10.0
really awful- Crashes / Fires:
- 3 / 0
- Injuries / Deaths:
- 3 / 0
- Average Mileage:
- 73,016 miles
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Air bag warning light is illuminated due to a failed sensor in the passenger seat. Had to replace with a used seat.
- Orem, UT, USA
Airbag light coming on intermittently took car to Chevrolet dealer and was told it was a bad sensor in the passenger seat and the cost would be 900 dollars for part and labor.
- Greenwood, SC, USA
After a front seat passenger has exited the vehicle, a warning message appears stating service airbag. This will appear immediately after the persona has exited and, in some cases, following the restart of the vehicle without a passenger. Pushing down hard on a certain section of the seat will often make the warning message disappear, but this is happening with regular frequency. Dealer quoting cost to repair is between $900-$1100 dollars. I belive this is part of investigation PE19013.
- Irvine, CA, USA
The service airbag light comes on for no apparent reason. It doesn't matter if someone is sitting in the seat or not. If someone is in the seat when this happen the airbag is not armed so it would not deploy in an accident. I am the original owner, it was purchased in October 2011 and has over 90,000 miles on it. This is an important safety issue since the airbag won't deploy during an accident.
- South Milwaukee, WI, USA
Randomly when driving it will say service airbag and then the light for the passenger airbag turns on showing that it will not deploy.
- Chino, CA, USA
Constant service airbag warnings, started as intermittent, now it's constant. The passenger seat sensor is defective and would be extremely expensive to repair, this is an obvious design flaw with this vehicle, there's thousands of reports of this from other owners, it's something Chevy should recall and repair free of charge.
- Anoka, MN, USA
Constant updates on the dashboard related to airbag service related issue. The notification frequency is exacerbated when something or someone is in the passenger seat.
- Miamisburg, OH, USA
The passenger front seat occupancy sensor is faulty causing the air bag to not be armed while passenger is in seat. Sometimes the air bag will be on but when passenger moves in seat or we hit a bump the air bag light goes off. It will cost $989 to fix for a sensor inside seat is what dealer told me. This is a problem several other owners are having.
- Morgan's Point Resort, TX, USA
I purchased my 2012 Chevy Volt in 2016 at 65,000 miles. Very shortly after purchase, I noticed the airbag light come on. It was not on all the time, but if someone was in the seat or if my purse was on the seat the light would come on and off. Sometimes it will be off, but come on if I hit a pothole - which is inevitable in houston. I took the car to my local Chevy dealership, and they told me that I have a faulty airbag sensor in the passenger seat and it would be $800+ to fix the issue. I thought I had an isolated issue until I saw many others with the same problem.
- Missouri City, TX, USA
Air bag sensor pad in front passenger seat is faulty. Dash light comes on and off at random in front seat. May lead to airbags failing to go off. Front passenger seat faulty, air bag sensor pad is not installed beneath the foam in the seat, instead it is on top. Has lead to numerous problems when even just setting a bag on the seat. This is a safety problem. Powertrain issue, battery section 3 failed prematurely due to a $5 temperature sensor failing. Cost to replace the entire battery section was $3000+ dollars for a $5 part.
- Greenfield, WI, USA
The check airbag sensor comes on sporadically, and the car does not seem to recognize when someone is in the passenger seat. The estimated cost of the sensor repair is ~$900 even though the warning is not consistent. This happens while driving. As far as I can tell, there is no known cause.
- Pilot, VA, USA
Air bag warning light is illuminated due to a failed sensor in the passenger seat. Had to replace with a used seat.
- Orem, UT, USA
Air bag warning light is illuminated due to a failed sensor in the passenger seat. Had to replace with a used seat.
- Orem, UT, USA
Air bag warning light is illuminated due to a failed sensor in the passenger seat. Had to replace with a used seat.
- Orem, UT, USA
Passenger side air bag / seat sensor malfunctioned shortly after purchasing the vehicle. Seen many other complainants exactly the same issue. Got in a car accident and my passenger was almost killed as the air bag did not deploy. The manufactures really needs to recall and fix these seat sensors. This has been going on way to long. Also the conditioning unit failed due to faulty manufacturing.
- Grass Valley, CA, USA
Air bag sensor inside the seat started failing intermittently. Over 6 months it went from going off and back on once a trip, to multiple times in a trip. Then full on failed. Appears to be a common issue based on discussions here: Https://GM-Volt.com/forum/archive/index.php/T-306433.html
- White Bear Lake, MN, USA
2012 Chevy Volt airbag passenger side. Light car has been tampered with by the dealerships. Have been dealing with this since I bought the car. Refusal to fix. Issue allows for third party access to my vehicle. Using sub language menus. For spanish and french. This is a major problem and no one is doing anything about it. This calls for a major investigation into Chevy dealerships, fraud. My car had this right after my first in warranty service at roseville Chevy dealership. Please help. My vehicle is being illiegaly monitored. And exstorted for money to fix a problem that is related to tailight switching bulbs and antilockout issues with the car.
- Grass Valley, CA, USA
Service airbag light appears at random times, none of the seats have any damage or spills. Appears to be a common issue that Chevy does not want to fix. Please help.
- Sacramento, CA, USA
The service airbag light came on due to a sensor in the seat cushion being faulty
- Moncure, NC, USA
- Ojai, CA, USA