Chevrolet Cruze Complaints (2011)

733 consumer complaints on file.

#11005956July 17, 2017
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I HAVE HAD WORK DOWN ON THE AIR CONDITIONER IN THIS AUTOMOBILE THREE (3) TIMES. THE CHEVY CRUZE IS THE WORSE CAR EVERY MADE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11003459July 6, 2017
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I PURCHASED A CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED CAR ON JAN. 2015. SINCE MID-2016 (ONE AND A HALF YEAR SINCE I OWNED THE CAR) I'VE BEEN NOTICING THAT MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON EVERY NOW AND THEN, AND GEAR SHIFTING BECAME SIGNIFICANTLY LAGGING AROUND 30MPH. EVERY SINGLE TIME IN A SERVICE APPOINTMENT (WHICH I TOOK STRICTLY ON SCHEDULE FOR EVERY 3 MONTHS), I WOULD POINT THAT OUT TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT, AND EVERY SINGLE TIME THEY WOULD CLAIM THAT THEY TESTED EVERYTHING AND THERE WAS NO PROBLEM THEY DETECTED. WHILE LAST WEEK (LATE JUNE 2017, 2 AND A HALF YEARS SINCE I OWNED THE CAR, AND INTERESTINGLY 5 MONTHS AFTER ALL MY WARRANTY EXPIRED), I WAS TRYING TO DRIVE BACK HOME FROM OFFICE VIA THE HIGHWAY. WHILE ENTERING THE HIGHWAY AND SPEEDUP, I NOTICED THAT MY ENGINE SPEED WENT UPS AND DOWNS IN A SERIOUS, UNCOMMON, RAPID MANNER. THERE WAS ALSO AN UNPLEASANT NOISE COMING OUT OF THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM. MY CAR SERIOUSLY SHAKES, AND ALL GEAR SHIFTING ATTEMPTS BECAME USELESS. THE CAR WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND WENT TO NEUTRAL GEAR ON THE HIGHWAY--WHICH PUSHED ME TO A VERY DANGEROUS EMERGENCY SITUATION. FORTUNATELY I MADE IT STOPPED BY THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND MANAGED TO CALL THE ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. MY CAR WAS FINALLY TOWED TO THE CLOSEST CHEVY DEALERSHIP, AND UPON DIAGNOSTICS THEY REPLIED THAT TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION PART, IT WOULD COST ME $4100. IT WAS THE SAME AMOUNT FOR SELLING THE SAME MODEL WITH GOOD CONDITION !!!! I READ EVERY COMPLAINTS FOR 2011 CHEVY CRUZE REGARDING THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM, AND FOUND VERY SIMILAR EXPERIENCES FOR ALL THE CASES. IT ALL HAPPENED ON THE 2011 MODULE, TRANSMISSION SYSTEM GOT FAILED AROUND 50K~60K MILEAGE, AND THE ONLY SOLUTION IS TO REPLACE THE WHOLE PART.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11002762July 3, 2017
ENGINE, VISIBILITY/WIPER
WE WILL BE DRIVING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR STALLS OUT. IT HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR 6 MONTHS BUT RECENTLY IT HAS GOTTEN A LOT MORE FREQUENT AND I HAD MY BATTERY TESTED AND IT'S NOT THAT. ALSO, MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK BUT THEY ARE STUCK IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION. I TOOK IT TO A DEALER SHIP AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE MOTOR AND IT WAS OVER 300.00 TO FIX IT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11000339June 21, 2017
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I JUST PURCHASED THIS CAR, USED. I WENT TO START IT, IT WORKED PERFECTLY FINE. I WENT TO START IT AGAIN LATER IN THE EVENING ( 7 HOURS ONLY FROM WHEN I BOUGHT IT ) AND IT WOULD NOT START, LIGHTS WORKED BUT IT WOULD NOT START. EVENTUALLY WHATEVER IS WRONG WITH IT BEGAN TO GET IT WORSE AND NOW IT WON'T START, AND NOTHING WILL WORK. THE KEY IS ALSO STUCK IN THE IGNITION. AGAIN, ONLY HAD THIS CAR LESS THAN 12 HOURS. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10993393June 6, 2017
POWER TRAIN, STEERING
I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS ISSUES WITH THIS VEHICLE, WITH TODAY ENDING IN LOSS OF POWER WHILE DOING 70MPH ON INTERSTATE 95N. PRIOR TO THIS ISSUE, MY DASHBOARD AND RADIO WOULD FLICKER ON AND OFF, THEN THE MESSAGE "SERVICE STABILITRAK" WOULD POP UP AND GO AWAY. THIS MORNING WHILE DRIVING ON 95N MY VEHICLE LOST ALL ITS POWER CAUSING ME TO PULL OFF ONTO THE SHOULDER. MY CAR CUT OFF AND WOULD NOT CUT BACK ON FOR ABOUT TWO MINUTES. WHEN I CUT IT BACK ON, MY CAR BEGAN TO SHAKE AND CODE P0723 (SPEED SENSOR) POPPED UP. THIS NEARLY SCARED ME AS I COULD HAVE ENDED UP IN A MAJOR ACCIDENT. NOW, MY CAR IS AT THE SHOP AND THE TRANSMISSION HAS DIED. I SEE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THE SAME ISSUE BUT NO RECALL RELEASED. I WILL BE WITHOUT A VEHICLE AND UPSIDE DOWN ON MY CAR NOW. I HAVE COMPLAINED TO CHEVROLET BEFORE ABOUT MY VEHICLE RANDOMLY SHUTTING OFF, BUT I GUESS THIS WILL NOT GO NOTICED UNTIL THE WORST HAPPENS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10985828May 15, 2017
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET CRUZE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10983453May 4, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET CRUZE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEARS FAILED TO PROPERLY CHANGE OVER FROM PARK. ALSO THE VEHICLE JERKED AND STALLED SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 11V273000 (POWER TRAIN) AND 16V502000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10981166April 27, 2017
STEERING, VISIBILITY/WIPER, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
STEERING ROD ISSUE, STEERING WHEEL FEELS LOOSE WHILE DRIVING ESPECIALLY WHEN ON THE HIGHWAY OVER 50 MPH . SEVERAL ISSUES WITH COOLANT/ CAR OVERHEATING/ OVERHEATED AND GAUGE FLEW RAPIDLY TO HOT, DRIVING ABOUT 40 MPH AND HAD TO PULL OVER AND TURN OFF CAR - CALL TOW TRUCK. THIS HAPPENED TWICE, SUPPOSEDLY FIXED BUT STILL SMELLS OF BURNING OIL. DRIVE SIDE WINDSHIELD STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 65 MPH ON BUSY HIGHWAY -POSSIBLE PROBLEM WITH THE MOTOR BECAUSE THE OTHER ONE WORKS FINE. ALL VERY DANGEROUS ISSUES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10980162April 24, 2017
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
SERVICE STABIL TRAK COMES ON, RADIO GOES OFF, WINDOWS STOP WORKING. STARTS TO POWER DOWN!!! I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR! CHEVY CRUZE IS GARBAGE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE! TRANSMISSION & HEATING/COOLING UNIT WENT OUT!! 3 RECALLS!!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10980210April 24, 2017
ENGINE
WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, A WARNING CAME ON SAYING THAT MY A/C WAS TURNED OFF BECAUSE MY ENGINE WAS OVERHEATING AND MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. MY TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS ON COLD. WHEN I FIRST TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG. THEY CLEARED THE CODES AND TOLD ME TO COME BACK IF THE WARNING CAME BACK ON. THREE WEEKS LATER, THE WARNING CAME ON AGAIN WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE FIRST TIME THE WARNING CAME ON, I HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR ABOUT 6 HOURS. AFTER THE CODES WERE CLEARED, THE WARNING CAME BACK ON WHEN I HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR ABOUT 2.5 HOURS. IN THE TWO WEEKS BETWEEN THE WARNING COMING BACK ON AND WHEN I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, SOMETIMES THE WARNING WOULD COME ON RIGHT AWAY WHEN I TURNED ON THE CAR. OTHER TIMES, IT WOULD TAKE 10 MINS OF DRIVING BEFORE IT WOULD COME ON. WHEN I DROVE, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WOULD FLUCTUATE BETWEEN COLD AND HALFWAY BETWEEN COLD AND HOT. AFTER FLUCTUATING FOR A FEW MINUTES, IT WOULD GO TO COLD AND THE WARNING WOULD COME ON. I TOOK IT BACK AND THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT MY COOLANT THERMOSTAT SENSOR AND HOUSING NEEDED REPLACING. THE CAR HAD ERROR CODES P0118 AND P0117. AS THIS PROBLEM COULD CAUSE MY ENGINE TO OVERHEAT AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE CHEVY CRUZE, I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL YET. THE WARNING OCCURRED WITH A LITTLE LESS THAN 55,000 MILES ON THE CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10971002April 6, 2017
ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
COOLANT LEAKING UNDER PRESSURE FROM WATER OUTLET & WATER PUMP. CAUSES CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO MALFUNCTION AS WELL AS ENGINE COOLANT TEMPERATURE SENSOR & RADIATOR CONTROL TEMPERATURE SENSOR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10967661March 22, 2017
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION COOLANT LINE SEEMS TO BE SEEPING OR LEAKING AND IS CLOSE TO THE TURBO AND COULD CAUSE A FIRE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10967407March 21, 2017
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
BOUGHT THIS CAR USED WITH 51K MILES A MONTH AGO. DROVE GREAT THE FIRST WEEK, AFTER THAT LOSES POWERUPON ACCELERATION AND IS SLOW TO GET UP TO SPEED. WHILE DRIVING JUST NOW, THE CAR WAS LOSING POWER SO I DECIDED TO HIT THE GAS HARDER AND INSTEAD OF GOING FASTER THE THE STABILITY TRACK LIGHT CAME ON. I AM STARTING TO WONDER IF I MADE A BAD DECISION PURCHASING THIS CAR. IT HAD TROUBLE GOING UP HILL ON THE HIGHWAY LAST WK. THIS CAR IS TOO COMPACT TO HAVE SPEED ISSUES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10966353March 16, 2017
AIR BAGS, STRUCTURE:BODY, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ACCIDENT, ON JAN 15 2017, VEHICLE WAS TURNING INTO A RESTAURANT PARKING LOT FROM A HIGHWAY AND HIT BY A F150 PICKUP ON THE FRONT END AND WHOLE PASSENGER SIDE, GOING ABOUT 15 MPH AND OTHER VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING 50MPH, NONE OF THE 10 AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, HAVE SHOULDER INJURY 3 DAYS FOLLOWING ACCIDENT, VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO COLLISON, SHOP & WAS MADE AWARE THAT THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE FROM FRONT END TO REAR WAS SHATTERED, THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING AND TURNING INTO A BUSINESS, THE INSURANCE COMPANY DEEMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. NO AIR BAGS EVER DEPLOYED, IF THERE WERE A PASSENGER THEY WOULD HAVE DIED.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10965871March 14, 2017
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET CRUZE. THE CONTACT CALLED ON BEHALF OF HER SON. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH OR LESS, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REDUCED POWER, TRACTION CONTROL, CHECK ENGINE, AND ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 153,468.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10958217March 2, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I SMELL GASOLINE WHEN THE HEAT IS ON , AND WE CANNOT USE THE HEAT CAUSE OF THE SMELL OF COURSE THE CAR IS IN MOTION , IS THERE A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM ? AND ALSO THERE IS A LEAK FROM THE ENGINE , I THINK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10957958March 1, 2017
POWER TRAIN
THE SHIFTER IN THE TRANSMISSION BROKE. HAD A LICENSED MECHANIC AT CHRISTIAN BROTHERS TO RUN A DIAGNOSTIC TEST ON IT FOR WARRANTY REASONS. HE FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS A FREQUENT PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS AND INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS A MANUFACTURE ALERT ON THIS PART. TO REPLACE THIS ONE PART THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION MUST BE REPLACED. THERE IS LESS THAN 100,000 MILES ON THE CAR. GIVING AN ALERT DOES NOT RECTIFY THE PROBLEM NOR DOES IT LIMIT THE DANGERS. A PERSON IS UNABLE TO SHIFT THE GEARS WHILE DRIVING. I FEEL THIS TO BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. CHEVROLET SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPLACING THIS PART.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10957148February 26, 2017
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I HAVE ATF LEAKING FROM THE CRIMPED END OF A RUBBER LINE GOING TO THE METAL LINE FOR THE TRANSMISSION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10956530February 23, 2017
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET CRUZE. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AS THE SPEED INDEPENDENTLY REDUCED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT VALVE COVER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10956161February 21, 2017
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TAKATA RECALL THE PCV VALVE IS BUILT INTO THE VALVE COVER, THERE IS A SPRING IN THE PCV VALVE THAT FAILS CAUSING THE EMISSIONS COMPUTER TO NOT WORK CORRECTLY. FAILURE OF THIS SPRING CAUSE ROUGH IDLE, LOSS OF POWER, AND FAILED EMISSIONS TEST. MULTIPLE REPORTS HAVE BEEN MADE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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