2016 CHEVROLET VOLT Complaints

WHILE TURNING OFF VEHICLE: VEHICLE IS SHIFTED TO PARK IGNITION BUTTON IS PRESSED MESSAGE APPEARS ON CONSOLE 'ACTION REQUIRED: SHIFT TO PARK' VEHICLE WILL NOT TURN OFF WITH PRNDL IN PARK POSITION

SYSTEM DOES NOT RECOGNIZE WHEN GEAR IS IN PARK (P) - THE PROMPT ON THE SCREEN STATES "ACTION REQUIRED: SHIFT TO PARK" (SEE ATTACHED SCREENSHOT) EVEN WHEN THE GEAR IS ALREADY ON PARK (P) - THE WORK-AROUND IS SHIFTING THE GEAR FROM PARK (P) THEN L THEN BACK TO PARK - SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO DO THIS SEVERAL TIMES. *TR

UNABLE TO TURN OFF CAR WHEN SHIFTER IS PHYSICALLY SHIFT TO PARK, BUT DASH WARNING HAS A "SHIFT TO PARK" WARNING. BACK IN DEC 26 I BOUGHT THE CAR IN FOR THE SAME ISSUE AND THE SHIFTER CABLE WAS REPLACED. BUT SHIFT TO PARK WARNING RETURNED A FEW MONTHS LATER. IT IS A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THIS ISSUE WILL RETURN . *TR

SHIFT TO PARK ISSUE. WHEN TRYING TO TURN OFF THE CAR YOU PUT IN PARK AND PRESS ON/OFF BUTTON. CAR SAYS YOU NEED TO SHIFT INTO PARK EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE SHIFTED INTO PARK AND IS SO INDICATED ON THE DASH. YOU HAVE TO SHIFT THE SHIFTER AND TURN ON AND OFF UNTIL FINALLY TURNS OFF. CRAZY AND A KNOW PROBLEM. DANGEROUS AND NEED A RECALL.

CAR SAYS "SHIFT TO PARK" AT RANDOM, WHEN CAR IS ALREADY IN PARK. PREVENTS YOU FROM POWERING OFF THE VEHICLE, AND HAVE TO SOMETIMES WIGGLE THE SHIFTER BEFORE IT WILL DETECT IT IS ACTUALLY IN PARK.

VARIOUS TIMES WHEN PUTTING THE CAR INTO PARK AND THEN TURNING OFF THE CAR THE MESSAGE STATING ACTION REQUIRED: SHIFT TO PARK WILL SHOW ON THE CONSOLE SCREEN. THE CAR WILL NOT TURN OFF UNTIL THE CAR RECOGNIZES THE GEAR IS IN THE PARK POSITION, WHICH IT ALREADY IS. IT TAKES SOME SHAKING OF THE SHIFT BUTTON TO GET THE CAR TO REGISTER THAT THE GEAR IS IN THE PARK POSITION. IT USED TO HAPPEN MAYBE ONCE A MONTH BUT NOW IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN A FEW TIMES EACH WEEK.

AFTER PUTTING MY CAR INTO PARK AND ATTEMPTING TO TURN IT OFF, THE MESSAGE "SHIFT TO PARK" IS DISPLAYED ON THE DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER. THE CAR THINKS IT IS NOT IN PARK UNLESS I EITHER PRESS THE BUTTON ON THE SHIFT STICK A COUPLE TIMES OR TURN THE CAR COMPLETELY OFF AND BACK ON.

WHEN PARKING THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THAT THE SHIFTER IS IN "PARK" AND WON'T POWER OFF, EVEN THOUGH THE SHIFTER IS IN PARK. A MESSAGE APPEARS ON THE SCREEN TO SHIFT VEHICLE INTO PARK. THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY AND SHIFTED INTO PARK, BUT THE VEHICLE JUST DOESN'T RECOGNIZE THIS. THIS HAPPENS ON A DAILY BASIS, AND I NEED TO WIGGLE THE SHIFT LEVER, AND/OR PUSH THE ON/OFF BUTTON SEVERAL TIMES UNTIL IT FINALLY REALIZES THAT IT IS IN PARK AND SHUTS OFF.

2016 GEN 2 CHEVY VOLT EXPERIENCING ERROR MESSAGE OF 'SHIFT TO PARK' EVEN THOUGH CAR IS IN PARK. CAR WILL NOT TURN OFF UNTIL MESSAGE CLEARED AND THAT TAKES SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. ISSUE IS WIDESPREAD BASED ON INTERNET SEARCH. ALSO, TRANSMISSION COOLING FLUID LEAK FROM TRANSMISSION COOLANT INTAKE LINE REQUIRING COMPLETE REPLACEMENT.

THIS IS AN UPDATE TO MY ORIGINAL COMPLAINT #:11299056 FOR UN-COMMANDED ACCELERATION ON 1/13/2020. THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP WORKED WITH GM CORPORATE ENGINEERS AND WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AFTER SEVERAL DAYS. THE RETURNED THE CAR AND BLAMED IT ON THE FLOOR MAT. THIS IS NOT LIKELY SINCE THE MAT IS A OEM HEAVY RUBBER MAT AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL DOES NOT REST ON THE FLOOR BOARD. SINCE THE CAR WAS RETURNED AND DRIVING FOR WEEKS, I NOTICED THE BATTERY RANGE WILL NOT CHARGE MORE THAN 49 MILES OF ELECTRICAL CHARGE WHEN IT OFTEN CHARGED UP INTO THE 50-60 MILE RANGE PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. I'VE BEEN DRIVING THE CAR IN SLOWER HEAVY TRAFFIC LATELY AND THIS DRIVING STYLE OFTEN INCREASES ELECTRIC MILEAGE RANGE AFTER A FULL NIGHTS CHARGE. IT WILL NOT DO SO ANYMORE EVEN THOUGH THE ECONOMY MANAGEMENT SCREEN INDICATE MAXIMUM RANGE ECONOMY OF OVER 250 MPG. I'M A RETIRED GAS TURBINE MECHANIC AND I KNOW A PROBLEM WHEN I EXPERIENCE ONE. I SUSPECT THAT A BATTERY CELL MAY HAVE HAD AN UNCONTROLLED DISCHARGE AND IS NO LONGER ABLE TO ACCEPT A RECHARGE. I HAVE RELAYED THIS INFORMATION TO THE DEALER. NO RESPONSE YET.