NHTSA Safety Recalls
2015 Chevrolet Cruze Recalls
The 2015 Chevrolet Cruze has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 5, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2015 Chevrolet Cruze. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 252
- Crashes reported
- 20
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2015 Chevrolet Cruze, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2015 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 2011–2014, 2016 Cruze, 6 other models
Seat belts: front: anchorage
- Campaign
- 15V876000
- Reported
- December 23, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 15
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2015 Chevrolet Cruze
Steering
- Campaign
- 15V442000
- Reported
- July 10, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 10
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014 Cruze, 1 other model
Parking brake
- Campaign
- 15V113000
- Reported
- February 27, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,733
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 105, hydraulic and electric brakes
- Same campaign
- only the 2015 Chevrolet Cruze
2015 Chevrolet Cruze complaints by year
NHTSA has received 252 owner complaints about the 2015 Chevrolet Cruze, the newest on September 20, 2026. Of these, 20 describe a crash (8%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 13 injuries.
In complaints about the 2015 Chevrolet Cruze, the component group named most often is the engine (39%), followed by the electrical system (19%) and the power train (15%).
1 of the 2015 Chevrolet Cruze's 4 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2015 Chevrolet Cruze owners gave the mileage (173 complaints), the median was 55,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine99
- Electrical System49
- Unknown Or Other46
- Power Train37
- Electronic Stability Control (Esc)30
- Steering24
Complaints received, by year
| 2015 | 16 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 18 | |
| 2017 | 27 | |
| 2018 | 36 | |
| 2019 | 56 | |
| 2020 | 29 | |
| 2021 | 17 | |
| 2022 | 19 | |
| 2023 | 19 | |
| 2024 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 6 | |
| 2026 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2015 Chevrolet Cruze peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 56. 38% arrived between 2014 and 2018, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2015 vehicles, the 2015 Chevrolet Cruze drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Cruze year in the same window: 6th highest of the 9 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 252 complaints about the 2015 Chevrolet Cruze are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Cruze by model year
Other 2015 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: September 20, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted