Chevrolet Cruze
Owners filed 3,726 complaints across 10 model years of the Chevrolet Cruze. The 2012 drew the most (865).
Which Chevrolet Cruze years should you avoid?
Going by 3,726 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Chevrolet Cruze years to avoid are 2012.
- 2012865 complaints, 2.1× a typical Cruze year, most often about the engine.
Better bets: among years old enough for a low count to mean something, the 2015 drew the fewest complaints without an unusual share of serious ones.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Chevrolet Cruze model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 4 | Power Train | Routine | |
| 2018 | 109 | 3 | 3 | 17 | Engine | Fatalities reported | |
| 2017 | 201 | 2 | 6 | 8 | Engine | Above average | |
| 2016 | 250 | 4 | 6 | 19 | Engine | Above average | |
| 2015 | 253 | 4 | 4 | 20 | Engine | Above average | |
| 2014 | 703 | 10 | 17 | 70 | Engine | High concern | |
| 2013 | 587 | 5 | 8 | 54 | Engine | High concern | |
| 2012Avoid | 865 | 7 | 18 | 62 | Engine | High concern | |
| 2011 | 733 | 7 | 20 | 38 | Engine | Fatalities reported | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | — | — | Power Train | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.