NHTSA Complaint #10958862 — 2016 CHEVROLET VOLT

MY VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY IN A LEFT TURN LANE AT AN INTERSECTION. I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE GAS AND PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE THE CAR THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS, THE CAR DID NOT ACCELERATE. I REPEATEDLY TRIED TO ACCELERATE AND THE CAR SEEMED TO NOT EVEN IDLE BECAUSE IT WOULD ROLL BACKWARDS WHEN THE BRAKE WAS RELEASED. AFTER A WHILE THERE WAS SOME WEIRD NOISES AND THE CAR DID SOME UNUSUAL SHAKING. I ALSO OBSERVED ON MY DASHBOARD THAT THE CAR WAS SWITCHING BETWEEN THE ELECTRIC BATTERY POWER AND THE GAS FUEL POWER. I WAS NOT CLICKING ANYTHING TO DO THIS IT WAS DOING IT WHILE I HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND WAS TOUCHING NOTHING ELSE. AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR AND MANY TRIES THE GAS FINALLY ENGAGED AND I WAS ABLE TO PULL THE VEHICLE INTO A NEARBY PARKING LOT BUT THERE WERE STILL VARIOUS NOISE PROBLEMS AND SHAKING. HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT SERVICED. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND A NEW ONE WAS SENT AND PUT INTO THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD 1080 MILES ON IT.