2012 CHEVROLET VOLT Electrical System Problems

The contact owns a 2012 Chevrolet Volt. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to start, and the lights inside and outside of the vehicle failed to illuminate. The vehicle was jump-started. The failure reoccurred while attempting to restart the vehicle, and the contact was unable to drive the vehicle. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer to be diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.

THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET VOLT. WHILE DRIVING AT THE SPEED OF 70MPH THE INSTRUMENT PANEL BECAME INOPERABLE WITHOUT WARNING. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE, ALONG WITH THE AMOUNT OF FUEL THAT WAS INSIDE THE VEHICLE OR ANY WARNING LAMPS. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED WITH THE VEHICLE HAVING 99,835 MILES.

Grandson was driving and went to brake to make a turn and the engine not available light came on and he had no brakes. He was unable to slow and take the turn and hit a truck in the front driver quarter panel which resulted in the car being a total loss.

2012 CHEVROLET VOLT, THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN LOSING POWER FOR PROPULSION ON THE HIGHWAY/ROADS AT ALL SPEEDS. SHUTTING OFF. ELECTRIC CHARGE IS SUPPOSED TO SWITCH TO THE GASOLINE MOTOR WHEN IT IS LOW, BUT IT DOES NOT, AND VICE VERSA. IT SHOWS HYBRID BATTERY MANAGEMENT HAS A LOSS OF PROPULSION WITH A MESSAGE OF LOW PROPULSION POWER. THE ORIGINAL PROBLEM WAS NOT FIXED WITH A RECALL A FEW YEARS BACK BECAUSE THE SAME PROBLEM IS SHOWING UP. NOW, CHEVY DOES NOT HAVE THIS VIN BEING RECALLED. BUT WORSE, THE CONDITIONS IN THE SOFTWARE ARE CAUSING A POWERTRAIN FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE HELP. I AM PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

Blank (dark) main screen display for speedometer, fuel, etc. Fuse not blown. the vehicle is unsafe to drive. One can run out of electrical power and or gas and not know, stop on the highway and be in harms way. no turn signals, no speed indication at all, nothing. this is recall worthy! and needs to be addressed by chevy.

CAR SUDDENLY ENTERSINTO A NO START AND STALL.THIS IS BEING REPAIRED BY H&H CHEVROLET IN OMAHA AT OWNERS EXPENSE.THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE IN A FAULTY BATTERYCHARGE SENSOR. THE PART IS BEING ORDERED BY H&H SERVICE DEPARTMENT ANDIS NOTYET INSTALLED.AS OF 2/9/2022.

LCD Driver panel, fuel,odometer, speedometer, screen is completely black. Started flickering then went out. No warnings given. I have no idea how fast I am going nor how much gas/ battery power I have.

My instruments cluster that displays speedometer/fuel/battery charge indicator went absolutely blank while vehicle was in motion on busy highway. Only remedy recommend by Chevy dealer was to replace the entire assembly and reprogramming. I feel failure of essential display of basic functions to the driver is definitely a hazard to the vehicle operator and to the general public.

The contact owns a 2012 Chevrolet Volt. The contact stated that after entering and starting the vehicle, she became aware that the center console screen was showing a blank screen. The contact restarted the vehicle however, the failure persisted. After waiting for a few minutes, the contact drove the vehicle to her son’s home to charge the vehicle and the display screen started working. The contact was concerned that the failure would recur. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 87,000.

The display screen which shows my gas, battery amount as well as my speed has stopped working. I have changed the fuses, disconnected the battery and it still will not come on. This is dangerous, as I cannot see how fast I am going and can potentially run out of gas and battery power on the highway with no way to get anywhere. This is the only thing that has gone out, everything else in the car is working. It has been reproduced and I cannot drive anywhere safely because of this. I am in fear of what may happen, as well as the legal ramifications of not knowing my speed. No warning, just flickering of the screen and then it went blank and has not come back on.

THE VEHICLE HAS ILLUMINATED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WITH A WARNING THAT THE BATTERY IS TOO COLD. THIS OCCURRED WHILE IN MOTION ON A HIGHWAY UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS IN SUMMER TEMPERATURES. AN INTERNET SEARCH HAS INDICATED THAT A TEMPERATURE SENSOR MAY BE TO BLAME, AND THAT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM MAY TRY TO HEAT THE BATTERY TO AN UNSAFE LEVEL.

TEMPERATURE SENSORS RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING THE BATTERY PACK FAIL UNEXPECTEDLY. SOMETIMES DISPLAYING A "BATTERY TOO COLD PLUG INTO WARM" MESSAGE OR A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. PERSONALLY, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I'VE HAD A SENSOR FAIL. THE ENTIRE MODULE CONTAINING THE FAILED SENSOR MUST BE REPLACED. THE BATTERY IS MADE UP OF THREE DIFFERENT SECTIONS CALLED MODULES. WHEN A SENSOR FAILS, THE CAR WILL SIMPLY REFUSE TO START DESPITE BEING WITHIN A NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURE RANGE. I'VE HAD THE MESSAGE DISPLAY WHEN IN MOTION. THIS TIME HOWEVER, THE MESSAGE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, AND A BURNING ODOR THAT RESEMBLES BURNING PLASTIC WHILE THE ENGINE IS RUNNING. I HAVE YET TO EXPERIENCE REDUCED PROPULSION OF ANY KIND WHILE DRIVING.

PURCHASED CAR 5-31-12-RECEIVED GM'S '19 RECALL TO REPROGRAM HPCM TO ELIMINATE PPR SOME VEHICLES HAD. PRIOR TO SERVICE NO ISSUES. COOLANTS REPLACED SAME TIME. SERVICE DONE 11-19-19 BY OURISMAN ROCKMONT @ 141,301~85% EV, WITH NEGATIVE IMPACT. RANGE NOW TO 28~32 MILES/CHG, 8.1-8.3 KWH CONSUMED, PRIOR 36-38 MILES/CHG 9.7-9.9 KWH@60-75F. ENG NOW RUNS RANDOMLY @ TEMPS BTW 40-65F. CALLED GM,COMPLAINED ASSIGNED CASE#9-56696768626&TAYLOR@866-790-5600X5916129. MULTI MSGS B4 CALL RETURNED. ADVICE-RETURN TO DEALER, DID ON 12-5-19 TOLD CAR FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY. CALLED GM VOICED DISCONTENT W/CAR SINCE RECALL SERVICE. TOLD GM RELIES ON DEALER TECHS TO DETERMINE IF CAR IS FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY. PER ADVISOR'S REC, TOOK 3RD TRIP TO DEALER. DEALER REP STATED CAR WAS WORKING CORRECTLY, SAID HE HAD COMPLAINTS FROM OTHERS AFTER RECALL WORK, ENGINE RUNNING DUE TO LOW TEMP, BATTERIES & RANGE DETERIORATE OVER TIME. REQUESTED CAR BE RETURNED PRE-RECALL STATE, TOLD NOT AN OPTION. EXPECTED BATTERY DETERIORATION FROM START, DIDN'T EXPECT...

THE DASHBOARD INSTRUMENT PANEL GOES BLANK IN COLD WEATHER. NOT ABLE TO SEE SPEED OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION.

THE DRIVER'S INFO SCREEN (SPEED, ODOMETER, REMAINING FUEL, WARNING LIGHTS, TURN SIGNALS, SAFETY MESSAGES, ETC.) WENT BLANK WHILE I WAS DRIVING. IT INTERMITTENTLY COMES BACK ON, BUT GOES BLANK AGAIN.

PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG SENSOR IN SEAT FAILING ON AND OFF FOR A COUPLE MONTHS, STEADILY GETTING WORSE AND LIGHT/WARNING COMING ON MORE OFTEN UNTIL IT'S CONTINUOUSLY FAILING. SEAT DID NOT GET WET OR DAMAGED.

WHILE DRIVING SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER HAVING TO BASICALLY DEPRESS GAS PEDAL TO MAINTAIN SPEED WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY RECEIVING "REDUCED PROPULSION ERROR". DEALER CLEARED ERROR AND DID A REPROGRAM. AFTER PICKING UP VEHICLE RANGE WAS REDUCED APPROXIMATELY 1/3RD BUT CAR RAN. SHAME ON ME FOR NOT BEING MORE FORCEFUL ABOUT RANGE REDUCTION BECAUSE THIS BATTERY WAS DEFECTIVE. THIS SUMMER JUNE 2020 COMPLAINED ABOUT REDUCED RANGE AND DEALER DID MORE PROGRAMING. NOW IN OCTOBER 2020 REDUCED PROPULSION ERROR CAME BACK AND HYBRID BATTERY IS BAD. WARRANTY RAN OUT IN MAY 2020 AND GM REFUSING TO ACKNOWLEDGE 2018 DATE OF DEFECTIVE BATTERY.

TL* THE CONTACT'S DAUGHTER'S BOYFRIEND OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET VOLT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HIS WIFE WAS DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE ABRUPTLY INDEPENDENTLY SLOWED DOWN WITH AN UNKNOWN MESSAGE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT'S WIFE CONTINUED DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT A SLOW SPEED. UPON REACHING HER DESTINATION, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. DUE TO THE FAILURE, THE CONTACT'S WIFE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO HER RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ELECTRICAL VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE RECHARGED, AND REMAINED INOPERABLE. THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE HOWEVER, OFFERED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. A DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 149,627.

THE ISSUE IS CAUSED BY A PREVIOUS SOFTWARE UPDATE TO THE VEHICLE INTERFACE CONTROL MODULE (VICM) WHICH WAS INSTALLED TO IMPROVE THE CAR, BUT WHICH MAY HAVE DISABLED THE CELL BALANCING FUNCTION, CAUSING THE VOLT TO ENTER A LOW-VOLTAGE CONDITION. THIS PUTS THE AFFECTED VOLTS INTO A SITUATION WHERE IT WOULD ENTER WHAT IS CALLED A LOW-POWER "LIMP-HOME" MODE, BEFORE SHUTTING DOWN COMPLETELY CAUSE THE VOLT TO SHUT DOWN IN TRAFFIC. DEALER STATES THAT NEEDS TO REPLACE BATTERY WHICH IT COST ABOUT 6000. CHEVROLET IS NOT RESPONDING FOR THE DEFECTIVE PROBLEM THAT CAUSED THE RECALL. LOW-VOLTAGE BATTERY CELL ISSUE OR PROPULSION REDUCE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET VOLT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, THE REDUCED PROPULSION ERROR MESSAGE WAS DISPLAYED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE ENGINE REVVED UP AND THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO BEATY CHEVROLET (9615 PARKSIDE DR, KNOXVILLE, TN 37922) WHERE HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE VOLTAGE ON THE BATTERY WAS LOW AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT SPOKE TO SERRA CHEVROLET CADILLAC BUICK GMC KIA (189 STONEBRIDGE BLVD, JACKSON, TN 38305) WHERE THE DEALER DISCUSSED TRADING IN THE VEHICLE, BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE FOR THE REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 162,000.

DRIVER SCREEN GOES COMPLETELY BLANK, LEAVING THE DRIVER WITH NO IDEA HOW MANY MILES UNTIL EMPTY, NO SPEEDOMETER, NO WARNING LIGHTS, OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION. *TR

WHILE THE VEHICLE IS PARKED AND THE KEY FOB IS CARRIED INSIDE THE OWNERS PANTS POCKET, THE OWNER'S KEYS WILL INADVERTENTLY PRESS AGAINST THE UNLOCK BUTTON ON THE FOB FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME (5 SECS ?). THE REMOTE WILL IN TURN SIGNAL THE VOLT TO POWER ALL FOUR WINDOWS IN THE CAR TO THE "EXPRESS WINDOW DOWN" FEATURE. DURING THIS TIME FRAME THE OWNER OF THE CAR IS UNAWARE OF THE WINDOWS IN THE LOWERED POSITION AND IF RAIN ENTERS THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR THE INTERIOR & SEATS BECOME SATURATED. THIS IN TURN MAY CAUSE THE PASSENGER AIRBAG OCCUPANCY SENSOR TO MALFUNCTION AND DISPLAY THE "SERVICE AIRBAG" WARNING LIGHT ON THE DRIVER INSTRUMENTATION SCREEN. THERE ARE REPORTS FROM GM SERVICE DEPARTMENTS TELLING CUSTOMERS THE AIRBAG OCCUPANCY SENSOR IS DEFECTIVE BECAUSE THE OWNER GOT THE SEAT WET AND OFFER VERY LITTLE ASSISTANCE. THE EXPRESS WINDOW DOWN FEATURE CAN...

BREAKS FAILED WHILE DRIVING 25-30 MPH ON WINDY MOUNTAIN ROAD . THERE WAS NO WARNING , CAR STARTED TO ACCELERATE DOWNHILL GRADUALLY . AFTER ABOUT 0.3 MILES I WAS ABLE TO FINALLY PUSH EMERGENCY BREAKS (IT'S A BUTTON AND DIDN'T WORK AT FIRST ) GET TO MORE FLAT ROAD AND STOPED THE CAR BY DRIVING ON GRAVEL AND DRY BRUSH . VEHICLE COMPLETELY LOST ITS POWER ABOUT 2-3 MINUTES LATER . EMERGENCY LIGHTS DIDN'T WORK . CHP ASSISTED US AS CAR WAS ABANDONED IN THE MIDDLE OF MOUNTAIN ROAD , BLOCKING THE WHOLE LINE . GM HAS NOT OFFERED ANY EXPLANATION YET .

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.

AIRBAG LIGHT COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY TOOK CAR TO CHEVROLET DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT WAS A BAD SENSOR IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AND THE COST WOULD BE 900 DOLLARS FOR PART AND LABOR.

THE CHECK AIRBAG SENSOR COMES ON SPORADICALLY, AND THE CAR DOES NOT SEEM TO RECOGNIZE WHEN SOMEONE IS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE SENSOR REPAIR IS ~$900 EVEN THOUGH THE WARNING IS NOT CONSISTENT. THIS HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING. AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, THERE IS NO KNOWN CAUSE.

THE CAR WILL SHUT ITSELF OFF WITH VERY LITTLE TIME TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IF THAT IS EVEN A POSSIBILITY. WHEN SWITCHING FROM BATTERY POWER TO THE GAS MOTOR. RANDOMLY. THE CAR WILL DIE AT ANY SPEED. FIRST MESSAGE IS LOW PROPULSION POWER. NEXT MESSAGE ENGINE NOT AVAILABLE, SERVICE SOON. LESS THAN 4 MINUTES FROM 1ST MESSAGE TO TOTAL SHUT DOWN. LEAST AMOUNT OF TIME BETWEEN MESSAGES AND SHUT DOWN IS 15 SECONDS. CAR WILL DECELERATE (ON HIGHWAY WHERE VEHICLES BEHIND HAVE NO WARNING... NO BRAKE LIGHTS THAT CAR IS RAPIDLY LOSING SPEED). NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN. USUALLY CAR WILL RESTART AND RUN TERRIBLE.. AFTER 20 MINUTES OR SO. AFTER RESTART CAR RUNS BAD LOW POWER. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. AFTER 10 MORE MINUTES OF DRIVING. IT STRAIGHTENS OUT. USUALLY. DEALERSHIP UNABLE TO FIND PROBLEM. ASSORTED CODES IN COMPUTER. VERY DANGEROUS WHEN DRIVING....

DRIVER'S INFORMATION SCREEN FAILURE. UPON STARTING, SCREEN WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. CANNOT SEE SPEED TRAVELING, FUEL AVAILABLE, TURN SIGNALS, HAZARD LIGHTS, ETC. UNSAFE AND SEEMINGLY COMMON PROBLEM THAT WE ARE NOW EXPERIENCING OURSELVES.

I WAS DRIVING IN 50 MPH TRAFFIC IT LOST ALL PROPULSION. THE PROBLEM I HAVE SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE THE PROBLEM GM HAS ISSUED A RECALL FOR WITH 2013-2015 VOLTS. I BELIEVE GM DID OR SHOULD HAVE ANTICIPATED THE PROBLEM AND DID NOTHING. GM PROGRAM N172130462 HAS OWNERS OF 2013-2015 VOLTS BRINGING THEIR CARS IN TO DEALERSHIPS FOR A SOFTWARE UPDATE. GM HAS RECOGNIZED THAT THESE CARS "MAY HAVE A CONDITION WHERE IT COULD GRADUALLY LOSE THE ABILITY TO MAINTAIN VOLTAGE. IF BATTERY CONCERNS ARE NOT ADDRESSED, OVER TIME THE VEHICLE COULD ENTER A REDUCED PROPULSION MODE WHILE DRIVING, OR LOSE PROPULSION, OR IT MAY NOT START." I BROUGHT MY VOLT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP ON JANUARY 31, 2019, BECAUSE IT WAS NOT CONSISTENTLY HOLDING THE CHARGE THAT IT NORMALLY DID AND THE CAR WOULD OFTEN START IN "LOW PROPULSION MODE" WHEN STARTING IT AFTER TURNING IT OFF WITH THE BATTERY...

THE INSTRUMENTATION PANEL HAS WENT BLANK. STARTED BLINKING WHEN DRIVING, WENT FULLY BLANK BY THE TIME I REACHED HOME. NO WAY TO SEE THE SEEP OR REMAINING FUEL. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP THE WANTS TO REPLACE THE PANEL BUT THE PART TO FIX THIS IS UNAVAILABLE. I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR IT FOR 4 MONTHS NOW,

VOLT LOSES POWER WHEN SWITCHING FROM BATTERY TO GAS. HAS NOW OCCURRED FOUR TIMES. EACH TIME VOLT IS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY 65+MPH. VOLT DEPLETES BATTERY CHARGE AND IMMEDIATELY UPON TRANSITION TO GAS WILL LOSE ALL POWER. CANNOT ACCELERATE. STEERING WHEEL LOSES POWER STEERING. VOLT WILL DECELERATE UNTIL 0 MPH. VERY DANGEROUS. IN EACH INSTANCE DRIVER IS FORCED TO GET TO SHOULDER OR OFF FREEWAY IN VOLT WHICH IS RAPIDLY LOSING SPEED. OCCURRED ON HIGHWAY WITHOUT SHOULDER LAST TIME. ALMOST CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.

THE INFORMATION DISPLAY HAS GONE BLACK. THE INFORMATION DISPLAY SHOWS SPEED, MILEAGE, FUEL LEVEL, TURN BLINKER STATUS, AND OTHER CRITICAL INFORMATION. THE SCREEN BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTMENT DOES NOT AFFECT THE DISPLAY AND IS NOT THE PROBLEM. THE ISSUE CONTINUES WHETHER THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION OR STATIONARY, ON CITY STREETS OR HIGHWAY, TURNING, OR BRAKING. I DO NOT KNOW THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE ISSUE BUT IT APPEARS TO INVOLVE ONBOARD COMPUTER COMPONENTS. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT NOR DAMAGED IN ANY WAY.

PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG / SEAT SENSOR MALFUNCTIONED SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. SEEN MANY OTHER COMPLAINANTS EXACTLY THE SAME ISSUE. GOT IN A CAR ACCIDENT AND MY PASSENGER WAS ALMOST KILLED AS THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE MANUFACTURES REALLY NEEDS TO RECALL AND FIX THESE SEAT SENSORS. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON WAY TO LONG. ALSO THE CONDITIONING UNIT FAILED DUE TO FAULTY MANUFACTURING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET VOLT. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE TACHOMETER GAUGES BECAME INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE SPEED, FUEL LEVEL, TEMPERATURE, OR OTHER FUNCTIONS WITH THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE PERSISTED FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE DAYS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. *BF UPDATE: NEITHER DEALER NOR MANUFACTURER HAVE FOUND PART TO REPAIR VEHICLE.*AS

2012 CHEVY VOLT AIRBAG PASSENGER SIDE. LIGHT CAR HAS BEEN TAMPERED WITH BY THE DEALERSHIPS. HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR. REFUSAL TO FIX. ISSUE ALLOWS FOR THIRD PARTY ACCESS TO MY VEHICLE. USING SUB LANGUAGE MENUS. FOR SPANISH AND FRENCH. THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM AND NO ONE IS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THIS CALLS FOR A MAJOR INVESTIGATION INTO CHEVY DEALERSHIPS, FRAUD. MY CAR HAD THIS RIGHT AFTER MY FIRST IN WARRANTY SERVICE AT ROSEVILLE CHEVY DEALERSHIP. PLEASE HELP. MY VEHICLE IS BEING ILLIEGALY MONITORED . AND EXSTORTED FOR MONEY TO FIX A PROBLEM THAT IS RELATED TO TAILIGHT SWITCHING BULBS AND ANTILOCKOUT ISSUES WITH THE CAR.

VEHICLE DIES SUDDENLY WHILE MOVING, ALTHOUGH UNDER FULL ELECTRIC CHARGE. COULD NOT RESTART. CHEVY SAID WAS SOFTWARE PROBLEM AND MADE FIX DEC 2018. JUST HAPPENED AGAIN YESTERDAY 2/17. OTHERS REPORTED ON VOLT BLOG SITE. SAID WAIT 5-10 MINUTES AND THEN RESTART, WHICH I DID AND THAT WORKED. CONCERN THAT LOSS OF POWER IS SUDDEN AND WITHOUT WARNING. DIED IN MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION THIS TIME BUT FORTUNATELY NO CROSS TRAFFIC. THIS IS SERIOUS PROBLEM -- APPARENTLY OTHERS HAVE HAD SAME ISSUE. REPORTING TO LOCAL CHEVY DEALER AT THIS TIME.

THE MAIN DISPLAY ON THE DASHBOARD IS BLANK. I CANNOT SEE MY SPEED OR REMAINING CHARGE OR GAS.

11/10/2018 WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 45MPH HEADING SCHOOL THE CAR TOTALLY SHUT DOWN FOR NOT REASON, AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE EV MODE SHUT DOWN AND THE GAS ENGINE DID NOT START. POLICE RECOMMEND TO GET IT TOWED TO SAFE LOCATION. ONSTAR RECORDS, MULTIPLE SHUT DOWN OF COMPUTER MODULES. 11

INSTRUMENT PANEL WENT TOTALLY BLACK WHILE DRIVING, ENGINE STILL RUNS AND VEHICLE WAS DRIVABLE. CAN NOT CHECK THE SPEED, OTHER THAN FOLLOW THE SPEED OF THE OTHER VEHICLE.

WENT OUT TO START MY CAR TO GO TO WORK AND THE TOUCHSCREEN OR MAIN DATA SCREEN IS BLACK. I CAN'T TELL IF I HAVE ANY ELECTRICAL POWER OR IF THE HEAT OR AC OR STEREO IS ON. IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN ON A TRIP OUT OF TOWN IT COULD PUT ME IN SEVERE DANGER.

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.

DRIVERS DISPLAY DASHBOARD IS BLACK WHEN STARTED. HAS NOT RETURNED AFTER MANY RESTARTS, CHARGES, LOCKS AND BATTERY DISCONNECTS.

DRIVER'S INSTRUMENT CLUSTER SCREEN FLICKERS AND THEN GOES BLANK WHILE DRIVING/IN MOTION ON A CITY ROAD AND ON THE HIGHWAY. DRIVER LOSES ALL INDICATION OF SPEED, TURN SIGNALS, LIGHTING, SPEEDOMETER, CRUISE CONTROL, FUEL LEVEL, CHARGE LEVEL, AND ALL OTHER CRITICAL INFORMATION THAT IS DISPLAYED ON THE DRIVER SCREEN.

DRIVERS DISPLAY DASHBOARD IS BLACK WHEN STARTED. HASN'T RETURNED AFTER MANY RESTARTS, CHARGES, LOCKS AND BATTERY DISCONNECTS.

ABOUT 2 MINUTES AFTER STARTING AND WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 20MPH, THE DRIVER'S LCD PANEL SUDDENLY WENT COMPLETELY BLACK. THIS CONTAINS THE SPEEDOMETER, BATTERY GAUGE, FUEL GAUGE, TURN SIGNAL INDICATOR, AND SHIFT POSITION INDICATOR. I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND RESTARTED, AND IT CAME ON BUT WENT BLACK AGAIN. NOW WHEN STARTING THE CAR, IT DOESN'T COME ON AT ALL.

THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER HAS GONE COMPLETELY BLANK IN THE CAR. IT WENT IN AND OFF FOR TWO DAYS AND THEN DIED COMPLETELY.THIS IS A MAJOR HAZARD AS I DONT KNOW HOW FAST I AM GOING OR THE GAS AMOUNT I HAVE IN THE CAR. THIS WAS A MAJOR PROBLEM AS I WAS DRIVING THE CAR WHEN THIS HAPPEN NOT KNOWING IF THE ENTIRE CAR WAS GOING TO BLACK OUT VERY SCARY MOMENT.

THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GOES COMPLETELY BLANK WHEN STARTING THE CAR, AND STAYS BLANK FOR THE DURATION OF THE TRIP. SPEED, WARNING LIGHTS, AND ALL OTHER INDICATORS ARE COMPLETELY ABSENT. THE EVENT APPEARS TO BE RANDOM, WITH SOMETIMES THE PANEL WORKING FINE, OTHER TIMES IT IS COMPLETELY BLANK. THE CAR APPEARS TO OTHERWISE WORK PERFECTLY FINE, AND CAN BE DRIVEN IN THIS STATE, ALTHOUGH I THINK THIS IS A VERY UNSAFE SITUATION. IT HAS HAPPENED IN COLD CONDITIONS, WARM CONDITIONS, AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET VOLT. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL MALFUNCTIONED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SCREEN BECAME BLACK AND NONE OF THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ICONS WERE VISIBLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. REGAL CHEVROLET IN LAKELAND, FLORIDA WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 61,000.

EVSE CHARGING CABLE STOPPED WORKING. GM FLIP FLOPPED OVER THE LAST YEAR ON WARRANTY COVERAGE. I HAVE TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS WITH THE WARRANTY COVERAGE STATUS CHANGED FROM V (VOLTEC), TO BUMPER-TO-BUMPER, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WARRANTY PERIOD AS OF DEC 1ST, 2017 (NOT WHAT I AGREED TO WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR). UNABLE TO CHARGE VEHICLE AT HOME WITHOUT IT. GM REPLACED A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF THESE UNITS UNDER A RECALL CAMPAIGN BETWEEN 2012-2013, ONLY FOR A PORTION OF THE VIN #'S FROM THE 2011-2012 MODEL YEAR. MINE WAS NOT INCLUDED. THEY ARE MANY OTHERS WITH THIS PROBLEM, AND GM HAS REFUSED TO REPLACE THE REST OF THE 2012 MODEL YEAR UNITS. I HAVE EXHAUSTED ALL AVENUES OF TRYING TO HAVE GM STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT, INCLUDING INVOLVING THE CEO OF GM, MARY BARRA, VIA THE ATTACHED EMAILS. THIS NEEDS TO BE ESCALATED TO RECALL STATUS FOR THE OTHER...

THE MAIN DRIVER DISPLAY DOES NOT COME ON USUALLY WHEN IT IS COLD OUTSIDE. THIS HAPPENS MOSTLY IN THE WINTER, BUT HAS BEEN HAPPENING MORE WHEN TEMPS ARE IN THE 70'S. NEVER IN THE SUMMER. THERE IS NO SPEED, FUEL OR MILEAGE DISPLAY.