2019 CHEVROLET VOLT Complaints

LEASING 2019 CHEVY VOLT FROM DGDG CHEVY: END OF SEPTEMBER -- MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE (BRAKES): END OF SEPTEMBER 2019, THE VEHICLE HAD LIMITED BRAKE POWER (CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AND TRACTION CONTROL DISABLED). WHEN BRAKING, THE CAR MAKES VERY LOUD (SYSTEM NOISE) AND SKIDS WHILE BRAKING. AFTER NEARLY CRASHING THE CAR COUPLE OF TIMES IN THE HIGHWAY (DUE TO VERY POOR BRAKING), CAR WAS TURNED INTO CHEVY DGDG AND PROBLEM WAS CONFIRMED. CAR WAS RETURNED BACK SECOND WEEK OF OCTOBER AND INITIAL ISSUES WENT AWAY. FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER 2019 -- MORE BRAKE PROBLEMS / RISK TO DRIVERS BRAKE ISSUE HAD RETURNED (LIMITED BRAKE POWER; SKIDS WHILE BRAKING, MAKES LOUD BEEPING NOISE, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON/TRACTION CONTROL OFF). I BOUGHT IT BACK TO THE SAME DEALERSHIP, AFTER NEARLY REAR ENDING FEW CARS DUE TO THE MALFUNCTION OF THE BRAKE. ISSUE WAS CONFIRMED AND WAS IN THE SHOP FOR OVER 70DAYS+. CAR WAS RETURNED AFTER REPLACING THE BRAKE SYSTEM. FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY 2020, SAME ISSUE OCCURRED AFTER LESS THAN WEEK OF RECEIVING MY CAR BACK (TOOK MORE THAN 70DAYS IN THE SHOP). SAME ISSUE, BRAKES ARE NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY, ALMOST REAR ENDED SOMEONE AGAIN, AS A RESULT OF IT. SHOP IS TAKING A LOOK AT IT AGAIN. I'M WRITING THIS REPORT IN HOPES OF GAINING ATTENTION OF THIS MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE WHICH IS PUTTING MY LIFE, AND OTHERS AT RISK, WORKING WITH CHEVY. I HAVE THE FEAR THAT THIS PROBLEM CAN OCCUR AGAIN, BASED ON PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS, AND NO REAL RESOLUTION.

2018 CHEVROLET VOLT. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING THE FREEWAY, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN LOSS OF ACCELERATION. THE DEALER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. *JS

BRAND NEW CAR SUDDENLY STALLED WHILE DRIVING - STILL HAD ABOUT 10 EV MILES LEFT AND A FULL TANK OF GAS WHEN IT HAPPENED, TRAVELING STRAIGHT AT AROUND 45MPH. MESSAGES DISPLAYED ON DASH TELLING ME "PROPULSION POWER REDUCED TO 0" AND "SHIFT TO PARK", GIVING ME ABOUT 30 SECONDS TO PULL OVER BEFORE IT COMPLETELY STOPPED. RESTARTED CAR SEVERAL TIMES, BUT "INITIALIZING WAIT TO SHIFT" AND "PROPULSION POWER REDUCED" MESSAGES DISPLAYED, AS WELL AS CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK, EVEN TO NEUTRAL. LUCKILY I WAS ON A QUIET CITY STREET AT NIGHT AND NOT ON THE FREEWAY, AS THIS COULD HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ON STAR SERVICE HAD ME TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, WHOSE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID IT WAS A FAULTY PART IN THE ELECTRIC ENGINE CHARGING MODULE. THEY WILL REPLACE THE PART. HOWEVER, SINCE HAVING THIS ISSUE I HAVE READ OF COUNTLESS OTHER SIMILAR SITUATIONS ON PREVIOUS VOLT MODELS, WITH SUDDEN STALLING AND "PROPULSION POWER REDUCED" MESSAGES. IT IS SO COMMON THERE IS A PINNED MESSAGE ABOUT IT ON THE VOLT INTERNET FORUMS, AND I HAVE READ SEVERAL PREVIOUS NHTSA COMPLAINTS. IT SEEMS ALL TOO COMMON AND I BELIEVE IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED AS IT COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH DEPENDING ON WHERE/WHEN IT HAPPENS. IF IT WAS A KNOWN FAULT ON PREVIOUS VOLT MODELS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIXED IN THE 2019 VERSION.