10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
2 / 0
Average Mileage:
40,772 miles

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problem #24

Oct 222018

Volt

  • 118,000 miles
The contact owns a 2013 Chevrolet Volt. While driving approximately 70 mph, the vehicle stopped without warning. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and the vehicle was towed to sullivan-parkhill automotive (217-903-2817, located at 440 w anthony dr, champaign, il 61822) where it was diagnosed that the T6 power module went out. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact was expecting a call back from the manufacturer. The failure mileage was approximately 118,000.

- Paxton, IL, USA

problem #23

Apr 032018

Volt

  • 67,890 miles
The car reduces speed without advance warning on hwy and decreases to 30-40 mph in a 65-70 mph zone. The air conditioning stopped working, some safety electrical components malfunction mid drive and resume working

- Lake View Terrace, CA, USA

problem #22

May 222018

Volt

  • 39,000 miles
Gas generator failed to start when battery was depleted while on city street slowing to a stop at an intersection. Warning message about reduced propulsion and yellow engine indicator illuminated. Came to a complete stop and turned vehicle off. Tried turning back on, received waiting to initialize message, but power to engine was never restored. Towed car to dealership.

- Houston, TX, USA

problem #21

May 062018

Volt

  • 84,000 miles
Gas generator failed to start when battery was depleted while on freeway. Warning message about reduced propulsion and yellow engine indicator illuminated and then fews moments after vehicle could no longer accelerate and was slowing down so pulled over onto shoulder and got towed vehicle will not charge either when plugged in.

- Kailua, HI, USA

problem #20

Jun 292017

Volt

  • 32,000 miles
Passenger presence module needs replacing at a dealer-quoted cost of $700. Rear seat stitching came apart, requiring several hours of repair. 2 bad 12 Volt batteries in 36,000 miles have somehow affected the main computer and I haven't received a quote yet. Bad oil line connection on the master cylinder. Mechanic said defective crimp. Bought the car in 6/15 at 16,000 miles with a reconstructed title. Air bags did not deploy in accident. I doubt that the accident influenced any of these problems. The car performed flawlessly for 10,000 after I bought it (except for the 12 Volt battery).

- Portland, OR, USA

problem #19

Feb 232018

Volt

  • 66,000 miles
While driving in rush hour traffic this Chevy Volt's entire electrical system crashed causing me to crash right along with it. No brakes (antilock braking system fail)no steering or horn even worse...no air bags.... results: Multi-car collision with no fatalities but, several injurys.

- North Hollywood, CA, USA

problem #18

Apr 182017

Volt

  • 122,222 miles
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.

- Gainsville, VA, USA

problem #17

Mar 022017

Volt

  • 54,000 miles
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.

- Inglewood, CA, USA

problem #16

Jan 182016

Volt

  • 41,161 miles
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.

- Rosemead, CA, USA

problem #15

Dec 202016

Volt

  • 18,398 miles
No signal at fuse block for rap relay. All electrical ports were non-functional and tot he left of the steering wheel on the dash, there was a frequent clicking of the relay switch clicking on and off. While driving I experienced a puncture in the passenger rear tire resulting in rapid deflating of the tire. As I was at the apex of a bridge, I slowed and was able to get off the bridge to the shoulder (bridge has no safety lane or shoulder) before the tire was completely flat. In the drizzling rain I remembered that I didn't have a spare or a doughnut, but an emergency tire repair inflator. That didn't work as it needed power from any of the non-functioning ports. Trying to inflate the tire is when I discovered the non-functioning ports and the clicking noise had started shortly before. I had the car towed to the dealership for repairs.

- Jacksonville, FL, USA

problem #14

Oct 102016

Volt

  • miles
About a year ago I call Chevy about my gas pedal pulling itself to the ground and the car taking off more than once. They never got back to me. Dont push the pedal when car is off cause when you turn it on it will do this...I think Oct 2016 I was electrocuted un pluging my car. The 3 prongs burned my arm that will never be the same along with my lungs brain and tirednes ! I passed out cold it took me weeks of crying to admit to myself what happen. I felt angry and like the plug hit me going 100 miles an hour. I have been told that it how being shocked makes you feel.

- St George, UT, USA

problem #13

Sep 232016

Volt

  • 99,000 miles
I have a 2013 Chevy Volt. The other day while driving my instrument cluster went black. I couldn't see my speed, fuel, remaining battery, signal indicators. I couldn't see anything going on with the car. The main instrument cluster reports on everything. I took it to a dealership and was told, "yeah these things go often and your out of warranty". I also looked this up online and there are a lot of other Volt owners that are dealing with this. This should be a recall. GM knows they are selling a bad product. I shouldn't have to spend $1200 on a new instrument cluster every couple of years. Here is a link to some other owners with the same issue. GM-Volt.com/forum/archive/index.php/T-9451.html

- Broadbrook, CT, USA

problem #12

Jan 152016

Volt

  • 52,000 miles
While driving at 40mph on a straight road, I went to change the drive mode, but I accidentally hit the power button. When I hit the power bottom the car shut down. I was not able to restart the car while the shift lever was in drive, so I had to coast to a stop, place the vehicle in park, and reboot the car. I was very surprised that I was able to power off the car while I was driving around 40-45 mph.

- Corona, CA, USA

problem #11

Jan 022016

Volt

  • 36,000 miles
The contact owns a 2013 Chevrolet Volt. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 25 mph, the service high voltage charging system warning light displayed. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the contact was informed that the battery coolant level was low. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 36,000.

- Lawrenceville, GA, USA

problem #10

Apr 092014

Volt 4-cyl

  • 6,600 miles
I received the following message on the car dash display: Propulsion reduced-engine not available. This message came on while I was driving in the carpool lane. I called GM thru on star and was told that I had a catastrophic error and needed to get my car into repair with 24 hours. With only 6 miles left on the battery, I told the GM rep that I better get the car to a Chevy dealer. I immediately drove to the dealership in culver city. The minute I pulled into the driveway of the dealership, my car stopped and would not restart. This could have been a disaster if the car had stopped in the carpool lane. I have read of other complaints on google and yahoo. I was told by the dealership that they were going to replace the engine module, which they said would take 8 hours to repair, but when I picked up the car, they only replaced the transmission module. Since the incident, I only get a full charge of 32 to 34 miles, where before the incident I was getting a full charge of 42 to 44 miles per charge. This is definite safety issue as GM blames the driver for the problem. GM needs to replace the engine module on my car.

- Los Angeles, CA, USA

problem #9

Jun 162013

Volt 6-cyl

  • 21,000 miles
Was entering highway in the dark and went to put the car into "hold" mode to run the gas engine and save battery charge. This requires pushing a button 3 times. I reached over and pushed the button. Accidently was pushing the "power" button which is right below the "mode" button shutting down the car. The entire car shuts off, no lights, powertrain, ps, pb just dead. This is easy to do if you are watching the road and just glance down to the buttons. They are placed too close together and this is going to be a serious problem if in traffic or on winding roads. Numerous reports of this on the Volt forum!

- Sutherlin, OR, USA

problem #8

Jun 242014

Volt

  • 14,238 miles
Chevy Volt is an extended range electric vehicle, it uses a gas powered generator to provide electric power for driving if the battery has dropped below a certain voltage. I parked my vehicle in my garage at home and neglected to power down the electric systems in the vehicle. There is a blue power button on the center console, if you do not press this button very deliberately the system does not power down. This is not readily apparent since the center console stays lit even when powered down. I opened the charge port and plugged the vehicle in. If the vehicle is powered down the car will give an audible beep and the charge light will go from orange to green after a period of about 4-5 seconds. If the vehicle is not powered down the light stays orange and no warning is given to the operator. I left the vehicle, I had the remote with me. The following morning my wife discovered the car in the garage with the generator running at very high RPM's the temperature in the garage was very hot, the door handle to the garage was hot to the touch. The car used almost all of it's gasoline supply, about 10 gallons, that equates to about 190 pounds of CO2 produced in my home. I backed the car out of the garage, the concrete underneath the car was too hot to touch and still warm 10 hours later. The car was towed to my local Chevrolet dealer, they repaired the heat damage and returned the car to me. I have since tested this same scenario and the vehicle will start its gas powered generator if left powered on. No gas motor is running when vehicle is parked, it is operating on its battery system. Once the battery is depleted it will self start its generator even if: 1 the car is in park 2 the charge door is open 3 the car is plugged in to it's charger 4 there is no driver in the drivers seat 5 the vehicle is not moving 6 the remote not in the vehicle. Failure to warn vehicle is on.

- Milton, GA, USA

problem #7

Nov 112013

Volt

  • 1,000 miles
The car's electrical / software issues caused (1) all of the windows to roll down in unison (in for repair 3 times to fix this one), (2) caused the car to not recognize that it was in "park", thus not shutting off, and (3) caused the car to lose power without touching any of the buttons on the console (I.e. the "drive" button or the "power" button). The latest incident occurred last Friday (August 1, 2014) when the car just lost power while I was driving at 65 mph on I-85 North at around 4:00pm. I had to get over from 4 lanes of traffic with no power at all in the car and luckily did so without incident. Onstar's diagnostics showed that the electrical system, braking system, engine, and other parts of the car showed the car needed immediate attention. I put the car in park and while still with onstar the dashboard lit up and the power button lit up too. I hit the power button and drove straight to the rick hendrick Chevy dealership in duluth. When I went to pick the car up later Saturday morning, I was told that there's nothing they car do because they can't recreate the problem. They have reflashed various ecus, but at the end of the day cannot "recreate" the problems and cannot fix them. So they just wipe their hands clean of these issues and act like they don't exist. (the service manager actually called me "ignorant" once and later apologized.) I pray it doesn't take people dying in these cars before Chevrolet and/or General Motors does something to fix them.

- Duluth, GA, USA

problem #6

Aug 312012

Volt

  • 800 miles
When in low gear (higher regenerative braking), when braking and going over some bumps, the regen braking stops causing a feeling of a lurch forward. A 'low traction" light appears. This causes a reduction in braking force of approximately 35bhp, a very unsafe condition. An anti-lock brake style pulsation of the regen should be employed, not a discontinuation of the regen brakes.

- Manchester, NH, USA

problem #5

Jun 022013

Volt 4-cyl

  • 11,669 miles
The vehicle has repeatedly shut down while driving/failed to start since June 2013. The vehicle has been in service due to repairs = 42 days in the last 10 months. GM continues to replace/recall parts on the hybrid battery as well as other parts concerning secondary problems. I am afraid this vehicle will shut down again while I am driving causing an accident hurting me or others on the road. Clearly, it is a potential death trap.

- Williamsville, NY, USA

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