[Chevy Customer Care]

I have noticed that there is cold air blowing out the vents when it is warmer outside. The frist time was about a month or so ago and it got 87 degs out. I was driving on the interstate with a light jacket on and noticed that I wasn't getting hot. Felt the vent and there was really cold air blowing out of it. I had the fan speed on low and turned it to high and the air got warm fast. I then turned the ac on and then it got cold. I noticed that my MPG gauge really dropped so I turned it off again. The air got warm so I turned the fan speed to low and the air was warm coming out the vent. About 10 miles later I checked the vents and very cold air again. This leads me to believe that my AC clutch is draging. I have noticed on the foggy mornings that the water is condensing on the outside of the windshield also when the vent is on. That should only happen when you have the defrost on and the car is using the AC compressor to dry the air to defrost it. Wondering if anyone has noticed that also. I have averaged 40 MPG so far but wondering what it would be with out the clutch dragging and killing my mileage.

albow77,
I would like to apologize for the issues that you have been experiencing with your vehicle. I would suggest that you take your vehicle into your dealership. If you would like me to contact your local dealership please send me a PM with your name, phone number, VIN and the name of your dealership. I would be happy to assist you with this. Either way, please keep me posted on this issue. If you have any further questions please feel free to contact me.
Thank you,
Stacy Chevrolet Customer Service

 

[Chevy Customer Care]

I've owned my Cruze for 3 weeks now. Read this post last night.

Drive home today, I had the climate control set to manual, had the temp set to LO and the fans all the way up. It was 69* outside. All of a sudden it got COLD. Then it would go away, then back on again, over and over. Long story short, it seemed the a/c would kick on for about 30 seconds, then off again. "Auto" was off, "A/C" was off, "AQS" was off.

I turned the fans all the way up, they would blow normal outside air for a couple minutes, then get freezing cold, then the fans would idle almost completely off....then they would jump back to high again at normal temperature???

NOT happy. New car and I just started working (6) 12's :/

Mine is a 2012 LTZ with autoclimate. When I turned it to auto, the fans idled down (because it was freezing inside) and stayed normal.

Forgot to mention this whole time while in manual mode, I continued to play with the temperature settings, but made no difference.

MetallicaMatt,
I would like to apologize for the issue that you are experiencing with your Cruze. I would suggest that you take your vehicle into your local dealership and have them look into this for you. Please keep me posted on your progress with your dealer. If you have any other questions, comments or concerns please feel free to contact me.
Thank you,
Stacy Chevrolet Customer Service