2018 Chevrolet Cruze: owner complaints and recalls

Complaints about the 2018 Chevrolet Cruze include 1 report of a fatality, alongside 17 crashes and 3 fires across 109 filings.

109
Complaints
3
Recalls
17
Crash reports
3
Fire reports
7
Injuries
167.0
Severity index

Severity index 167.0 - High. It weights crashes, fires, injuries and fatalities per 100 complaints, so a vehicle attracting serious reports scores above one attracting many trivial ones (how this is calculated).

Middle half of all tracked vehiclesThis vehicle: 167.0p25 35p75 96cleanestworst
Where the 2018 Chevrolet Cruze sits against the quartiles of every vehicle we track.

Among the 121 2018 vehicles we track with at least 40 complaints on file, the 2018 Chevrolet Cruze ranks 7 of 121 by severity, where 1 is the worst. Its severity is higher than 94% of its model-year peers. See the full 2018 ranking.

What actually fails

EngineEngine: 27 complaints (24.8%)27 25%Unknown Or OtherUnknown Or Other: 24 complaints (22.0%)24 22%Power TrainPower Train: 23 complaints (21.1%)23 21%Electrical SystemElectrical System: 14 complaints (12.8%)14 13%Service BrakesService Brakes: 13 complaints (11.9%)13 12%SteeringSteering: 9 complaints (8.3%)9 8%Air BagsAir Bags: 8 complaints (7.3%)8 7%Fuel/Propulsion SystemFuel/Propulsion System: 6 complaints (5.5%)6 6%
Systems named in complaints. One complaint can name several, so shares overlap.
ComponentComplaintsShare of complaints citing it
ENGINE2724.8%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER2422.0%
POWER TRAIN2321.1%
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM1412.8%
SERVICE BRAKES1311.9%
STEERING98.3%
AIR BAGS87.3%
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM65.5%

Complaints filed per year

012232018: 72019: 232020: 222021: 102022: 122023: 82024: 102025: 102026: 7 (partial year)18192320212223242526
Complaints filed per calendar year, not model year. The hatched bar is the current year and is still incomplete.
YearComplaints
20187
201923
202022
202110
202212
20238
202410
202510
2026 (year to date)7
Complaint volume is broadly steady year over year.

Recall campaigns

CampaignReportedComponentSummary
20V66800029/10/2020POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONGeneral Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2018-2019 Chevrolet Cruze and Buick LaCrosse, 2018-2020 Chevrolet Equinox, Chevrolet Traverse and GMC Terrain, 2018 Chevrolet Malibu, 2019-2020 Buick Encore, Buick Enclave, Cadillac XT4, Chevrolet Blazer and GMC Acadia, and 2020 Cadill
18V57600030/08/2018SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPERGeneral Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2018-2019 Chevrolet Equinox, Impala, Cruze, Volt and Bolt EV vehicles, GMC Terrain vehicles, Buick Lacrosse and Regal vehicles, Cadillac XTS and XTS Professional vehicles and 2018 Chevrolet Malibu vehicles. The rear brake caliper pisto
18V30400010/05/2018FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINEGeneral Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2016-2018 Chevrolet Cruze LS vehicles, equipped with a gasoline engine and a tire inflator kit instead of a spare tire. The vehicles may leak gasoline following a rear-impact crash and a rollover. As such, these vehicles fail to comp
Source. US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration public complaint and recall APIs (api.nhtsa.gov), retrieved 2026-07-25. Complaints are unverified consumer reports; volume is influenced by how many units were sold and how long the vehicle has been on the road. Not affiliated with NHTSA or any manufacturer.