2012 CHEVROLET CRUZE Complaints

THE VEHICLE HAS ONLY 80,000 MILES ON IT AND IT JUST QUIT RUNNING.I WAS ABLE TO HAVE SOMEONE HELP TO PUSH IT OUT OF THE ROAD. I WAS TOLD BY A REPAIR SHOP THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS BAD. I UNDERSTAND THAT GM IS AWARE OF THE BAD TRANSMISSION BUT HAVE NOT RECALLED THE VEHICLE TO FIX IT.

WHEN DRIVING MY VEHICLE (2012 CHEVY CRUZE) ON THE HIGHWAY (I-75 NORTH BETWEEN AUBURN HILLS AND CLARKSTON), THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARS, RPM'S FLUCTUATE AND THE AUTOMOBILE LOSES ACCELERATION EVEN THOUGH THE ACCELERATOR IS DEPRESSED. THE DASHBOARD CLUSTER LIGHT (P, R, D) BLINKS RAPIDLY. THE VEHICLE COULD NOT ACCELERATE AND THE ENGINE SEEMS TO LOSE POWER. THE VEHICLE DID THIS MULTIPLE TIMES AS POWER AND ACCELERATION WAS LOST. UPON RECEIVING A DIAGNOSTIC READING, THE CODE INDICATED A TRANSMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM OR OUTPUT SHAFT SPEED SENSOR. I AM SUBMITTING THIS COMPLAINT DUE TO THE UNSAFE DECELERATION OF SPEED ON THE HIGHWAY DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. THE POTENTIAL FOR A FATAL ACCIDENT IS GREAT. ADDITIONALLY, THIS MODEL SEEMS TO HAVE AN ISSUE DUE TO SEVERAL ON-LINE INQUIRIES AND COMPLAINTS.

ON MY WAY HOME, MY VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON THE HIGHWAY DURING HEAVY RAIN. I WAS SO TERRIFIED DIDNT NOTICE THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG TILL I PULLED OVER. THE LEFT WINDSHIELD WIPER HAD STOPPED WORKING. I HAD TO WAIT TILL THE RAIN HAD STOPPED TO GO HOME.

CAR OVERHEATED. MESSSAGE THAT A.C. SHUTTING DOWN BECAUSE OF HIGH TEMP. HOSE IN ENGINE BLEW. MECHANIC COULD FIND NOTHING. TOOK IT BACK ON ROAD DIDN'T GET A MILE AWAY TEMP IS BACK UP TO 235/240. BACK TO MECHANIC NOTHING. SAFE TO DRIVE. I RESEARCH SEE THE PROBLEMS WITH MY YEAR MODEL ETC. DRIVE ROUND TRIP OF 20 MILES ( NOT OVER 40 MPH BECAUSE OF TEMP). ANTI FREEZE LEAKS FROM BOTTOM. MECHANIC SAYS IT'S A FAULTY SENSOR. WHILE THERE MAY BE A FAULTY SENSOR. . STILL LEAKING ANTI FREEZE. C ANT GET SENSOR DUE TO STRIKE ISSUE. 48000 MILES ON THIS 2012 CRUZE. TEMP JUMPS FROM 180-235 FOR NO REASON. I WON'T TAKE IT ON A HIGHWAY ANYMORE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WILL DO.MOON ROOF JUST STOPPED WORKING FOR NO REASON. FUSES FINE.

I NOTICED THAT MY VEHICLE SEEMED TO BE HAVING ISSUES WHEN I PRESSED ON THE BRAKE, SO I TOOK IT IN. I FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS A COMPLETELY UNRELATED ISSUE, AND HAD TO DO WITH A CRACK RUNNING THROUGH THE MANIFOLD. THIS WAS CAUSING OIL AND COOLANT TO LEAK ONTO THE ALTERNATOR. IF I HAD NOT CAUGHT THIS EARLY ENOUGH, THEY SAID I WOULD HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET IT FIXED. THEY REPAIRED THE LEAK, BUT A COUPLE WEEKS LATER I NOTICED MY CAR LOSING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF COOLANT/OIL. THIS IS CAUSING OIL AND COOLANT TO AFFECT THE TURBO SETTING OF MY MANUAL CAR, AND HAS COST ME UP TO $2,000 IN REPAIRS. THIS HAS BEEN THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM AS TO WHY I HAD TO GET MY FLYWHEEL REPLACED 2 YEARS AGO, WHICH WAS ANOTHER $1,500. THIS IS ALSO WHAT CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE 3 YEARS AGO, ANOTHER THOUSAND DOLLARS. I NOTED THAT THE VEHICLE BEGAN LEAKING FLUID AFTER BEING STATIONARY OR MOVING WHILE/AFTER RUNNING FOR 10 MINUTES OR LONGER.

JUST STALLS WHENEVER IT FEELS LIKE. COULD BE REVERSING FROM A PARKING SPOT AND IT JUST STALLED AND WHEN PRESSED GAS THERE WAS NOTHING. JUST REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION IN JANURARY. IN A PARKING LOT,

SOMETIMES WHEN I SLOW TO A STOP OR JUST DRIVING CAR SHUTS OFF WITHOUT WARNING. NO LIGHTS OR ANYTHING COME ON IN THE DASH SHOWING IT'S OFF. STARTS RIGHT BACK UP BUT VERY DANGEROUS COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET CRUZE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE ABRUPTLY SHUT OFF AND THE START/STOP BUTTON LIGHT FLASHED. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE SHUT OFF VALVE FAILED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AUTONATION CHEVROLET OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS (7769 BLVD 26, NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TX 76180), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 123,000.

I BOUGHT THE CAR USED ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO FROM A CERTIFIED CHEVY DEALERSHIP. AT THE TIME I HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION BECAUSE IT WAS SHIFTING HARD (ESPECIALLY WHEN IT DOWN-SHIFTED AT LOW SPEED) SO I BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP TO LOOK AT. I ALSO HAD A FEW OTHER ISSUES LIKE AN ANTI-FREEZE ODOR. THE MECHANIC AT THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THE TRANSMISSION ADAPTS TO THE PERSON DRIVING IT, SO I ATTRIBUTED THE PROBLEM TO THAT AND FIGURED IT WOULD "RE-LEARN" HOW I DROVE AND ADJUST. WELL, IT NEVER DID, AND SUDDENLY, WITHOUT ANY WARNING THE TRANS COMPLETELY GAVE OUT DRIVING WHILE I ON ON MY RURAL BACK-ROADS. SEVERAL MONTHS AND TWO TRANSMISSIONS LATER, THE MESSAGE "TRANSMISSION HOT IDLE ENGINE" PERSISTS AND NO ONE CAN FIND THE REASON WHY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET CRUZE. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AXLE FRACTURED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AXLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 62,654.