NHTSA Complaint #10479960 — 2012 CHEVROLET CRUZE

ENGINE issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number 10479960
Vehicle 2012 CHEVROLET CRUZE
Component ENGINE
Date of Incident
Date Filed
Mileage 200 miles
Crash No
Fire No
Injuries 0
Deaths 0
Vehicle Towed No
State IN

Consumer Description

I PURCHASED A 2012 CHEVY CRUZE 2LT W/RS PACKAGE ON 9/19/12. I DIDN'T NOTICE RIGHT AWAY BUT AFTER I DROVE FOR A FEW DAYS I NOTICE THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE THIS LOUD VIBRATION WHEN I BARELY ACCELERATE, LIKE STAYING AT A STEADY SPEED. IF I ACCELERATE FROM A STOPPED POSITION IT DOESN'T DO IT OR I JUST DON'T HEAR IT BECAUSE I HEAR THE TURBO. AFTER DRIVING IT A FEW WEEKS THE VIBRATION SOUND HAS GOTTEN WORSE, SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE CHECKED. THEY TEST DROVE IT AND TOLD ME THIS IS THE WAY THE ECHOTECH W/TURBO MOTORS SOUND AND NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT. I WASN'T SATISFIED SO I ASKED I COULD TEST DRIVE ANOTHER CAR JUST LIKE MINE ON THEIR LOT. THEY GRACIOUSLY LET ME AND IT SOUNDED THE SAME. MY SONS GIRLFRIEND HAS THE EXACT SAME CAR AND HERS SOUNDS NOTHING LIKE MINE. SHE BOUGHT HERS AT A DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP WHICH MEANS IT WAS PROBABLY CAME FROM A DIFFERENT MANUFACTURER. SOMETHING ISN'T RIGHT AND THIS SHOULD BE FIXED. THIS DOES NOT SOUND LIKE A NEW CAR. IT'S VERY EMBARRASSING. MY 1995 CHEVY CAVALIER IS NOT AS LOUD AS MY NEW CAR. ANOTHER THING IS WHEN I SLOW DOWN TO PULL IN MY DRIVEWAY (ON A HILL) I JUST LET OFF THE GAS AND THE CAR WILL JERK REALLY HARD. THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME BUT THIS WILL BE AN ISSUE I'M SURE WHEN THE WARRANTY IS UP. I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH MY FIRST NEW CAR PURCHASE. I WAITED 42 YEARS FOR THIS. *TR

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