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Intermittent coolant leak?

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My son is driving our 2015 Cruze with 118K miles back and forth from Kansas City to Lincoln Nebraska. On his way back to Kansas he had the "turn off AC message" come on going up and down some hills. The temp gauge went slightly above the middle. At home he took the car to work and noticed the heat was working, then not working. He's not mechanical (is an electrical engineer but never worked on cars). I explained to him how to check and add anti freeze, which he did and it helped. Because we saw a puddle under the front of the car when he was adding coolant, we both figured it had a leak that needed attention soon. So he drove the car all the way back home last night, some 250 miles and this morning I looked at it and I see nothing! Nothing on the ground as far as a leak and the coolant reservoir is full! I'll look at it again but I hate problems where you want to fix something but it's not apparent where it's broke. Wondering if anyone else has had this problem or any insight. As a side note I had at least two issues with my 2005 Trailblazer that's been a really good vehicle and both issues seemed to magically go away and I've not had them happen in years and it has 265K miles on it now. So I do realize that some problems can indeed come and go. I'm thinking about taking the car to the dealership for it's first 4 wheel alignment anyway so maybe I could just let them take a look at it I figure.... Maybe they could do one of those fluorescent dye checks and put the system under pressure.
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my 2014 has always used coolant. I fixed the inlet housing and bypass hoses. But it still uses coolant with no puddles. The pressure tank is a good place to start. I also noticed someone had an over heating issue, when I experienced this it was not showing on the gauge but the thermostat was actually stuck open triggering the AC code and over heat massage because it took to long to get warmed up -GM wants you to bring it to the shop for the simple repairs so they have that message for hot of cold coolant temperatures. I would look at the temperature senor if it shows on the gauge. Good luck on the coolant leak but the dealer will replace part even if it is not the real problem. I would look at the tank and the plastic inlet to the engine. The plastic assembly is about 90 dollars two years ago, tank I do not know, the bypass hose was $45 dollar also two years ago. I keep coolant in my trunk with this car.
best of luck.
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Champagne jam, thanks - that is cheaper the the plastic from the dealer plus it comes with the bypass hose. I am going to get one just to put in the trunk. Last time mine went I was at a stop light and the steam just started rolling out of my hood, i parked it real quick and less than 45 minutes I had it replaced but I had no coolant in the trunk, I had to take a hike for that and found a 7/11 for over priced coolant. That a great deal. I got 133500 on mine right now but I was traveling 160 round trip for work a year ago for work. Less startups and stops. I know there an metal one someone on here found also but it was in the 190 dollar area no hoses with but the aluminum is a like material with the engine, the heat and expansion should be about the same.
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