2013 CHEVROLET VOLT Complaints

1) PASSENGER AIR BAG NOTICES KEEPS COMING ON DESPITE THERE BEING NO PASSENGER. ONLY GOES AWAY WHEN I BUCKLE THE SEATBELT 2)PASSENGER SEATBELT WARNING KEEPS COMING ON, ONLY WAY TO STOP IT IS BY BUCKLING SEATBELT 3)AIRBAR LIGTHT GOES ON AND OFF. WILL INDICATE IT NEEDS SERVICE AND THEN GO AWAY FOR A DAY OR TWO BEFORE COMING BACK ON. 4) DRIVE ROTOR BEARING. HAD IT REPAIRED AND WITHIN A FEW MONTHS STARTED MAKING SAME NOISES AGAIN. COMMON ISSUE WITH EARLY GENERATION VOLTS BASED ON RESEARCH.

THE SERVICE AIRBAG MESSAGE APPEARS RANDOMLY WHEN IN MOTION. THE CHEVY DEALER STATES THAT THE PROBLEM IS THE PASSENGER PRESENCE SYSTEM. THE ESTIMATED COST TO REPAIR IS $1,300.

ON CITY STREETS AND THE HIGHWAY, WHEN INCREASING OR DECREASING SPEED THE DRIVE MOTOR STATOR/ROTARY BEARING MAKES A CHAINSAW TYPE SOUND INDICATINGTHE BEARING AND COVERS FAILURE. THERE IS ALREADY A SERVICE BULLETIN ABOUT THIS ISSUE. THIS VOLT HAS LOW MILES AND SHOULD NOT BE MY $1400 EXPENSE TO REPAIR WHEN THE MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF THE DEFECTIVE PARTS CAUSING THIS PROBLEM. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM BECAUSE THE BREAK DOWN OF THE BEARING WILL EVENTUALLY STOP THE VEHICLES FUNCTION AT AN UNKNOWN TIME.

THE PASSENGER AIR BAG IS INTERMITTENTLY TURNING OFF ON MY 2013 CHEVROLET VOLT WHEN I HAVE AN ADULT IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. THIS IS VERY SCARY AS THERE WILL BE TIMES WHEN THE AIR BAG IS OFF FOR 5 MINUTES AT A TIME. AS WELL THIS IS A VERY ANNOYING CHIME AND DISTRACTING, AND IT OCCURS EVEN WHEN THERE IS NO PASSENGER. FROM MY RESEARCH THE COST TO REPAIR IS ROUGHLY $800-$1,000 WHICH MINIMIZES THE CHANCES OF DOING THE WORK AS THIS IS AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR.

MY VOLT SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF ALL THE TIME. WHEN I GO TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH SERVICE THE LIGHT IS OFF. MY UNDERSTANDING IS MANY VOLT OWNERS ARE HAVING THIS ISSUE WITH THEIR CARS. IN ALL MY YEARS OF DRIVING DIFFERENT VEHICLES I'VE NEVER HAD AN AIRBAG ISSUE WITH A CAR. CHEVY NEEDS TO STAND BEHIND THIS AIRBAG ISSUE!! A REPAIR BILL OF OVER $800 IS NOT ACCEPTABLE!!

BACK IN JUNE 2020 TOOK MY 2013 CHEVY VOLT TO FERMAN CHEVROLET FOR SERVICE HIGH VOLTAGE SYSTEM FAULT, DRIVE BATTERY NOT FULLY CHARGING, REDUCED PROPULSION FAULT AND BURNT ODOR FROM UNDER HOOD. THE DEALER FIX WAS PREFORM GM SERVICE BULLETING. NEXT WEEK STILL NOT FULLY CHARGING. WAS TOLD TO DRIVE CAR SO THE BATTERY CAN LEARN MY DRIVING HABITS. STILL NOT CHARGING. ON 16 OCT SAME PROBLEM AND WOULD NOT DRIVE. NOW THE BATTERY 8 YEAR WARRANTY HAS RAN OUT. NEW FIX IS $5300 BATTERY REBUILD AND I SAY THEY NEVER FIXED THE ORIGINAL PROBLEM. CAR HAS 85 THOUSAND MILES AND WILL NOT DRIVE.

THREE TIMES THE VEHICLE HAS LOST PROPULSION POWER RESULTING IN REDUCED ACCELERATION AND NO LONGER STARTING. IT IS AT A DEALERSHIP FOR THE THIRD TIME FOR REPAIRS. THE RECALL INSTRUCTIONS WERE COMPLETED IN 2019; HOWEVER, I CONTINUE TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THE DEALER IS NOW JUST CHARGING ME FOR REPLACEMENT ITEMS (112 VOLT BATTERY, CLUSTER) INSTEAD OF DEALING WITH THE ACTUAL PROBLEM WITH THE VOLTEC BATTERY THAT IS UNDER WARRANTY.

BEGAN HAVING INTERMITTENT "SERVICE AIRBAG" WARNINGS. FINALLY FAILED SOLID. DEALER DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM TO BE A SHORT CIRCUIT IN THE PASSENGER PRESENT SENSOR IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. REPAIR COST $1100. I DECLINED REPAIR. DEALER SAID THIS FAULT MAKES THE ENTIRE AIRBAG SYSTEM INOPERABLE. TRIED TO BUY THE REPAIR PART AND WAS INFORMED BY AN ONLINE GM PARTS SOURCE IT WAS ON NATIONAL BACKORDER. NO IDEA WHEN IT WILL BE AVAILABLE. THIS SEEMS LIKE A CRITICAL SAFETY ISSUE AND A COMMON PROBLEM IN CHEVY VEHICLES. A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED.

AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON. REPLACED DRIVER SEAT WITH NO CHANGE. CHEVY DEALERSHIP ADVISED THE ISSUE NOW IS THE PASSENGER SEAT SENSORS AND QUOTED ME $1000 TO FIX. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THERE IS ONLY ONE PART AVAILABLE IN THE USA AND THEY DONT KNOW IF THE HOLDER WILL SELL IT. THIS PUTS MY CAR AND PASSENGERS IN DANGER IF THERE IS AN ACCIDENT. CHEVY NEEDS TO ADDRESS/FIX THIS.

AIRBAG WILL AT RANDOM SAY TO "SERVICE AIRBAG" THIS USUALLY HAPPENS AFTER AN OBJECT OR PERSON HAS SAT IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AND HAS THEN EXITED THE VEHICLE. MESSAGE DOES NOT PERSIST BETWEEN TRIPS.