2013 Chevrolet Cruze

I HAVE A LEAK IN MY COOLANT SYSTEM. SINCE I'VE GOTTEN THE CAR IN OCTOBER 2016, I'VE EXPERIENCED A WEIRD BURNING SMELL, BEFORE I HAD EVEN DISCOVERED WHAT THE ISSUE WAS. IN JUNE 2017, MY ENGINE OVERHEATED DUE TO A MALFUNCTION IN MY COOLANT SYSTEM. AS A RESULT, I HAD MY COOLANT FLANGE REPLACED. A FEW DAYS LATER, MY CAR BEGAN TO SMOKE AND MY ENGINE WENT IDLE. THE COOLANT LEAKS FROM THE FLANGE AND THE RESERVOIR OFTEN. SOMETIMES, IT LEAKS AS I DRIVE, OTHER TIMES, IT'LL BE PARKED AND LEAK OUT WHEN IDLE. I NEVER USE MY AIR CONDITIONING OR HEAT ANYMORE DUE TO THE BURNING SMELL OF THE COOLANT. I HAD MY COOLANT FLANGE REPLACED A SECOND TIME. MY CAR WAS DOWN FOR 3 MONTHS AND I JUST GOT IT REPAIRED AGAIN. LAST WEEK, OCTOBER 10, 2017, MY CAR BEGAN TO SMOKE AGAIN, MY ENGINE WENT IDLE, AND WHEN I POPPED THE HOOD, THE COOLANT HAD LEAKED OUT COMPLETELY. ANY TIME IT HAS OVERHEATED AND THE ENGINE WHEN IDLE, I'VE BEEN ON THE FREEWAY, DRIVING AT LEAST 60 MPH OR ON THE STREET, DRIVING AT LEAST 30 MPH. MORE RECENTLY, WHEN IT OVERHEATED, THE CAR HAD BEEN IDLE FOR 2 HOURS AND THEN 5 MINS INTO ME DRIVING IT, IT HAPPENED. I WAS DRIVING DOWN A DARK HIGHWAY, GOING ABOUT 25 MPH. BEFORE THE ENGINE OVERHEATED, I HAD 65% OIL LIFE AND AFTERWARDS, I HAD 0% OIL LIFE. MY UNCLE HAD JUST ADDED COOLANT TO MY RESERVOIR THE DAY BEFORE, BUT IT LEAKED OUT COMPLETELY. LUCKILY, I WAS NOT ALONE THIS TIME. I'M ALWAYS CAUTIOUS THAT MY ENGINE WILL BLOW OUT WHEN I DRIVE IT. MY MECHANIC INFORMED ME TO BE SURE THAT I ALWAYS HAD COOLANT AND WATER IN MY TRUNK AT ALL TIMES, IN CASE IT LEAKS OUT. I TRAVEL 40 MINS TO WORK EVERY OTHER DAY AND IT'S QUITE FRIGHTENING, KNOWING THAT AT ANY TIME, MY ENGINE MAY OVERHEAT AGAIN, DUE TO THE COOLANT LEAK. I'M ALMOST POSITIVE THAT THERE'S A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE, BUT I NEED CONFIRMATION. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE, BUT I'VE DONE RESEARCH..

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLES MOTOR LOOSES POWER. THE ELECTRONICS STAY ON BUT THE ENGINE IS SHUT OFF. ONLY HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING, IT HAS HAPPENED ONCE ON THE HIGHWAY GOING APPROX. 65MPH, ANOTHER TIME WHILE GOING 55MPH ON A 2 LANE COUNTRY ROAD, ONCE WHILE GOING 10MPHIN A PARKING LOT AND ANOTHER WHILE BACKING OUT OF DRIVE WAY AT APPROX. 5MPH. EACH TIME IT HAS HAPPENED THE VEHIVLE HAS BEEN IN MOTION, GOING STRAIGHT.

ENGINE COOLANT THERMOSTAT SENSORS. I HAVE REPLACED IT TWICE IN 2 MONTHS. I HAVE FOUND NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS OF THE SAME SORT ALL OVER THE INTERNET WITH MANY MODEL YEARS OF THE CAR I HAVE. THINGS JUST DON'T GO BAD THAT SOON UNLESS THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT ELECTRICAL OR ENGINE ISSUE. I SEE NO RECALLS FOR MY YEAR ON ANYTHING AND I FIND IT HARD 1 YEAR MODEL HAS NO RECALL ISSUES.

IN PARK AT RANDOM TIMES THE SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL AND SERVICE STABILITRAK LIGHT WILL COME ON. THE CAR IS REAL SLUGGISH AT TAKE OF, I CAN NOT LEAVE A STOP SIGN WITH A CAR ANY LESS THAN 40-50 CAR LINKS AWAY WITHOUT FEAR OF GETTING HIT. WHEN THE SPEED FINALLY STARTS TO PICK UP IT SHIFTS ROUGH AT TIMES. THE CAR ALSO FEELS LIKE IT IS JUMPING WHEN IN DRIVE AND HOLDING THE BRAKE.

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM THE STORE AND THE "SERVICE POWER STEERING" LIGHT CAME ON AND I LOST POWER STEERING. THE STABILITRAK LIGHT WAS ALSO ON. IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER THE CAR HOME. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY TELL ME THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. THEY ARE GOING TO KEEP IT ANOTHER DAY TO SEE IF THEY CAN MAKE THE CODE COME UP, BUT IF IT DOESN'T THEN I GET TO DRIVE A CAR THAT CAN CRASH BECAUSE OF POWER STEERING FAILURE. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO HAVE THE STEERING GO OUT WHILE DRIVING. GM NEEDS TO FIND OUT WHY THIS IS HAPPENING AND FIX IT.