The software controlling the rear camera, navigation and main battery failed. the systems became unusable (the screen became blacked out so the rear camera etc could not be used). once the update was performed it works fine. chevy charged us for the cost of this even though we feel this is a safety issue and should be a recalled item. after researching the problem found this is a known issue
Received a warning by automated e-mail from my car that charging was interrupted on my hybrid electric car while charging in my garage. normal weather, attached garage, 220v level 2 charger. i thought at first that i might have forgotten to charge it and drove to work. normally, dynamic braking does not do well until a few miles from home. however, when i reached the point that i switch to more ecological dynamic braking, it was unable to dump the charge from braking to the battery. i continued driving on gas and displays were unstable. losing dynamic braking in an electrical vehicle is an extreme safety issue (former automotive resident engineer and failure investigator). i drove the car back home and was unable to restart engine. i read online that it cannot recharge its 12v battery system in this condition as well as its motive battery. i had to jump the car to drive it to the dealer. the dealer had my car for 10 days and replaced the battery electric control module (becm) and recharged the car and sent me home. it was ok for a few days. i got the same error again on sunday 1/05as an e-mail from my car warning that its charging had discontinued indicating that the problem still exists or has happened again within a week. i request that the omb investigate for recall and replacement with becm upgraded to allow charging of the 12v battery system as well as investigate failure modes for becm and requiring that they be addressed. failure modes, stationary- 12v and high voltage battery fail to charge when plugged in. driving - 12v does not regenerate during driving and high voltage system is offline disabling safety features such as dynamic breaking causing a breaking reaction change that may delay driver reaction leading to vehicle entering intersection into a crash. i also request that omb investigate the early failure of the 12v battery storage system.
When i attempted to turn off the vehicle, with the shift set to "p", i get a message that appears, "action required shift to park", and the vehicle will not turn off. i would have to turn the car on and off several times, sometimes roughly 6-7 times and sometimes i would have to move the shifter back and forth between d, n, r, etc. i had my local dealership (van gmc/chevrolet) and they replaced the shifter harness which was a known issue. my volt is continuing to flash the 'action required/shift to park' message and hesitates to turn off and then powers down.
I opened my rear lift gate to put away my car charger and it slammed closed on it's own. for some reason the rear lift gate would not stay open unless i hold it up. i think this is very dangerous because you expect when you lift the lift gate it stays open on it's own. everyone should be careful.
Faulty front proximity sensor or camera resulting in false positives of object in front of the car. false warning lights and warning sounds as if an object is in front of the car when no object is in sight. usually during the rain but occasionally not. occurs when the vehicle is traveling less than 6mph. happens around 75% of the time during the rain and about 5% of the time during dry weather.
I leased this car in september 2017. on november 30, 2018, i got onto the freeway while running on gas and the vehicle began smoking within about 5 minutes. i pulled over and got out and the vehicle caught fire and was destroyed. there were no previous mechanical or electrical issues or any warning signs. i have driven the vehicle countless times on gas rather than electric charge. the fire started under the hood on the passenger side. the entire interior, all windows, the front tires, and the front of the car were completely destroyed. i have seen 2 other reviews on this website about spontaneous vehicle fires.
Upon attempt to power down the vehicle, with shift control set to "p", message nevertheless appears reading "action required shift to park", and vehicle will not power down.
Like others, including the incident in rancho cucomonga, ca on the same day, april 25th, i was driving on the highway at high speed. i was in the carpool lane on the 210 freeway. i think i also was told to put the car in park. i lost the ability to accelerate on at a very dangerous time, while i was the furthest to the left in the late afternoon. miraculously, there was only 1 car quite far behind me. so, after deceleration was forced upon my car, i began to steer the car to the right through 5 lanes - one of the widest parts of the highway at that point. here is what i now think. i have been through loss of power in my 2014 volt. i had accidentally turned it off while being on the highway. they fixed that design flaw in this 2017 model. i have shared my theory with gm. gm/chevy has 3-way called me with the "stolen vehicles dept". they aggressively describe how they won't issue a slow-down through the on-star unless they have a request through police, the police are behind, the lights blink, etc. but, they're reluctant to share what happens next. they've been reluctant to share how they track your vehicle through the vin and gps tracking. they're reluctant to share that this system can be hacked. it is evident that much can go wrong once the ability to control your car is placed in other's hands -- who aren't in the car driving it. the dealership could see the code of the slow-down. of course they were surprised. this wasn't just a "failure". this is a "feature" in the car...but someone else used it without our permission. i want the on-star control disabled in my car!!! it could have killed my daughter and me. it could have killed the others who reported a similar situation.
Urgent urgent. this is something wrong with the 2017 volt. my vehicle caught on fire while driving down the interstate at higher speeds. i have found two others that this has happened too. gm didn't even investigate before denying liability, they made a determination over photos. all 3 vehicles had over 20k miles on it. others lives may be in danger. please investigate.
On sat april 7th, my 2017 chevy volt randomly caught fire while driving down the interstate. i was able to pull over and exit the vehicle only suffering from smoke inhalation. this was my second volt and i had driven it over 20k miles. here is what i do know. there was no warning, only flames engulfing the front of my vehicle. 8 days prior, the chevy dealership did some recall updates on my vehicle. i was traveling at highway speeds (70+) on the gas backup mode this was the first time driving at these speeds on 0 battery after picking up my car from the dealership it has been 4 days since the incident and i am utterly disappointed that nobody from gm has reached out to me regarding this incident.
I purchased a new 2017 chevrolet volt equipment with automatic parking assist. on november 1, 2017, i was driving on bath street in santa barbara. i decided to park on bath at pueblo street. the first time, i engaged the apa feature to assist with parallel parking, i followed the instructions on the dashboard. after coming to a complete stop, i followed the direction to shift the car into reverse. the moment i completed the shift and i lifted by foot from the brake, the vehicle accelerated unexpectedly in reverse at a high rate of speed. the steering wheel turned to the right, and the car continued to accelerate out of control until it had jumped the curb and sideswiped a telephone pole. i had the vehicle towed to a chevy dealer and filed a claim for product defect with general motors. general motors has subsequently declined the claim.
Michelin greenx energy saver a/s tires (dot m3 38 001x, tpo spec1473ms) two sidewall blowouts in on month from relatively minor curbing scrapes. also had to replace another tire with a sidewall rip before it blew out in july. has cost us $900, between tire replacements, tow charges, and lyft rides. no energy savings there. photo is of the most recent occurrence on 10/15. we replaced the last two with with heavier tires.
At times, the vehicle will not recognize the key fob and will not start, lock, or unlock. this happens seemingly randomly when the vehicle is stationary and off. i can not reproduce the problem, but it happens about 2-3 times a month. it seems that if i get the fob away from the car for about 15 minutes and return, the vehicle then recognizes the key again.
This afternoon my wife & daughter were out shopping here near tampa--outside temp 'only' 93* today with real feel 108. they returned to the car, unlocked but did not remote start, & placed their packages in the hatch before sitting in the car & closing the doors. my wife tried to start the car & got the message others have gotten about the key fob not being recognized. they tried again to start the car & got the message again & could read enough before it disappeared to put the key fob in the center console. then the doors locked while the windows were up & they still couldn't start the car. i headed to their location, about 15 minutes away, prepared to break the window. i was about to tell them to call 911 when they said the car was finally able to start & they drove home without further incident.
The traffic navigation system requires that the driver constantly take their eyes off the road. there is no audible warning about delays and the map only show interstate highways with red or green road markers. other affected streets are on a list that one has to read off the screen and constantly check. this is a major hazard and a setup for accidents.
The vehicle center display does not work reliably. most concerning to safety is the fact that this renders the reverse camera inoperable. other things that don't work include bluetooth, radio, on star, controls for the vehicle setup and charging parameters, air conditioning, energy usage display, and so on. after several service visits and calls to gm, they determined that if you leave a phone plugged into the usb cord for the audio system, and power the car off without first unplugging the phone from the charger and even the charger cord from the usb port (with no phone plugged in) or else the next time you start the car the screen and functions on it will be inoperable until the car is powered off for several minutes. whether or not i unplug my phone when i turn off the car should prevent the backup camera from functioning nor the details about electric car charge usage. gm has told me there is nothing more they can do, that's just how it works.
Headrest juts out too far forward. this seems to be a problem on all newer cars. my wife can not sit straight up in the seat with her back against the seatback without having the headrest pushing her head downward. we tried to move the headrest up and down with no resolve. she is about 5 foot 7 inches with very good posture. the headrest seem to put here head in an unnatural position.