Vehicle Shudder problems of the 2015 Chevrolet Cruze

Four problems related to vehicle shudder have been reported for the 2015 Chevrolet Cruze. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2015 Chevrolet Cruze based on all problems reported for the 2015 Cruze.

1 Vehicle Shudder problem

Failure Date: 02/19/2021

Bought 2015 Cruze lt used in 2017 from lhm used car supermarket. 3 months later I'm returning to dealership as there is a large quantity of dexcool on the ground. Still under warranty they replace the water pump. 3 months later and the vehicle starts shaking and shuddering while at stop lights looses power and even stalls on the highway. Took it to mechanic outside the lhm perview and mechanic stated: leaking coolant on transmission housing and pooling there drain plug stripped out causing massive oil leak and pcv bad needs replaced. The new mechanic replaced the oil pan and gave estimates for the parts and labor for the pcv and the coolant leak. Now don't get me wrong I love my Cruze but I was told id be close to what I owe on the car to repair it as Chevrolet will not do a recall on the massive issue parts, there is only 59,213 miles on the vehicle. Someone from Chevrolet needs to look into this and either fix the issue or make some sort of recompense for those who are having the same issue as I am.

2 Vehicle Shudder problem

Failure Date: 06/28/2020

I just had work done on the engine for the 5th time in the last 2 years. All repairs are related to the engine overheating or not regulating properly. The first time there was smoke coming from the engine. The repairs to the engine have cost me almost $3000 and that is not including normal maintenance. The most recent issue is the turbocharger bypass valve. I had it replaced on 6/27/20 and the light came back on with the same code on 6/28/20. When I had work done at the chevy dealership in August/September of 2019 I was told that this is a common problem they are seeing in almost all chevy Cruzes. I've been told this at 5+ different device centers while getting repairs done on the engine or general maintenance done. The car hasn't even reached 100,000 miles and I'm being told I probably need a new engine. This is not ok. I've bought and repaired this car at chevy dealerships. All my engine issues happen when the car is in motion, and the car shakes a lot due to the engine overheating even though the temperature gage reading is normal. Some of my repairs were done with the wrong VIN number recorded. The repairs were recorded under my 2014 chevy Cruze. It shared the same license plate but the 2014 Cruze was totaled in 2017.

3 Vehicle Shudder problem

Failure Date: 09/17/2019

My car started shaking, smoking and licking while driving. At first in the dealer told I won't be able to drive the car like that. Now after 3 days without answer they wants to take the car without fixing the car. I'm scare to drive a car that is shaking. I'm very concerned about my life safety.

4 Vehicle Shudder problem

Failure Date: 06/01/2015

This complaint is regarding 3 issues since my vehicle purchase mid April of this year. The vehicles mileage at purchase was 7 miles and currently has approx. 6100 miles on odometer. The 3 issues are: #1) regularly while driving my vehicle at approx. 45-50 mph there is a steady humming noise coming from the engine compartment on the drivers side that last about 30-45 seconds. #2) also while driving my vehicle in traffic and coasting without pressing gas or brake going approx. 5-10mph the engine will shutter and cause the car to shake. The engine feels like its going to stall but I always press the gas petal so it continues driving without stalling since I'm always on the freeway when it occurs #3) involves the same or similar driving environment as issue #2. This issue occurs while coasting at various speeds unlike issue #2 where the cause feels like it could be the engine this is more like the transmission slipping into different gears mostly downshifting since the car suddenly jerks back as though you slammed on your brakes for a second and it regularly happens only while car is coasting at various speeds which I'm regularly doing since I drive down the cajon pass sitting in traffic every day, while coasting it happens almost every 90-120 seconds. On 7/21 I contacted my dealership and received a appointment for 7/22 since these issues could cause something very serious to happen to my wife or myself. Though I have not had my car looked at by my dealership yet, I still wanted to make this report to insure that other owners are aware of the issue I'm facing, and this hopefully gets investigated thoroughly (by a third party) before someone gets seriously injured in a accident.


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