Hope all goes well, and you are back up and running soon.
Low Coolant and leaking waterpump
Well fellow Cruze owners it has finally happened to me after 87,000 miles. A couple of days ago I parked my Cruze in the garage and when I pulled it out I noticed a small gathering of liquid on the pulley side of the engine on the garage floor. I took a white paper towel and wiped it up and noticed it was reddish pink in color. I immediately lifted my hood and noticed that my coolant reservoir was completely low and also that below the water pump pulley it is very wet. Looks like I will be going into the dealership for a new water pump. I am thankful that it is still under the powertrain warranty. I also have GM major guard so at least I am covered either way.
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That 's Nice ! Beats Busting Knuckles to Replace on your own .
Both of you make a solid point. I just refilled the reservoir because the waterpump is leaking slowly so I am still driving the car until I drop it off on Mon. Either I will drive my Suburban or I will drive my Mercury Grand Marquis while my Cruze is being fixed.
Mine went out at 78k miles the first time, and the second didn't make it 5k miles. Looks like we might want to preventatively replace the water pumps at 75k mile intervals, eh?
Hey there!Well fellow Cruze owners it has finally happened to me after 87,000 miles. A couple of days ago I parked my Cruze in the garage and when I pulled it out I noticed a small gathering of liquid on the pulley side of the engine on the garage floor. I took a white paper towel and wiped it up and noticed it was reddish pink in color. I immediately lifted my hood and noticed that my coolant reservoir was completely low and also that below the water pump pulley it is very wet. Looks like I will be going into the dealership for a new water pump. I am thankful that it is still under the powertrain warranty. I also have GM major guard so at least I am covered either way.
Very sorry for this. Please let me know if you need any additional assistance, or would like to share any feedback after your dealership visit. I would be happy to document your feedback.
Patsy G
Chevrolet Customer Care
Dropping the Cruze off tonight. Spoke with Pete Marino, a long time friend and service manager at Ingersoll Chevy and he said they just issued a recall for those water pumps. Anyway gonna be fixed up good as new by Thursday.
Please double check on the recall status. Your friend might be referring to the Notice about low coolant without a leak. If there really is a recall on the water pumps we definitely want to spread that information.Dropping the Cruze off tonight. Spoke with Pete Marino, a long time friend and service manager at Ingersoll Chevy and he said they just issued a recall for those water pumps. Anyway gonna be fixed up good as new by Thursday.
Thanks for the update. Be sure to let us all know how everything went on Thursday. We would be happy to help you further if needed.Dropping the Cruze off tonight. Spoke with Pete Marino, a long time friend and service manager at Ingersoll Chevy and he said they just issued a recall for those water pumps. Anyway gonna be fixed up good as new by Thursday.
Patsy G
Chevrolet Customer Care
My apologies to everyone. Its not a Recall. Its a TSB.Please double check on the recall status. Your friend might be referring to the Notice about low coolant without a leak. If there really is a recall on the water pumps we definitely want to spread that information.
Pete did also state that they have done quite a few water pumps as it seems to be a prevalent problem and was well known of.
Just a quick update here for everyone. I got my car back from the dealership yesterday and the water pump was leaking from the weep hole. All repaired and no charge and is good as new.
This is great news! Happy to hear that everything is repaired, and your Cruze is back on the road. Be sure to reach out to me at any point if assistance is needed. Always happy to help!Just a quick update here for everyone. I got my car back from the dealership yesterday and the water pump was leaking from the weep hole. All repaired and no charge and is good as new.
Patsy G
Chevrolet Customer Care
As of right now so far so good! Operating temperature is back to normal and all is good.
My water pump is bad and I think it might have caused other issues to my car
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