2012 CHEVROLET VOLT Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET VOLT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOORBOARD, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. THE CONTACT HAD TO SHIFT THE GEAR INTO PARK IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, POWERED OFF AND RESTARTED THE ENGINE, AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SOUTH-PAT O'BRIEN CHEVROLET (3880 PEARL RD, MEDINA, OH 44256, (330) 460-0718) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE BOOSTER HYDRAULIC AND MASTER CYLINDER FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000.

WHILE DRIVING THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON FOR THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. IT WOULD COME ON AND GO OFF EVEN WHILE SOMEONE WAS SITTING IN THE SEAT THE AIRBAG WOULD JUST TURN OFF AND THEN TURN BACK ON.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET VOLT. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL MALFUNCTIONED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SCREEN BECAME BLACK AND NONE OF THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ICONS WERE VISIBLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. REGAL CHEVROLET IN LAKELAND, FLORIDA WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 61,000.

CAME TO STOP AT BUSY INTERSECTION WHEN THE CAR LUNGED FORWARD SEVERAL TIMES UNTIL I THREW IT INTO NEUTRAL. THIS UNINTENDED ACCELERATION HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES SINCE I HAD THE CAR'S BATTERY SERVICED A LITTLE OVER A MONTH AGO. IN ADDITION, THE CAR WILL SPORADICALLY NOT GO INTO REGENERATION MODE AS IT IS SUPPOSED TO DO WHEN COMING TO A STOP OR SLOWING DOWN. THIS ALSO JUST STARTED HAPPENING SINCE THE BATTERY SERVICE WAS PERFORMED.

TAKATA RECALL: THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE LAST 2-3 YEARS. I BELIEVE IT HAPPENS MOSTLY AFTER THE CAR HAS BEEN SITTING FOR AN HOUR AND AFTER THE ENGINE IS ON GAS ONLY. I WILL DRIVE A FEW MINUTES AND THE WARNING LIGHT COMES ON THE "PROPULSION POWER IS REDUCED." I HAVE TO STOP AND PULL OVER. THE CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE. IT HAS HAPPENED IN ALL TEMPS AND ALL TIMES OF DAY. THE ENGINE RUNS ROUGH AND MY GAS MILEAGE PLUMMETS. THE LAST 2 TIMES THE BATTERY HAS RECHARGED WHILE I DROVE IT WITH ADDITIONAL BATTERY ONLY TIME OF UP TO 5 MILES. IT HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 6 TIMES OVER THE LAST 3 YEARS AND THE LAST TIME I WAS ALMOST RUN OVER BY A LARGE DUMP TRUCK. IT HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES MERGING ONTO A BUSY HIGHWAY. I HAVE BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER 4 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM AND THEY CANNOT REPRODUCE IT SO THEY SAY THEY CAN'T FIX IT. THE LAST CLOSE CALL SCARED ME SUFFICIENTLY THAT I HAVE ASKED THE DEALER SERVICE REPAIR TO NOTIFY GM AND THEY SAID THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO WITHOUT A CODE. I DON'T HAVE THE DOCUMENTS FROM THE LAST VISIT TO SERVICE AS IT IS STILL IN THE SHOP.

EVSE CHARGING CABLE STOPPED WORKING. GM FLIP FLOPPED OVER THE LAST YEAR ON WARRANTY COVERAGE. I HAVE TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS WITH THE WARRANTY COVERAGE STATUS CHANGED FROM V (VOLTEC), TO BUMPER-TO-BUMPER, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WARRANTY PERIOD AS OF DEC 1ST, 2017 (NOT WHAT I AGREED TO WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR). UNABLE TO CHARGE VEHICLE AT HOME WITHOUT IT. GM REPLACED A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF THESE UNITS UNDER A RECALL CAMPAIGN BETWEEN 2012-2013, ONLY FOR A PORTION OF THE VIN #'S FROM THE 2011-2012 MODEL YEAR. MINE WAS NOT INCLUDED. THEY ARE MANY OTHERS WITH THIS PROBLEM, AND GM HAS REFUSED TO REPLACE THE REST OF THE 2012 MODEL YEAR UNITS. I HAVE EXHAUSTED ALL AVENUES OF TRYING TO HAVE GM STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT, INCLUDING INVOLVING THE CEO OF GM, MARY BARRA, VIA THE ATTACHED EMAILS. THIS NEEDS TO BE ESCALATED TO RECALL STATUS FOR THE OTHER 10,000 SOME 2012 VOLT UNITS ON THE ROAD TODAY THAT GM WILL NOT STAND BEHIND. THIS RELATES TO THE CAR BEING STATIONARY. CHARGING THE VEHICLE VIA THE EVSE IS ABSOLUTELY NEEDED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE IN ELECTRIC (EV) MODE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET VOLT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE THERE WAS A LOUD ABNORMAL NOISE. THE BILL ROBERTS CHEVROLET BUICK, INC DEALER LOCATED AT 301 W BROADWAY ST, BOLIVAR, MO 65613 STATED THAT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO CONTACTED AND WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 109,000.

IN MY USED CHEVROLET VOLT 2012, THE AIRBAG LIGHT HAS COME ON. I TOOK IT TO A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THAT THE PASSENGER PRESENCE MODULE WASN'T FUNCTIONING, AND SO IT WAS CAUSING THE AIRBAG LIGHT TO GO ON AND THUS MAKING MY AIRBAGS INOPERABLE. CHEVROLET SAYS THAT MY CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY, BUT THIS ISSUE IS WIDELY REPORTED ON CHEVROLET VOLT FORUMS, AND MAKES THE CAR UNSAFE TO OPERATE AS THEIR ARE NO WORKING AIRBAGS WHEN I DRIVE IT. CHEVROLET WANTS ME TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR, BUT SOMETHING LIKE A MODULE THAT DETECTS WHETHER OR NOT A PASSENGER IS PRESENT SHOULD NOT BE A WEAR-AND-TEAR ITEM LIKE TIRES OR EVEN AN ENGINE. I DON'T THINK ITS REASONABLE TO SAY THAT THIS IS OPERATER ERROR, AND INSTEAD I BELIEVE IT IS MANUFACTURER ERROR AND BY NOT DOING THE RIGHT THING AND CORRECTING THEIR DESIGN FLAW AND MANUFACTURER DEFECT, CHEVROLET IS CAUSING MANY VOLT DRIVERS TO OPERATE UNSAFE VEHICLES THAT HAVE NO OPERABLE AIRBAG OR PAY A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR A NEW PASSENGER SIDE SEAT WITH A NEW PRESENCE MODULE. THROUGH RESEARCH ON FORUMS, MANY CHEVROLET VOLT DRIVERS HAVE ALREADY PAID ANYWHERE FROM $500-$1200 FOR THIS REPAIR, AND I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD ALSO RECEIVE COMPENSATION. I HAVE NOT PAID TO HAVE THIS FIXED YET AND AM STILL TRYING TO FIND A RESOLUTION WITH CHEVROLET, BUT AS IT IS A WIDESPREAD ISSUE, I THOUGHT THE NHSTA SHOULD KNOW ABOUT IT AND DO SOMETHING TO PROTECT CONSUMERS. THE CAR HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT, AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHY THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON IN THE FIRST PLACE.

BASICALLY WHEN ANYONE SITS IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT OUR 2012 CHEVY VOLT THE AIR BAG WARNING DETECTION/ FAILURE COME ON; THIS HAPPENS WHEN THE CAR IS STATIONARY AND DRIVING. IT STARTED HAPPENING SPORADIC, BUT LATELY IT HAS BEEN MORE CONSISTENT WITH THE SAFETY ALERT DEFECT. IT PRESENTS SOME HUGE SAFETY CONCERNS FOR US BECAUSE WE ARE NOT SURE IF IT WOULD PROTECT THE PASSENGER SITTING IN THAT SEAT IF THERE WOULD BE AN IMPACT. WE BELIEVE GENERAL MOTORS SHOULD ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. WE CAN'T BE THE ONLY VOLT HAVING THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET VOLT. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WENT COMPLETELY DARK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO GEORGE MOORE CHEVROLET (10979 ATLANTIC BLVD, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32225) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT ASSIST BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000. ..UPDATED 10/23/17 *BF