# Chevy Cruze Steering Wheel Recall **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [April 12, 2011, 1:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chevy-cruze-steering-wheel-recall/211164 "2011-04-12T13:43:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 1:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chevy-cruze-steering-wheel-recall/211164/1 "2011-04-12T13:43:22Z")
The Steering Wheels fall off apparently… Woops! [![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/d/a/daad533b14bddd49c1ee1dd3c16422f8eeeb8ebd.jpeg "Steering Wheel Falls Off - 2011 Chevy Cruze") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2_b4V6C4aM) > The incident forced General Motors to recall 2,100 Cruzes in the United States and an additional 400 in Canada [http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2011/04/recall-alert-2011-chevrolet-cruze.html](http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2011/04/recall-alert-2011-chevrolet-cruze.html) ---
**Author:** ![SaNTi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@SaNTi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SaNTi)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 1:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chevy-cruze-steering-wheel-recall/211164/2 "2011-04-12T13:48:31Z")
No big deal. ---
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 2:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chevy-cruze-steering-wheel-recall/211164/3 "2011-04-12T14:29:10Z")
pffft. not a big deal at all ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_B](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paul_b/32/5452_2.png) [@Paul\_B](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paul_B)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 2:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chevy-cruze-steering-wheel-recall/211164/4 "2011-04-12T14:31:26Z")
replace steering wheel with joysticks. done. ---
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 2:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chevy-cruze-steering-wheel-recall/211164/5 "2011-04-12T14:37:23Z")
in all seriousness though, everyone made such a huge fucking deal about toyotas and their “uncontrollable acceleration” any reasonably intelligent person would put it in neutral, brake, and turn until completely stopped. wtf do you do when your steering wheel falls off?!?!? and you cant even put it back on, that shit is stripped judging from the pics oh gm… and i was really excited about the cruze, maybe MAYBE i would have walked from my rusty hondas in favor of one… SIKE ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_B](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paul_b/32/5452_2.png) [@Paul\_B](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paul_B)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 2:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chevy-cruze-steering-wheel-recall/211164/6 "2011-04-12T14:45:38Z")
idk, doesnt really looked stripped to me. those splines look like they are ok, just the ends look a little messed up from trying to put the wheel back on, would be my guess. putting a steering wheel on, especially with that many splines, cannot be easy at speed. even in the driveway it can be a pain in the ass. steers me further away from these cars. ---
**Author:** ![bpipe95](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bpipe95/32/7294_2.png) [@bpipe95](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bpipe95)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 3:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chevy-cruze-steering-wheel-recall/211164/7 "2011-04-12T15:02:47Z")
AFAIK it was 1 car, and it looks like someone raged out on that thing… lol And the recall is only on a number of cars made in 2011. I have been happy with mine. ---
**Author:** ![Wahoo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wahoo/32/8265_2.png) [@Wahoo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wahoo)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 3:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chevy-cruze-steering-wheel-recall/211164/8 "2011-04-12T15:43:58Z")
The tires/steering would hopefully center themselves and the driver would hopefully stop the car. That’s a pretty shitty recall though ---
**Author:** ![Mixmastermike](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mixmastermike/32/7314_2.png) [@Mixmastermike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mixmastermike)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 4:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chevy-cruze-steering-wheel-recall/211164/9 "2011-04-12T16:34:19Z")
> In documents filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the car maker said it traced the problem with that particular car to a case in which the wrong wheel was put in a car and replaced later in the assembly process with the correct one. But the new wheel wasn’t attached properly, the car maker says. > > When the wheel separated from the steering column, the driver was able to get the car to the side of the road safely, and the company says it has tested other cars from the production run and found no similar problems. General Motors says it believes this was an isolated incident. > . ---
**Author:** ![DJPyro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/278dde/32.png) [@DJPyro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DJPyro)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chevy-cruze-steering-wheel-recall/211164/10 "2011-04-12T19:26:28Z")
And they’ll still check every single one in a certain vin break just to make sure. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 8:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chevy-cruze-steering-wheel-recall/211164/11 "2011-04-12T20:08:29Z")
i took precautionary measures years ago by hating chevy’s. therefore this issue will have no affect on me. ---
**Author:** ![paNX2K\_SE-R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dfb087/32.png) [@paNX2K\_SE-R](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/paNX2K_SE-R)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 9:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chevy-cruze-steering-wheel-recall/211164/12 "2011-04-12T21:55:37Z")
Whats the big deal? Don’t GM vehicles always have parts falling off of them? ---
**Author:** ![Maverick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Maverick](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Maverick)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chevy-cruze-steering-wheel-recall/211164/13 "2011-04-12T22:27:36Z")
steering wheels are for pussies… I let the car decide where it wants to go! ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 10:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chevy-cruze-steering-wheel-recall/211164/14 "2011-04-12T22:33:34Z")
lol i wonder how much that one fucked up part on one car is going to cost them? ---
**Author:** ![Philly](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/philly/32/5748_2.png) [@Philly](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Philly)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 4:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chevy-cruze-steering-wheel-recall/211164/15 "2011-04-13T04:47:34Z")
Not surprised even a little. They hyped up this piece of shit like crazy and in the end its just a 2011 Cavalier with a new name. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 5:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chevy-cruze-steering-wheel-recall/211164/16 "2011-04-13T05:15:35Z")
lol @ the domestic hate. They’re recalling 2500 cars over something that sounds like it’s really only one car. ---
**Author:** ![Shockwave179](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shockwave179/32/7496_2.png) [@Shockwave179](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shockwave179)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 5:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chevy-cruze-steering-wheel-recall/211164/17 "2011-04-13T05:16:46Z")
> [@bpipe95](#): > > AFAIK it was 1 car, and it looks like someone raged out on that thing… lol > > And the recall is only on a number of cars made in 2011. > > I have been happy with mine. Exactly. > [@97240sxSR20](#): > > Not surprised even a little. > > They hyped up this piece of shit like crazy and in the end its just a 2011 Cavalier with a new name. Do you always sound like this much of an idiot? ---
**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 5:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chevy-cruze-steering-wheel-recall/211164/18 "2011-04-13T05:30:46Z")
All the hate. When you build millions one is bound to suck lol. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 7:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chevy-cruze-steering-wheel-recall/211164/19 "2011-04-13T07:33:58Z")
> [@97240sxSR20](#): > > Not surprised even a little. > > They hyped up this piece of shit like crazy and in the end its just a 2011 Cavalier with a new name. :picard: Looks like a Cavy to me! ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 7:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chevy-cruze-steering-wheel-recall/211164/20 "2011-04-13T07:41:01Z")
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