2014 CHEVROLET VOLT Complaints

CHEVY VOLT WAS DRIVEN INTO THE GARAGE WITH 10 MILES LEFT ON THE BATTERY, THE CAR WAS PLUGGED INTO THE ELECTRIC CHARGER FOR OVER NIGHT CHARGE. IN THE MORNING IN THE ATTEMPT TO TURN ON THE CAR A MESSAGE APPEARED STATING. "NOT ABLE TO CHARGE" "BATTERY RANGE 0 MILES" "CHARGING OVERRIDE/INTERRUPT OCCURRED" MY HUSBAND CAME AND CHECKED OUT THE CAR WE PLUGGED INTO OUR 110 VOLT CHARGE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WASN'T OUR CHARGING SYSTEM. WAITED SEVERAL HOURS STILL NO CHARGE. ON STAR WAS CALLED THEY COULD NOT COLLECT ANY DATA BECAUSE THE CAR WAS TOTALLY SHUT DOWN. SOME TIME LATER POSSIBLY THE NEXT DAY (SUNDAY) THERE APPEARED A MESSAGE. "CHARGING OVERRIDE/ INTERRUPTION A CHARGING OVERRIDE OR INTERRUPTION HAS OCCURRED DUE TO ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING EVENTS: * OVERRIDE OF CHARGING SETTINGS BY VEHICLE OWNER VIA ONSTAR. (THIS DID NOT HAPPEN) * UNINTENDED INTERRUPTION OF AC POWER KATH THE VEHICLE'S CHARGE PORT. (ALSO DID NOT HAPPEN) *INTERRUPTION OF CHARGING BY THE UTILITY COMPANY VIA ONSTAR AS AUTHORIZED BY VEHICLE OWNER. (ALSO DID NOT HAPPEN) SEE OWNER'S MANUAL FOR FURTHER DETAIL." MONDAY MORNING CAR WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP ATTEMPTED TO CHARGE AND RUN TESTS TO FIND OUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED. AFTER FIVE DAYS THEY DECIDED TO ORDER A PART, NOT SURE WHAT THE PARTS ACTUAL NAME WAS, SOMETHING TO DO WITH AN ELECTRICAL STARTING MODULE. DEALERSHIP SAYS THE PROBLEM IS SOLVED, PICKING UP ON THE 6TH DAY AT DEALERSHIP. HOPING ALL IS WELL.

THE WATERHEATER PUMP ON THE CAR IS OUT AT JUST 53L MILES AND CHEVY STATES THAT THIS IS NOT THEIR PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH WE CANT GET THE PART BECAUSE IT IS BACK ORDERED DUE TO SO MANY INDIVIDUALS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THE REASON THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE IS THAT THE CAR CAN NOT DEFROST THE WINDOW FOR VISIBILITY. THIS IS AN ISSUE AND THERE ARE SEVERAL VOLT OWNERS THAT ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM DUE TO THEIR FAULT WATERPUMP SYSTEM. *TR

CHEVROLET VOLT 2014 HEAD UNIT REBOOTS WHILE VEHICLE IN MOTION (CITY STREETS AND FREEWAYS). NO USER AUXILIARY DEVICE PLUGGED IN. FH DAILY SAN LEANDRO COULD NOT IDENTIFY PROBLEM. REBOOTING OCCURED APPROXIMATELY 1 MONTH AGO AFTER MANUFACTURER RECALL REPAIR. CAR WAS LAST SERVICED 11/22/16 FOR STATED PROBLEM. HEAD UNIT REBOOTED 12/1/16 WHILE IN MOTION ON CITY STREET. HEAD UNIT PROVIDES VITAL INFORMATION INCLUDING VEHICLE OFF/ON STATUS AND AUDIBLE TONES.

WHILE BACKING UP AT LOW SPEED, MY WIFE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, SHE LIFTED HER FOOT AND APPLIED THE BRAKES AND ONCE AGAIN THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE CAR DID NOT SLOW OR STOP. THE SPEED WAS SO LOW THAT THE CAR CAME TO A STOP ON ITS OWN WHEN THERE WAS A SMALL RISE. THE INDICATOR LIGHT SAID "LOW TRACTION". THIS OCCURRED IN A PRIVATE PARKING LOT. THE CAR WAS BACKING STRAIGHT WITH NO STEERING.

I'VE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN AND COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER STEERING. IT CAN BE TEMPORARILY ALLEVIATED BY TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF FOR SERVERAL MINUTES, HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM WILL USUALLY PERSIST AT SOME POINT THEREAFTER. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT BOTH LOW SPEEDS AND AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.

WHILE IN FULL MOTION ON THE HIGHWAY, THE CAR SUDDENLY DECELERATED TO 5 MPH DESPITE PRESSING ON THE ACCELERATOR AND THEN A MINUTE OR TWO LATER COMPLETED STALLED OUT. TWO ERROR MESSAGES: ENGINE NOT AVAILABLE, SERVICE SOON AND PROPULSION POWER IS REDUCED. AN EARLIER INCIDENT, A FEW MONTHS AGO, WHILE ACCELERATING UP A SLIGHT INCLINE, THE CAR DECELERATED TO A FEW MILES PER HOUR DESPITE PRESSING ON THE ACCELERATOR.

STICKING STEERING. TEMPORARY LOCKING FEELING STEERING WHILE DRIVING FREEWAY SPEEDS AS WELL.

CAR IS A 2014 VOLT WITH 1900 MILES. I BOUGHT IT NEW RECENTLY AS A DEALER DISPLAY MODEL WITH 100ISH MILES ON IT. LAST NIGHT (10/22/15) ON OUR TRIP TO VISIT FAMILY AND FRIENDS OUT OF TOWN, I WAS DRIVING THE CAR IN HOLD MODE (CRUISING AT HIGHWAY SPEED) AND L. IT HAD ABOUT 20 MILES OF CHARGE LEFT. SPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 65MPH CRUISING. I SUDDENLY GET A DASH INDICATOR INDICATING THAT I AM IN REDUCED PROPULSION MODE. THE CAR'S POWER IS REDUCED, THROTTLE INPUT IS DECREASED, AND I AM NOT ABLE TO ACCELERATE AS BEFORE. I MOVE OVER THE THE SLOWEST LANE ASAP. THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WAS NOW OFF AND I HAD SWITCHED TO USING THE REMAINING CHARGE. I THEN CALLED ONSTAR. THEY RAN A DIAGNOSTIC AND CAME UP WITH TWO CODES (THESE ARE AS DETAILED AS MY PASSENGER COULD WRITE DOWN): 1. P0700 TRANSMISSION NOT PREFORMING AS EXPECTED. 2. P0777 POWER TRANS? SYSTEM DETECTED MALFUNCTION WITH TRANSMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM. MAY AFFECT VEHICLE PERFORMANCE INCLUDING SHIFTING BEHAVIOR. LUCKILY WE WERE ABLE DRIVE TO THE NEAREST DEALER AND HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER PICK US UP. THE DEALER VERIFIED THE CODES, CLEARED THEM, BUT WAS UNABLE TO "REPRODUCE" THE PROBLEM. THEREFORE THEY MADE NO CHANGE AND RETURNED THE CAR TO ME. MULTIPLE OTHER OWNERS HAVE ALSO HAD THIS PROBLEM AND HAS NOT BEEN SYSTEMICALLY TROUBLESHOOTED BY CHEVY AS THE LOCAL DEALER'S HAD NO IDEA HOW TO SERVICE.

IGNITION SHUT OFF ON MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE WHEN TRYING TO CHANGE FROM NORMAL (ELECTRIC) TO HOLD (GAS) MODE. MODE BUTTON IS TOO CLOSE TO IGNITION POWER BUTTON. I HAD TO STOP IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC TO PUT CAR IN DRIVE AND RESTART, COULD HAVE BEEN HIT. I CALLED ONSTAR EMERGENCY SERVICE IN THE MOMENT, BUT THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF A WAY TO RESTART THE CAR WHILE IT WAS ROLLING. DISCOVERED LATER THAT THERE IS A 3-STEP PROCESS TO RESTART THE CAR WHILE IT'S STILL MOVING, BUT IT IS COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT TO REMEMBER WHILE PANICKING ABOUT THE DANGER OF BEING HIT. THERE IS NO AUTOMATIC WAY TO RESTART IN CASE OF ACCIDENTAL SHUT OFF. THIS SHOULD BE FIXED OR SOMEONE WILL GET HURT OR KILLED. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME SEVERAL TIMES ON THE HIGHWAY AND I HAVE BEEN VERY LUCKY NOT TO HAVE BEEN HIT WHILE FIGURING OUT HOW TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. I COMMUTE DAILY INTO BOSTON AND HAVE TO KEEP EYES ON THE ROAD AT ALL TIMES; WITH THE MODE BUTTON NEXT TO THE POWER BUTTON, THERE IS CONSTANT DANGER OF SHUTTING THE CAR DOWN AT PRECISELY THE MOMENT WHEN I EXPECT AND NEED TO BE ACCELERATING.

SATURDAY ON 09/5/2015 AROUND 12:00 NOON WHILE DRIVING OUR 2014 CHEVY VOLT, WHILE I WAS PASSENGER, MY WIFE WHO WAS DRIVING THE CAR SUDDENLY NOTICED THE CAR COMPUTER PROGRAM HAS GONE CRAZY AND STARTED THROWING ALL KINDS OF ERRORS STARTING WITH 1) PROGRAM CLUSTER ERROR 2) ICE MAY BE POSSIBLE 3) WASHER LEVEL LOW 4) SOME OTHER KIND SENSOR ERRORS 5) BATTERY LEVEL STARTED SHOWING ZERO ( IT WAS FULL ) 6) FUEL LEVEL WAS ZERO ( HAD OVER 1/2 TANK FUEL) 7) ODOMETER INDICATION HAD CHANGED ON ITS OWN TO KM FROM MILES 8) NO PROPER VEHICLE SPEED INDICATION.9 ) SUSPENSION NEED ADJUSTMENT ETC ALL THESE ERRORS KEPT REPEATING OVER AND OVER WHILE DRIVING CAUSING A BIG PANIC TO DRIVER AND PASSENGER (ME) BESIDES RESULTING IN DISTRACTED DRIVING. BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT HEATING KICKED IN ON ITS OWN. FOR A SHORT PERIOD WE WERE NOT SURE WHETHER THE VEHICLE IS MOVING UNDER OUR CONTROL OR NOT. ON THE CENTER PANEL ALSO THE INFORMATION SYSTEM WAS SHOWING ALL KINDS OF ERRORS LIKE, BATTERY WAS SHOWING EMPTY, THE AMBIENT TEMP WAS SHOWING - 27C ALTHOUGH IT WAS QUOTE HOT AT THAT TIME AND THE MILES HAD CHANGED TO L / KM ETC. LOOKS LIKE ALL THE UNITS CHANGED IN THE CAR TO METRIC ON ITS OWN. ALL THE SYMPTOMS INDICATIONS WERE SIMILAR TO THE VIDEO SOME ONE HAS ALREADY POSTED HERE AT THE BELOW YOU TUBE LINK. HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=07ZMNH5Z1GO SCARIEST PART WAS OUR VEHICLE STARTED DOING WHILE IT WAS BEING DRIVEN IT WAS LIKE CAR LOSING ITS BRAIN ( COMPUTER PROGRAM GETTING CORRUPTED ) WHILE ON ROAD. THIS SITUATION POSES A BIG SAFETY RISK TO PEOPLE. CURRENTLY AS OF TODAY 09/09/2015 VEHICLE IS STILL AT DEALERSHIP AND YET TO BE FIXED AND HANDED OVER BACK TO US. I HAVE ALREADY CALLED GENERAL MOTORS CUSTOMER SERVICE AND EXPRESSED THE SAFETY CONCERNS, BESIDES THEY EXPECT ME TO PAY IN PART TO FIX THIS. I CAN PROVIDE NHTSA MY CASE NUMBER THAT GM REPRESENTATIVE GAVE ME.