2013 CHEVROLET VOLT Complaints

MY SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT HAS BEEN COMING ON FOR MONTHS AND I DONT KNOW WHY. I USE THIS CAR FOR COMMUTING AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO THE SEAT OR CAR THAT WOULD CAUSE THIS SERVICE LIGHT TO TURN ON. I HAVE READ ON A FEW FORUMS WHERE THIS AIRBAG LIGHT HAS CAME ON FOR A FEW PEOPLE AND ITS LEADING TO A SENSOR FIX WHICH CAN COST UP TO $1000. HAS GM ISSUED A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM SINCE ITS A SAFETY ISSUE?

I RECENTLY NOTICED IN MY CHEVY VOLT PASSENGER AIRBAG SENSOR PROBLEMS. PASSENGER FRONT SEAT SENSOR FOR AIRBAG SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONS, RESULTING IN PASSENGER AIRBAG BEING TURNED OFF WHILE ADULT PASSENGER IS IN SEAT. THIS OCCURS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS MOVING OR STATIONARY AND BOTH IN TOWN AND ON THE HIGHWAY.

WARNING OF FAULTY AIR BAG ON PASSENGER SIDE. WARNING LIGHT WILL COME ON AT TIMES EVEN IF PASSENGER SEAT IS EMPTY. THIS WARNING COMES ON AT TIMES WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AND AT OTHER TIMES WHEN STATIONARY.

REDUCED PROPULSION WARNING. CAUSES CAR TO NOT GO OVER 40 MPH WHILE DRIVING. COVERED UNDER VOLTECH WARRANTY BUT DEALERS WANT TO CHARGE FOR THE DIAGNOSIS. UNFAIR, AS THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN. I REFUSE TO PAY FOR A WARRANTY DIAGNOSIS.

THE SERVICE AIRBAG RED LIGHT CAME ON ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO. WE BROUGHT IT IN TO GET CHECKED AND THE VOLT SERVICE CENTER SAID THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG WAS FAULTY INCLUDING CIRCUITRY WHICH WILL AFFECT THE FRONT AIRBAG FROM WORKING PROPERLY TOO.

PASSENGER SEAT OCCUPANCY SENSOR INTERMITTENT FAILURE. SHOULD BE ADDED TO INVESTIGATION PE19013. AIRBAG LIGHT AND SERVICE AIRBAG MESSAGE IS ON 7 OUT OF 10 TIMES THE CAR IS TURNED ON AND NO PASSENGER OR ITEM IS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT(WHILE STATIONARY). LIGHT WILL TURN OFF AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES OF DRIVING OR APPLYING FORCE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE EMPTY PASSENGER SEAT. DRIVING WITH A PASSENGER THE LIGHT IS USUALLY OFF, HOWEVER SOMETIMES IT WILL COME ON WITH A PASSENGER PRESENT AND VEHICLE IN MOTION, AND CAN BE RESOLVED BY THE PASSENGER SHIFTING THEIR WEIGHT A FEW TIMES. ISSUE IS TOO HARD TO DEMONSTRATE TO DEALER AND WOULD COST TOO MUCH FOR ME TO BOTHER REPAIRING ON MY OWN. OTHER MODELS FROM CHEVROLET DURING THAT TIME PERIOD USE THE SAME SENSOR AND HAVE BEEN RECALLED OR ARE PENDING A RECALL. THIS PROBLEM FIRST STARTED WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR IN 2016 BUT MUCH MORE INFREQUENTLY. IT HAS BECOME MORE AND MORE COMMON GRADUALLY EVER SINCE. SEAT HAS NOT HAD ANYTHING SPILLED ON IT, OR RAIN LET IN FROM OPEN WINDOWS ETC.

PASSENGER FRONT SEAT OCCUPANCY SENSOR MALFUNCTIONS WHICH TRIGGERS THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT AND DISABLES THE PASSENGER FRONT AIR BAGS. THIS RANDOMLY OCCURS WHEN NO ONE IS IN THE SEAT AND IT WILL HAPPEN IF THE SEAT IS OCCUPIED AND THE PERSON IN THE SEAT MOVES

PASSENGER-SIDE AIRBAG GETS AN ERROR BECAUSE OF A MALFUNCTIONING SEAT SENSOR. HAPPENS WHETHER SOMEONE IS SITTING IN THE SEAT OR NOT. MORE TIMES THAN NOT THE AIRBAG WARNING WILL GO OUT AFTER DRIVING FOR A BIT.

I STARTED RECEIVING A PASSENGER AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT ON MY DASH. IT SEEMED TO HAPPEN MOSTLY IF I SET SOMETHING ON THE PASSENGER SEAT AND THEN REMOVED IT. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID A SENSOR IN THE SEAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND IT WAS $1100

THE SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT TURNS ON INTERMITTENTLY. IT ONLY HAPPENS WHEN SOMETHING IS EITHER SET ON MY PASSENGER SEAT OR IF SOMEONE SITS IN THAT SEAT. IT WILL HAPPEN AT ANYTIME, GENERALLY WHEN GOING FROM PARK TO DRIVING.