2012 Chevrolet Volt Other Problems

Your Volt's engine suddenly became unavailable and you saw a "reduced propulsion" warning on the display, along with a check engine light. The car stalled unexpectedly while you were driving on the highway, which created a safety hazard. The issue likely involves a problem with the engine, fuel system, or hybrid propulsion system that needs diagnostic testing to identify the root cause.

Your car's computer displayed a false warning that the battery coolant level was low, even though it wasn't actually low. This was a known software glitch that required a computer update to fix, which cost $400.

Driver’s display completely dark. I can’t see speed, gas remaining, charge remaining, turn signals, gear, warnings if tire pressure is low, etc. Upon turning the car off and back on, the display lights back for an couple of minutes until it goes dark again. There was no warning before it happened for the first time a couple of days ago. The car is extremely unsafe and not drivable as I have no idea how fast I’m going, if I’m about to run out of gas, etc. Luckily, the screen went dark when my 16-year-old daughter was driving in our neighborhood. This should definitely be a recall issue.

2012 CHEVROLET VOLT CHARGING STATION HAS BURNED THE OUTLET IN MY GARAGE THREE TIMES. EACH TIME I HIRED AN ELECTRICIAN TO REPLACE BURNED OUTLET AND VERIFY IT IS WIRED PROPERLY. WHATEVER THE MALFUNCTION IS, IT DOES NOT TRIP THE GFCI. THIS IS A FIRE HAZARD. ATTACHED ARE SOME OF THE PICTURES I SUBMITTED TO GM PAC WHICH DENIED MY CLAIM.

CHARGER NO LONGER WORKING

THE INFORMATION DISPLAY HAS GONE BLACK. THE INFORMATION DISPLAY SHOWS SPEED, MILEAGE, FUEL LEVEL, TURN BLINKER STATUS, AND OTHER CRITICAL INFORMATION. THE SCREEN BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTMENT DOES NOT AFFECT THE DISPLAY AND IS NOT THE PROBLEM. THE ISSUE CONTINUES WHETHER THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION OR STATIONARY, ON CITY STREETS OR HIGHWAY, TURNING, OR BRAKING. I DO NOT KNOW THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE ISSUE BUT IT APPEARS TO INVOLVE ONBOARD COMPUTER COMPONENTS. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT NOR DAMAGED IN ANY WAY.

ON 8/23/17, MY CAR POPPED UP THE MESSAGE "SERVICE HIGH VOLTAGE CHARGING SYSTEM" ON MY DASHBOARD DISPLAY WHILE I WAS STATIONARY WITH THE CAR ON. UPON RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM ONLINE, I NOTICED IN THE GM FORUMS THAT THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO AN INCORRECT AMOUNT OF FLUID IN THE RESERVOIR SURROUNDING THE BATTERY. SERVICE CAMPAIGN #14114 (RESS BATTERY COOLANT LEVEL LOW) WAS GENERATED BY GM FOR 2012 & 2013 CHEVROLET VOLTS, BUT MY VIN FOR MY 2012 CHEVROLET VOLT WAS NOT INCLUDED. I EXPLAINED TO GM (CORPORATE) AND KELLER MOTORS THAT THIS IS A WELL-DOCUMENTED PROBLEM AND THAT THE FIX WAS TO ADD BATTERY COOLANT, BUT I GOT THE SAME RUN-AROUND ANSWER THAT MY VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE SERVICE CAMPAIGN / RECALL. KELLER MOTORS IN HANFORD, CA WAS FINALLY ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT MY VEHICLE ON 8/29/17 AND FOUND THE PROBLEM TO BE EXACTLY AS NOTED IN THE SERVICE RECALL. THERE WERE NO LEAKS. THE COOLANT WAS $13.13. THE LABOR WAS $119.50. THAT'S ABSURD -- I CAN POUR IN COOLANT MYSELF! WHAT I CAN'T DO IS CLEAR OUT THE ERROR CODES THAT WERE POPPING UP ON MY CAR THAT WAS PREVENTING ME FROM CHARGING IT AND USING THE ELECTRIC BATTERY. I REALLY FEEL THAT MY CAR WAS MISSED IN GM'S SERVICE CAMPAIGN # 14114, AND FEEL LIKE I SHOULD REIMBURSED BY THEM FOR MY OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE. A COPY OF MY PAPERWORK FROM KELLER MOTORS DETAILING THE PROBLEM IS ATTACHED TO THIS COMPLAINT. FURTHERMORE, I WAS ASSIGNED CASE # 8-3209935105, AND A WOMAN BY THE NAME OF JASMINE FROM GM (WHEN I INITIALLY CALLED CORPORATE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM), BUT SHE NEVER DID FOLLOW UP WITH EITHER MYSELF OR KELLER MOTORS ON THIS PROBLEM BY THE TIME I PICKED UP MY CAR ON 8/29/17 AND HAD TO PAY THE BILL TO RELEASE MY CAR.

IT ALL STARTED ON DECEMBER 16TH 2015, I HAD BOUGHT THE CAR CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED WITH 12K MILES ON IT. THE CAR HAS BEEN PLAGUED WITH ISSUES SINCE DAY ONE.. THE ISSUES RANGE FROM LITTLE ELECTRICAL ISSUES, TO MAJOR SAFETY CONCERNS, ALL OF WHICH TAKING MONTHS TO REPAIR. THE FIRST ISSUES WERE ISSUES WHERE THE KEY FOB COULD NOT BE FOUND, THE CAR WOULD NOT RECOGNIZE THE KEYS WHEN YOU GOT IN AND AT TIMES YOU COULD NOT TURN OFF THE CAR. THEY REPLACED THE KEYS OVER A DOZEN TIMES, AND REPLACED THE CENTRAL COMPUTER TWICE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS THE STEERING COLUMN FAILED, THIS HAPPENED THREE TIMES, WHERE I COULD NOT STEER THE CAR, OR THE WORM GEAR RANDOMLY WOULD MISS TEETH.. THEY REPLACED THE COLUMN, WORM GEAR, AND RACK EACH TIME. THERE ARE ALSO ISSUES WITH THE CHARGE PORT DOOR NOT RELEASING, AS WELL AS A FEW TIMES WHERE THE CHARGE PORT SHORTED OUT MY HOUSE, AND CHARGING UNIT REQUIRING BOTH THE PORT AND THE CHARGER ITSELF TO BE REPLACED. NEXT WAS A BROKEN EXHAUST MANIFOLD, WHERE THE CAR WOULD LEAK EXHAUST INTO THE CAR THROUGH THE HEAT VENTS, THEY REPLACED THE MANIFOLD, AND FULL EXHAUST EVENTUALLY DUE TO RANDOM LEAKS IN THE EXHAUST.. NEXT WAS MPG, ONCE THE WEATHER GOT COLD I AM UNABLE TO GET BETTER THAN 12MPG, WHICH GM INDICATES IS NORMAL.. THE EPA STICKER INDICATED 30MPG CITY, I AM GETTING BETWEEN 9 AND 12, GM WILL NOT REMEDY THIS ISSUE, INDICATING IT IS NORMAL.. NEXT WAS THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER, WHICH GM INDICATED DUE TO THE NEW EXHAUST THAT THE OLD CAT WAS BROKEN IN THE PROCESS.. NEXT WAS AIRBAGS, THE SYSTEM IN THE CAR WOULD NOT PICKUP THE PASSENGER IN THE CAR AND WOULD AT RANDOM TURN OFF THE PASSENGER AIR BAG.. APPARENTLY THERE IS A SOFTWARE UPDATE TO FIX THIS ISSUE. NEXT WAS THE BRAKES, WHICH STARTED STICKING, WHICH THEY INDICATE SINCE THERE IS NO CODE THEY CAN'T FIX THEM, I ADJUSTED THE CABLE MYSELF AND RESOLVED THE ISSUE. I HAVE ALL THE RECORDS AND WILL GLADLY SEND THEM TO NHTSA

2012 CHECY VOLT - EXPERIENCING ISSUES WITH SHIFTER. ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS I WILL SHIFT MY VOLT INTO PARK BUT SYSTEM DOESN'T RECOGNIZE IT. I TRY AND TURN OFF VEHICLE AND SYSTEM SHOWS "SHIFT INTO PARK" ON SCREEN AND VEHICLE CAN NOT BE TURNED OFF CAUSING VEHICLE TO RUN CONTINUOUSLY AND KILL BOTH 12 VOLT BATTERY AND DRIVE BATTERY.

FAILURE OF THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY EQUIPMENT (EVSE) HAS OCCURRED FOR THE SECOND TIME SINCE VEHICLE PURCHASE IN JANUARY 2013. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF OTHER CUSTOMERS EXPERIENCING THIS ISSUE WITH THE OEM SUPPLIED EVSE. *TR