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Service bulletins for the 2011 Chevrolet Cruze

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

1658 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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RB-148012015-11-12. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL. CHEVROLET: TSB CONTAINS AN OWNER'S NOTIFICATION LETTER. SELECT DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON BELOW. SOME VEHICLES FAIL TO COMPLY WITH EMISSION STANDARDS OF CARBON MONOXIDE US06 EMISSION TEST AND ENGINE CONTROL MODULE NEEDS TO BE REPROGRAMMED. MODEL 2011-13 CRUZE. *PE UPDATED 11/18/15. *PE
SC-147732015-11-12. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. CHEVROLET: TSB CONTAINS AN OWNER'S NOTIFICATION LETTER. AN IRREGULAR OR LOOSE FEELING TO AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION GEAR SELECTOR LEVER IS DUE TO MISSING SHIFT CABLE GROMMET AT TRANSMISSION END BEING IN CONTACT WITH ENGINE COOLANT DUE TO THERMOSTAT HOUSING LEAKING. MODEL 2011-12 CRUZE. *PE
14371A2015-05-07. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. GENERAL MOTORS :2011-2014 CHEVROLET CRUZE, CHEVROLET SONIC W/ 1.4L ENGINE: SOME MODEL VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE ENGINE COOLANT LEAK FROM THE WATER PUMP. *LJ SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON FOR OWNERS LETTER *LJ
PI-13662015-01-14. Service bulletin. ENGINE. BUICK/CHEVROLET: DUE TO LOSS OF WASTEGATE PRELOAD, THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP IS ILLUMINATED AND DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (DTC) P0299 (ENGINE UNDERBOOST) IS SET AND WEAR IN WASTE ACTUATOR ROD END TO PIN JOINT IS NORMAL. MODEL 2013-2015 ENCORE, SONIC, TRAX, 2011-2015 CRUZE. *PE
PB-14417-A2014-11-13. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. CHEVROLET: SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON FOR OWNER LETTER. THERE ARE NO EXTERNAL LEAKS PRESENT THAT WOULD CAUSE LOW ENGINE COOLANT LEVEL IN COOLANT RESERVOIR. MODEL 2011-2014 CRUZE. *PE
PIE-02892014-04-10. Service bulletin. ENGINE. SOME MAY COMPLAIN ABOUT REDUCED ENGINE POWER AND/OR A REDUCED ENGINE POWER MESSAGE BEING DISPLAYED ON THE DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER. ENGINEERS NEED TO GATHER THE VEHICLES' INFORMATION PRIOR TO ANY ATTEMPT TO MAKE REPAIRS IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. *JS
PI-0907-B2013-12-05. Service bulletin. ENGINE. BUICK/CHEVROLET: ON CERTAIN VEHICLES, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON WITH DTC P1101 SET. MODEL 2011-2013 CRUZE, SONIC, TRAX, 2013 ENCORE. *PE
PI0740A2013-07-08. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. CHEVROLET: CUSTOMER MAY SMELL AN ENGINE COOLANT INSIDE THE VEHICLE. *KB
PIP-4543-B2013-04-22. Service bulletin. ENGINE. CHEVROLET/PONTIAC/SATURN: AFTER REMOVAL OR REPLACEMENT OF CAM ACTUATOR, BY TECHNICIAN, ONE OR MORE DTCS IN ECM, P0011, P0014, P0016, P0017 ARE CAUSED BY MISSING ACTUATOR OIL SLEEVE. MODELS 2012 SONIC, 2011-2012 CRUZE, 2009-2011 AVEO, 2009-2010, WAVE, G3, 2008-2009 ASTRA. *PE
PI-08512013-01-29. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:OTHER FUEL TYPES:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER. CHEVROLET: THE OIL FEED PIPE NEEDS CHECKING AND REPLACED. IF RESTRICTED, AND TURBOCHARGER ASSEMBLY SHOULD BE REMOVED AND REPLACED, AND THE ECM SHOULD BE VERIFIED FOR LATEST CALIBRATION TO ALLOW TURBOCHARGE TO COOL, TO REDUCE LIKELIHOOD OF OIL COKING OIL FEED PIPE. MODELS 2011-2012 CRUZE, SONIC. *PE UPDATED 4/22/13. *PE
PI-08502013-01-29. Service bulletin. ENGINE. CHEVROLET: SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON WHEN RUNNING ROUGH OR WHISTLING NOISE COMING FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT, MAY BE DUE TO POSITIVE CRANKCASE VENTILATION (PCV) VACUUM LEAK ON CAMSHAFT COVER. MODEL 2011-2012 CRUZE. *PE
PIP-50232012-06-18. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER. GM: MIL DUE TO DTC P0299- TURBOCHARGER UNDERBOOST DTC- INSPECT FOR TURBOCHARGER WASTE PIVOT PIN WEAR. THIS MAY BE THE RESULT OF A WORN WASTEGATE ACTUATOR PIVOT PIN (3), ALLOWING THE WASTEGATE TO OPEN WHEN IT SHOULD BE CLOSED. *JS UPDATED 8/15/12. *PE
PI07152012-05-24. Service bulletin. ENGINE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. GM: ENGINE RATTLE/KNOCK NOISE, LOOSE OR BROKEN FRONT CRANKSHAFT PULLEY BOLT AND/OR FLYWHEEL BOLTS. ALSO INCLUDED BUICK ENCORE, CHEVROLET SONIC, AND CHEVROLET TRAX. MODEL YEAR 2014. *JS UPDATED 09/30/2013 *JS UPDATED 2/5/16. *PE
PI06752012-05-09. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER. GM: INFORMATION FOR NO TROUBLE FOUND (NTF) TURBOCHARGERS RETURNED TO WARRANTY PART CENTER (WPC). *JS
PIE-02102012-04-18. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. CHEVROLET: VEHICLE WOULD HAVE REDUCED ENGINE POWER OR ENGINE IS RUNNING ROUGH. MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) MAY ILLUMINATE. *PE
PI-0324-C2012-04-17. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. GMC/CHEVROLET/BUICK: TRANSMISSION PUMP NEEDS INSPECTING DUE TO ENGINE CRANKING BUT FAILS TO START, HAS NO FORWARD, NO REVERSE, TRANSMISSION LEAKS, HARD SHIFT AND NO CRANKING. *PE UPDATED 2/25/13. *PE UPDATED 1/29/2014 *JS
PIP-49902012-03-13. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. BUICK/CHEVROLET/GMC/PONTIAC/SATURN: SOME MODEL YEAR VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE SERVICE ENGINE SOON (SES) LAMP ILLUMINATED. ISSUE MAY BE CAUSED BY THE CONTROL SOLENOID/MODULE ASSEMBLY OR MAY HAVE DAMAGED OR POOR TERMINALS FOR UNDER HOOD FUSE BLOCK. *PE
SB-111332011-06-27. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. GM: 2011 CRUZE. THE CRANKSHAFT SEAL MAY HAVE BEEN IMPROPERLY INSTALLED CAUSING AN OIL LEAK. *RM
PI-04432011-06-27. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL. GM: SERVICE PROCEDURES FOR ENGINE COVER AND TO REPLACE OIL PANS. *RM
PIC-54552011-06-27. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:ABS WARNING LIGHT; TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC). GM: 2011 CRUZE. THERE MAY BE AN INTERMITTENT NO START. THE TRACTION, MALFUNCTION, ABS OR STABILITY LIGHT MAY BE ON. THERE ARE MULTIPLE POSSIBLE CODES STORED. *RM UPDATED 12/6/11. *PE
PI-03752011-06-15. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. GM: CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON WITH MULTIPLE TROUBLE CODES POSSIBLY STORED. A COOLANT LEAK FROM THE THERMOSTAT HEATER IS CAUSING SHORTS. *RM
SB-10-06-04-0162011-06-13. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. GM: THERE MAY BE A LACK OF POWER OR A RATTLE NOISE FROM THE ENGINE WITH STORED TROUBLE CODES. *RM
PI-03242011-06-07. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. GM: THE ENGINE WILL NOT CRANK. THE TRANSMISSION FLUID PUMP MAY BE BROKEN. 2011 CHEVY CRUZ. *RM
PIP-48612011-06-06. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. GM: INFORMATION ON CHECKING, ADJUSTING, OR INSTALLING OF THE TIMING CHAIN. *RM
SB-103992011-05-25. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. GM: ON SOME 2011 CRUZ MODELS THERE IS A SERVICE PROCEDURE FOR FIXING THE CONDITION WHERE THE THERMOSTAT STICKS IN THE OPEN POSITION. *RM UPDATED 6/7/11. *PE

The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.