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Problems with 2016 Chevrolet Cruze POWER TRAIN

On average, the 2016 Chevrolet Cruze starts to “feel” problems with the POWER TRAIN and its various aspects after 41 006 miles.

Recently reported POWER TRAIN problems on 2016 Chevrolet Cruze

During diagnostic found excessive oil mixed in with the coolant all through the engine. removed spark plugs and found cylinder #4 had coolant on top of the piston and the spark plug was saturated in coolant as well. removed cylinder head and cleaned head gasket sealing surface. inspected for any signs of cracks and found none. using a straight edge could not find any areas of the cylinder head that were warped or damaged indicating a head gasket failure. however only found oil in cooling'system but no coolant in the engine oil. removed oil drain plug and found no signs of coolant. removed transmission drain plug and found no coolant in the transmission fluid either. after inspecting oil cooler found it had internally failed causing the oil to leak in to the coolant. recommend replacing head gasket, radiator inlet hose, oil cooler inlet hose, heater core inlet hose, heater core outlet hose, both turbo charger cooler hoses, the turbo charger oil inlet pipe and the turbo charger oil return pipe. after completing repairs cleaned cooling system and flushed with warm water 4 times before filling cooling system with coolant. test drove vehicle and no problems were found after test drive. recommend customer have coolant flushed during. next .. oil . change to remove any oil that may have been left in the cooling system after repairs were made

My 2016 chevrolet cruze with less than 90k miles at the time was running hot in 2018,car was fixed by local chevy dealership (_coolant jug leak/ water housing made of plastic cracked at clamp connection area) was diagnostic. after few months it started running hot again 2019, dealership said diagnosis was thermostat, waterpump, hoses leaking.. after all parts was replaced and driven for couple days car dashboard notification said a/c off/ idle engine overheating. paid for another diagnostic from dealership and now they are saying maybe a blown headgasket or cracked engine block due to overheating.seems as though the defected/ cheap parts caused this from the beginning and should be recalled before someone engine blow up from overheating

Overheating, speed drop when i driving, engine make weird noise dealer can't fix it this is safety issue

When leaving a grocery store, roughly 2 miles, my husband said the gas peddle clicked. moments later, the car started shifting weird. would not get past first gear. second gear made the car super shaky and then it shut off. when restarting, car would drive normal for a minute then act up again. we would put it in neural and coast it with no problems until it died again. when we got home about 30 minutes later, i pulled the code and it was pulling o2 bank 1 sensor 2. car is at the dealership now. waiting for a call on the diagnosis.

Continuing illumination of the "check engine" light. tied to emission suspect malfunction codes. has been service for this problem at least five times. replaced fuel induction system, turbo, fuel induction solenoid and other components. still no resolution. problem is made known by illumination of "check engine" light while the car is running. no after market parts, approx 48,000 miles. the dealer service department cannot seem to correct the problem after multiple tries.

While the engine is running, the transmission suddenly and without warning fails. car is in gear but doesn't move. first occurrence was when car was parked in the morning and put into reverse to blackout and second occurrence was a couple weeks later when stopped at a red light. turning the car off for a few minutes seems to temporarily correct the problem. i am worried the transmission will fail suddenly while in an intersection or other dangerous situation

When im pressing the breaks while turning the rpms go up to 3. when im going up a hill and trying to accelerate the car is slow at getting up to a 3 in the rpms

Tl* the contact owns a 2016 chevrolet cruze. while driving 45 mph, the vehicle stalled when the accelerator pedal was depressed. the vehicle was shifted into park and restarted on the first attempt. the contact stated that the failure occurred on numerous occasions. the vehicle was taken to hurricane chevrolet (200 saturn way, hurricane, wv 25526, (304) 562-3005) where it was diagnosed that the converter module needed to be replaced. the vehicle was repaired, but the failure persisted. the vehicle was towed back to the dealer and was informed that the wire to wire needed to be replaced. the vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. the vehicle was at the dealer awaiting further diagnostic testing and repairs. the manufacturer was made aware of the failures. the failure mileage was 25,000. *tt *tr

Coolant reservoir cracked, possible blown head gasket, or bad water pump.

Car has less than 17,000 miles on it, and the car jerks like a failing transmission. when driving and starting up after stopping it jerks and hesitates. brakes are continuously being blown out as they squeal.

Tl* the contact owns a 2016 chevrolet cruze. the contact stated that while driving at approximately 60 mph, the vehicle began to shake and smoke began to come from underneath the hood of the vehicle. the contact pulled over and placed the vehicle in park however, the vehicle began to reverse on its own. the contact removed themselves from the vehicle and noticed liquid coming from underneath the vehicle. the vehicle came to a rolling stop at which point the contact noticed smoke coming from the vehicle again. the contact opened the hood and noticed a fire coming from the transmission of the vehicle. the fire department extinguished the fire and filed a report. the vehicle was towed. the vehicle had not received a diagnosing for the failure and was not repaired. the contact had not experienced any injuries. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure who advised to contact their insurance. the approximate failure mileage was 15,000.

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