2016 CHEVROLET VOLT Complaints

INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WHERE THE CENTER DISPLAY CONSOLE GOES BLANK ON STARTING THE CAR AND IS COMPLETELY UNRESPONSIVE. THIS DISPLAYS VITAL INFORMATION SUCH AS LOCATION, CHARGE CAPACITY, CLIMATE CONTROLS, ETC. COULD NOT FIND A WAY TO RESET THIS. IT CORRECTS ITSELF AFTER THE CAR IS OFF FOR A BIT. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED IN TWO DAYS. THIS IS FOR CASE ID NUMBER 10872363.

MY VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY IN A LEFT TURN LANE AT AN INTERSECTION. I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE GAS AND PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE THE CAR THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS, THE CAR DID NOT ACCELERATE. I REPEATEDLY TRIED TO ACCELERATE AND THE CAR SEEMED TO NOT EVEN IDLE BECAUSE IT WOULD ROLL BACKWARDS WHEN THE BRAKE WAS RELEASED. AFTER A WHILE THERE WAS SOME WEIRD NOISES AND THE CAR DID SOME UNUSUAL SHAKING. I ALSO OBSERVED ON MY DASHBOARD THAT THE CAR WAS SWITCHING BETWEEN THE ELECTRIC BATTERY POWER AND THE GAS FUEL POWER. I WAS NOT CLICKING ANYTHING TO DO THIS IT WAS DOING IT WHILE I HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND WAS TOUCHING NOTHING ELSE. AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR AND MANY TRIES THE GAS FINALLY ENGAGED AND I WAS ABLE TO PULL THE VEHICLE INTO A NEARBY PARKING LOT BUT THERE WERE STILL VARIOUS NOISE PROBLEMS AND SHAKING. HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT SERVICED. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND A NEW ONE WAS SENT AND PUT INTO THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD 1080 MILES ON IT.

IN REGARD TO RECALL 16055 REPROGRAM HYBRID POWERTRAIN CONTROL; MODULE 2. I HAD THIS RECALL DONE ON JANUARY 5, 2017. THIS SERVICE CHANGES SOME SETTINGS WITHOUT NOTIFICATION TO THE OWNER. CRITICALLY IMPORTANT IT CHANGES THE ENGINE RUN ON REMOTE START FROM OFF TO ON. IF THE OWNER STARTS THEIR CAR TO WARM UP IN THE GARAGE THE ENGINE WILL RUN UNKNOWING TO THE OWNER. THIS COULD BE A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR THE BUILDUP OF CARBON MONOXIDE IN THE GARAGE.

2016 CHEVY VOLT WOULDN'T START, LESS THAN A YEAR OLD, CURRENT ON MAINTENANCE. TOWED IT TO DEALER, THEY SAID THERE WERE SOME RECALLS - BUT COULDN'T TELL ME WHAT WAS WRONG. GOT IT BACK AFTER 2 DAYS, WAS FINE - THEN ON 9/22/16 WOULDN'T START AGAIN - I WAS STRANDED IN THE DARK, GOT IT JUMP STARTED. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, SINCE IT WAS RUNNING FINE HE DIDN'T TAKE IT IN. TOLD ME NEXT TIME IT HAPPENS TO GET IT TOWED IN. WOULDN'T START AGAIN YESTERDAY, UNRELIABLE CAR. PLEASE INVESTIGATE.

THERE'S AN ODD SITUATION WHEN I'M IN THE ELECTRIC MODE AND AM PASSING OVER A BUMPY BIT OF ROAD: THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES AUTOMATICALLY. THE PART THAT IS TROUBLING IS THAT THESE ARE TIMES WHEN THE DRIVER WOULD WANT TO SLOW DOWN. IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME MANY TIMES. I'VE BEEN LUCKY, SO FAR. BUT I HOPE THIS IS REMEDIED SOON.

THE ENTIRE CONTROL WINDOW WAS BLANK AND I COULDN'T GET IT TO COME BACK AFTER RESTARTING THE CAR. THE RADIO AND FUNCTIONS STILL WORKED, JUST COULDN'T SEE ANY OF THE FUNCTIONS TO OPERATE THEM. THIS WAS WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, AND DURING THE ENTIRE DRIVE ON CITY STREETS AND A HIGHWAY

WHILE I WAS DRIVING EAST ON HWY 80 IN VACAVILLE, CA, AT APPROXIMATELY 1:15 PM, I WAS LITERALLY BLINDED BY SUN FROM THE CHROME REFLECTION ON THE DASH BOARD. BECAUSE OF THIS, I ALMOST REAR ENDED THE VEHICLE IN FRON OF ME AS I HAD DARK SPOTS IN MY VISION FROM THE REFLECTION.