NHTSA Complaint #10854841 — 2011 CHEVROLET CRUZE

DROVE ABOUT 45 MILES AND PARKED VEHICLE. NOTICED ENGINE FAN RUNNING HARD, SHUT OFF VEHICLE AND WENT INTO STORE. RETURNED TO VEHICLE TWENTY MINUTES LATER TURNED ON CAR, FAN STILL RUNNING HARD. PUSHED ONSTAR BUTTON TO GET DIAGNOSTIC CHECK. ENGINE ERROR CODE FOUND, ADVISED TO TAKE TO DEALER TO INVESTIGATE. STARTED VEHICLE ABOUT TEN MINUTES INTO DRIVE, COULD SMELL COOLANT FROM ENGINE AND VEHICLE SLOWED AND CHIMES CAME ON WITH DASH READING: ENGINE OVERHEATED STOP CAR AND TURN OFF ENGINE. HAD TOWED TO DEALER, THEY SAY A PORT IS CRACKED IN CYLINDER HEAD AND COOLANT LEAKING. WILL COST $500 TO FIX. VEHICLE HAS 59,000 MILES. ALSO ENGINE MAKES POPPING NOISES AFTER RUNNING ON HIGHWAY AND COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. SITTING AT LIGHT OR STOP SIGN AND IT POPS FOUR OR FIVE TIMES. DON'T HEAR IT WHEN I'M DRIVING. THESE CARS ARE LEMONS, GM NEEDS TO RECALL THEM AND GIVE US OUR MONEY BACK!