2011 Chevrolet Cruze: won't start

Filed Jan 30, 2025 · Transmission · NC

Vehicle does not shift gears, jumpy, sluggish, disengages then jerks back into gear. Hazard when trying to pickup speed to accelerate into highway traffic. Does not engage in reverse gear at times, have to turn vehicle off, wait a few minutes then turn vehicle back on for reverse gear to engage. Sometimes when vehicle is in park, vehicle will not start, have to fidget with gear and key, sometimes for several minutes before it will register in park and allow you to start the vehicle. When on highway transmission will jolt and jerk making you think you have lost your transmission on the roadway. This is a major hazard for my daughter who drives this vehicle to college. I am aware of a lift plate that can be installed to fix this problem that has existed in all 2011 Chevy Cruze s since they were manufactured. the federal safety agency Bulletin issued Oct. 10, 2024 the federal safety agency ID#11010651 Manufacture Communication #24-NA-223 Bulletin to all technicians for an alternative procedure for a lift plate that can be installed into the transmission to correct this problem. This needs to be a nationwide issued RECALL because of the endangerment people are being put in while driving these unsafe Chevy Cruze with faulty transmission issues.

Filed Jul 28, 2022 · Brakes, Electrical · GA

Last month the car started ti show me this errors Stabili Trak Control and Traction Service Control, I keep getting them driving on the highway, every road I drive, the steering wheal just becomes stiff and its hard to maneuver , the Air Condition turns off itself and the car has a big vibration , like there is an earthquake outside, I have been calling General Motors to tell them about the problem but they are telling me there is nothing they can do. There are times when I get in the car trying to get to work and the car won't start, the car would show me the errors and would not clear for hours, it's a nightmare.

Filed Jun 23, 2022 · Transmission · KY

Gear shift stuck in park will not start. Has power.

Filed Mar 7, 2020 · Fuel system · MI

Every time I put gas in my car check engine light, car stalls and wont start back up. I put gas in and either later that day or the next, I'm driving and it starts to stutter and I it's hard to accelerate. It begins to shake lightly and the it shuts down. In the past three months, I have spent over $1500 trying to diagnose and fix the problem. I have run out of tows from my insurance and am now paying out of pocket. There should be a recall on this issue, too many people are having the same issue.

Filed May 2, 2019 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 150,000 miles · KY · fire

Me and my kids were driving down the highway when my 2011 chevy cruise just lost power and my engine stopped working... It will not start up at all. Mechanic cant figure out why. I've got tons of sensors going out everytime I turn around and I am a mother of a disabled son. We were on at parkway going 65 to 60 MPH. It could have been very bad. It happened ed in madison ville ky

Filed Feb 13, 2019 · Transmission · 91,000 miles · GA

I drove my 2011 chevrolet cruze to work without issue. Upon leaving I started my my vehicle, put it in reverse and backed out of my parking spot but it would not drive forward. I had the vehicle towed to my home. The next day it would not start up entirely.

Filed Jun 21, 2017 · 80,000 miles · NY

I just purchased this car, used. I went to start it, it worked perfectly fine. I went to start it again later in the evening ( 7 hours only from when I bought it ) and it would not start, lights worked but it would not start. Eventually whatever is wrong with it began to get it worse and now it won't start, and nothing will work. The key is also stuck in the ignition. Again, only had this car less than 12 hours. The vehicle was stationary.

Filed Nov 17, 2016 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 94,724 miles · MD

This vehicle safety complaint is in regards to my 2011 chevrolet cruze lt, which was serviced at ourisman chevrolet of bowie, a general motors (gm) authorized dealer, for the repair of my vehicle. I incurred charges for unwarranted maintenance repairs on the following dates september 26-october 5, 2016 ($134.95 and $139.07 (cost for a new battery)), april 26, 2016 (warranty covered repairs), april 11, 2016 ($590.92), and april 14, 2015 ($382.14) that never addressed the safety complaints I made, all of which were handled by service advisor buddy reio. On these dates, I took my vehicle to be serviced for experiencing hazardous issues with its electrical systems and reduced engine acceleration while I was driving between 40-55 miles per hour. Without warning, my vehicle's speed would decelerate (both on the highway and residential roads) and my car doors would begin to lock and unlock uncontrollably with error messages 'service stabilitrac,' 'service parking assist,' and 'service airbag' displaying on my dashboard. After about 30 seconds of this condition, my car would resume normal functioning. I incurred $1,247.08 in unwarranted repairs for my vehicle, which was never properly diagnosed, leading to my vehicle shutting down while I was driving it on october 22, 2016. On october 22, 2016 at 3:20 p.m., while driving on a busy thoroughfare, my car decelerated and error messages displaying 'service stabilitrac,' 'service parking assist,' and 'service airbag' showed. After approximately 30 seconds, the car began to shut down and I managed to steer it out of the way of oncoming traffic. I immediately contacted chevrolet's roadside service and informed the representatives that my engine would not start and I was stuck on the side of the road.

Filed Aug 4, 2016 · Acceleration, Engine · 90,000 miles · GA

Transmission jerks extremely hard. When air is on car fails to accelerate at all. Idles on its own, jumps gears always. Fuel system is bad, it chokes constantly and wont start some days. It vibrates extremely hard and I had it serviced 1 month ago for shaft case. This is the worst car ever!!!!!!! Its a danger to drive it wont pick up speed and when the air is on it wont move at all. If still at a light, it will jerk extremely hard to where it jerks me. When in park it idles itself. If I'm entering onto the highway it wont pick up speed even if the air is not on. When I reverse and go back to park it jerks extremely hard. I hate this car!!! Sometimes it doesn't want to stop.

Filed Jul 20, 2016 · Engine · 100,115 miles · VA

I bought my car march 2015 and I have had nothing but problems since I got it. I still owe $ 8000.00 on it and the gm company told me my motor is blowed. My father is a mechanic and took a look and said he believes my car jumped time because my water pump quit. Morgan mcclure told me they would fix it but it will cost me 3500 dollars. I think all these cars need to be taken off road and everyone who has had issues should get placed in another car.. I am paying a total of 17,000 for my car and its not even drivable. I will never by another cruze and I will let everyone know the issues so they don't buy one earthier. Ive been ripped off with this car since the day I bought it . This is exactly what happened to my car.. I drove my car to work with no issues. When I got off work I crank my car and drove it to morgan mcclure to get a reservoir cap for my car because it wouldn't tighten down like it was stripped. I cut my car off went in to morgan mcclure and bought cap. Put it on and my car wouldn't crank back. They looked at car and charged me $35.00 for looking at it for 2 seconds to tell me it has no compression and my motor is blowed. They told me they can fix it but I need a new or used motor and it will cost $3500.00.

Filed Jun 3, 2015 · 7,000 miles · PA

After buying my brand new 2011 chevrolet cruse ls stick shift model on august 10, 2011, some time passed. Then, I noticed a minor problem. And I am stressing minor, because this car now has 40 thousand miles on it and is still a great car, but still has the exact same issue as follows: when I turn the key the first time to try to start the vehicle, it makes a noise but the engine does not start. Then, always, on the second try it fires right up! I notice this more often when the car has been driven, and is still warm(engine). Now with 40 thousand miles on the vehicle, it is a little easing to my mind knowing that this may not progress into something of a bigger problem. At least I hope not. Another couple of problems I must note is as follows, but have not proven to be of any concern whatsoever: at times there is a grinding noise coming from, perhaps the engine??) when the car is idle, and in neutral, at say, a red light or at a drive through window. Does not occur all the time, but a lot of the time. Thirdly, the key broke off when I tried to pull my keys out of the ignition one time. The dealer was very supportive on this issue and fixed my keys promptly and effectively. However, I have mentioned the starting(minor as it seems) issue to my dealer while the vehicle was still under warranty. They, as I likely expected, told me there were no codes or anything unusual they could find that may lead to this issue.thus far I rate my cruze a solid 9 out of 10! I enjoy driving my vehicle and it gets great gas mileage and drives more like a top of the line vehicle. I always feel safe when driving it. Chevy did a nice job with its cruze. (interior and exterior). I love the power from the 1.8 4. The stick shift nicely shifts and provides the car with more power. I am glad I don't have the automatic. Hope I assisted you with anything that may be able to be addressed. Thank you.

Filed Apr 22, 2015 · Driver assistance · OR

The cars stability track indicator, anti-theft and several other dash lights including check engine light comes on and the car will not start or allow me to remove the key. I have had this happen on several occasions fortunately not when I am driving however many times while I have been driving the car the cars electrical system will reset and the cars power seems to lug down and feels like it is dragging or braking. Removing battery and replacing helped it once. I also notice the rear lights will stay when the car is in park unless I start the car move it 2 or 3' and put it back into park again.