just crack is if the wheel is not properly load rated and is fit to the wrong vehicle application. The 22 inch wheels from the factory still have a sufficient amount of tire sidewall that should give the wheels decent cushion from potholes, railroad tracks etc, if GM is having wheels crack under normal driving load of the vehicle, then that is going to be a big costly problem for them to resolve. Good thing you caught this before the wheel came apart. Did it happen on all 4 wheels, or just one or two on the same side?


Just one wheel and the crack was small. I had driven about 300 miles when it happened on a interstate no potholes, no tracks. Makes no sense to me.
 

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Just one wheel and the crack was small. I had driven about 300 miles when it happened on a interstate no potholes, no tracks. Makes no sense to me.
Seeing where the crack is located on the wheel could also help identify how it happened? Usually it is the area of the inner barrel where the lip rolls out to secure the bead...in this area a crack is definitely most likely from an impact...it is the thinnest and weakest part of the rim as the positive offset on these trucks has the design of the wheel in a full face form, the inner barrel has little support. The standard 285/45 tire does offer some cushion, but the larger 305/45 sidewalls I think give a bit more protection. If it is cracked in the spoke area, then that I would say is something to cause an argument with the dealer and to get GM to replace it...the spoke area is the most robust part of the rim and carries the most load, so if there was impact that they claimed caused this, or even on the inner rim, the tire should also have signs of impact damage as well.
In all my years in the wheel business I could always tell when a wheel sustained impact, and in many instances the customers would deny being accountable, but then you mention, did they valet park, or do they have a detailer that washes the car etc. In some cases some people had their cars Ferris Bueller'd and they would say, yeah but I don't think they drove my car?

Not saying this is your situation, but when going to fight the dealer these are scenarios that will be brought up, and for a single wheel, there has to be some explanation.
I assume you would like to know how it happened too!
 
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Seeing where the crack is located on the wheel could also help identify how it happened? Usually it is the area of the inner barrel where the lip rolls out to secure the bead...in this area a crack is definitely most likely from an impact...it is the thinnest and weakest part of the rim as the positive offset on these trucks has the design of the wheel in a full face form, the inner barrel has little support. The standard 285/45 tire does offer some cushion, but the larger 305/45 sidewalls I think give a bit more protection. If it is cracked in the spoke area, then that I would say is something to cause an argument with the dealer and to get GM to replace it...the spoke area is the most robust part of the rim and carries the most load, so if there was impact that they claimed caused this, or even on the inner rim, the tire should also have signs of impact damage as well.
In all my years in the wheel business I could always tell when a wheel sustained impact, and in many instances the customers would deny being accountable, but then you mention, did they valet park, or do they have a detailer that washes the car etc. In some cases some people had their cars Ferris Bueller'd and they would say, yeah but I don't think they drove my car?

Not saying this is your situation, but when going to fight the dealer these are scenarios that will be brought up, and for a single wheel, there has to be some explanation.
I assume you would like to know how it happened too!


Good information. I run the 285/45 22 inch. I still am confused with how this happened. The crack is on the inner barrel on the flat area just before where tire and wheel meet, suggesting it was from an impact. Problem I had already driven 300 miles on the interstate, no potholes, no rocks, nothing that would cause this crack. I know everybody claims they did not do anything, but I have racked my brain as to what caused this and come up with nothing. Is it possible it could be a flaw in the wheel?
 

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You say it was driven only 300 miles on the interstate and it's a 2015. Not sure I'm following these 2 things, did you purchase used? If yes, it's certainly possible the crack existed when you purchased the vehicle.
 
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You say it was driven only 300 miles on the interstate and it's a 2015. Not sure I'm following these 2 things, did you purchase used? If yes, it's certainly possible the crack existed when you purchased the vehicle.


Yes I purchased it used with 33,000 on it and it is a 2015 and I was on a trip when this happened. I was on Interstate 40 where they are working on the road.. That is where the top of the pavement is removed which makes the road rough but I would not think bad enough to crack a rim.
 

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Could have easily already been a crack developing from a previous impact, I can assure you with 33k on the clock something happened where the rim sustained some type of impact, and it just could be that due to the load during your trip that it slowly got worse and started to leak air making it seem as if it was all of a sudden? At any rate if the wheel was defective, that crack would have taken place immediately.
The other possibility is when the truck had new tires installed, I have seen some circumstances where an installer dropped a rim and caused it to bend or get a flatspot, and of course they will never come and tell you; Hey we dropped your rim on accident and we may need to replace it, they will just add more weight to it when they balance it to get you down the road and then when there is a problem, it leaves only you to blame. Either way, something happened, for sure your rim just didn't get a crack in it.
Sorry that this happened to you, but you should be able to find a replacement for a fair price.
 

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