While accelerating from a full stop, felt the vehicle lose power and heard loud noises coming from under the car. Came to a full stop in the middle of a busy road. Turned off the car. Turned it back on and attempted to move the car to no avail. Put the car in park and the car started to roll backwards. Car had to get towed. Chevy dealership states the front right axle snapped. In process of being replaced.

- Hopewell Junction, NY, USA

The contact owns a 2013 Chevrolet Cruze. The contact stated while driving approximately 65 mph, the the vehicle would not travel in the direction being steered. There was force applied to the steering wheel in order to continue driving. In addition, the transmission slipped gears and lunged forward intermittently when at a stop. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer for inspection however, the technician was unable to duplicate the problem. The manufacturer was notified of the defect. The approximate failure mileage was 25,500.

- Carmichael , CA, USA

Steering becomes "notchy/sticky" while driving, more noticeable at higher speeds. I drive 40 miles one way to work and notice this about 95% of the time. When the temperatures are in the single digits the steering seems to be fine. Dealership cannot reproduce the symptoms. They need to drive it for more than a mile. Plenty of discussions on other web sites with the same issues. (cruzetalk.com).

- Brooklyn, CT, USA

2013 Chevy Cruze at highway speeds seems to have the steering lock or become "sticky". problem is most noticeable at speeds above 50 mph. It becomes difficult to make minor changes in direction when trying to keep the car in the lane of traffic. The "lock up" seems to be worse when correcting to the left compared to correcting to the right. This becomes a real concern when driving on icy or snow packed roads as I fear a loss of control when overcorrection due to the "sticky" steering.

- Shelton, NE, USA

At highway speeds >55 the steering wheel give resistance when turning the wheel to the right to make minor lane corrections. When you get past the resistance the steering over corrects which causes you to swerve.

- Streetsboro, OH, USA

Backing out of drive--seat belt on-car sped up at rapid acceleration--no control-ran into telephone pole--braked no results. Car circled in road and crossed road--tried shifting. No result turned off ignition just as car was to strike a big tree. Car stopped. Passenger side of car badly damaged where I hit pole.

- Bay Village, OH, USA

After driving this vehicle for 660 miles, I've noticed that there's a grinding or knocking feeling on the accelerator. I first noticed it while pulling it out of my driveway. I felt a knocking on the accelerator. It's not weather sensitive and gives the same feeling regardless of speed. It's no predictable for the knocking feeling I get on the accelerator. I drive on highway for much of my time and notice the feeling similar to my old car when the bearings started to go bad. It seems as though it's coming from the front left side. I have reported this to my dealer and they quickly have looked at it as well as taking it for a drive. After checking the car over nothing has been found to be wrong. It is now documented with the dealer. Currently I have over 1K miles on it and seems to have gotten worse.

- Macedon, NY, USA

After driving approximately 90 miles at freeway speeds, the steering becomes "notchy". minor steering corrections become almost impossible since the steering wheel will only move in finite increments so driving the car becomes difficult, even dangerous since it is not possible to position it properly in the traffic lane. Weather or temperature does not seem to affect the problem. The car steers properly on short trips but on a regular, weekly trip I make, the problem always occurs after about 90 miles. After the car is stopped (at the 130 mile mark) for a couple hours, the problem does not reoccur at start-up. Dealer has been contacted and cannot duplicate the problem--but hasn't driven the car for more than a mile or so.

- San Jose, CA, USA