What 864 owners told NHTSA about the 2012 Chevrolet Cruze Limited

MY SON WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD LAST WEEK AND DASH FLASHED STABILINK AND HE LOST ALL POWER AND FORCES HIM TO TRY TO PULL OVER WHICH HE COULD BECAUSE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND BRAKES GOT HARD TO PUSH. A WEEK LATER STABILINK FLASHED AGAIN AND THEN WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD HE HAD TO SLAM ON BRAKES FOR A STOPPED VEHICLE AND BRAKES WOULD WORK AND STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AGAIN RESULTING IN HIM REAR ENDING THE VEHICLE.

NHTSA ODI 11320365

?/?/16 SUNNY-DRIVING ON CITY STREET. TRACTION LIGHT/SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL APPEAR. DROVE CAR TO SHOULDER-CAR COULD BARELY MOVE THEN WAS COMPLETELY UNABLE TO MOVE. TURNED CAR OFF/BACK ON. LIGHTS/ERRORS WERE GONE. DROVE AWAY. 7/9/16 SUNNY-DRIVING OUT OF PARKING LOT. TRACTION LIGHT/SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL/SERVICE STABILITRAK APPEAR. CAR BARELY CREPT FORWARD BEFORE IT COULD NOT MOVE. CALLED ONSTAR FOR VEHICLE DIAGNOSIS. NOTHING FOUND. TURNED CAR OFF/BACK ON AND EVERYTHING RESET/WAS OK 10/21/16 RAINY-DRIVING ON INTERSTATE. CAR RANDOMLY YANKS LEFT (DIDN'T BRAKE/ACCELERATE) CAR SPINS & CRASHES INTO GUARDRAIL MULTIPLE TIMES. CAR BARELY CREPT FORWARD AS I DROVE TO LEFT SHOULDER BUT STOPPED MOVING BEFORE GETTING TO SAFETY. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT/TRACTION LIGHT/SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL/ STABILITRAK APPEAR (SEE PHOTO-THE PAPERS IN CORNER OF DISPLAY SHOW STABILITRAK ERROR IS ON NEXT SCREEN BUT I SCROLLED PAST NEEDING TO SEE ODOMETER AND DIDN'T SNAP PHOTO). TWO OFFICERS SAW THE ERRORS AND THAT CAR COULDN'T MOVE. OUR TAKE: RAIN INITIATED TRACTION CONTROL, BUT CAR THOUGHT IT WAS SPINNING WHEN IT WASN'T, AND CORRECTED FOR IT BY APPLYING CERTAIN BRAKES TO CERTAIN TIRES CAUSING IT TO SPIN. DEALERSHIP SEES NO HISTORY OF THESE ERRORS FOR ALL 3 INSTANCES AND SAY THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING. I LEFT MY CAR RUNNING WITH THESE ERRORS ON FOR OVER AN HOUR WHILE WAITING FOR POLICE/TOW TRUCK. INSURANCE WON'T GO AFTER GMS'S LEGAL TEAMS BUT TELL ME TO JUMP INTO A LAWSUIT LATER. IT'S UPSETTING WE'RE WAITING FOR SOMEBODY TO GET HURT/DIE TO LOOK INTO THIS. MY SISTER HAS SAME CAR OFF SAME LOT AND EXPERIENCED A TRACTION CONTROL ERROR. SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES ONLINE-PICTURES/VIDEOS OF THESE ERRORS BUT DEALERSHIP FINDS NO HISTORY. ISSUES 1) DANGEROUS ERRORS NOT BEING LOGGED 2) TRACTION CONTROL/STABILITRAK NOT READING SITUATION CORRECTLY 3) CAR CANNOT OPERATE/DRIVE TO SAFETY AFTER INCORRECTLY READING SITUATION.

NHTSA ODI 10925527

SINCE MARCH 2015, I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING ISSUES WITH AND I HAVE VIDEO EVIDENCE WHILE IN FAILURE MODE, OF WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE FAILURES OF THE BODY COMPUTER(S) IN THIS VEHICLE. THE DASHBOARD DISPLAYS HAVE BEEN GOING ON AND OFF UNDER A WIDE VARIETY OF DRIVING SITUATIONS, AND WHILE SITTING AT IDLE. THEY FAULT WHEN THE VEHICLE IS SIMPLY DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. MORE OFTEN I NOTICE IT WHEN UTILIZING TURN SIGNALS, HAZARD LIGHTS, AND BREAKING. DURING THESE FAULTS, THE CENTER INFORMATION DISPLAY FOR THE HVAC AND ENTERTAINMENT WILL FREQUENTLY TURN OFF. THIS KILLS THE RADIO. IT AT TIMES KILLS THE HVAC SYSTEMS AND THE TURN SIGNALS (AT LEAST THE NOISE FOR THE TURN SIGNAL INDICATORS). AT TIMES, THE CENTER DISPLAY ABOVE THE STEERING COLUMN WILL GO BLACK AND THEN DISPLAY A MESSAGE ABOUT THE STABILITRAK HAVING FAILED AND REQUIRING IT TO BE CHECKED OR THE ABS NEEDING TO BE SERVICED. THEN IT RETURNS TO NORMAL MODE. THE FREQUENCY HAS INCREASED TO EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE VEHICLE. ALSO ON AT LEAST 3 OCCASIONS THE ABS HAS ACTUALLY FAILED. ON ONE OF THOSE OCCASIONS, I HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE WHILE PARKING. THANKFULLY THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO EITHER VEHICLE. WHEN CONNECTING THE VEHICLE TO A DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE, NO ISSUES ARE INDICATED. I'M IN THE MILITARY IN GERMANY WHERE THE ROADS AND HIGHWAYS ARE EXTREMELY HILLY AND IT SNOWS HEAVILY. I'D RATHER NOT DIE IN AN ACCIDENT BEFORE THIS ISSUE IS RECTIFIED.

NHTSA ODI 10733882

ON THE FIRST OCCURRENCE THE LIGHTS ON THE RADIO DISPLAY BEGAN TO FLICKER AND THEN ALL ELECTRICAL POWER TO THE DASHBOARD. THE ELECTRICAL CAME BACK ON AND THE DASH DISPLAY DEPICTED THE WARNING MESSAGE CHECK STABILITRAK. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR AND THEY SAID THAT HIGH VOLTAGE CODES C0800, 07 AND HIGH VOLTAGE HISTORY SHOWED UP ON THE SCOPE AND THERE WERE NO ISSUES. THE SECOND TIME THE LIGHTS ON THE RADIO DISPLAY BEGAN TO FLICKER AND THEN ALL ELECTRICAL POWER TO THE DASHBOARD, AIRBAGS AND THE ELECTRICALLY ASSISTED POWER STEERING WENT OUT, WHILE ON A VERY STEEP MOUNTAIN ROAD AND I HAD NO CONTROL OVER THE VEHICLE. THE ELECTRICAL CAME BACK ON AND THE DASH DISPLAY DEPICTED THE WARNING MESSAGE CHECK STABILITRAK. I TOOK IT TO A DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP AND THE DASH FLICKERING OCCURRED WITH THE SERVICE PERSON IN THE CAR DRIVING BUT NOTHING SHOWED UP WHEN THE MECHANIC WAS TRYING TO FIX IT SO THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. TWO DAYS LATER WHILE MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING SHE LOST POWER STEERING AND THE SAME ISSUES WITH THE DASH AND WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, THANK GOD HER BABY WAS NOT IN THE CAR. PLEASE HELP!....UPDATED 07/31/14 *BF

NHTSA ODI 10615094

THIS STARTED THIS WEEK, THE ELECTRICAL PARTS (RADIO, SPEAKERS, TURNING SIGNAL CLICKER, AC ETC) WILL CONSTANTLY FLICKER OFF THEN COME BACK ON AFTER ABOUT TEN SECONDS, EVERY TIME I HAVE THE CAR RUNNING. THE STABILITY WARNING WILL SOMETIMES GO ON BUT WILL EVENTUALLY GO OUT. THE SPECIFIC INCIDENT OCCURRED THE THE 27TH OF AUGUST WHEN I WENT TO TAKE A LEFT TURN, ON TO A HIGHWAY. WHEN I WENT TO MAKE A TURN MY POWER STEERING LOCKED UP AND ALMOST CAUSED ME TO HIT A PASSING CAR AND GET REAR ENDED. IT SPECIFICALLY LOCKED UP AT ABOUT TEN MILES AN HOUR WHILE PICKING UP SPEED. AFTER I RETURNED TO MY PARKING LOT IT LOCKED UP AGAIN AND CAUSED ME TO HIT A BARRIER, SLIGHTLY DAMAGING THE FRONT BUMPER. SINCE THEN MY POWER STEERING WILL SOMETIMES LOCK UP MAKING IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN. *TT

NHTSA ODI 10537751