For the last two weeks, a "shift to park" message has been occurring increasingly upon vehicle power off. vehicle has 29716 miles. typically occurs upon parking the vehicle and shifting into park when the vehicle is at a full stop. upon depressing the power button to power off the vehicle, a shift to park" message appears on the instrument cluster. (which is odd since the vehicle shift is already in park.) the vehicle will not power down as long as the "shift to park" message remains on the instrument cluster. attempts to clear the message from the instrument cluster do not seem to be detected. (tried wiggling shift; depressing the shift trigger; shifting to drive and back into park several times; open and closed door several times; depressed power button on and off several times with no apparent effect. vehicle eventually clears the shift to park message and allows the driver to power off with no apparent connection to a clear cut method to manually clear the message. (there is no typical time that can be relied upon for the eventual clearing of the message from the instrument cluster to return to normal power off functionality.) vehicle was taken to dealership. dealership reported that the problem was in the shift mechanism. dealership replaced the entire shifter assembly and jumper harness, n-harness and n-control. bill for repair was $572.26 . dealership did not cover the repair under warrantee. dealership also communicated that repair had no existing recall notification and could not be compensated by manufacturer recall.
When trying to turn the car off a "shift to park" light comes on and the car will not turn off. when looking for an explanation i found that this a common problem with the 2nd gen volt. when i took this car to the dealer they were well aware of this problem. this is a common problem that is a design flaw and the second gen volt should be recalled by the manufacturer.
I was driving on the freeway when i smelled smoke, then saw smoke, and then saw flames on the rear passenger floor. i pulled to the side of the freeway and pulled my children from the vehicle. within 2-3 minutes, the car was engulfed in flames.
While i was driving east on hwy 80 in vacaville, ca, at approximately 1:15 pm, i was literally blinded by sun from the chrome reflection on the dash board. because of this, i almost rear ended the vehicle in fron of me as i had dark spots in my vision from the reflection.