2013 CHEVROLET VOLT Complaints

PAID DEALER $160 TO FIND OUT PASSENGER PRESENCE MODULE HAD FAILED. THEY'RE ASKING FOR ANOTHER $820 (MOSTLY LABOR) TO FIX THE ISSUE BY REPLACING WITH PART #22968438 IN THE PASSENGER SEAT...SO I'M DRIVING AROUND WITH A BAD AIRBAG I GUESS. CAN'T SEE SPENDING 1000.00 RIGHT NOW TO FIX A BLINKING WARNING LIGHT. I SEE ON THE WEB THAT OTHERS ARE ALSO HAVING THIS PROBLEM, AND WONDER HOW MANY VOLT OWNERS ARE DRIVING WITH BAD AIRBAGS WAITING FOR A RECALL TO BE ANNOUNCED. SEEMS LIKE A PART THAT JUST SHOULDN'T HAVE MUCH WEAR-AND-TEAR, AND SHOULD MAYBE NEVER BECOME AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR ISSUE. ENGINE, TRANNY, TIRES, ETC. - SURE. BUT NOT THE DANG AIRBAG SYSTEM. MY CELL IF YOU WANT MORE DETAILS [XXX] PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *CC

RADIATOR FAILURE/LEAKING AT 67000 MILES. UNKNOWN CAUSE. CAUSED CAR TO OVERHEAT AND HAD TO BE SHUT DOWN TO AVOID FURTHER DAMAGE TO ELECTRICAL/BATTERY COMPONENTS. COST TO REPAIR EXCEEDS $1500.

DRIVING IN TRAFFIC, MULTIPLE LANES.." REDUCED POWER" MESSAGE APPEARS ON DASH..CAR SHUTS DOWN IMMEDIATELY...NO STEERING ASSIST...BRAKES OKAY...STUCK IN MIDDLE LANES WITH NO PROPULSION...LUCKILY A FIRETRUCK HAPPENED BY AND WAS PUSHED OFF THE ROAD...CAR TOWED TO DEALER. INFORMED MULTIPLE VOLTS TOWED IN FOR SAME ISSUE. ALSO INFORMED EXTREME BACKORDER FOR REPAIR BATTERY ACROSS U. S. TOLD APPROX 2 MONTH WAIT FOR BATTERY SECTION...ONCE THIS BATTERY FAILS WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING, YOU ARE DEAD IN THE WATER...NO POWER STEERING AND UNABLE TO MOVE IN OR OUT OF TRAFFIC...IF THIS DEALER HAS 3 CARS, HOW MANY UNSAFE CARS ARE THERE ACROSS THE COUNTRY?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET VOLT. AFTER FUELING THE VEHICLE, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL BECAME INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 122,222.

TAILGATE STRIKER LATCH P/N 13581431 (ON BODY, NOT TAILGATE) LOOSE FOUND THE 2 SCREWS P/N 11518445 WERE LOOSE AND REAR TAILGATE WAS RATTLING.

ONBOARD SCREEN STOPPED WORKING AFTER CAR WASN'T USED FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THE BUTTON LIGHTS INTERMITTENTLY TURN ON AND OFF. AC, SEAT HEATERS AND CAR FUNCTIONS NORMALLY EXCEPT RADIO AND THE MIDPANEL SCREEN. SINCE THE SCREEN DOESN'T TURN ON CONTROLLING THE AC IS DONE THROUGH TRIAL AND ERROR.

THIS NOTE IS SUPPLEMENTAL TO NHTSA #10940031 OF 1/1/17. THE TIRE THAT HAD JUST REPLACED THE SECOND FAILED TIRE ALSO SUSTAINED DAMAGE DEEMED TO BE UNACCEPTABLE TO REPAIR ONLY ABOUT 200 MILES AFTER IT WAS INSTALLED. GIVEN 3 OF THESE TIRES FAILED VERY PREMATURELY OVER 7.5K MILES, NEVER MIND 2 IN 200 MILES, THIS SUGGESTED TO ME A POSSIBLE ATYPICAL WEAKNESS IN THE DESIGN OF THESE TIRES SO I SCRAPPED ALL 4 FUEL MAX TIRES AND REPLACED THEM WITH THE FAR SUPERIOR GOODYEAR ASSURANCE TRIPLETRED TIRES. HAVING PUT 70K+/- MILES ON A SET OF PREVIOUSLY OWNED TRIPLETRED TIRES WITHOUT A SINGLE FAILURE UNDER VIRTUALLY IDENTICAL CONDITIONS TO THOSE I USED THE FUEL MAX TIRES UNDER I CAN STATE WITH CONFIDENCE THAT THEY ARE MUCH MORE DAMAGE RESISTANT TIRES THAN THE FUEL MAX VERSION OF THE ASSURANCE LINE IN ADDITION TO HAVING NOTICEABLY GREATER/SAFER TRACTION IN RAIN AND SNOW. *TR

MY LCD INFOTAINMENT SCREEN WENT BLANK AND IT WON'T TURN BACK ON. IT HAS HAPPEN COUPLE OF TIMES. MY SCREEN FROZE YESTERDAY AND I SHUT DOWN HE CAR, LOCKED, WALKED OUT FOR 2 MINUTES AND CAME BACK THE SCREEN WAS BLACK. I HAVE READ ONLINE THAT A LOT CHEVROLET VOLT LCD SCREEN BLANK OUT A LOT. PLEASE FIX THIS ISSUE, I CAN'T USE MY RADIO, MY BACK UP CAMERA OR SENSORS. THE CAR HAS A LOT OF BLIND SPOTS AND IT IS HARD FOR ME TO BACK OUT. ALSO, I READ ONLINE THAT CHEVROLET HAS A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE VOLT LCD STOP WORKING AFTER 36,000 MILES. PLEASE HELP, BECAUSE THIS IS ISSUE THE COMPANY KNOWS BUT HASN'T FIX.

ONE OF THE PRONGS ON THE PORTABLE CHARGER GOT STUCK IN THE ELECTRICAL OUTLET. NOW WE ARE UNABLE TO CHARGE IT AT HOME WITHOUT LOCATING AN INCONVENIENTLY LOCATED CHARGING STATION.

WHILE THE BRAKE PEDAL IS PRESSED, IF ONE SIDE OF THE CAR GOES OVER A POT HOLE, THE CAR LOSES BRAKING POWER AND CONTINUES FORWARD EVEN THOUGH THE BRAKE PEDAL IS PRESSED. FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE GOES INTO A POTHOLE WHILE TRYING TO STOP AT AN ONCOMING RED LIGHT, THE CAR DISPLAYS A MESSAGE IN RED LETTERS ON THE DASHBOARD REFERENCING LOW TRACTION WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY LOSING BRAKING POWER. THE CAR CONTINUES FORWARD WITH NO BRAKING POWER EVEN THOUGH I STILL HAVE MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. IT ONLY RECOVERS BRAKING POWER AFTER TWO SECONDS. UNFORTUNATELY, BY THEN, IT MIGHT BE TOO LATE TO STOP. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A DANGEROUS SOFTWARE ERROR WITH THE TRACTION OR ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM.