Chevrolet Cruze Complaints

3,726 consumer complaints on file.

#11075163February 27, 2018
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE WATER PUMP IS LEAKING IN THE EXACT SAME AREA AS STATED IN THE RECALL FOR THE 2011-2014 CRUZE. THE AC OFF ERROR MESSAGE APPEARED AND EVERYTHING IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE RECALL. NOT SURE THAT THE RECALL COVERED EVERY VEHICLE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING TO. A CLOSER LOOK NEEDS TO BE TAKEN AT THE VEHICLES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11075251February 27, 2018
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 CHEVROLET CRUZE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH AND MAKING A LEFT TURN, A GRINDING TYPE NOISE WAS PRESENT COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE POWER STEERING MALFUNCTIONED AND MADE THE STEERING WHEEL VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. DURING THE FAILURE, THE "SERVICE STABILITRAC" AND "SERVICE POWER STEERING" MESSAGES DISPLAYED. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND LOCAL DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 9,070.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11075298February 27, 2018
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET CRUZE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED UNINTENDED DECELERATION WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH. THE CONTACT DROVE TO A SAFE LOCATION AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND EVEN WHEN SHIFTED TO A DIFFERENT GEAR. LANDERS CHEVROLET OF NORMAN (1221 ED NOBLE PKWY, NORMAN, OK) WAS CONTACTED AND DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 54,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11075328February 27, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET CRUZE. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO TURN OFF THE VEHICLE, IT FAILED TO TURN OFF. IN ORDER TO TURN OFF THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT HAD TO TAKE THE GEAR SHIFTER OUT OF THE PARK POSITION THREE TIMES AND THEN PLACE IT BACK IN PARK. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11074881February 25, 2018
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
SINCE NOVEMBER 2016 AT 56,000 MILES THE CAR HAS BEEN CONSTANTLY OVERHEATING. THE ENGINE COOLANT FLANGE, WATER PUMP, AND THERMOSTAT HAVE BEEN REPLACED 2XS. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE CAR FLASHES SPORADIC MESSAGES SUCH AS A/C OFF HIGH ENGINE HEAT, SERVICE STABILITRAK, CHANGE OIL, ETC. THE CAR ALSO HAS STARTED LEAKING OIL. FINALLY ON FEBRUARY 10TH, 2018 THE CAR HAD THESE SAME ISSUES AGAIN AND THIS TIME THE ENGINE WENT ENTIRELY. THE CAR HAD TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE AT 83,500 MILES AND NOW REQUIRES A NEW ENGINE. THIS IS THE WORST CAR I HAVE EVER OWNED AND I WOULD NEVER RECOMMEND IT TO ANYONE. UPON GOING ONLINE EVERYONE HAS THESE SAME EXACT ISSUES SO I HAVE NO IDEA WHY MASSIVE RECALLS HAVE NOT BEEN MADE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11074307February 22, 2018
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
TAKATA RECALL, TRANSMISSION FAILURE, CAR NOT SHIFTING INTO GEARS. DRIVING ON CITY STREET AT A STOP LIGHT AND THE CAR WOULD NOT ADVANCE FORWARD, I HAD TO PHYSICALLY PUSH IT OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO LET TRAFFIC PASS. CAR WILL NOT ADVANCE IN FORWARD OR REVERSE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11074005February 21, 2018
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET CRUZE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE ENGINE POWER REDUCED WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. A LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ONCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACT AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE AS WELL AS REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11074184February 21, 2018
VISIBILITY/WIPER
CONDENSATION ON INSIDE WINDOWS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11073866February 20, 2018
SEATS
PASSENGER SEAT DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. CAN NOT MOVE FORWARD OR BACK. ITS LOCKED IN PLACE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11073867February 20, 2018
ENGINE
NOTORIOUS GM ISSUE - TRANSMISSION COOLING LINES. THIRD TIME MINE HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND ARE NOW LEAKING AGAIN - SUSPECT IN COLDER CLIMATES THE PART IS NOT HOLDING UP AND ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO DEFECTS. FLUID LEAKS OUT AND CAUSES BUILD UP ON THE LINE, WHICH COULD POTENTIALLY BE A FIRE HAZARD. I HAVE DONE RESEARCH AND DISCOVERED THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL CRUZE. THE DEALER IS ASKING $400+ TO REPAIR WHAT I VIEW IS A DEFECTIVE PART AND DESIGN. I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE AND THIS IS ANOTHER PROBLEM I AM FACED TO COVER THE REPAIR BILL FOR A FAULTY DESIGN/PRODUCT. GM SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT WITH A SOLUTION TO THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11073915February 20, 2018
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE HOSE THAT CONNECTS TO THE COOLANT FOR THE AC SYSTEM ALWAYS BREAKS AND THE HEATING AND COOLING STOPS WORKING, THIS IS UNSAFE BECAUSE IT MAY CAUSE OVERHEATING OF THE ENGINE IF NOT REPAIRED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11073525February 19, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
SMELLS LIKE IT'S BURNING, SMOKES INTO THE INSIDE. IT'S BEEN NUMEROUS TIMES IN THE SHOP BUT IT KEEPS DOING THE SAME. ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE DRIVER SEAT AND LIGHTING ALSO
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11073449February 18, 2018
VISIBILITY/WIPER
WHEN YOU TURN THE DIAL TO USE THE WIPERS. IT DOES NOT WORK. YOU CAN PUSH IT, TO SPRAY THE WIPER FLUID, BUT THE WIPERS DONT MOVE. MY VECHILE ONLY HAS 51000 MILES ON IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11073420February 17, 2018
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
PROBLEM OF SICKENING, STRONG ODOR INSIDE THE CAR WHILE THE ENGINE IS RUNNING. SWEET SMELL OF COOLANT EMANATING FROM INSIDE THE DASHBOARD VENTILATION AREA SYSTEM. ODOR PERSISTS THROUGHOUT THE DRIVE. IT PERSISTS IN ALL SETTINGS OF VENTILATION, A.C., AIR, ETC. I HAVE BROUGHT THE CAR IN FOR REPEATED,FAILED ATTEMPTS BY THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP, LOU BACHRODT OF POMPANO BEACH, FL., TO CORRECT THE ISSUE ON 9/27/16, 11/07/16 AND 11/21/16. I BELIEVE THEY ONLY FUMIGATED THE CAR WITH AN ANTI-FUNGAL? RATHER THAN CORRECT THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM. THEY DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THERE WAS AN ISSUE EITHER WRITTEN ON MY WORK ORDERS OR WHEN I SPOKE WITH THE SERVICE REPS. MORE RECENTLY A SOUR, MOLDY ODOR IS PRESENT INSIDE THE VEHICLE BESIDES THE COOLANT LEAK ODOR. ORDINARILY, I DRIVE UNDER 10 MILES A DAY ON CITY STREETS AND THE ODORS PERSISTS THROUGHOUT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11073266February 16, 2018
POWER TRAIN
THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT HOLD THE CAR IT WILL ROLL BACKWARD WHEN ON AN SLIGHT INCLINE. WHILE ON MY WAY TO WORK I WAS SLOWING TO CROSS A SET OF TRAIN TRACKS ON A STATE HIGHWAY IN A SMALL TOWN AND THE TRANSMISSION WENT COMPLETELY OUT. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE TRACKS. I AM UNSURE OF THE NAME OF THE PART THAT IS BROKEN. AFTER TALKING TO MANY MANY TRANSMISSION SPECIALISTS I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS HAPPENS VERY FREQUENTLY. IT SEEMS THE EXACT SAME THING THAT RECALL 14234 WAS ISSUED FOR HAS ALSO EFFECTED THE CRUZE. I DID HAVE TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED HOME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11073278February 16, 2018
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ENGINE, TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET CRUZE. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE RESTARTED ITSELF IMMEDIATELY. IN ADDITION, THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNING INDICATORS DISPLAYED TEMPORARILY. PELLEGRINO CHEVROLET IN WESTVILLE, NEW JERSEY WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS NO LONGER UNDER RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11073315February 16, 2018
POWER TRAIN
YOU DRIVE FOR 15 MILES GOES INTO LIMP MODE HAVE PUT 3 TECOMS IN THE CAR AND STILL DOES THE SAME THING
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11073000February 15, 2018
AIR BAGS, STRUCTURE:BODY, WHEELS
I WAS DRIVING AND WAS STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I PROCEEDED TO EXCEL FORWARD. THE CAR WAS ONLY GOING BETWEEN 10-15 MILES PER HOUR WHEN WITHOUT HITTING OR CURBING ANYTHING MY TIRE BLEW. RIGHT AFTER THE TIRE BLEW ALL (6) SIX OF MY AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. WHEN THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED THE CAR QUICKLY FILLED WITH SMOKE LIKE AIR. THE AIRBAGS CAUSED ME TO NOT BE ABLE TO SEE AND I STEERED THE CAR OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AT SUCH TIME, ONSTAR CAME ACROSS THE SPEAKERS AND ASKED IF WE WERE IN AN ACCIDENT AND IF WE NEEDED THE POLICE &/OR AN AMBULANCE. WE YELLED TO THE ONSTAR PERSON THAT WE THOUGHT THE CAR WAS ON FIRE BECAUSE OF THE SMOKE LIKE SUBSTANCE AND THAT WE NEEDED THE POLICE THAT WE WERE ON ONLY VEHICLE THAT HAD BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. I STILL HAVE NO CLUE WHAT TRANSPIRED IN THE EVENT OF THE TIRE BLOWING ESPECIALLY SINCE I DIDN'T HIT ANYTHING OR CURB ANYTHING. AND I STILL DON'T KNOW WHY THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED WHEN THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE. I AM EDUCATED ON THE REQUIREMENTS OF DEPLOYED AIRBAGS AND NEVER AT SUCH TIME DID I EVER MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS ESPECIALLY FOR ALL (6) SIX OF THE AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY. I NEVER HIT ANYTHING AT A SPEED OF 14 MPH, NOR WAS I TEE BONED FROM BOTH SIDES, NOR DID OUR CAR ROLE OVER. WHICH IS THE MAIN REASONS FOR ALL (6) SIX OF THE AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY. ON ANOTHER NOTE THE AIRBAGS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE, MY SIDE, DEPLOYED WITH SUCH FORCE THAT THE AIRBAGS BROKE MY GLASSES, MY CELL PHONE SCREEN, AND BROKE THE IGNITION KEY OFF IN THE IGNITION. THE AIRBAG THAT PROTECTS THE DRIVERS KNEES LEFT A BRUISE THE SIZE OF A GRAPEFRUIT ON MY LEG. I NEVER SEEMED MEDICAL ATTENTION. AS FOR THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAGS, THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY FORCE BEHIND THEM. THE AIRBAGS NEVER EVEN TOUCHED MY WIFE AT ALL AND SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANY INJURIES AT ALL. THE TIRE IN WHICH WE ARE DISCUSSING IS THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11073159February 15, 2018
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THIS VEHICLE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AT NIGHT DUE TO THE "AUTOMATIC" LIGHTING SYSTEM EITHER WAS NON OPERATIONS, NOT FOCUSED IN THE CORRECT DIRECTION OR NOT BRIGHT ENOUGH. THE CRUZE VEHICLE WAS DRIVING SOUTH BOUND TO A LIGHTED INTERSECTION FROM A STOP SIGN A BLOCK AWAY. THE NORTH BOUND CAR WAS AT A STOP WAITING FOR THE LIGHT TO TURN GREEN. UPON TURNING GREEN AND AFTER VIEWING THE OPPOSITE LANE TO YIELD, THE NORTH BOUND CAR PROCEEDED TO TURN LEFT AND DID NOT SEE THE CRUZE UNTIL IT WAS ALREADY IN A TURN AND LATER STATED THAT THE CRUZE CAME OUT OF NO WHERE. THE CRUZE WAS TOTALED. THE WITNESS TO THE ACCIDENT, ANOTHER NORTHBOUND CAR, STATED THAT THE NORTH BOUND CAR WAS GOING EXTREMELY SLOW AS THE LIGHT JUST TURNED GREEN. IT IS NOTED THAT THE 2016 VEHICLES WERE RECALLED FOR THE EXACT SAME ISSUE.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11073149February 15, 2018
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET CRUZE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A 3-POINT TURN, THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED INTO REVERSE, BUT FAILED TO ENGAGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER FOUR ATTEMPTS, THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. ALSO, A WHISTLING SOUND WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY, TURNED OFF, AND RESTARTED, THE VEHICLE OPERATED CORRECTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A CHEVROLET DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WOULD TOW THE VEHICLE TO WINTER CHEVROLET (3750 CENTURY CT., PITTSBURG, CA 94565). THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 41,000. *TT *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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