Cruise Korean assembly 1.6. All weaknesses of used Chevrolet Cruise of the first generation (J300)

29.11.2020

Many cars that appear in the world of technology with huge expectations and faith of manufacturers in a happy future are on verification of obviously raw and unfinished cars with unstable quality. It is about such a proposal to the American brand Chevrolet in the Korean performance and the Russian assembly today we will talk.

Collected certain opinions and reviews of the owners of the Chevrolet Cruz car, we decided that this proposal has more deficiencies than positive parties. Therefore, today your attention is offered anti-test drive Chevrolet Cruz and a description of the main drawbacks of this car.

The history of the model is the first drawbacks here.

In 2012, the Korean department of General Motors announced the release of a completely new car, which was supposed to be replaced in the model line of Chevrolet Lacetti - a pretty outdated sedan. It was a sedan in the very class with a fairly interesting appearance of Chevrolet Cruz. As it turned out later, the Koreans would continue to produce reliable and beloved worldwide budget car Latzetti.

The first Cruz buyers were victims of excellent design and a rather bright brand name. Then they did not have the opportunity to read the anti-test drive Chevrolet Cruz and determine what weaknesses are in the car. But with a detailed study of the history of the preparation of the model to issue, such weaknesses could be found:

the equipment of the car was taken from the Hyundai concern, and at the time of the release of the model the engine was already 10 years old;
the gearbox also moved from another Korean concern, and earlier it became famous for the poor inclusion of some gears;
the steering and the suspension practically did not change after Latzetti, which meant the same budget qualities of the trip;
given the large dimensions of the car, the manufacturer could offer a ragger more, and very few places for the rear passengers.

Here you are the C-class, which the Korean company has developed on an ambulance hand. It became the main reason for failures in Chevrolet Cruz sales today. Already all potential buyers have access to the list of Cruze disadvantages, because the sale of the car in 2014 has fallen significantly. Yes, the cost became higher, which turned away buyers towards other brands.

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The most important drawbacks of Korean Chevrolet Cruz in the Russian assembly

Of course, we can not throw all the stones in the garden of the Korean company. It is necessary to scold and the assembly, which is produced at the factory in St. Petersburg. Interestingly, in Europe, where the car comes directly from Korea, most of these problems in the car are missing.

If you add all flaws obtained by a car in the Russian assembly, an incredible number of flaws will be gathered. The most common problems of Chevrolet Cruz, which every second car owner says, the following:

floating engine speed at idle - a noticeable emission of electronics or the aggregate itself;
problems with the box - the first gear is included with the effort on many models;
incredible backlash clutch pedals to the sides;
bad triggering of the air conditioner power and heating buttons;
creepy plastic fixing on the front panel.

There is a lot of information that the upper visor over the instrument panel almost disappears and terribly knocks when traveling according to corporate Russian roads. Such problems simply kill the image of the corporation and make the car purchase the impossible experienced and selective buyer.

It is worth saying that Chevrolet Cruz showed himself from the very bad side among the majority of Korean production foreign cars. This car is not just an old technique and sufficiently modest technical indicators, but also the lack of a banal quality we expect from foreign brands.

Prices and engine - two more lack of Chevrolet Cruz

In the cabin to date, 668 thousand rubles for the basic version of Chevrolet Cruz will be asked. The equipment is relatively good, but money for this car is just huge. Hatchback will be even more expensive. Interestingly, the manufacturer offers a lot of additional equipment for indiscreet money.

The car engine is clearly not worth the funds that are asked for him. 1.6-liter power unit with a capacity of 109 horsepower today is unable to amaze the spoiled wonderful technique of buyers. The machine, which is offered by 30 thousand rubles more expensive, is also not pleased with its characteristics. The main disadvantages of technology are as follows:

outdated aggregates that are not ways to show good characteristics;
increased fuel consumption due to old engine technologies;
insufficient power, especially for the body wagon;
high cost of service and repair;
reliability of the engine and other chevrolet aggregates Cruise under questions.

So the anti-test drive of the Korean sedan Chevrolet Cruz showed the main drawbacks of this proposal. If you still want to go and buy this car, then the only advantage is a beautiful design - you liked it very much.

Let's sum up

Anti test drive Chevrolet Cruz showed the true shortcomings of this car, which many buyers say. Nevertheless, let's not forget about those hundreds and thousands of drivers who are satisfied with the Korean sedan. Immediately it is worth notify that the exchange of an old domestic car to Korean Cruze will be an excellent option for the driver.

Actually, the answer to the question made in the title, one: In the near future, all Chevrolet Cruze sold in Russia will be exclusively Russian production! Korean sedans who brought to the salons of dealers to attract buyers will soon end. Therefore, from September in Shushary, the Chevrolet plant started the production of a full cycle with welding and color bodies. According to the same principle, the assembly of fully equipped machines - the Toyota and Nissan plants also work under St. Petersburg.

To organize the production of Cruze sedans, the conveyor, where before this was released by Opel Antara and Chevrolet Captiva, I had to stop for three weeks. What for?

To train personnel and reconfigure equipment. By the way, unpopular Antara and Captiva in Shushars will no longer release - only Cruze will remain. Moreover, the process of production of the novelty is practically not automated: the body is welded and moved along the workshop manually. The only fully automated action is the painting of the body, and the only robot is the one that causes the sealant to the windshield and rear windows before they are installed.

Moreover, GM managers state that the installation of robots is justified if 40 cars (or 100 thousand cars are annually) are produced. And the Shushar enterprise is designed for the release of 17 cars per hour at double-time operation. Now the plant produces much less - 8 cars per hour. What do idle power load? Common Opel Astra! Already, in Shushary, the bodies of hatchbacks from the installation lot are welded. True, when the Magna-Sberbank consortium will receive Opel's assets, gas will be applied to ASTRA - an industrial consortium partner.

But back to our hero. Today, Cruze sedans are produced in ten grades with gasoline engines 1.6 (113 hp) and 1.8 (141 hp) and mechanical or automatic transmissions. All components - even wheeled wheels and tires - overseas! Why was the Russian plant for assembling machines? The answer is simple: to circumvent customs duties. From here, quite affordable price tags: from 540 thousand rubles. For basic Cruze with mechanics (ABS, 4 airbags, audio system and front electric windows) to 808 thousand rubles. For the top cruze with the "machine" (ESP, parking sensors, climate control, leather interior).

And what competitors? They are Ford Focus (30 thousand sold for half a year) and Chevrolet Lacetti (18 thousand sold cars for half a year) - noticeably more accessible. ... But Chevrolet marketers believe that today Cruze is the perfect option for those who, because of the crisis, Middle foreign cars. Class (Say, Camry or Passat) can not afford. Let's see if these statements are justified.
Alexey Kovanov
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Chevrolet Cruze for a long time was a good choice in the segment of compact sedan cars. Pleasant appearance, thoughtful and convenient salon, good quality assembly and good reliability made this car in 2010 and including 2014 by the favorite of many practical citizens in Russia. All these pleasant and understandable adventures were offered to our buyer for a quite acceptable price, from 500 thousand and up to 800 thousand rubles, plus-minus there are 50 thousand rubles.

Competitors Chevrolet Cruze in class

Stylish Hyundai Elantra.

Sports Mazda3.

Kia Cerato.

Honda Civic.

Toyota Corolla

And two main competitor:

Ford Focus.

And Opel Astra J

What assembly Cruze is better, Russian or Korean?

Cars-generation sold in the Russian Federation were collected in the Republic of Korea and held a large-visible assembly in Shushary, in Russia. According to rumors of many cars owners, the Korean copy was collected better and had the entrance of its operation less problems. In fact, such an assumption is most likely nothing to do with any logical justification, since the large-sized assembly itself can not affect the quality of the same engine, body, transmission and other important car units, because all cars come to the car factory with Already welded, galvanized and painted bodies collected by the chassis, fully equipped and engines, and transmissions, with set separate parts. All this is going together as a designer, and then the car is ready for operation.

We would like to emphasize that, we can acquire a used Cruze Russian assembly in fact without any rest, you need to take care of the standard inspection and about checking the car in the car service itself.

But still, let's list the main problems of the car, which are allegedly found only on Chevy Cruze and it is Russian assembly:

-Tripping engine speed at idle;

-And the first transmission with effort;

- Luft pedals of clutch in the right - in Leo;

-If operation of some buttons, in particular the power on the air conditioner and heating seats;

- It is very high-quality fasteners of plastic parts.

Is it possible to find a new Chevrolet Cruz (J300) on sale?

To our regret, liaison with the established situation in the country in the automotive market, the company actually broke out all the relations with our country and stopped selling and not only sell, and produce their products throughout the Russian Federation. Therefore, at the moment, none of the official representatives of Chevrolet has. The only three Chevy models that managed to detect the dealers is Chevrolet Corvette, Chevrolet Tahoe and Chevrolet Camaro. In this regard, it is extremely skeptical about the proposals on the Internet on sales of new Cruises. Be carefull. There is a considerable chance that it can be scammers.

Therefore, we advise you if you want to buy Chevrolet Cruze, then you will have to take only a supported auto option. Everything will depend on the year of its release, the mileage and the very status of the car. The car can have different types of disadvantages, both serious and not very.

It is also worth taken into account and always remember that the Chevrolet car was very popular with private taxi drivers a few years ago, it is still tightly exploited by large taxi and especially it becomes noticeable in St. Petersburg, where along with the already classic cars Taxi, like or, on the roads of the city, you can find Cars Chevrolet Cruze in the body of a wagon.

The second part of the car owners speaks completely the opposite, that Cruze the car raw, its first generation came out with a lot of childhood diseases that turn around unpleasant breakdowns.

Let's go through the most common problems of the first generation Chevrolet Cruze car, both in the restyled version and in dorestayling.

Body

The standard problem of all modern cars is fairly. Because of the fine metal, dents can remain, even after not very strong contact with an obstacle or with another car.

Paintwork

A paint and varnish coating behind the body traveled. Hence the disappointing conclusion, after a year and alarm, or after 30,000 km, small scratches and chips will abundantly dig most of the body of the car. Moreover, some of them will calmly reach the base of the soil.

But cases of the appearance of rust at these places was not fixed (thanks to the galvanized body), but it is necessary to know about it. Radical and completely checked option - it is necessary. You can shove it into separate parts of the car, on the hood, on the wings. That's just a problem is as follows that these scratches can appear in the most unpredictable places.

Interior Chevy.

Go ahead. . In view of all materials are chosen with taste, the quality of them is quite good if we take this segment of such cars. But the total and forced savings and forced savings got here. The wear resistance of the interior materials does not differ from superpower.

Very quickly, scratches may appear on the plastic, namely, on the doors, at the bottom of the torpedo. Small scuffs and blots may appear on the plastic of the multimedia system itself, on its buttons. By 30 - 45 thousand mileage, the first scoring can be outlined and on the steering wheel.

Suspension

Some owners of these machines on the forums write that after a short operation, they appeared some knocks, for this just a few thousand kilometers. As it turned out later, the knock could go from the broken racks of the stabilizer, from the levers or from the shock absorbers.

As far as it corresponds to reality, we do not say, we are not known. Even if such problems have actually met, they most likely were associated with the factory marriage or with very tough operation of the car.

By the marriage. In the fall of 2015, the carfirm Chevrolet was reviewed by a review company, which was associated with the marriage of the semi-axes installed on the car. Due to the reddown, a serious breakdown could occur. Under that feedback, the models fell ... - ... years of release.

Clutch

Cars with can be observed excessive backlash pedals (pedal goes to left-right). Although this is a trifle and not a problem, but still unpleasant. Worse, when the car, at the time of the release of the clutch when switching gear (from the first to the second), begins to twitch the lamb neurotic, it is immediately a feeling that the engine is simply choking and it lacks the thrust.

There may be several reasons for this. One of the most common is a violation of the geometry of the clutch basket well, and the premature breakdown of the clutch disk. Everything usually occurs due to factory marriage, i.e. Due to the malfunction of damper springs.

Sometimes such a reason was hidden in another place and it was solved by reprogramming the electronic control unit for the engine itself.

If the car has an automatic transmission, then it will be necessary to reconfigure the control unit itself.

Engine

Sound of working gasoline engines in some cars can be rude and remind of a characteristic diesel bass. Sometimes it is added to this and extraneous noise when it starts.

The reason is this - the failure of the inlet shaft gear, which is made and made of not high quality material. Quiet operation Motor will return the installation of a new gear.

Also, on some sites, we discovered a council that states about the following - that the removal of filtering meshes on the intake valves and release can increase. It sounds suspiciously and to general conclusion we would not advise you to listen seriously to him.

Steering

May be presented at once somewhat unpleasant surprises. The first, it can start to peel, and pull it out simply will not work, you will have to change the steering rack. If the steering wheel began to walk with the effort, then the hydraulic amplifier pump is possible here.

Also, during operation of the steering mechanism, foreign suspicious noise can occur. Knowing specialists say if it comes from the steering mechanisms, it is possible to stop such noise by replacing high pressure hose.

Brake discs

To keep the price of the car, the manufacturer saved and on. Because of not very high quality materials, with an increased load and heating, the brake disc can be uneven to wear out or simply change its geometry. This is solved by a drive of a disk or a complete replacement of the details that have come into disrete. In this case, you can replace the original on its analogue. Many say that non-original spare parts quality is higher.

In addition to the disks themselves in the brake system, the ABS sensors can suffer. If you get a road dirt on them, it just scores them and displays.

Electronic sensors

Do not forget, in addition to sensors, ABS problems may occur in other electronic sensors.

Outcome:

Despite the impressive list of the most common breakdowns and troubles that can happen to the Chevrolet Cruz car, he really established himself well as such unpretentious, inexpensive in service and thoughtful in terms of maintainability of the machine. Spare parts for this first generation model will cost not very expensive, since there is a huge number of non-original parts of the Korean coming from Korea, and some of them, such as brake pads, simply approach other cars of the same segment.

Popular Chevrolet Cruz is the Korean project of the General Motors concern. Cruze came to replace no less popular Chevrolet Lacceti and Chevrolet Cobalt. The platform on which the Chevrolet Cruze was built is borrowed from the new Opel Astra J. Chevrolet Cruz was led to the market in 2009. For our market, he is going to both in Korea and in Russia at the GM plant in Shushary in the Leningrad Region. Sales on the Russian market started in the fall of 2009.

Chevrolet Cruze undoubtedly looks very impressive, "in love" in his senses at first sight. Warm feelings adds price. But the beautiful wrapper is hidden by unpleasant little things. The most famous Cruze mileage is about 130 thousand km, and therefore you can make any conclusions.

Engines

The line of engines in which the car is completed is represented by two gasoline 1.6 l with a capacity of 109 and 113 hp and gasoline 1.8 l - 141 hp

1.6 L 109 hp Received the F16D3 index, it is 1.6 hee, and is a well-known analogue of Chevrolet Lacetti. Probably, this is the most reliable and less capricious motor, from Cruz installed on Chevrolet. Among the unpleasant trifles that rarely happen, but still happen - the appearance of nagar on the valves, which can overcome with time. Leather oils from under the valve cover and its bolts are also a well-known Lacetta problem. The lid tightening rarely solves the problem of "snotty", the cause of which is in a weak strip, pulling 40-50 thousand km, and in the very lid made of plastic. The valve lid over time does the heating leads - it is easily adjacent. Often, because of this, the oil appears in the candlestones.

Another trouble that can comprehend the owners of Chevrolet Cruze with Korean 1.6 liters is the engine stumbling on neutral. Clearly the reason is not clear, the official dealer creates hands more often. This "phenomenon" appears both when running more than 50-60 thousand km, and already at 5-10 thousand km. Among the attempts undertaken by the services - training of clutch, flashing the computer and cleaning the throttle. The problem is exacerbated in the summer, most likely due to the covered consumers, the load from which does not allow the engine to stumble in the cold season.

Opolev engines 1.6 XER (F16D4) and 1.8 XER (F18D4) moved from the Astra of the N. series together with the engine, the problems are well acquainted in astre. It just lacks words to the leaders of the Chevrolet Project Cruz, who have established these engines, without curing the only, but serious motor disease - the gears of intake and graduation camshaft. About 30% of the hosts of Cruise with the Opolev Ecotec Xer are facing the problem. More often, these are 1.8 liters. The reason for the failure of the gears is an oil starvation caused by low oil level or disruption of the electromagnetic valve due to the clogging of the solenoid filter (mesh). Signs of a motor rumble in the first seconds after starting the motor and the loss of thrust. The only effective solution is as soon as possible, remove these "meshes" (about 3 thousand rubles), and if further, the engine oil is more often changed. It is less likely to flow the rear seal of the crankshaft.

Two tragic occasions of the car's self-burning are known due to the breakdown of the fuel hose in the engine compartment. On the part of Chevrolet from 1.8 liters, a revocable company was carried out to finalize the fuel hose.

Transmission

A five-speed manual box or a six-speed automatic can be operated in a pair with a motor with a manual switching. The manual transmission sometimes manifests itself with the appearance of noise, the problem with the "release" is also not uncommon. With automatic transmission problems a little more. The owners complain about the slip of the box and its inadequate behavior, for example, not dropping revolutions. More often it was manifested in the first cars and eliminated by flashing the ECU of the box. Some automatic transmission has come to themselves after replacing the hydroblock and replace the ECU of the box. Rods when switching transmissions on new cars are not uncommon, with an increase in the switching mileage becomes noticeably softer. Note that on motors 1.6 liters, problems with automatic transmission are less common than with 1.8 liters.

Fuel consumption on Chevrolet Cruise is about 11-12 liters in the city for 1.8 and 1.6 С MCPP and 1,6 automatic transmission, and 13-14 liters with 1.8 automatic transmission. On the highway, all cars consume about 7-8 liters per 100 km.

Body and Salon

The feature of the body assembly is also not stacked in the head. If the disclosure and swelling of the chromium on the radiator grille is common for most manufacturers, then the violation of the integrity of the paintwork at the joints of the wing and bumper raises questions. Until 2010, many "hurt" the domain of bumper, more often than the front, especially in the world in the heat, due to the thermal deformation of the clips. Subsequently, the problem is solved by installing modified clips. In winter, it often refuses the opening button of the trunk.

In the Chevrolet Cruze salon, too, there was a place "trifles". The leather steering wheel has the property of "cling" to 20-30 thousand km. After replacing the official history repeats again. A new leather steering wheel pulls on 40 thousand rubles, but in quality is invariably. The "leather" chairs for 40-50 thousand km are often beginning to ride, the reason is in an inexpensive and fragile leather substitute. Plastic, which was decomposed, is quite soft and easily scratched. Be careful with the salon fresheners, the composition of some is capable of corporate panel plastic. "Criccakes" are not numerous, habitats are the central console of the Torpedo, the region of the radio tape recorder and air ducts. When driving irregularities often embroidered doors seals. The small proportion of the owners discovered moisture in the legs at the front passenger because of the jammed hose from the drainage tube, often occurs on cruises undergoing signaling installation. Often the cause of moisture in the cabin becomes a bad sizing of windshield and rear windows, and in the trunk - the rear lamp sealant.

Chassis

On Ughaba often pesters the roar of the suspension. The source of noise in depreciation racks, the supplier of which the GM concern does not change in any way, and they do not get rushing them. Shock absorbers are knocking due to the bypass valve. Approximately half of the owners of the unpleasant knock appear even on mileage less than 15-20 thousand km. Craftsmen in car services are moving through shock absorbers, setting new cartridges.

Front brake pads run on average 25-35 thousand km, rear 50-60 thousand km. But the brake discs in stock are pretty chilly, already when running 15-20 thousand km, the colors of rugs and the disk leads, vibration appears when braking. When braking, followed by overcoming puddle discs can "end" during running less than 10 thousand km.

Conclusion

And so in the end, what we get ... a beautiful car and too much annoying "trifles". It remains to hope that all the same, the manufacturer will turn face to consumers and will work in a timely and promptly on the shortcomings. Moreover, some of them could be avoided while leaving the conveyor, and not pull the "sores" with "donors".

Chevrolet companies enjoy tremendous success in the global market. And this is not surprising, because every experienced motorist knows that the model of the American company is famous for security, ergonomics, excellent dynamic qualities and fantastic appearance. An exception was the car Chevrolet Cruz. The model has acquired special popularity in the domestic market. On Russian roads you can find quite a lot of "Americans" called Cruz. According to experts, the main reason for the high level of sales in domestic dealer centers is the relatively low cost of the car enthusiast, and at the same time the high class of its assembly.

Photo: Chevrolet Cruise 2017

In today's article we will talk about where the Chevrolet Cruise is collected for Russia. Immediately it is worth noting that all over the world there are several large branches General Motors who make Chevrolet Cruz. The debut of the model took place in 2008, in the automotive salon in South Korea.
According to the plan of developers, Cruz had to replace the Lacetti models and cobalt. By the way, he was quite fulfilled. The first factory, which was engaged in the production of Chevrolet Cruz, was the capacity in the South Korean city of Kunsan. It is one of the most productive, because more than 250,000 cars comes from the conveyor annually. In addition, the car is also collected in the USA and Australia. But this product does not enter the Russian market, and it applies only to local. Is that only Chevrolet Cruise Australian assembly is exported to countries in Oceania and some Asian markets.

It is important to know that depending on the region, the car is called differently. For example, in Europe, the United States and CIS countries, it is wearing the name for us - Chevrolet Cruz. On the Korean market it is called Dao Chevrolet Prime Minister. And in Australia, it is produced as Chevrolet Holdan. However, whatever name is car, all its international options are identical, with the exception of some small details that take into account the relevant road conditions.

Chevrolet Cruise of Russian production

Photo: Assembly in Russia

Since the beginning of the autumn of 2009, the Russian plant General Motors began to function, which is engaged in the assembly of Chevrolet Cruz. It is located in the suburb of St. Petersburg, the village of Shushary. It is worth noting that part of the car is produced for export to European countries, and this is once again talking about the high quality of the Russian-made cars. At first, this company collected cars exclusively in the Sedan's body, but, according to the numerous requests of motorists, since 2010, Chevrolet Cruz in the body of hatchback began to produce Chevrolet.

In 2013, Gigant General Motors opened another enterprise in Russia, namely in Kaliningrad. At this plant, a large assembly method is used, and cars are available only in the body wagon. It is also worth noting that in 2011, the Asia-Auto plant, which is located in Kazakhstan, began serial production of Chevrolet Cruz. Due to the fact that hatchbacks are most popular in this region, it is in such a body option and cars are going.

Full list of Chevrolet Cruz manufacturers Cruz looks like this:

Australia - delivers cars to the local market and markets of the Oceania region;
South Korea - collects cars for local and Asian markets;
Russia is engaged in the production of cars for the domestic market, the market of the CIS countries and for export to Europe;
USA - delivers cars to the local market, Canada and South America.

Assembly process

As noted above, in the Russian plants, Chevrolet Cruz is produced in three body versions. Regardless of the type of body, the developers offer three versions of the car: LT, LS and LTZ. Chevrolet Cruz in the body of a sedan or hatchback can be equipped with a 1.8-liter gasoline engine and a 1.6 liter similar aggregate.

As for the wagon, the developers offer two engines with the same volumes, but with greater power. It is worth noting that 90% of the processes during the assembly of the car are carried out manually. Robotic technique is engaged only by the sticker of the brass and applying the sealant. For painting and welding, exclusively "live" factory workers are responsible. All these factors affect the rate of production, which are definitely impossible to be called the fastest. However, it is the manual assembly, with all its thoroughness, guarantees that high level of quality that the Chevrolet products are so famous. If you analyze the reviews of the owners of Chevrolet Cruz, it becomes obvious that 80% are fully satisfied with your car, 15% expected more, and the rest were disappointed. Not such bad indicators, as for the car of domestic production.

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