2016 CHEVROLET VOLT Unknown Or Other Problems

GM is not honoring coverage from N232432680 for CARB vehicles in non-CARB states. They have failed to tie CARB vehicle vins to the coverage in N232432680.

•Vehicle lost power while driving on the highway at speed. The vehicle would not run with gas engine power or EV charge basically died on the road in traffic. After coming to a stop safely but not without some close calls vehicle would not start even with car having fuel of two types in it. •The battery charge would not register, and the car would not start for a little while. Display showed nothing and was only making a dinging sound. Around half hour later the vehicle started, and I drove it to my home and parked it. I have not been driving it as it seems like a safety concern with the battery system and not feeling reliable. I had tried to charge it after the initial event and it did not charge. I did only a little research on cost for battery issues and the cost made me...

I was driving on the highway when suddenly the car lost power, it was very dangerous. I had to glide to the side of the road. The car will not move forward or back after I stopped, it had to be towed.

2016 Chevy volt started to not shut off with the message that car needed to shift to park. Car is just over 100,000 miles (104,000) spent a few weeks jiggling shifter to get car turned off then made an appointment at Platinum Chevy of Santa Rosa. While waiting we researched the issue to find that the Shift To Park is a known issue and the Volt has in fact been named in a class action suit. Am currently at crossroad as I cannot get GM to stand behind their product. It’s taken four calls and an escalation to management to find out that they may offer a percentage to fix the problem but because we’re out of warranty it is a customer problem. So, to cap it off, GM has sold us a vehicle with a known safety issue with no recall and will not fix their problem.

On 2023/09/09, my Check Engine Light came on, and my car showed a "Reduced Propulsion" warning. As I continued to drive home, the car later began overheating, requiring me to reduce speed & stop frequently to let the car cool down. The local Chevrolet dealership diagnosed it as a failed EGR valve that caused the "non walk home" fuse to blow, which also disables the car's Engine Coolant Thermostat Heater (hence the overheating). Also three months later, this part is still on backorder with no estimated time of delivery.

Action Required Shift to Park message comes up on the dash after starting the vehicle & shifting into gear out of Park. The message goes away when shifted back into Park, but the vehicle doesn't respond when shifted into gear. Reverse, Neutral, Drive, Low - none will engage. I had to repeat the process of starting the vehicle 28 times before it would operate as it should. Start Vehicle to View Application message comes up when in Park & trying to shut the vehicle off & will not power down until the driver door is opened. I worried that I'd be stranded if this continued to happen & took the vehicle to Brad Deery Motors in Maquoketa, IA for repair on 4/14/22. I paid $736.71 & the invoice states: 106128 shift to park, diag, intermittent open in the shift park solenoid, replaced shift park solenoid and jumper harness, tested working...

Failure of car's keyless remote system. I got my fob and moved the car to where we charged it in the morning. In the afternoon after it was charged I had the same fob and got in to move it back by our front door and the screen gave the message "No remote detected". I assumed the fob battery was dead and changed it and it still would not recognize the fob. Then I got my wife's fob and it would not recognize that one either. So the keyless remote system in the car had failed in some way. I went online and saw there were plenty of cases of this happening to this model and other Chevy models that used a similar system. There is some issue with this system and it is very dangerous as someone could easily get stranded if they were alone in some remote place...

When I shift the car into "park" it will not register as "park" and a message comes up on the dash "shift to park." I'm unable to turn the car off at this point because it's required to be in "park" mode to accomplish this. Jiggling the shift handle will sometimes correct this but it appears to be getting worse over time. I spoke to a service tech at GM and they said they are aware of the issue and that it is a problem with this model. I was told the only fix was a costly replacement that may or may not solve the problem. A web search indicates there are many Chevy Volt drivers experiencing this same issue.

EXCESSIVE CONDENSATION FROM WATER LEAK BELOW THE FRONT PASSENGER FLOOR. IT WAS WITHIN THE BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY, BUT 3 SEPARATE CHEVY DEALERS DID NOT DIAGNOSE OR FIX PROBLEM UNTIL AFTER WARRANTY EXPIRED. ONE DEALER EVENTUALLY FOUND A BAD WELD RESULTING IN A WATER LEAK AND SEALED IT. UNFORTUNATELY, THE LEAK HAS RETURNED AND THERE IS A LOT OF WATER BELOW THE FLOOR AGAIN. THIS REQUIRES REMOVING THE SEATS, TRIM, CARPET, AND FINDING ANOTHER BAD WELD.

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO TURN OFF THE CAR IT SAYS "ACTION REQUIRED: SHIFT TO PARK" AND WILL PROCEED AS BEING LEFT ON, DESPITE BEING IN PARK. THIS OCCURS ABOUT 70% OF THE TIME THE CAR IS DRIVEN AND TAKES SEVERAL TRIES OF TURNING ON THE CAR, MOVING, PARKING, AND TURNING BACK OFF BEFORE THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF WITHOUT THIS WARNING.

CHEVY VOLT 2016, SHIFTED INTO PARK, BUT CAR WARNING COMES UP "SHIFT TO PARK" AND THUS CAR WILL NOT TURN OFF.

MY 2016 CHEVROLET VOLT IS EXHIBITING THE "SHIFT TO PARK" ISSUE. MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, WHEN I SHIFT TO PARK AND ATTEMPT TO SHUT MY CAR OFF, IT ALERTS ME THAT I NEED TO SHIFT IN ORDER TO PARK. I HAVE TO TURN THE CAR BACK ON, THEN TURN IT OFF AGAIN, SOMETIMES I MOVE THE SHIFTER OR FLICK THE SHIFTER BUTTON TO FIX IT.

WHEN I PRESS THE POWER BUTTON TO TURN OFF THE CAR, IT WON'T SHUT OFF. A MESSAGE ON THE DASH SAYS I MUST "SHIFT TO PARK". OF COURSE, I'VE ALREADY SHIFTED INTO PARK. IF I PUT THE SHIFTER BACK INTO THE "L" POSITION SEVERAL TIMES, EVENTUALLY IT WILL SHUT OFF. THIS PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE BY THE DAY. NOW I NEED TO REPEAT THIS PROCESS OF SHIFTING BACK AND FORTH MANY MANY TIMES TO GET IT TO SHUT OFF. THIS IS THE 2ND TIME IT HAPPENS TO THIS CAR. GM REPLACED THE SHIFT ASSEMBLY ONE YEAR AFTER I PURCHASED THE CAR TO FIX THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM. THE CAR WAS PARKED WHEN THIS HAPPENED.

SYSTEM DOES NOT RECOGNIZE WHEN GEAR IS IN PARK (P) - THE PROMPT ON THE SCREEN STATES "ACTION REQUIRED: SHIFT TO PARK" (SEE ATTACHED SCREENSHOT) EVEN WHEN THE GEAR IS ALREADY ON PARK (P) - THE WORK-AROUND IS SHIFTING THE GEAR FROM PARK (P) THEN L THEN BACK TO PARK - SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO DO THIS SEVERAL TIMES. *TR

AFTER PUTTING MY CAR INTO PARK AND ATTEMPTING TO TURN IT OFF, THE MESSAGE "SHIFT TO PARK" IS DISPLAYED ON THE DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER. THE CAR THINKS IT IS NOT IN PARK UNLESS I EITHER PRESS THE BUTTON ON THE SHIFT STICK A COUPLE TIMES OR TURN THE CAR COMPLETELY OFF AND BACK ON.

WHEN PARKING THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THAT THE SHIFTER IS IN "PARK" AND WON'T POWER OFF, EVEN THOUGH THE SHIFTER IS IN PARK. A MESSAGE APPEARS ON THE SCREEN TO SHIFT VEHICLE INTO PARK. THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY AND SHIFTED INTO PARK, BUT THE VEHICLE JUST DOESN'T RECOGNIZE THIS. THIS HAPPENS ON A DAILY BASIS, AND I NEED TO WIGGLE THE SHIFT LEVER, AND/OR PUSH THE ON/OFF BUTTON SEVERAL TIMES UNTIL IT FINALLY REALIZES THAT IT IS IN PARK AND SHUTS OFF.

FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS, A "SHIFT TO PARK" MESSAGE HAS BEEN OCCURRING INCREASINGLY UPON VEHICLE POWER OFF. VEHICLE HAS 29716 MILES. TYPICALLY OCCURS UPON PARKING THE VEHICLE AND SHIFTING INTO PARK WHEN THE VEHICLE IS AT A FULL STOP. UPON DEPRESSING THE POWER BUTTON TO POWER OFF THE VEHICLE, A SHIFT TO PARK" MESSAGE APPEARS ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. (WHICH IS ODD SINCE THE VEHICLE SHIFT IS ALREADY IN PARK.) THE VEHICLE WILL NOT POWER DOWN AS LONG AS THE "SHIFT TO PARK" MESSAGE REMAINS ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. ATTEMPTS TO CLEAR THE MESSAGE FROM THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER DO NOT SEEM TO BE DETECTED. (TRIED WIGGLING SHIFT; DEPRESSING THE SHIFT TRIGGER; SHIFTING TO DRIVE AND BACK INTO PARK SEVERAL TIMES; OPEN AND CLOSED DOOR SEVERAL TIMES; DEPRESSED POWER BUTTON ON AND OFF SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO APPARENT EFFECT. VEHICLE EVENTUALLY CLEARS THE SHIFT TO PARK MESSAGE AND ALLOWS THE...

WHEN TRYING TO TURN THE CAR OFF A "SHIFT TO PARK" LIGHT COMES ON AND THE CAR WILL NOT TURN OFF. WHEN LOOKING FOR AN EXPLANATION I FOUND THAT THIS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2ND GEN VOLT. WHEN I TOOK THIS CAR TO THE DEALER THEY WERE WELL AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT IS A DESIGN FLAW AND THE SECOND GEN VOLT SHOULD BE RECALLED BY THE MANUFACTURER.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY WHEN I SMELLED SMOKE, THEN SAW SMOKE, AND THEN SAW FLAMES ON THE REAR PASSENGER FLOOR. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY AND PULLED MY CHILDREN FROM THE VEHICLE. WITHIN 2-3 MINUTES, THE CAR WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES.

WHILE I WAS DRIVING EAST ON HWY 80 IN VACAVILLE, CA, AT APPROXIMATELY 1:15 PM, I WAS LITERALLY BLINDED BY SUN FROM THE CHROME REFLECTION ON THE DASH BOARD. BECAUSE OF THIS, I ALMOST REAR ENDED THE VEHICLE IN FRON OF ME AS I HAD DARK SPOTS IN MY VISION FROM THE REFLECTION.