general problems of the 2017 Chevrolet Cruze

The 3rd brake light is known to leak on chevy cars, which I found out when searching up the issues, which allows water inside trunk without your knowledge and does water damage to the battery and other electrical components that are located in the trunk that controls the dashboard, a/c, radio, power steering and probably even more. Safety risk: makes your dashboard stop working along with the power steering, while driving. There is another vehicle at the same dealer as mine right now with water in the trunk, it’s an impala. When you search up on the internet about dashboard not working along with radio and a/c there are quite a few different people pointing to the leaking 3rd brake light and water in the trunk damaging the electrical components in the trunk. The vehicle is at a Chevrolet dealer right now being fixed. No warning messages before it happened. I have only owned the car for 1 year bought it used June 2024. The bill I included is so far what they are saying needs to be fixed but I’m sure more to come as they get some components working.

The catalytic converter on my chevy Cruze has failed several times over the course of almost 2 (two) years and required replacement. The most recent replacement was 3/17/2025. The vehicle had diagnostics performed each time. It is my understanding that the life of a catalytic converter is 10 years or more. So being replaced several times seems excessive in such a short amount of time. The safety of myself and others were at risk because issues with a catalytic converter can lead to engine problems, which could indirectly lead to an accident or injury. I received warning messages each time and took the vehicle in for diagnostics and repair. The vehicle has not been inspected by the manufacturer, police, insurance representatives.

The shutoff feature that shuts the engine? down while at a full stop/red light, is defective. I was stopped at a red-light and the engine shutdown as a gas-saver feature and stalled and I had to put my car in park and restart it in mid traffic. I was rear-ended by the person behind me, who was a hit n run. This is an unsafe feature that has been put in many Chevrolet vehicles. I called the Chevrolet # and she told me, I had to pay for the $250 diagnostic test at a chevy dealership and I told her, Chevrolet should be responsible for the failure to restart my engine car as it is a an unsafe feature installed by them and that that they should turn off that feature for free as I was hit from behind when the vehicle did not restart. I want Chevrolet to pay to have this unsafe feature removed without charging my for an expensive diagnostic system test. I as a consumer, should have that choice! I want that flawed feature turned off in my vehicle. It's unsafe.

Periodically the dash cluster board and information center goes black and will stay blank for about a minute or two and then comes back on.

Car stops running unexpectedly and without warning. Just driving along and suddenly no power. Usually necessary to restart the car although occasionally it restarts on its own. Very dangerous when it happens at highway speed. Per my mechanic no codes show up for this problem. I looked up this issue online and see that plenty of other chevy Cruze owners have had the same problem.

Car spontaneously stops accelerating. Sometimes a restart is needed. It jerks as you're trying to gain acceleration. Sometimes it stalls after non acceleration. Safety is compromised due to traffic behind me going speed limit or worse. First appeared 2 months ago. Mechanic could not detect anything on diagnostics. Then we took it to the chevy dealer where purchased and after 5 days could not diagnose. They took it out 3x but could not duplicate symptoms. No lights flash, no warnings. I'm at a loss, I'm a senior citizen who needs her vehicle. I no longer feel safe driving it. Please advise.

Based off my mechanic's assessment and that of a Chevrolet dealership, one of the cylinders in my chevy Cruze is no longer firing. The dealership believes at least one of the pistons needs to be replaced. The car is available for inspection. The car is unreliable to drive, as I drove up a freeway incline it slowed to a dangerously low speed for freeway driving. The dealership has confirmed they believe it is an issue with the piston but will not confirm without charging $2800 to dismantle the car and are not able to guarantee they will be able to fix the issue. Diagnostics were run on the car at putnam Chevrolet in burlingame CA. There were no warning lamps or messages prior to a major issue with the cars functionality. The issue first appeared June 15, 2023 without any warning. The engine light came on and the car was not functioning properly, plus a notification to "service stabilitrek". I have found mention of the same problem on consumer forums. Cracked pistons are a known issue on this make and model but there are no recalls and the car is just outside of the warranty.

I was at a stop light. The cars feature that shuts off the engine when stopped at a light failed as it completely would not start again. This has happened to me a few times now. One of those times it was at a busy intersection and I was almost hit. I had to shut off the car and turn it back on again to get it to move. I spoke to someone at Chevrolet and I was told this feature can not be turned off in this model and there have been known issues. I do not know why with this being known that nothing has been recalled on the vehicle. I can not remember if lights turned on as it was extremely stressful to go through.

I purchased a 2017 Chevrolet Cruze rs premier hatchback from mastria kia in raynham, MA in January 2023 and it was missing the rear seat headrests (they were neither installed in their oem position or in the car upon delivery). I would like to know if this is a violation of NHTSA regulations. To date, they have been unwilling to provide the proper headrests as installed by the original equipment manufacturer. Thank you.

During rain or carwash, water leaks into rear passenger cabin along ceiling. Suspect coming from cracked rear third brake light which is a known Cruze issue that may also cause battery issues. My third brake light has two cracks (one on each side).

The car acts as if it’s going to stall at every stop light and stop sign. It is slow to start and several times in the middle of a turn it just acts as if it stops.

Third brake light cracked and letting water in my trunk. Where my battery and other electrical components are located.

Came to a stop at the stop sign we car wouldn't accelerate tap the gas pedal would accelerate so I pressed harder then car take off pressed breaks car would stop tell I crashed.

Vehicle has had a misfire that only threw a single generic misfire code for cylinder 3. Jerks occasionally when slowing down at stop lights or signs. Recently went to turn around after missing a turn, shifted it into reverse after stopping in a random driveway off a city road, slowly began to back up and it moved about an inch before the steering wheel completely locked up, a/c shut off, car acted like it was in neutral and would only roll forward, would not accelerate with gas. Engine was still running, no lights came on, but problem remained until I put it in park and shut the vehicle off. Turned it back on and it started normal and haven't had a problem since but it's only been 2 days. Took it in to dealership and found 0 codes and are unsure as to what could possibly create the issue due to no codes and it only happening intermittently.

2017 Chevrolet Cruze lt, trunk filling up with water in the battery compartment, when it rains. Trunk liner is dry aside from the trunk door. Battery under water.

I was unaware of my vehicles recall until 12/15/2019 when I've went to the tire multiple times and they advised me there is nothing in my tire. The sensor comes on daily and the pressure does not go above 10 and goes back forth from 0 . This is very dangerous.

Vehicle purchased under 1 month ago with 15k miles on it. Vehicle was stationary at a red light with auto stop engaged, I attempted to accelerate as light turned green; auto stop attempted to turn on, then seemingly failed and vehicle completely shut off. Required me to put vehicle in park, then turn key so ignition was off then back on again, vehicle came back on with no issues and I drove away. Outside temperature was 109 f, and this occured at the end of my 25 mile drive home from work using mostly surface streets.

Bought my car in September and it was running fine. I live in arizona and now that it's July it's very hot outside. I noticed about a month ago my car started stalling for a moment when I would try to accelerate on the freeway. And now it has randomly started stalling when stopped at a red light. When this happens I have to turn the car off and try to turn it back on (usually takes a couple times). There is no check engine light that ever comes on when this happens. I live about 33 miles away from my work so I drive quite a bit and it's gotten to the point where I don't feel safe driving it. There is no check light engine on ever so I can't take it into a repair shop.

Water collects in the trunk within the spare tire well from the high mounted third brake light. If unchecked, water collection could short out the fuse box or battery that is also in the trunk. Remedy was to have the dealer replace the seal around the high mounted third brake light.

When I start the vehicle and driving it frequently gives off an antifreeze smell from the interior.

When my vehicle comes to a complete stop it engages the auto stop system. At unknown times the system will fail to restart upon removing my foot from the brakes after having come to a stop at an intersection. When this occurs I then need to put the car in park and turn it off completely. I am then sometimes able to restart it immediately, however, on one occasion it took 45 minutes before the engine restarted while I was sitting at a stop light during heavy traffic. This has been happening for the past several months and I have taken it to the dealer to be serviced however there is never a code that comes up stating the problem. Last week when it was serviced they replaced the auto stop system as well as the battery for the system. Not even a day after picking up my car did the same problem occur.

The horn system is not loud enough for the road. It fells to alert other vehicles on the road. I almost got into an accident and the horn failed to alert the person who was about to hit me. The horn can not penetrate another vehicles interior until the vehicle is 1 foot away. This is not enough time for the other vehicle to react.

While driving a very distracting �warning message� will appear on the information screen which takes the drivers focus away from the road for an extended period. This is especially distracting at night since the message will light up the inside of the vehicle to the point of affecting visibility. This message must be acknowledged to remove it from the information screen. Photograph is attached which illustrates vehicle was in motion at the time the message was generated distracting the driver severely. The message says, "taking your eyes off the road too long too often could cause a crash resulting in injury or death to you or others. Focus your attention on driving". This is quite ironic as it is an extreme distraction that takes time to read. This is a random occurrence that may happen several times in a day or once in a week.

Almost 6 months to the day of purchase, I was planning a trip that required 3. 5 hours of highway driving. The day before my trip, I had an unfamiliar alert, so I took it to autonation under warranty. They found the car had been in a major accident where the front end had been "straightened" and advised me not to risk driving it on the trip. A major accident where the front end had to be straightened was not disclosed to me. Autonation told me to go to offleaseonly, because the warranty was voided by repairs not being done by a chevy dealership. Autonation showed me, while on the lift, the evidence. I contacted offlease and they did not even look at my vehicle and told me that they could not help me. I sent photos and they said they could not help and said I should contact chevy corporate offices and fight for the warranty. I returned to autonation and paid a diagnostic fee of $175. 73 and got specifics on costs which I shared with offlease--$2500 for mechanical repairs and structural repairs would start at $1500 with no guarantee the front end would be as safe and that correcting the shoddy work on the frame could degrade its structure and stability. Autonation said that they are notorious for selling cars like this. Offlease representatives declined to work with me. I provided with the recommendation by autonation that offlease should claim a loss through their insurance and replace my car. Offlease declined and referred me to pepboys for repair, but when asked the estimated cost, they never responded. I only drive in town. I have had to rent/borrow a car for travel to extended distances to avoid the fear. Offlease claims to inspect vehicles well & care about their customers; but they have shown no interest in my safety.

Cpsp: on 10/3/2017 my daughter informed me that since she activated her drivewise device on her 2017 chevy Cruze the previous day, her brakes suddenly seemed to become extremely sensitive, almost to the point of locking her wheels up when applied gently.

I pulled into my car port and noticed that my car had already shut off, not knowing that it was still in drive. I left my foot on the brake, took off my seat belt and opened my door to exit. The car started and lurched forward as I was partially out of the vehicle. My wife was still in the vehicle and managed to get it into park before I was run over as it would have also hit my motorcycle that was parked in front of it. I find that the car has a "auto stop" which turns off the engine while you are stopped and in gear, then the engine starts automatically when you remove your foot from the brake. Any other time your car will not start while in gear but with this it starts if you want it to or not, even when in gear getting out of the car causing injury or death. I myself suffered some bruising and minor cuts.

(hk - no tl; no dealer info; incomplete sentences; unknown component chosen) the contact owns a 2017 Chevrolet Cruze. On around 1/15/17 the contact stated that while driving at speeds of 30 mph the vehicle without warning the vehicle stalls and stops. No warning lights illuminated before failure. Vehicle was towed to dealership for repairs. Dealer stated diagnostics showed no problems. Manufacturer was not notified. A VIN search showed no open recall. The failure mileage estimated at 200. Hk.