general problems of the 2012 Chevrolet Volt

Passenger presence detection system is malfunctioning, and causing a "service airbag" warning. This is a huge safety issue that could be detrimental or deathly in the event of an accident. This is a common issue among generation 1 Volt owners, and should be considered for a recall or warranty coverage. The passenger presence detection system parts are discontinued, and even if I found the part the dealership cannot confirm for the pricey repair, that the airbag / sensor will not simply malfunction again -- which makes this a persistent safety concern and huge owner inconvenience to say the least.

Vehicle propolusion reduced and engine not available messages were suddenly showing. Check engine light turned on. Suddenly stalled/stopped in the middle of highway. Safety concerns.

A false code was given indicating the coolant level was low on the batteries. This was a know compute glitch problem which required an update costing me 400 dollars.

Driver’s display completely dark. I can’t see speed, gas remaining, charge remaining, turn signals, gear, warnings if tire pressure is low, etc. Upon turning the car off and back on, the display lights back for an couple of minutes until it goes dark again. There was no warning before it happened for the first time a couple of days ago. The car is extremely unsafe and not drivable as I have no idea how fast I’m going, if I’m about to run out of gas, etc. Luckily, the screen went dark when my 16-year-old daughter was driving in our neighborhood. This should definitely be a recall issue.

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.

2012 Chevrolet Volt charging station has burned the outlet in my garage three times. Each time I hired an electrician to replace burned outlet and verify it is wired properly. Whatever the malfunction is, it does not trip the gfci. This is a fire hazard. Attached are some of the pictures I submitted to gm pac which denied my claim.

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.

Charger no longer working.

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.

On 8/23/17, my car popped up the message "service high Voltage charging system" on my dashboard display while I was stationary with the car on. Upon researching the problem online, I noticed in the gm forums that the problem was due to an incorrect amount of fluid in the reservoir surrounding the battery. Service campaign #14114 (ress battery coolant level low) was generated by gm for 2012 & 2013 Chevrolet Volts, but my VIN for my 2012 Chevrolet Volt was not included. I explained to gm (corporate) and keller motors that this is a well-documented problem and that the fix was to add battery coolant, but I got the same run-around answer that my VIN was not included in the service campaign / recall. Keller motors in hanford, CA was finally able to take a look at my vehicle on 8/29/17 and found the problem to be exactly as noted in the service recall. There were no leaks. The coolant was $13. 13. The labor was $119. 50. That's absurd -- I can pour in coolant myself! what I can't do is clear out the error codes that were popping up on my car that was preventing me from charging it and using the electric battery. I really feel that my car was missed in gm's service campaign # 14114, and feel like I should reimbursed by them for my out of pocket expense. A copy of my paperwork from keller motors detailing the problem is attached to this complaint. Furthermore, I was assigned case # 8-3209935105, and a woman by the name of jasmine from gm (when I initially called corporate about this problem), but she never did follow up with either myself or keller motors on this problem by the time I picked up my car on 8/29/17 and had to pay the bill to release my car.

I have had various electrical issues-November of 2012. First back up camera went blank, July 2014 check engine light high Voltage; November 14 electrical issue; June 2015 unintentional running light on; July 2015 same issue; August 2015 check engine/aribag light on dealer checked and reset codes . August 2016 check airbag light on. Went in several times steve moore ordered part that would be $1,200 to fix. Light went off. When check airbag came back on took the car to a different dealer. City Chevrolet said I needed a new 12 Volt battery replaced battery within 48 hours of being at the dealer issue came back. Now the lcd screen is blank. The problems seems to be electrical in nature.

At random times and days, when starting the car, the center lcd display is blank. This display is crucial for the safety of the vehicle because it displays your speed, the battery life and gas tank amount, turn signal indicators as well as other important details needed when driving. It's not safe to drive this car when the vehicle's screen is blank. This has happened 4 times. 3 of the 4 just recently. After a day or 2, the screen will start working and then after a day or 2, it would stop. It's an on going issue and I'm finding out through forums that there's a bunch of complaints about this issue and not just with the 2012 Volt but with other year Volts as well. I'm concerned for my safety as it's dangerous to drive blindly without knowing your speed or how much gas or battery life you have left.

2012 Volt charger has burned my outlet, and my melted it and it has been replaced twice. My seat belt buckle has broken.

2012 checy Volt - experiencing issues with shifter. On multiple occasions I will shift my Volt into park but system doesn't recognize it. I try and turn off vehicle and system shows "shift into park" on screen and vehicle can not be turned off causing vehicle to run continuously and kill both 12 Volt battery and drive battery.

I was making a left hand turn and was hit by an SUV who ran a red light doing about 35 or 40 miles per hour on front of my car. It hit the front of my car spinning it to the right [about 160 degree turn] when my car spun I hit the back of my head and left shoulder on the door pillar, my head hurt and I was dazed. The airbags had not gone off I hit the onstar button nothing happened I smelled burning so I turned the car off and got out. I now have a minor concussion due to the failure of the airbags to deploy.

When the vehicle would come to a stop, the parking brake would engage by itself. The only way to disengage it was to turn the vehicle off and on again. The second time I did this, the vehicle failed to shift out of park, and the vehicle was disabled in the middle of a roadway. The cause was a faulty charging port sending out a false proximity signal to the car's computer, making it think it was charging.

Failure of the electric vehicle supply equipment (evse) has occurred for the second time since vehicle purchase in January 2013. Numerous reports of other customers experiencing this issue with the oem supplied evse.

The florida department of health (doh), bureau of epidemiology received a report of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning associated with a 2012 Chevrolet Volt. As a part of routine surveillance for reportable conditions, doh followed up on this report to investigate. On March 2, 2015, three people went to an emergency department (ed) for CO poisoning. A 40 year old male parked his 2012 Chevrolet Volt in the garage to charge (plugged into the outlet) and accidentally left the car running overnight. In the morning, he noticed the car was running and had switched to gasoline use. He and his two children complained of headache, weakness, chest pain, palpitation, and dizziness. Carboxyhemoglobin (cohb) levels were >15% for all three individuals. On March 12, 2015, several news media outlets reported that gm is recalling all 2011-2013 Chevrolet Volts (about 64,000) to install updates to prevent CO poisoning when the driver forgets to shut off the vehicle.

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.

Owned car for 8 months. Using 110v outlet to charge electric battery. Charges fine every night. Unplugged charger today. Charging connector is black, semi melted. Outlet is black and charred. Appear to be days away from a fire. I live in a new home (less than a year old) valued at over 500k. Huge electric car fan, but both wife and I are now concerned about fire in house with young kids.

Cpsc:i1570454a. Voltec car charger. Consumer stated the eletrical outlet where the charger was pludded in was smoking, charred and melted.