Battery Cable problems of the 2013 Chevrolet Cruze

Driving last night from work to home at i96 westbound (livonia-mi) around 7pm, I started getting messages in my cluster such as service stabilitrak, service traction control and engine power is reduced. Just suddenly my car lost all the power and throttle when I was travelling in a highway around 70 mph on the second fastest lane. It was very scary and dangerous situation once my throttle was complete unresponsive and could find myself at the middle of the highway at 5mph . My instinct was to turn on the hazard lights and try to move the car to the slowest lane as safe as possible. I feel lucky that no one hit me in the back and I consider that I was lucky to have this problem at this time of the evening. Luckily I was able to take the exit 173b to levan rd and from there park the car to evaluate it. I could not find any visible defect either internally or on engine compartment. I turned off the engine and on several times and still had the same cluster messages and derated power. I was still able to drive the car safely to the parking lot of madonna university looking for a safer place to wait for my insurance company. When waiting for the aaa operator I was able to re-start the car with no display message but only with the engine check light on. I drove the car in the parking lot and noticed the car seemed to be ok. Once on that time I was still waiting for the aaa operator I decided to take levan rd northbound and I was able to safe arrive home. Checking the symptom I had in google and youtube I learned about the problem with the negative battery cable which is already known by NHTSA and gm. I hope my incidence can be investigated and a decision for recall be taken. I don't see any difference to what experienced with the ignition switch topic therefore this issue should be considered as potential recall. Please feel free to contact me at any time for more details.

The contact owns a 2013 Chevrolet Cruze. While driving various speeds, the vehicle stalled without warning. The failure recurred multiple times. The contact removed and reconnected the battery cable in order for the vehicle to function. The dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 145,000.

In a conversation with the service department at steve rayman of smyrna, GA he said the negative battery cable caused the problems with the instrument panel, gauges, and the steering wheel jerking to the left. I chose to contact general motors because I just could not believe a negative cable could cause such problems. As mentioned earlier, gm personnel told me that three remedies made up special coverage 14311¿ 1, negative battery cable needs replacement. 2. Voltage regulator needs adjustment 3. A screw needs to be tightened. In a second conversation with steve rayman personnel and gm, both said it was the cable and not the voltage regulators. The car had been in my garage for the last few days with a dead battery. This morning I jump-started the vehicle; so, we can assume the alternator was working properly because the car continues to run after disconnecting the battery cables. I drove to the store in order to purchase and replace the battery I noticed the battery voltage was reading 15. 1 volts. After replacing the battery, I was returning home and noticed the battery voltage fluctuated from 14. 7 while idling to 14. 8 while driving. My question to you the alternator appears to working correctly by providing electrical power to operate the car while using a dead battery. If there were a power fluctuation, would it be reasonable to assume the voltage regulator could be the problem. Could erratic voltage cause the instruments to go haywire and could lead to the car¿s engine turning off? could such an occurrence cause a catastrophe accident and risk the live of all vehicle occupants?.