NHTSA Complaint #11277140 — 2012 CHEVROLET VOLT

VOLT LOSES POWER WHEN SWITCHING FROM ELECTRIC TO GAS MOTOR. HAS NO OCCURRED TWO TIMES, BOTH RESULTING IN A TOW BILL. TE VOLT DEPLETES THE ONBOARD BATTERY CHARGE AND IS THEN SUPPOSED TO SWITCH OVE TO THE NITERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE. INSTEAD, AT THE TIME OF TRANSITION THE VEHICLE LOSES ALL PROPULSION POWER, POWER STEERING, ETC. THE CAR COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP AND WILL NOT MOVE. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON A MULTIPLE-LANE FREEWAY AND IS VERY DANGEROUS TRYING TO MANEUVER A VEHICLE THAT HAS NO POWER TO DRIVETRAIN OR STEERING.