Looking for a used car for my kid. I see a number of Chevy Cruzes in the 2010-2014 range for sale at reasonable prices. Any experiences? My daughter thinks they are cute but I've aleways been a Toyota, Honda, Nissan guy, for the most part. TIA.
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Sister has a 2013 and it's decent. Smallish, kind of noisy going down the road but it gets really strong mileage (mid 40's MPG on the highway going 70, low 40's going 75). Overall she has liked it becuase of how many miles she has put on it and how great the fuel economy is. $75 round trip to drive from Denver to central Iowa for fuel costs
Friend got a 2011 and has sunk thousands into it. If it wasn't paid for and cheap to drive, he'd have a different car
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Meh, mediocre at best. I just got rid of my 2015 recently. After selling it, I looked back and realized I had about 1-2 medium priced maintenance costs per year. Great MPG though and no major breakdowns through 90k miles so I couldn't complain too much.
We have one in this year range. Its my wife’s daily driver. She loves it, and i dont hate it. We plan to give it to our son when he turns of age.
There are known issues with the cam shaft cover/pcv valve, water outlet pump, and occasionally thermostat. If you are even moderately handy, you can make these fixes on your own, if necessary.
Feel free to PM me if you have any specific questions.
There are known issues with the cam shaft cover/pcv valve, water outlet pump, and occasionally thermostat. If you are even moderately handy, you can make these fixes on your own, if necessary.
Feel free to PM me if you have any specific questions.
I avoid older, high-mileage Chevy's and Fords at all costs.
They are a great kids car! One daughter drives a 2017 Hatchback, other daughter drives a 2018 sedan. I drove both of them (lots of highway miles) before giving them to my girls. I've had no major issues with either one of them. My 2018 I was getting 40mpg on the highway before turning it over to my daughter. My daughter that drives the 2018 goes about a month on a tank of gas just driving back and forth to school.
If you were in DSM, I could point you to a great 2014 that my niece drove and just traded in. It has 46k for miles and was treated incredibly well.
My first was a 2014 diesel - that car had get up and go and easily got 45mpg on the highway.
If you were in DSM, I could point you to a great 2014 that my niece drove and just traded in. It has 46k for miles and was treated incredibly well.
My first was a 2014 diesel - that car had get up and go and easily got 45mpg on the highway.
I have a 2014 LT model and have had no issues, minus a power steering issue that was covered by warranty. Aside from that, no issues in the 4 years I’ve owned it.
2011 bought with 28,000 miles now up to 180,000+. Mine seems to get around 30 mpg. It's needed a new water pump and the little gears replaced that flip the diverters between the defrost and floor vents, that was $10 of parts and $400bucks labor. Saw it getting fixed all the gauge clusters were pulled, yeah it was 400 bucks but I had no desire to try that one myself. It's an ok car just transportation. For the cost it's ok transportation.
In answer to your question probably get something newer than a 2011. Seems from the responses in here the newer ones are more dependable than the older ones
I've got one (>100k miles) and had all three above issues at one time or another. Still a decent drive.
Can't speak to the Chevy Cruze but as a dad who recently has gone through the whole buying a used car for my kid thing, Godspeed to you. It's been pure anxiety for me and I'll never buy a high-mileage (100k) used car again. Good luck.
I had a 2014 (last year with the 5 year, 100k warranty). thank god because a bunch of stuff took a **** around 65k. turbo went out whatnot.
it was totalled by a drunk driving 80 year old parked in front of my house
idk if i'd do it again.
it was totalled by a drunk driving 80 year old parked in front of my house
idk if i'd do it again.
I looked at several of them for a friend's son, and that is kind of the market the car is for. Decent design, not a great ride and the ones I saw were very likely to be rusting out at the bottom. Have a friend that has one and he likes it, but he is not real particular about the ride. I personally would not buy one, but I wouldn't say they are terrible either.
this is completely true. guy had progressive insurance... what a nightmare to deal with because they guy was in the hospital and 800 insurance companies are a *****. had to go through my insurance (full coverage) and they counted sued (or whatever its called) progressive.
I PAID THE CAR OFF THE MONTH BEFORE
Chevrolet Cruze Problems
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