2012 CHEVROLET CRUZE Complaints

2012 CRUZ NEW FROM THE DEALER AND NEVER HAD AN ISSUE WITH MY CAR OTHER THAN A WATER PUMP ONLY REG MAT ALWAYS PRAISED HOW GREAT MY CAR WAS AND IT IS THE FIRST NEW CAR I EVER BOUGHT. MY CAR HAS 69K MILES ON IT AND MY WARRANTY WAS 5YRS 100K MY WARRANTY WAS JUST UP THIS PAST OCT AND SUNDAY MY CAR WOULDN'T ACCELERATE OR SHIFT AND SOUNDED HORRIBLE IN REVERSE. I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO MY WORK FOR DIAGNOSTICS AND THERE WERE ISSUES WITH THE TRANS SO WE TRIED TO DRIVE IT TO THE DEALER AND IT DIDNT MAKE IT SO YET ANOTHER TOW. THE DEALER HAD TO DIAGNOSE THE CAR WHICH WAS $125.00 I GOT A CALL LATE AFTERNOON THE NEXT DAY AND WAS TOLD THE 3T AND 5T WAVE / CLUTCH PLATES BROKE IN MY CAR AND THEY WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THEM AS WELL AS THE CLUTCH, PISTON, SEALS, ECT AND THE COST WOULD BE $3100.00 PLEASE ALSO KEEP IN MIND I OWE $900 ON THE CAR, THE SERVICE DEPT SAID WE HOPE GM WILL PAY FOR MAJORITY OR MOST OF THE COST BC THIS SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED. I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD ONLY COVER 30% SO OUT OF POCKET ABOUT $2200 I SAID THAT IF ITS SOMETHING THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED WHY WOULD I HAVE TO PAY SO MUCH I KNOW I'M 5 MONTHS OUT WARRANTY BUT IM STILL UNDER 100K MILES I CALLED GM AND ASKED ABOUT GOOD FAITH WARRANTY AND STATED MY SITUATION. TWO DAYS LATER THEY AND I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WILL NOT HELP ANYMORE WITH THE COST, BC OF THE YR WARRANTY, IVE ONLY BOUGHT ONE CAR FROM THE DEALER, AND I DID NOT TAKE MY CAR TO THE DEALER FOR ROUTINE MAT.... I TOLD THE REP THAT MY DAD WHO IS A MECHANIC DID MY OIL OR MY WORK BC I WORK AT A REPAIR SHOP AND IF YOU WERE ME YOU WOULD DO THE SAME AND THIS REP TOLD ME " I DON'T GO TO THE DEALER I GO TO WALMART!" I ALSO ASKED ABOUT GOODFAITHWARRANTY AND SHE STATED "WE DONT DO THAT ON OUR VEHICLES" NEEDLESS TO SAY I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED ALL AROUND TRANS DONT GO OUT ON CARS WITH 69K MILES REPAIRS WERE $2610.00 AND AN ADDITIONAL $331.00 FOR DIAG AND TOWING.

AS I WAS DRIVING MY RADIO STARTED GOING ON AND OFF THEN CAR COMPLETELY SHUT OFF STEERING WHILE WENT STIFF TO THE LEFT AND LOCKED AS I WAS ON THE ROAD SCARED THE LIVING SPIRIT OUT OF ME WAS THE SCARIEST EXPERIENCES LUCKLY I WAS ALONE WITHOUT MY KIDS BECAUSE THAT COULD OF BEEN A FATAL ACCIDENT. IN WAS VERY LUCKY IT WAS NOT A BUSY MORNING THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPEN AND I WAS ABLE TO KEEP TO LEFT UNTIL CAR CAME TO A STOP AT THE CURVE. THIS HAS HAPPEN TO ME MORE THAN ONCE THAT I STOPPED DRIVING CAR STOPPED PAYING IT BECAUSE IT WAS A LEMON SO MANY THINGS WENT WRONG 3MNTHS AFTER BUYING CAR AT USED DEALERS I FELT CHEATED AND STUCK I EVEN LOST MY JOB BECAUSE I WASNT ABLE TO GET TO WORK ON TIME OR AT ALL AT TIMES BECAUSE OF CAR PROBLEMS

THREE TRANSMISSION FAILURES IN 5-1/2 YEARS, WITH TOTAL MILEAGE APPROXIMATELY 45,000..ALL THREE FAILURES OCCURRED ON INTERSTATES, RESULTING IN LOSS OF POWER & DRIVABILITY CAUSING IMMEDIATE AND SEVERE DANGER OF HIGH-SPEED COLLISION FORM OTHER TRAFFIC. FIRST FAILURE IN APRIL 2013 AFTER 6 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP, UNDER 1,500 MILES. CLUTCH PLATE DISINTEGRATED. PROBLEM WAS DETERMINED TO BE A FACTORY DEFECT OF THE TRANSMISSIOM; CAR WAS REPAIRED BY GM (NOT REPLACED). IN MAY 2014 COMPLAINED TO DEALER (HAWK CHEVROLET OF BRIDGEVIEW) OF PROBLEMS WITH CLUTCH - THAT IT WAS FALLING TO THE FLOOR, THERE WAS DIFFICULTY SHIFTING. DEALER CLAIMED TO BE UNABLE TO FIND ANY PROBLEM. COMPLAIMED OF SAME PROBLEM IN OCTOBER 2014 (GM CASE 71-1379518666); AGAIN DEALER "UNABLE TO FIND A PROBLEM". 2ND FAILURE OCCURRED AUGUST 2015; CLUTCH PLATE WAS STUCK TO TRANSAXLE. MILEAGE WAS 14,500. GM CASE #8-1545250753. GM TRIED TO ATTRIBUTE FAILURE TO "NORMAL WEAR". ULTIMATE COVERED THE REPAIR BUT REFUSED TO ADMIT ANY DEFECT. 3RD FAILURE OCCURRED MARCH 9, 2018. AGAIN, CLUTCH PEDAL FELL TO FLOOR AND CAR BECAME UNDRIVABLE. CAR WAS TOWED TO DEALER. GM CASE #8-4000371239.

2012 CHEVROLET CRUZ. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO BRAKES MALFUNCTIONING WHEN TRYING TO STOP VEHICLE. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT A BRAKE VACUUM MICRO SWITCH MALFUNCTIONED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. *JS

WHILE DRIVING THE RADIO AND OTHER INTERIOR LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING ON AND OFF. NOW ALONG WITH THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON, THE SERVICE STABILTRAC IS ON AND IT WILL LOOSE STEERING ASSIST AT TIMES. TODAY IT STARTED DYING WHEN TAKING OFF AND AT INTERSECTIONS.I HAVE SPOKEN TO A FEW DIFFRENT TECHS AND A COUPLE DIFFRENT SHOPS ON THIS MATTER AND NOBODY HAS ANY ANSWERS AS TO WHAT IT IS THEY ALL HAVE SAID THAT THEY HAVE SEVERAL DOING THE SAME THING AND CAN NOT FIGURE THEM OUT.

I HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE I HAVE REGARDING THE 2012 CHEVY CRUZE I BOUGHT ON APRIL 26TH, 2015 WITH APPROXIMATELY 29,000 MILES ON IT. IT WAS PURCHASED THROUGH CARMAX. AS OF THIS TIME MY CAR HAS 60,000 MILES ON IT. ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE CAR ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY SUDDENLY, I COULD NOT ACCELERATE FASTER THAN 25MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND THE 'D' FOR DRIVE STARTED FLASHING AT ME. IT TURNS OUT THAT I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION.

THE CAR WAS MOVING DOWN THE ROAD, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, 'AC OFF DUE TO HIGH ENGINE TEMPERATURE'- FANS KICKED ON AND RAN NON STOP. COOLANT WAS ADDED IMMEDIATELY ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT THE HEAD CRACKED- THE COOLANT WAS RUNNING INTO THE OIL. THIS CAR WAS NOT VERY OLD AND IT FOR NO REASON SHOULD HAVE CRACKED. I THINK IT IS IN RELATION TO RECALL CAMPAIGN 12081.

SINCE NOVEMBER 2016 AT 56,000 MILES THE CAR HAS BEEN CONSTANTLY OVERHEATING. THE ENGINE COOLANT FLANGE, WATER PUMP, AND THERMOSTAT HAVE BEEN REPLACED 2XS. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE CAR FLASHES SPORADIC MESSAGES SUCH AS A/C OFF HIGH ENGINE HEAT, SERVICE STABILITRAK, CHANGE OIL, ETC. THE CAR ALSO HAS STARTED LEAKING OIL. FINALLY ON FEBRUARY 10TH, 2018 THE CAR HAD THESE SAME ISSUES AGAIN AND THIS TIME THE ENGINE WENT ENTIRELY. THE CAR HAD TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE AT 83,500 MILES AND NOW REQUIRES A NEW ENGINE. THIS IS THE WORST CAR I HAVE EVER OWNED AND I WOULD NEVER RECOMMEND IT TO ANYONE. UPON GOING ONLINE EVERYONE HAS THESE SAME EXACT ISSUES SO I HAVE NO IDEA WHY MASSIVE RECALLS HAVE NOT BEEN MADE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET CRUZE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE ENGINE POWER REDUCED WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. A LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ONCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACT AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE AS WELL AS REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

WHEN YOU TURN THE DIAL TO USE THE WIPERS. IT DOES NOT WORK. YOU CAN PUSH IT, TO SPRAY THE WIPER FLUID, BUT THE WIPERS DONT MOVE. MY VECHILE ONLY HAS 51000 MILES ON IT.