Engine Overheat problems of the 2011 Chevrolet Cruze

While I was driving on the highway, a warning came on saying that my a/c was turned off because my engine was overheating and my check engine light came on. My temperature gauge was on cold. When I first took my car to the dealership, they could not figure out what was wrong. They cleared the codes and told me to come back if the warning came back on. Three weeks later, the warning came on again when driving on the highway. The first time the warning came on, I had been driving for about 6 hours. After the codes were cleared, the warning came back on when I had been driving for about 2. 5 hours. In the two weeks between the warning coming back on and when I took it back to the dealership, sometimes the warning would come on right away when I turned on the car. Other times, it would take 10 mins of driving before it would come on. When I drove, the temperature gauge would fluctuate between cold and halfway between cold and hot. After fluctuating for a few minutes, it would go to cold and the warning would come on. I took it back and the dealership told me that my coolant thermostat sensor and housing needed replacing. The car had error codes p0118 and p0117. As this problem could cause my engine to overheat and it seems like it is a common problem with the chevy Cruze, I do not understand why there has not been a recall yet. The warning occurred with a little less than 55,000 miles on the car.

Was driving the Cruze, a message flushed in screen "ac turned off due to high engine temp" ac was not on, heat was not working, turned off blower, the screen changed to engine overheated idle engine, then changes to partial power loss and the car became sluggish, I had to continue driving until a safe place was available to pull off, then the reactions control light started blinking and my oil life indicator told me to change oil before returning to the partial power loss message. I towed to dealer.

The contact owns 2011 Chevrolet cruise. The contact stated that while driving 65 mph, an unknown warning light illuminated as the engine overheated. The failure occurred while the contact was shutting off the air conditioner, which caused the front window to become fogged. The failure occurred on one occasion. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or mechanic. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The VIN was unavailable. The approximate failure mileage was 21,000.

Vehicle shutdown while driving on highway, several times. The car electric turns off and or flashes, stabiltrak lights come on and flashes, check engine flashing, car completely shuts down, steering is electronic or motor powered and is hard to use, transmisiion jerks before shutdown and breaks dont work very well. Ran over curb and off the road to avoid colliding with other vehicles. Picture, im driving on a highway at night doing 65 or so, all power goes out, its dark, other cars can not see me well, they are swerving and im swerving. This happened first around 20k and has happened on several occasions after. No corrections offered by gm under warranty, complaints were completely ignored, until murdock chevy in manhattan KS. They are currently trying to get it fixed and gave me a loner car, all other servicing dealers refused a loaner car, and told me its fixed each time. Car still has the problems listed and no solution is given from gm or chevy to fix this deadly situation. Also damage to the car from an engine overheat or dashboard overheat at the same time damaging electric, windshield, radio, guages and dash compartment lever. Extreme heat, burning smell inside. Floorboard by the feet melts carpet and burns feet, all at the same time, on drives of 30 minutes or more.

6 to 8 recalls. . . And the transmittion jurks when you take off from a stop since day one. Keep taking to dealer and they claim to not find anything. (1/17/2011-now) the brake peddle switch had to be replaced. (1/2014) the spark plugs and coil pack had to be replaced due to the spark plug being tightened to tight from the factory! engine light came on indicated the service traction control system. (3/12/2014) was driving home from work as always and the engine light came on and indicated that the ac cut off due to engine over heating. (3/21/2014) this car has been a lemon from day one. It stays in the dealer service more that we drive it. . .