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We took it to the dealership, and they found the rim was cracked when the new tire was leaking air. None of the other tires have been losing air, so I assume th
by bdcravens 3y ago
We took it to the dealership, and they found the rim was cracked when the new tire was leaking air. None of the other tires have been losing air, so I assume the other rims are fine.
However to your bigger point, that the wheels are poorly engineered for their use, tracks. This is the first rim I've ever had crack, and I've even had some nasty accidents. This is however our first set of EVs (I have a Kia EV6), and I really feel like VW made a lot of compromises. (The UI/UX is the worst I've ever experienced in a car)
- jacquesm 3y agoI've seen a lot of cars after accidents (bad ones) in various junk yards when hunting for parts, including ones where it was hard to figure out what brand the car was. In most of the cases, even with the wheel pushed all the way into the well they still held pressure so that's - in my view - very poor engineering. VW had a perfect storm of its own creation (the dieselgate, asleep at the switch when the energy transition started happening) that caused it to push their e-cars out on an accelerated schedule to avoid even further loss of market share, I expect that to eventually lead to some recalls. But to see it extend to something as basic as the wheels is very far out for their normal level of performance, that should have never ever happened. Would it be ok if I alerted someone in the org to your case?
- bdcravens 3y agoSure, I have no problem with that.
- jacquesm 3y agoOk, thank you. This could easily save lives so it matters.
- jacquesm 3y agoOk, done. I have no idea what if anything they will do with it but it has been passed on as well as enough details that they can contact you or the dealer if it should come to that. You didn't have an email in your profile so I gave them your linkedin link. Best regards, Jacques