First I want to show my appreciation for this forum. I've been utilizing cruzetalk over the years for previous issues, but this time I needed to actually register an account, so I can ask for help.
About 2 months ago, the CEL came on in my 2016 Limited LS (1.8L) and before I could go get it read, it went off on its own. I figured whatever the issue was, had resolved itself. This happened for a 2nd time about 2 weeks later, but it again went off on its own. At that time I didn't notice anything going on. Fast forward to about a week ago, and the CEL came back on and stayed on. Had it scanned at autozone and was told it wasn't showing any codes, something along the lines of no known solutions. Was advised to take a look at general maintenance things (oil change, air filter, fluids, spark plugs, etc). I'm right around 85,000 miles and was due for a oil change so I had that done. Checked the coolant, which I was already expecting to be little low and topped it off. We have some long cold winters here in Buffalo, so that wasn't out of the ordinary.
The next morning I noticed the idle was jumping around a bit while at stopped at a light. While sitting in park on my break at work, it sputtered as if it were running out of gas and stalled out, after only being on for a minute or two. It turned over a little rough but did start back up right away. On my way home that night, at the first light it tried to do this again, but I switched into neutral and was able to keep it from stalling. Over the past week this has happened intermittently, but only when the engine is cold.
A buddy recommended changing the air filter and running some Lukus with my gas. Had autozone scan it again while I was there and this time it read CEL codes : P0300, P0011, P0171, P0496
"Most likely solution" replace MAF sensor.
After a few hours of reading through past posts, I saw that this seems to be another of the unfortunate common issues we face as cruze owners. I know that there is a bunch of things I can troubleshoot/replace that could help resolve the issue, I just don't know where to start.
I plan on running that Lukus with a fresh tank of gas later tonight and bought that air filter which I'll probably change tomorrow. I figured before I did that, it would be smart to post here for advice on what my next steps should be. I'm pretty new to working on my car myself, but I have been more than capable of handling the few DIY projects I have tried.
The last thing I want to do is hand it over to a shop and be charged money I don't have, to do things I could have done myself. I plan on getting a OBD scanner this week, because I know that is going to be pretty much necessary to figure out what exactly is going on. Can someone recommend a good one to buy?
If anyone can please help me figure out where to start, I would be forever grateful!
About 2 months ago, the CEL came on in my 2016 Limited LS (1.8L) and before I could go get it read, it went off on its own. I figured whatever the issue was, had resolved itself. This happened for a 2nd time about 2 weeks later, but it again went off on its own. At that time I didn't notice anything going on. Fast forward to about a week ago, and the CEL came back on and stayed on. Had it scanned at autozone and was told it wasn't showing any codes, something along the lines of no known solutions. Was advised to take a look at general maintenance things (oil change, air filter, fluids, spark plugs, etc). I'm right around 85,000 miles and was due for a oil change so I had that done. Checked the coolant, which I was already expecting to be little low and topped it off. We have some long cold winters here in Buffalo, so that wasn't out of the ordinary.
The next morning I noticed the idle was jumping around a bit while at stopped at a light. While sitting in park on my break at work, it sputtered as if it were running out of gas and stalled out, after only being on for a minute or two. It turned over a little rough but did start back up right away. On my way home that night, at the first light it tried to do this again, but I switched into neutral and was able to keep it from stalling. Over the past week this has happened intermittently, but only when the engine is cold.
A buddy recommended changing the air filter and running some Lukus with my gas. Had autozone scan it again while I was there and this time it read CEL codes : P0300, P0011, P0171, P0496
"Most likely solution" replace MAF sensor.
After a few hours of reading through past posts, I saw that this seems to be another of the unfortunate common issues we face as cruze owners. I know that there is a bunch of things I can troubleshoot/replace that could help resolve the issue, I just don't know where to start.
I plan on running that Lukus with a fresh tank of gas later tonight and bought that air filter which I'll probably change tomorrow. I figured before I did that, it would be smart to post here for advice on what my next steps should be. I'm pretty new to working on my car myself, but I have been more than capable of handling the few DIY projects I have tried.
The last thing I want to do is hand it over to a shop and be charged money I don't have, to do things I could have done myself. I plan on getting a OBD scanner this week, because I know that is going to be pretty much necessary to figure out what exactly is going on. Can someone recommend a good one to buy?
If anyone can please help me figure out where to start, I would be forever grateful!
