2013 Chevrolet Cruze: grinding or squealing brakes

Filed Oct 2, 2018 · Engine · 38,000 miles · CA

Vehicle dormant water inlet, dormant water outlet and reservoir hose are all faulty. Car will leak coolant due to all three issues. This cause the vehicle to overheatand begin to slow on its own with no regard for location or the driver. I.e. Slowing on the highway placing the driver at risk. The dormant water outlet is made of two plastic moldings that are bonded or pressed together leaving a seem where hoses connect these seems are week and seem to be the main source of peoples issue including mine. Along with the coolant issue the valve cover purge valve is faulty also causing exhaust to not exit the engine under certain psi causes squeaking and poor throttle response also will eventually cause the pcv itself to fault or break.this issue may be the source of the car pulling while stoped at a red light causing the vehicle to jerk forward and possibly misfiring the engine pistons. Vehicle is not worth the value paid for. All issue seem to arise after 36000 miles and after 5 years which means these manufacturer defects are not covered by the warranty. There are more issues associated with this year, make and model. I am sure I will be back here reporting more issues. Any help is appreciated because it seems that all chevy wants is my money at this point.

Filed May 3, 2018 · Driver assistance, Engine · 143,000 miles · CA

The vehicle has been going to anti theft mode and took it in they found coolant reservoir leaking thermostat leaking along with the drive belt has coolant on it causing it to squeak according to chevrolet car seems like when I'm driving it it feels like its moving fwd on it's on when I have my foot on brake at a complete stop. My car is at 143,000 miles on it

Filed Nov 4, 2015 · Brakes · 19,870 miles · AL

We bought this car brand new off the lot and the brakes have squealed since we bought the vehicle feb 2014. We have taken it in several times and they can't find anything wrong, they say it's the type of brakes and sometimes they do squeal especially if humid or wet. Now yesterday someone slammed on their brakes in front of me. Luckily I was far enough back (about 4 car links) that I didn't hit them. When I slammed on my brakes, the pedal went to the floor and nothing happened! I let up and tried again and got some brake, but still not like it should. I could not get the problem to duplicate, when I tried, the brakes worked fine. I was driving on dry pavement on a highway at 45 MPH, there was no reason for this to happen. The car has 19870 miles on it. This issue could have killed me and left 4 children with no mother! I see tons of issues for this from 2011-2014 cruze vehicles, when is chevy and gm going to do something about this instead of hiding under a rock and calling us all liars?! Someone is going to be killed!

Filed Jun 21, 2015 · Transmission · 5,000 miles · CA

Even with the clutch fully depressed, there is often grinding between gears, especially in 1st to 2nd gear. I've been experiencing this since at least around 5k miles and have told chevy about it since then. They refused to inspect it. Also sometimes when driving on the highway up a hill in 4th, 5th, or 6th gear I will smell the clutch. Finally at 65k miles while drving on the freeway without my foot on the clutch, driving a smooth 65 MPH for about 20 minutes, started smelling the clutch, then the clutch stopped working and would push to the floor and I couldn't change gears. The dealership said the clutch melted because I was riding the clutch. I can't believe they blamed it on me. I wasn't even using the clutch. It has always had problems since I bought the car brand new and nobody would listen to me.

Filed Mar 16, 2015 · Suspension, Tires · IN

Vehicle began with squeaking noise as I drove home and when having it checked out, I was told I needed new struts and the tires had worn out due to struts. The vehicle is a 2013 chevrolet cruze lt with good driving and 37,000-40,000 highway miles. Never had struts wear out on a vehicle this early.

Filed May 13, 2014 · Transmission · 9,000 miles · NY

Stepped on gas pedal to accelerate, heard clicking and grinding noise, engine rived up and no forward movement. Stopped vehicle, put it in park, vehicle still moved, had to apply emergency brake to secure vehicle. Front half axle shaft is broken. Cruze is at the dealership I purchased it from. As of today, this will be going on the fourth week without my own vehicle. Gm customer service cannot help me, they keep telling me to talk to the dealership. The dealership can not get any time frame on repairs and the local gm rep will not contact me .I never did get a recall notice. It seems like no one at gm wants to make a decision on how to handle this situation. I have requested to start a by back on the vehicle because I have lost faith in this vehicle and gm products. As of today 5/13/2014 I have had no help in resolving this situation.

Filed May 2, 2014 · Transmission · 11,900 miles · WI

I was at a very busy four way stop intersection, when I accelerated from the stop sign, I heard a grinding sound and had no power in drive or reverse. I put the car in park and still continued to roll backwards. I had a very long line of cars in back of me as it was 8:00 in the morning rush hour. I had no control and had to try to push the car (by myself) to the side of the road. I was horrified as this happened with my brand new car. I had to wait over an hour for a tow truck to take the car to the dealer. The dealer called me later that day to say that my right front axel is broken and that there was a recall on this car. The dealer then explained that there are no parts available to fix this problem and I could be in a rental for more than a month. I am extremely upset that I was not notified of this recall and had been driving this car with my two children in it while gm knew about this for months. How is this safe? I can't put into words how mad I am that gm put my family in this car with this safety issue. I'm glad that my kids were not with me when this happened, but my fears are that this could have happened on the highway with them in the back seat. I am contacting gm, but I won't stop until this is resolved. I am telling everyone I know and social media about the cruze recall and that it isn't safe to drive.

Filed May 28, 2013 · Brakes · 7,000 miles · NJ

I have several incidents that have had occurred in a brand new 2013 chevy cruze with 7000 when the first incident occurred.. 1) the brake pedal travels too far before the brakes engage. 2) I was backing out of my driveway and had no brakes. I pushed the pedal to the floor and the breaks didn??t respond. The car kept rolling. I feel that this is an extremely serious safety issue. I took it to the service department 3 times for them to fix it. I had to use a loan car for 5 days, and when I brought it seemed like they wouldn't believed what I was saying. Apparently the problems was fixed, but a month and a half after 3) at various speeds, a loud squeaking noise was emitted from the vehicle when engaging the brake pedal. The technician duplicated the problem; however, he was unable to provide a remedy repair. The manufacturer was notified of the defect and hasn't solved the issue. After 6 days of having a loan car the problem was not solve. Neither the managers or chevrolet the company have help me solving the problem. I think chevrolet is hiding the fact there is an issue. I see a lot of other people complain about the brakes on cruzetalk.com. I am student and full time worker and travel in parkways all the time and I don??t fell safe driving the car anymore. After bringing my car back 4 times already and leaving it there for few days I asked the dealer and the company to give me my money back on the car. It seems like if they don't want to deal with the problem and don't care about customers safety. Please help me!

Filed May 2, 2013 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · 660 miles · NY

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 gotten worse.