2017 CHEVROLET VOLT Complaints

THE SENSING DIAGNOSTIC MODULE FAILED AT ~38K MILES CAUSING THE AIRBAGS TO STOP WORKING. THIS HAPPENED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED.

THE BATTERY ENERGY CONTROL MODULE FAILED AT ~34K MILES. THIS HAPPENED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND PREVENTED THE CAR FROM USING THE BATTERIES FOR DRIVING. THE FAILURE MADE THE CAR UNUSABLE.

FAULTY FRONT PROXIMITY SENSOR OR CAMERA RESULTING IN FALSE POSITIVES OF OBJECT IN FRONT OF THE CAR. FALSE WARNING LIGHTS AND WARNING SOUNDS AS IF AN OBJECT IS IN FRONT OF THE CAR WHEN NO OBJECT IS IN SIGHT. USUALLY DURING THE RAIN BUT OCCASIONALLY NOT. OCCURS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TRAVELING LESS THAN 6MPH. HAPPENS AROUND 75% OF THE TIME DURING THE RAIN AND ABOUT 5% OF THE TIME DURING DRY WEATHER.

WHEN I ATTEMPT TO TURN OFF THE VEHICLE, WITH THE SHIFT SET TO "P", I GET A MESSAGE THAT APPEARS, "ACTION REQUIRED SHIFT TO PARK", AND THE VEHICLE WILL NOT TURN OFF.

THE DEALERSHIP TELLS ME THAT WITHOUT FIXING THIS THE VEHICLE MAY NOT TURN OFF. SINCE IT IS A HYBRID IT MAY THEN TURN ON SILENTLY GENERATING CARBON MONOXIDE. RECENTLY WHEN I STOP AND TURN OFF THE CAR VIA THE DASH PUSH BUTTON SOMETIMES(BUT NOT ALWAYS) THE CONSOLE SAYS "ACTION REQUIRED. SHIFT INTO PARK" EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE IS ALREADY IN PARK. IT HAPPENS RANDOMLY, AND DOES NOT SEEM TO BE RELATED TO WHETHER THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED, HOW LONG IT HAS BEEN IN PARK, OR HOW VIGOROUSLY THE LEVER WAS SHIFTED TO PARK. THE DEALER TELLS ME THAT THE PART AND REPAIR ARE NOT COVERED UNDER MY WARRANTY, OR WHEN THE PART WOULD BE AVAILABLE. SINCE I AM AWARE OF MULTIPLE DEATHS RELATED TO INABILITY TO TURN OFF A CAR LEADING TO CARBON MONOXIDE GENERATION, I AM CONCERNED EVEN THOUGH THE MANIFESTATION I HAVE SEEN IS A SPURIOUS WARNING RATHER THAN A FAILURE TO TURN OFF THE CAR. POTENTIALLY THE DEALERSHIP IS WRONG. I CANNOT OTHERWISE OBTAIN ACCURATE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, ITS SOLUTION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.

2017 CHEVY VOLT PREMIUM WITH 45,500 MILES WITH FULL ELECTRICAL CHARGE AND 3/4 TANK OF GAS. ON FRIDAY, 08/09/2019 I ATTEMPTED TO MOVE VEHICLE IN DRIVEWAY IN A,M, HOURS. VEHICLE HAD DIFFICULTY SHIFTING FROM PARK INTO REVERSE. MESSAGE WAIT TO SHIFT HAD CLEARED FROM INSTRUMENT DISPLAY. AFTER SHIFTING AND NO RESPONSE IN PROPULSION, DISPLAY SHOWED "SHIFT TO PARK AND DEPRESS BRAKE" AFTER MANY ATTEMPTS TO REPEATS THE PROCESS. TURNING OFF THE ENGINE AND RE-STARTING I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR. NO OTHER PROBLEMS DISPLAYED OR ENCOUNTER DURING REMAINED OF MORNING. VEHICLE STARTED AND SHIFTED AS EXPECTED. IN THE AFTERNOON MY WIFE ENCOUNTER THE SAME PROBLEM AND COULD NOT GET THE VEHICLE INTO GEAR NOR SHUT IT OFF TO ATTEMPT TO RESTART. AFTER 30 MINUTES AND MULTIPLE CELL PHONE CALLS AND MY SEARCHING THE INTERNET SHE WAS FINALLY ABLE TO GET THE CAR INTO REVERSE AND DRIVE CORRECTLY AS DISPLAYED IN THE STICK SHIFT. I SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT AT THE LOCAL CHEVY DEALERSHIP FOR EARLIEST APPOINT A WEEK AWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND PREPARED FOR THE HOOK IN THE DRIVEWAY. ON MONDAY 08/12/2019 I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO GET IT OUT OF PARK. I DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP RATHER THAN WAIT TO FOR MORE UNEXPECTED PROBLEMS AND POSSIBLE HAVING IT TOWED ON FRIDAY 08/16/2019. DEALERSHIP. ON TUESDAY, 08/20/2019 DEALERSHIP NOTIFIED ME THEY HAD DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM RELATED TO THE EXHAUST EMISSIONS MODULE AND THAT EFFECTED THE SHIFTING PROBLEM. THEY REPLACED THE PART. THE COST WERE COVERED MY EXTENDED WARRANTY. ON THURSDAY 08/22/2019 I RETRIEVED THE CAR. WE HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM SINCE. SAFETY ISSUES ARE AS MENTIONED ABOVE. THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL BY GM / CHEVY FOR THIS ISSUE.

WHEN I ATTEMPT TO TURN OFF THE VEHICLE, WITH THE SHIFT LEVER SET TO "P", I GET A MESSAGE THAT APPEARS, "ACTION REQUIRED SHIFT TO PARK", AND THE VEHICLE WILL NOT TURN OFF.

WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, I ACCELERATED TO PASS A VEHICLE, BUT THE ENGINE SLOWED DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY INSTEAD. A WARNING ABOUT REDUCED POWER SHOWED ON THE DASH. WE BARELY MADE IT TO AN EXIT AND A GAS STATION, AND THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART, WITH ANOTHER WARNING OF "SERVICE HIGH VOLTAGE CHARGING SYSTEM". WE HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER.. IF WE HAD BEEN IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WHEN WE WENT TO PASS THE OTHER VEHICLE, WE COULD HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT.

ELECTRIC POWER STEERING FAILED - ALMOST CAUSED A WRECK AND IT WOULD HAVE IT IT HAPPENED IN TRAFFIC OR PARKING GARAGE OR ACCIDENT AVOIDANCE MANEUVER. THE CAR IS 3 YRS AND 3 MONTHS OLD WITH APPROX 28,000 EASY MILES- THE FIRST 2017 IN SPOKANE DELIVERED IN 2016 (YES, A 2017 BUILT IN EARLY 2016). THE LT VERSION. HAPPENED AFTER TYPICAL CITY DRIVE ON ALL ELECTRIC IN MODEST TEMPERATURES AND CLEAR WEATHER AND RUNNING ON ELECTRIC. MY WIFE WAS TURNING INTO THE DRIVEWAY AND IT FELT LIKE THE STEERING LOCKED BUT I BELIEVE IT JUST TURNED VERY HARD AT LOW SPEED WITH NO POWER ASSIST. NO WARNING. AFTER THIS OCCURRED SHE POWERED DOWN AND POWERED BACK ON THE CAR AND THERE WAS A MESSAGE SAYING "POWER STEERING IS WORKING, DRIVE CAREFULLY" SO CAME IN AND TOLD ME BECAUSE IT WAS NOT WORKING. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED, IT RECOVERED IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND WORKED LIKE NORMAL FOR A FEW DAYS NOW. SHE DOES NOT WANT TO DRIVE THE VOLT NOW. FTI ANOTHER SAME MODEL VOLT LT DELIVERED TO LOCAL DEALER IN THE SAME BATCH OF VOLTS, THE THIRD VOLT DELIVERED TO SAME LOCAL DEALER, HAD MANY MANY MORE ISSUES WITH POWER STEERING. I LOVE MY VOLT, AN OTHERWISE GREAT SAFE AND WELL HANDLING CAR.

WHEN I ATTEMPT TO TURN OFF THE VEHICLE, WITH THE SHIFT SET TO "P", I GET A MESSAGE THAT APPEARS, "ACTION REQUIRED SHIFT TO PARK", AND THE VEHICLE WILL NOT TURN OFF.