6.5
fairly significant- Crashes / Fires:
- 0 / 0
- Injuries / Deaths:
- 0 / 0
- Average Mileage:
- 10,738 miles
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I-??m experiencing the infamous -??shift to park-?? error. After entering a parking spot, I come to a stop, shift the car from Drive into Park gear, and attempt to turn the car off but it will not turn off because it thinks the car is still in Drive gear mode, and it says -??shift to park-??. It happens intermittently and unpredictably from when I bought the car 2 years ago until now. Sometimes I have to shift back into drive and then to park several times in a row before it finally shows that it-??s in Park gear.
- Portland, OR, USA
The vehicle issues a message to move the gear shifter into park (shift to park) message even when it is already in park. The vehicle will not engage nor will it enable the driver to turn the vehicle off which results in unsafe driving circumstances and strands the drive in untenable situations. This is known in social media as the "shift-to-park" problem with Volt and other GM vehicles while GM is hush-hush about the issue. There absolutely needs to be a recall issued for all affected vehicles as this is clearly a manufacturer design issue given all of the problems drivers are having. It starts as an intermittent problem and continues to get worse over time with out any warning.
- Saratoga, CA, USA
Unable to turn off car when shifter is physically shift to park, but dash warning has a "shift to park" warning. Back in Dec 26 I bought the car in for the same issue and the shifter cable was replaced. But shift to park warning returned a few months later. It is a matter of time before this issue will return.
- Kent, WA, USA
The Volt center display has gone blank, probably a bad screen. The display serves multiple purpose: Infotainment, navigation, charging control (being an electric vehicle), and most importantly the back up camera display. The rear hatchback visibility is very poorly designed, with great dependent & reliance on driver to use the back camera. Without the display, backing driver can not see a small child nor any object.
- Los Gatos, CA, USA
Engine became disabled while driving, displaying a "power reduced" message. The vehicle was in motion on a busy street, and I had to try to pull over with traffic moving at a fast pace. This happened to me twice. Dealership was unable to replicate the problem and did not do anything to fix.
- Irvine, CA, USA
In regard to recall 16055 reprogram hybrid powertrain control; module 2. I had this recall done on January 5, 2017. This service changes some settings without notification to the owner. Critically important it changes the engine run on remote start from off to on. If the owner starts their car to warm up in the garage the engine will run unknowing to the owner. This could be a very dangerous situation for the buildup of carbon monoxide in the garage.
- Victor, NY, USA
- Richardson, TX, USA