2013 CHEVROLET VOLT Complaints

GAS GENERATOR FAILED TO START WHEN BATTERY WAS DEPLETED WHILE ON FREEWAY. WARNING MESSAGE ABOUT REDUCED PROPULSION AND YELLOW ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THEN FEWS MOMENTS AFTER VEHICLE COULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE AND WAS SLOWING DOWN SO PULLED OVER ONTO SHOULDER AND GOT TOWED VEHICLE WILL NOT CHARGE EITHER WHEN PLUGGED IN.

MY AIRBAG SENSOR INTERMITTENTLY COMES IN AND OFF. I TOOK IT TO A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE PASSENGER SEAT AIRBAG SENSOR AND THAT IT WOULD COST ABOUT $900. I HAVE READ ON A VOLT FORUM THAT THIS IS HAPPENING TO MANY OF US. THIS SHOULD BE COVERED BY GM.

DRIVING, SO SPILLS ON SEATS, SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT GOES ON. $800. FIX AT THE LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER. WHY ISN'T THERE A RECALL ON THIS FUSE? I CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX IT.I JUST PURCHASED THE CAR A YEAR AGO. NO ACCIDENTS, NOTHING AMISS OTHERWISE, LOVE THE CAR, GAVE UP MY NEWER PRIUS TO GET THIS CAR.

PASSENGER PRESENCE MODULE NEEDS REPLACING AT A DEALER-QUOTED COST OF $700. REAR SEAT STITCHING CAME APART, REQUIRING SEVERAL HOURS OF REPAIR. 2 BAD 12 VOLT BATTERIES IN 36,000 MILES HAVE SOMEHOW AFFECTED THE MAIN COMPUTER AND I HAVEN'T RECEIVED A QUOTE YET. BAD OIL LINE CONNECTION ON THE MASTER CYLINDER. MECHANIC SAID DEFECTIVE CRIMP. BOUGHT THE CAR IN 6/15 AT 16,000 MILES WITH A RECONSTRUCTED TITLE. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN ACCIDENT. I DOUBT THAT THE ACCIDENT INFLUENCED ANY OF THESE PROBLEMS. THE CAR PERFORMED FLAWLESSLY FOR 10,000 AFTER I BOUGHT IT (EXCEPT FOR THE 12 VOLT BATTERY).

WHILE DRIVING IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC THIS CHEVY VOLT'S ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM CRASHED CAUSING ME TO CRASH RIGHT ALONG WITH IT. NO BRAKES (ANTILOCK BRAKING SYSTEM FAIL)NO STEERING OR HORN EVEN WORSE...NO AIR BAGS.... RESULTS: MULTI-CAR COLLISION WITH NO FATALITIES BUT, SEVERAL INJURYS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET VOLT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WIRING CONNECTION UNDER THE SEAT HAD A SHORT, WHICH CAUSED THE SENSOR MAT NOT TO FUNCTION. HENDERSON CHEVROLET (240 N GIBSON RD, HENDERSON, NV 89014, 702-558-2438) WAS NOTIFIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER ISSUED THREE TSBS FOR THE AIR BAGS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

"SERVICE AIRBAG" LIGHTS INTERMITTENTLY. ORIGINAL CAUSE APPEARED TO BE MOVEMENT OF FRONT PASSENGER SEAT; RECENT CAUSES WERE SUDDEN BRAKING AND RANDOM NORMAL SPEED CORNERING. DEALER ATTEMPTED TO REPRODUCE PROBLEM, BUT UNABLE. DEALER HAND TIGHTENED WIRES UNDER SEAT. PROBLEM CORRECTED FOR A FEW WEEKS, THEN RETURNED. SUGGESTED NEXT STEP BY DEALER: REPLACE PPS MODULE. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS $800+ REPAIR WITH NO GUARANTEED OUTCOME. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED BY OTHER VOLT OWNERS IN INTERNET POSTS. WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF GM HAS ANY FIXES NOT KNOWN TO DEALER.

SERVICE AIR BAG WARNING DURING OR SHORTLY AFTER SOMEONE SITS IN FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. ALSO SEE THE PASSENGER AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATES "OFF" FOR EXTENDED PERIOD. DEALER STATES IT IS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE ISSUE. HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR THE PAST YEAR. BELIEVE THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT, AND ALSO A SAFETY HAZARD, AS AIR BAG MAY NOT DEPLOY IN A COLLISION.

THIS IS THE THIRD INCIDENT SINCE I HAD THIS CAR ALONG WITH CHARGING ISSUE IN THE BEGINNING OF OWNERSHIP THIS CHEVROLET VOLT HAS BEEN BEEN DEEM TOTAL FROM THE ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED ON JANUARY 6 BECAUSE OF THE STEERING LOCKING UP

WHENEVER SOMEONE SITS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT, THE SERVICE AIRBAG INDICATOR COMES ON. DEALER REVIEWED CODES AND DETERMINED THE AIRBAG SENSOR IS FAULTY. THE SERVICE TECH STATED THE PASSENGER AIRBAG WILL NOT INFLATE UNTIL THIS IS REPAIRED AT A COST OF $850.00. THERE ARE ONLY 56,000 MILES ON THE CAR, BUT THE PROBLEM STARTED AROUND 40,000 MILES.