2018 CHEVROLET CRUZE — Complaint #1810019
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NHTSA Complaint about EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:BULBS filed April 29, 2022
NHTSA complaint #1810019 (ODI reference 11462754) concerns a 2018 CHEVROLET CRUZE and was filed on April 29, 2022. The owner reports the failure occurred on June 10, 2018. The vehicle had 18,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to New York based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as exterior lighting:turn signal:bulbs, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same CHEVROLET CRUZE cohort independently describe similar exterior lighting:turn signal:bulbs failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2018 CHEVROLET CRUZE shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2018 Chevrolet Cruze. The contact stated while driving various speeds at night, the headlights failed to provide adequate illumination to drive safely. The contact stated that the failure was more evident on dimly lit streets. The contact had taken the vehicle to a local dealer, where it was diagnosed and determined that the headlight bulbs needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The contact stated that the failure was still evident with the side illumination. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 18,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1810019 |
| ODI Number | 11462754 |
| Date Filed | April 29, 2022 |
| Failure Date | June 10, 2018 |
| VIN | 1G1BE5SM0J7 |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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