2013 Chevrolet Cruze

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK ON THE HIGHWAY MY RADIO WILL TURN OFF AND ON MULTIPLE TIMES AND MY STABILITY CONTROL WILL TURN OFF AND IT WILL BE HARD TO TURN THE VEHICAL. A WARNING COMES ON THE INFORMATION SCREEN SAYING CHECK STABILITY CONTROL AND ALSO CHECK POWER STEERING. IT HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES IT HAVE HAPPENED TODAY AS WELL AS I WAS DRIVING ON THE FEEDER

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2013 CHEVROLET CRUZE. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED BUT FAILED TO RESPOND. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS AND DID NOT MOVE. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED. BRUISES TO THE FACE, NECK, AND LEG. ADDITIONALLY THE DRIVER'S LEFT HAND WAS OVEREXTENDED. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS RECEIVED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,042.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET CRUZE. WHILE DRIVING 17 MPH, THE "ENGINE OVERHEATING" WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT DROVE TO AN AUTO PARTS STORE WHERE AN EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO ADD COOLANT, AND NOTICED THAT THE TEXTURE AND COLOR OF THE COOLANT IN THE VEHICLE WAS WRONG. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME. A DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN A RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN A RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT COOLANT WAS LEAKING FROM THE WATER PUMP. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AND THE CAR LOST ALL POWER IN A VERY REMOTE PART ON THE INTERSTATE. THIS WAS AT 9 O'CLOCK PM ON A SUNDAY. THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PAST 5 MPH. HAD TO TAKE THE BATTERY CONNECTORS OFF TO CLEAR THE CODES AND THEN WAS ABLE TO SLOWLY DRIVE HOME. COULD NOT GO MORE THAN 50 MPH OR THE ENGINE WOULD JUMP AND THE CAR WOULD DECELERATE. AGAIN, I WAS ON I-10, AT 9PM, 6 HOURS AWAY FROM HOME. WHEN I GOT BACK TO TOWN, I TOOK THE CAR TO GET SERVICED AND WHEN I GOT THE CAR BACK THE FIRST TIME, I PULLED OUT INTO TRAFFIC AND THE CAR STILL WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WHEN THEY SAID IT WAS READY FOR PICKUP, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON. LEFT THE CAR AT THE DEALERSHIP TO GET SERVICED AGAIN. PICKED UP THE CAR THIS PAST SATURDAY AND WHEN I WENT TO DRIVE IT ON SUNDAY, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON. WILL BE DROPPING THE CAR OFF AGAIN AT THE DEALERSHIP AFTER WORK.

AT FIRST, I STARTED THE CAR ONE DAY AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME UP AND AS I TRIED TO PUT THE TRANSMISSION IN D THE "D" LIGHT STARTED FLASHING (NOT STEADY AS NORMAL) AND THERE WAS SOME NOISE FROM THE TRANSMISSION. I PUT IT BACK TO "P" AND TURNED THE CAR OFF AND STARTED IT AGAIN. THEN IT ACTED NORMALLY. LATER ON, IT HAPPENED SUDDENLY WHILE I WAS DRIVING (THE TRANSMISSION SNAPPED AND THE "D" LIGHT STARTED FLASHING). I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS, AND THEY FOUND THAT THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE (TCM) WAS DEFECTIVE. I SEARCHED ONLINE AND FOUND THAT THERE WERE MANY RECALLS ON THE TCM FOR 2012 & 2013 CHEVY CRUZE, BUT MINE WAS NOT IDENTIFIED IN THOSE RECALLS AS PER THE DEALER. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT GM WILL INVESTIGATE THE CASE AND FEED ME BACK, BUT I FOUND OUT TODAY THAT THEY DO NOT DO INVESTIGATIONS UNLESS IT COMES FROM THE NHTSA.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET CRUZE. WHILE DRIVING UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DUPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET CRUZE. WHILE DRIVING 35 AND 75 MPH, THE "ENGINE REDUCE POWER" MESSAGE DISPLAYED AS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS BEING DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. FROM INSIDE THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT CALLED ON-STAR WHO PROVIDED FAILURE CODE P-2135 (THROTTLE BODY SENSOR). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY SENSOR NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND A CASE WAS OPENED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.