--- description: No recall has been announced for the carmaker's most popular model title: GM Freezes Chevy Cruze Sales image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Automotive](/tag/automotive/) ## Automotive Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # GM Freezes Chevy Cruze Sales  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 28, 2014 3:40 PM CUT  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 28, 2014 3:40 PM CUT General Motors has [ordered](http://money.cnn.com/2014/03/28/autos/gm-cruze-sales-halt/index.html "undefined") a stop to most sales of its best-selling car model, the Chevrolet Cruze. The company did not give a reason for the stop in sales, which affects most of the Chevrolet Cruzes on dealer lots today, CNN reports. No recall has been issued for the compact car, but the announcement raised alarm bells among investors, sending GM’s stock down slightly in trading on Friday morning. The halt in sales follows an earlier recall of 1.6 million vehicles worldwide related to a faulty ignition switch linked to the deaths of at least 12 people. \[[_CNN_](http://money.cnn.com/2014/03/28/autos/gm-cruze-sales-halt/index.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/41775/gm-chevy-cruze/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/41775/gm-chevy-cruze/"},"headline":"GM Freezes Chevy Cruze Sales","datePublished":"2014-03-28T15:40:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:01:30.578Z","description":"No recall has been announced for the carmaker's most popular model","url":"https://time.com/41775/gm-chevy-cruze/","keywords":["Automotive","General Motors","Recall"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Denver Nicks","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/automotive/","name":"Automotive"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/41775/gm-chevy-cruze/","name":"GM Freezes Chevy Cruze Sales"}}]}] ```