What 698 owners told NHTSA about the 2014 Chevrolet Cruze Limited

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET CRUZE. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, IT EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL FAILURES AND SHUT ON AND OFF. ALSO, THE BRAKES SKIPPED AND THE VEHICLE JERKED WHEN COMING TO A STOP. THE FAILURES OCCURRED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING TEST DRIVEN. PREMIER CAR SALES LLC (5425 ELVIS PRESLEY BLVD, MEMPHIS, TN 38116) STATED THAT THE FAILURES WOULD BE REPAIRED BEFORE THE SALE WAS FINAL. THE DEALER CLAIMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN UNKNOWN CHEVROLET DEALER FOR REPAIRS. AFTER THE SALE OF THE VEHICLE, THE BRAKE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE CONTACT RETURNED TO THE DEALER. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A CHEVROLET DEALER FOR REPAIRS SINCE IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY. BEFORE THE CONTACT COULD TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER, SHE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH. WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN IN THE RAIN, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF AND SLID INTO THE SIDE OF A CURB. THE AXLES, ROTOR, SPINDLE, AND RIMS WERE FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN UNKNOWN DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED AND THEY STATED THERE WERE NO RECALLS. THE CONTACT WAS REFERRED TO GENERAL MOTORS. THE CONTACT BOUGHT NEW ROTORS, A NEW SPINDLE, AND RIMS AND HAD THEM REPLACED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. GENERAL MOTORS REFUSED TO INVESTIGATE THE FAILURE BECAUSE REPAIRS HAD BEEN MADE; HOWEVER, THE BRAKES CONTINUED TO MALFUNCTION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,000.

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STABILITRAK VENDOR KEEPS COMING ON. WHEN I'M DRIVING AND MAKE A TURN, MY CAR SEEMS AS IF IT'S GLIDING. MY BREAKS SKIP, ESPECIALLY WHEN HITTING A BUMP AND THEY ACT AS IF THEY DON'T WANT TO STOP. MY CAR CUTS ON AND OFF IN TRAFFIC, I'VE ALMOST DIED SEVERAL TIMES WHILE TURNNING. COMPLETELY SHUTS OFF, STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP AND ALL. MY CAR IS NOW WRECKED DUE TO THESE DEFECTS. IT WAS RAINING, I WAS TURNING, CAR GOT TO GLIDING AND SLIDING, BREAKS WENT OUT AND MY CAR LOST CONTROL! I ALMOST FLIPPED! I JUST BOUGHT THE CAR! PICTURES IN MY PHONE

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WHEN DRIVING 55 MPH THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME STARTED TO STOP TO MAKE A TURN, THE BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR AND I REAR ENDED THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME.

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THE CAR WAS TAKEN IN TO BE ROUTINELY SERVICED AND IT WAS NOTICED THAT THERE WAS AN OIL LEAK. THE DEALERSHIP ONLY PROVIDE A TEMPORARY FIX. TRYING TO GET AN APT AS A FOLLOWUP WAS POINTLESS, BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THEY WERE BUSY. WELL, THE CAR CAUGHT FIRE AND THE SERV ICE DEPT. REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM AND THAT THEY WERE TOO BUSY THE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN ON A HIGHWAY, THERE WAS A POPPING SOUND, AND THEN THE CAR CAUGHT FIRE.

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SATURDAY MAY 13 2017, 10:45 AM CLEAR, SUNNY SKIES, DRY ROAD. A VEHICLE THREE CARS AHEAD OF ME SUDDENLY STOPPED. THE OTHER VEHICLES IN FRONT OF ME SLAMMED ON THEIR BRAKES,AND WHEN I APPLIED MY BRAKES, NOTHING HAPPENED AND I ENDED UP RAMMING THE VEHICLE AHEAD OF ME. I WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, AND WAS A CAR -LENGTH FROM THE VEHICLE AHEAD OF ME. ALL VEHICLES WERE GOING STRAIGHT.

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I HAVE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE USED IN JULY OF 2015 FROM THE CHEVROLET SCHUMACHER DEALERSHIP LOCATED IN NORTH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA I CURRENTLY HAVE 61,939MI. MY LAST OIL CHANGE WAS IN 12/2016 AND IS DUE AT 64,000MI. TO DATE I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS ISSUES WITH THIS VEHICLE FROM INSTALLING NEW SPARK PLUGS, BRAKES THAT SOUND LIKE AN AMTRAK TRAIN, AND NOW MY ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND MY BUMPER-TO-BUMPER WARRANTY IS ALREADY EXPIRED AT LIKE 33,000MI. SO NOW I FALL UNDER THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY WHICH COVERS YOUR ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION. HOWEVER I AM NOT SURE WHAT IS CAUSING MY ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON, I REALLY DON'T WANT TO PAY $160.00 FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND THEN HAVE TO PAY ON TOP OF THAT $800 FOR AN ISSUE WITH MY ENGINE. I SHOULDN'T BE HAVING THESE PROBLEMS ESPECIALLY SINCE IT WILL MARK MY 2 YEAR ANNIVERSARY HAVING THIS VEHICLE IN JULY 2017.I AM VERY DISPLEASED RIGHT NOW AND WOULD LIKE THIS ISSUE TO BE INVESTIGATED AND THAT SOMEONE FROM THIS GOVERNMENT AGENCY CONTACT THE DEALER LOCATED IN NORTH PALM BEACH SO THEY CAN FIND OUT WHAT EXACTLY IS WRONG WITH MY CAR. SOMETHING LIKE THIS SHOULD HAPPEN TO CARS THAT ARE 5 YEARS OLD NOT 1 1/2 YEARS OLD. *TR

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I WAS LEAVING WORK AT APPROXIMATELY 0600HRS, I ONLY WARMED THE CAR FOR A FEW MINUTES, THE TEMPERATURE WAS SLIGHTLY BELOW 0. THE BACK ROADS ARE PACKED SNOW, I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN, AT APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS THERE IS A RIGHT TURN, I TRIED HITTING THE BRAKES AS I WAS COMING UP TO THE TURN, THE PEDAL WAS STIFF AND DIFFICULT TO PUSH. I TRIED PUMPING THE BRAKES, IT FELT LIKE THERE WERE NO POWER BRAKES. I COULD NOT FEEL THE VEHICLE SLOWING UNTIL I HIT A SNOWBANK ALSO HITTING A TREE. IMPACTING THE NOSE DEAD CENTER. I WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 20-30 MPH. *TR

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WHILE DRIVING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC ON A HWY OF A SPEED OF ABOUT 10-15 MPH THE BRAKES FAILED TO WORK. THERE WAS A POLICE OFFICE ONE CAR BEHIND WHO WITNESSED THE BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON BUT THE CAR DID NOT STOP. THE DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO AVOID THE CAR IN FRONT OF THEM BY TRYING TO GET INTO THE SHOULDER. THE CAR COLLIDED WITH A TRUCK IN FRONT ON IT. THE IMPACT WAS WITH THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE AND THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE TRUCK. WHEN THE OFFICER HAD THE DRIVER TAKE THE CAR OUT OF PARK AND TO TRY TO MOVE IT OUT OF TRAFFIC THE CAR BEGAN TO ROLL BACK AND WAS ONLY STOPPED BY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE OFFICER THEN HAD THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK GET OUT AND TRY TO DRIVE THE CHEVY CRUZE OUT OF TRAFFIC ONLY TO HAVE THAT DRIVER AGREE THAT THE BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING. DURING THE REPAIR PROCESS CHEVY HAD THE CAR FOR OVER A MONTH AND HAD TO REPLACE THE ELECTRONIC BRAKE SYSTEM AS THE LIGHT WAS ON THAT THAT IS WAS FAILING. I AM GETTING THE REPORTS OF THE REPLACEMENT OF THE FAILED BRAKE SYSTEM THIS WEEK FROM THE REPAIR SHOP.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET CRUZE. WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN, THE BRAKES FAILED TO ENGAGE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND A LOSS OF STEERING POWER WAS EXPERIENCED . THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A GUARDRAIL. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED, BUT THE FAILURE CAUSE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V442000 (STEERING). THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,070.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2014 CHEVROLET CRUZE. WHILE APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT FAILED TO RESPOND. ALL OF THE LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ILLUMINATED AND THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

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AT 55MPH I FELT THAT I HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO STOP IN A HURRY. I APPLIED FIRM PRESSURE ON THE BREAKS AND THE BREAKS LOCKED UP. THE CAR BEGAN TO GO INTO A SKIDDING MOTION AND I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO CONTROL OVER THE STEERING WHEEL TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY, I COULD HAVE AVOIDED THIS COLLISION IF I TURNED TO THE RIGHT, BUT BECAUSE I HAD NO STEERING ABILITY I REAR-ENDED THEM FROM MY SKID. THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM, IT IS SUPPOSE TO HELP ME BY PUMPING THE BRAKES FOR ME, BUT IT DIDN'T. I SUSTAINED A BROKEN LEG WHEN THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED AT MY LEG. ON OTHER OCCASIONS, I HAD ALSO EXPERIENCED THE LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING..CAR WOULD HESITATE AND THEN POWER AND THOUGHT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION. BROUGHT IT IN FOR THAT AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT

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BRAKES LOCKED UP (ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM FAULTY) CAUSING THE CAR TO SKID RATHER THAN SLOW DOWN DURING STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. I WAS UNABLE TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL AND COULD NOT EVEN TRY TO SWERVE TO AVOID THE OTHER VEHICLE. CAR WAS UNABLE TO STOP IN TIME AND THERE WAS A COLLISION. *TR

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