2012 CHEVROLET VOLT Complaints

AIR BAG SENSOR INSIDE THE SEAT STARTED FAILING INTERMITTENTLY. OVER 6 MONTHS IT WENT FROM GOING OFF AND BACK ON ONCE A TRIP, TO MULTIPLE TIMES IN A TRIP. THEN FULL ON FAILED. APPEARS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE BASED ON DISCUSSIONS HERE: HTTPS://GM-VOLT.COM/FORUM/ARCHIVE/INDEX.PHP/T-306433.HTML

2012 CHEVY VOLT AIRBAG PASSENGER SIDE. LIGHT CAR HAS BEEN TAMPERED WITH BY THE DEALERSHIPS. HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR. REFUSAL TO FIX. ISSUE ALLOWS FOR THIRD PARTY ACCESS TO MY VEHICLE. USING SUB LANGUAGE MENUS. FOR SPANISH AND FRENCH. THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM AND NO ONE IS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THIS CALLS FOR A MAJOR INVESTIGATION INTO CHEVY DEALERSHIPS, FRAUD. MY CAR HAD THIS RIGHT AFTER MY FIRST IN WARRANTY SERVICE AT ROSEVILLE CHEVY DEALERSHIP. PLEASE HELP. MY VEHICLE IS BEING ILLIEGALY MONITORED . AND EXSTORTED FOR MONEY TO FIX A PROBLEM THAT IS RELATED TO TAILIGHT SWITCHING BULBS AND ANTILOCKOUT ISSUES WITH THE CAR.

SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT APPEARS AT RANDOM TIMES, NONE OF THE SEATS HAVE ANY DAMAGE OR SPILLS. APPEARS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE THAT CHEVY DOES NOT WANT TO FIX. PLEASE HELP.

THE SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON DUE TO A SENSOR IN THE SEAT CUSHION BEING FAULTY

MY VEHICLE FOR AWHILE NOW HAS GIVEN ME A SERVICE AIRBAG WARNING WHEN SOMEONE SITS IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. THIS ALSO HAPPENS RANDOMLY WHEN NO ONE SITS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. THE SENSOR WILL SWITCH ON AND OFF AND CONTINUALLY GIVE ME THE DASH WARNING LIGHT. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS AND FOUND TONS OF OTHER VOLT ISSUES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM INVOKING A DAILY SEAT SENSOR THAT WILL NOT PROPERLY DETECT AN OCCUPANT AND WILL TRIGGER THE AIRBAG ON AND OFF. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS IT WILL NOT ALWAYS PROPERLY DETECT IF THE AIRBAG SHOULD BE ON OR OFF WHICH IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH COULD BE FATAL. SOMETHING THIS DANGEROUS INVOLVING THE AIRBAG SYSTEM SHOULD BE PART OF A RECALL. I WOULD LIKE TO CHEVROLET TO FIX THIS ONGOING ISSUE THAT SO MANY VOLT OWNERS ARE HAVING. THIS REPAIR IS ESTIMATED AT $800 AND IS VERY EXPENSIVE TO ME FOR A SAFETY FEATURE THAT SHOULD WORK PROPERLY. I TAKE GREAT CARE OF MY CAR AND HAVE NEVER SPILLED ANYTHING ON THE SEAT AND HAVE NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET VOLT. AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE BRAKE PEDAL MALFUNCTIONED AND WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS. IN ADDITION, THE BRAKE SENSOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED. WHILE DRIVING, THE BRAKING DISTANCE WAS EXTENDED DUE TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DAVIDSON CHEVROLET (5871 ROME TYABERG RD, ROME, NY) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRONIC BRAKE CONTROL MODULE AND BRAKE VALVE MALFUNCTIONED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V271000(SERVICE BRAKES). THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE LISTED IN THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND NO SOLUTION WAS OFFERED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000.

VEHICLE DIES SUDDENLY WHILE MOVING, ALTHOUGH UNDER FULL ELECTRIC CHARGE. COULD NOT RESTART. CHEVY SAID WAS SOFTWARE PROBLEM AND MADE FIX DEC 2018. JUST HAPPENED AGAIN YESTERDAY 2/17. OTHERS REPORTED ON VOLT BLOG SITE. SAID WAIT 5-10 MINUTES AND THEN RESTART, WHICH I DID AND THAT WORKED. CONCERN THAT LOSS OF POWER IS SUDDEN AND WITHOUT WARNING. DIED IN MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION THIS TIME BUT FORTUNATELY NO CROSS TRAFFIC. THIS IS SERIOUS PROBLEM -- APPARENTLY OTHERS HAVE HAD SAME ISSUE. REPORTING TO LOCAL CHEVY DEALER AT THIS TIME.

THE MAIN DISPLAY ON THE DASHBOARD IS BLANK. I CANNOT SEE MY SPEED OR REMAINING CHARGE OR GAS.

THE AIR BAG SENSOR WARNING LIGHT IS ON AND AIR BAG WILL NOT WORK FOR PASSENGER SEATS. PER THE DEALERSHIP THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE AIRBAG SENSOR THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THE COST OF REPAIR IS 800. TO REPLACE THE AIRBAG SENSOR MODULE. THEY SAID PLACING A CELL PHONE OR LAPTOP ON THE SEAT CAUSES THE MALFUNCTION BUT THERE IS NO RECALL AT THIS POINT. I CAN'T BELIEVE PLACING AN ELECTRONIC ON A SEAT CAUSES THE MODULE TO GO BAD AND THEY WILL NOT REPLACE THE MODULE.

11/10/2018 WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 45MPH HEADING SCHOOL THE CAR TOTALLY SHUT DOWN FOR NOT REASON, AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE EV MODE SHUT DOWN AND THE GAS ENGINE DID NOT START. POLICE RECOMMEND TO GET IT TOWED TO SAFE LOCATION. ONSTAR RECORDS, MULTIPLE SHUT DOWN OF COMPUTER MODULES. 11