I purchased this vehicle (2013 chevrolet cruze) in 2016 and it had mileage of 3,500 miles. less than a month of ownership an alert showed and sounded in the dash lights that the rear driver's side door was open when it wasn't and this was while in a park position and while in motion on any road. the alert was almost constant so i brought it to a repair shop which replaced the latch in the door 3 separate times and the problem still occurred. eventually i asked to just have the latch disconnected in the door because no one could fix it and stop the alert and sounds from going off. so now i have a $300 latch disconnected inside the door because that wouldn't fix the problem plus i have to manually lock and unlock that door if i need to use it when all of the other 3 doors can be electronically locked/unlocked with the fob or the lock/unlock button in the car. now a new problem that is currently going on is the rear brake light in the back windshield is very dim while in a park position or while in motion driving on any road. it still works but is not as bright as it used to be. it's a light bar that sits in the back window acting as a 3rd brake light and it does not contain light bulbs. also, i've had a couple of other alerts show up in the dash for a day or more while in a park position or in motion driving on any road and then they go away after a few days. i suspect this vehicle has an electrical problem and i can't afford to have it diagnosed.
Front turn signal bulb lens covers have melted. dealer claims he hasn't seen problem before and wants $500 to replace entire housing unit. has to be plenty of these problems out there.
Traveling west and an east bound vehicle turned in front of me. the other driver was ticket for failure to yield and accident causing bodily injury. my air bags did not deploy i sustained injuries to my chest, hit my head on drivers side window and my left should and ribs were thrown in to the door. *tr
Limited visibility at night, (shaded windshield) with no artificial lighting (street lights) especially bad on curves and hills. see link http://youtu.be/blu0j2bng5o
Impaired visibility at night and very unsafe, (seems as though your looking through a half darken shaded windshield) with no artificial lighting (street lights) especially bad on curves and hills. please see link (you tube) http://youtu.be/blu0j2bng5o according to the invoice, per the consumer, the headlights seemed low. the dealer adjusted the headlights. updated 01/23/14
i could smell coolant/antifreeze when the heater was on and the temperature was set to a high setting. i didn't think anything was wrong, just thought it might be a break-in issue. as of today's date nov 9, 2014 i still can smell the coolant smell when the heater is on. recently i received a letter from gm concerning possible coolant loss. at my last service of the vehicle i asked the dealer to check for this problem. nothing was reported to me from the dealer. i assumed that there was no problem. the other issue i have noticed is dash lights dimming or brightening on their own. the latest problem was that the car would not start this morning. drove perfectly yesterday, this morning dead. jumped the car and everything seems fine. making an appointment with the dealer. noticed that the coolant level is about 3 inches low in over flow tank. looked on the internet about cruze cars and found many posts about electrical problems. gm tells them all that they are not aware of any electrical problems but you tube videos show gauges and radios cutting out when driving. some videos describe cars shutting down when driving and not restarting. others have service messages appearing on the information screen and the dealers find nothing wrong. it is starting to sound like the infamous jeep grand cherokee electrical problems. i am seriously thinking it is time to get rid of my 2013 cruise as the factory warranty will expire soon. current mileage is 27490 on nov 9, 2014. *tr