Three problems related to battery cable have been reported for the 2016 Chevrolet Cruze. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2016 Chevrolet Cruze based on all problems reported for the 2016 Cruze.
Negative battery cable shorted out, failing a main fuse and the starter. Car turned off while driving down I-5. We were able to get the car to restart one time, then once we were to a safe place to pull over turned off the car and the electrical in the car would not turn off (stereo, lights, etc. . ) push button start in car. Once we finally got everything to turn off the car would not start again and was towed to the repair shop.
Car entertainment system intermittently cuts out while driving, error message will briefly flash on screen. The problem was identified as a faulty negative battery cable. The same problem was present in 2011-2015 Cruze's and chevy issued a special coverage adjustment for those model years. See bulletin 14311b. I experienced the exact same issues, and the fix by the mechanic was the same fix. Why isn't chevy covering later model years?.
Car stopped and was completely dead in the middle of the highway, hazard lights didn't work. Onstar didn't work, I couldn't roll windows down and could not unlock doors to get out of vehicle. 10 mins later vehicle restarted like nothing had happened. After having it towed back to dealership seeing as car was leased only 14 days prior, they stated this was a known recall and that battery cable wasn't properly secured. I was never made aware of the recall even though gm said they issued it on 5/24/16 and this happened on 6/1/16. Dealership and gm both refused responsibility stating it was a known recall when I asked to return the car that almost killed me and offered absolutely no escape route. Beware there is no way out of the 2016 chevy Cruze without battery power; doors auto lock and "knob" recedes into door and cannot be manually opened in any way.