general problems of the 2017 Chevrolet Cruze

The slave cylinder failed in the manual transmission. When it failed, the petal went to the floor and did not return. In a panic I was trying to engage it, the vehicle was rolling without control of the drivetrain. I pulled into a driveway and rolled out into traffic when trying to put it in reverse and was not able to move the vehicle. Yes you can inspect it currently being repaired for $1500.

To whom it may concern, I am writing to express my deep disappointment and frustration regarding my recent experience with my 2017 Chevrolet Cruze. It has come to my attention that there is a known issue with the piston in the engine of this model, and unfortunately, I have fallen victim to it. This issue has caused significant inconvenience and expense for me. As a loyal Chevrolet customer, I expect better quality and reliability from your vehicles. I urge you to address this matter promptly and take responsibility for the faulty piston in the engine of the 2017 Chevrolet Cruze. I trust that you will take appropriate action to rectify this situation and restore my confidence in your brand. Case # 9-12557961076.

The contact owns a 2017 Chevrolet Cruze. The contact stated that the vehicle was designed with the auto stop/ start feature; however, while at a complete stop, the engine turned off but failed to restart. The contact shifted into park (p), turned off and restarted the vehicle. The contact stated that the failure occurred intermittently. Additionally, the contact stated that while driving between 35-65 mph, and depressing the accelerator pedal, the vehicle jolted and hesitated to respond. The contact stated that the failure occurred intermittently. The contact also stated that the check engine warning light illuminated intermittently. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, where it was diagnosed that no issues were found. The dealer and the manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 42,000.

Car very suddenly started having slow acceleration, and vibration felt during acceleration. Check engine light on with stabilitrak warning message on dashboard. Rough idle and vibration felt in cabin. Difficulty accelerating at traffic light and car seemed to almost stall at one point. Diagnosed at the dealer with cracked pistons in engine with code p0300 for random misfire. 2017 chevy cruz has passed the power train warranty by 1 year. Mileage odometer reading is about 58200. Gm is not willing to replace without charging $4700 for replacing the faulty piston components in the engine even though this poses safety hazard for regular driving. After some research, this seems to be a widely known problem of this generation chevy cruz and gm has even changed the part number of the piston assembly to replace the faulty pistons in engine. This needs to be a recall!.

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.

Slave cylinder failure. At approximately 125,000 miles, the slave cylinder began to fail. Clutch pedal would only come back up about half way, and would need to be pulled the rest of the way up. Associated problem is difficulty putting car into gear. Took vehicle to dealership for other warranty work and asked to investigate. Dealership ignored request. Took back separate time for other faulty parts and was ignored again. Other part failure was turbo waste gate. Internal spring failure caused turbo waste gate to become stuck open, not allowing boost to build. Caused check engine light and severe lack of power. Replaced part with aftermarket, and problem disappeared. Investigation into cause revealed low quality spring that broke internally. Dealership visits within extended warranty period were ignored/ told could not replicate issue, despite suggestions of potential causes, including waste gate failure.

The clutch pedal got stuck while driving. There is a factory defect with this vehicle's clutch slave cylinder and it's a huge safety hazard since it can happen at any time on all the manual transmission models. This is a known issue that hasn't been addressed by gm.

Clutch pedal does not return, cannot change gears. Chevy issued a TSB, however they do not warranty the repair. The problem is with a clogged orifice which is a engineering defect. This is a well know problem and is extremely dangerous. I assume enough people haven't died yet from this issue for a recall.

Chevy Cruze 2017 manual transmission clutch pedal stuck to the floor while driving preventing changing of gears. Was able to lift pedal with toe, but was still not fully able to then depress clutch to get the car in gear. Pumping the pedal helped loosen and eventually allowed it to work normally temporarily. For the past year, occasionally the clutch would be slow to return after depressing, but did not cause any safety issue and since it could not be reproduced for dealer, no repairs were made. Having an experience of not being unable to change gears in traffic caused a significant safety issue, which will need to be remedied. Appointment for service is scheduled for tomorrow and will find out more what the problem is, but based on online forums, it likely is a faulty slave cylinder which has been reported in other chevy Cruze cars of this year.

Once my Chevrolet Cruze equipped with the 1. 6liter diesel engine and 9t50 transmission reached 120,000 miles it stopped shifting into the 9th speed. I had jones Chevrolet (local gm dealer) flush the transmission at their request. Apparently the transmission filter is basically impossible to replace unless pulling the transmission out and taking the transmission apart. This problem still exists and after doing some research it seems that gm knows of the problem and changed the torque converter and transmission pump in later years.

While driving down the interstate my clutch failed and remained on the floor and I was unable to shift. Luckily there was an open lane next to me and I was able to pull off the highway. I checked the fluid reservoir it was full and no air bubbles I managed to limp it home after manually hand pumping the clutch to get it back up and I would get two or three shifts out of it maybe and then have to do it again once I was forced to stop at a light or a stop sign. I just have not been able to get the car in as it is out of warranty and I'll have to pay for tow and for it to be fixed. I just had the engine replaced (under extended warranty) roughly 5000 miles ago. There was no accident but there certainly could have been a harry chapin type situation. There were no warning lights or messages that appeared and the clutch is currently inoperable on the floor.

Power train, premature malfunctioned engine pistons, low speed, chevy shake. Available for inspection at joseph Chevrolet on colerain Ave cincinnati, OH. My safety and safety of others was compromised due to lack of excelration , low compression. Problem identified by joseph Chevrolet dealer service writer cody. Identified . The warning lights came on for the stability trak and the engine approxiametly April. 2022.

Slave cylinder failed on manual transmission/transaxle where you cannot get vehicle out of gear which is a huge safety issue especially with the rampant traffic added to congestion on freeways. It’s frustrating because it seems this has been a common issue with most manual transmission/transaxels which is why gm selected to not produce any more manual Chevrolet Cruze’s. They later on discontinued the Cruze because the vast issues in design with the vehicle. Not only have I had this issue but I also have had diesel exhaust fluid, diesel particulate filter, and air cleaner issues. I’m hoping that enough people have submitted this complaint for gm to do a recall as it’s a $2000 job for the dealer to fix the issue as well as almost getting in a traffic incident.

While driving I went to downshift. When I pushed in the clutch it wouldn't go out and I couldn't get the vehicle into any gear. I was driving approx. 65 mph and since the clutch wouldn't disengage I couldn't get the vehicle into any gear and was almost rear ended. Gm has a TSB out for what they are saying this issue is pip5558c with a faulty dampener between the clutch master and slave cylinders.

Cylinder 1 experienced cracking due to low speed pre-ignition (lspi, commonly referred to as “knock”) just after exiting the highway in a 70 mph zone and produced a malfunction indicator lamp (mil) code of p0301. As evidenced in attachment 1, this caused damage to the antilock braking system due to loss of vacuum on the system and possible fouling due to foreign object damage to the vehicle abs. Later assessment by trained mechanics determined the root cause was due to insufficient structural capability of engine pistons to withstand brief periods of lspi. As evidenced by attachment 18-na-171 and pip5490, the vehicle manufacturer (general motors) is aware of the insufficient design of the pistons, has re-designed them to withstand lspi, however has not made an effort to notify me or replace the existing part to prevent damage to the vehicle powertrain and abs. While this particular instance of piston cracking due to lspi has only had a financial impact on myself, loss of abs functionality and potential engine seizure at highway speeds have the potential to produce dangerous, if not fatal, conditions to other drivers with similar hardware.

I'm having tranny issues with my car. Its not showing any codes in the tranny control module. Its down shifting really hard and sometimes not even shifting. I have to pull over and sit there for 15 mins wasting my time when I could be getting my kids or going to work! I have seen about 30+ with this issues and chevy isn't doing anything about it. I do a lot of city driving. I don't even drive the car hard that's why im so upset. $24,000 piece of crab.

When trying to accelerate quickly the vehicle feels like it's going to die out then the check engine light will come on, but after about 25-30miles it turns off. Mainly occurred when accelerating into the free way with an incline or uneven roadway.

Tl the contact owns a 2017 Chevrolet Cruze. While driving up a hill at 45 mph, the contact released the accelerator pedal and the vehicle began to accelerate on its own without warning. The contact depressed the brake pedal to stop the vehicle. Once he stopped the vehicle, the vehicle resumed normal driving function. The dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and stated that the vehicle was out of warranty; therefore, the contact would be responsible for the repair costs. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 80,000.

Cylinder miss fireing jerks really bad back and fourth at high rmps 7000 befors shifts feela like a piston issues and also that feela. Likewngine going blow up.

Car having major miss fireing and very bad jerking back and fourth at high ri rmp. 7000 and does it alot which IA causing me to have more pain and injury to. My. Back. Am disable veteran. Im im alot of pain and causinf my recent back surgery to have more issues due to a fucked up car poor design.

I should have filed a complaint here after the catastrophic failure. The next time I may not be so lucky and it could cause loss of life. I was driving at approx. 65 mph on the frwy when bang! an explosion under my hood that caused my car to jump over a lane, I slammed on the breaks, swerved but couldn't push the brake pedal down anymore. It felt hard and would barely move. I had no way to slowdown or stop! and traffic infront of me was slowing fast. I put all my weight on that pedal even tried pumping it, but it would only move alittle. Luckily the car in front sped up just enough for me to swerve onto the shoulder. As I slowed I could depress pedal alittle if I stood up on it out of my seat but stopping distance was like 15ft while maybe going 15 mph. This all happened in a matter of minutes I still dont know how I was able to avoid an accident. The engine sounded really rough. So I called the dealership they said to bring the car in. I had already spoke. With them that week due to traction control system and transmission causing instability and brake issues. I was mortified when I found out what happened I had cracked 2 pistons & the force was so strong it blew thru the membrane that seperates the break system, got oil in my break lines! this is a new car! dealership said it was a known issue & gm determinedtitle was a design flaw. I had 2 pistons replaced and my break system flushed my car has never been the same. There's always something little and intermitten still with the transmission & now the engine jumps while idling and stopped in drive it jumps so hard the car jumps fwd, feels like ill hit whats in front of me. I lost significant value at only 26,290 miles, I cant afford to trade it in on disability, covid turned into long haul covid, no affordable extended warranty. I have no piece of mind in a car I dont feel safe in. What happens when the pistons fail they didnt fix. How many injuries or lives must be sacrificed before they do something.

The vehicle has been in motion at any speed. . . When pressing on the gas"throttle all the way down" vehicle has a brief interruption of acceleration and check engine light comes on reporting code p0325. Engine knocks/shakes and lose acceleration and reduced power for over 50+ miles after each incident. I have had the engine repaired twice and rebuilt. Ecm has been reprogrammed and gm flew a engineer to troubleshoot I am again having problems 10k miles more and this is ongoing and dangerous. Please please investigate this as gm has not taken ownership of this defect. If you would like all 10+ service records related to this I am more than happy to share and onstar has preformed vehicle diagnostics after each instance. What ever you need please let me know! thanks for all that you do! there were a multitude of instances vehicals engine was rebuilt/replaced at 7k again at 14k and now at 40k power train is showing same signs and symptoms of previous issues.

The hydraulic clutch has quit working with 53000 miles on the vehicle. And I could not get it to go into gear while trying to downshift in traffic and turn left across traffic.

Tl- the contact owns a 2017 Chevrolet Cruze. The contact stated that when driving on an incline, the vehicle decelerated and accelerated without warning. The failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who test drove the vehicle and stated that the throttle body needed to be checked. The vehicle was taken to three different dealers, including phillips Chevrolet (866-469-9000. Located at 9700 w Lincoln hwy, frankfort, IL 60423). All three dealers were unable to diagnose the failure and stated that the vehicle was fine. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 10,000. Fe.

I was test driving a new 2017 chevy Cruze. . . While attempting to accelerate to merge into traffic from the on ramp of the interstate, the car just revs up for like 5 secs before finally accelerating into traffic. . . . This is a *****major flaw***** I thought the car had slipped into neutral. . . . The lag time for the motor and transmission to engage is a highly****deadly****design failure. . .

Almost new vehicle (304 mi when rented from hertz in san antonio, TX, 751 when returned). On freeway near limit speed (70 and 75 mph), coasting deceleration (to 60-65?) for slow traffic ahead, transmission downshifted on its own, causing rapid deceleration (est. 10 mph more), accelerator not effective for ~2 sec. Occurred twice in about 1 hr. First event -- heavy traffic, traffic ahead slowing for transition ramp curve, slight uphill curve. If throttle was applied, it was very light to stop deceleration and match speed of traffic ahead. Slowing on downshift was enough to cause vehicle behind me to take evasive action (brake and quickly change lanes). Second occurrence, minimal traffic, level, straight 2-lane freeway, coasting to wait for truck passing another truck. When lane cleared, applied significant throttle. I think almost immediate deceleration. Deceleration and lag time to acceleration seemed similar to first assurance. I was too distracted by the events to look at tachometer, but I suspect engine autostop engaged during the coasting and downshift was related to restart of engine. Not sure but think I hit cancel on speed control rather than brake for both events. Best guess, either bad software (not accounting for the speed of vehicle and allowing engine shutdown), or hardware fault related to reporting vehicle speed. I expect multiple similar times I coasted to slow, but uncertain if duration of coasting was the same, so would wonder if it could be an intermittent hardware fault, or combination of factors I'm not thinking about.