NHTSA Complaint #11120544 — 2012 CHEVROLET VOLT

NHTSA ID NUMBER:10872363 THE INSTRUMENT PANEL DISPLAY SCREEN WENT BLANK AND WILL NOT COME BACK ON. THE BACKLIGHT IS FUNCTIONING AND IT WILL INTERMITTENTLY REBOOT AND DISPLAY BUT ONLY TEMPORARILY. IT STARTED GRADUALLY AND WOULD OCCASIONALLY GO BLANK WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAYS AND CITY STREETS; BOTH IN MOTION AND STATIONARY, AND EVENTUALLY FAILED ENTIRELY. AFTER RESEARCHING THE ISSUE, IT SEEMS THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WHICH NO DEALER SEEMS TO KNOW HOW TO FIX. THIS MEANS NO SPEEDOMETER, NO FUEL/BATTERY RANGE INFORMATION, AND NO INDICATOR LIGHTS OF ANY KIND. THE ODOMETER IS ALSO NOW NOT VISIBLE. ORIGINALLY THIS ISSUE ONLY OCCURED WHEN THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE WAS OVER ~75F (A COMMON NOTED FACTOR WITH OTHER VOLTS HAVING THIS PROBLEM). THE ISSUE HAS SINCE PROGRESSED TO BEING FULLY DISFUNCTIONAL.