2011 Chevrolet Cruze Power Train

YOU DRIVE FOR 15 MILES GOES INTO LIMP MODE HAVE PUT 3 TECOMS IN THE CAR AND STILL DOES THE SAME THING

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET CRUZE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A 3-POINT TURN, THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED INTO REVERSE, BUT FAILED TO ENGAGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER FOUR ATTEMPTS, THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. ALSO, A WHISTLING SOUND WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY, TURNED OFF, AND RESTARTED, THE VEHICLE OPERATED CORRECTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A CHEVROLET DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WOULD TOW THE VEHICLE TO WINTER CHEVROLET (3750 CENTURY CT., PITTSBURG, CA 94565). THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 41,000. *TT *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME ON A HIGHWAY DURING RUSH HOUR. THE TRAFFIC WAS VERY SLOW MOVING - ABOUT 10 MPH. AFTER SLOWING TO ALMOST A COMPLETE STOP, I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR AND COULD NOT GET THE CAR OVER 3 MPH. I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF AN EXIT AND PULL OVER. WHEN I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN, THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD AT ALL - ONLY IN REVERSE. I HAD IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC, WHERE I FOUND OUT I HAVE FORWARD TRANSMISSION FAILURE - UNDER 89K MILES ON THE CAR AND A 2011!

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN TWO YEARS THAT THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING CAUSING AN INCONVENIENCE OF LOSING MY TRANSPORTATION AND THIS IS GETTING EXPENSIVE TO KEEP FIXING

THE TRANSMISSION IS SHIFTING HARSHLY AND IN REGULAR SOMETIMES IT WILL INCREASE THE RPMS TO FIVE OR SIX THOUSAND RPMS BEFORE IT WILL DECIDE TO SHIFT OFF TO THE NEXT YEAR THIS USUALLY OCCURS WITHIN THE FIRST AND SECOND GEAR IN STOP-AND-GO TRAFFIC

CAR DOES NOT ACCELERATE RIGHT AWAY, HESITATING WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE. PROBLEM HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE, NOW CAR JERKS WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE.

EVERY TIME I STOP OR GOING MY CAR ACTS LIKE IT DON'T WANT TO GO.

WILL DRIVING WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT FROM 1 TO ANY OTHER SHIFT AND IT JUST ACCELERATES WITH ANY SHIFTS AND LOSING SPEED IN THE HIGHWAY VERY FAST WHICH COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT DUE TO NOT BEEN ABLE TO GAIN ANY SPEED. THE ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AND ACCORDING TO AN INSPECTION SHOWING TRANSMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM FAILURE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET CRUZE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75,000.

TRANSMISSION COOLANT LINE SEEMS TO BE SEEPING OR LEAKING AND IS CLOSE TO THE TURBO AND COULD CAUSE A FIRE.

TRAVELING HOME FROM TOWN TRAFFIC TO HIGHWAY DRIVING THE CAR WAS SUPER JERKY AND THE RPM WENT WAY UP WHEN WE GOT ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE MPH WASN'T RESPONDING TO IT. SO IT WAS WORSE WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO ACCELERATE BUT IT WAS ALL THE TIME. EVEN WHEN WE WERE ON CRUISE CONTROL AND CAME UP ON A VERY SMALL INCLINE IN THE ROAD IT WOULD SLOW DOWN AND MADE ME AFRAID OTHER CARS TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEED WOULD REAR-END MY CAR. THE CHANGES IN SPEED CAME WITH NO WARNING.

THE CAR JERKS WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED AT A RED LIGHT, SOMETIMES IT JERKS VERY HARD. IT LAGS WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE AFTER A STOP,DIP, OR SPEED BUMP. DELEARSHIP CLAIMS IT'S A BREAK PEDAL POSITION SENSOR. YET WHEN I TOOK IT IN MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS NOT ON, BUT THEY SAID IT'S A SOLID CODE. (P057C) AND I'VE TAKEN IT MANY TIMES TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY NEVER TOLD ME IT HAD A CODE AND I'VE HAD THIS JERKING PROBLEM FOR 2 YEARS NOW.

GM HAS A KNOWN MANUFACTURING DEFECT WITH THE 1.4 LITER ENGINE PISTON RINGS. GO TO WWW.CRUZETALK.COM AND SEE THE NUMBER OF PISTON RING FAILURES. GM REFUSES TO COVER FAILURE OUT OF WARRANTY. MY HAS NOT FAILED BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY FAIL IN FIVE YEARS AND THE CAR IS STILL USEFUL BUT THEN ISN'T BECAUSE OF A KNOWN MANUFACTURING DEFECT THEY REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUT OF WARRANTY. SEE THIS POST ON THE FORUM. HTTP://WWW.CRUZETALK.COM/FORUM/34-GEN1-1-4L-TURBO/189930-11-CRUZE-ENGINE-FAILURE.HTML. AGAIN THIS NOT HAPPENED TO ME BUT I THINK GM SHOULD INVESTIGATE AND DO A RECALL SO PEOPLE CAN GET THEIR MONEY'S WORTH OUT OF THEIR VEHICLE AND NOT BE FORCED TO SEND IT TO A JUNKYARD BECAUSE IT WILL COST MORE THAN WHAT IT IS WORTH.

THE SHIFTER IN THE TRANSMISSION BROKE. HAD A LICENSED MECHANIC AT CHRISTIAN BROTHERS TO RUN A DIAGNOSTIC TEST ON IT FOR WARRANTY REASONS. HE FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS A FREQUENT PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS AND INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS A MANUFACTURE ALERT ON THIS PART. TO REPLACE THIS ONE PART THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION MUST BE REPLACED. THERE IS LESS THAN 100,000 MILES ON THE CAR. GIVING AN ALERT DOES NOT RECTIFY THE PROBLEM NOR DOES IT LIMIT THE DANGERS. A PERSON IS UNABLE TO SHIFT THE GEARS WHILE DRIVING. I FEEL THIS TO BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. CHEVROLET SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPLACING THIS PART.

WE PURCHASED A USED CAR FRO OUR DAUGHTER (2011 CHEVY CRUISE) IN SEPTEMBER 2016 FROM WEST POINT LINCOLN FOR AROUND $9000 AND WE PUT HALF DOWN AND FINANCED THE REMAINING SO MY DAUGHTER, [XXX] COULD START BUILDING HER CREDIT. WE WERE TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THE VEHICLE WENT THROUGH THEIR 20 POINT INSPECTION AND WAS A GREAT USED CAR, BUT NOW THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS GONE - THEIR HANDS ARE TIED AND THIS SO CALLED 20 POINT INSPECTION IS REALLY JUST A BUNCH OF CRAP! IN DECEMBER, FEW DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS SHE WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE CAR STARTED TO JERK AS SHE PUSHED ON THE GAS AND IT WOULDN'T ACCELERATE. SHE PULL OVER AND PARKED THE CAR TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG. SHE RESTARTED THE CAR AND PUT IT IN DRIVE, BUT IT WOULDN'T GO FORWARD; HOWEVER, WHEN SHE PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE, IT MOVED. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON LOCAL HIGHWAY. STOPPED AT LIGHT. WHEN I STARTED TO MOVE FORWARD AGAIN THE TRANSMISSION WOULDN'T SHIFT PAST 2ND GEAR. THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T ACCELLERATE OVER 30 MPH. PULLED OVER TO THE NEAREST PLACE. TURNED OFF THE CAR AND TURNED IT BACK ON. TRIED TO BACK UP, BUT REVERSE WOULD NOT WORK. PUSHED IT OUT OF THE PARKING SPOT CAR WOULD ONLY MOVE FORWARD UP TO 30 MPH. NOTHING PAST 2ND GEAR AND STILL NO REVERSE. MANUAL ASPECT OF CAR WAS SAYING COULD NOT SHIFT. SERVICE ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON. CODE READ TRANMISSION MODULE. PER TECH, WAVE PLATE CAME APART AND CONTAMINATED THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION, SOLINOIDS AND CONTROL BOARD RESULTING IN NEED FOR COMPLETE TRANS OVERHAUL, SOLINOIDS AND CONTROL BOARD REPLACEMENT AND REPROGRAMMING - $3400! GM WOULD NOT HELP, EVEN THOUGH KNOWN ISSUE.

I OWN A 2011 CRUZE IT HAS HAD A SLEW OF PROBLEMS, TRANS CELL BLOWN, WATER PUMPS REPLACED, TRANS REPROGRAMED, TURBO REPLACED AND MUCH MORE, NOW THE VALVE BODY IN THE TRANS IS BAD CAR HAS LESS THAN 60K AND I HAVE MENTIONED THE TRANS ISSUE SINCE 20K IN WHICH I WAS TOLD I WAS CRAZY BY DEALERSHIP AND NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS. I DO NOT THINK GM SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO SELL THE CRUZE ANYMORE THIS CAR IS A DEATH TRAP WAITING TO HAPPEN JUST LIKE THE COBALT. I AM FUSTRATED AND FED UP. SERVICE DEPARTMENT IS A JOKE. AND THE CRUZE HAS OVER 24,000 COMPLAINTS REGARDING ALL THE SAME ISSUES AND NOTHING IS NOTHING BEING DONE ABOUT THE TRANS ISSUE. DEALER OPENED UP MY TRANS TODAY AND FOUND CLOGGED 1 AND 2 CELLINOID AND CLOGGED SCREEN AS WELL AS BROKEN CLIP CAUSING HESITATION, HARD SHIFTING AND VALVE BODY MOVEMENT. I THINK THIS MATTER SHOULD BE FURTHER INVESTIGATED.

WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN I TOOK OFF FROM A STOPLIGHT AND MY CAR ALL OF SUDDEN DID NOT HAVE DRIVE, IT JUST REVVED. COULD NOT GET IT TO MOVE FORWARD AT ALL. CAR NEVER SHIFTED RIGHT TO BEGIN WITH. WE HAD REVERSE GEAR BUT NO FORWARD. CHANGED TRANSMISSION AND TCM AND THE CAR WILL MOVE BUT CONTINUES TO REV TO HIGH. CANNOT DRIVE THE CAR THE WAY IT IS. CAR ONLY HAS 55000 MILES ON IT.

TAKATA RECALL I WAS DRIVING ON THE ROAD AND THE CAR BEHIND ME ALMOST RAN INTO THE BACK OF ME BECAUSE MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE THE CAR WAS STILL ON BUT IT WOULD NOT MOVE I CRIED I LOVE MY CAR PLEASE HELP ME I PAY A LOT TO DIVE IT NOW I HAVE TO PAY FOR A CAR I CAN NOT DRIVE MY KID IS SICK AND I HAVE NO WAY TO GET TO WORK TO PAY FOR MEDICATION OR THE BILLS IT'S VERY HARD BEING A SINGLE MOTHER PLEASE HELP THANK YOU GOD BLESS 😢 *TR

HIGH RPM WITH LITTLE ACCELERATION. SHIFTS GEARS SLOWLY IF AT ALL.

I WAS DRIVING MY NIECE HOME. GOT OFF THE HIGHWAY AND FELT A SUDDEN JERK. WENT TO PUSH ON THE GAS AND THE CAR WAS NOT MOVING WELL. PULLED OVER TO THE NEAREST PLACE. TURNED OFF THE CAR AND TURNED IT BACK ON. TRIED TO BACK UP, REVERSE WOULD NOT WORK. PUSHED IT OUT OF THE PARKING SPOT CAR WOULDNT MOVE. MANUAL ASPECT OF CAR WAS SAYING COULD NOT SHIFT. SERVICE ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON. CODE READ TRANMISSION MODULE.

I WAS EXITING INTERSTATE 80 ON MY WAY TO WORK WHEN THE CAR SHIFTED FROM 4TH GEAR TO 5TH GEAR THE MOTOR STARTED FREE REVVING. I TOOK THE CAR TO MY OTHER JOB WHERE I CHANGED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WITH DEXTRON VI. THE TRANSMISSION JUST KEPT GETTING WORSE AND STARTED SLIPPING IN OTHER GEARS. AMECHANIC TOLD ME HE THOUGHT THE TRANSMISSION WAS GOING BAD AND I NEEDED TO REBUILD IT OR GET A DIFFERENT TRANSMISSION..I TOOK OUT A LOAN TO BUY A USED TRANSMISSION AND TO N BECAUSE I WORK 2 JOBS AND DIDN'T HAVE TIME OR TOOLS TO DO MYSELF WHEN THE MECHANIC PUT THE USED TRANSMISSION IN THE CAR HE SAID IT IS SLIPPING ALSO. I'M OUT $1200.00 TRANSMISSION HAS A WARRANTY BUT LABOR MONEY IS GONE PLUS I'M PAYING INTEREST ON THAT MONEY NOW. I ALWAYS CHANGED MY OIL PUT BRAKES ON TIRES WHATEVER THE CAR NEEDED I DID. I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW AND HIT HAD A 3/36000 BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY. THE WHEEL BEARING WENT OUT AT 38 OR 39000 MILES THEY SAID I WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. I HAVE A 5/100000 MILE WARRANTY ON THE TRANSMISSION AND I'M 3 MONTHS AND 9000 MILES OVER I CANT IMAGINE THEY WOULD DO ANYTHING TO HELP WITH THAT SINCE THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING ON A $100.00 PART..VERY DISGUSTED WITH THE RELIABILITY ON THESE NEW CARS. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS PLEASE LET ME KNOW..I DRIVE ABOUT 22-25000 MILES A YEAR TO WORK.. THANK YOU *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET CRUIZE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHIFTED FROM SIXTH GEAR TO FIRST. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT HAD TO PULL OVER IN A PARKING LOT AND THE VEHICLE RESTARTED NORMALLY AFTER 20 MINUTES. THE FAILURE RECURRED AND WOULD NOT CHANGE GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS NEVER TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,000. UPDATED 08/02/16*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE LOCKED UP AND WENT INTO FIRST GEAR. UPDATED 08/15/16.*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET CRUZE. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE KEY TURNED, THE RADIO WORKED, AND THE GEAR SHIFTER INDICATOR MOVED UP AND DOWN THE SCALE. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ALSO ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THAT THE PRINDEL SHIFT LEVELER WAS NOT REFLECTING THE POSITION OF THE GEAR SHIFTER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

THE CAR HAD BEEN JERKING WHEN I PUT IN REVERSE, AND TAKING A DEW SECONDS TO GO WHEN I ACCELARATED. THE REVERSE WENT OUT AND I HAD TO TAKE IT TO A MECHANIC WHO TOLS ME I WOULS NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION WHICH WILL COST 3.7K THE CAR HAS ONLY 69K MILES HAD REGULAR OIL CHANGES.