NHTSA Safety Recalls
2013 Chevrolet Cruze Recalls
The 2013 Chevrolet Cruze has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 5, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2013 Chevrolet Cruze. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 587
- Crashes reported
- 54
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
8 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2013 Chevrolet Cruze, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2013 Chevrolet Cruze
Electrical system: ignition
- Campaign
- 16V502000
- Reported
- July 5, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 8,367
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 114, theft protection and rollaway prevention
- Same campaign
- also 2011–2012, 2014–2016 Cruze, 6 other models
Equipment: electrical
- Campaign
- 14V417000
- Reported
- July 2, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,990
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2014 Cruze, 3 other models
Air bags
- Campaign
- 14V372000
- Reported
- June 26, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 29,019
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2014 Cruze
Power train: axle assembly: axle shaft
- Campaign
- 14V151000
- Reported
- March 31, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 174,046
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014 Cruze
Power train: axle assembly: axle shaft
- Campaign
- 13V452000
- Reported
- September 23, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,161
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014 Cruze
2013 Chevrolet Cruze complaints by year
NHTSA has received 587 owner complaints about the 2013 Chevrolet Cruze, the newest on October 1, 2026. Of these, 54 describe a crash (9%) and 8 a fire; owners reported 32 injuries.
In complaints about the 2013 Chevrolet Cruze, the component group named most often is the engine (36%), followed by the electrical system (21%) and the power train (19%).
1 of the 2013 Chevrolet Cruze's 5 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2013 Chevrolet Cruze owners gave the mileage (417 complaints), the median was 51,350 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine212
- Electrical System122
- Power Train113
- Unknown Or Other75
- Steering74
- Electronic Stability Control (Esc)62
Complaints received, by year
| 2013 | 29 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 108 | |
| 2015 | 48 | |
| 2016 | 47 | |
| 2017 | 54 | |
| 2018 | 80 | |
| 2019 | 54 | |
| 2020 | 47 | |
| 2021 | 29 | |
| 2022 | 30 | |
| 2023 | 29 | |
| 2024 | 17 | |
| 2025 | 11 | |
| 2026 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2013 Chevrolet Cruze peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 108. 40% arrived between 2012 and 2016, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2013 vehicles, the 2013 Chevrolet Cruze drew 2.0× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Cruze year in the same window: 4th highest of the 9 ranked years.
That makes 2013 one of the Chevrolet Cruze years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 587 complaints about the 2013 Chevrolet Cruze are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Cruze by model year
Other 2013 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: October 1, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted