2017 CHEVROLET CRUZE Complaints

WATER COLLECTS IN THE TRUNK WITHIN THE SPARE TIRE WELL FROM THE HIGH MOUNTED THIRD BRAKE LIGHT. IF UNCHECKED, WATER COLLECTION COULD SHORT OUT THE FUSE BOX OR BATTERY THAT IS ALSO IN THE TRUNK. REMEDY WAS TO HAVE THE DEALER REPLACE THE SEAL AROUND THE HIGH MOUNTED THIRD BRAKE LIGHT.

THE HYDRAULIC CLUTCH HAS QUIT WORKING WITH 53000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. AND I COULD NOT GET IT TO GO INTO GEAR WHILE TRYING TO DOWNSHIFT IN TRAFFIC AND TURN LEFT ACROSS TRAFFIC.

THE HIGH MOUNT BRAKE LIGHT HOUSING FAILS TO SEAL, ALLOWING WATER TO COLLECT INSIDE THE TRUNK. IF UNCHECKED, WATER COULD CONTINUE TO COLLECT AND POSSIBLY SHORT THE FUSE BOX OR BATTERY THAT ARE LOCATED IN THE TRUNK. THE DEALER CAN REPLACE THE SEAL AND/OR HOUSING TO REMEDY.

WHEN MY VEHICLE COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP IT ENGAGES THE AUTO STOP SYSTEM. AT UNKNOWN TIMES THE SYSTEM WILL FAIL TO RESTART UPON REMOVING MY FOOT FROM THE BRAKES AFTER HAVING COME TO A STOP AT AN INTERSECTION. WHEN THIS OCCURS I THEN NEED TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND TURN IT OFF COMPLETELY. I AM THEN SOMETIMES ABLE TO RESTART IT IMMEDIATELY, HOWEVER, ON ONE OCCASION IT TOOK 45 MINUTES BEFORE THE ENGINE RESTARTED WHILE I WAS SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT DURING HEAVY TRAFFIC. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS AND I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER TO BE SERVICED HOWEVER THERE IS NEVER A CODE THAT COMES UP STATING THE PROBLEM. LAST WEEK WHEN IT WAS SERVICED THEY REPLACED THE AUTO STOP SYSTEM AS WELL AS THE BATTERY FOR THE SYSTEM. NOT EVEN A DAY AFTER PICKING UP MY CAR DID THE SAME PROBLEM OCCUR.

ON 11-6-18 AT 33,960 MI WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREET A LOUD POP SOUND UNDER THE DASH, INSTRUMENT PANEL AND ALL ELECTRICAL WENT OUT (DASH, RADIO, ETC) THEN ALL WARNING LIGHTS CAM ON AS IF CAR HAD JUST BEEN TURNED ON, ALL DISPLAY CAME BACK NORMAL AFTER SEVERAL SECONDS BUT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON. DEALER FOUND CODE P16F3 AND REPLACED ECM. THREE WEEKS LATER (11-23-18 AT 34,960 MI) SAME THING HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING BUT NO POP SOUND AND NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AFTERWARD. DEALER FOUND NO CODES BUT INDICATED A TECH BULL DATED OCT 5, 18 (PIC 63333C) INDICTING GM WORKING ON FIX. 5 WEEKS LATER (12-26-18 AT 35,970) SAME THING OCCURRED AGIN BUT THIS TIME, UNLIKE PREVIOUS TWO TIMES, WAS DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED IN DARK AND HEADLIGHTS ALSO WERE AFFECTED (HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT THEN CAME BACK ON). IMMEDIATELY DROVE TO NEAREST DEALER (DIFFERENT THAN ORIGINAL DEALER) AND THEY ALSO SUGGESTED CALLING GM CONSUMER LINE TO ENTER A TICKET FOR SAFETY. DEALER HAD VEHICLE NEARLY 2 WEEKS BUT COULD NOT FIND ANY CODES OR ISSUES AND SAID GM TECH CALLED AND SAID RETURN CAR TO OWNER AS THERE ARE NO ISSUES. CONSULTED A LOCAL MECHANIC (FORMER GM) AND DISCUSSED WITH SERVICE MGR AT DEALER ABOUT A POSSIBLE GROUND PROBLEM THAT WOULD IMPACT COMPUTERS W/O CAUSING CODES. AT IMPASSE AS DEALER REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THERE IS A PROBLEM. SCARED TO DRIVE VEHICLE AT NIGHT FOR FEAR OF ACCIDENT. DO NOT KNOW OF HEADLIGHTS WERE AFFECTED FIRST TWO TIMES BECAUSE OF DAYLIGHT CONDITIONS.

WHEN I START THE VEHICLE AND DRIVING IT FREQUENTLY GIVES OFF AN ANTIFREEZE SMELL FROM THE INTERIOR

I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING LOSS OF POWER STEERING UPON VEHICLE STARTUP, WHICH HAS AT TIMES PERSISTED INTO THE BEGINNING OF MY DRIVE. A STABILITRAK WARNING IS DISPLAYED ON THE DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER INDICATING AN ISSUE WITH THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING. THERE IS A DEFINITE PHYSICAL LOSS OF POWER STEERING THAT RECOVERS WITHIN A MINUTE. THIS MESSAGE AND LOSS OF POWER STEERING SEEMS TO OCCUR DURING COLD AND WET/RAINY CONDITIONS WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE ESTIMATED BELOW 40 F. THE WHOLE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING RACK ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED UNDER WARANTY IN Q1 2018, BUT DID NOT FIX THE ROOT CAUSE. AT THAT TIME, THE DEALER WAS ABLE TO LOCATE DIAGNOSTIC CODES, BUT IN TWO SUBSEQUENT VISITS FOR THE SAME ISSUE, THE DEALER HAS BEEN ABLE TO SOLVE THIS ISSUE. IT IS PONDEROUS THAT THE DEALER HAS INSISTED THAT A STABILITRAK MESSAGE WARNING OF LOSS OF POWER STEERING DOES NOT REGISTER IN ANY OF THE COMPUTER SYSTEMS. HOW CAN THIS BE TRUE?

I WAS SITTING STATIONARY IN TRAFFIC WHEN THE LIGHT CHANGED TO GREEN. I PREPARED TO MOVE, THE AUTO STOP KICKED OFF AND SHUT MY CAR DOWN. NOTHING WAS ON BUT ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD. I HAD TO SHIFT INTO PARK AND RESTART MY CAR. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED AND IT ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT SINCE THE CAR BEHIND ME WAS NOT AWARE THAT MY CAR HAD JUST CUT OFF. NOW MY CAR MAKES A JERK WHENEVER I ACCELERATE OR COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS BECAUSE THIS IS A TRUE SAFETY HAZARD AND WILL EVENTUALLY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT!

THE HORN SYSTEM IS NOT LOUD ENOUGH FOR THE ROAD. IT FELLS TO ALERT OTHER VEHICLES ON THE ROAD. I ALMOST GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT AND THE HORN FAILED TO ALERT THE PERSON WHO WAS ABOUT TO HIT ME. THE HORN CAN NOT PENETRATE ANOTHER VEHICLES INTERIOR UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS 1 FOOT AWAY. THIS IS NOT ENOUGH TIME FOR THE OTHER VEHICLE TO REACT.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY 295 IN NEW JERSEY DOING 70 MPH WHEN I HEARD SOME KNOCKIN UNDER MY HOOD OF MY CAR... I GET NEAR THE PAULSBORO EXIT WHEN I HEAR THE KNOCKING AGAIN I GET TO THE EXIT AND MY POWER STEERING ISNT WORKING SO I FORCEFULLY TURN THE WHEEL TO PULL OVER I TURN ON MY HAZARDS ON POP THE HOOD AND I SEE MY SERPENTINE BELT IS OFF THE ROTATION TRACK AND I GET MY PHONE AND USE THE LIGHT AND SEE THE ALTERNATOR HANGING BY A WIRE HANGING UNDERNEATH MY CAR. I CALLED CHEVY TOLD THEM WHAT HAPPENED TO MY CAR THEY TOWED MY CAR TO CHEVY CERTIFIED MECHANICS I ASKED HOW DID THIS HAPPEN AND NOBODY KNOWS WHY MY 2017 CAR TRIED TO KILL ME ON 295