2012 Chevrolet Cruze

ENGINE COOLANT LEAKED FROM THE WATER PUMP WHILE DRIVING. THE PUMP LEAKED, LEADING TO A DRIP OF COOLANT ONTO THE ENGINE AND ONTO THE GROUND. OVER TIME, THE LOSS OF COOLANT REDUCED COOLING PERFORMANCE AND EVENTUALLY LEAD TO ENGINE OVERHEATING. THE 'SERVICE ENGINE' INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON, AN 'ENGINE HOT, AC OFF' MESSAGE APPEARED, A CHIME THEN THE ENGINE POWER REDUCED. THIS COVERAGE SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED BY GM SERVICE BULLETIN 14371A BUT WE ARE BEING DENIED REIMBURSEMENT BECAUSE THE VIN NUMBER IS NOT LISTED AS DEFECTIVE. I AM SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT APPROVAL SINCE THIS REPAIR WAS MADE BY A THIRD PARTY. AFTER SPEAKING WITH A GM REPRESENTATIVE, THEY SUGGESTED ESCALATING THIS ISSUE WITH NHTSA. THE GM CASE NUMBER IS 8-3599435878.

THIS CAR HAS HAD ISSUES SINCE WE PURCHASED IT BRAND NEW IN 2012. DOES NOT ACCELERATE WHEN MERGING ON FREEWAY OR TRYING TO PICK UP SPEED. IT PUTS THE DRIVER AT A VERY HIGH RISK OF AN ACCIDENT. THIS CAR WAS PURCHASED FOR MY DAUGHTER TO ATTEND COLLEGE AND SHE FEELS VERY UNSAFE. WE HAVE HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED AND TAKEN INTO SHOP SEVERAL TIME FOR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND LOUD SHAKING NOISE. THIS CAR HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT A NIGHTMARE AND SEEM TO THINK BASED ON REVIEWS THAT THESE CARS FALL INTO THE LEMON CATEGORY. WE WILL BE TAKING IT TO A VERY RELIABLE MECHANIC THIS WEEK AND WILL WAIT TO SEE WHAT THEY FIND.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET CRUZE. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE REAR ENDED THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. ALL THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED BRUISES TO THE NOSE THAT DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED, BUT THE CONTACT DID NOT KNOW WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,000.

WHEN DRIVING( IN ANY WEATHER CONDITIONS) THE CAR WILL LOOSE ENGINE POWER DROP TO AROUND 5MPH, IS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE AND HAVE TO BE PULLED OVER. RE/CEIVE WARNINGS STATING "ENGINE POWER REDUCED", "SERVICE STABILITRAK" AND "SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHERS. PULLING OVER AND RESTARTING THE CAR USUALLY CORRECTS THE PROBLEM BUT IT IS TERRIFYING WHEN TRAVELING AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED, OR ANY SPEED REALLY! SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED. FORTUNATELY, THIS HAS ONLY HAPPENED ON LOCAL CITY STREETS ( SO FAR!) BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE IT HAPPENING ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. IN DOING RESEARCH ONLINE THERE ARE A GREAT NUMBER OF OWNERS EXPERIENCING THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. HOW IS THIS NOT CONSIDERED A SAFETY ISSUE WARRANTING A MASSIVE RECALL? IN READING MANY FORUMS, GM IS CLEARLY AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT APPARENTLY HAS NO DEFINITIVE WAY TO FIX IT AS MANY OWNERS HAVE HAD VARIOUS PARTS REPLACED( MOSTLY RELATED THROTTLE OR ACCELERATOR PEDAL) WITH THE PROBLEM NOT BEING RESOLVED.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AND MY CAR STARTED TO LOSE POWER. THE ENGINE REDUCED POWER AND SERVICE STABILITRAK MESSAGES CAME UP AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON. I GOT OF THE INTERSTATE AND PUTTED ALONG, BARELY ABLE TO ACCELERATE AT STOP LIGHTS, UNTIL I MADE IT TO MY LOCAL CHEVY DEALERSHIP. THEY DON'T SEEM TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON AND I'LL PROBABLY END UP DOING A TRIAL AND ERROR WITH SENSORS AND THROTTLES. A FEW WEEKS AGO A SIMILAR INCIDENT HAPPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN A RESIDENTIAL ROAD (25MPH), BUT EVERYTHING TURNED OFF (DASH, A/C, RADIO, DIGITAL SPEEDOMETER, ETC) AND MY CAR POWERED OFF FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THEN CAME BACK ON AGAIN. THIS IS SERIOUSLY A SCARY PROBLEM TO HAVE.

THE CAR HAS HAD ALL RECALL WORK DONE FOR BOTH ISSUES HOWEVER THE VEHICLE IS SPEWING OIL AGAIN AND EVEN AFTER THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACED THE VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP WHEN IN REVERSE OR MOVING SLOWLY FORWARD. CHEVY STATES THAT THESE ISSUES ARE NOW MY ISSUE AND AND SPENDS BECAUSE RECALL WORK IS ONLY ONE YEAR ON THE WARRANTY. WHEN BACKING OUT FROM A PARKING SPOT OR DRIVEWAY THE VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP WHEN THE BRAKES ARE PRESSED AND OIL LEAKS RANDOMLY. IN 2015 AS THEY MADE THE REVEAL REPAIR THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE, HOWEVER THEY CLAIMED TO HAVE REPAIRED THE ISSUE.

I HAVE A 2012 CHEVY CRUZE LT, IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE 75K AND I'VE ONLY HAD IT FOR 2 YEARS. DRIVING THROUGH NORTH LITTLE ROCK ON THE INTERSTATE MY TEMPERATURE GAGE SHOT FROM COOL TO RED, MY CAR DINGED AND POSTED A MESSAGE A/C OFF DUE TO HIGH ENGINE TEMPS. MY A/C WAS NOT ON, AS I WAS PULLING OVER ANOTHER MESSAGE DINGED AND MY ENGINE POWER WAS REDUCED. I LET THE CAR IDLE AS THE NEXT MESSAGE INSTRUCTED ME TO DO, THE TEMP WOULD NOT GO DOWN. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND CALLED FOR A RIDE. THANKFULLY A NLR POLICE OFFICER SAT WITH ME UNTIL MY BOYFRIEND CAME AS I WAS BROKE DOWN ON A BAD SIDE OF TOWN. THAT BEING SAID, WE HAD THE CAR TOWED TO OUR ASE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO HAVE IT DIAGNOSED AS WE THOUGHT IT WAS JUST THE THERMOSTAT STICKING. NOPE! BLOWN HEAD GASKET! ALL BECAUSE OF A FAULTY WATER INLET. IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM ALL ACROSS THE FORUMS. MY MECHANIC HAD REPLACED NUMEROUS INLETS ON THESE CARS AND CHEVY HAD YET TO DO A RECALL. I CONTACTED GM AND FILED A COMPLAINT. THEY ARE ONLY REPLACING FAULTY WATER PUMPS, EVEN THOUGH THE WATER PUMP REPLACEMENT PARTS INCLUDE THE WATER INLET. I WAS TOLD I HAD TO HAVE IT DIAGNOSED BY THEIR DEALERSHIP AND AFTER MUCH BACK AND FORTH FINALLY GOT THE DIAGNOSTIC FEE WAIVED. I RECEIVED A CALL TODAY FROM THE DEALER INFORMING ME THAT I HAVE A CRACKED HEAD, WARPED GASKET, AND NEED TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. THIS IS ALL DUE TO A DEFECT THE MANUFACTURER KNOWS ABOUT. TO TOO IT OFF THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY EXPIRED IN MARCH AND MY EXTENDED WARRANTY EXPIRED 5K MILES AGO. CHEVY WANTS ME TO PAY OUT OF POCKET TO REPLACE ALL THE DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED FROM THEIR DEFECT. I AM CONTACTING THE BBB, MY ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND ANY NEWS OUTLET I CAN TO GET THIS ISSUE BROUGHT TO LIGHT. WITH A VEHICLE JUST OVER 5 YEARS OLD AND NOT EVEN 100,000 MILES ON IT TO HAVE TO REPLACE AN ENGINE IS LUDICROUS.

HIGH RESISTANCE IN DEPLOYMENT LOOP #8 DRIVERS SEAT SIDE AIRBAG REQUIRES: REPLACEMENT OF AIRBAG MODULE 1 AND ONLY OWNER OF THE VEHICLE. HAS NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY ACCIDENT OR IMPACT WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT - YET MID-AUGUST MY "SERVICE AIRBAG" LIGHT CAME ON THE DASH. ON 8/23/17 I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO OUR LOCAL DEALER FOR THIS ISSUE (AND TO FIX, FOR THE SECOND TIME, A PRIOR RECALL OF THE POWER BRAKE VACUUM ASSEMBLY) AND WAS TOLD DIELECTRIC GREASE WAS PLACED ON THE AIRBAG CONNECTION AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT WENT OFF. WEEKS LATER THE "SERVICE AIRBAG" LIGHT CAME BACK ON. ON 9/25/17 THE CRUZE WAS TAKEN BY TO OUR LOCAL DEALER AT WHICH TIME WE WERE NOTIFIED THERE IS HIGH RESISTANCE IN DEPLOYMENT LOOP #8 DRIVERS SEAT SIDE AIRBAG AND IT WOULD REQUIRE REPLACEMENT OF THE AIRBAG. IN BOTH INSTANCES, THE SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AS TRAVELING STRAIGHT DOWN THE ROAD. AS MENTIONED ABOVE, MY VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY ACCIDENT AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE WHICH WOULD HAVE CAUSED EITHER THE AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY OR THIS "SERVICE AIRBAG" LIGHT TO ENGAGE. AN AIRBAG WHICH SHOULD NOT REQUIRE ANY REPLACEMENT FOR THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE, IS NOW NEEDING TO BE REPLACED AT NO FAULT OF MINE. THIS IS CLEARLY A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AS THERE IS NOTHING WHICH I COULD OR HAVE DONE TO CAUSE THIS TO REQUIRE REPLACEMENT. YET, CHEVROLET HAS INDICATED THAT SINCE THERE IS NOT A RECALL ON THIS ITEM YET AND IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER SPECIAL COVERAGES THEY CANNOT COVER THIS. WHEN YOU PURCHASE A VEHICLE BRAND NEW AND ARE THE ONLY ONE TO OWN IT (CURRENT MILEAGE OF 55,000) AN AIRBAG SHOULD NOT WARRANT REPLACEMENT. THERE IS NO CIRCUMSTANCE IN WHICH I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE MANUFACTURERS DEFECTIVE AIRBAG. A RECALL NEEDS TO BE ESTABLISHED FOR THIS AS THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE WHICH NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY. COST TO REPLACE AIRBAG - $1,230. UPDATED 12/7/2017*JS

HOW MANY COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN MADE AS THE TRANSMISSION CAN SEEM LAGGY AN UNRESPONSIVE AT TIMES IN THESE VEHICLES. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE AT 42000 MILES AND AT 70,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION HAS WENT OUT. WHILE GOING DOWN THE ROAD THE TRANSMISSION LAGS AS IN IT DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH FLUID OR IT IS SLAMMING INTO GEAR. OH GOING DOWN THE ROAD AND SWITCHING GEARS YOU HEAR CLUNK AND IT JERKS YOU BACK IN YOUR SEAT. THE SHIFTER INDICATOR ON THE DASH WHEN PUT INTO DRIVE WILL NOT APPEAR ALL THE TIME CAUSING ENGINE TO MISFIRE TURNING OFF TRACTION CONTROL AND STABILITY CAUSING THE CAR TO GO INTO LIMP MODE WHEN STARTING THE CAR FROM THE STATIONARY POSITION. AS OF YESTERDAY WHEN SHIFTING INTO GEAR THE TRANSMISSION WENT COMPLETELY OUT. CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP TOLD IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS. CAR WAS ACTUALLY PRODUCED IN 2011 THE YEAR THAT CHEVY DID HAVE RECALL ON THE CHEVROLET CRUZES FOR TRANSMISSION ISSUES. CAR WAS BOUGHT NOVEMBER 2011 BY PREVIOUS OWNER.