I got my cruze just over a year ago, it was used with 32,000 kms on it so for all intensive puropses pretty much brand new. Before I owned this car I had a vw jetta turbo diesel which was terribly unreliable and a 2006 Chevy aveo which was bullet proof. Nothing on that Aveo broke that wasnt a direct result of something I did to the car up until it died in a ditch at 230,000km's. I figured I had a chevy before that was awesome but everyone else said it was unreliable so why not get a cruze, hoping it would be just as reliable. I am starting to regret that decsion.
When I bought the car, first thing I noticed was coolant smell problem, heavy smell, unclerable moistured and a reddish haze on the whindshield. Had to take it to the dealer 3 times, once the water pump was leaking, next was a "leaking" heater core and finally they re routed the expansion tank vent to under the car and upgraded the hood seals. So now the moisture was gone and over time most of the smell was gone, if the heat was on max and I had it on defrost and floor I could still smell coolant so back to the dealer it went again. They told me it was the heater core again, which is false cause I have actually had a leaking heater core and it did much more then just smell a bit under very specific conditions. I had brought up the TSB about the grease which had ethylene glycol in it but I imagine that the dealer didnt want to deal with such a huge job. Shortly after I turned over the 60K warranty so thats all over.
In the past 9K I have had the bearings in the blower motor go on me, it just starts to tick when turned on. I have removed the cabin filter and the motor itself to check for something stuck in the squrill cage but it is all clear. I also walked out to my car and the passenger side signal marker was just hanging out of the bumper, the plastic retaining clip just broke. There was no shock to the car, no accident no nothing it just broke sitting there, how crappy do you have to make parts to have it break doing nothing?
I think the thing that bugs me the most is GM's fix for the inital coolant smell. I have never owned a car nor has anyone I know of that just vented coolant from the expansion tank under normal operation and GM didnt actually fix anything either they just moved it. On a new car I should not have to check my **** coolant level and carry around extra coolant like I would on an older car nor should I have to smell it on the outside of the car. If I smell coolant it should be because there is something wrong with the car like a leak not just an everyday "normal" thing.
After dealing with my car, although some of it might be small things and reading other major issues people have had with their cruze's I dont think the car has the ability to last as long as I want it too while remaing reliable. Am I prehaps a bit mistaken or is there anyone here in the same boat as myself. I plan on having my car paid off by the end of this year and I am trying to decide if I should keep it or not.
When I bought the car, first thing I noticed was coolant smell problem, heavy smell, unclerable moistured and a reddish haze on the whindshield. Had to take it to the dealer 3 times, once the water pump was leaking, next was a "leaking" heater core and finally they re routed the expansion tank vent to under the car and upgraded the hood seals. So now the moisture was gone and over time most of the smell was gone, if the heat was on max and I had it on defrost and floor I could still smell coolant so back to the dealer it went again. They told me it was the heater core again, which is false cause I have actually had a leaking heater core and it did much more then just smell a bit under very specific conditions. I had brought up the TSB about the grease which had ethylene glycol in it but I imagine that the dealer didnt want to deal with such a huge job. Shortly after I turned over the 60K warranty so thats all over.
In the past 9K I have had the bearings in the blower motor go on me, it just starts to tick when turned on. I have removed the cabin filter and the motor itself to check for something stuck in the squrill cage but it is all clear. I also walked out to my car and the passenger side signal marker was just hanging out of the bumper, the plastic retaining clip just broke. There was no shock to the car, no accident no nothing it just broke sitting there, how crappy do you have to make parts to have it break doing nothing?
I think the thing that bugs me the most is GM's fix for the inital coolant smell. I have never owned a car nor has anyone I know of that just vented coolant from the expansion tank under normal operation and GM didnt actually fix anything either they just moved it. On a new car I should not have to check my **** coolant level and carry around extra coolant like I would on an older car nor should I have to smell it on the outside of the car. If I smell coolant it should be because there is something wrong with the car like a leak not just an everyday "normal" thing.
After dealing with my car, although some of it might be small things and reading other major issues people have had with their cruze's I dont think the car has the ability to last as long as I want it too while remaing reliable. Am I prehaps a bit mistaken or is there anyone here in the same boat as myself. I plan on having my car paid off by the end of this year and I am trying to decide if I should keep it or not.
