Battery Propulsion System problems of the 2013 Chevrolet Volt

Back in June 2020 took my 2013 chevy Volt to ferman Chevrolet for service high Voltage system fault, drive battery not fully charging, reduced propulsion fault and burnt odor from under hood. The dealer fix was preform gm service bulleting. Next week still not fully charging. Was told to drive car so the battery can learn my driving habits. Still not charging. On 16 oct same problem and would not drive. Now the battery 8 year warranty has ran out. New fix is $5300 battery rebuild and I say they never fixed the original problem. Car has 85 thousand miles and will not drive.

My car had the exact issues that are documented in NHTSA campaign number 18v397000 while driving on the freeway, I got a low propulsion warning when the lithium battery was depleted and switched to engine. Engine was revving very high and almost no acceleration was available. I made it home and car wouldn't restart. 12v battery was dead so I replaced it but still could not start the car.

I was driving my 2013 Chevrolet Volt and I received a loss of propulsion message on my dashboard and immediately followed by a check engine light. My car shut down and slowed down on the freeway as I was driving. It was very dangerous because it was also dark. I was able to glide to exit the freeway. My car came to a complete stop in the exit lane of the freeway. I pressed the power button to turn off the car and then I waited about 30 seconds and I turned the power button back on and the car came on as only power mode. I was able to move the car very slowly somewhere more safe. I called tow truck and I towed it to dealership. The Volt was still able to move slowly up the tow truck and when I arrived at the dealership, it was still able to move slowly to the entrance of the service station. Check engine light was on, but loss of propulsion light was gone. Service advisors told me they would fix my car as it was covered under the recall even though my car was salvaged. The estimate was $145. Later on they called me that my car had 8 check engine lights on and that I needed a transmission because their was a whining sound and also loss of propulsion still on. I went to go look at my car a couple days later after I filled a complaint with gm headquarters because this should be covered under the recall. When I went to go check out my vehicle, it was in a worse condition then when I dropped it off. My car would not even turn on. When I pushed the power button, it would say engine not available and it would also say loss of propulsion and check engine light still on. I was not able to move my car and the battery still had 8 miles left. It was weird as to why my car is getting worse while being in the dealer. Dealer told me they are done with the update and in order to diagnose the vehicle, I have to pay $430 and more than likely thousands of dollar to fix it.

2013 chevy Volt stopped accelerating and received a low propulsion while driving on a state route in ohio. Our son was driving the vehicle and could have been killed if this was on a highway. The Volt would not move and he had to try to glide off the road since it had no power. He pushed the car off the road so it would not be hit. If this situation would have occurred while driving on the highway, our son could have been killed. This problem has occurred to other Volt owners if you look this issue up on the internet. Why hasn't gm fixed this issue so people are safe when driving this vehicle? we brought our Volt into the service department, this car is now going on 3 weeks and we still do not have our car back. They first said it was a short in the electrical module, and replaced parts. Now they are stating that it did not work and it is the transmission. I am not sure they know what is really wrong with this Volt. They are now asking us to pay $3661 to have this transmission replace and gm will pay 2000 or it would be 5661. This car is not even worth that much at this point has 83000 miles on it and the transmission should have never went out. Gm tried to say it was the short, now they are saying it was not a short. I do not care what it is I just want a safe car for my son to drive. It seems like they are back pedaling to try to not pay for something that they (gm) should pay for. Especially since this issue is not a new issue for the chevy Volt. Gm needs to stand by their products and fix this vehicle.

My 2013 Volt has started giving me only a maximum of 35 miles charge, but really only giving me 27-32 even through I drive in low (which always gave me more miles than the car thought I'd get). Maybe this is connected to the new problem? yesterday when I turned on the car (driving in gas because I had run out of electric) it gave gave me a "propulsion power reduced" error message. I tried turning it off and on several times, but the error stayed. I had to drive from downtown la in a car that could barely move. About 8 miles in, the error disappeared and the car ran normally. The dealership tells me they couldn't find any error messages (?!), but maybe, maybe that problem and the charging problem could be corrected by a $300 software update. Maybe. Meantime, I found that some 2013 Volts were recalled for exactly this error problem, but apparently not mine. The dealership doesn't seem to be interested in finding out what's wrong, and gm says to go to the dealership (gm, in fact, hung up on my today). So let me get this straight, gm, you know you built cars with software problems, but we need to pay to correct them? and you're not even sure it will correct it??????.

Gas generator failed to start when battery was depleted while on city street slowing to a stop at an intersection. Warning message about reduced propulsion and yellow engine indicator illuminated. Came to a complete stop and turned vehicle off. Tried turning back on, received waiting to initialize message, but power to engine was never restored. Towed car to dealership.

Gas generator failed to start when battery was depleted while on freeway. Warning message about reduced propulsion and yellow engine indicator illuminated and then fews moments after vehicle could no longer accelerate and was slowing down so pulled over onto shoulder and got towed vehicle will not charge either when plugged in.

I received the following message on the car dash display: propulsion reduced-engine not available. This message came on while I was driving in the carpool lane. I called gm thru on star and was told that I had a catastrophic error and needed to get my car into repair with 24 hours. With only 6 miles left on the battery, I told the gm rep that I better get the car to a chevy dealer. I immediately drove to the dealership in culver city. The minute I pulled into the driveway of the dealership, my car stopped and would not restart. This could have been a disaster if the car had stopped in the carpool lane. I have read of other complaints on google and yahoo. I was told by the dealership that they were going to replace the engine module, which they said would take 8 hours to repair, but when I picked up the car, they only replaced the transmission module. Since the incident, I only get a full charge of 32 to 34 miles, where before the incident I was getting a full charge of 42 to 44 miles per charge. This is definite safety issue as gm blames the driver for the problem. Gm needs to replace the engine module on my car.