At least once a week, my chevy cruze 2016 engine shuts off completely while idle at a stop sign of red light. I have auto shut off and when the auto shut off is in play it never cuts back on when taking my foot off the brake. I have to put my car into park and restart the engine.
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Car stalled while making a left turn in traffic- a very dangerous situation.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 chevrolet cruze. While driving the vehicle, the "start, stop" feature was activated when the contact approached a red light. When the accelerator pedal was applied while making a right turn, the vehicle lost power and was almost struck by another vehicle from the rear. The failure recurred multiple times. The dealer was notified, but the vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 1,400.
Received first inspection, leaving the dealer, the car smelled of possibly a burning or something unknown. I did not assume this wasn't normal as they had to check several things for the inspection. I had to drive vehicle with open windows for a few days. But I thought that perhaps while checking the oil they may have gotten some on the engine or something. A few days later, the car was making a clank sound when drive gear engaged from full stop. 11 days later, started the car and it had revved over 4000 RPM. Stopped itself within several seconds. Foot was still on the brake. Drove 5 miles, stopped and parked vehicle. Returning home, on a highway, my car suddenly went over 4000 RPM again while not accelerating excessively, flat and straight roadway, overcast day, mid afternoon. Was doing @54 miles MPH. At the high rev, the car had stopped its momentum and was slowing down, but the RPM did not. The car went through several gears then oriented itself many seconds later. Recovery speed was 42 MPH. Immediately called the dealer and scheduled a drop off. Has @10,000 miles on it. Mostly highway driving, a few days a week. Otherwise it is parked. My fear was failure to continue momentum resulting in another vehicle colliding with mine and the inability to take any steps to prevent that from occurring due to loss of mobility and control of acceleration.
As I was driving about 35 on a city street, everything seemed like just any other day. But it was far from it. I started to smell a funny plastic/rubber like smell coming from the front of my car. So immediately pulled over to check what was going on. It is key to note that I also checked my engine temperature, speculating that maybe I forgot to top off the coolant or something, but the temperature was perfect. I stopped the car, popped the hood, and saw what was to my shock just insane... A 3 foot flame that was burning up my whole engine compartment. I did not even try to put the flame out with any means because the flame was located too close to the fuel injectors and I was not confident enough to risk it and try to put out the flame. I called 911 and in several minutes, to my luck, they were there and put the flame out before the car blew up. However, the whole front of the car and some of front interior is basically melted and the car is not useful for anything anymore. This was a spontaneous flame that happened while driving normally at about 35 MPH on a 70 degree day. What happened? I do not know... But what I do know is that cars are not supposed to put their drivers and passengers at risk of dying just because a person wants to peacefully drive down to point b from point a. Please look into this, whoever will be doing so. This kind of car manufacturing is unacceptable!
Vehicle proved to be spontaneously combustive thus the car burned up in a fire due to electrical harness catching fire as stated fire fire department fire inspector. No signs showed any imminent danger, the driver of the vehicle barely escaped before car went up in flames. The vehicle was in motion being driven on a city street.
Tl* the contact owned a 2016 chevrolet cruze. While driving approximately 35 MPH, the check power steering warning light illuminated. When attempting to stop the vehicle, the brakes were inoperable. After coasting to the side of the road, black smoke was present coming from the window vents. While attempting to exit the vehicle, the doors would not immediately unlock. The contact was able to exit the vehicle and witnessed flames under the hood of the vehicle. The fire department was called to the scene and extinguished the fire. The vehicle was destroyed. The cause of the fire was not determined. There were no injuries. The manufacturer was notified. The failure mileage was 10,000. Updated 10/18/16*lj the consumer stated a police report was filed. Updated 10/19/16.
Check engine light came on with my 2016 chevy cruze with less than 1300 miles onit. Dealership cant get me in until late next week!!! Why is this on already!!
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