What did you do TO your Cruze today?

Had trans fluid changed out.
Replaced fuel injectors.
Considered trading it in on a '19.

So that’s why sometimes I have issues locking my car... led interference. Now I know!

Thebigzeus said:

So that’s why sometimes I have issues locking my car... led interference. Now I know!

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Yup! It was weird as hell, and unexpected, but wasn't annoying enough to remove the lights I had just put in. With the dome lights starting to occasionally flicker and the map lights presumably not working at the time, it was an easy decision to get some DD ones. No more pressing the keyfob ten times to get the second "unlock" after the first press.

Put on some 500km / 8hrs touring around the country.

Daughter and I traded cars back now that the trans and injectors are done. She says its running great. Called me today that she's hesitant about going out in the snow. I told her the car will do the job no problem, but to use her head, go slow, leave more room and be safe. Heard from her later that, indeed, the car goes thru snow without problems.

thebac said:

Daughter and I traded cars back now that the trans and injectors are done. She says its running great. Called me today that she's hesitant about going out in the snow. I told her the car will do the job no problem, but to use her head, go slow, leave more room and be safe. Heard from her later that, indeed, the car goes thru snow without problems.

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With good tires it's surprisingly capable. My brother actually got to drive mine in a snowstorm before I did. He was shocked when I told him it was not all wheel drive. He said it handled the snow as well as his Forester.

Yep. I swear by Michelin and Bridgestone snows.

thebac said:

Yep. I swear by Michelin and Bridgestone snows.

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The General Altimax Arctics are another great choice - and they're dirt cheap. They're loud and they're squishy, but god ****, they are unstoppable. The Xi3s we run on the Cruze and the Volt are much more refined, but they can't hold a candle to the Arctics for deep snow capability.

And then there are Nokians, which are, by far, the best - but you certainly pay for it. It's my understanding that the Arctics use the previous-gen Nokian molds, so you're getting that kind of tread pattern at a much lower price.

Blizzaks!!

Spent my stimulus $ to order a set of Blizzacks installed on steel rims delivered to me for my 18 hatchback. Soon will be needing to make daily trips of 140 miles to radiation treatments for my wife. We've already had to stay away overnight for a snow and ice storm after her first chemo treatment.

NHIA said:

Spent my stimulus $ to order a set of Blizzacks installed on steel rims delivered to me for my 18 hatchback. Soon will be needing to make daily trips of 140 miles to radiation treatments for my wife. We've already had to stay away overnight for a snow and ice storm after her first chemo treatment.

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I was gonna hit the "like" button, but then I saw your wife's issue. Sorry to hear about that. Hope all goes well. At least for sure the car will

Put on some 1800km the last two days touring around the province. 1k km in my stabilitrak shut off on me when I down shifted and spun the wheels easing into wot at 120km/hr.

NHIA said:

Spent my stimulus $ to order a set of Blizzacks installed on steel rims delivered to me for my 18 hatchback. Soon will be needing to make daily trips of 140 miles to radiation treatments for my wife. We've already had to stay away overnight for a snow and ice storm after her first chemo treatment.

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Well Shoot. In preparation for the new tires I'd already jacked up the back end and removed the two rear wheels. The new tires arrived and I set out to install them. But, the lug nuts listed on the packing slip were missing. So now I have to wait a couple of days for a new supply of lug nuts to arrive as the factory lug nuts won't work with the new rims.

NHIA said:

Well Shoot. In preparation for the new tires I'd already jacked up the back end and removed the two rear wheels. The new tires arrived and I set out to install them. But, the lug nuts listed on the packing slip were missing. So now I have to wait a couple of days for a new supply of lug nuts to arrive as the factory lug nuts won't work with the new rims.

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Day 2 - Well Shoot again. Got the lug nuts and put tires on the car. Then tried to reset TPMS using the tool I'd used before after rotating the factory tires. Put TPMS into learn mode and tried to reset senor locations. No response from any of the new tires, but the car could read the TPMS off of the old tires. Waiting on a response from Tire Rack. I'm wondering if the same person who forgot to ship the lug nuts also forgot to install the TPMS sensors.

NHIA said:

Day 2 - Well Shoot again. Got the lug nuts and put tires on the car. Then tried to reset TPMS using the tool I'd used before after rotating the factory tires. Put TPMS into learn mode and tried to reset senor locations. No response from any of the new tires, but the car could read the TPMS off of the old tires. Waiting on a response from Tire Rack. I'm wondering if the same person who forgot to ship the lug nuts also forgot to install the TPMS sensors.

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This order was filled the Monday after New Years weekend. So the first response from Tire Rack was "very unlikely we forgot to install them." Please have a local tire retailer remove a tire and inspect to see if TPMS are missing.

My local mechanic said he could tell without inspecting that the valve stems were too long to have the TPMS sensors. But they opened it up and found as expected they were missing. They took photos and I sent them on to Tire Rack.

This time Tire Rack admitted they had not installed them and shipped them out UPS so I got them the next day. They also said they would reimburse the bill for having them installed.

So far I haven't had the need to drive in snow, but they ride smoothly and are reasonably quiet on dry asphalt or pavement.

Bluelight said:

Dug out my Cruze...
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Unfortunately the antenna didn't make it.

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Whoa thats alot of snow wish we got that in pennsylvania

I had spent the last 3 months in Oregon, and the snow started to fall the week after I left. After I got out of quarantine, I had a lot of digging to do. Car seemed to handle cold storage just fine. Only thing I had to do was pair my new phone up with the radio.

Took it in this week to fix the heated seat. Best part was that they did it free of charge because it was not working when we bought the car and the fix was part of the sale.

My Autometer boost gauge just arrived from Amazon, I’ve got a threaded plug in my ZZP upper charge pipe... just need to figure out how and where to mount it. I got the Autometer mounting cup with it also. So that’s today project.