2012 CHEVROLET CRUZE Complaints

CAR HAS ONGOING ISSUES WITH RADIO FLASHING, MULTIPLE ERRORS APPEARING ON THE DASH, BLINKERS HAVING SOUND ONE MINUTE AND NOT THE NEXT. WHEN THESE ISSUES OCCUR AND YOU ARE TURNING ON YOUR BRIGHT LIGHTS, THE RADIO DISCONTINUES PLAYING THEN STARTS AGAIN. SINCE THESE ISSUES ARE INTERMITTENT, I RECORDED THE ISSUES AND TOOK THE CAR TO PROGRESSIVE CHEVROLET. I SHOWED THEM THE VIDEO AND THE KEPT THE CAR AND TRIED TO RECREATE THE ISSUE. THEY INDICATED THEY WERE UNABLE TO RECREATE THE ISSUE AND DID NOT ADVISE ME THEY FIXED ANYTHING ON THE CAR. AFTER FILING A COMPLAINT WITH THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU, A GM REPRESENTATIVE ADVISED ME THAT PROGRESSIVE HAD REPLACED THE BRAKE VACUUM MICRO SWITCH DURING THIS VISIT. MY HUSBAND AND I WERE NEVER ADVISED OF THIS REPAIR. AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE GM REPRESENTATIVE, I CHECKED THE RECEIPT AND IT WAS LISTED AS BEING COMPLETED AT NO CHARGE. I FEEL WE WEREN'T ADVISED OF THIS REPAIR BECAUSE WE WERE ATTEMPTING TO TRADE THE CAR IN AND WERE NEGOTIATING WITH THEIR SALES TEAM. I DID NOT PURCHASE A CAR FROM THEM DUE TO THE VALUE THAT THEY WANTED TO GIVE ME ON THIS CAR. THE CAR WITH ALL OF THE PROBLEMS THAT THEY CANNOT FIX!! ONGOING ISSUES CONTINUE AND I HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY GM TO TAKE THE CAR BACK TO A DEALERSHIP AND HAVE THEM REVIEW THE CAR AGAIN. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW, MONDAY, MARCH 31, 2014. THIS ISSUE IS VERY DISTRACTING AND CAUSES A LOT OF STRESS ON THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE CAR! THE LIGHTS FLASHING AT NIGHT ARE BLINDING AND COULD TRULY CAUSE A PERSON TO GET INTO AN ACCIDENT. YOU WORRY WHAT IS NOT GOING TO WORK WHEN THIS IS TAKING PLACE. HELP IN DETERMINING WHAT IS CAUSING THESE PROBLEMS AND HAVING GM RECALL THESE CARS AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY IS NECESSARY! I AM SURE IT WILL SAVE LIVES! *TR

CAR TOWED FROM SERPENTINI TO PROGRESSIVE SINCE THE REPAIR THAT PROGRESSIVE COMPLETED A WEEK PRIOR DID NOT FIX THE EXISTING PROBLEM. CAR SHUTTING OFF AND NOT STARTING. PROGRESSIVE WIRING HARNESS TO UBEC HAS BAD CONNECTION DUE TO UBEC AND WIRING HARNESS CONNECTION STRIPPED OUT, NECESSARY TO REPLACE COMPLETE HARNESS. REMOVED UBEC, REPLACED FUSE BLOCK, MAIN BODY HARNESS, REQUIRED R&R OF BATTERY AND TRAY, EBCM, MASTER CYLINDER AND BRAKE BOOSTER, DASH COMPONENTS REMOVED/LOOSENED TO REMOVE BRAKE/GAS PEDAL BRACKET ASSEMBLY (HARNESS GROMMET INSTALLED BETWEEN BRACKET AND FIREWALL), R&R OF TRUNK PANELS, COMPLETE INTERIOR INCLUDING REAR SEATS, LOWERING HEADLINER. REPLACED BRAKE BOOSTER PUSHROD CLIP AND REAR SEAT SIDE BOLSTER CLIP WITH REPAIR. GM PAID FOR THE COST OF THIS REPAIR. ADDITIONAL ELECTRICAL ISSUES CONTINUE WITH CAR. WILL ADD AN ADDITIONAL COMPLAINT. *TR

STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN AND CAR STARTED MISSING WHEN ATTEMPTING TO GO THRU INTERSECTION. CAR STOPPED AND WOULD NOT START. CAR WAS TOWED TO SERPENTINI CHEVROLET IN STRONGSVILLE. THEY INDICATED THE CAR STARTED AT THEIR FACILITY BUT WAS GIVING THE SAME CODE (HECK Z - U0109) THAT PROGRESSIVE CHEVROLET IN CANTON HAD GOTTEN AND PROGRESSIVE REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP CONTROL MODULE 3 DAYS PRIOR. SERPENTINI INDICATED THE CAR WAS FINE. I COMPLAINED TO PROGRESSIVE AND THEY HAD THE CAR TOWED FROM SERPENTINI BACK TO THEIR FACILITY. *TR

AFTER STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN, I ATTEMPTED TO PROCEED THRU THE INTERSECTION WHEN THE CAR STARTING MISSING AND THEN STOPPED AND WOULD NOT START. CAR WAS TOWED TO PROGRESSIVE CHEVROLET AND THEY REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP CONTROL MODULE. THIS IS WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS THE PROBLEM AND IT WAS NOT. I WILL OPEN SEPARATE COMPLAINTS FOR EACH INCIDENT WITH THE CAR. *TR

THE DAY I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, THE RADIO INTERMITTENTLY DISCONTINUED WORKING. THE FOLLOWING MORNING AFTER DRIVING THE CARE FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES AND THEN STOPPING TO VISIT MY FATHER, THE CAR WOULD NOT START. THE CAR WAS TOWED BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY NOTICED A BURNT SMELL AND NO VOLTAGE TO BCM, THE REPAIR ORDER INDICATES THEY REPLACED UBEC AND OPERATED SYSTEM WAS ALL OK AT THAT TIME. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ALL THE LIGHTS ARE COMING ON, THE DASHBOARD. THE BRAKE LIGHTS, SERVICE STABILITRAK LIGHT, AND THE ABS LIGHT AND THE RADIO BLINKS ON AND OFF AND THEN SOMETIMES THE RADIO STAYS OFF FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. I HAD TAKEN THE CARE TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THEM TO CHECK IT AND THEY ADVISED ME IT WAS MY THERMOSTAT CAUSING THE ISSUE. THEY REPLACED THE THERMOSTAT WHICH WAS UNDER WARRANTY AND THE DEALERSHIP SAID EVERYTHING WAS OK TO GO. A WEEK LATER THE ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD CAME BACK ON AGAIN I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY ADVISED ME THEY DIDN'T SEE ANY CODES READING THAT THERE WAS AND ISSUE. I SHOWED THEM THE PICTURES AND THE VIDEO THAT I CAPTURED WHILE THE CAR WAS DOING IT AND THEY ADVISED ME I HAD A ELECTRICAL PROBLEM BUT THEY CAN'T FIND IT. THE PROBLEM IS STILL AN ISSUE AND ITS STILL DOING THE SAME THING. *TR

I PURCHASED A USED CHEVY CRUZE, PREVIOUS RENTAL, FROM THE CHEVY DEALER ABOUT A MONTH AGO. WITHIN THE PAST WEEK I BEGAN TO HAVE INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL ISSUES, WHICH STARTED WITH THE RADIO PANEL LIGHT FLASHING ON AND OFF AND THE RADIO WOULD ALSO TURN OFF FOR SEVERAL MINS AT A TIME. TODAY THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS PROGRESSED GREATLY, IMPACTING THE POWER STEALING AND I LOST POWER STEERING COMPLETELY WHILE DRIVING. IN ADDITION, MULTIPLE WARNING SIGNALS BEGAN TO FLASH: POWER STEERING, STABILINK, BRAKES AND SECURITY TRACTION CONTROL. THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING, THANKFULLY I WAS GOING AT A VERY LOW SPEED OTHERWISE THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A POTENTIAL SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS SITUATION AS I BRIEFLY LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR AND ALMOST CRASHED AT 10MPH (OR LESS.) THANKFULLY I WAS ALREADY ON MY WAY TO THE DEALER (1 MILES AWAY) FOR AN APPOINTMENT FOR SERVICING THAT I HAD PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED DUE TO THIS ISSUE. ONCE I GOT TO THE DEALER THEY WERE ABLE TO SEE THE ISSUES FIRST HAND. I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND THEN THIS CAR COMPLETELY DIED. I LEFT THE CAR AT THE DEALER AND HOPE THIS ISSUE IS RESOLVED AND THE CAR IS SAFE TO DRIVE. HONESTY, I AM VERY NERVOUS TO DRIVE THE CAR IN FEAR THAT THE CAR IS UNSAFE AND THESE ISSUES WILL CONTINUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET CRUZE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING VARIOUS SPEEDS, A FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,000.

SICKENING COOLANT SMELL WHEN HEATER IS ON HOT POSITION. THIS OCCURS REGULARLY. IT IS AN AWFUL SICKENING SMELL COMING FROM THE HEATING VENTS. THE HIGHER THE FAN SPEED THE WORSE IT GETS. IT DOES NOT OCCUR IF HEAT CONTROL IS NOT ON HOTTER SETTINGS WHICH ARE NECESSARY IN WINTER. ALTHOUGH NOT AN IMMEDIATE SAFETY ISSUE I BELIEVE IT TO BE A HEALTH CONCERN AS THE FUMES ARE STRONG. *TR

CAR DRIVES FINE BUT INTERIOR LIGHTS GO OUT RADIO STARTS BLINKING AND SERVICE STABILITRAK, SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL, SERVICE ANTITHEFT, AND SERVICE POWER STEERING LIGHTS COME ON THE DASH. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY REPLACED THE BCM. THIS DID NOTHING 4 DAYS LATER IT ALL STARTED AGAIN. AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF EVERYTHING RESETS. ON SOME OCCASIONS THE ANTITHEFT STOPS THE CAR FROM STARTING BACK UP I HAVE TO LEAVE THE CAR SIT WITH THE KEY ON ENGINE OFF FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES THEN IT WILL START. THERE IS NO LOSS OF POWER IN THE ENGINE AND ALL THE GAUGES STILL WORK. WHEN I APPLY THE BRAKES THIS HAPPENS, OR WHEN I TRY TO ROLL DOWN THE WINDOW, OR EVEN WHEN IM JUST CRUISING DOWN THE STREET WITHOUT AND CHANGING SPEED OR ANYTHING IN THE CAR. *TR