2012 CHEVROLET VOLT Structurebody Problems

Coolant leaking and damage to Drive Motor Battery Coolant Radiator due to the design of the vehicle that allows for rocks and debris large enough to damage radiator through. There is a service bulletin (13-06-02-001A) for this issue. When the radiator is damaged, the driver will suddenly receive a check engine light, reduce propulsion notice, and engine not available message. The car will suddenly stall and this cause a major safety concern especially on highways at high speed. However no active recalls, even though this is a common reoccuring problem amongst first generation Volts.

I WAS TRAVELING ON A STRAIGHT CITY STREET WHEN I WAS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE COMING OFF A SIDE STREET THAT HAD LOST CONTROL OF THEIR CAR. I WAS HIT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. I WAS GOING ABOUT 25 MPH. I HIT MY HEAD ON THE DOOR FRAME ABOVE THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW. THE SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. I WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE I HAD A CT SCAN OF MY HEAD AND NECK PERFORMED. I HAD A SLIGHT CONCUSSION (MEMORY LOSS). HAD HEAD AND NECK PAIN AFTER THE ACCIDENT. MY CAR WAS A TOTAL LOSS.

WHEELS: ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT TIRE WITH 5/32 TREAD, ABOUT 58,000 MILES, NOTICED REDUCED TIRE PRESSURE 3/15/16, FILLED TIRE; FILLED AGAIN 3/18/16 TWICE, ABOUT AN HOUR APART, BECAME TOTALLY FLAT. SIDE OF TIRE, TWO REPAIR FACILTIES INDICATE IT CAN NOT BE REPAIRED. HAVE REST OF ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT TIRES ON CAR, WERE VERY RECENTLY ROTATED, AND TIRE PRESSURE CHECKED BEFORE 3/15/16. THOUGHT IT MAY HAVE BEEN VANDALIZED, DEALER IN MIDDLETON SAYS IT WAS NOT. ALL TIRES ON CARE ARE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. LOSS OF TIRE PRESSURE BEGAN WHILE STATIONERY, FILLED TIRE, BUT DID NOT HOLD AIR WHETHER IN MOTION, BEING DRIVEN ON HIGHWAY OR CITY STREET. IS AT A DEALERSHIP IN MIDDLETON, WI NOW. I PURCHASED THE 2012 VOLT IN 2/2013, NEVER TITLED, FROM A DEALER IN ELK CITY, OK AFTER MUCH RESEARCH. IN READING ABOUT VOLT, THERE WAS NO INFORMATION ABOUT A BACK UP CAMERA. THE CAR REALLY NEEDS A BACK UP CAMERA;...

THE HATCH FELL DOWN ONCE I HAD IT UP AND LEANED INTO THE VEHICLE. THIS HAS INJURED MY BACK AND I AM NOW FEELING TINGLING IN MY LEFT ARM AND LEG. I HAD THIS PROBLEM BEFORE WHERE THE HATCH FELL ONCE LIFTED AND IT WAS REPAIRED. THE DEALER SAID THEY REPLACED THE SUPPORT STRUTS. THIS SEEMS TO HAPPEN IN COLDER WEATHER. *TR

NO ACCIDENT: THE DEGREE OF DISTORTION IN REAR GLASS IS UNSAFE. OPTICS MAY NOT MEET AUTO GLASS AND OR FEDERAL SAFETY REQUIREMENTS. I HAVE WORKED IN THE GLASS INDUSTRY IN QUALITY CONTROL AND THIS GLASS WOULD NOT MEET COMPANY OR FEDERAL STANDARDS. WITH DISTORTION THIS BAD THE PARTICLE SIZE COULD BE AN ISSUE AS WELL. THIS COULD BE A SERIOUS PROBLEM. GM HAS AGREED TO REPLACE MY GLASS, HOWEVER I WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT OTHER REAR WINDOWS IN THAT SAME RUN TIME. *TR