What 731 owners told NHTSA about the 2011 Chevrolet Cruze Limited

TAKATA RECALL PROBLEM IS UNKNOWN: 1. MY VEHICLE CONTINUES TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH HEATING/COOLING SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE LOOSES ANTIFREEZE, THE CASING GETS HOT AND ACTS AS THO ITS OVERHEATING TRIGGERING THE FAN TO COME ON AND STAY ON. THERE ARE NO NOTICEABLE LEAKS; IT HAS BEEN AT HE CHEVY DEALER AND SEVERAL OTHER MECHANICS WHO CAN FIND NO RADIATOR LEAKS. THE ENGINE COIL, HOSES, AND HEATING COIL HAVE BEEN CHANGED AND IT CONTINUES TO GET HOT. THE VEHICLE IS RUNNING WHEN THESE ISSUES OCCUR. 2. THE TRACKING SYSTEM LIGHTS STAYS ON CONSTANTLY. NO RECORD OF A PROBLEM BY CHEVROLET SERVICE CENTER OR ANY OTHER SERVICE CENTER WHO HAS USED DIAGNOSTICS TO DETERMINE WHY THE LIGHT STAYS ON. 3. SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON CONSTANTLY. THE ENGINE COIL HAS BEEN REPLACED; NO OTHER ENGINE PROBLEMS ARE IDENTIFIED WITH DIAGNOSTICS.

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THE ENGINE STARTS SHUTTING DOWN WHILE SITTING AT STOP LIGHTS AND HAS A STRONG OIL SMELL.

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ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND CAR WILL SLOW DOWN AND BARELY TAKE OFF. ENGINE IS RESPONDING TO GAS PEDAL BUT NO POWER IN LOW GEAR SO TAKES OFF VERY SLOW NEARLY RESULTING IN WRECK. TWO SHOPS, INCLUDING TRANSMISSION SHOP, STATE ITS ELECTRONIC PROBLEM INCLUDING 'LACK OF COMMUNICATION'. IT HAPPENS FROM BEING STATIONARY OR IN PROCESS OF DRIVING WHEN IT LOSES POWER SUDDENLY. WHEN ENGINE LIGHT GOES OFF IT RUNS OK. DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AS NEVER KNOW WHEN IT'LL ACT UP. STARTED ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO, AND IS INTERMITTENT.

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MY CAR NEEDS 4 FUEL INJECTORS AND GAGE WAS STUCK OPEN A DRIVING HAZARD. OIL HAS NEEN LEAKING AROUND VALVE COVERS AMD REPLACED BUT DO SMELL BURNING TIME TO TIME GOT COOLAMT LEAK FIXED LAST YEAR.

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HAVE A 2011 CHEVY CRUZE THAT I BOUGHT A FEW YEARS AGO, FROM CARMAX. SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR A FEW YEARS AGO, MY CAR HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY WARM ON THE DRIVERS SIDE FOOT AREA, AND WHERE MY LEG RESTS THERE IS A PANEL ON THE RIGHT OF THE GAS PEDDLE THAT IS WHERE THE HEAT COMES FROM. I HAVE BROUGHT MY CAR A FEW TIMES TO THE DEALERSHIP AFTER I NOTICED HOW HOT IT GOT IN THAT AREA. OVER 130F! (I GAVE UP AT THIS TIME,) LAST WEEK, MY WIFE HAD A SMALL REAR END CRASH ON MY CAR. NOTHING MAJOR BUT WE TOOK IT TO THE BODY SHOP TO GET WORK ON. WHEN I BROUGHT THE CAR IN TO THEM, I ASKED THEM IF THEY CAN PUT SOME NEW INSULATION PIPE ON MY CAR HEAT PIPES, BECAUSE THE OLD ONES WERE PROBABLY NEEDING TO BE REPLACED. WHEN THE REPLACED IT AND MY CAR WAS READY FOR PICK UP, THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY PUT THE NEW INSULATION ON IT, BUT THEY SHOWED ME THE OLD ONE. THE OLD ONE WAS BURNT AND THEY SAID COULD HAVE ALMOST CAUGHT FIRE THOSE PIPES. ALONG WITH THE SIDE PANEL WAS WARPING DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF HEAT COMING OUT OF THERE. I TOLD THEM AT THE TIME, THAT ITS A SAFETY ISSUE, BUT THEY SAID BECAUSE MY WARRANTY IS EXPIRED FROM YEARS AGO, THEY HAVE TO CHARGE ME FOR INSPECTING IT, FROM THERE IF THEY FIND A ISSUE THEN WE CAN DISCUSS WITH GM WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO HANDLE TO REPAIRS AND COSTS. (I TOLD THEM I WOULD GET BACK TO THEM ABOUT THAT.)

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ME AND MY KIDS WERE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY 2011 CHEVY CRUISE JUST LOST POWER AND MY ENGINE STOPPED WORKING... IT WILL NOT START UP AT ALL. MECHANIC CANT FIGURE OUT WHY. I'VE GOT TONS OF SENSORS GOING OUT EVERYTIME I TURN AROUND AND I AM A MOTHER OF A DISABLED SON. WE WERE ON AT PARKWAY GOING 65 TO 60 MPH. IT COULD HAVE BEEN VERY BAD. IT HAPPENED ED IN MADISON VILLE KY

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TRANSMISSION ISSUES IN THESE CARS AND GENERAL MOTORS ONLY MADE THEM FOR ONE YOUR KNOWINGLY THERE WAS AN ISSUE AND DON'T WANT TO RECALL THE ISSUE. THESE TRANSMISSIONS ARE SUPER EXPENSIVE DUE TO ONLY BEING MADE FOR ONE YEAR.

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CAR SEEMS TO STALL WHILE DRIVING (RECURRENT/ CONSTANT PROBLEM FOR 4 MONTHS: CAR HAS < 65K MILES). ENGINE/ LOSS OF STABILITRACK LIGHTS COME ON AND ENGINE REVS HIGH WITHOUT SPEED. LIGHTS ON RADIO BLINK AND ENGINE/OIL/ COOLANT LEAKS. DESPITE ATTEMPTS TO FIX PROBLEMS, CAR CONTINUES TO STALL OUT, LEAVING DRIVER STRANDED IN ROADWAY. ENGINE REBOOTS ARE TEMPORARY FIX, BUT THE COMPUTER SEEMS TO BE TAKING OUT SYSTEMS 1 BY 1. GM SPECIALIST HAD CAR FOR 2 WEEKS IN JANUARY & COULD NOT SOLVE.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET CRUZE. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 25 TO 50 MPH, THE AIR BAG AND SERVICE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 118,900.

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COOLANT LEAK FROM THERMOSTAT HOUSING OCCURING SLOWLY OVER TIME. DEPLETED COOLANT RESERVOIR CAUSED THE ENGINE TO OVERHEAT AFTER DRIVING FOR ABOUT SEVEN MINUTES. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN PULLED OVER ON THE FREEWAY SHOULDER AND THE COOLANT ADDED. MESSAGES SUCH AS "AC OFF DUE TO HIGH ENGINE TO HIGH ENGINE TEMP" "HIGH COOLANT TEMP" "ENGINE TEMP HIGH-IDLE ENGINE" APPEARED WITH NO RESOLUTION. THERMOSTAT HOUSING WAS NOT CONNECTED AND SPEWING COOLANT ONTO OVERHEATING ENGINE CAUSING SMOKE/STEAM. VEHICLE WAS REQUIRED TO BE TOWED FROM THE LOCATION.

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THE HEATED SEAT ON THE DRIVER SIDE SHORTED OUT AND BURNED THE BACK OF THE SEAT

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TAKATA RECALL. RECENTLY WHILE DRIVING, MY CAR WILL RANDOMLY SAY SERVICE STABILITRAK OR SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL WHENEVER I TURN THE WHEEL BACKING UP BUT WASN'T AFFECTING THE CAR IN ANY WAY AS FAR AS I COULD TELL. MY HEADLIGHTS WOULD ALSO FLICKER AT THE SAME TIME SO I FIGURED IT HAD TO BE SOMETHING ELECTRICAL. YESTERDAY WHILE TURNING ONTO A DIFFERENT STREET AND TODAY WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT DOWN A STREET I LOST POWER STEERING.

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MY CAR IS HARD SHIFTING AND NO GM DEALER CAN FIGURE IT OUT THEY SAY NOTHING BUT TAKE MY MONEY AND MY CAR WILL ALERT TRANSMISSION HOT IDLE ENGINE VERY SCARY HAS EVEN UP AND STOPPED GOING 35 MILES IN MY HOMETOWN

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I WENT AND GOT THIS VEHICLE FROM CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM OF ROME GA AND I WAS DRIVING AND OUT OF NOWHERE THE CAR ACTED LIKE IT DIDN'T WANT TO GO FORWARD IN TRAFFIC AND THE SPEED STAYED ON 0 AND IDLED OUT ON ME. WHEN I TRIED TO TURN RIGHT MY CAR WOULDN'T GO AND SOMEBODY HAD TO PUSH MY VEHICLE. WHEN I TRIED TO DRIVE IT, IT WAS IN DRIVE AND WOULDN'T GO 20 MPH. I GOT THE VEHICLE MARCH 13 AND HAVEN'T HAD IT FOR A MONTH AND EXPERIENCED THIS.IT WAS A VERY SCARY SITUATION AND I FELT LIKE I COULD HAVE LOST MY LIFE. I WAS TRYING TO TURN AND PUT OF NOWHERE IT WOULDN'T GO OVER 20 MPH.MOST SCARIEST SIRTIATION EVRER..

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2011 CHEVROLET CRUZE. CONSUMER WRITES SEEKING INFORMATION ABOUT ANY RECALLS ISSUED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *LD *TR

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I HAVE SEVERAL ISSUES WITH THIS CAR I HAVE A MECHANIC LOOKING AT IT NOW AND I CAN GIVE YOU A DETAILED REPORT OF EVERY THING HE FINDS WRONG WITH IT WHEN HE IS DONE I DO KNOW THAT I LOSS ENGINE POWER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET WHILE WAITING TO TURN AT A LIGHT

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MY CAR IS ONLY AT 91K MILES, AND MY CYLINDER 3 IS NOT COMPRESSING ANYMORE, MORE THAN LIKELY DUE TO PISTON RING FAILURE.

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THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE CHROME PEELS AND CAUSED DEEP CUT TO FINGER.

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TAMARA RECALL TRANSMISSION,VALVE COVER,BRAKE SENSOR, THROTTLE SENSOR , THIS CAR HAS GAVE ME PROBLEMS AFTER PROBLEMS , EVERY MONTH IT'S LITERALLG SOMETHING NEW I HAVE ABOUT 20 PAGES OF RECEIPTS

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I DROVE MY 2011 CHEVROLET CRUZE TO WORK WITHOUT ISSUE. UPON LEAVING I STARTED MY MY VEHICLE, PUT IT IN REVERSE AND BACKED OUT OF MY PARKING SPOT BUT IT WOULD NOT DRIVE FORWARD. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO MY HOME. THE NEXT DAY IT WOULD NOT START UP ENTIRELY.

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IT'S BEEN ONE YEAR AND MY CHEVY CRUZE HAS OVERHEATED TWICE. THE FIRST TIME THE THERMOSTAT WAS WRONG ALONG WITH THE THERMO PIPE THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AND NOW SIMILAR ISSUE IS HAPPENING WHERE MY CAR SMELLS FUNNY, I TURN THE HEAT IN AND THE CAR WILL START TO OVER HEAT AND NEVER WARM THE CAR.

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WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY A MESSAGE SAYING REDUCED ENGINE POWER CAME ON AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. ALSO THE SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON WITH IT AND SERVICE STABILITRAK CAME ON AS WELL.

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THE KEY FOB HOLDING THE KEY IN THE IGNITION BROKE, LEAVING THE KEY IN THE IGNITION, UNABLE TO TURN OFF OR TURN ON THE VEHICLE.

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BURNING SMELL FROM ENGINE. BACK IN MAY 2016 I STARTED SMELLING THIS BURNING SMELL AFTER YOU DROVE THE CAR FOR 20 MINS. I BRING IT UP TO THE DEALER EVERY TIME I HAVE TO TAKE THE CAR IN. THEY CAN NEVER FIND THE SOURCE. THEY THOUGHT A OIL PAN LEAK WAS IT. THAT WAS FIXED AND THE SMELL STILL IS THERE. THEY CLAIMED TO FIND AN OIL LEAK ANOTHER TIME AND FIXED. THEN IT WAS A TRANSMISSION LEAK, WHICH WAS FIXED AND STILL THE SMELL. THERE IS NEVER FLUID UNDER THE CAR. I HAVE THE SMELL NOTED EVERY TIME.

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THE CHEVROLET CRUZE'S WATER COOLANT OUTLET HAS CRACKED THREE TIMES NOW. THIS IS A PLASTIC PIECE THAT CRACKS UNDER HEAT AND LEAKS RADIATOR FLUID.

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