2012 Chevrolet Cruze
This year drew 864 complaints against a median of 247 across the Chevrolet Cruze's other years, 3.5× that median. No single fault was reported unusually often, and it did not reach the 2.5× threshold this site flags at. It has 7 recalls, listed below.
Generation 1 of the Chevrolet Cruze, which began in 2011 and ran to 2015. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 864 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 247 |
| Involving a crash | 62 |
| Involving a fire | 17 |
| Recalls | 7 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 30 mpg |
Recalls for this year
- 16V502000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 14V300000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 12V289000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 12V288000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 12V522000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 13V023000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 13V360000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Chevrolet Cruze was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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