2013 Chevrolet Cruze

8:30AM ON MY WAY TO GET ON I74 HIGHWAY TO GO TO WORK..ABOUT 2 MINUTES FROM HIGHWAY. PULLED OUT OF KROGER AFTER GETTING GAS. MY CAR MADE A HORRIBLE NOISE AND THEN STOPPED ABRUPTLY. MY ENGINE WAS TILL RUNNING, RADIO ON, LIGHTS ON ETC. THE CAR JUST STOPPED LIKE AS IF YOU HAD SLAMMED THE BREAKS. POLICE OFFICER PARKED BEHIND ME TO MAKE SURE NO CARS HIT ME FROM BEHIND. WE FINALLY PUSHED IT, IN NEUTRAL, INTO KROGER PARKING LOT WHERE I WAITED FOR TOW TRUCK..AWHILE. MY CAR WAS TOWED TO HIRLINGER CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP CALLED ME LATER THAT DAY AND TOLD ME MY RIGHT FRONT AXLE HAD BROKEN IN HALF. MEANING THE AXLE WAS NO LONGER ATTACHED TO MY WHEEL...NOW I KNOW WHY THE ABRUPT STOP! IF IT HAD BEEN ANOTHER TWO MINUTES, OR, IF THERE HAD BEEN A CAR BEHIND ME WHEN THIS BROKE, I AND WHOMEVER COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED! THERE WAS NO WARNING..IT JUST STOPPED. HIRLINGER CHEVROLET HAS HAD MY CAR SINCE APRIL 22,2014, DAY OF THE BREAKDOWN, WITH NO EPA ON THE PART TO FIX IT, OR DO SOMETHING! I CALLED GM, THEY TELL ME THERE NO RECALL, BUT, THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM!! I WAS TOLD 30% OF THE 2013 CRUZES HAVE THIS POTENTIAL PROBLEM..WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN DISASTER, BUT MINE WAS THE FIRST INCIDENT OF AN ACTUAL BREAKAGE. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? THEY KNEW OF THE PROBLEM, IVE NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL, AND MY CAR STILL SITS AT THE DEALERSHIP 20 DAYS LATER AND I HAVE NO ANSWERS OF WHEN ITS GETTING FIXED, OR WHAT GM PLANS TO DO!! IN THE MEANTIME, IM MAKING MY CAR PAYMENT, ONSTAR PAYMENT, SIRIUS RADIO PAYMENT, ON A CAR I DON'T KNOW WHEN IS EVER GOING TO GET FIXED. PLUS THEY KNEW OF THIS PROBLEM!! *TR

I WAS TOLD WHEN I TOOK MY CHEVY CRUZE IN FOR ROUTINE SERVICE THAT MY CAR WAS ON THE LIST FOR THE RIGHT FRONT AXLE RECALL. I HAD TO DRIVE TO ANOTHER STATE THE NEXT DAY, AND I WAS VERY NERVOUS--I DROVE 600 MILES AND NOTHING HAPPENED. I TOOK IT TO THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP/SERVICE IN THE CITY WHERE I AM WORKING TEMPORARILY AND THEY PROVIDED ME WITH A COURTESY CAR. MY PROBLEM IS THAT NOW I NEED TO DRIVE HOME AND AFTER READING ABOUT THE INCIDENTS WHEN THE AXLE HAS BROKEN AM VERY APPREHENSIVE. THIS IS A GREAT WORRY AND INCONVENIENCE. GM NEEDS TO STEP UP AND GET THOSE PARTS MANUFACTURED ASAP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET CRUZE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE APPROACHING A STOP SIGN, THE VEHICLE ABRUPTLY STOPPED MOVING. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT AXLE WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE AXLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 9,200. UPDATED 08/11/14*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE AIRBAG WAS REPAIRED ON JULY 14, 2014. UPDATED 08/18/2014 *JS

I WAS AT A VERY BUSY FOUR WAY STOP INTERSECTION, WHEN I ACCELERATED FROM THE STOP SIGN, I HEARD A GRINDING SOUND AND HAD NO POWER IN DRIVE OR REVERSE. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND STILL CONTINUED TO ROLL BACKWARDS. I HAD A VERY LONG LINE OF CARS IN BACK OF ME AS IT WAS 8:00 IN THE MORNING RUSH HOUR. I HAD NO CONTROL AND HAD TO TRY TO PUSH THE CAR (BY MYSELF) TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I WAS HORRIFIED AS THIS HAPPENED WITH MY BRAND NEW CAR. I HAD TO WAIT OVER AN HOUR FOR A TOW TRUCK TO TAKE THE CAR TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER CALLED ME LATER THAT DAY TO SAY THAT MY RIGHT FRONT AXEL IS BROKEN AND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS CAR. THE DEALER THEN EXPLAINED THAT THERE ARE NO PARTS AVAILABLE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM AND I COULD BE IN A RENTAL FOR MORE THAN A MONTH. I AM EXTREMELY UPSET THAT I WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THIS RECALL AND HAD BEEN DRIVING THIS CAR WITH MY TWO CHILDREN IN IT WHILE GM KNEW ABOUT THIS FOR MONTHS. HOW IS THIS SAFE? I CAN'T PUT INTO WORDS HOW MAD I AM THAT GM PUT MY FAMILY IN THIS CAR WITH THIS SAFETY ISSUE. I'M GLAD THAT MY KIDS WERE NOT WITH ME WHEN THIS HAPPENED, BUT MY FEARS ARE THAT THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY WITH THEM IN THE BACK SEAT. I AM CONTACTING GM, BUT I WON'T STOP UNTIL THIS IS RESOLVED. I AM TELLING EVERYONE I KNOW AND SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT THE CRUZE RECALL AND THAT IT ISN'T SAFE TO DRIVE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET CRUZE. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 14V151000 (POWER TRAIN), AND STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED FO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE REMAINED AT THE DEALER, WHO WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE AN EXPECTED DATE FOR WHEN THE REMEDY PART TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

FOR GM RECALL 2014079, REGARDING A POTENTIAL FRONT AXLE RIGHT HALF FRACTURE, HOW CAN DRIVERS, PASSENGERS, AND OTHERS ON THE ROAD BE CERTAIN THAT A ONE-TIME POINT-IN-TIME INSPECTION GUARANTEES THAT THIS FRACTURE WILL NEVER OCCUR? I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT NHTSA REQUIRE GM TO PERFORM PERIOD FREE INSPECTIONS FOR THIS RECALL (E.G., EVERY 5,000 MILES) TO ENSURE ONGOING SAFETY. *TT

VEHICLE WAS BACKED OUT OF A DRIVEWAY. DRIVER SHIFTED FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE. CAR MOVED FORWARD ABOUT 20 FEET AND SUDDENLY SLOWED TO A STOP. ENGINE POWER REMAINED ON. CLICKING NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE RIGHT FRONT SIDE. CLICKING NOISE CONTINUED IN REVERSE, DRIVE, OR PARK SHIFTER POSITIONS. CAR WOULD NOT MOVE UNDER ITS OWN POWER IN EITHER DIRECTION. WE PUSHED CAR TO SIDE OF ROAD IN NEUTRAL AND CALLED ONSTAR THIS IS THE DRIVESHAFT RECALL ISSUE ON 2013-14 CRUZE WITH 1.4 TURBO ENGINES. I WRITE BECAUSE IF THIS HAD HAPPENED ON AN INTERSTATE OR IN HEAVY TRAFFIC THE CONSEQUENCES COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH MORE DIRE. THIS CAR IS ALMOST 1 YEAR OLD AND HAS ONLY 3000 MILES ON IT. THIS DEFECT IS AS SERIOUS AS THE IGNITION SWITCH PROBLEM. THERE ARE 170000 OF THESE CARS OUT THERE WITH THIS SAME POTENTIAL ISSUE. WHEN I SPOKE WITH GM THEY INITIALLY SAID THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON MY VEHICLE AND THAT I SHOULD TAKE IT TO A DEALER FOR SERVICE. WHEN I INSISTED THAT THERE WAS A POWER TRAIN RELATED RECALL ON THE CAR THEY THEN SAID THAT INDEED THERE WAS A RECALL AND THAT I COULD GET IT TOWED TO A GM DEALER. MY ONLY REASON FOR WRITING NHTSA IS TO HOPEFULLY ELEVATE THIS ISSUE TO ONE OF MORE IMMEDIATE IMPORTANCE. I HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED ANY NOTICE FROM GM ABOUT THIS ISSUE, AND IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE EXTENSIVE MEDIA COVERAGE WOULD PROBABLY STILL NOT KNOW OF THIS VERY SERIOUS ISSUE. *TR

THE COMPLAINT IS 1)VEHICLE SURGES WHEN STOPPED AT A SIGNAL OR STOPPED WHILE IN GEAR. EXTRA PRESSURE IS APPLIED TO BRAKE PEDAL OUT OF FEAR IT WILL LUNGE FORWARD. 2)INTERMITTENTLY SURGES DRASTICALLY WHEN YOU REMOVE YOUR FOOT FROM BRAKES. 3)INTERMITTENT HIGH REVVING AND ACCELERATION PROBLEMS. A SERVICE BULLETIN WAS PERFORMED IN WHICH REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE TRANSMISSION. THESE REPAIRS INCREASED THE SYMPTOMS AND MADE IT THE VEHICLE EXTREMELY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. GM ENGINEERS STATE THE CAR IS OK. DOES SOMEONE HAVE DO DIE BEFORE THE PROBLEM IS CORRECTED. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE MADE COMPLAINT ON THE EDMONDS.COM WEBSITE. SOMEONE NEED TO LOOK INTO THIS. *TR