2013 Chevrolet Cruze: excessive oil consumption

Filed Aug 29, 2026 · Acceleration, Engine · FL

I’d like to report this vehicle and its engine as I did not know I could before we have had this car since 2015 This engine has chronic repeated issues that Chevy would patch once under “special coverages” or “extended warranty” and it fails again and again but they only honor it 1 time even if it fails yet again due to bad engineering or design flaws. This car has had 3 water pumps 5 water outlets- I eventually had to buy an off market alternative to stop this from failing, 2 (about to be 3) valve covers because the PCV valve is a chronic failure on the system cause oil to bypass into the intake and feed back into the turbo but it’s built into the valve cover instead of a separate piece like other engines. This car with the 1.4 L turbo is not safe or reliable to be on the road. The cruise control will work 1 maybe 2 times in a drive cycle then refuse to work again with no rhyme or reason and they cannot find the issue. This car has left me stranded many of times and is not trust worthy to be sold to someone else and Chevy will not honor the fact it’s a failing engine. Could this be looked into I know I have had this car a long time it is just now at 120k miles all these problems started before 100k miles and are reoccurring.

Filed Nov 15, 2020 · Engine · 75,000 miles · AR

The exhaust manifold cooks the cylinder head gasket causing oil leaks and turbo failure before 75,000 miles. Overwhelming smell of burnt antifreeze coming from vents due to coolant leak right of the showroom floor. Ranked lowest possible reliability rating 40 of 40

Filed Aug 3, 2020 · Engine · 115,931 miles · MN

Car kept smelling like burning oil. The passenger compartment always smelled like burning oil. At one point, ryan almost fell asleep at the wheel after a drive to work in the winter because of the interior air quality. We brought it in and the turbo charger oil cooler pipes were leaking including the feed and the return.

Filed Feb 18, 2020 · Engine, Fuel system · 100,000 miles · NE

The intake manifold became cracked and I have researched it has been an issue for many chevy cruze bettween the years of 2011-2014. The vehicle has a increased air flow the results in a poor air to fuel mixtue inside the combustion chamber, also allows oil to blowby. The issue with the intake has caused increased oil consumption/ burning, resulted in a loss of power upon first take off from stop light. This issue has caused the computer to adjust the timing more than the manufacturer allowed limit which has resulted in a bent valve and bad timing

Filed Nov 15, 2019 · Acceleration, Fuel system · 150,000 miles · FL

The oils is leaking is this vehicle .. And how it was explained is that the oil is also leaking into the turbo .. Which is causing oil to basically be pushed out instead of air being brought in for the car to go the correct speed and the car is undriveable