16V502000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
If the key is removed without the transmission in PARK, the vehicle may rollaway as occupants are exiting, increasing the risk of injury.
2011 CHEVROLET CRUZE
7 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations, 1,115 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns7
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations2
Owner complaints1,115
Complaints citing a crash67
Complaints citing a fire30
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 6 of 7
13V360000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST
A loss of braking assistance will require extra pedal force and/or distance to bring the vehicle to a stop, increasing the risk of a crash.
12V288000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
EITHER CONDITION COULD RESULT IN AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE, POSSIBLY CAUSING INJURY OR DEATH.
12V289000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:MOUNTING
THE FUEL TANK COULD COME LOOSE IN A CRASH, POSSIBLY ALLOWING FUEL TO LEAK FROM THE TANK. A FUEL LEAK IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.
11V270000
STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT SECTOR
THIS COULD ALLOW THE SHAFTS TO SEPARATE, RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF STEERING. LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL MAY INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH.
11V273000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)
THE DRIVER MAY NOT BE ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE COULD ROLL AWAY AFTER THE DRIVER HAS EXITED THE VEHICLE, RESULTING IN A POSSIBLE CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.
What owners report most
- 257ENGINE
- 173POWER TRAIN
- 90ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 75ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
- 75UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 68VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 61SERVICE BRAKES
- 48STEERING
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2011 CHEVROLET CRUZEs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.