NHTSA Complaint #10671792 — 2011 CHEVROLET CRUZE

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. MY SPEED DROPPED WITHOUT WARNING FROM 35 MPH TO ABOUT 5 MPH. I GOT A WARNING LIGHT INDICATING "ENGINE POWER REDUCED" AND THE ENGINE INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON. I MANAGED TO PULL CAR OVER TO A SIDE STREET AND TURNED IT OFF. I RESTARTED IT AND THE ENGINE INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON BUT I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME (ABOUT 12 MILES). I CALLED THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT A LOCAL DEALERSHIP TO TRY TO GET SOME SORT OF IDEA OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO MY CAR. HE SUGGESTED I CALL GM CUSTOMER SERVICE AND ASKED HOW MANY MILES WERE ON THE CAR. I TOLD HIM AND HE INDICATED THE PROBLEM MAY BE UNDER A RECALL. NEEDLESS TO SAY 5 DAYS LATER I JUST HEARD FROM THE SERVICE CENTER THAT THE PROBLEM IS THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY AND IT WILL COST ME ABOUT $600+TAXES TO REPAIR. HE STATED I HAVE HEAVY CARBON BUILD UP AND SOMETHING ABOUT THE INDUCTION SERVICE. MY BIGGEST PROBLEM OUTSIDE OF NOT HAVING SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS TO GIVE IS THAT IN NOVEMBER I PAID $300+ TO HAVE THE WATER PUMP REPLACED AND THREE WEEKS BEFORE THAT IT WAS IN THE SHOP AND THREE WEEKS PRIOR TO THAT IT WAS IN THE SHOP. I AM SO DISAPPOINTED AND HURT BY ALL THESE REPAIRS. I ENDED UP WITH A CRUZE BECAUSE MY KIA WAS HIT HEAD ON IN A CRASH AND THE FRAME WAS CRACKED. I HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH MY KIA. *TR