Chevrolet Cruze Complaints

3,726 consumer complaints on file.

#10886120July 20, 2016
ENGINE
I BOUGHT MY CAR MARCH 2015 AND I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS SINCE I GOT IT. I STILL OWE $ 8000.00 ON IT AND THE GM COMPANY TOLD ME MY MOTOR IS BLOWED. MY FATHER IS A MECHANIC AND TOOK A LOOK AND SAID HE BELIEVES MY CAR JUMPED TIME BECAUSE MY WATER PUMP QUIT. MORGAN MCCLURE TOLD ME THEY WOULD FIX IT BUT IT WILL COST ME 3500 DOLLARS. I THINK ALL THESE CARS NEED TO BE TAKEN OFF ROAD AND EVERYONE WHO HAS HAD ISSUES SHOULD GET PLACED IN ANOTHER CAR.. I AM PAYING A TOTAL OF 17,000 FOR MY CAR AND ITS NOT EVEN DRIVABLE. I WILL NEVER BY ANOTHER CRUZE AND I WILL LET EVERYONE KNOW THE ISSUES SO THEY DON'T BUY ONE EARTHIER. IVE BEEN RIPPED OFF WITH THIS CAR SINCE THE DAY I BOUGHT IT . THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO MY CAR.. I DROVE MY CAR TO WORK WITH NO ISSUES. WHEN I GOT OFF WORK I CRANK MY CAR AND DROVE IT TO MORGAN MCCLURE TO GET A RESERVOIR CAP FOR MY CAR BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T TIGHTEN DOWN LIKE IT WAS STRIPPED. I CUT MY CAR OFF WENT IN TO MORGAN MCCLURE AND BOUGHT CAP. PUT IT ON AND MY CAR WOULDN'T CRANK BACK. THEY LOOKED AT CAR AND CHARGED ME $35.00 FOR LOOKING AT IT FOR 2 SECONDS TO TELL ME IT HAS NO COMPRESSION AND MY MOTOR IS BLOWED. THEY TOLD ME THEY CAN FIX IT BUT I NEED A NEW OR USED MOTOR AND IT WILL COST $3500.00.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10886171July 20, 2016
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
BROUGHT MY CAR IN FOR WHAT LOOKED LIKE INTAKE SEALS AND FOUND OUT THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD MANIFOLD IS CRACKED. I CALLED MANY OTHER AUTO REPAIR PLACES AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A MASSIVE PROBLEM AND CAN ONLY BE GOTTEN FROM THE DEALER AND I WILL BE GETTING ONE OF THE LAST IN THIS AREA AT THE COST OF $450.00 PLUS TIME. THE CAR STARTED RUNNING RUFF AND HAS 9 DIFFERENT CODES ALL RELATING TO A LEAN CONDITION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10885886July 19, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES
HAS A HARD BRAKE PEDAL WILL NOT STOP SOMETIME THE SWITCH WAS REPLACED ON EARLY RECALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10885897July 19, 2016
AIR BAGS, SERVICE BRAKES, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET CRUZE. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A FENCE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AFTER THE CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10885911July 19, 2016
AIR BAGS
HAD I HEAD ON CRASH AND THE AIR AGES DID NOT DEPLOY AT ALL ?? I HAVE NECKLACE AND BACK PAIN WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR 19 HOURS. AND NEED TO GET MY BASIC FIXED I HIT MY HEAD AS WELL . BUT IF THE AIR BAGS WORKED I THINK THAT IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN AS BAD .I WAS MOVING ABOUT 35 MPH AND HE WAS ABOUT 4O TO 45 MPH AND HE TURN INTO ME.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10885216July 16, 2016
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
STABILITRAK CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON CAR OVERHEATED AND THE CAR SLOWED DOWN AND TURNED OFF WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY IN COULDN'T RESTART THE CAR HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY WANTED TO CHARGE FOR REPAIRS WHICH WE ARE NOT GOING TO PAY FOR MANUFACTURING DEFECTS I HAVE A 2013 CHEVY CRUISE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10885276July 16, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ABOUT A YEAR AFTER BUYING MY 2013 CHEVY CRUZE THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW FELL DOWN AND OUT OF THE TRACK. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPAIRED IT UNDER WARRANNTY. NOW MY CRUZE IS 3 YEARS AND 2 MONTHS OLD WITH 21,000 MILES ON IT AND THE PASSENGER WINDOW HAS DONE THE SAME THING. MY WARRANTY RAN OUT 2 MONTHS AGO EVEN THOUGHT THERE ARE ONLY 21,000 MILES ON IT I HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR. BOTH TIMES THIS HAPPENED WE WERE GETTING IN THE VEHICLE AND CLOSED THE DOOR, ROLLED DOWN THE WINDOW AND THE WINDOW FELL TO THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR AND WONT GO UP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10884858July 14, 2016
AIR BAGS, SEAT BELTS
VEHICLE ACCIDENT WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE - AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY IN ACCIDENT. DRIVER HIT HEAD ON STEERING WHEEL. (ALL AIRBAGS DEPLOYED ON OTHER VEHICLE (AUDI S4.)) TOLD BY INSURANCE ADJUSTOR HE TYPICALLY DOES NOT SEE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT ON CHEVY CRUIZE AS THE SENSORS ARE HIGH ON THE INTERNAL FRAME.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10884327July 12, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES, ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET CRUZE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AN ABNORMAL BURNING ODOR EMITTED FROM THE VEHICLE AND IT OVERHEATED. IN ADDITION, WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO RESPOND AND THE BRAKES MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE THERMOSTAT AND WATER PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10884177July 11, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
2016 CHEVY CRUZE LMTD LTZ, DRVG DOWN HWY MIDDLE OF NO WHERE 5 HOURS FROM HOME 1T 1AM DRVG 70 MPH, TMS SUDDENLY SHOWS RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER TIRE WITH A TIRE PRESSURE OF 12LBS, NEAREST GAS STATION 10 MILES DOWN HWY, AS DRIVE THERE TIRE PRESSURE SLOWLY CREEPS UP TO 25 LBS BUT GOES NO HIGHER. GET TO GAS STATION, TIRE IS NOT DEFLATED, PURCHASE MANUAL TIRE GAUGE SHOWS TIRE PRESSURE AT 32LBS, TMS STILL SHOWING 25LBS EVEN AFTER RESTARTING CAR SEVERAL TIMES. GET BACK ON HWY AFTER DRVG FOR ANOTHER HOUR, TIRE PRESSURE GOES BACK TO 32LBS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10883306July 7, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
FUMES FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT, ARE BEING DRAWN INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT AIR DUCTS. VERY NOTICEABLE AT START UP, AND WHILE SITTING IDLE. ( STOP LIGHTS, IN TRAFFIC, ETC THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW. IN AUGUST 2014
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10882988July 6, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
MY CRUZE DIESEL AROUND 30K MILES, HAD AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE WHICH RESULTED IN THE DEALERSHIP REPLACING THE RADIO AND OTHER ELECTRICAL NODES. AROUND 40K MILES THE BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR WENT BAD. NONE OF WHICH WERE COVERED BY THE DEALERSHIP SO I HAD TO PAY FOR IT MYSELF. SINCE 45K MILES, THE CAR HAS RANDOMLY POPPED UP A MESSAGE SAYING THE ENGINE POWER IS REDUCED. I TRAVEL TO LARGE URBAN AREAS AND THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME IN THE WORST OF SITUATIONS AND I AM LUCKY TO BE ALIVE DUE TO THIS ISSUE. THIS NOW COMES ON OFTEN AND IS NOT COVERED BY THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP I WENT TO. I JUST PURCHASED THIS CAR IN 2014. SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING THE LEMON LAW
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10883080July 6, 2016
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET CRUZE. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH AND ACCELERATING, THE TACHOMETER SHOWED THAT THE RPM WAS RED-LINED; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,719.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10882251July 2, 2016
POWER TRAIN
MY DAD AND I NOTICED THAT AFTER MY CAR HAD BEEN DRIVEN FOR AWHILE THAT THE FAN BEGAN RUNNING REALLY HARD THEN I NOTICED ABOUT A MONTH AGO THAT MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I HAD A MECHANIC CHECK IT AND HE TOLD ME THAT IT WAS CODE P0599 WHICH IS THE THERMOSTAT CONTROL CIRCUIT. HE SD THAT HE BELIEVED THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL AT ONE TIME BUT FOR ME TO CONTACT THE DEALER. I CALLED ROD HATFIELD HERE IN LEXINGTON, KY AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE HAS BEEN SEVERAL CARS OF MY YEAR AND MODEL WITH THESE ISSUES BUT THERE WAS NOT A RECALL ISSUED FOR THIS AND I WOULD HAVE TO PAY TO GET IT FIXED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10881614June 29, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET CRUZE. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD WHEN DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE AFTER CONTINUALLY DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10881312June 28, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WITH MY 2016 CHEVY CRUZE WITH LESS THAN 1300 MILES ONIT. DEALERSHIP CANT GET ME IN UNTIL LATE NEXT WEEK!!! WHY IS THIS ON ALREADY!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10876757June 27, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET CRUZE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE FAILURE. THE DEALER PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC, WHICH LOCATED SEVERAL FAILURE CODES AT THE IGNITION SWITCH, THROTTLE BODY POSITION, AND THE AIR FLOW SENSOR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10876478June 24, 2016
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET CRUZE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 TO 35 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING AT A RED LIGHT, IT SHOOK VIOLENTLY. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE VALVE COVER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN AN UNKNOWN RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10876074June 23, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT TURNING RIGHT TO CROSS 3 LANES ON A 6 LANE ROAD. MY CAR HAD BEEN PARKED FOR AT LEAST 20 MINUTES WHILE I WAS IN THE STORE AND I HAD JUST STARTED IT WITHIN 2 MINUTES OF THIS HAPPENING. I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 15-20 MPH. WHEN I NEEDED TO VEER RIGHT MY STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT MOVE. I HAD TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES AFTER GOING ONTO THE NARROW CENTER MEDIAN AND NEARLY GOING OVER INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. MY CAR HAD COMPLETELY SHUT OFF WHICH HAD DISABLED THE POWER STEERING. AS SOON AS I REALIZED WHAT HAD HAPPENED THE POWER CAME BACK ON AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE OFF. I IMMEDIATELY WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE MECHANICS SAID THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS BEFORE AND ADVISED ME TO COME BACK THE NEXT MORNING AS IT WAS LATER IN THE EVENING AND THE MAIN MECHANICS HAD GONE HOME. THERE WERE NO INDICATOR LIGHTS ON WHEN THIS OCCURRED. I REALIZED AT THE DEALERSHIP THAT ON THE DASHBOARD THERE WAS A MESSAGE TO ROLL MY DRIVER WINDOW DOWN AND BACK UP. THE SERVICE ADVISER TOLD ME THIS WAS TO RESET OR REPROGRAM THE VEHICLE SINCE IT HAD SHUT DOWN. THEY DID HAVE ME OPEN THE HOOD TO SEE IF ANY WIRES APPEARED TO BE LOOSE. HOWEVER, THEY MECHANIC INDICATED THAT EVERYTHING LOOKED BRAND NEW, THE ENGINE WAS CLEAN AND IN PRISTINE CONDITION, AND HE NOTED THAT ALL OF THE NUMBER ON THE PARTS WERE STILL VISIBLE. I LEFT AND HAD TO GO TO THE STORE. WHILE PARKED, AND ON THE PHONE, AGAIN VIA BLUETOOTH, EXPLAINING TO MY MOTHER WHAT HAD HAPPENED, MY RADIO COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. TWO TIMES IN PRIOR WEEKS MY RADIO HAD SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. ALL OF THESE INSTANCES ONLY LASTED A FEW SECONDS. I HAVE HAD THIS CAR FOR ONLY 1 MONTH. THERE WAS ONE PREVIOUS DRIVER AND THERE ARE ONLY 32,000 MILES ON IT. THE CAR IS AT THE DEALERSHIP NOW, SO I HAVE NO INDICATION OF THE ISSUE AT THIS TIME. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING IN THIS CAR KNOWING THAT IT COULD TURN OFF AT ANY MOMENT POTENTIALLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10875284June 20, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET CRUZE. WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AT A RED LIGHT, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY SERVICED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V360000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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