2013 CHEVROLET CRUZE Electronic Stability Control Esc Problems

62 NHTSA complaints on file

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All Electronic Stability Control Esc Complaints — Page 2

#10840179 |
I WAS TURNING WHEN THE INFORMATION CENTER WENT BLANK AND THE SERVICE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON. IT BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER THE CAR. I PULLED OVER, TURNED THE CAR OFF, LOOKED UNSET THE HOOD. WHEN I RESTARTED IT WAS FINE. SPORADICALLY OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS THE INFO CENTER WOULD BLIP OUT AND THE SERVICE STABILITRAK LIGHT WOULD COME ON. THE DEALER COULD NEVER REPLICATE THE ISSUE. IT NEVER INVOLVED THE STEERING UNTIL NOW.
#10840010 |
THE CARS RADIO SCREEN WILL GO OUT AND THE STABILI CHECK COMES ON IT HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES AND SOMETIMES WITH THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON IT HAS HAPPENS ON ALL ROADS HIGHWAYS AND CITY ROADS IN MOTION AND WHEN STOPPED HAVE HAD AN INCIDENT WHEN THE CAR WOULD NOT TURN ON NOTHING WOULD WORK NOT EVEN THE LOCKS FROM INSIDE THE CAR HAVE HAD A LOT OF ISSUES WITH THIS CAR OTHER THAN JUST THIS AND I HAVE NOT EVEN HAD IT A YEAR
#10824420 |
INTERMITTENTLY THE ANTI-THEFT LIGHT GOES ON, WITHOUT WARNING AT AN HIGH SPEEDS OR WHEN PARKED AND SHUTS DOWN ALL SYSTEMS, IMMOBILIZING THE CAR. THIS INCLUDES THE RADIO, STEERING, MOTOR. TWO DAYS AGO I WAS DRIVING AND THIS HAPPENED, THE CAR SHUT DOWN, I COULDN'T STEER OR DRIVE THE CAR, A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS HAS ALSO HAPPENED WHEN TRYING TO START THE CAR, THE ANT-THEFT SYSTEM SHUTS DOWN THE CAR. THERE IS NO WAY TO KNOW WHEN THIS WILL HAPPEN. WHEN TAKEN TO AUTO DEALER, THE CAR WORKS FINE. THE CAR HAS 66,000 MILES. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 6 TIMES, BUT THE LAST ONE WAS THE WORST, TRAVELLING AT HIGH SPEED AND LOSING CONTROL OF THE CAR. WHAT HAPPENED IS SIMILAR TO WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH IN COBALTS WHERE THE CAR JUST STOPPED, THAT IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT HAPPENED WITH ME.
#10818340 |
IN A CONVERSATION WITH THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT STEVE RAYMAN OF SMYRNA, GA HE SAID THE NEGATIVE BATTERY CABLE CAUSED THE PROBLEMS WITH THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, GAUGES, AND THE STEERING WHEEL JERKING TO THE LEFT. I CHOSE TO CONTACT GENERAL MOTORS BECAUSE I JUST COULD NOT BELIEVE A NEGATIVE CABLE COULD CAUSE SUCH PROBLEMS. AS MENTIONED EARLIER, GM PERSONNEL TOLD ME THAT THREE REMEDIES MADE UP SPECIAL COVERAGE 14311' 1, NEGATIVE BATTERY CABLE NEEDS REPLACEMENT. 2. VOLTAGE REGULATOR NEEDS ADJUSTMENT 3. A SCREW NEEDS TO BE TIGHTENED. IN A SECOND CONVERSATION WITH STEVE RAYMAN PERSONNEL AND GM, BOTH SAID IT WAS THE CABLE AND NOT THE VOLTAGE REGULATORS. THE CAR HAD BEEN IN MY GARAGE FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS WITH A DEAD BATTERY. THIS MORNING I JUMP-STARTED THE VEHICLE; SO, WE CAN ASSUME THE ALTERNATOR WAS WORKING PROPERLY BECAUSE THE CAR CONTINUES TO RUN AFTER DISCONNECTING THE BATTERY CABLES....
#10747079 | Crash Fire
MY VEHICLE LOOSES POWER, ENGINE LEAKS, HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROBLEMS WITH THE KEY IN THE SWITCH....THE VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING AND CAUGHT ON FIRE THAN LOOSES POWER ALL THE TIME. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR BECAUSE I TRAVEL WITH MY FAMILY I HAVE THREE CHILDREN.
#10644447 |
NOW JUST PURCHASED THE 2013 CHEVY CRUZE SECOND DAY EVERYTHING SHUT DOWN ON ME TOOK IT BACK AND ASKED FOR A REPLACEMENT CAR BECAUSE SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THAT ON EXPLAINED AND VIDEO TAPE IT ALL BUT THEY SUTTON FORD TOLD ME THE CAR WAS JUST UPDATING AND ITS NORMAL. I PLEAD WITH THEM AND THEY SAID NO. A WEEK LATER IT KEPT SHUTTING OFF I TOOK IT BACK AGAIN SAMETHING 3 WEEKS ALL ELECTRICAL SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVIN ON EXPRESSWAY CAR SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED TOOK CAR BACK 10/8 THEY SAID TO BRING IT BACK ON MONDAY WHICH IT CAUSED IT TO BE PASSED 30 DAY NO REPLACEMENT CAR AND NOW WARRANTY EXPIRED THEY WANT ME TO PAY .THEY HAS THE CAR NOW JUST PURCHASED 9/10. LIGHTS COME ON BRAKELIGHT SERVICE STABILITITRAK COMES ON THE CAR SHUTS DOWN WHILE DRIVING DO NOT WANT THIS CAR...
#10641306 |
WHILE I WAS DRIVING, MY STEREO SYSTEM WOULD LOSE ALL POWER. MY DISPLAY ON THE SPEED DISPLAY SHOWED "SERVICE STABILATRACK". MY ABS, BRAKE AND TRACTION LIGHTS CAME ON AND CONTINUED TO BLINK. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE PLACE I BOUGHT IT AND THEY SAID IT DIDN'T TRIGGER A CODE SO THEY COULDN'T FIX IT. I HAVE A VIDEO OF WHAT HAPPENED AS WELL, BUT IT DIDN'T HELP. *TR
#10638565 |
CAR WAS JERKING, THEN STALLED, THEN STABLITRACK AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. *TR
#10629658 |
I BOUGHT MY 2013 CRUZE LTZ ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO AND I WAS SURE THAT IT WAS THE PERFECT CAR, NOW, I'M FULLY AWARE THAT I WAS WRONG.. I GOT IN MY CAR TO LEAVE FOR WORK ON AUGUST 1, 2014 AND WHEN I STARTED MY CAR, THE ON DASH MAINTENANCE REMINDERS ALL WENT CRAZY TELLING ME TO "SERVICE POWER STEERING" AND "SERVICE STABILITRAK".. I KNEW THIS COULDN'T BE RIGHT SO I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTARTED THE CAR, THE SCREEN WENT CRAZY AGAIN WITH THE SERVICE NOTIFICATIONS. I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT BEFORE WORK SO I WENT AHEAD WITH MY DAY, I GOT ALL THE WAY TO THE INTERSTATE (WHICH IS ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF FROM MY DRIVEWAY) AND NOTICED THE STEERING WAS GETTING STIFF SO I PULLED OVER AND RESTARTED THE CAR AGAIN AND THE LIGHTS DIDN'T COME BACK ON SO...
#10606053 |
THE CARS RADIO AND OTHER ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS (EX. ON-STAR, PHONE CHARGERS, USB PRODUCTS) WILL TURN ON AND OFF AT RANDOM. IT OCCURS RANDOMLY AND INTERMITTENTLY. THIS HAS HAPPENED A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS ROUGHLY 15-20 TIMES OVER A COUPLE OF MONTHS. IT MAINLY HAPPENS AT A RED LIGHT AND THEN WILL TURN BACK ON ONCE I ACCELERATE. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON A HIGHWAY GOING 60-70MPH AND THE EVERY LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD WENT ON AND ON THE DISPLAY SCREEN IT STATED STABLITRAX IS OFF. IMMEDIATELY PRESSED MY ONSTAR BUTTON AND ASKED THEM TO RUN DIAGNOSIS AND THE WHOLE CONVERSATION WAS GOING IN AND OUT OF BEING ABLE TO HEAR THEM. MY RADIO WAS GOING ON AND OFF THE ENTIRE TIME WHEN THE RADIO WAS ON I COULD HEAR WHEN IT WAS OFF AND ALL POWER WAS OFF. WE DID LOSS CONNECTION TO ONSTAR AND I REPRESSED THE BUTTON. I HAVE HAD...
#10576604 |
WHEN MY HUSBAND AND DRIVE THE CAR AND TURN IT OFF THE CAR TRIES TO RE-CRANK ON ITS OWN. IT HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES. ALSO, MY COUSIN WITNESS IT ONE DAY AFTER I TURNED THE CAR OFF. I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S THE IGNITION OR WHAT. WE WANTED TO REPORT THE PROBLEM SOONER BUT DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO UNTIL I SEARCHED ON THE INTERNET. IT'S SCARY TO SEE SUCH VEHICLE TRYING TO RE-START ITSELF. *TR
#10510355 |
AFTER DRIVING THIS VEHICLE FOR 660 MILES, I'VE NOTICED THAT THERE'S A GRINDING OR KNOCKING FEELING ON THE ACCELERATOR. I FIRST NOTICED IT WHILE PULLING IT OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. I FELT A KNOCKING ON THE ACCELERATOR. IT'S NOT WEATHER SENSITIVE AND GIVES THE SAME FEELING REGARDLESS OF SPEED. IT'S NO PREDICTABLE FOR THE KNOCKING FEELING I GET ON THE ACCELERATOR. I DRIVE ON HIGHWAY FOR MUCH OF MY TIME AND NOTICE THE FEELING SIMILAR TO MY OLD CAR WHEN THE BEARINGS STARTED TO GO BAD. IT SEEMS AS THOUGH IT'S COMING FROM THE FRONT LEFT SIDE. I HAVE REPORTED THIS TO MY DEALER AND THEY QUICKLY HAVE LOOKED AT IT AS WELL AS TAKING IT FOR A DRIVE. AFTER CHECKING THE CAR OVER NOTHING HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE WRONG. IT IS NOW DOCUMENTED WITH THE DEALER. CURRENTLY I HAVE OVER 1K MILES ON IT AND SEEMS TO HAVE...

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