2013 CHEVROLET VOLT Complaints

THE 'SERVICE AIRBAG' KEEPS COMING ON AND OFF. WITH ANY MOVEMENT IN THE PASSENGER SEAT, THE LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF. I ALREADY HAD CAR INSPECTED AND I STILL HAVE THE SAME ISSUE.

SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED AROUND 40K MILES. HAS BEEN ON SINCE. CODE IS SAYING THE PASSENGER PRESENCE MODULE TO BE BAD. I BELIEVE THIS IS THE CASE AS I CAN PRESS ON THE SEAT VERY HARD WITH MY KNEE AND SOMETIMES GET THE MODULE TO SENSE THE WEIGHT, HOWEVER WHEN SEATED NORMALLY IT NEVER SENSES A PASSENGER, AND I AM 185 POUNDS.

PASSENGER FRONT SEAT SENSOR FOR AIRBAG SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONS, RESULTING IN PASSENGER AIRBAG BEING TURNED OFF WHILE ADULT PASSENGER IS IN SEAT. THIS OCCURS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS MOVING OR STATIONARY AND BOTH IN TOWN AND ON THE HIGHWAY. DEALER INDICATED THIS REPAIR WOULD COST NEARLY $1000 (~$500 IN PARTS AND OVER $400 LABOR).

A WARNING LIGHT APPEARS SPORADICALLY REPORTING THAT THE PASSENGER AIRBAG NEEDS TO BE SERVICED. IF THE PASSENGER WIGGLES AROUND, THE AIRBAG WILL TURN ON AND THE WARNING LIGHT GOES OUT.

AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT AND "SERVICE AIRBAG SOON" APPEARS ON DASH. VEHICLE IS NOT IN MOTION OR IS IN LOW-SPEED TRAVEL ONLY WHEN LIGHT/ NOTIFICATION APPEARS. LIGHT/ NOTIFICATION DISAPPEARS WITHIN A FEW SECONDS. ISSUE ONLY APPEARS TO HAPPEN WHEN TEMPERATURE INSIDE VEHICLE IS EXTREMELY HIGH (LEADING ME TO BELIEVE THAT EXPANSION OF CUSHION/ SEAT MATERIAL IN HIGH HEAT MAY BE CAUSING WEAK CONTACT ACTIVATIONS. G-FORCE WHEN ACCELERATING/ DECELERATING MAY BE CAUSING SENSOR/ SEAT MATERIAL TO MOVE/ SHIFT IN SUCH A WAY TO RELEASE WEAK CONTACT). BROUGHT TO DEALER FOR $200 DIAGNOSIS. REPORTED PROBLEM AS PASSENGER SEAT NEXT-GEN AIRBAG SENSOR MODULE FAILING. COST TO REPAIR $1200+ REVIEWED MANY ONLINE FORUMS AND POSTS RETURNING SAME ISSUE AND COST FOR REPAIR FOR CHEVROLET VEHICLES IN SAME MODEL AND PLATFORM RANGE (MALIBU, IMPALA, VOLT, CRUZE).

THE PASSENGER DETECTION SENSOR FAILED WHICH AFFECTS FUNCTIONALITY OF PASSENGER AIRBAG. FOR SOME REASON THIS WASN'T COVERED COVERED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY.

SEVICE AIRBAG MSG AND THE INDICATOR LIGHT (RED) COMES ON ON DASH AND "DING DONG" SOUND. SOMETIMES IT GOES OFF WHEN PASSENGER IS IN FRONT SEAT. SOMETIMES IT DOES NOT. SOMETIMES IT COMES ON IMMEDIATELY UPON START UP AND SOMETIMES WHILE DRIVING. IT IS VERY SPORATIC AND ALSO VERY WORRISOME. JUST STARTED DOING THIS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY. WAS ON TONIGHT GOING TO WORK (NIGHT SHIFT RN). DRIVING CONFITIONS DON'T SEEM TO MATTER. JUST IF SOMEONE IS INNTHE PASSENGER SEAT OR NOT.

SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR SIX MONTHS, THREE DIFFERENT DEALERS HAS GIVEN DIFFERENT REASONS AND NONE OF THEM HAS BEEN ABLE TO REPLICATE THE DIFFERING CLAIMS. ALL THREE DEALERS ESTIMATES BETWEEN $900 TO $1,100 AS POSSIBLE RESOLUTION COST. *TR

THE A-PILLARS ARE WIDE AND OFTEN IN MY FIELD OF VISION. I HAVE HAD 3 CLOSE CALLS WITH HEAD ON COLLISIONS WHILE ON CURVING ROADS, AND LAST WEEK I NEARLY HIT A PEDESTRIAN AND HER DOG AS I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN WHILE THEY WERE IN THE CROSS WALK. *TR

AIRBAG LIGHT ON DASH CAME ON. SCHEDULED SERVICE VISIT WITH LOCAL CHEVY DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED A FAULTY FRONT PASSENGER PRESENCE SENSOR. COST TO FIX WITH LABOR $913.60. FAILING SEAT SENSOR APPEARS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE WITH 2012/13 CHEVY VOLTS. *TR