2015 Chevrolet Cruze

TRIED TWICE, CAR DID NOT START. NO LIGHTS JUST DEAD. TRIED ONCE MORE STARTED, ALL LOOKED OK. DROVE 1/4 MILE ENGINE DIED WITH A CLUNK AND JERK, SERVICE POWER STEERING WARNING CAME ON, THEN SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL WARNING CAME ON. STEERED OFF ROAD (POWER STEERING WAS WORKING) PUT VEHICLE IN PARK, TRIED TO START SEVERAL TIMES. INTERIOR LIGHT CAME ON BUT WOULD NOT START. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES TRIED AGAIN, STARTED AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS LIT. DROVE TO HOME AND WHILE IN REVERSE TO PARK, ENGINE DIED AGAIN.

STEERING ANGLE SENSOR ELECTRICAL FAILURE. I BACKED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY; AFTER PUTTING IT IN "DRIVE" THE CAR FISHTAILED AND THE "SERVICE STEERING WHEEL" MESSAGE CAME ON THE DASH. I BROUGHT IT TO SIMPSON CHEVROLET AND THEY DIAGNOSED THE "STEERING ANGLE SENSOR ELECTRICAL FAILURE" AND REPLACED THE STEERING ANGLE SENSOR. THEY STATED THAT THE CAR WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET CRUZE. WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 40 MPH, THE POWER STEERING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. AS A RESULT OF THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKING, THE VEHICLE EVENTUALLY SHUT OFF AND THE CONTACT HAD TO WAIT A WHILE FOR THE VEHICLE TO RESTART. WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED, IT ALSO CAUSED THE CONTACT TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE FH DAILEY CHEVROLET DEALER (800 DAVIS ST, SAN LEANDRO, CA), BUT THE DIAGNOSIS WAS UNDETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,000.

WHILE DRIVING MY 2015 CHEVROLET CRUZE LT THE RADIO SHUT OFF, LIGHTS FLICKERED, SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND OTHER WARNING LIGHTS TEMPORARILY FLICKERED ON AND OFF FOR A FEW SECONDS BEFORE RETURNING BACK TO NORMAL. THIS HAPPENS MULTIPLE TIMES DAILY OFTEN INVOLVING THE POWER STEERING. WHILE TURNING THE VEHICLE, THE RADIO WILL SHUT OFF, LIGHTS WILL FLICKER, AND POWER STEERING WILL COMPLETELY SHUT OFF CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO JERK WHILE IN THE TURNING PROCESSES. THE CAR HAS TROUBLE STARTING OFTEN AND SOMETIMES WILL NOT START. THE BATTERY HAS BEEN TESTED AND IS FINE AS WELL AS THE ALTERNATOR. SOMETIMES THE RADIO WILL SHUT OFF AND NOT COME BACK ON UNTIL THE NEXT DAY EVEN AFTER RESTARTING THE VEHICLE. THE LARGEST AND MOST DANGEROUS ISSUE I HAVE HAD WITH MY VEHICLE IS THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKING UP WHILE TURNING. THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T START ON ONE OCCASION OR EVEN ATTEMPT TO START AND THE KEY WAS LOCKED IN THE IGNITION FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES BEFORE FINALLY THE LIGHTS ALL CAME BACK ON IN THE CAR AND IT STARTED BACK.

THE CAR TURN OFF ON IT SELF WHEN IM DRIVING, IT ALL READY HAPPEN 5 TIMES ON A ROW, I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MISSION CHEVROLET AT EL PASO TX, WHERE I BUY THE CAR AT BUT THE GUYS FROM SERVICE CAN'T FIND WHAT ITS WRONG WITH THE CAR, I ALREADY TALK WITH THE SUPERVISOR FROM SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND A GUY FROM GM SO WE CAN TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL. I ALREADY TOOK THE CAR TO GET FIX 8 TIMES AND THEY CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM.

WE JUST PURCHASED THIS CAR SATURDAY 28 MAY '16, AND DROVE IT OFF THE DEALER LOT AT 5:09PM. WITHIN 2 HOURS, WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY AT 60-75MPH, THE STEERING BEGAN TO CATCH & STICK IN PLACE. WE HAD TO JERK THE WHEEL RATHER FORCEFULLY TO GET IT TO CUT LOOSE & ALLOW US, A HUMAN, TO ONCE AGAIN GAIN CONTROL OF THE STEERING OF THIS CAR. THE NEXT DAY, WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY AGAIN, THE SAME THING, ONLY THIS TIME, THE WIND GUST BLEW SO HARD IT BLEW THE CAR INTO THE OTHER LANE! THANK GOD, THERE WAS NO ONE IN THAT LANE AT THAT MOMENT. THIS IS ALL DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE CAR'S COMPUTERIZED STEERING SYSTEM WOULD NOT ALLOW THE DRIVER TO CORRECT THE STEERING WHEN INCURRING WIND PRESSURE! YOU FOLKS AT NHTSA, AS WELL AS GM, KNOW THIS IS A PROBLEM & YET EVEN NHTSA REP, CATHERINE HOWDEN, IMPLIED ITS NOT DANGEROUS AND DOES NOT WARRANT A RECALL WHEN SHE STATED: "...THE SYMPTOMS DESCRIBED WOULD BE A BRIEF, PERCEPTIBLE CHANGE IN STEERING FEEL THAT HAS LITTLE TO NO EFFECT ON THE DRIVERS ABILITY TO SAFELY STEER THE VEHICLE." BS!! YOU DRIVE ONE OF THESE CARS OUT ON THE FREEWAY. PUT YOUR PRECIOUS FAMILY IN IT & THEN TELL ME IT'S SAFE! THIS HAS THE FAMILIAR STENCH OF BRIBERY WRITTEN ALL OVER IT! TO TOP IT ALL OFF; AS SOON AS THE SHOPS OPENED TUESDAY, I TOOK THIS CAR INTO A SHOP THAT I KNOW I CAN TRUST, TO FIX THE ISSUE. THEY WERE STRAIGHT UP & TOLD ME "THIS IS AN ISSUE WITH THE ELECTRONIC STEERING THAT CHEVY MAKES. IT'S THEIR COMPUTER PROBLEM & THEY HAVE TO FIX IT. WE DON'T HAVE THE TOOLS." I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THAT DAY & THEY REFUSED TO FIX IT! WHY? BECAUSE, ACCORDING TO THE CLERK AT SMITH CHEVROLET, LUKE, THEY DROVE IT 8 MILES AND IT DIDN'T CATCH FOR THEM. WHAT A JOKE!! IT HAS ALREADY BEEN WELL ESTABLISHED THAT THE CAR HAS TO BE DRIVEN FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR BEFORE THIS WILL HAPPEN. WHERE IS YOUR CONSCIENCE? FIX THIS!! IT IS VERY DANGEROUS!!!