2015 CHEVROLET CRUZE Complaints

STEERING SEEMS TO GET STUCK IN STRAIGHT LINE HIGHWAY DRIVING AND WHEN TRYING TO TURN TO GO WITH CURVE OF THE ROAD YOU FEEL RESISTANCE AND THEN SUDDENLY GOES WAY MAKING YOU SWERVE FROM MIDDLE OF LANE TO OUTSIDE OF LANE SCARRING NOT ONLY YOU BUT OTHER DRIVERS AS WELL.

SINCE OWNING MY NEW 2015 CRUZE I HAVE HAD SEVERAL CONCERNS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED OF FIXED BY THE TECHNICIANS THE LIST IS: WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD MY RADIO SYSTEM HAS BLACKED OUT; SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED ITSELF; IT HAPPENS EVERY OTHER TIME I AM IN THE CAR, SOMETIME IT HAPPENS SEVERAL TIME ON A LONG DRIVE. I HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCE DRIFTING OF THE CAR WHEN TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY; WHEN I CORRECT THE DRIFT THE STEERING WHEEL IS STIFF AND CAUSES AN OVER CORRECTION PULLING ME THE OTHER DIRECTION. THE BIGGEST CONCERN I HAVE EXPERIENCE LATELY IS THE LOUD HIGH PITCHED NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD; THIS OCCURS AFTER I HAVE PARKED THE CAR AND REMOVED THE KEY; ONE TIME I COULD HEAR THE COOLANT LINES GURGLING. VERY SCARY NOT KNOWING WHAT IS GOING ON UNDER THERE.

CAR IS IN FOR SERVICE FOR 3RD TIME -- INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL PROBLEM CAUSING LOSS OF TRANSMISSION (I.E. REVS THEN DROPS IN AND OUT OF GEAR); DRIVER DISPLAY WARNINGS INCLUDE SERVICE STABILITRAK, SERVICE POWER STEERING, SERVICE TRANSMISSION. POWER DOOR LOCKS ALSO OPERATE ON THEIR OWN. INSTRUMENT CLUSTER GAUGES WILL DROP TOWARDS THEIR OFF POSITION, THEN RESUME NORMAL POSITION DURING THESE EVENTS. IF THE CAR IS SHUT OFF, SOMETIMES A "NO START" CONDITION WILL OCCUR WHEN THE KEY IS TURNED TO THE START POSITION, GAUGES WILL OPERATE NORMAL EVEN WITH NO START CONDITION. AFTER RAPIDLY CYCLING THE KEY OFF/ON/START POSITION FOR SOMETIMES UP TO 30 TIMES, CAR HAS ALWAYS EVENTUALLY STARTED. SOMETIMES CONDITION HAS CLEARED, OTHER TIMES TRANSMISSION IS STUCK IN A GEAR (3RD FOR PREVIOUS DEALERSHIP VISIT, 4TH FOR CURRENT VISIT) BUT NOT IN A LIMP HOME MODE AS FULL ENGINE POWER IS AVAILABLE. MANUAL SHIFTING IS NOT PERMITTED, "SHIFT DENIED" APPEARING ON THE DRIVER DISPLAY. VERY CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY AS DEALERSHIP CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT TRANSMISSION WILL NOT DROP INTO LOWER GEAR AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. IF THE TRANSMISSION WERE TO SUDDENLY DROP INTO 3RD AT 75 MPH WITH NO APPLICATION OF THE BRAKES, THE CAR BEHIND ME MAY NOT BE ABLE TO REACT TO THE SUDDEN DROP IN MY VEHICLE'S SPEED. CONDITION HAS HAPPENED WHEN VEHICLE AND COMPONENTS ARE HOT, SUCH AS AFTER HIGHWAY/CITY DRIVING FOR 2 HOURS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2015 CHEVROLET CRUZE. WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO TURN THE VEHICLE, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A TELEPHONE POLE. THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AND THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE ORIGIN OF THE FIRE WAS NOT DETERMINED. A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO THE CHEST. THE REAR PASSENGERS AND DRIVER SUSTAINED CONCUSSIONS TO THE HEAD. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS REQUIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET CRUZE. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL; HOWEVER, THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DEPRESS BOTH THE BRAKE AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDALS SIMULTANEOUSLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS RAISED HIGH. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS UNABLE TO BE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THEY STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FUNCTIONED AS INTENDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 300. UPDATED 12/20/16*LJ

CRUZE HAS COOLANT ODOR OUTSIDE CAR AND HAS LOSS OF COOLANT AT EVERY OIL CHANGE. DEALER DOES NOT WRITE THIS DOWN ON SERVICE RECORDS. THIS IS SIMILAR PROBLEM AS 2012 CRUZE ECO I HAD TO TRADE IN BECAUSE GM/DEALER COULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM OF ANTIFREEZE LOSS. UNDER SOME CONDITIONS COOLANT TEMPERATURE GETS UP TO 236 DEG F BEFORE RADIATOR FAN COMES ON AND THIS GETS WORSE IN WINTER. THIS HIGH TEMPERATURE SEEMS TO ALIGN WITH PROBLEM BUT THE ANALOG GAUGE STOPS AT ABOUT 3/8 AND WILL NOT GO FURTHER EVEN WHEN DIGITAL TEMPERATURE REGISTERS 190DEG F OR 240 DEG F. ( THEY SAID GAUGE IS DESIGNED THIS WAY) GM AND DEALER SAY SYSTEM IS WORKING AS DESIGNED BUT HAVEN'T EXPLAINED FAN OPERATION OR WHY TEMPERATURE GETS TO 236 DEG F WHEN NORMAL TEMPERATURE IS 221 DEG F. THEY CANNOT EXPLAIN ODOR OR LOSS OF COOLANT. THIS COULD BE PROBLEM IN ANY CHEVY CRUZE ECO AND IF DRIVER DOES NOT WATCH COOLANT LEVEL THE CAR COULD OVERHEAT.

CRUZE ECO STEERING STICKS WHEN DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY AFTER A FEW SECONDS OF NO INPUT. THEN WHEN YOU TURN IT STICKS AND THEN JERKS A BIT WHEN IT FREES UP. THIS COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE WHEN ROADS ARE ICY OR IF THIS GETS WORSE. I AM CURRENTLY TRYING TO GET INFORMATION OR REPAIR FROM DEALER.

ON THE SAME DAY, WITHIN A FEW HOURS OF EACH OCCURRENCE,FIRST I HAD THE KEYS IN IGNITION AND VEHICLE RUNNING, AND SHUT THE DOOR AND ALL FOUR DOORS LOCKED. THEN A FEW HOURS LATER, I TRIED TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN TO DRIVE AND IT WOULD ONLY REV UP AND WOULD NOT GO FORWARD. WHEN THIS HAPPENED, THE D FOR DRIVE ON DASH WAS FLASHING. REVERSE WORKED FINE. IN BOTH INSTANCES THE CAR WAS STATIONARY. WHEN THE CAR WAS LOCKED, WE USED THE SPARE KEY TO MANUALLY OPEN THE DOOR. IN THE SECOND INSTANCE, I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A DEALER. HAVING TROUBLE UPLOADING THE SERVICE RECEIPT, BUT THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG.

THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS FLASH ALONG WITH THE RADIO/NAVIGATION SCREEN AND SOUND SYSTEM WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAPPENS WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AND HAS BEGUN HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY NOW. ALSO, SOMETIMES THE KEY CONTROL DOES NOT WORK FOR THE CAR EVEN THOUGH THE KEY BATTERY IS UP TO DATE.

SOMETIMES WHEN SLOWING TO A STOP, THE CAR ENGINE ACCELERATES. I HAVE TO STEP ON BRAKES VERY HARD TO KEEP THE CAR FROM GOING FORWARD. ON NOVEMBER 5, 2015, I WAS SLOWLY PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE AND THE CAR ACCELERATED, I STEPPED ON BRAKES REALLY HARD BUT THE CAR WENT FORWARD...INTO A STONE WALL. NO ONE CAN TELL ME WHAT THE PROBLEM IS SO I WIND UP STILL DRIVING A CAR THAT MAY DECIDE TO LURCH FORWARD INTO TRAFFIC, A WALL, ANOTHER CAR. THE VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALERSHIP NOW AND I AM WAITING TO HEAR ABOUT THE STATUS. I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE CENTER PERSON TO CALL GM AND TELL THEM THAT I HAVE A POTENTIAL PRODUCT LIABILITY CASE. I AM AT A LOSS AT WHAT TO DO.