NHTSA Complaint #11078652 — 2012 CHEVROLET VOLT

TAKATA RECALL: THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE LAST 2-3 YEARS. I BELIEVE IT HAPPENS MOSTLY AFTER THE CAR HAS BEEN SITTING FOR AN HOUR AND AFTER THE ENGINE IS ON GAS ONLY. I WILL DRIVE A FEW MINUTES AND THE WARNING LIGHT COMES ON THE "PROPULSION POWER IS REDUCED." I HAVE TO STOP AND PULL OVER. THE CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE. IT HAS HAPPENED IN ALL TEMPS AND ALL TIMES OF DAY. THE ENGINE RUNS ROUGH AND MY GAS MILEAGE PLUMMETS. THE LAST 2 TIMES THE BATTERY HAS RECHARGED WHILE I DROVE IT WITH ADDITIONAL BATTERY ONLY TIME OF UP TO 5 MILES. IT HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 6 TIMES OVER THE LAST 3 YEARS AND THE LAST TIME I WAS ALMOST RUN OVER BY A LARGE DUMP TRUCK. IT HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES MERGING ONTO A BUSY HIGHWAY. I HAVE BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER 4 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM AND THEY CANNOT REPRODUCE IT SO THEY SAY THEY CAN'T FIX IT. THE LAST CLOSE CALL SCARED ME SUFFICIENTLY THAT I HAVE ASKED THE DEALER SERVICE REPAIR TO NOTIFY GM AND THEY SAID THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO WITHOUT A CODE. I DON'T HAVE THE DOCUMENTS FROM THE LAST VISIT TO SERVICE AS IT IS STILL IN THE SHOP.