general problems of the 2014 Chevrolet Cruze - part 2

The car has less than 40,000 miles on it and the catalytic converter needs replaced? the chevy garage folks told my 23 year old daughter it could break suddenly while accelerating. They said it was shot. Next, they gave her a quote of over $900 to replace it. They said their cost was $750. Not sure which is more dangerous, the bad catalytic converter or the chevy garage.

Vehicle hesitates when merging onto highway traffic. This began happening after I owned the car for more than 3 years without similar incidents. Its dangerous because just when you need power to merge, the power dips instead which is potentially likely to end in being rear-ended. Vehicle was taken to the chevy dealership where it was purchased. They kept it four days and stated they could find nothing wrong because they found no codes. They state it might be due to "turbo lag" which is normal. It is not normal as I have owned the car almost 4 years before this began happening.

I've noticed a problem electrical because bluetooth pauses during use. Windshield wipers fluid not reaching windshield. Horn stopped working. Key lock control stopped working. All has to do with electrical. Noticed brown rust on inside of driver side back wheel. Passenger front tire continues to deflate.

Fuel pressure, leaking . Vehicle was towed to dealership on 4/19/2018 and is still there waiting on part, today's date is 6/19/2018 . I do not know why this part is leaking, but dealership says no one has the correct part ( even though I found one online for 17. 00).

Exhaust fumes entering air vents. Taken in to dealer several times and they cannot fix the problem. My daughter has been sick and we keep explaining to the that fumes have caused her to have pneumonia, sinus issues, dry eyes, sore throat, migraine headaches, sleepy driving and hours after driving, confusion, anxiety, nausea. The dealers mechanic solution is not to use ac or heat and keep windows open. My husband drove it 20 minutes in traffic and got sick when he reach the dealer for 3rd repair request in 2 months. Engineer from gm is looking at car may 2018. My daughters health is continuing to improve not driving the Cruze. Not one person should be sick or die from a car that has a defect that cant be resolved.

There are gas and exhaust fumes in the cabin. The condition is intermittent and subtle. Three different gm shops have examined the car in 2018. One has witnessed the gas smell but noted they could not find the source. The other two stated they could not replicate the fumes. We first noted odors when the car was purchased in 2014 but we did not realize what they were. The condition has intensified raising our concerns. We have also began to make connection to health issues. Our family's health has been affected.

Tl the contact owns a 2014 Chevrolet Cruze. The contact stated that the intake manifold prematurely failed. The manufacturer issued 34 tsbs on the fuel system and 153 tsbs on the engine, but no recalls were issued. The dealer (gustman Chevrolet Buick GMC, 1450 delanglade st, kaukauna, WI 54130, (920) 766-3581) was notified and diagnosed the vehicle. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 40,883.

July 2017 I had a gm (voluntary) manufacture recall completed on my car for the nox sensor position 1 (def sensor). On January 16, 2018 the nox sensor 2 needed to be replaced, cost $700. I was very far from a dealership, and when I finally got to a dealership I was at 16 miles before the car speed would go to the 4mph speed reduction. I live in michigan and the weather has been very cold. I would have been in a jam if I hadn't made it to a dealership soon, because the car wouldn't have been able to go over 4mph. The nox position 2 sensor should have be part of the recall when the position 1 sensor was replaced.

The car was taken in to be routinely serviced and it was noticed that there was an oil leak. The dealership only provide a temporary fix. Trying to get an apt as a followup was pointless, because the dealership indicated that they were busy. Well, the car caught fire and the serv ice dept. Refused to acknowledge that there was a problem and that they were too busy the car was being driven on a highway, there was a popping sound, and then the car caught fire.

Car only has 50,500 miles on it. Check engine light is on for gas air intake problems and maybe gasket problems. Car will be idle at a light and the rpms will rev up and down constantly. Seen where a lot of people are having this issue with even less miles on their cars. Shouldn't be happening. $300. 00 fix quote.

Vehicle riding normal and suddenly starts decelerating. Pushing on gas pedal only makes car slow quicker. Has occurred 3 times on interstate highways and once on city streets. Have been back to dealer 3 times under warranty with no fix. Car has 33,175 miles and dealer wants $99 to "drive it around and see if they can determine the cause". To resume driving you must stop, shift into neutral, and give enging a bit of gas. Then you can resume driving normally. I shifted into neutral while driving, but again when I pushed accelerator the speed dropped faster again. The electronics give no codes or lights and 3 occurrences were at highway speed of 60 mph with no room to maneuver over to side of road. Today I nearly had multiple cars behind me crash as they braked or swerved to miss me. Dealer is marhoferchevrolet in stow, ohio.

Soon after purchase in 2014, my Cruze turbo diesel started having many different errors showing on the dash display anywhere from traction control, power steering, and others. After many attempts through local dealers, gm sent a technician to me and repaired that issue. Now there has been many issues with the car flashing issues on the dash about diesel exhaust fluid poor, particulate filter full need regen, and finally power decreased, which I did not have hardly any acceleration. I followed every procedure the owners manual and car told me to do, and still did not regenerate the particulate filter. The dealer had to force a regeneration on the filter and order a def heater. It seems that there is many electrical issues with this car and once one is repaired, another one appears. Other than the electrical / computer issues which is unpredictable, it is a great car since we purchased it new.

Letter dated 2/17 saying that accelerator pedal could break off and engine would stall.

Fuel system failure resulting in catastrophic engine fire. I purchased this vehicle brand new in April 2014. After complaining about engine power loss three months prior, I started smelling a fuel odor the week before thanksgiving, I immediately notified the Chevrolet dealer about the odor, the dealer did inform me that a TSB was on gm dealer world in regards to the fuel rails possibly coming loose causing a fuel odor / hesitation. After careful examination of the vehicle there was no visible fuel liquid present on the engine or ground below the vehicle. The vehicle sat parked in the driveway for majority of the day, upon starting the vehicle to transport to the dealer three minutes after the vehicle burst into flames in the engine compartment, using a garden hose while calling 911 the vehicle became fully involved in the engine bay spreading into the passenger compartment. Once water contacted the engine bay the fire further spread indicating the fire was chemically based. The local fire department extinguished the vehicle using a foam water mixture. The vehicle was declared a total loss by insurance, I contacted gm customer support only to be stonewalled by the agent. I had over 10000 dollars in payments invested in this vehicle. Gm should have stepped up to the plate not the insurance. Not a surprise after the ignition switch discretions and deaths. Google chevy Cruze engine fires this has happened several times before!!!!!!!!!!.

Car randomly will shutoff/jerk and restart, similar to turning off the key and turning it back on immediately. All of the dash lights came on and went off, the radio restarted and froze. Vehicle lost power electrically and the engine shutoff for a split second. Vehicle has electric power steering that quit, due to loss of vehicle power. This occurred while coming to a stop at a stop light, almost stopped.

Problem: smell of gas upon restart of vehicle. Summary; I had driven from chicago to brownstown, mi (which is a distance of about 250 - 300 miles) where I dropped someone off. Stopped for about 5 minutes, then started driving from brownstown to carleton. When leaving brownstown, I did accelerate a little more forcefully than usual to get away from tailgater, and continued the trip to carleton (total distance about 7 miles). Stopped at store for about 10 - 15 minutes for groceries. When I restarted the vehicle in carleton store parking lot, there was a distinct smell of gasoline. The smell dissipated after a minute, but I also opened the window to help with that. Today I googled Cruze gas smell to see if any other people experienced the same thing, and I found several comments describing gas smell on restart of car. I am reporting this, only to bring it to your attention. I will be taking my Cruze into the dealership soon for another issue with fluid leaking from car (received letter yesterday, and have observed same), and will report the gas smell. Although nothing has happened, a gas smell seems like a potentially serious problem. I am hoping the problem will be identified and fixed before a serious incident occurs.