Coolant consuming Sonic?

[Zaiba]

it's my 14' 1.6 Sonic...so after a while of using it and putting 1000 Kms in just two weeks already i noticed that coolant got slightly lower than it use to be,it was slightly higher than medium reservoir line and now it's on level with.

Should i be worried or is this normal? Thanks

 

[Natesriv]

not normal, cars don't consume coolant. The US 1.4's have some issues with weeping out the waterpump area. Refill it to "full cold" and keep a sharp eye on it, if it goes down again, take it back to your dealer for a look

I had my waterpump replaced after I saw a drop of coolant around the belts... fixed and gone!

 

[Zaiba]

not normal, cars don't consume coolant. The US 1.4's have some issues with weeping out the waterpump area. Refill it to "full cold" and keep a sharp eye on it, if it goes down again, take it back to your dealer for a look

I had my waterpump replaced after I saw a drop of coolant around the belts... fixed and gone!

i just checked the pump and nothing wrong with it nor any sign of leakage...i'll follow your 1st advice, thank you

 

[4g63gst20]

Common issue with the sonic. I had mine replaced 3 times.

 

[SuperFudd]

Since most Cruzes have this 1.4T and presumably the same issues and many more are sold than Sonics, This should be a major concern for GM. Yet they are now putting it in other models. Keeping an eye on the Cruze forum might be a good idea.

 

[Zaiba]

Update

it seems that every single drop above the center level goes somewhere else...i don't know where but it does not go below that level anymore because i took it for at least a 500 KMs trip with coolant level in center and didn't go below that

 

[WyrTwister]

As long as it does not drop below that point , I would do nothing but keep an eye on it . Especially , as you transition from A/C to heater season . The heater represents extra piping for the coolant to pass through . Although , I am guessing , the whole system is kept under pretty much the same amount of pressure .

God bless
Wyr