NHTSA Complaint #10483702 — 2011 CHEVROLET CRUZE

WHEN USING THE HEATER IN MY CRUZE THERE IS AN ODOR OF ANTIFREEZE INSIDE THE CAB. WHEN THE HEATER IS USED FOR MORE THAN 10 - 15 MINUTES AT A TIME, THE ODOR GOT SO STRONG THAT IT CAUSED HEADACHE, DIZZINESS, AND NAUSEA. I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR REPAIR AND WAS INFORMED THAT GM HAD SENT A MEMO BECAUSE IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM. THEY PERFORMED THE REPAIRS RECOMMENDED BY GM WHICH WAS TO REPLACE WEATHERSTRIPPING AROUND THE HEATER CORE AND REPLACE A TUBE AT THE OVERFLOW TANK. HOWEVER, WHEN I USED THE HEATER THAT SAME NIGHT, I DISCOVERED THAT IT STILL EMITTED AN ODOR OF ANTIFREEZE, ALTHOUGH IT WAS NOT AS STRONG AS BEFORE AND I COULD USE THE HEATER FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME WITHOUT GETTING THE HEADACHE, DIZZINESS, AND NAUSEA. *TR