Used 2016 Chevrolet Cruze Premier 4dr Sedan (1.4L 4cyl 6A) Consumer Reviews
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Auto Stop/Start CAN BE DISABLED!
KennethB, Cincinnati, OH, 12/30/2017
Chevrolet Cruze Premier 4dr Sedan (1.4L 4cyl 6A)
29 of 32 people found this review helpful
Simply Shift into "L" and press the "+" sign on the shift knob 5 times while watching the speedometer display. The display will initially show "L1" but this will be incremented with each press of the "+" sign (ie: L2, L3, L4, L5 and L6). What you're actually doing is specifying the maximum gear to use while in Manual Shift Mode, with sixth gear (Top Gear-L6 selected) as the highest gear available. The car will still shift Up/Down automatically To/From whatever gear (L6 in this case) you specified, so you don't really need to manually press the "+" or "-" signs on the shifter for gear changes. It is important that you specify the appropriate maximum gear to use or the rev limiter will kick in! Just select sixth gear (L6). The car will not shut down at stoplights when in Manual Mode. I use Manual Mode with L6 selected only when I'm in heavy traffic and expecting shutdowns.
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Cruze Premier Very Impressive!
Michael Winrod, Lakeland, FL, 08/01/2018
Chevrolet Cruze Premier 4dr Sedan (1.4L 4cyl 6A)
6 of 7 people found this review helpful
The restyled Chevy Cruze is extremely spacious and comfortable to drive. The materials are high quality and look great. Fuel economy is 28-30 around town and 40-45 highway. Performance is more than adequate with the performance of the 1.4 turbo and 6 speed automatic. The only complaint I've had concerns the engine auto-stop feature when vehicle is stopped. This can be overcome by shifting into L and manually upshifting to 6th gear. Overall, I am very pleased with the appearance and performance of my Cruze and would buy again.
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I love the car
kari kratt, Ashburn, VA, 06/21/2016
Chevrolet Cruze Premier 4dr Sedan (1.4L 4cyl 6A)
6 of 9 people found this review helpful
I love the car, lots of technology! Very comfortable! I just think the transmission is going to be problematic.
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Glad I didn't purchase!
Shelly Miller, Hollywood, FL, 10/31/2016
Chevrolet Cruze Premier 4dr Sedan (1.4L 4cyl 6A)
11 of 18 people found this review helpful
Just leased the 2016 Chevy Cruz Premium, so glad I didn't purchase due to auto stop/start. I think this is going to be a safety issue, when the start fails. The stop start is noisy and annoying. Went to dealer to try and disconnect, service said customers are complaining all day about this feature. I've got 2 years and 11 months to go, unless recalls begin sooner.
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Unstable Steering
Neward Thelman, Harwood Heights, IL, 04/21/2016
Chevrolet Cruze Premier 4dr Sedan (1.4L 4cyl 6A)
23 of 45 people found this review helpful
It appears that the industry's heading to electronic power steering. The almost unthinkingly repeated justification for that is supposed to be some [unspecified] improvement in fuel economy, but I suspect that any fuel mileage gains are trivial and incidental. The real reason is more likely to be cost of manufacturing savings. By dispensing with a series of mechanical/hydraulic linkages and parts, car makers can save a small bundle, and as a side effect, maybe gain a small bit of gas usage savings. In my opinion, the systems aren't quite ready for prime time, and seem to have been rushed to market. Which isn't anything new; beta testing's been common in high tech for a long time now. However, in automobiles, the results may be disastrous; even ending in death. Toyota had its bout of electronic power steering issues with the previous production run of the Corolla. Having driven a Ford and several Chevy's using electronic power steering, I'd say the Americans are doing far worse. I test drove two different brand new generation Cruzes on two different roads. In either case, when accelerating, the new Cruze feels unstable and almost out of control. You can feel lack of security. The car feels as if you're driving it on a sheet of sheer ice. At highway speeds, that feeling only intensifies. The car never feels glued to the road, solid, and sure. Indeed, it feels the opposite of that. The tiniest twitch of your hand on the steering wheel makes the car veer, and if you correct, it veers the other way. You quickly feel as if you're going into a tailspin. Eventually, you may get accustomed to all of the instability, but it's likely to rear it's scary head in bad weather - exactly when you need to feel in total control of your vehicle. I would imagine that the car would do poorly in accident avoidance situations, such as veering to avoid the cell phone texting driver who just popped into your lane. The 2016 Corolla and the 2016 Civic feel much more secure than the Cruze. However, all of them fail in this respect when compared to a car with standard power steering [a feature becoming rare nowadays]. Beyond that, the Cruse had more power and better acceleration than the Corolla, but less than the Civic. Visibility is poor. You pretty much can't see a thing over your left shoulder, making merging or changing lanes a coin toss. Good luck. The rear window is narrow and radically slanted [just as on the Civic], reducing visibility and disconnecting you from the road further. In the Premier model, the interior was plush, upscale, and nicely appointed. Chevy's put in a lot of effort to reduce harshness, noise, and vibration, so you have a real sense of a luxury-type interior. By comparison, the Corolla's a spartan econo-box, and even the new, improved Civic falls short of the Cruze Premier. The next step down LT has less of the sense of luxury, and more plastic presence, but the quietness and sense of refinement remain. Besides the steering instability, the ride itself is pleasantly smooth. The Corolla is significantly harsher and more jarring. The Civic is better than the Corolla, but still a distance in this respect from the Cruze. What all of the arrogant, self-congratulatory automotive reviewers have failed to mention - besides the screamingly stark and dangerous shortcoming of the unstable steering [one such honcho actually described the 2016 handling as sure and precise! - these people really do seem to exist in country club universe] - is that the car battery is located inside the passenger compartment of the car - specifically, right under the rear seat. The justification for this that the battery won't be subjected to extremes of engine compartment heat and hard, freezing cold. All of that may be true, but I wonder if any consideration was given for the potential for exploding batteries. Additionally, unless the engineers worked out a different solution [not betting on it with American car makers], the electric cables now have to run under the car, from back to front. If so, then those cables will be exposed to water, salt, snow, and everything else to which the underbody of a car's exposed. Since the car reviewers haven't mentioned the issue of steering stability [they mostly only say good things about every car they test, and rarely address issues such as reliability], and the public hasn't made any complaints, it's unlikely that GM will make any positive improvements to their electronic power steering designs any time soon. Indeed, they may even be going backwards in that regard. I'd previously driven a 2015 Cruze Premier. The steering had the many of the same issues as the new model does, but not as much. It seemed a bit more stable. With the new model having even more insecure steering than the one it replaces, it seems clear that GM's attention is focused elsewhere.
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