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Various Electrical Issues
2012 Chevrolet Cruze
This problem may be covered under warranty. Ask your Chevrolet dealer.
CarComplaints.com Notes: In many ways, the 2012 Cruze continues the legacy of its predecessor. It's a legacy of sluggish transmissions and coolant leaks, but it's still a legacy.
To be fair, the number of complaints about the cooling system are way down versus the 2011 model which led to a class-action lawsuit.
On the flip-side, there's more concerns about brake problems.
However, there were far more Cruze vehicles sold for the 2012 model year so we'll give it our "Beware of this Clunker" badge rather than the "Avoid Like the Plague."
7.4
pretty bad- Typical Repair Cost:
- $20
- Average Mileage:
- 37,000 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 13 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- not sure (9 reports)
- clean battery posts (2 reports)
- radio went out do to faulty negative battery cable! (1 reports)
- replace battery cables (1 reports)
electrical problem
Helpful websites
- Radio Flashing, Electrical Issues - Bad Batter Cable/connection - Looks like they've put out a service bulletin about this issue and have added a special coverage for it, plus will reimburse if you had it fixed before the special coverage was in place.
A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
Last week on my 2012 Chevrolet Cruze LTZ the radio started to go on and off all by it's self. The radio would sometime work and others not at all. Then when it did turn on not all the buttons would be lift up. On the dash the day time running light will go on and off through out the drive time. The blinker will do the same thing.
After reading online about all the same types of issues and that there is more issues to come. Like the power steering going out. Car will turn off and not restart and I don't think that GM is doing anything about it and these cars have a lot of issues.
I called the dealership and was told that I would have to have a extend warranty in order for it to get fix without me having to pay for it. This should be covered by GM.
Update from Feb 22, 2017: After researching the same issues with the radio on the internet. I did come across a possible fix. I had found a special bulletin from GM on the Negative battery cable that was faulty and should be replaced. So I took it into the dealership to have it fix and when I pick it up it didn't fix the radio, nor the blinks not sounding. The dealership told me that I would have to bring it back so they could figure out what the issue was with the radio. So again back to the dealership to fix the radio. At this point I had to pay them $120.00 to tell me that my radio doesn't work.......welll no sh**. I already know that. They then told me that I need a new radio at the cost of $1200.00.
So I now, I still have no radio, no blinker sound and now no back up sensers. Oh the radio also controls the heater display so I have no idea what the settings are, nor what time it is and so on.
In my opinion the all reason the radio went out was because of the faulty negative battery cable! GM should also fix the radio too.
- kaybear63, Jamestown, CA, US