NHTSA Complaint #10447404 — 2011 CHEVROLET CRUZE

AT THE END OF NOVEMBER I NOTICED A SMELL COMING FROM MY CRUZE. IT SMELLED LIKE ANTIFREEZE. I WAITED A FEW DAYS TO SEE IF IT SMELLED AGAIN. SURE ENOUGH ON ANOTHER COOL MORNING USING THE HEAT I SMELLED IT AGAIN. WHEN USING AND ADJUSTING THE HEAT THE SMELL IS TERRIBLE. MY WINDOWS ALSO HAVE A FILM ON THEM. IT DOES NOT FROST UP BUT THERE IS A NASTY FILM ON THEM THAT SMEARS AROUND WHEN WIPED. LIGHTS SHINE IN AND MAKE A RAINBOW TYPE COLORING ON THEM AND HARD TO SEE. THIS HAS TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE. WHILE ON VACATION IN DECEMBER I TOOK IT TO A DEALER AFTER SMELLING IT NOW ON A DAILY BASIS. THEY COULD NOT SMELL IT AND WOULD NOT EVEN OPEN THE HOOD. ON JAN 25 I TOOK IT TO BIG M CHEVY AND ONE GUY SMELLED SOMETHING, UNSURE OF WHAT IT WAS THEY PRESSURE TESTED IT AND NOTHING SHOWED. THEY PUT DYE IN AND I DROVE IT FOR 13 DAYS SMELLING IT DAILY. THEY LOOKED AT IT AGAIN ON 2/7 AND SAID NO LEAKS. IT IS GOING TO A 3RD DEALER MONDAY. I AM TO THE POINT OF STOPPING DRIVING IT. IT CAN NOT BE HEALTHY FOR ME AND MY CHILDREN TO BREATHE THIS IN DAILY. YOU HAVE TO RIDE WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN. THE LEAK HAS TO BE FOUND, SOMETHING CHANGED (MAYBE STARTING WITH THE HEATER CORE) OR I AM TRADING IT IN SOON. *TR