2015 CHEVROLET CRUZE Steering Problems
24 NHTSA complaints on file
Steering Issues in the 2015 CHEVROLET CRUZE
24 steering complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2015 CHEVROLET CRUZE. Of these, 2 involved a crash, 1 involved a fire, and 5 resulted in injury.
24
Complaints
2
Crashes
1
Fires
5
Injuries
0
Deaths
All Steering Complaints
I have been up there date for fixing this vehicle for the last 4 years when i bought it with 60k miles , I have replaced multiple parts so far from foil pump , wheel, coolant pipes and the container many times from constant leaking in the fuel pump, I have replaced the alternater twice by 70k miles , ABS system failed many times and no one can fix it , Lastly , my daughter was driving to school and while she was driving on the roundabout in the outer lane . She tried to turn the steering wheel t take the exit and everything got locked on her immediately from steering wheel and the break paddle caused he car shift to the curb and hit the side walk because it went out if control because the tire split out the wheel along with another piece from wheel behind the...
The steering wheel will intermittently "stick" requiring a slight tug to release.
Driving the car and suddenly it began to stall, next engine light came on, stability light came on, engine overheating waring came on, radio turned off, ac stopped working, smelling antifreeze, car shakes, power stalls when accellerating, smoke exited the engine, oil leaked and finally car stopped. AAA got car took it to a mechanic and rebuilt whole cylinder head. Now I received a letter from GM stating something wrong with PCV valve, and same thing is happening again same senerio just 4 months after getting fixed.
Without warning, the mylink display first went black as i was making a left turn and disconnected from bluetooth. Within seconds the steering wheel got really stiff and it almost felt like the whole power shut off from the car but came back to normal within seconds and kept doing this for 3 more times, each lasting maybe 5 seconds. Very scary.
WHEN THE CARE IS RUNNING IT WILL BEGIN TO LOSE ACCELERATION THIS HAPPENS UNKNOWING TO ME .IT HAS HAPPENED ON THE FREEWAY WHICH IS VERY SCARY AND DANGEROUS
CAR BEEN JERKING AND STOP ON IT'S OWN WHILE IN DRIVE I BEEN KEEPING OIL CHANGES AND EVERYTHING UP TO PART ON IT
CAR SURGES, ENGINE LOSES POWER OFF, C/S TRACTION CONTROL/STABILITRAC LIGHT COMES ON DASH, DOOR LOCKS ACTIVATING ON THEIR OWN, WE HAVE PUT NEW BATTERY NEW NEGATIVE CABLE WITH NEW BOLT. CAR AT SPEED 60- 65 THIS HAPPEN,DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND INTERSTATE. I DROVE CAR 3 TIMES HAPPENED, TECH DROVE CAR THIS HAPPENED, CAR BEEN CHECKED AT DEALER 3 TIMES AND STILL AT DEALER AS OF 11/16/2019
VEHICLE STARTED TO DISPLAY "SERVICE STABILITRAK" ON DIC PANEL AFTER RUNNING THROUGH A PUDDLE ON A FREEWAY ONRAMP. ALSO, FROM TIME TO TIME, WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL, YOU CAN FEEL A SUDDEN JOLT OR POP (WHEEL GETS EASY TO TURN FOR A COUPLE OF INCHES OF TRAVEL). POPPING CHIEFLY HAPPENS AT SLOW SPEEDS, SUCH AS TURNING INTO A PARKING SPACE. BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER FOR SERVICE. THEY READ C0710 AND C055C CODES. ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDS A NEW STEERING GEAR. VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 40,000 MILES.
THE SCREEN GOES BLACK SOMETIMES. THE CAR SHUTS OFF BY IT SELF. IT GIVES DIFFERENT WARNINGS ONE WAS ELECTRIC STABILITY CONTROL AND THE OTHER WAS CHECK POWER STEERING. IT HAS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING AND STATIONARY. IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME MORE THAN ONCE AND ON THE ROAD AND IN A PARKING LOT. I BROUGHT IT TO WHERE I PURCHASED IT AND THEY THOUGHT THEY FIXED IT BUT IT HAPPENED AGAIN TODAY.
THIS IS THE 2ND TIME IN 2 WEEKS I RUN IN TO SAME ISSUES DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER (DIC) DISPLAYED: (1) POWER STEERING ISSUES (2) TRACTION CONTROL (3) STIBILTRACK (4) RPM GAUGE GOES NUTS (5) OIL LEVEL ZEROES OUT THEN REAPPEARS (6) SPEED METER BLANK OUT (7) RADIO (MP3 USB PLAYER STOPS WORKING ) (8) HEAD LIGHT FLICKER (HIGH BEAMS LOOK LIKE LOW BEAMS AND LOW BEAMS LIKE DIMMERS (9) STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES AND GETS STIFF BUT STILL DRIVE ABLE (10) DOES THIS FOR 1HR TO 3 HR CAR ACTS NORMAL BUT GOES NUTS AND LOSE GAS AT A 2GAL EVERY 15 MIN NORMALLY IT LAST LONGER BUT THEN GOES BACK TO CLOSE TO WHERE IT WAS BEFORE THIS STATED DEALER REPLACED THE PCV VALE HEAD AS HE SAID IT HAD A AIR LEAK ??? MILE ON CAR 71,000 USED AS A PERSONAL CAR AND LAST 1 1/2 AS A LYFT...
TRIED TWICE, CAR DID NOT START. NO LIGHTS JUST DEAD. TRIED ONCE MORE STARTED, ALL LOOKED OK. DROVE 1/4 MILE ENGINE DIED WITH A CLUNK AND JERK, SERVICE POWER STEERING WARNING CAME ON, THEN SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL WARNING CAME ON. STEERED OFF ROAD (POWER STEERING WAS WORKING) PUT VEHICLE IN PARK, TRIED TO START SEVERAL TIMES. INTERIOR LIGHT CAME ON BUT WOULD NOT START. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES TRIED AGAIN, STARTED AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS LIT. DROVE TO HOME AND WHILE IN REVERSE TO PARK, ENGINE DIED AGAIN.
WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, OR TURNING THERE WAS A SLIGHT GLITCH OR HESITATION IN STEERING.
STEERING ANGLE SENSOR ELECTRICAL FAILURE. I BACKED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY; AFTER PUTTING IT IN "DRIVE" THE CAR FISHTAILED AND THE "SERVICE STEERING WHEEL" MESSAGE CAME ON THE DASH. I BROUGHT IT TO SIMPSON CHEVROLET AND THEY DIAGNOSED THE "STEERING ANGLE SENSOR ELECTRICAL FAILURE" AND REPLACED THE STEERING ANGLE SENSOR. THEY STATED THAT THE CAR WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE.
WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING OR YOU ARE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, YOU CAN PLAY A GAME ON THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN YOU TURN LEFT OR RIGHT AND YOU FEEL A FEW BLOWS AND THUNDERS THAT ARE REALLY WORRYING BECAUSE I TAKE A LOT OF THE TRACK FOR AND WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET CRUZE. WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 40 MPH, THE POWER STEERING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. AS A RESULT OF THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKING, THE VEHICLE EVENTUALLY SHUT OFF AND THE CONTACT HAD TO WAIT A WHILE FOR THE VEHICLE TO RESTART. WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED, IT ALSO CAUSED THE CONTACT TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE FH DAILEY CHEVROLET DEALER (800 DAVIS ST, SAN LEANDRO, CA), BUT THE DIAGNOSIS WAS UNDETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,000.
WHILE DRIVING MY 2015 CHEVROLET CRUZE LT THE RADIO SHUT OFF, LIGHTS FLICKERED, SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND OTHER WARNING LIGHTS TEMPORARILY FLICKERED ON AND OFF FOR A FEW SECONDS BEFORE RETURNING BACK TO NORMAL. THIS HAPPENS MULTIPLE TIMES DAILY OFTEN INVOLVING THE POWER STEERING. WHILE TURNING THE VEHICLE, THE RADIO WILL SHUT OFF, LIGHTS WILL FLICKER, AND POWER STEERING WILL COMPLETELY SHUT OFF CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO JERK WHILE IN THE TURNING PROCESSES. THE CAR HAS TROUBLE STARTING OFTEN AND SOMETIMES WILL NOT START. THE BATTERY HAS BEEN TESTED AND IS FINE AS WELL AS THE ALTERNATOR. SOMETIMES THE RADIO WILL SHUT OFF AND NOT COME BACK ON UNTIL THE NEXT DAY EVEN AFTER RESTARTING THE VEHICLE. THE LARGEST AND MOST DANGEROUS ISSUE I HAVE HAD WITH MY VEHICLE IS THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKING UP WHILE TURNING. THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T START ON ONE OCCASION OR EVEN ATTEMPT...
INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FLICKERS. THEN RADIO GOES OUT. WARNINGS FOR STABLITRACK, CRUISE CONTROL AND ANTILOCK BRAKES. GAUGES GO DOWN. POWER STEERING GOES OUT AND CAR JERKS SUDDENLY. OCCURS REPEATEDLY WHEN THE CAR HAS BEEN OPERATING ABOUT AN HOUR WITH HIGHWAY SPEEDS AROUND 65MPH.
THE CAR TURN OFF ON IT SELF WHEN IM DRIVING, IT ALL READY HAPPEN 5 TIMES ON A ROW, I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MISSION CHEVROLET AT EL PASO TX, WHERE I BUY THE CAR AT BUT THE GUYS FROM SERVICE CAN'T FIND WHAT ITS WRONG WITH THE CAR, I ALREADY TALK WITH THE SUPERVISOR FROM SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND A GUY FROM GM SO WE CAN TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL. I ALREADY TOOK THE CAR TO GET FIX 8 TIMES AND THEY CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM.
WE JUST PURCHASED THIS CAR SATURDAY 28 MAY '16, AND DROVE IT OFF THE DEALER LOT AT 5:09PM. WITHIN 2 HOURS, WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY AT 60-75MPH, THE STEERING BEGAN TO CATCH & STICK IN PLACE. WE HAD TO JERK THE WHEEL RATHER FORCEFULLY TO GET IT TO CUT LOOSE & ALLOW US, A HUMAN, TO ONCE AGAIN GAIN CONTROL OF THE STEERING OF THIS CAR. THE NEXT DAY, WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY AGAIN, THE SAME THING, ONLY THIS TIME, THE WIND GUST BLEW SO HARD IT BLEW THE CAR INTO THE OTHER LANE! THANK GOD, THERE WAS NO ONE IN THAT LANE AT THAT MOMENT. THIS IS ALL DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE CAR'S COMPUTERIZED STEERING SYSTEM WOULD NOT ALLOW THE DRIVER TO CORRECT THE STEERING WHEN INCURRING WIND PRESSURE! YOU FOLKS AT NHTSA, AS WELL AS GM, KNOW THIS IS A PROBLEM & YET EVEN...
STEERING SEEMS TO GET STUCK IN STRAIGHT LINE HIGHWAY DRIVING AND WHEN TRYING TO TURN TO GO WITH CURVE OF THE ROAD YOU FEEL RESISTANCE AND THEN SUDDENLY GOES WAY MAKING YOU SWERVE FROM MIDDLE OF LANE TO OUTSIDE OF LANE SCARRING NOT ONLY YOU BUT OTHER DRIVERS AS WELL.
SINCE OWNING MY NEW 2015 CRUZE I HAVE HAD SEVERAL CONCERNS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED OF FIXED BY THE TECHNICIANS THE LIST IS: WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD MY RADIO SYSTEM HAS BLACKED OUT; SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED ITSELF; IT HAPPENS EVERY OTHER TIME I AM IN THE CAR, SOMETIME IT HAPPENS SEVERAL TIME ON A LONG DRIVE. I HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCE DRIFTING OF THE CAR WHEN TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY; WHEN I CORRECT THE DRIFT THE STEERING WHEEL IS STIFF AND CAUSES AN OVER CORRECTION PULLING ME THE OTHER DIRECTION. THE BIGGEST CONCERN I HAVE EXPERIENCE LATELY IS THE LOUD HIGH PITCHED NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD; THIS OCCURS AFTER I HAVE PARKED THE CAR AND REMOVED THE KEY; ONE TIME I COULD HEAR THE COOLANT LINES GURGLING. VERY SCARY NOT KNOWING WHAT IS GOING ON UNDER THERE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2015 CHEVROLET CRUZE. WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO TURN THE VEHICLE, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A TELEPHONE POLE. THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AND THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE ORIGIN OF THE FIRE WAS NOT DETERMINED. A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO THE CHEST. THE REAR PASSENGERS AND DRIVER SUSTAINED CONCUSSIONS TO THE HEAD. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS REQUIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
CRUZE ECO STEERING STICKS WHEN DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY AFTER A FEW SECONDS OF NO INPUT. THEN WHEN YOU TURN IT STICKS AND THEN JERKS A BIT WHEN IT FREES UP. THIS COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE WHEN ROADS ARE ICY OR IF THIS GETS WORSE. I AM CURRENTLY TRYING TO GET INFORMATION OR REPAIR FROM DEALER.
THIS COMPLAINT IS REGARDING 3 ISSUES SINCE MY VEHICLE PURCHASE MID APRIL OF THIS YEAR. THE VEHICLES MILEAGE AT PURCHASE WAS 7 MILES AND CURRENTLY HAS APPROX. 6100 MILES ON ODOMETER. THE 3 ISSUES ARE: #1) REGULARLY WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE AT APPROX. 45-50 MPH THERE IS A STEADY HUMMING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE THAT LAST ABOUT 30-45 SECONDS. #2) ALSO WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE IN TRAFFIC AND COASTING WITHOUT PRESSING GAS OR BRAKE GOING APPROX. 5-10MPH THE ENGINE WILL SHUTTER AND CAUSE THE CAR TO SHAKE. THE ENGINE FEELS LIKE ITS GOING TO STALL BUT I ALWAYS PRESS THE GAS PETAL SO IT CONTINUES DRIVING WITHOUT STALLING SINCE I'M ALWAYS ON THE FREEWAY WHEN IT OCCURS #3) INVOLVES THE SAME OR SIMILAR DRIVING ENVIRONMENT AS ISSUE #2. THIS ISSUE OCCURS WHILE COASTING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS UNLIKE ISSUE #2 WHERE THE CAUSE FEELS LIKE...
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Engine
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Electrical System
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Unknown Or Other
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Power Train
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Electronic Stability Control Esc
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Fuelpropulsion System
22 complaints
Air Bags
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Service Brakes
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Vehicle Speed Control
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Visibilitywiper
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Seat Belts
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Structurebody
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Engine And Engine Cooling
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Exterior Lighting
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Vehicle Speed Controlaccelerator Pedal
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Wheels
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Air Bagssidewindow
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Electrical System12v24v48v Batterycables
1 complaint
Engine And Engine Coolingcooling System
1 complaint
Engine And Engine Coolingexhaust Systememission Controlcatalytic Convertor
1 complaint
Forward Collision Avoidance Warnings
1 complaint
Service Brakes Hydraulicpedals And Linkages
1 complaint
Service Brakes Hydraulicpower Assist
1 complaint
Suspension
1 complaint
Visibilitypower Window Devices And Controls
1 complaint
Visibilitysunmoon Roof Assembly
1 complaint