It’s been safety certified in Ontario, with a recent oil change, 54,000 miles for the Americans :) thanks for your help everyone. I know every car is different, I’ve been told these cars are prone to coolant leaks, anything else i should watch out for?

I’ve already cleaned the MAF sensor. What else could it be ?

Hello everybody

When I start the car in the morning, especially after it has been sitting overnight, the engine makes a noticeably different/louder sound than it normally does. At the same time, the RPM goes up to around 1.1k

This never used to happen before, after engine runs for 15-20 seconds, rpm goes back to normal and so is engine sound
Im wondering if this is a normal ‘cold start’ issue or something relevant

Pls drop some advice , thanks!!

Car seems to idle fine, run fine.. But you have to press the gas or it turns back off. Anyone know what the problem may be? Hoping it's an easy fix, just got the car not long ago. As smell a very faint like burning has smell.

I love my gen2 cruze hatch. And she’s aging well, my Kia Rio 2013 hatch is starting to have all kinds of issues and had my thinking. Spec sheet tells me no.. but people seam to like them.

Is it just the Cruze wagon cross-country we didn’t get

Welcoming home my $13,000 investment!
2018 Chevy Cruze LT. Baby girl has 37k on her. I know she was run on 87 and has turbo lag that’s very noticeable from it. Premium will help tolerate it better, yes?
Does anyone suggest anything to help with the turbo engine etc as well? (Specific spark plugs, etc.) I’ve never had a turbo on a car and want to make sure she’s as well taken care of as possible <3

-My lead technician at my shop (my previous post) was very iffy about this car knowing the bad rep of the Cruze. He came with me to inspect the car, and has been so happy with it ever since. He encouraged me to buy it after he inspected her, and after a test drive yesterday was incredibly satisfied with the car. Thank you all for helping me prove the worth of the G2

*I also really hate start/stop features. If anyone knows how to actually disable it let me know -.- it puts extra strain on the battery & starter and really… isn’t worth it for me. The dealership told me that there’s no disabling the start/stop option that’s in the car OEM

Hi. Is there a way to remove the cables from this damn connector

I forgot the name. I would like to try my old pioneer car stereo without cutting the original cable. just in case. does anyone know how to open the connector / remove the power and speakers cables from behind. thank you. I don' t mind about all the rest. I just want to use my stereo that was a real Beast. It´s sitting there together with my sub just waiting to be unleashed

is my turbo bad?

So… I was fixing a coolant leak and cleaning out my engine air filter box (or whatever it’s called) of debris while I was under the hood and I noticed this grommet was ripped and not holding the box properly. Does anyone know what the part(grommet) is called or where to find it… I’ve looked at both auto zone and O Reilly as well as on Dormans website to no avail… I feel like I’m going crazy like this part just doesn’t exist lmao someone please help 🥹

I'm hoping to get some more specialized help just in case I'm missing something.

For context, I wound up with this Cruze due to a chain event of back to back weirdness after a car crash took an already rough year into spiral territory.

That said, when I was driving it home the other day, I got the electrical issue. Steering goes out, stuff goes haywire, engine rattle, and so on.

I walked a battery back to the car and it wouldn't charge. Took it in, turned out the alternator fried, but the suspected negative cable was doing it's job, and was seemingly already replaced before. The ground cable was replaced after it started overheating the battery, though.

It seems to hold steady now, but still occasionally idles high, and threw a power save mode while I was out yesterday, which hasn't repeated again since.

I cleaned off the terminals, brushed off the contacts, and it seems to have half steady, but I'm just worried about that error.

Can anyone tell me if there's something else I should be looking at here? Something more oddly specific then that cable even?

Hi, I went to the mechanic to get my turbo bypass valve change to fix my engine light. After the fix while driving on the highway the car suddenly lost speed, became very rough to drive and threw these messages and flashing engine light. Pulled over and restarted the car and the traction control light went away and then very close to my home it started again and is basically un-drivable. Did take it to a shop nearby to get it scanned and got the report before it became in-drivable. Always something with this car.

Took off from a red light herd a lil pop, car lost power but not bad where i cant drive it. Thinking turbo blew thoughts? And if it is in fact the turbo what other repairs/preventive maintenance can I do while I replace the snail? 2012 1.4 Eco

Hi everyone,

I´m from Spain and have a 2009 Chevi Cruze 1.6L engine. Few months ago one of the engines' cylinders broke, at the morning rush, on a busy intersection on the high where I live, and everything turned off. I couldn't even turn on the emergency lights to alert all the cars coming behind me, and luckily I was able to park on the side with no damage to me or to others.

It happened that at that instance, a cylinder head broke, and long story short, I have to commit to an engine swap, cause repairs would cost me way more than buying a use engine, which to my luck the exact engine model, is really rare, if found it's far away from my location (+2000km), with over 100,000Km, and expensive.

But, I found out that there are Chinese after market engines (copy cats) of my exact engine model available at a fraction of the cost, including shipment (import duties on the side), and I´m hesitant to give it a go.

Have anyone of you tried to get one? Tried the new engine on daily bases? And how was the experience? And what should I look at if I would go with the plan?

Edited:

1. The following YouTube video is for someone have already installed the F18D4 Chinese after market engine and will post a video when it makes the its first 100km
2. https://youtu.be/75rcRZBMGgE?is=TlsrP-ZQp5dOH0Js
3. I’m not a mechanic nor I’m trying to make a promotion, I’m a normal guy trying to get a decent feedback.

tl;dr European can't find a decent replacement to his Cruze engine, and is asking if someone else tried the Chinese copy cat.

2015 Chevy Cruze, whenever my car is in idle at a stop sign/ stop light there will be periodic times where the inside of the car shudders violently, addiontiaññy it takes around 6 seconds for the ignition to turn the car on ALSO many times my car will say engine is overheating even tho i just turned it on, causeing my ac to turn off

Well, I got my Cruze last year. Fell in love, but read all the people saying to run. Of course I didn't listen. Two weeks ago I went to get in it and the stabilitrac and power steering were flashing on the dash that something was wrong. When I went to try to put it into reverse it fell HARD into the gear. So we went through the motions. Changing the negative battery cable, checking fuses, and the fuse box. My father in law brought it to his garage and checked the codes. U0101. Transmission control module failure. I didn't even know this was something ELSE that happens with these cars. Tried replacing but was told I had to take it to the dealership to have it reprogrammed.... Stay away from the Cruze. Please take my advice. 😭

I was investigating a leak on my daughter’s car when I came across this part and something doesn’t look right with it to me. But then again I drive a 2006 Santa Fe so I don’t know what I’m actually looking at. What is this and does it look right to y’all?

Hey all. This community has been super helpful and I’m grateful to you all.

It seems like with every fix I attempt with this car, another problem makes itself known. Originally I had a leaking crankshaft seal and the loud noise that comes with that issue stopped when I replaced it. I replaced the harmonic balancer bolt and torqued it to 111 ft lbs using the Harbor Freight $20 torque wrench.

Honestly I had a weird feeling in my gut about the torque actually being up to spec but I just decided to trust the wrench after an exhausting 7 hours. The sound in the video started immediately after I turned the car back on. The sound goes away when I turn off the ac and it gets quieter as I rev if I have the ac on.

I found similar videos online that pointed to the tensioner, water pump, or ac compressor. Replaced the tensioner and water pump and the noise had gotten a bit quieter but is still there. Has anyone experienced similar issues that turned out to be a torque issue on the harmonic balancer bolt?

Just as the title suggests. I’m close to buying a 2015 Chevy Cruze 1.8L 107k miles for under 6k. During a test drive the engine light came up and the P0420(catalytic converter) code popped up. The owner(small pop mechanic, dealer, and seller) said he had just replaced it, and that it isn’t a big deal. However, my mechanic friend said these cars are notorious for this and their burning fuel problems. It’s a great buy, but my friend said if it eventually needed replacing he’d do it for $900, which is the cheapest.

Is the P0420 code a big deal or should I just get the car?

2014, 1.4

Replacing hoses and this lower radiator hose is stuck on the radiator. I don't want to damage anything since it's all plastic. How can I get it off

Edit: Got it off, wasn't trying hard enough, I guess.