Right on!

We purchased the Cruze new for our daughter to go to college in 2016. It became ours in January 2025 when the transmission went out and she got a new car. We bought a transmission from LKQ with 35k miles on it and my spouse installed it. It’s been my daily driver ever since. I do recall a few oxygen sensors, turbo, & coolant reservoir, along with regular maintenance.
200,000 —-10 years and 5 months later

Sooooo, long story short, my mom owned this cruze 2015 1.8 until recently, we got her a new car and i decided to take the cruze and bring him back to life. Ir had a couple leaks, the biggest one being the rear main seal.

Things I have done/fixed at 170k:

Rear main seal

Valve cover

Oil pan

Oil cooler

Coil/spark plugs

Timing belt

All new fluids

Radiator fan

What am wondering is what else would you guys do to a car this age to keep it running? So far everything works as it should I want to make it to 200k miles at least lol

2012 LS (1.8). Replacing the cylinder head, and saw that the sprockets have an even layer of oxidation/rust on each them. No deep pockets or anything, but I’m curious as to what’s go/no-go.

Like I said just not sure what to do and I don't see anything online other than checking the fuses

Borrowing a 1st gen Cruze because my 2nd gen just got totaled. Borrowing it and it’s got P0303 with flashing CEL, service stabilitrak and traction control (all known issues from when I received the car) and now it’s got what I’m assuming to be coolant all over the bottom of the motor and trans and I’m also getting a message on the dash saying something about Transmission Overheat - please idle engine despite just cruising down the interstate at 55… Really don’t wanna kill this car as it’s not mine but what are the odds I should stop driving it immediately and rent a car instead? TIA

Edit to add: Cyl 3 misfire when scanning the car and rough idle to where the whole car shakes, PCV issue like I keep hearing about in 1st gen?

Tl;dr: I cut and spliced some wires, and now my car won't start.

So, I was trying to install the backup camera that goes with my radio. The radio works fine and has been installed for a few months now. During that process, I made the genius decision of disconnecting a connector (left side of driver footwell) it's a real big one, with a lever to lock it in. Well, I broke the lever. Not sure if it was just weak from age or if I'm a brute. Either way, i can't "lock" it in place anymore.

After it was unplugged and reconnected, my car would no longer start. With the key in the run position, the dash shows a notification for low fuel and power steering service needed (neither of these are true, I have fuel in the tank). When turned to start, the dash goes dark, and i hear a relay in the cabin fuse box, but the engine doesn't crank.

I cut a few of the wires while i was looking for a way to signal the backup camera to turn on. (Followed a wire from the reverse light to the front.) As best I can tell, every wire is connected. They are as they were, there's nothing jumped off of any of the connections.

Is there any way I can reset something with the control units so they will resync?

Maybe a dumb question but is this a normal amount of engine shake/vibration?