NHTSA Safety Recalls
2018 Chevrolet Cruze Recalls
The 2018 Chevrolet Cruze has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 29, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2018 Chevrolet Cruze. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 109
- Crashes reported
- 17
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2018 Chevrolet Cruze, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2018 Chevrolet Cruze
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 20V668000
- Reported
- October 29, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 194,105
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and fire
- Same campaign
- also 2019 Cruze, 11 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: disc: caliper
- Campaign
- 18V576000
- Reported
- August 30, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 210,628
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2019 Cruze, 9 other models
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 18V304000
- Reported
- May 10, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 111,966
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 301, fuel system integrity
- Same campaign
- also 2016–2017 Cruze
2018 Chevrolet Cruze complaints by year
NHTSA has received 109 owner complaints about the 2018 Chevrolet Cruze, the newest on June 18, 2026. Of these, 17 describe a crash (16%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 7 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2018 Chevrolet Cruze, the component group named most often is the engine (25%), followed by the power train (21%) and the electrical system (13%).
1 of the 2018 Chevrolet Cruze's 3 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2018 Chevrolet Cruze owners gave the mileage (61 complaints), the median was 24,500 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine27
- Unknown Or Other24
- Power Train23
- Electrical System14
- Service Brakes12
- Steering9
Complaints received, by year
| 2018 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 23 | |
| 2020 | 22 | |
| 2021 | 10 | |
| 2022 | 12 | |
| 2023 | 8 | |
| 2024 | 10 | |
| 2025 | 10 | |
| 2026 | 7 |
Complaints about the 2018 Chevrolet Cruze peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 23. 57% arrived between 2017 and 2021, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2018 vehicles, the 2018 Chevrolet Cruze drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Cruze year in the same window: 8th highest of the 9 ranked years.
That makes 2018 one of the three best-measured Chevrolet Cruze years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 4/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 109 complaints about the 2018 Chevrolet Cruze are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Cruze by model year
Other 2018 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: June 18, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted