NHTSA Safety Recalls
2014 Chevrolet Cruze Recalls
The 2014 Chevrolet Cruze has 10 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 6, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2014 Chevrolet Cruze. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 10
- Owner complaints
- 702
- Crashes reported
- 70
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
17 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2014 Chevrolet Cruze, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
10 recalls on the 2014 Chevrolet Cruze
Air bags: side/window
- Campaign
- 25V764000
- Reported
- November 6, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,099
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Air bags: side/window
- Campaign
- 23V870000
- Reported
- December 21, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 20,712
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Air bags: side/window
- Campaign
- 23V674000
- Reported
- September 20, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 9,264
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
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 2011–2013, 2015–2016 Cruze, 6 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 15V442000
- Reported
- July 10, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 10
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2015 Cruze, 1 other model
Equipment: electrical
- Campaign
- 14V417000
- Reported
- July 2, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,990
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2013 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 2013 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 2013 Cruze
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 14V092000
- Reported
- February 21, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 355
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 102, transmission shift position and starter interlock
- Same campaign
- also 8 other models
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 2013 Cruze
2014 Chevrolet Cruze complaints by year
NHTSA has received 702 owner complaints about the 2014 Chevrolet Cruze, the newest on August 21, 2026. Of these, 70 describe a crash (10%) and 17 a fire; owners reported 57 injuries.
In complaints about the 2014 Chevrolet Cruze, the component group named most often is the engine (31%), followed by the electrical system (27%) and the power train (14%).
1 of the 2014 Chevrolet Cruze's 10 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2014 Chevrolet Cruze owners gave the mileage (483 complaints), the median was 53,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine217
- Electrical System187
- Power Train97
- Steering93
- Unknown Or Other89
- Air Bags77
Complaints received, by year
| 2013 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 57 | |
| 2015 | 52 | |
| 2016 | 60 | |
| 2017 | 73 | |
| 2018 | 99 | |
| 2019 | 107 | |
| 2020 | 67 | |
| 2021 | 45 | |
| 2022 | 38 | |
| 2023 | 30 | |
| 2024 | 39 | |
| 2025 | 19 | |
| 2026 | 14 |
Complaints about the 2014 Chevrolet Cruze peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 107. 35% arrived between 2013 and 2017, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2014 vehicles, the 2014 Chevrolet Cruze drew 2.2× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Cruze year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 9 ranked years.
That makes 2014 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 702 complaints about the 2014 Chevrolet Cruze are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Cruze by model year
Other 2014 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: August 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted