2016 CHEVROLET VOLT Complaints

FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS, A "SHIFT TO PARK" MESSAGE HAS BEEN OCCURRING INCREASINGLY UPON VEHICLE POWER OFF. VEHICLE HAS 29716 MILES. TYPICALLY OCCURS UPON PARKING THE VEHICLE AND SHIFTING INTO PARK WHEN THE VEHICLE IS AT A FULL STOP. UPON DEPRESSING THE POWER BUTTON TO POWER OFF THE VEHICLE, A SHIFT TO PARK" MESSAGE APPEARS ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. (WHICH IS ODD SINCE THE VEHICLE SHIFT IS ALREADY IN PARK.) THE VEHICLE WILL NOT POWER DOWN AS LONG AS THE "SHIFT TO PARK" MESSAGE REMAINS ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. ATTEMPTS TO CLEAR THE MESSAGE FROM THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER DO NOT SEEM TO BE DETECTED. (TRIED WIGGLING SHIFT; DEPRESSING THE SHIFT TRIGGER; SHIFTING TO DRIVE AND BACK INTO PARK SEVERAL TIMES; OPEN AND CLOSED DOOR SEVERAL TIMES; DEPRESSED POWER BUTTON ON AND OFF SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO APPARENT EFFECT. VEHICLE EVENTUALLY CLEARS THE SHIFT TO PARK MESSAGE AND ALLOWS THE DRIVER TO POWER OFF WITH NO APPARENT CONNECTION TO A CLEAR CUT METHOD TO MANUALLY CLEAR THE MESSAGE. (THERE IS NO TYPICAL TIME THAT CAN BE RELIED UPON FOR THE EVENTUAL CLEARING OF THE MESSAGE FROM THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER TO RETURN TO NORMAL POWER OFF FUNCTIONALITY.) VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP REPORTED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS IN THE SHIFT MECHANISM. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE ENTIRE SHIFTER ASSEMBLY AND JUMPER HARNESS, N-HARNESS AND N-CONTROL. BILL FOR REPAIR WAS $572.26 . DEALERSHIP DID NOT COVER THE REPAIR UNDER WARRANTEE. DEALERSHIP ALSO COMMUNICATED THAT REPAIR HAD NO EXISTING RECALL NOTIFICATION AND COULD NOT BE COMPENSATED BY MANUFACTURER RECALL.

WHEN TRYING TO TURN THE CAR OFF A "SHIFT TO PARK" LIGHT COMES ON AND THE CAR WILL NOT TURN OFF. WHEN LOOKING FOR AN EXPLANATION I FOUND THAT THIS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2ND GEN VOLT. WHEN I TOOK THIS CAR TO THE DEALER THEY WERE WELL AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT IS A DESIGN FLAW AND THE SECOND GEN VOLT SHOULD BE RECALLED BY THE MANUFACTURER.

CAR WON'T SHUT DOWN AND STATES SHIFT TO PARK ON SCREEN WHILE CAR IS IN PARK. SHIFT ASSEMBLY IS BAD.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2016 CHEVROLET VOLT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE MESSAGE SERVICE STABILITRAK SUDDENLY DISPLAYED. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS STILL AND THE STEERING WHEEL FAILED TO RESPOND WHEN TURNED AS A RESULT CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WAS LOST AND THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A BLUFF. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED A SORE BODY DUE TO THE IMPACT AND MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS NOT SOUGHT. NO POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AWAY. THE LOCAL DEALER (UNKNOWN) WAS CALLED AND INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED BUT THE FAILURE EXPERIENCED WAS NOT DISCUSSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 177,000.

UN-COMMANDED VEHICLE ACCELERATION UNDER FULL ELECTRIC DRIVE MODE (TWICE). WHILE DRIVING STEADY AROUND 65 MPH ON THE FREEWAY (NO CRUISE CONTROL USED), A SLIGHT STEP ON THE ACCELERATOR, CAUSED THE CAR IMMEDIATELY ACCELERATED UP TO 88 MPH (DASH SHOW LARGE ELECTRICAL DRAW OF BATTERY POWER). STEPPING ON THE BRAKE, USING THE REGEN PADDLE ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND REPEATED PRESSING THE CRUISE CONTROL POWER DIDN'T DISENGAGE THE POWER SURGE. CAR WOULD ACCELERATE WHEN BRAKE PRESSURE WAS LIFTED. AFTER REPEATED HARD PRESSING OF THE BRAKE PEDAL, THERE WAS A "CLACK" SOUND FROM BELOW THE DRIVER CONSOLE AND THE CAR RETURNED TO NORMAL. BEING ON THE FREEWAY, I WAS NOT ABLE TO PULL OVER AND RESTART/REBOOT THE CAR. I CONTINUED TO DRIVE CAUTIOUSLY, MONITORING THE CAR AND LEFT THE FREEWAY FOR SURFACE STREETS. EVERYTHING SEEMED TO BE OKAY UNTIL I CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP BEHIND TRAFFIC. WHEN TRAFFIC STARTED MOVING AGAIN, I LIGHTLY DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE CAR BEGAN ACCELERATING QUICKLY ON IT'S OWN. SEVERAL HARD PRESSES OF THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE CAR RETURNED TO NORMAL. THIS SECOND INCIDENT WAS NOT AS VIOLENT AND THE FIRST AND THERE WAS NO "CLACK" SOUND FROM BELOW THE DRIVER DASH AS WITH THE FIRST. THIS IS WORRISOME AND CANNOT BE RELATED TO THE CRUISE CONTROL SINCE IS WAS AT A STOP AND CC ISN'T SUPPOSED TO ENGAGE UNDER 25 MPH. THE REST OF THE SEVERAL MILES TO MY WORK WAS UNEVENTFUL. I'VE CONTACTED THE DEALER ABOUT THE SAFETY OF DRIVING IT OR HAVING IT TOWED. WAITING FOR THEIR RESPONSE. I IMAGINE THE ON-BOARD COMPUTER WOULD'VE STORED TODAY'S DRIVING DATA.

THE CAR SHOWS A MESSAGE ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER THAT SAYS SHIFT TO PARK EVEN THOUGH THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER IS ALREADY IN PARK. THIS FAILURE TO DETECT WHEN THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER IS MOVED TO PARK PREVENTS THE CAR FROM SHUTTING OFF AND LOCKING. SOMETIMES CONTINUOUSLY WIGGLING THE GEAR SHIFT AND REPEATEDLY SHIFTING TO OTHER GEAR POSITIONS AND BACK TO PARK CAN SOMETIMES GET THE VEHICLE TO RECOGNIZE IT IS IN PARK. THIS SITUATION OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY WITHOUT A PATTERN. VERY FRUSTRATING. AND DANGEROUS.

THE VOLT CENTER DISPLAY HAS GONE BLANK, PROBABLY A BAD SCREEN. THE DISPLAY SERVES MULTIPLE PURPOSE: INFOTAINMENT, NAVIGATION, CHARGING CONTROL (BEING AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE), AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE BACK UP CAMERA DISPLAY. THE REAR HATCHBACK VISIBILITY IS VERY POORLY DESIGNED, WITH GREAT DEPENDENT & RELIANCE ON DRIVER TO USE THE BACK CAMERA. WITHOUT THE DISPLAY, BACKING DRIVER CAN NOT SEE A SMALL CHILD NOR ANY OBJECT.

WHEN PARKING THE CAR AFTER HAVING STOPPED, ANT ERROR MESSAGE 'SHIFT TO PARK' APPEARS ON THE DISPLAY EVEN THOUGH THE SHIFTER WAS IN PARK. THIS PROBLEM PREVENTS CAR FROM BEING TURNED OFF.

UNABLE TO TURN OFF POWER TO CAR WITH ERROR ON DASHBOARD SAYING SHIFT TO PARK. HAVE TO POWER ON AND OFF SEVERAL TIMES WHILE MOVING THE SHIFTER IN AND OUT OF PARK TO GET THE CAR TO TURN OFF.

THIS VEHICLE HAS A SHIFT TO PARK MESSAGE THAT BEEN SEEN ON MANY GM VEHICLES. SOME OF THE OWNER SITES I HAVE BEEN TO SAY THAT THIS IS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. I HAVE NOT BEEN SO LUCKY WITH GM. THE DEALER DID COVER 1 REPAIR OF THIS PROBLEM BUT NOW SAYS I HAVE TO PAY. THE PROBLEM HAS RETURNED AND PERSISTS. A SHIFT TO PARK MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED ON THE DASH AFTER THE CAR IS IN PARK AND WILL NOT SHUTDOWN. I HAVE ATTACHED ALL THE DOCUMENTATION THAT I HAVE.