As far as I am concerned, the ABS brakes on my 2012 2LT really suck, clunk like crazy if mother nature doesn't put an even coat of ice under both wheels at a stop sign. To get around this, downshift, and very slowly press on the pedal than quickly ease off so the darn front end doesn't rattle apart.
Not the first car with ABS, over 30 years worth, others would just buzz, mostly felt on the pedal, my dealer says, dey all do dis. Tend to agree with them, with mandatory ABS, sure cheapened them up. But not a problem at all on dry surfaces. You do not specify the conditions of your road, suppose to guess? Are you ABS being activated?
With front end clunks, extremely difficult to determine what and where behind the wheel, get a trusted driver and with run along side, not on a busy highway or road, and really helps to determine the source of the noise, can actually see the wheel move forwards and backwards with defective ball joints. Can also be defective control arm bushings. Really not very much to the Cruze's front suspension. With the 04 Cavalier, was defective upper strut bearings, but once in my hand, were really sloppy.
Another was a broken upper spring coil, really not enough to lower the vehicle. Troubleshooting should easy unless you have an idiot working on your car. Sure ran into a bunch of morons, idiots would be a compliment with defective rear disc calipers. Like ain't getting any codes, your calipers are fine kind of absolute idiotic statements. Other problems are loose tie rod ends, but can feel the slop in the steering, broken stabilizer links, eyes work for these.
Bushings should be sprayed with silicone, dey don't do dis with an oil change and advertised grease job, last much longer.
Typical brake problems are a low pedal or shimmy when coming to a stop. Cruze used these crazy pad cradles with steel clips, where rust builds up underneath binding the pads, can't release and warp the rotors.
May have to give you the same advice a GM rep gave me on this board, find another dealer, with me the third one was okay. But no problem after my warranty runs out, will do it myself.
My Chevy dealer wanted $$$$ for upper strut bearings, cost me 40 bucks and about two hours of slow easy work. And I am slow!
Not the first car with ABS, over 30 years worth, others would just buzz, mostly felt on the pedal, my dealer says, dey all do dis. Tend to agree with them, with mandatory ABS, sure cheapened them up. But not a problem at all on dry surfaces. You do not specify the conditions of your road, suppose to guess? Are you ABS being activated?
With front end clunks, extremely difficult to determine what and where behind the wheel, get a trusted driver and with run along side, not on a busy highway or road, and really helps to determine the source of the noise, can actually see the wheel move forwards and backwards with defective ball joints. Can also be defective control arm bushings. Really not very much to the Cruze's front suspension. With the 04 Cavalier, was defective upper strut bearings, but once in my hand, were really sloppy.
Another was a broken upper spring coil, really not enough to lower the vehicle. Troubleshooting should easy unless you have an idiot working on your car. Sure ran into a bunch of morons, idiots would be a compliment with defective rear disc calipers. Like ain't getting any codes, your calipers are fine kind of absolute idiotic statements. Other problems are loose tie rod ends, but can feel the slop in the steering, broken stabilizer links, eyes work for these.
Bushings should be sprayed with silicone, dey don't do dis with an oil change and advertised grease job, last much longer.
Typical brake problems are a low pedal or shimmy when coming to a stop. Cruze used these crazy pad cradles with steel clips, where rust builds up underneath binding the pads, can't release and warp the rotors.
May have to give you the same advice a GM rep gave me on this board, find another dealer, with me the third one was okay. But no problem after my warranty runs out, will do it myself.
My Chevy dealer wanted $$$$ for upper strut bearings, cost me 40 bucks and about two hours of slow easy work. And I am slow!
