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Accerlation hesitation

Chevrolet Cruze 2017  97000 miles
Car runs good, but at times after driving for a while....at a red light or stop sign i start to accelerate and the car feels like it has lil power for about 3 - 5 seconds then picks up. Ive changed the turbo, inlet hose, intercooler, mounts, coolants lines to/from turbo, sensors, pcv hose what should be next?
Roman from United States 2 years ago  
RO
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Bobo from United States 2 years ago
Similar problem but when I run the Air conditioning like I loose speed
Tee1987 from United States 2 years ago
Same issue! Same with running the air! I just want my car back normal
ChevyBrat420 from United States 2 months ago
Can't run the air conditioner while driving or the car loses basically all power when having to stop and then started telling me again it takes a minute for to accelerate... Hesitates like crazy sometimes especially when it gets hot if going speeds 45 and up makes a whiny humming constant sound and sometimes when excelling it seems like the tachometer goes up a little too far and it seems like it shifts a little slow. And when going 4550 at sometimes let's talk a burning smell not like oil burning or rubber burning and unexplainable burning smell and the catalytic converter and O2 sensor for both changed about 6 months ago and then check engine light still on for Cadillac converter in my heat up because of excelling it kind of sounds like clicking sound sometimes in a lot of heat coming from under the car and under the hood most of the time can't even pull out the oil dipstick because it's got a lot of suction or it's stuck and it runs really hot from the feel of it and it stays hot after shutting it off for an extremely extremely long time took it to multiple mechanics and garages and everybody had different answers and the valve cover gasket was replaced also like 6 months ago
Corey from Australia 15 days ago
G'day...have you checked and cleaned your throttle body...also check and clean the maf sensor or map sensor...
Roman from United States 15 days ago
It ran ok for a while but started messing up again... so i changed the MAF sensor eventually and it seemed to run better
Roman from United States 15 days ago
It stopped for a while... and i gave my dad the car... it started again. So i replaced the MAF Sensor. And he said it seemed to run fine after
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Car starts,idles and revs up to 3000

Chevrolet Cruze 2011 Hatch back 165000 miles
Above mentioned problem, diagnosis always shows throttle fault
Captain from other 7 years ago  
CA
1 reply 
Rudy from South Africa 7 years ago
Car overheat. Changed water pump , thermostat and turbo charger. Revs don't go over 4900 revs
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Persistent P0420 Code

Chevrolet Cruze 2015 LT, Turbo 111000 miles
My check engine light keeps coming back on with the code P0420 on my 2015 Chevy Cruze LT. I've replaced the front catalytic converter, both O2 sensors (one is aftermarket and one is GM made based on advice from a Chevy mechanic), replaced all the spark plugs, replaced coolant hoses, the coolant container, did a smoke test and found no leaks... I'm out of ideas on how to fix this code. The car drives just fine unless I ride it hard (fast accelerations and/or high speeds for long distances), then it will stutter and the check engine light will flash. If I back off and give it a few moments, the… Read complete
Zenny from United States a year ago  
ZE
3 reports 
Dayohh88 from United States a year ago
Same issue man same year
Afrojoe from United States a year ago
Have you fixed it yet I have the same problem
Zenny from United States a year ago
No, still haven't fixed it. I asked on Reddit and some people think the fact that I replaced the original catalytic converter with an aftermarket one could be the issue. Did you replace yours with a GM cat or aftermarket cat?
Abaa from United States a year ago
I got a 2013 Chevy Cruze mine stuttered too at one point I would check your coil pack because if one of those things goes out I will make your car misfire and stutter that’s what my issue was. As for the p0420 code I have the same thing I’ve replaced my catalytic converter and my o2 sensors but this whole time the problem has just been a small exhaust leak
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Warning lights gear indicator

Chevrolet Cruze 2014 1.4l  160000 miles
These warning lights came on steering control, power steering, traction control stabilizer and the shifting indicator does not display. It will not shift gears once I start driving and when I do shift from gear to gear it jerks really hard. I notice the bushing on shift cable was broke. So we put a rubber bushing in to see if that would work. And it started working but once we put the rite bushing on it stopped working and now matter what we try it will not work. Disconnected the tcm and the ground tested hot. Look over the ground wire and it's not showing any damage to it. All fuses are good also.
Amb Jo from United States 6 months ago  
AM
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Mr Cruz from United States 4 months ago
Need to adjust the shifting cable check to make fob a good battery which sends to the transmitter that sends to dashboard lights and accessories
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Low acceleration

Chevrolet Cruze 2014  169000 miles
Please help!!! Hello I have this problem with my 2014 CHEVY CRUZE. Where everytime I press down on the as pedal, the car accelerates but NOT past a certain a certain RPMs sometimes, or! it takes forever to get there. Now there's smoke coming out of the hood, but not a lot and the car is not overheating.so it's obviously not the transmission. ( i would assume) However when I did buy the car I drove it back from California to Oregon which is approximately?. . . (1,000 miles if that matters to anyone) there was a moment where I had to stop the car because there was a stretch of freeway that had a… Read complete
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Whitt from United States 14 days ago  
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Maf sensor problem

Chevrolet Cruze 2018  150000 miles
Lost power, already replaced maf sensor and still with the problem
Jhunior1980 from United States 9 months ago  
JH
5 reports 

My chev it lose power,when i'm driving it fouce me to apply low gears

Chevrolet Cruze 2010 Manual 135000 miles
My chev it lose power,when i'm driving it fouce me to apply low gears
encent from South Africa a year ago  
EN
10 reports 

Loosing Boost

Chevrolet Cruze 2013 Chevy Cruze LT 1.4l turbo 186411 miles
When on a incline I lose power. And when I press on the gas gas pedal the rpm skyrockets. Any suggestions?
Corey from Canada 2 years ago  
CO
12 reports 

revs up on its own

Chevrolet Cruze 2010 sedan automat J300 2.0 disel 176000 miles
revs up on its own ,maybe it's one of the sensors?22
R64 Rumen from other 2 years ago  
R6
1 report 

Engine juddering/hesitating

Chevrolet Cruze 2012 2.0 vcdi ltz 91000 miles
This sounds a bit bizarre but when outside air temperature is 18 degrees centigrade and above, the car begins juddering/hesitating. Below this outside air temp eg winter driving, the car drives perfectly. Appreciate any help
woodus from Great Britain 3 years ago  
WO
6 reports 
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