Federal complaint record · Chevrolet Cruze · model year 2018

2018 Chevrolet Cruze

Owners submitted 109 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 15th percentile for complaint intensity within its 2016 to 2020 compact sedan cohort. The largest reported component group is engine. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Engine · 18% · group n = 29Other · 14% · group n = 24Powertrain · 14% · group n = 23Brakes · 8% · group n = 14Electrical · 8% · group n = 14
109
Complaint records on file
24,500
Median mileage at the reported problem · 61 complaints reported mileage
18%
Of classified component reports name engine · group n = 29
15th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 37 model years

Engine · 2 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

All failure files
Component group 01 · Engine18%

Engine reports

Chevrolet Cruze · model year 2018

Reports in this group29
Share of classified reports18%
Component groups on file6
Open the failure files

From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Transmission behavior · 15 reports

Reports describe harsh shifting, slipping, or shuddering

Cluster 1 of 32018 Chevrolet Cruze
Stalling or shutdown · 13 reports

Reports describe the vehicle stalling or shutting off while driving

Cluster 2 of 32018 Chevrolet Cruze
Brake performance · 12 reports

Reports describe braking performance concerns

Cluster 3 of 32018 Chevrolet Cruze

Cluster summaries paraphrase recurring symptoms reported to NHTSA. They are aggregate descriptions, not individual verbatim reports.

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