2012 Chevrolet Cruze

DECEMBER 2013 -- THE RADIO AND DASH BOARD LIGHTS (SERVICE STABILITRAK) HAVE BEEN FLASHING ON AND OFF THEN THIS EVENING WHILE DRIVING ON A STRAIGHT ROAD, THE "SERVICE POWER STEERING" LIGHT FLASHED ON AND MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. THAT CONTINUED FOR APPROX. 2 MINUTES THEN STARTED WORKING CORRECTLY. WHEN I GOT HOME AND PULLED INTO MY PARKING SPOT AND TURNED MY CAR OFF EVERYTHING TURNED OFF, INCLUDING MY INTERIOR LIGHTS AND I COULDN'T REMOVE MY KEY FROM THE IGNITION. I LET IT SIT FOR APPROX. 5 MINUTES THEN TRIED TO START THE CAR AND IT DID TURN ON SO I TURNED IT OFF AGAIN AND I WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE KEY. FEBRUARY 2014 -- THE SAME THINGS ARE HAPPENING AND THE POWER STEERING TURNS OFF AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP MAY 2014 -- POWER STEERING TURNS OFF AND STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP; BATTERY COMPLETELY DIES RANDOMLY; NEW DEALERSHIP TELLS ME THE BATTERY CABLES NEED TO BE REPLACED; HOWEVER, OTHER CRUZE OWNERS WHO HAVE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE SAME ISSUES AND HAD THEIR BATTERY CABLE REPLACED REPORT THAT THIS DOES NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUE. *TR

RADIO STARTS TURNING ON AND OFF,STABILITY CONTROL LIGHTS FLASH,POWER STEERING GETS HARD TO TURN.THIS IS THE THIRD TIME WE BROUGHT IT TO THE SHOP.ITS GOOD FOR A WEEK OR SO AND DOES THE SAMETHING AGAIN. THEY CLAIM THIS IS THE ONLY CRUZE THEY EVER HEARD OF DOING THIS.I DON'T THINK SO NOT ACCORDING TO YOUR WEB SITE SOMEBODY KNOWS THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM. WHY DO DEALER SHIPS THINK LYING IS THE WAY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM, I MEAN IT JUST COME OUT AND SAY YA YOUR DAUGHTERS CAR IS NOT THE ONLY 2012 CRUZE WITH THIS PROBLEM! MY PATIENCE ARE GETTING A LITTLE THIN. CAR WAS BOUGHT WITH 20000 MILES ON IT BY MY OLDEST DAUGHTER WHO IS 20 YRS OLD AND PUTTING HERSELF TROUGH COLLEGE TO BECOME A NURSE. SHE WAS SO HAPPY WHEN SHE BOUGHT THE CAR NOW SHE THINKS SHE BOUGHT A LEMON! CAR FROM KISSEL CHEVROLET CALUMET MI CANT FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM, ITS TO LATE WHEN SOMEBODY GETS HURT OR WORSE!!!! CONCERNED FATHER. *TR

OUR 2012 CHEVY CRUZE STARTED WITH THE RADIO TURNING "OFF" AND "ON" ON ITS OWN THE MONTH AFTER WE BOUGHT THE CAR. A MONTH LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN AS WELL AS LEFT MY WIFE STRANDED AT A STORE. CAR DIDN'T WANT TO TURN ON. I FIGURED IT MAY HAVE BEEN A BAD BATTERY. BEFORE I COULD EVEN "JUMP" THE VEHICLE, THE CAR GOT ALL POWER BACK ON WITH NO PROBLEM. THE 3RD TIME RADIO TURNED OFF AND ON ITS OWN AND THEN SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY WITH NO POWER TO VEHICLE AT THE SAME STORE NEAR MY WIFE'S WORK. I NOTICED NOTHING ELECTRICAL WORKED IN THE CAR, LIKE HAZARD LIGHTS, BRAKE LIGHTS, AND ANYTHING THAT SHOULD HAVE 12 VOLT CONSTANT POWER. I NOW CARRY A MULTIMETER IN THE CAR. ON A 400 MILE DRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY I EXPERIENCE THE RADIO ISSUE AS WELL AS "STABILITRAC", AND MANY OTHER MALFUNCTION LIGHTS DISPLAYING ON AND OFF ON MY DASH WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH. I EVEN RECORDED THIS WHILE DRIVING. MY FAMILY AND I WERE ON VACATION AND WHILE DRIVING I LOST POWER STEERING THEN THE CAR SHUT DOWN AND LEFT US STRANDED WITH NO POWER AGAIN. WAIT ABOUT 10 TO 15 MINUTES, THE CAR WILL RETURN BACK TO NORMAL LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED. TOOK IT STRAIGHT TO THE DEALER RIGHT AT THAT MOMENT AND THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEMS. RETURNED HOME FROM VACATION AND IT ALL HAPPENED AGAIN IN TRAFFIC WHILE DRIVING. MY WIFE AND KIDS WERE IN THE CAR. I CALLED FOR A TOW TRUCK AND TOWED IT TO THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP IN TOWN. I LEFT IT WITH THEM FOR 4 DAYS AND THEY STILL COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. THIS CAR STILL CONTINUES TO TURN OFF TO THIS DAY AND I'VE ONLY HAD THE CAR FOR 6 MONTH NOW. I WON'T LET MY FAMILY IN THIS CAR. I HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED THE DOOR LOCKS, LOCK AND UNLOCK ON ITS OWN AND THE WIPERS ACTIVATED ON THERE OWN. NOT SURE WHETHER IT COULD BE A BAD ECU, BCM, ELECTRICAL HARNESS, FUSE BOXES. THE ECU WAS REPROGRAMMED AT THE 2000 MILES FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON. WISH I HAD BOUGHT A DIFFERENT CAR INSTEAD OF THIS LEMON. *TR

AS I DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD MY STABILITY TRAK LIGHT COMES ON AND MY RADIO TURNS ON AND OFF. NOW MY POWER STEERING GOES OUT AND MY CAR WON'T ALWAYS START. I'VE TAKEN IT IN 3 TIMES TO HAVE THESE ISSUES FIXED AND NOBODY CAN SEEM TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WRONG. I'VE BEEN LEFT STRANDED WITH MY 3 YEAR OLD SON BECAUSE MY CAR WONT START. I'VE ONLY HAD THIS CAR 2 MONTHS AND IT IS BY FAR THE WORST CAR I HAVE EVER HAD. *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

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

WE HAVE VIDEO OF THE RADIO DISPLAY AREA GOING BLANK THEN COMING ON THEN GOING BLANK CONTINUALLY, IT TAKES OUT ALL SOUND I.E., RADIO, NAVIGATIONAL INSTRUCTIONS, BLINKER SOUND .. WHILE THROWING MULTIPLE ERROR CODES IN THE AREA FOR ODOMETER READING I.E., SERVICE STABILA TRACK, SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL. THE USERS MANUAL TELLS YOU THAT IF SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS TO SHUT OFF THE CAR TO RESET THE CAR. IF YOU DO SHUT IT OFF OR STALL OUT THE CAR (MANUAL TRANSMISSION) EVERYTHING GOES DEAD. IT CANNOT BE ACCESSED BY ONSTAR (I CALLED THEM ON 2-19-2014 AND ASKED THEM TO DOCUMENT THAT THEY COULD NOT ACCESS THE CAR ... IT SIMPLY READ "ERROR" FOR THEM) THE FOB KEY HAS NO EFFECT, THERE IS NO STEERING, NO BRAKES, NO LIGHTS, NO NOTHING FOR 20 TO 45 MINUTES. SO IF IN TRAFFIC .. THE CAR SIMPLY BECOMES EITHER A ROAD BLOCK OR A TARGET. THE CAR HAS BEEN INTO 2 DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS AND EVEN WITH VIDEO OF THE INCIDENTS THEY SIMPLY SAY THEY CAN FIND NOTHING WRONG AND MAKE RIDICULOUS SUGGESTIONS. THE CAR AS IS, IS AN ACCIDENT OR WORSE WAITING TO HAPPEN. *TR!....UPDATED 07/31/14 *BF

ELECTRICAL ISSUES THAT INCLUDE LOSS OF POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING: WARNING INDICATORS WOULD FLASH ON AND OFF, SUCH AS "SERVICE STABILITRACK", "SERVICE POWER STEERING" AND "SERVICE ABS", WHILE DRIVING. RADIO BEGAN SHUTTING ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING. WHEN THE DISPLAY & RADIO SHUTS OFF, EVEN THE BLINKER WOULDN'T MAKE A SOUND. WHAT I FIND ALARMING IS DURING THESE EPISODES, THE POWER STEERING ACTUALLY FAILS FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. ON A 20 MINUTE DRIVE, I EXPERIENCED 4 FAILURES AND THE ABOVE ELECTRICAL ISSUES HAPPENING NON-STOP FOR THE DURATION OF THE TRIP. A DAY LATER, AS A TEST, I DROVE MY CAR AROUND MY NEIGHBORHOOD (LESS THAN A 1 MINUTE DRIVE) AND EXPERIENCED ALL THE SAME ISSUES, INCLUDING LOSS OF POWER STEERING. I HAVE SCHEDULED SERVICE WITH A DEALER. A SEARCH ON THE INTERNET SHOWS AN ALARMING NUMBER OF CHEVY CRUZE OWNER WITH THIS ISSUE, WHICH POINTS TO MANUFACTURING OR DESIGN DEFECT AND NOT WEAR & TEAR. LOSS OF POWER STEERING WHILE IN MOTION WOULD SEEM TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED. *TR