2015 CHEVROLET CRUZE — Complaint #2164340
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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) filed January 8, 2026
NHTSA complaint #2164340 (ODI reference 11709650) concerns a 2015 CHEVROLET CRUZE and was filed on January 8, 2026. The owner reports the failure occurred on January 5, 2026. The vehicle had 113,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Kentucky based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as electronic stability control (esc), 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 electronic stability control (esc) 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 2015 CHEVROLET CRUZE shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2015 Chevrolet Cruze. The contact stated that while driving approximately 55 MPH, the âService Stabili-trakâ message was displayed. The warning light turned on and off, and the vehicle suddenly stalled. The vehicle failed to restart. The contact stated that the vehicle started jerking and rolling while on the side of the road. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 113,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2164340 |
| ODI Number | 11709650 |
| Date Filed | January 8, 2026 |
| Failure Date | January 5, 2026 |
| VIN | 1G1PC5SB1F7 |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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