general problems of the 2011 Chevrolet Cruze - part 1

The contact owns a 2011 Chevrolet Cruze. The contact stated that on two separate occasions while driving at undisclosed speeds, the vehicle shut off unintendedly and without warning. The contact stated that after restarting the vehicle, the vehicle operated normally. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer, who was unable to determine the cause of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer had not yet been contacted regarding the failure. The contact was informed that the VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 16v502000 (electrical system, power train). The contact stated that the vehicle had experienced the failure listed in the recall. The failure mileage was 129,000.

While driving home on the interstate after work, I was travelling at around 65 miles per hour, with the cruise control set at that speed. In an instant I lost all engine power and began to slow down very rapidly. A quick look to the rearview mirror to ensure nothing was approaching the rear of my vehicle, I found that I could see nothing except grey and white smoke behind me from all three mirrors. I was forced to remove myself from the highway for fear of causing an accident by blinding drivers with the smoke coming from my exhaust, and I was able to use the service road to get to the next fueling station. Upon arrival, I opened the hood and found that oil had sprayed out of every available portal in the engine, it exited through the vacuum lines, pressure sensors onto my alternator, saturated my serpentine belt as well as everything else ion the engine compartment. I noticed most of the oil came from a round hole behind the oil filler cap through a busted vacuum diaphragm that had blown out instead of regulating vacuum, indicating extreme positive pressure in the crankcase. As this was my mos in the army, I am experienced with dangers and risks involved in these situations, and I will give warning that if this happens during the right traffic situations, lives will be lost as a result of the smoke screen developimg when the oil hits the catalytic convertors combined with the rapid decline in speed without warning of any kind, and when it does happen, and it will, since there are 8 million of these vehicles on the road and counting, this complaint should serve as proper and fair warning od the damgers and risks with allowing this engine to remain in use without a warning system to indicate the tiny plastic check valve has been released from its position. I was fortunate enough that I only suffered a few curse words and horns blowing and flipping me the bird, but I have to admit I was afraid for my life and someone with less driving experience will have a bad outcom.

Vehicle does not shift gears, jumpy, sluggish, disengages then jerks back into gear. Hazard when trying to pickup speed to accelerate into highway traffic. Does not engage in reverse gear at times, have to turn vehicle off, wait a few minutes then turn vehicle back on for reverse gear to engage. Sometimes when vehicle is in park, vehicle will not start, have to fidget with gear and key, sometimes for several minutes before it will register in park and allow you to start the vehicle. When on highway transmission will jolt and jerk making you think you have lost your transmission on the roadway. This is a major hazard for my daughter who drives this vehicle to college. I am aware of a lift plate that can be installed to fix this problem that has existed in all 2011 chevy Cruze s since they were manufactured. Nhtsa bulletin issued oct. 10, 2024 NHTSA id#11010651 manufacture communication #24-na-223 bulletin to all technicians for an alternative procedure for a lift plate that can be installed into the transmission to correct this problem. This needs to be a nationwide issued recall because of the endangerment people are being put in while driving these unsafe chevy Cruze with faulty transmission issues.

Noticed a very hard transmission shift when accelerating from approximately 35 to 40 mph. Hard shifting in this vehicle has been observed over the past year. Milage is approximately 60,000 miles.

Transmission locked gears and would not accelerate causing a huge safety violation when it occurred on an interstate. Vehicle was just seen by a mechanic that deemed the car safe to drive and then the car proceeded to malfunction. Vehicle has history of a slipping transmission, with no diagnosis ever found.

The contact owns a 2011 Chevrolet Cruze. The contact stated while at a stop sign and accelerating, the vehicle hesitated. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and the dealer stated that the oxygen sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted but offered no assistance. The failure mileage was 54,057.

The transmission failed and wouldn't go into 3rd gear. Safety of person driving was put at risk on an expressway on ramp, transmission refused to go into 3rd gear could have been rear ended as traffic was accelerating on ramp. The issue was reproduced at a transmission repair shop. Vehicle has been repaired at a transmission shop after being towed to their facility as it was undriveable. There were no warning lights or messages prior to failure. Car seemed a little sluggish before but not really a warning at all before catastrophic failure of transmission.

Seven recalls!!! chevy claims there are no recalls for this VIN number. 7 is way to many!!! not to mention their valve covers on this car are terrible, no wonder the engine catches fire, I’ve had it replaced 3 times. I’ve replaced cooling components multiple times an never got any recall notifications from chevy!!!!!! please help.

I drive daily taking 2 freeways. I stopped at the traffic light and the car felt like shaking. Stabilitrack warning and traction control warning light and messages appeared on the screen and also the check engine light turned on, and abs too. Break pedal was really hard to push and breaks were not working (I was not reducing speed at all) and it felt like the engine loose power and the car felt rough while driving. I was approaching to another traffic light and it was a red light so I prepared to decrease my speed and stop to wait for the green light. When I placed my foot and pressed the break pedal, it was hard. I was pushing it hard but the pedal did not respond, it was very hard and not moving at all and I was almost on the intersection, which always has heavy traffic with cars, 18 wheeler trucks and delivery trucks and more because its an industrial zone and amazon and ups are on this avenue along with other major companies. I could be involved and be responsible for a really bad crash if the light wouln't turn green on time. Fortunately it changed to the green light and I was in the very front. After this, I tried to go to the side if the road but there was a sidewalk and it was a no parking zone with no space/edge to park in case of emergency. I drove slowly with my emergency lights on and moved to the right lane until I found a space to stop. The car was shaking really bad, same lights on the dash were on and messages on the control panel did not change or disapear. The car was still moving when the engine suddenly stopped working while I was driving it. Music was playing and all lights worked so I knew it wasn't the battery. This situation was so scary that I was afraid to drive my car. I did not want to cause an accident resulting in injury to myself, others or any fatality. I've always taken my car to service and to be fixed in Chevrolet. My car shook a little since 2020 and chevy guys don't know the reason. Total is about $2800 to get it fixed.

Due to onstar 2g sunsetting their services at the end of this year, all makes of general motors vehicles did not comply to any of the customers requests to upgrade their module to 4g services, although upon researching, all canadian gm vehicles did get the upgrade well over 7 years ago. This is well beyond a concern with gm and onstar customers. With the NHTSA as a safety liaison and protecting the consumer, if a module upgrade can be applied in a vehicle that is on the same assembly parts, platform, electrical components. . . And be denied from the united states? the NHTSA should realize that this will be frivolous law suits because of neglect and safety concerns with gm and onstar in the united states.

Unknown. When stopping then going to accelerate again the engine acts like it’s in nuetrual and revs the engine up then causing it to jerk forward. This happens at almost every stop.

Many occurrences of pushing the accelerator, and the car having a delayed reaction to accelerate. This has almost caused collisions with other vehicles when coming from a stop in a parking lot onto a main road.

No 2nd or 6st gear in transmission.

The vehicle shut down while driving, warning, "battery savings mode" came on. Vehicle was towed, has not since started back up. Key's will not remove from the ignition. I believe it is due to faulty wiring causing the electrical system to short out, although, I am uncertain.

The Cruze sputters or hesitates when braked or idling, the service traction control, services stabilitrak came on along with a flashing check engine light. I loose power and feel like I'm needing to press a lot harder on the gas to accelerate.

First time the problem occurred, I had just started driving and my car would not shift into the next gear, leaving me doing 20 miles per hour to a safe parking spot. I was no longer able to reverse. Check engine light then came on. Fuse changed for indicator light and transmission fluid checked(fluids fine). Car began working with no explanation. Second incident was backing out of my driveway, after using the car without incident earlier. Went into reverse fine. Backed out, only to discover I could not go forward into drive. Drive acted as if in park. Reverse worked. Neutral worked as if in reverse. Had to back into a safe parking space on the street instead of pulling back into driveway. Almost ran over my son that was going to push my car while in neutral, due to the fact that once the car was in neutral, it was still reversing.

The transmission in the car has trouble shifting into second gear. Sometimes the engine will just rev up and will not actually accelerate.

We purchased a 2011 chevy cruz with less than 100k miles. In the 2 years we've had it we've replaced the transmission, oil cooler, and all the hoses. The furthest we've driven it is 400miles in a trip. We haven't taken it up mountains, and we keep up with maintenance.

While driving, the car suddenly began jerking, acting like it was losing power. After turning off the main road onto a side street, tried to accelerate, but the car acted like it was in neutral. After letting off the accelerator, it went into 1st gear, but couldn't drive faster than 15-18 miles per hour. I had to have it towed.

It leaks motor oil everytime it gets changed,theres always a huge pile of oil on the ground, I can also move the gear shift without needing to press the brake pedal . Overall its been a hassel to deal with it.

Vehicle was purchased in 2011 and has 135,000 miles on it. Body and interior is in great condition and I take care of the engine and powertrain for its scheduled maintenance. I have the documents to prove my statement. This vehicle has been nothing but a headache. I just wanted to notify you and warn any other person that may be thinking of buying a Cruze to not purchase. I was hoping also that I may have a recourse under the lemon law to recover some or all of the losses invested in trying to keep the vehicle in running condition. The transmission is currently malfunctioning and the turbo was also recently malfunctioning. Currently this vehicle is in a parking lot collecting dust. The cost to repair or replace is more than the value of the vehicle. Can you advise or help with a solution? it would be sad to see honest consumers invest their hard earned cash on a product that will last them for less then a decade.

Was driving up hill on interstate and lost power. Made it to a parking lot and did not have any reverse and only 1st and 2nd gear when driving forward. Did a diagnostic report with onstar. They gave me codes p0776 and p0700. I had to have it towed.

The car only has 123k and the transmission has gone out since day one this car has had issues, intake manifold replaced twice.

While driving my 2011 Chevrolet Cruze lt when it gets t0 between 30-40 mph the rpms will go extremely high the check engine light will come on and the car will slow down as it is slowing down it will jerk into the lower gears if I don't put the car in neutral. Since I don't have a reader for the check engine light I have to pull over and disconnect my battery to get that to shut off. I have to let my car engine/transmission cool down before driving again otherwise I will only make it eighth of a mile down the road and the same thing happens. I want this problem fixed. I officially hate my car because of this problem. Makes me never want to buy a Chevrolet again. I have seen may complaints of this happening to this year of car. This should be recalled and fixed free of charge.

Transmission issues in these cars and general motors only made them for one your knowingly there was an issue and don't want to recall the issue. These transmissions are super expensive due to only being made for one year.

Car seems to stall while driving (recurrent/ constant problem for 4 months: car has < 65k miles). Engine/ loss of stabilitrack lights come on and engine revs high without speed. Lights on radio blink and engine/oil/ coolant leaks. Despite attempts to fix problems, car continues to stall out, leaving driver stranded in roadway. Engine reboots are temporary fix, but the computer seems to be taking out systems 1 by 1. Gm specialist had car for 2 weeks in January & could not solve.

I went and got this vehicle from Chrysler Dodge Jeep ram of rome GA and I was driving and out of nowhere the car acted like it didn't want to go forward in traffic and the speed stayed on 0 and idled out on me. When I tried to turn right my car wouldn't go and somebody had to push my vehicle. When I tried to drive it, it was in drive and wouldn't go 20 mph. I got the vehicle March 13 and haven't had it for a month and experienced this. It was a very scary situation and I felt like I could have lost my life. I was trying to turn and put of nowhere it wouldn't go over 20 mph. Most scariest sirtiation evrer. .

When slowing to a stop from 2nd gear, the car shifts hard and jerks back when shifting down into first gear. Often times, when accelerating from a stop, the car doesn't actually get power; the rpms jump to about 6000 and the car doesn't move. While driving, it feels like tension against the gas pedal while the car feels like it's dragging back and bogging down (the rpms don't indicate bogging, but that's what it feels like). When it finally catches a gear, it jerks backwards and almost feels like it's going to stall out.

I drove my 2011 Chevrolet Cruze to work without issue. Upon leaving I started my my vehicle, put it in reverse and backed out of my parking spot but it would not drive forward. I had the vehicle towed to my home. The next day it would not start up entirely.

Engine light comes on and car will slow down and barely take off. Engine is responding to gas pedal but no power in low gear so takes off very slow nearly resulting in wreck. Two shops, including transmission shop, state its electronic problem including �lack of communication�. It happens from being stationary or in process of driving when it loses power suddenly. When engine light goes off it runs ok. Dangerous to drive as never know when it'll act up. Started about six months ago, and is intermittent.

On my way to the beach I approached a stop sign near the entrance of a busy highway. After stopping I proceeded to press the gas pedal and all I got was engine revving the car didn't move at all. I tried shifting the gear from park back to drive and I tried again. The car still didn't move and I got revving again. Something was wrong with the transmission causing the car to slip into neutral while being in drive. I returned the vehicle to park and turned it off, after waiting a few seconds I started the car up again put it in drive and I accelerated forward, I pulled into a nearby parking lot and eased my way into a space, before making it all the way into the space I lost gear again. I put the car in reverse and backed out of the space. Put in back in drive and again didn't go forward, just revving. I ultimately parked the car and had it towed to a mechanic. 2011 Chevrolet Cruze are most commonly known to have transmission problems but there is no open recal. My Cruze could have slipped into neutral while I was on the middle of the highway. There was no warning it was gonna fail. No light indications, no strange sounds coming from the car. I had the car towed to a nearby Chevrolet dealer to see if they could tell me what happened. The transmission guy drove it around the lot and then told me his best educated guess on what happened is that the 3,5,r plate brokedown and clogged the filter. They told me I need a new transmission. I contacted Chevrolet and gm to see if they would help at all and they said they could not. I had the car towed somewhere else to get the transmission rebuilt for cheaper. I tired to encourage the gm representative I spoke to, to look into opening a recal on the transmissions of 2011 Chevrolet Cruze being that is the most common complaint. However they could not provide any information on if they would open a recal.

1. Each time I get an oil change, the car smells like it's burning oil and it's really strong. 2. Had to replace the gas cap as it became stripped causing engine light to come on. Replaced with correct cap, light went out. Filled call with fuel, light came back on, now showing codes.

Bought a Cruze in 2011 and fully serviced it all of its life, it's now 2018 with 111k miles and the tranny blew.

Driving along at approximately 35mph out and suddenly the car lost all acceleration. It would go in reverse, but not forward. No check engine light. Added some automatic trans. Fluid and that did not help. Removed the negative terminal from the battery for a few minutes to "reset". The car was then able to move forward, but very slow acceleration in 1st and 2nd gear. Check engine light came on, but I was unable to get the code checked because it was too late in the evening. Limped the car 20 minutes home. Once in 3rd gear and above, it ran fine. But when going from a dead stop, it would take forever to get out of 1st and 2nd gear. Additionally, the dash display no longer would show the drive shift control display. Only showed "d" and not m1, etc. Got vehicle home and it now shifts very hard when put in reverse.

My 2011 chevy cruz the turbo went out on it replace the turbo replace the manifold replaced the line that goes into the oil pan I have a vacuum leak somewhere I can't find a vacuum leak there sounds like something is burning underneath the seats and sometimes it is hard to shift it doesn't shift right. Also the lights on the front they flicker and blank the seatbelts don't like to come out when you clicki was driving down the road one day I was trying to get out on the expressway coming off of the ramp trying to get spayed and there was no power and didn't want to go any faster by the time I got home it sounded like it was whistling and no power at all the turbos fix brand new the manifold brand new it's all brand new white next to his car is giving me a problem after problem.