2012 CHEVROLET CRUZE Complaints

VALVE COVER REPLACEMENT - MY CAR HAS HAD VARIOUS CODES GOING FOR MONTHS. THESE VARIOUS CODES ALL POINT TO AN EMISSIONS LEAK FROM THE VALVE COVER AND NOW I HAVE TO REPLACE THIS AND IT IS ONE ENTIRE UNIT. I SEE MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THESE SPRINGS AND VALVE COVERS. IF CHEVROLET KNEW IT WAS A PROBLEM, WHY WOULDN'T THEY RECALL THESE AND FIX THIS BEFORE MAKING A SINGLE MOM LIKE ME WHOSE TRYING TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL, PAY FOR THIS! I HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PULLING OUT IN FRONT SOMEONE AND THE CAR STALLING AND RISKING MY AND MY CHILDREN'S LIVES ALL BECAUSE CHEVY USED A CHEAP, POORLY DESIGNED PART FOR THIS!

THE BRAKE PEDAL IN MY CRUZE WILL NOT LET YOU PUSH IT DOWN. IT FEELS THAT THERE IS SOMETHING BLOCKING IT WHICH WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO BRAKE WHEN NEEDED. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS IN 2015 IN WHICH WE LEARNED OF A RECALL (13V360000) FOR THE MICROSWITCH IN THE POWER BRAKE VACUUM PIPE ASSEMBLY. WE TOOK IT TO A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP & WAS TOLD THE SWITCH WAS REPLACED. IN 2016 THE SAME THING HAPPENED, WHILE ACCELERATING SOMEONE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME & WHEN I WENT TO STOP THERE WAS NO BRAKES BECAUSE THE PEDAL WOULD NOT PUSH. NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED AS I WAS ABLE TO AVOID THE OTHER VEHICLE. TOOK THE CAR BACK TO DEALERSHIP WHERE NO ONE THERE WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO HAPPEN AGAIN SO THEREFORE WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG, BUT I DIDNT PUSH THE BRAKES HARD ENOUGH IN JULY 2017, WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPOT, WENT TO STOP TO PUT THE CAR INTO DRIVE, THERE WAS AGAIN NO BRAKES. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK AGAIN TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN THE BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING & THE BRAKE PEDAL HAD TO BE STOMPED ON TO GET IT TO EVEN MOVE A LITTLE BIT. WAS TOLD THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER HAD GONE OUT IN THE CAR AND THAT THE BRAKE BOOSTER MAY ALSO NEED TO BE REPLACED AS WELL. WE THEN HAD THE MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED. THAT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. SO THEN WE HAD THE BRAKE BOOSTER REPLACED. WE PICKED UP THE VEHICLE ONLY TO FIND OUT WHEN ACCELERATING BUT NEED TO STOP THERE IS AGAIN NO BRAKES. THE CAR IS BACK AT THE DEALERSHIP WHO IS NOW STATING THAT IT COULD POSSIBLY BE THE BREAK BOOSTER CHECK VALUE BUT ARE NOT 100% SURE THAT THIS WILL FIX THE PROBLEM BUT DID STATE THAT IF THE ORIGINAL RECALL HAD BEEN DONE THAT WE WOULD NOT BE HAVING ANY OF THE PROBLEMS WE ARE HAVING NOW. I INFORMED THEM THAT THE RECALL WAS DONE AT ANOTHER CHEVY DEALERSHIP. SO AFTER ALMOST 2 YEARS $2,500 LATER WE STILL HAVE A VEHICLE WITHOUT BREAKS WE ARE UNABLE TO DRIVE THAT IS IN THE SHOP ONCE AGAIN.

WHEN I TRY AND START MY CAR SOMETIME IT STALLS LIKE IT DOESN'T WANT TO CRANK UP AND WHEN I FINALLY DO GET IT CRANK THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS FLASH, POWER STEERING COMES ON THE SCREEN AND THEN WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON. I HAD THIS PROBLEM PREVIOUS A COUPLE MONTHS AGAIN TO WHERE WHEN I CRANK IT THE TRUNK CAME OPEN AND THE STABILITAK AND JERK AND OTHER THINGS WOULD POP UP. THEY PUT IT ON THE MACHINE AND IT SAID IT WAS MISFIRES SO I WENT AND GOT IT FIXED NOW IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN.

MY CAR WILL NOT GO INTO REVERSE AND HESITATED TO GIVE GAS AND NOW MY CAR WON'T GO INTO ANY GEAR , I CURRENTLY SEE ONLINE OTHER PPL WITH THIS CAR THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM.

THE REAR CENTER BRAKE LIGHT STAYS LITE EVEN AFTER TAKING FOOT COMPLETELY OFF THE BRAKE PEDAL. I HAVE TO MANUALLY WITH MY FOOT LIFT /PUSH UP THE BRAKE PEDAL LIGHTLY IN ORDER TO HAVE THE BRAKE LIGHT TURN OFF. THIS HAPPENS VERY FREQUENTLY WHEN DRIVING IN HEAVY STOP AND GO TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD DOWN THE ROAD, RADIO TURNS ON AND OFF , AC STOPPED BLOWING, LIGHTS FLASHING ON AND OFF, STABILITY TRACK FLASHING, THIS IS A PROBLEM, FIX IT, TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE! UNACCEPTABLE!

WIPERS STARTED STOPPING WHEN ON. IF YOU TURN THEM OFF AND THEN ON THEY WORK FOR A VERY SHORT TIME THEN STOP AGAIN. WHEN THE WIPERS ARE IN THE OFF POSITION THEY STOP RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE DRIVERS VIEW. TOOK TO DEALER, DEALER STATED THE BODY CONTROL MODULE WAS GOING OUT AND WOULD AFFECT MORE AND MORE OF THE CAR AND COULD POSE A SAFETY HAZARD.

ON AUGUST 19, 2017, I WAS ON THE ROAD, DROVE PASSED SOUTH CENTER MALL WHEN I FELT THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH MY ENGINE BECAUSE IT WASN'T DRIVING FAST AS USUAL. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AT INSPIRUS CREDIT UNION IN TUKWILA TO CHECK THE ENGINE IF IT WAS OKAY WHEN I SMELLED A FAINT SCENT OF SMOKE. I DROVE BACK HOME TO PARK IT FOR FEAR OF THE ENGINE EXPLODING. OUR FAMILY MECHANIC CHECKED THE ENGINE AND SAID THAT THE FAN IS TOO LOUD AS IF SOMETHING IS CAUSING IT TO BE OVERWORKED. THE ENGINE FAN HAS ALWAYS BEEN LOUD AFTER MY OIL CHANGE ON JULY 21, 2017. THE ENGINE LIGHT HAS NOT BEEN TURNED OFF SINCE THE OIL CHANGE AND I KNOW THAT THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. ALSO, I ENTERED THE VIN NUMBER ONLINE AND IT SAID THAT THE RECALL ON MY CAR IS INCOMPLETE. THE DEALER DID NOT INFORM ME ABOUT THE RECALL NOR MENTIONED ANYTHING ABOUT IT WHEN I BOUGHT IT. THEY DID NOT GIVE ME A WRITTEN LETTER OF THE RECALL OR EVEN SPECIFIED THE RECALL BEING INCOMPLETE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET CRUZE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED BUT IT FAILED TO RESPOND. THE CONTACT CALLED A LOCAL DEALER: NORTH BRANCH CHEVROLET LOCATED AT 38420 TANGER DR NORTH BRANCH MN 55056. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND OPENED CASE # 8-316800 BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

A LOSS OF BRAKING ASSISTANCE WILL REQUIRE EXTRA PEDAL FORCE AND/OR DISTANCE TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.