2012 CHEVROLET VOLT Complaints

IT ALL STARTED ON DECEMBER 16TH 2015, I HAD BOUGHT THE CAR CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED WITH 12K MILES ON IT. THE CAR HAS BEEN PLAGUED WITH ISSUES SINCE DAY ONE.. THE ISSUES RANGE FROM LITTLE ELECTRICAL ISSUES, TO MAJOR SAFETY CONCERNS, ALL OF WHICH TAKING MONTHS TO REPAIR. THE FIRST ISSUES WERE ISSUES WHERE THE KEY FOB COULD NOT BE FOUND, THE CAR WOULD NOT RECOGNIZE THE KEYS WHEN YOU GOT IN AND AT TIMES YOU COULD NOT TURN OFF THE CAR. THEY REPLACED THE KEYS OVER A DOZEN TIMES, AND REPLACED THE CENTRAL COMPUTER TWICE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS THE STEERING COLUMN FAILED, THIS HAPPENED THREE TIMES, WHERE I COULD NOT STEER THE CAR, OR THE WORM GEAR RANDOMLY WOULD MISS TEETH.. THEY REPLACED THE COLUMN, WORM GEAR, AND RACK EACH TIME. THERE ARE ALSO ISSUES WITH THE CHARGE PORT DOOR NOT RELEASING, AS WELL AS A FEW TIMES WHERE THE CHARGE PORT SHORTED OUT MY HOUSE, AND CHARGING UNIT REQUIRING BOTH THE PORT AND THE CHARGER ITSELF TO BE REPLACED. NEXT WAS A BROKEN EXHAUST MANIFOLD, WHERE THE CAR WOULD LEAK EXHAUST INTO THE CAR THROUGH THE HEAT VENTS, THEY REPLACED THE MANIFOLD, AND FULL EXHAUST EVENTUALLY DUE TO RANDOM LEAKS IN THE EXHAUST.. NEXT WAS MPG, ONCE THE WEATHER GOT COLD I AM UNABLE TO GET BETTER THAN 12MPG, WHICH GM INDICATES IS NORMAL.. THE EPA STICKER INDICATED 30MPG CITY, I AM GETTING BETWEEN 9 AND 12, GM WILL NOT REMEDY THIS ISSUE, INDICATING IT IS NORMAL.. NEXT WAS THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER, WHICH GM INDICATED DUE TO THE NEW EXHAUST THAT THE OLD CAT WAS BROKEN IN THE PROCESS.. NEXT WAS AIRBAGS, THE SYSTEM IN THE CAR WOULD NOT PICKUP THE PASSENGER IN THE CAR AND WOULD AT RANDOM TURN OFF THE PASSENGER AIR BAG.. APPARENTLY THERE IS A SOFTWARE UPDATE TO FIX THIS ISSUE. NEXT WAS THE BRAKES, WHICH STARTED STICKING, WHICH THEY INDICATE SINCE THERE IS NO CODE THEY CAN'T FIX THEM, I ADJUSTED THE CABLE MYSELF AND RESOLVED THE ISSUE. I HAVE ALL THE RECORDS AND WILL GLADLY SEND THEM TO NHTSA

2012 VOLT CHARGER HAS BURNED MY OUTLET, AND MY MELTED IT AND IT HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE. MY SEAT BELT BUCKLE HAS BROKEN.

WHEELS: ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT TIRE WITH 5/32 TREAD, ABOUT 58,000 MILES, NOTICED REDUCED TIRE PRESSURE 3/15/16, FILLED TIRE; FILLED AGAIN 3/18/16 TWICE, ABOUT AN HOUR APART, BECAME TOTALLY FLAT. SIDE OF TIRE, TWO REPAIR FACILTIES INDICATE IT CAN NOT BE REPAIRED. HAVE REST OF ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT TIRES ON CAR, WERE VERY RECENTLY ROTATED, AND TIRE PRESSURE CHECKED BEFORE 3/15/16. THOUGHT IT MAY HAVE BEEN VANDALIZED, DEALER IN MIDDLETON SAYS IT WAS NOT. ALL TIRES ON CARE ARE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. LOSS OF TIRE PRESSURE BEGAN WHILE STATIONERY, FILLED TIRE, BUT DID NOT HOLD AIR WHETHER IN MOTION, BEING DRIVEN ON HIGHWAY OR CITY STREET. IS AT A DEALERSHIP IN MIDDLETON, WI NOW. I PURCHASED THE 2012 VOLT IN 2/2013, NEVER TITLED, FROM A DEALER IN ELK CITY, OK AFTER MUCH RESEARCH. IN READING ABOUT VOLT, THERE WAS NO INFORMATION ABOUT A BACK UP CAMERA. THE CAR REALLY NEEDS A BACK UP CAMERA; I HAVE HIT ANOTHER CAR PARKED ON MY OWN DRIVEWAY WHILE BACKING OUT, AND IN JANUARY 2016 I HIT A MOVING SUV AT BEST BUY PARKING LOT, DELAFIELD, WI. PERSON DRIVING HIS CAR SAID HE DID NOT LOOK FOR BACK UP LIGHTS FOR BREAK LIGHTS, I HAD CHECKED TO SEE IF CAR MAY BE APPROACHING AND DID NOT SEE SUV. I FILED WITH THE DOT, WI, SINCE IT WAS LIKELY IF POLICE WERE CALLED IT WOULD BE STATED IT WAS A PRIVATE LOT. I HAVE ALSO HAD MY CAR TOWED, THE BLACK RUBBER FRONT THAT IS FLEXIBLE IS EASILY DAMAGED, AND ESPECIALLY BY A TOW TRUCK BUT CAN BE EASILY DAMAGED IN WINTER WITH SNOW/ICE, OR GENERALLY IN PARKING LOTS IF THERE ARE CONCRETE GUIDES TO STOP CAR WHEN PULLING INTO SPOT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET VOLT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED AND DID NOT RESPOND NUMEROUS TIMES. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. WHILE DRIVING, THE TRANSMISSION BRACKETS FRACTURED AND CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO BECOME DETACHED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V271000 (ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, SERVICE BRAKES). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.

THE CAR SHUT OFF COMPLETELY WHILE I WAS DRIVING 65 MPH ON THE FREEWAY AND HAD TO BE TOWED INTO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. IT WAS DETERMINED BY THE DEALER THAT AN UNDERHOOD FUSE SHORTED OUT AND BURNED INTO THE VEHICLE BATTERY CHARGING SYSTEM CAUSING THE CAR TO SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING. A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD AS THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED AN FIRE.

THE VEHICLE CONTINUOUSLY STALLS OUT AT ANY SPEED THE ONLY WAY TO GET POWER BACK IS BY PUTTING THE CAR IN LOW GEAR AND THEN BACK INTO DRIVE.

WHEN FILLING THE GAS TANK: BACK PRESSURE IS SENSED BY GAS STATION PUMP AND STOPS THE FLOW OF GAS AFTER A QUICK MOMENT. CONTINUING THESE SHORT BURSTS CAN TAKE A LONG WHILE. IF TRYING TO FUEL SLOWLY BELOW THE THRESHOLD OF THE BACK PRESSURE BEING SENSED BY THE PUMP, IT COULD RESULT IN GASOLINE FLOWING AND SQUIRTING OUT OF THE GAS TANK OPENING, ONTO: THE CAR, TIRE, BRAKES, UNDERSIDE OF CAR & THE ATTENDANT FILING THE GAS TANK.

2012 CHECY VOLT - EXPERIENCING ISSUES WITH SHIFTER. ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS I WILL SHIFT MY VOLT INTO PARK BUT SYSTEM DOESN'T RECOGNIZE IT. I TRY AND TURN OFF VEHICLE AND SYSTEM SHOWS "SHIFT INTO PARK" ON SCREEN AND VEHICLE CAN NOT BE TURNED OFF CAUSING VEHICLE TO RUN CONTINUOUSLY AND KILL BOTH 12 VOLT BATTERY AND DRIVE BATTERY.

I WAS MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN AND WAS HIT BY AN SUV WHO RAN A RED LIGHT DOING ABOUT 35 OR 40 MILES PER HOUR ON FRONT OF MY CAR. IT HIT THE FRONT OF MY CAR SPINNING IT TO THE RIGHT [ABOUT 160 DEGREE TURN] WHEN MY CAR SPUN I HIT THE BACK OF MY HEAD AND LEFT SHOULDER ON THE DOOR PILLAR, MY HEAD HURT AND I WAS DAZED. THE AIRBAGS HAD NOT GONE OFF I HIT THE ONSTAR BUTTON NOTHING HAPPENED I SMELLED BURNING SO I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND GOT OUT. I NOW HAVE A MINOR CONCUSSION DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY.

WE HAVE BEEN HAVING MULTIPLE ONGING ISSUES WITH THE HIGH VOLTAGE CHARGING SYSTEM IN MY VOLT. IT HAS BEEN IN 7 TIMES FOR THIS ISSUE SINCE 10/1/13. WHEN I CALL CHEVY THEY CLAIM THEY ARE UNAWARE OF ANY ISSUES WITH MY CAR AS THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN PAID UNDER A WARRANTY CLAIM. YET THE DEALER HAS NEVER CHARGED ME AS THEY CLAIM THAT CHEVY IS PAYING FOR THE REPAIRS AS PART OF AN ONGOING WARRANTY EXTENSION. WHAT IS HAPPENING IS THIS ALLOWS CHEVY TO CLAIM THAT THEY HAVE ZERO KNOWLEDGE OF CHARGING SYSTEM ISSUES AND CREATES NO PAPERWORK TRAIL TO FOLLOW. MY NEIGHBOR WHO ALSO OWNS A VOLT IS GOING THROUGH THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THE SAME PAPERWORK ISSUE. I THINK CHEVY IS COVERING UP THE ISSUE OF PROBLEMS WITH THE HIGH VOLTAGE CHARGING SYSTEM BY DOING THIS. FOR EXAMPLE 10/1/13 IS LISTED AS MISCELLANEOUS SES LAMP ON, BODY ELECTRICAL 10/22/13 SES LAMP ON 9/2/14 I/P WARNING LAMP 9/8/14 BODY ELECTRICAL 2/21/15 IS LISTED AS A DRIVABILITY PROBLEM. CAR WAS DEAD HIGH VOLTAGE CHARGING SYSTEM ISSUE 5/18/15 SES LAMP ON 7/22/15 SES LAMP ON 8/19/15 BODY ELECTRICAL EACH ONE WAS PAID FOR UNDER WARRANTY CLAIMS BY CHEVY/THE DEALER YET THEY CLAIM TO HAVE ZERO RECORD OF MOST OF THESE SERVICE VISITS. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THREE PEOPLE FROM CHEVY WHO SAY THESE EXCESSIVE PROBLEMS WITH MY HIGH VOLTAGE CHARGING SYSTEM IS NOT A PROBLEM AS THEY SEE IT