Over the past few months I've been having a very hard time with the chrome alloys on my wife's 2002 PT Cruiser. They've corroded so badly around the valve stems that 5-7 pounds of pressure is lost per day. End result is I'm going 50-50 with Chrysler on a new set of rims. I'm not entirely happy about this--in my mind wheels should last longer than tires--but there's only so much time I have to spend yelling at customer care reps.
Relevance for this forum is I'm now noticing corrosion on my 2003 P5's non-chrome rims. The finish is peeling off around the inner edge of each spoke, and I'm seeing an increasingly large amount of bubbling on the inner faces of the spokes (but not on the outer face). Not good.
Has anyone had problems with these rims? These were the ones added for 2002.5. (Oh, the irony, since I was just debating in another thread whether any changes for 2002.5 might affect reliability.)
Chrome rims should be even worse.
On the other hand, the ability of the tire and valve stem to seal might not be affected if these wheels tend to corrode in the places I just mentioned and not where rubber contacts the wheel. On the PT wheels the bad spot was the valve stem seat. So we *might* end up with ugly wheels that at least manage to hold air.
Note: Initially I thought that the PT and P5 rims had the same manufacturer because they have the same M-like symbol on them. But this was incorrect.
Relevance for this forum is I'm now noticing corrosion on my 2003 P5's non-chrome rims. The finish is peeling off around the inner edge of each spoke, and I'm seeing an increasingly large amount of bubbling on the inner faces of the spokes (but not on the outer face). Not good.
Has anyone had problems with these rims? These were the ones added for 2002.5. (Oh, the irony, since I was just debating in another thread whether any changes for 2002.5 might affect reliability.)
Chrome rims should be even worse.
On the other hand, the ability of the tire and valve stem to seal might not be affected if these wheels tend to corrode in the places I just mentioned and not where rubber contacts the wheel. On the PT wheels the bad spot was the valve stem seat. So we *might* end up with ugly wheels that at least manage to hold air.
Note: Initially I thought that the PT and P5 rims had the same manufacturer because they have the same M-like symbol on them. But this was incorrect.
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