2012 CHEVROLET VOLT Complaints

INSTRUMENT PANEL WENT TOTALLY BLACK WHILE DRIVING, ENGINE STILL RUNS AND VEHICLE WAS DRIVABLE. CAN NOT CHECK THE SPEED, OTHER THAN FOLLOW THE SPEED OF THE OTHER VEHICLE.

WENT OUT TO START MY CAR TO GO TO WORK AND THE TOUCHSCREEN OR MAIN DATA SCREEN IS BLACK. I CAN'T TELL IF I HAVE ANY ELECTRICAL POWER OR IF THE HEAT OR AC OR STEREO IS ON. IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN ON A TRIP OUT OF TOWN IT COULD PUT ME IN SEVERE DANGER.

VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THREE DIFFERENT GM DEALERSHIPS ALL WITH A FAILURE OF ACCELERATION AND THE MESSAGE THAT APPEARS ON THE DASH OF "PROPULSION POWER IS REDUCED." TODAY IT ALMOST CAUSES AN ACCIDENT AS MY DAUGHTER PULLED INTO TRAFFIC TO MAKE A LEFT TURN WHEN THE VEHICLE DID NOT ACCELERATE CAUSING THE OTHER DRIVER TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION TO AVOID A TRAFFIC CRASH. DO PEOPLE NEED TO DIE BEFORE THIS ADDRESSED BY GENERAL MOTORS?

AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT IS ON AND FROM I'M READING ON MESSAGE BOARDS THIS IS A COMMON COMPLAINT. I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT IF A RECALL IS IN ORDER.

2012 CHEVROLET VOLT CHARGING STATION HAS BURNED THE OUTLET IN MY GARAGE THREE TIMES. EACH TIME I HIRED AN ELECTRICIAN TO REPLACE BURNED OUTLET AND VERIFY IT IS WIRED PROPERLY. WHATEVER THE MALFUNCTION IS, IT DOES NOT TRIP THE GFCI. THIS IS A FIRE HAZARD. ATTACHED ARE SOME OF THE PICTURES I SUBMITTED TO GM PAC WHICH DENIED MY CLAIM.

WARNING MESSAGE SAYING I HAD LIMITED PROPULSION CAME ON WHEN DRIVING NORMALLY IN NEIGHBORHOOD.. NO WARNING LIGHT CAME ON WITH IT. I COULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. I PULLED OVER AND TURNED OFF THE CAR. TURNED IT BACK ON AND MESSAGE AND PROBLEM WERE GONE. THIS IS SECOND EVENT LIKE THIS.

NHTSA ID NUMBER:10872363 THE INSTRUMENT PANEL DISPLAY SCREEN WENT BLANK AND WILL NOT COME BACK ON. THE BACKLIGHT IS FUNCTIONING AND IT WILL INTERMITTENTLY REBOOT AND DISPLAY BUT ONLY TEMPORARILY. IT STARTED GRADUALLY AND WOULD OCCASIONALLY GO BLANK WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAYS AND CITY STREETS; BOTH IN MOTION AND STATIONARY, AND EVENTUALLY FAILED ENTIRELY. AFTER RESEARCHING THE ISSUE, IT SEEMS THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WHICH NO DEALER SEEMS TO KNOW HOW TO FIX. THIS MEANS NO SPEEDOMETER, NO FUEL/BATTERY RANGE INFORMATION, AND NO INDICATOR LIGHTS OF ANY KIND. THE ODOMETER IS ALSO NOW NOT VISIBLE. ORIGINALLY THIS ISSUE ONLY OCCURED WHEN THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE WAS OVER ~75F (A COMMON NOTED FACTOR WITH OTHER VOLTS HAVING THIS PROBLEM). THE ISSUE HAS SINCE PROGRESSED TO BEING FULLY DISFUNCTIONAL.

DRIVERS DISPLAY DASHBOARD IS BLACK WHEN STARTED. HAS NOT RETURNED AFTER MANY RESTARTS, CHARGES, LOCKS AND BATTERY DISCONNECTS.

WHEN PASSENGER IS SEATED, RANDOMLY A MESSAGE STATING "SERVICE AIRBAG" SEEMS TO ONLY HAPPEN WITH PEOPLE WHO'S WEIGHT IS OVER 180 LBS. HAPPENS WHILE IN MOTION OR STATIONARY, IT SEEMS LIKE A FAULTY SENSOR UNDERNEATH THE SEAT. DEALER\GM STATED IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, IT SHOULD BE ITS A SAFETY ISSUE.

DRIVER'S INSTRUMENT CLUSTER SCREEN FLICKERS AND THEN GOES BLANK WHILE DRIVING/IN MOTION ON A CITY ROAD AND ON THE HIGHWAY. DRIVER LOSES ALL INDICATION OF SPEED, TURN SIGNALS, LIGHTING, SPEEDOMETER, CRUISE CONTROL, FUEL LEVEL, CHARGE LEVEL, AND ALL OTHER CRITICAL INFORMATION THAT IS DISPLAYED ON THE DRIVER SCREEN.