2014 Chevrolet Cruze · symptom sheet
Battery dies or the car will not start
- 43owner reports
- 70,000median miles
- $866median quote
- 2involved a crash
Newest report May 27, 2025 · checked Oct 2, 2026
175 of the 643 complaints on this car are about the electrical system. 43 of those describe dead battery.
Tick what matches of 43 reports
Dead battery on other Cruze years
No other Cruze model year has enough reports of dead battery for a sheet of its own. See every Cruze year.
What this problem usually is
These owners walk out to a car that's dead. Some find it drained after sitting only a day or two, some need a jump start every week, and some have had the battery replaced more than once without the problem going away. A good number describe the dealer testing the battery, calling it fine, and sending them home.
What got replaced
Owners who name the part that was replaced mention the battery (36 reports), the alternator (4 reports) and the starter (4 reports).
Recalls and investigations
2 recalls on the electrical system cover the 2014 model year. A recall on the same system isn't always the same failure, so read the defect text.
As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 114, "Theft Protection and Rollaway Prevention."
In cold temperatures, the insulation on the engine block heater cord can become damaged, allowing the wires to be exposed.
All 10 recalls on the 2014 Chevrolet Cruze, with the owner complaints on each recalled system
What owners paid
5 of the 43 reports quote a price. Each dot is one quote. The middle half runs $700 to $2,210.
When it happens
The middle half of failures fell between 42,600 and 89,000 miles, from the 31 reports that gave a mileage.
Is this a known problem?
The manufacturer has sent NHTSA 19 service bulletins or notices for the 2014 Chevrolet Cruze that deal with this problem. Newest first.
Federal rules make a manufacturer send NHTSA a copy of any notice about a defect that goes to more than one dealer or owner. Most of these are service bulletins, the repair instructions manufacturers send to dealers. NHTSA generally leaves safety recall bulletins out of this file, and recalls are listed separately.
This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have an intermittent no crank, no start, or start stall concern with the security light coming on.
This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about a no start or another concern after swapping an Engine Control Module or other modules from one vehicle to another.
This Preliminary Information communication provides information to help the dealership technicians perform a parasitic drain test for the OnStar module.
This technical bulletin provides a procedure to reprogram the CICM to correct the module from drain the battery.
15 more on the 2014 Chevrolet Cruze page.
What owners wrote
“Power flickering and multiple errors lit up on dashboard including loss of stability control. Radio kept flashing on and off. Would show back up when pressed brake or regular car in motion. -- Looked up online and appears to be known negative battery cable --- which doesn't show on NHTSA recalls or errors to look out for.”
Filed May 1, 2022
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 2 of 43 reports involved a crash. Owners who file are the ones who had a bad experience, and nobody checks their reports. If the problem affects steering, braking, power or a fire risk, treat it as a safety fault and have it inspected before a long or high-speed drive.
File your own report with NHTSA. Complaint counts are how a problem gets an investigation. How reports land on this sheet.
Guide Paid for this repair before a recall covered it? How recall reimbursement works
Other problems on this car
- Engine stalls or loses power while driving 93 reports
- Infotainment, screen or backup camera fails 77 reports
- Engine overheats or leaks coolant 71 reports
- Traction control or StabiliTrak light comes on 71 reports
- Airbag warning light or recall 67 reports
- Check engine light or misfire 66 reports
- Power steering cuts out or goes heavy 36 reports
- Turbo failure or loss of boost 34 reports
- Windshield wipers stop working 32 reports
- Windshield cracks or distorts 30 reports
- Brakes grind, pulse or wear early 28 reports
- A/C blows warm or the compressor fails 25 reports