2013 Chevrolet Cruze

THE 2013 CHEVROLET CRUZE 1.8L ENGINE (NON-TURBO) WAS INSTALLED WITH A "TOO SMALL" DISC ROTOR AND/OR PADS FOR THE FRONT - CAUSING THE FRONT DISC ROTOR AND/OR FRONT PADS TO BE SUBJECTED TO PREMATURE FAILURE. MY DISC ROTOR AND PADS ROUTINELY FAILS AT UNDER 10,000 MILES. GM RECOGNIZED THIS PROBLEM AND INSTALLED LARGER FRONT DISC ROTOR AND PADS FOR THE 2014 CRUZE DIESEL BUT REFUSES TO CONDUCT A RECALL TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE FRONT DISC ROTOR AND PADS CAUSING DANGEROUS STOPPING SITUATION WHEN THE DISC ROTOR AND PADS ARE PREMATURELY WORN OUT. *TR

ALMOST FROM THE DAY I LEASED MY MANUAL CRUZE I HAD ENGINE DYING PROBLEMS. IT HAPPENS WHEN I DOWNSHIFT INTO SECOND GEAR, WHEN I STOP AND WHEN I STOP SUDDENLY. IT HAPPENS PERHAPS A FEW TIMES A WEEK. THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPT. TESTED THE CAR AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG. IT WAS SUGGESTED, TACTFULLY, THAT PERHAPS I WASN'T SHIFTING CORRECTLY. I AM ALMOST 66 YEARS OLD I LEARNED TO DRIVE A CAR ON A THREE-THE-TREE FORD. I HAVE OWNED ONLY ONE AUTOMATIC CAR IN MY LIFE, AND THAT WAS FOR FOUR YEARS. I REALLY DON'T THINK I AM TO BLAME. AS THE GM IGNITION SWITCH CAME TO LIGHT I BEGAN TO WONDER. OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS GM HAS EXPANDED ITS RECALL INTO MORE RECENT MODEL YEARS. TO ME, IT IS SIMPLY THE GM CULTURE WHEN IT COMES TO BUILDING CARS. THE SAME MENTALITY ABOUT USING BAD PARTS WAS PROBABLY PASSED ON THE 2013 MODELS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC AT APPROXIMATELY 25MPH. THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME SLAMMED ON THEIR BRAKES AND TO AVOID HITTING THEM I SLAMMED ON MY BRAKES. IT TOOK 4-5 SECONDS BEFORE THE BRAKES RESPONDED AFTER PRESSING ALL THE WAY DOWN ON THE PEDAL BASICALLY STANDING ON THE PEDAL. I HAD TO SWERVE INTO THE NEXT LANE TO AVOID HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. LUCKILY THERE WERE NO OTHER CARS IN THE OTHER LANE AT THE TIME.. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THIS IS NOT NORMAL AND TO BRING THE CAR IN. I TOOK IT IN AND THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEM. I TRIED IT OUT IN MY HOUSING COMPLEX AND ITS STILL DOING THE SAME THING WHEN DRIVING 25MPH AND SLAMMING ON THE BRAKES THIS CAR IS NOT SAFE AND I WILL BE LOOKING INTO REPLACING IT WITH SOMETHING OTHER THAN CHEVY.. *TR

TL- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET CRUZE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, HE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP RIGHT AWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THE THERE WAS AIR IN THE BRAKE LINES AND THAT THEY NEEDED TO BE BLEED. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 700. AP *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET CRUZ. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE BRAKES DID NOT RESPOND WHEN DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE BRAKES AND CALIPERS BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,800.

AFTER CHANGING OIL FILTER, OIL SPRAYED IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES INTO DRIVE, CAUSING A FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. ALL OCCUPANTS WERE SAFE, BUT THE DAMAGE IS EXPENSIVE. WIRING HARNESSES, AS WELL AS MASTER CYLINDER WERE MELTED. THE TOP MOUNTED FILTER IS A PLEATED CARTRIDGE THAT SNAPS INTO A THREADED PLASTIC OIL FILTER CAP. A BLUE O-RING, INCLUDED WITH THE FILTER, SLIPS OVER THE PLASTIC OIL FILTER CAP, PAST THE THREADS. THE ISSUE SEEMS TO THAT TWO "GROOVES" EXIST AFTER THE THREADS TOWARDS THE END BY THE FLANGE. IF THE O-RING IS PLACED IN THE WRONG LOCATION (I.E. ALL THE WAY TO THE END) THIS PROVIDES AN INADEQUATE SEAL, POSING A FIRE HAZARD AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. CORRECT PROCEDURE IS TO APPLY THE BLUE O-RING ON THE SECOND TO LAST GROOVE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE THREADS. BASICALLY, IF AFTER TIGHTENING THE OIL FILTER ASSEMBLY THE BLUE O-RING IS VISIBLE, IT'S IN THE WRONG LOCATION. SOURCE: LOCAL DEALER. THIS IS NOT RELATED TO THE PLASTIC SHIELD MODIFICATION ADVISED IN A PREVIOUS SERVICE BULLETIN FROM GM REGARDING THE 2011-12 MODEL YEARS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET CRUZ. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES FAILED TO ENGAGE AND CAUSED THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE BRAKE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED TWICE. THE DEALER TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AND WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 900.

I DECIDED TO TRADE IN MY MALIBU AND LEASE A 2013 CRUZE FROM GLOBAL CHEVROLET, RT.22, NORTH PLAINFIELD, NJ. IN MARCH OF 2013. I BEGAN NOTICING THE PROBLEM WITHIN A FEW WEEKS. IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, THE CAR LUNGES FORWARD AS YOU ARE SWITCHING FROM THE BRAKE TO THE ACCELERATOR. WHILE BRAKING, THE BRAKES SEEM TO FREEZE UP AND THE CAR KEEPS ROLLING, AT TIMES 20 FEET BEFORE STOPPING. I HAD THE CAR INSPECTED BY THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AND SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG; "NEW TECHNOLOGY, COMPUTERS, DOWNSHIFTING" IS HOW THEY EXPLAINED IT. I KEEP A LOG IN MY CAR TO RECORD EACH TIME THIS OCCURS, AS IT DOES NOT HAPPEN EVERY DAY. HOWEVER, IT HAPPENS ENOUGH THAT I AM CONCERNED THAT EVENTUALLY THIS SITUATION WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT AND SERIOUS INJURY. IT WOULDN'T SURPRISE ME THAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE THERE WILL BE A RECALL REGARDING THIS PROBLEM OR I SINCERELY HOPE THERE WILL BE. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2013 CHEVY CRUZE ON MAY 13, 2013 TEST DROVE THE CAR AND BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR. SALESPERSON REFERRED IT TO THE MECHANIC. I DIDN'T EVEN MAKE IT OFF THE CAR LOT. HE SAID HE BLED THE BRAKES AND ALL IS WELL...STILL HAD TROUBLE WITH THE BRAKES AFTER I WAS AT A STOP SIGN AND MY CAR LUNGES FORWARD. I PRESSED ON BRAKES HARDER TO STOP. TOOK CAR BACK ON THE 28TH AND TOLD MECHANIC WHAT HAPPENED AND HE AGAIN CHECKED THE CAR OUT AND SAID HE COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. HE SAID HE TESTED ANOTHER NEW MODEL AND SAID HE HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THAT CAR. THESE MECHANICS ARE IGNORING ANY CONCERN BUYERS HAVE... PUTTING OUR LIVES AND FAMILY MEMBERS IN DANGER. THE ABOVE INCIDENT HAS HAPPENED AGAIN ON OCCASION AND THE FACT THAT THESE MECHANICS TALK DOWN TO YOU AND MAKE YOU FEEL "PLAIN STUPID" HAS PROMPT ME TO INITIATE THIS COMPLAINT IN HOPES SOMETHING GETS DONE. *TR